Bengals' June practice suddenly features a sense of urgency again
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt recently highlighted a chippier-than-expected practice by picking off Joe Burrow.
That was one of many highlights streaming in from the early June practice that looked more like a late-summer training camp battle with roster spots and futures on the line.
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As it turns out, as pointed out by The Athletic's Paul Dehner Jr., there's a new sense of urgency stemming from these practices in Cincinnati right now:
"There hasn't been a philosophy shift in the offseason program, necessarily. That will be coming when training camp rolls around. Yet, the urgency and competitive levels of the last two weeks featured a notable uptick from the light work of previous seasons."
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While Bengals head coach Zac Taylor has said much about changing the offseason approach in order to avoid slow starts, the formula hasn't seemed to change all that much so far.
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This sense of urgency is, by and large, apparently coming from the players as they get to battling before a brief break ahead of training camp. If nothing else, it's nice to see, especially from a defensive side of the ball that was the major weak point last year and resulted in plenty of jobs changing hands.
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