When we’re playing special teams, because we have limited reps, we need to lock in and get our work done.” They can jam out and dance when defense is going against offense. “But right now, the focus should be football. “Obviously, the stadium is going to be loud and things of that sort, but implementing a new system, having new guys communicating different things so they don’t go back to the past, I would prefer not to have music at this point. “ said, ‘Would you want music during the special-teams period?’ I prefer not to because I want to hear our guys communicate,” Stukes said Saturday when I asked him about it. That is, except when Dwayne Stukes is at work.ĭenver’s new special-teams coordinator and protege of former Broncos assistant Joe DeCamillis wants the sound down during special-teams periods. In my mind, I rapped along to “The Real Slim Shady” as it echoed around the practice fields. And for the ones that ring familiar, I find myself bobbing my head. After the tepid experience of the last three training camps, any sound is an improvement. I don’t know every song, but that doesn’t matter. It’s because the hills of UCHealth Training Center are alive with the sound of music. Nor is it because the pace at which plays happen is quicker. Second, training camp looks, feels and sounds different - and it’s not just because of Russell Wilson and Nathaniel Hackett’s enthusiasm. But Nathaniel Hackett and his staff want to maximize team reps and focus on the players working together as a unit. Usually, seven-on-seven periods offer the chance for offensive linemen to work against edge rushers and defensive linemen. This also means no nine-on-seven periods - which have been rare in recent years, anyhow - and, to date, no one-on-one work. First, there’s the absence of seven-on-seven work, about which I wrote in Saturday’s report.