Quote:Good luck hoping that happens.  It won't.  You can wring your hands with every practice session as you worry about non contact injuries.

That's a load of garbage.  Every team basically runs the same drills with different variations.  I've been to other camps, and seen every training camp by every coach this franchise has had, and 11x11, 9x7, 7x7 are all staples regardless of who is coaching.  And the number of players in non-contact drills is completely irrelevant anyway. 

 

I'm well aware that there is contact in non-contact drills.  I've been to 1 or 2 practices in my lifetime.  There was absolutely MINIMAL contact on the play where Fowler blew his knee out. 

 

Every practice matters, especially for rookies.

 

They're not watering down practices. They have to get these guys prepared with an extremely limited ability to do so on the field.  That's why they run those 11x11 drills that apparently your friends say aren't happening. 

 

I've heard otherwise.  Feel free to get out of your Jaguars bubble and talk to fans of other teams.

 

I would guess that MOST teams do similar drills (11 on 11 @ 100%) during rookie mini-camp.  However, there are some that don't.  Now we can see why.

 

I don't think you are even understanding my point.  We're talking about rookie mini-camp, not real practices.  A lot of the guys at rookie mini-camp wont even make the team.  Sure, keep the norm for regular training camp when the season is around the corner.  May is not the time to be going all out (or even close to all out).

 

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