Bears
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding Bears first-round WR Rome Odunze potentially reaching 1,000 receiving yards in his rookie NFL season. Veteran WR D.J. Moore has also joined the competition to be the first receiver on the team to achieve this milestone, along with long-time Chargers WR Keenan Allen.
“You’ve got Keenan, Rome. You’ve got Velus [Jones Jr.]. You’ve got Tyler [Scott],” Moore mentioned, according to Gabby Hajduk of the team website. “You have endless playmakers in there. It’s probably going to be a race to 1,000 [yards] now. I don’t know who’s going to get there first, but it’s going to be a race.”
Lions
Lions defensive assistant Jim O’Neil explained that they were cautious about playing CB Brian Branch last season but intend to take a more aggressive approach with him in his second year in the league.
“Last year they were a little more hesitant with BB (Branch) to just kind of fix him at one spot. Now that he’s going into Year 2, I think we’ll be more aggressive with him,” O’Neil stated, as reported by Tim Twentyman of the team’s site.
O’Neil expressed his confidence in Branch being a cornerback they want on the field for “all three downs.”
“He’s the type of player you want to see out there on all three downs, so we’re going to push him to that. At the end of the day, he still has to come out in training camp, and he has to take that job,” he added.
Packers
Packers HC Matt LaFleur praised WR Romeo Doubs for his impressive offseason performance and noted his deliberate approach to development.
“I think Rome had an outstanding spring. I really do,” LaFleur commended. “It’s evident in the work he puts in on a daily basis. He’s in there in the morning, catching off the JUGS, he’s one of the last guys to leave the building. He’s very deliberate about the work he puts in. And it shows. We challenged him on a couple things that we thought he could do a better job with, really stressing the importance of opening up his stride, he’s embraced that. You’ve seen that. He’s had a lot of great moments.”
LaFleur highlighted Doubs’ consistency and improvement throughout the offseason workouts.
“Matter of fact, I can’t think of a bad day he’s had out there (during the offseason workout program),” LaFleur remarked. “He’s definitely improving.”
Doubs remains focused on improving daily in practice and is determined to carry that mindset into training camp.
“I thought it was progressive,” Doubs shared. “Every day it was something I could get better at, and that’s what I look forward to over the course of this summer and going into camp.”
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