On if tight end Les Brown looks like a football player or a basketball player playing football) – “At times. At times. I would say both. He’s certainly a young player. We all know he hasn’t been in pads. This is a new, kind of brave new world for him. You could probably watch a couple plays and say, ‘Boy this guy doesn’t fit in.’ Conversely, you could watch a couple plays and think he’s a five-year veteran. So I think there’s a little bit of both. I think how quickly he can eliminate those pictures or those film clips where he doesn’t look like an NFL player is going to go a long way to determining his future here.”
(On Jimmy Wilson’s switch to safety) – “Well, I think he made a pretty good impact on special teams last year if I’m not mistaken. Early on, when we we’re working with him, really, before he got to a lot of the team stuff, I’ve used that term he kind of moves around like a football player. You know what I mean? Some of the guys that said he has pretty good instincts, he’s pretty physical even though he’s not the biggest guy and so getting him in the middle of the field and getting him maybe closer to the ball would suit his talents and what we’re looking for as well. I think, I know (defensive coordinator) Kevin (Coyle’s) been high on him, (defensive backs coach) Lou (Anarumo) and (assistant defensive backs coach) Blue (Adams) I think they’re both (high on him). I think he’s making a real nice transition.”
(On his evaluation of quarterback Ryan Tannehill so far) – “The one thing, it’s funny and I’ve told this to (assistant quarterbacks coach) Zac (Taylor) and (offensive coordinator) Mike (Sherman), he’s so under control at times that he doesn’t look like he has the greatest urgency on occasion. The poise thing, it’s really not a negative, but it’s almost, at times, it’s not like we’re having trouble with the 40-second clock and he’s not getting the plays off, but he’s so kind of cool and collected. He’s going to signal the route adjustment/ He’s going to tell these guys the protection adjustment and tell the back what to do, where your check-down is. He just kind of does it in a relaxed manner, which, again works for him. Some other quarterbacks are kind of herky-jerky, really operating fast. I think it will be good to get him into games and then he can really see a true 40-second clock. We do the best we can. You see we’ve got them out there. (We) do the best we can to simulate it, but it’s not exact. But other than that, I think he’s making really good progress and it’s really not a negative, but it’s just something that’s kind of the way he operates.”
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