Quote:But a simple tour of the facility would accomplish the same thing.

 

But teams don't stop at simple facility tours, even for highly valued players they brought in for individual workouts about a month or two earlier.

 

Even with that, teams want to "play with their new toys."

 

I mean, they want to get a look at the players in action.  However, that should be primarily for undrafted guys.  Like I said, somebody like Fowler is almost guaranteed to get significant playing time already.  Mini-camp for him should be 80% mental and 20% physical. 

 

When they do these no-pad practices, the linemen still play almost as if they have pads on.  It's only natural.  That's something that should be avoided.

 


 

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