ONE WAY TO INSPIRE TEAM UNITY: NO PLAYER EATS UNTIL ONE OF THEM CORRECTLY GUESSES WHAT'S ON THAT DAY'S LUNCH MENU.
("THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD....") LES ANTICIPATES THE INEVITABLE RESULT OF JEFF OBLIVIOUSLY STANDING IN EXACTLY THE WRONG SPOT DURING THIS DRILL.
THE ROOKIE RUNNING BACKS ARE STILL WORKING ON THE FINE ART OF HANDOFF TECHNIQUE.
COACHES AREN'T THAT IMPRESSED WITH ROOKIE QB AUSTIN DAVIS SO FAR.
TO THIS DAY, SAM BRADFORD HAS THE EERIE FEELING THAT SPAGS WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF HIS NFL EXPERIENCE.
THE YOUNG RECEIVERS REALIZE THEY HAVE A LOT TO LEARN & DON'T APPRECIATE BEING LAUGHED AT BY THE COACHES & VETERANS.
A SURPRISED COACH SHOTTENHEIMER SUDDENLY REALIZES HE'S MISSING A THUMB.
("HUH?") ALTHOUGH HE APPRECIATES HIS EXPERIENCE & WISDOM AS A TEACHER, SAM BRADFORD HAS TROUBLE FOLLOWING COACH FISHER'S "LET'S SAY AS A QUARTERBACK YOU ALWAYS HAVE TWO REMOTES, ONE IN EACH HAND...." ANALOGY.
IN THE UPCOMING MOVIE "TRADE DOWN," THE ROLE OF LES SNEAD WILL BE PLAYED BY MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY.
JUST FOR FUN, BEFORE PRACTICE THE STAFF LOADED UP SOME OF THE PLAYERS ON HELIUM.
DURING PRACTICE THE COACHING STAFF IS VISIBLY SADDENED BY EVERY DROPPED PASS THEY SEE.
THE KIND OF "MUST HAVE" ITEMS PLAYERS BRING WITH THEM TO TRAINING CAMP THESE DAYS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM YEARS PAST.
AFTER A ROUGH SEASON LAST YEAR BRADFORD NEEDS TO UNLEARN SOME BAD HABITS THAT STILL MESS WITH HIS MECHANICS.
EVEN LEARNING HOW TO DRINK GATORADE PROPERLY CAN CHALLENGE SOME ROOKIES AT FIRST.
ONE AWKWARD MOMENT: SOMEONE NEGLECTED TO TELL THE RAMS QBs THAT THEIR "FREEZE IN PLACE" DRILL HAD ENDED 30 MINUTES AGO.
CORNY AS IT WAS, NO ONE BEGRUDGED CHRIS LONG HIS LITTLE "I GOT MY EXTENSION, UNH-HUNH, UNH-HUNH" DANCE.
"COACH FISHER, WHEN YOU TOOK THE RAMS HEAD COACHING JOB YESTERDAY, WERE YOU AWARE AT THAT POINT THAT THIS SEASON THE RAMS HAVE AN AWAY GAME IN LONDON AGAINST THE PATRIOTS?"
