...Among some of the things that the team will work on before facing the Saints are improving their pass protection and improving tackling.
Offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski was happy with the team’s run protection on Friday but he has reasons to be concerned about pass blocking. During Saturday’s mock game, the pocket quickly collapsed on Carson Palmer, forcing an interception. Things weren’t better with the second unit as J.T. O’Sullivan was often on the run to either look for an open receiver or scramble for yardage.
“The thing we have learned is that we believe we can be a good running team but the thing we still need to find out is if we can pass protect on obvious third downs,” offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski said. “We’re not really as sharp as we need to be.”
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