“In the 7-on-7 space, I think you can really get a feel for, ‘Is a guy reading with his feet? Is he taking the right drop? Is his base and body and balance positioned to the throws and sequence of the drop in the proper place? And did he make the throw? And then was it accurate?’ And then you can kind of coach backwards from the ending of the play,” O’Connell explained when asked about assessing progression. “Then there’s a lot of things, like, ‘Did the other guys do their jobs?’ And that’s why it’s so great to have the participation of Justin [Jefferson] and Jordan [Addison] and T.J. [Hockenson], and we’ve got a group out there and guys that know what they’re doing, so they can give him some real-time feedback, as well.
” ‘Hey, I know you [went elsewhere with the football], but hey, I’m going to win at the top of this route, regardless of the leverage.’ That’s something he’s going to get used to hearing from No. 18 (Jefferson) early and often. Little things like that,” O’Connell added. “It’s just you can’t put that — you can’t measure the importance of those things. But then, today was a little bit more decisive than yesterday; Friday will be the same, and there’ll be just growth and growth.”
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