Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy joined the Shan & RJ LIVE in Oxnard at Cowboys Training Camp to talk about his impressions of camp so far, what he still needs to see improved, how the wide receivers are doing without CeeDee Lamb in camp, and more!
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00:00Coach, how's camping going for you in your eyes?
00:18Really good.
00:19You know, I think just like anything, you pay attention to the numbers, the numbers
00:22have been really good.
00:24But it's kind of normal, you know, everybody wants to know about the first day of pads
00:29and we look like we had our pads on for the first time since, you know, last season.
00:33So yeah, we're hitting the markers that you're trying to hit, you know, getting through the
00:39situations.
00:40You know, I'm always trying to really keep an eye on the young guys, particularly how
00:44they're adjusting.
00:45And, you know, we'll find out more tomorrow, tomorrow is really the first time we get to
00:49practice for 150 minutes and we've been on this ramp up schedule, so it's kind of gradual
00:54and so forth.
00:55So, be able to get into, you know, as they say, the dog days of modern day football.
00:59So no, it's been good.
01:01Do you feel it's tougher to get a team ready, like in today's, with lack of padded practices,
01:07no two-a-days versus when you came into the league?
01:09I think you really have to for older coaches, just don't compare it to the old days, because
01:14it's, they're comparisons you really can't utilize, because, you know, we're all operating
01:20under the same rules.
01:22So really, my focus has always been the efficiency of how we train, you know, the 11-hour work
01:27rule, you know, with the last CBA is, you know, it has given a lot of benefits to the
01:32rest of the recovery component of training camp, which I'm a big believer in.
01:38So it's kind of built in, which I think is a positive factor, but, you know, also you
01:43got to really utilize your time with your team, and I think it does make you efficient,
01:48because you have to not only practice urgency, you have to live in that realm all the time
01:53to really hit the markers you need to hit, in my opinion, in training camp.