Pederson said Friday was one of two goal-line, short-yardage days scheduled for ’24 camp and called the work an opportunity to see the offensive line’s “ability to come off the ball.”
“This is an area we’ve talked about, short-yardage,” Pederson said. “It’s the first time we get to see it in this situation with the pads on. We’re not scheming. We’re just putting in the short-yardage, goal-line type menu we want to use during preseason.
“But we definitely want to see the physicality coming off the ball and see if we can move the pile.”
Pederson on Friday morning also discussed his approach to coaching quarterbacks during training camp. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw multiple interceptions in Week 1 before throwing eight touchdowns with no interceptions Monday through Wednesday of this week.
“I challenge him and all the quarterbacks,” Pederson said, “because this is how I was challenged in camp (as a player). ‘See what you can get away with now. See what type of throws you can make. Can I make that tight-window throw?’ If it gets knocked down, if it gets picked, ‘OK, great. That’s fine. Good for the defense.’
“It just reinforces certain things from a quarterback’s perspective – maintaining aggressiveness with the ball in your hand, trying to make those types of throws. Not careless, not poor decisions, not throwing late down the middle – none of that kind of stuff – but on-time, rhythm throws. Let’s see what he can do.
“So, we put him in those situations. There are a lot of things that go into it. With camp right now, these are the times really to kind of experiment a little bit with that kind of stuff. At the same time, you just don’t wanna be reckless or careless with the ball.”
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