{"id":54484,"date":"2016-08-24T10:38:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54484"},"modified":"2016-08-24T10:38:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:38:27","slug":"rams-training-camp-notes-08232016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54484","title":{"rendered":"Rams Training Camp Notes: 08\/23\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher Training Camp Post-Practice \u2013 August 23, 2016<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

(On how QB Jared Goff is doing in practice)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJared\u2019s doing great. He had a good day today. He made some really good throws. Got comfortable in a couple periods, ran with the 1s in at least two periods. He was very comfortable. Made some really good throws.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On why Goff seems more comfortable in two-minute situations)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, he is. He\u2019s got a good feel for it. Oftentimes, in two-minute situations, we shut the pass rush down, so he\u2019s got more time and the defensive line kind of settles down. Today, we rushed, but many times when he\u2019s had a two-minute, you kind of tone the rush down a little bit and do the route recognition exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On practice today)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great. It was back in pads again, we had a good tempo yesterday, we had a few mistakes and I thought both sides responded. We got some really good special teams work and we were competitive. We did a lot of things today \u2013 from plus-20 passing to move-plus-20 to third-down stuff, to third-and-short, we were all over the place, and then two-minute. We had a lot going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On the tight end unit)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the addition of the two rookies (Tyler Higbee and Temarrick Hemingway), we really like the group right now, they\u2019re coming on. I don\u2019t want to say we exposed them, but we brought them into the special teams part of the game. Up until this point, for different reasons, neither one of them were doing much teams. They\u2019ll play this week in special teams roles, which is important for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he\u2019s looking for anything specific from DE Ian Seau this week in the game versus Denver)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, we\u2019re going to give him a chance to play and continue to show us what he can do. (Defensive line) Coach \u2018Wauf\u2019 (Mike Waufle) is an outstanding coach and you could see some subtle improvements in some areas, especially his hand placement, his positioning, his pad level against the run, things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On what the addition of defensive assistant Mike Singletary has done for the defense)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI just like having Mike around \u2013 one of the best to play the middle linebacker position in the history of this game. He really wanted to get back on the field, so we invited him out. I told him just to have fun and enjoy it, he\u2019s working in a lot of different areas \u2013 offense, defense and special teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if the NFL is changing to where you can have smaller, quicker interior defensive linemen like DT Aaron Donald)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, you\u2019re going to find a lot of big guys around the league. We faced one last week that was a big human being \u2013 and strong and powerful. We just liked Aaron\u2019s skillset coming out. He plays a lot bigger than he is, just because of his leverage, and his strength, and his quickness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if there\u2019s a benefit to having a smaller, quicker defensive lineman)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on your scheme. You build your scheme around it. That\u2019s what you have do and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On if he\u2019s made any determination on how long each quarterback will play this weekend versus Denver)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNot yet, we\u2019ll probably talk about it tonight or tomorrow. As soon as we know, we\u2019ll let you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rams Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams Training Camp Post-Practice \u2013 August 23, 2016<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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(On his thoughts regarding the team\u2019s progression over the past three weeks)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThese guys have had a very good 2016, and I think the organization has done a fantastic job on blocking out distractions, relocating; we\u2019re going to move three times in five months, and all these guys do is come to practice every day, come to meetings every day. That\u2019s their routine. The most calm part of what we do is coming out here on the practice field, coming into the meeting rooms. There\u2019s not a lot of new stuff. They\u2019re used to me, I\u2019m used to them. So it\u2019s been a real productive spring, and I do like how they\u2019ve come back from the spring OTAs, and coming back in condition here for these training camp practices. It\u2019s been a real positive format, so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On how much more he can do now in year three with the