Lovie: Brandon Peters will lead our team. Love everything about him. He can throw it. He can run. He's moving into a leadership role quickly.
Lovie: TE Daniel Barker has had about as good of a training camp as anyone.
Lovie: Defense has to own what we've been the last couple years. We're better. I'm excited to show it this Saturday at 11 o'clock.
Lovie: First game of season you never know what to expect. Akron has a new coaching staff. Did good things at Tennessee-Chattanooga. Expect a wide-open offense coming at us.
Lovie: Brandon has picked up the offense quickly. He's earned respect from teammates with his play on the field. Can't wait to see him play on the field.
Lovie: When we played young players, they were our best players. Those athletes have grown up. They're excited. They know what to expect.
Lovie: From the moment they burst inside the door of new facility, there's been a new intensity. This is a good environment to be in, conducive to learning.
Lovie on favorite part of facility: "Personally? I would say my office."
Lovie: "You just want a level playing field (in facilities). Now, we have a level playing field."
Lovie: Beason was going to be in our rotation quickly, to say the least. When he goes down, everyone else has to move up.
Lovie: Injury-wise we're in pretty good shape.
Lovie: Sydney Brown had a significant hamstring injury. Wasn't quite ready to go on Saturday.
reference to last Saturday's practice. Sounds questionable for this week
Lovie: What Daniel Barker brings is a big body, physical guy. He can be a good inline TE to block DEs, but you also can spread him out and run all the routes. He can catch the football, plays with energy and he's a competitor. He's going to have an outstanding year.
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