The Chargers entered training camp with a wide-open competition at right tackle between Storm Norton and Trey Pipkins. At roughly the halfway point of camp, neither has really separated themselves from the other, as they continue to split first-team reps 50-50. However, Pipkins definitely doesn’t look as lost as he did at times in his first few seasons.
“I feel like there’s confidence,” Chargers OC Joe Lombardi said via the Athletic’s Daniel Popper. “More consistency, understanding that you have to come out every day and be ready to go. I haven’t seen some of the dips, maybe, that we saw last year in his performance. A lot of consistency. He’s a talented guy. He’s been playing more like what you would expect from him so far in camp.”
Chiefs DC Steve Spagnulo has had high praise for his rookie defensive backs and continues to shed light on what CB Trent McDuffie has done ahead of his first season.
“[He has done a] great job,” Spagnuolo said of McDuffie, via ChiefsWire.com. “I think he’s done an outstanding job. We’ll probably move him around a little bit too, but we need to get him settled in a spot eventually. I think he’s competed really well with the bunch of really good veteran wideouts we have. The thing I like about Trent (McDuffie) is when it hasn’t gone great for him, he’s not one of those guys that sticks his head in the sand. He bounces right back up, that’s a good quality.”
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