Rams)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing is that when we stay healthy, the thing we\u2019ve done the best around here is that we\u2019ve had to battle lots of things with injuries, with losses of players, and that type of stuff; playing a lot of snaps, because we\u2019ve struggled scoring and stuff. So what we\u2019ve done is we\u2019ve had to play a lot of snaps, and those guys have done a great job of doing whatever it takes to play good defense. So I\u2019ve been real proud of that. Plus, we\u2019ve played a lot of people. So we have some experience here that needs to step up and get ready to take the next step. We have a lot of different philosophies that we go by. Everybody has X\u2019s and O\u2019s. But what\u2019s the culture, you go back creating? Coach Fisher has a good culture, and that\u2019s one of the things I think I do best, on culture. And then changing the X\u2019s and O\u2019s to fit the players that are fitting into that. We\u2019re doing that same thing here. We have a chance to be very fast on defense. We\u2019ve got to stay healthy. And we\u2019ve done a good job on the preseason games on who we\u2019ve held out, who we\u2019ve tried to play, who we\u2019ve limited reps. We\u2019ve not done any game planning at all, because to be quite truthful, I need to see some of these new, young players play. I have no idea. Practices are so much different now in the NFL and training camp, with the non-contact that you have; the ways with not very many padded practices. So now you get a chance to get them into a game, especially some of these young college guys coming in as rookies. And even some of the veteran guys that we sign free agents that came from other teams, I\u2019m not seeing them under duress, I\u2019m not seeing battle in the game, so it\u2019s been very good. And I think the second half of all the games that these young guys have played have been very good. The things that have happened in the first half in a couple of these games have been very good correctable things that these guys have grown from. So far, so good. Now when they take the next step this week, It\u2019ll be interesting to see these guys play. I have a lot of respect for (Broncos Head Coach) Gary Kubiak and the way he coaches offense, and the way that staff puts things together. I really like their defense, too. I know (Broncos Defensive Coordinator) Wade (Philips) and all those guys as a lot of friends on that staff in the coaching profession. But, when we\u2019re playing in the game, none of us are friends. We\u2019re playing until the game is over.\u201d<\/p>\n

(On what he\u2019s seen from DE Robert Quinn so far)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s done very well. And again, one of the biggest things you have to do with a competitor like him is hold him back. If we didn\u2019t have the problem of holding him back, we have the wrong guy. He has pushed so hard and done so well and we\u2019ve done a very good job, with (Director of Sports Medicine and Performance) Reggie (Scott) and the training room and our doctors and our head coach and our D-line coach Mike Waufle on how we have brought him along. He has gotten better every single day. You guys are going to see a few things, but I don\u2019t need to see a whole ton of reps of him. I need to see him play on gameday in a regular season. I\u2019ve been through a lot of games with him, I see him in practice every day. He\u2019ll got some limited reps, but not looking to get a lot of banging around because I want to see him banging around come Monday Night Football against San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On what makes Quinn special)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe does things that you can\u2019t coach, he has some of the fastest-twitch pass-rushing I\u2019ve ever seen. Then, when you watch a pass rusher turn the corner, everybody in the National Football League has to turn the corner at nine yards. The good ones start turning the corner at eight yards, the Pro Bowlers will start turning the corners at seven yards, when you\u2019ll see the quarterbacks at seven. You\u2019ll see Robert turn it at a four, five and six \u2013 not very many people can do that, only the elite of the elite. I can\u2019t coach that, I\u2019m a better coach when he plays and does that, I\u2019m telling you that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(On what he\u2019s seeing from LB\/S Mark Barron in his first full year in his new role)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLight years (ahead of where he was). What\u2019s so much fun to see is how much he has grasped. Last year, the biggest thing we wanted to do as a staff is not overload him, not slow him down. In fact, we talked as a staff, and I know the staff got irritated with him, I told the staff \u2018don\u2019t coach him. Unless he asks a question, let him alone \u2013 and then when he asks a question, that\u2019s what he needs to know to figure it out.\u2019 Now, this year, we\u2019ve started from day one, scratch one, building him back up through there and the light has really clicked on for him. He\u2019s one of the fastest linebackers in the National Football League, he\u2019ll be even better this year. We\u2019ve got to keep him healthy, we\u2019re doing a few special things with him to keep him more healthy and how we\u2019re playing him behind the ball. I really can\u2019t wait to see he and (LB Alec) Ogletree play together. You guys are going to see a pretty good, fast pair of backers doing things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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