Rivera's remarks: First practice

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Comments from Carolina Panthers Head Coach Ron Rivera following the team's training camp practice.

On the Panthers' first practice: I was thrilled. I was very pleased with what happened today. We had an early morning workout today, and it kind of gave us an opportunity to go through the motions of how we needed to practice. I was pleased with the tempo. We did some good things, a little bit better than we did this morning. So I think it's a positive in the right direction, but we've got a long way to go.

On the competition at quarterback and how it will benefit the team: I think it's a good competition and it's going to benefit us because of the fact that these guys have got to push one another. As I told these guys, we're going to play the guys that are ready to play. And that's the bottom line for all of our positions. Guys that are ready to play, that know how to play - they will play.

On if he had an opportunity to watch rookie quarterback Cam Newton: Yes we did. I had an opportunity to stand back. It's a little different, I'm watching the offensive side a little bit more. But it was good to watch the quarterbacks. I thought they (Newton and Jimmy Clausen) both had their moments and I thought they both made mistakes that most certainly need correcting. But, again, it was good to watch these guys work and compete. It was also good to watch some of our other players stand out and do some good things for us.

On if it was just good to watch any football after the last few months: Yeah, it was. It really was a good opportunity for us to watch our guys. And that's the biggest thing right now - we're trying to learn our guys, our guys are trying to learn us. Hopefully, we can develop confidence in one another and we can take steps as a team as we go forward toward this regular season.

more here. http://www.panthers.com/news/article-2/Riveras-remarks-First-practice/31771735-b689-4735-9aa2-0f2f1aed8c1e

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Man crush.

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Mr stand and deliver Ron Escalate Rivera

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Coach John Fox brings fun back to the Denver Broncos

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oh my, the improvement. :hurray::cheers2: