STEPHEN CONGER Rob: OTA’s are definitely important from that standpoint. The handling of assignments is probably the biggest thing coaches can glean from those workouts because there’s play installation but no live contact involved. Basically it’s the closest thing to a real practice.
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I realize that OTAs are usually teaching sessions more than anything, but given the seeming lack of confidence our coaching staff has in backs like Randle and Williams when it comes to the mental side of their games, might they be more important in their evaluations when they look at how things might shake out in training camp?