HEAD COACH TODD BOWLES
(On how NT Vita Vea looked in practice on Friday)
"He had a good practice right now. It's looking promising. He's trending the right way."
(On when Vea's foot injury happened)
"It's something he woke up with and it was just sore."
(On which players are ruled out for Sunday)
"'Izzy' (Christian Izien), Tristan [Wirfs], [Chris] Godwin Jr., [Benjamin] Morrison will be out."
(On if CB Benjamin Morrison is still working his way back)
"Yeah, he should be fine next week."
(On whether nine defensive backs are enough for Week 1)
"It's being talked about. We'll discuss that based off the other positions."
(On if CB Jacob Parrish will play nickel cornerback this week)
"This week, yes – at times. It won't be all the time, but depending on the package, yes."
(On the league putting an emphasis on limiting taunting)
"You always go over it and we know there's a 15-yard penalty, so you don't ever want to have one of those."
(On if he's concerned about the team's rookies playing in a dome for the first time)
"Most of them play in bigger college crowds, so I'm not worried about that."
(On who's in line to be the next outside cornerback after Jamel Dean and Zyon McCollum)
"It would probably be [Jacob] Parrish. We've got to juggle around the nickel [cornerback] spot."
(On if they might need to elevate a player for offensive line depth)
"We're possibly talking about bringing somebody up just to have enough for the game. So, that'll be another thing discussed along with the corners."
(On the new kickoff rule)
"Oh, it's very important. You don't want to give away a ball, but at the same time, you want to be able to tackle, as well. Some of these guys made this team because of special teams, and we hired them for that reason."
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