I haven’t been to camp this week because I crashed my beautiful Cadillac, but I’ll just give you guys some snipets from around the interwebs.
"“That’s just me being soft,” Morris said. “I’m not going to sugarcoat it. He’s been fine. He’s been great. He’s been moving around. I just don’t think Cadillac needs to get used to getting hit. I think he knows what it’s about. . . He’s doing so well, I just want to keep it (going).”"
"“We’ve waived Greg Peterson and we’ve signed Dirk Johnson. On [Josh] Bidwell, we’re still evaluating that situation and we’ll be able to get back with you with further information on that. But other than that, we’re status quo. The guys who won’t play, we talked about them before, Michael Clayton, Antonio Bryant. We actually got a couple guys back today. If anybody’s got any other significant injuries, we can talk about that later. Johnny Lynch is in town. He’s working our game this week. I put him in first class with me, even though he’s the media. He’s got money in the emotional bank account. He’s 47 Red, he’s back home and I thought he deserved a ride up front. We’ve got Mark [Royals] in town, he bleeds what we do, too, but I’m not putting him in first class. Just 47 Red – I coached him. I had to say I coached him because Dave Moore is also a guy that bleeds the colors, so I had to let him know that I coached 47 Red, he’s in town and I’m giving him special privileges.”"
"“Jimmy Wilkerson, we talked about him the other day, but you’re just talking about a hard-core, hard-nosed guy. You’re talking about a guy that’s going to give you complete effort at left end, can move inside on third down and give you the rush. You’ve got to spell him a little bit because he’s a smaller guy. He’s a smaller guy playing left end, but his effort, his motor, his intensity is going to make him the best defensive end that we can have out of Jimmy Wilkerson. Now, I’ve got to be smart with him. Like Coach [Richard] Mann would say, you’ve got to have a plan for him. Going to have a little guy, got to have a plan, keep him healthy because it gets sticky. So we’ve got a plan, got to follow it. Maybe some other guys will step up and help him. You need a Kyle Moore to come along and get some snaps. You need Greg White to come and get some snaps. All those things have to happen. You need Quincy Black to be able to get him some rush inside so we can give him some snaps up. But we’ve got to have his best stuff. If we have his best stuff, I think about 35 to 40 snaps, I can’t overdo it."
"“It is a great room. You are talking about guys who have dug themselves out of being the 53rd man on the roster. Who is Earnest Graham? What round did he get drafted in? Exactly. What round did Derrick Ward get drafted in? Exactly. Cadillac [Williams] is one of the few guys that has been drafted high. You are talking about a great character guy, a guy who bonds with his teammates; you’re talking about a guy who can get them all going. What round was Clifton Smith drafted in? That’s right, that’s what I thought. You’re talking about a bunch of guys that love playing football that hustle, that cheer for each other. They are bonding together in that room, in the pit, in the tunnel, whatever you want to call it. They come out and they just start swinging at people. That’s great.”"
The young players I’m looking forward to seeing the most on Saturday:
- EJ Biggers
- Quincy Black
- Roy Miller
- Kyle Moore
- Demar Dotson
The players that have the most to prove on Saturday:
- Luke McCown
- Byron Leftwich
- Dexter Jackson
- Sammie Stroughter
- Brian Clark