As for the action on the field, Drinkwitz seemed more encouraged by his offense.
“We got a couple first downs, which was a huge positive,” he said. “We scored a couple of touchdowns, which, again, was a huge positive. I thought our guys did a nice job of staying in front of the chains and staying out of negative plays, which has been an issue for us in all the live ball situations. Today we didn’t have those and it allowed us to function and call some manageable third downs. I thought our wideouts did as good a job as they’ve done making contested catches and winning versus man to man situations. Our quarterbacks did a nice job of recognizing man-zone coverage and finding their answers in the progression of it.
“Honestly, it was refreshing. It reminded me we can still coach a little bit around here to be honest. So it was good to see that offensively.”
“Consequently, defensively we got to do a better job stopping guys on third downs and getting them behind the sticks on first downs.”
As for the quarterbacks, Drinkwitz didn’t share any stats or individual highlights from the competition, but, again, he sounded pleased with what he saw.
“I thought they did a nice job of again continuing to grow,” he said. “This is the first time they’re going through some of these pass concepts and now today you could tell was the first time they felt comfortable calling the reps, knowing the answer. ‘Man, I’m going here. Zone, so I’m going here.’ It’s a progression. ‘I’m working through all this. This is the look I want this play. So, they’re growing. A couple made some plays scrambling today, which was really nice. That’s an added dimension that you always got to have, your ability to escape when everybody’s covered or not. It’s big for us. I think they did a nice job. I don’t have the stats in front of me, but they didn’t throw an interception, which was nice. It’s the first time we’ve done that in a couple of days. So that was positive.”
