I would say that we are doing things that are specifically geared towards a certain type of defense or certain type of offense and we know we are going to see somewhere along the line, like a four-man line. We basically are in a three-man line most of training camp so far. Our offense needs to see our protections. They need to see some of our runs against the four-man looks. The rules are little bit different. There's a little bit different techniques. At some point we need to start running that. Whether Buffalo or the Jets or whoever plays a three or four-man line, it doesn't matter, we're going to see you soon or later. So as part of the installation and as part of learning our rules and learning our adjustments, running plays against a front like that, we need to do that.

It's the same thing defensively. There are a lot of teams that play a lot more with a true fullback than we do, that have two backs in the backfield, those reads are different for our linebackers, especially in the running game. We know we're going to face that. We need to see that at some point and we need to see it fairly soon, not wait until the week before we play a team. There are certain things like that that you do need to get into your system just so your team can become familiar with them, because you know you're going to see them at some point during the course of the year. It might be week one, it might be week four, but you know you're going to get it.

Q: Tom said in an interview that Deion Branch was the most important player in this team's offense and how important is it to get him into camp. Is that uncomfortable for you guys, when the quarterback is making a public appeal to get a contract situation resolved?

BB: Look, I understand that there is a relationship between players. Who are the players that you would think would be important to a quarterback? The safeties? Every player is important to me on this team. Every player. Whichever the final 53 are, they will be the ones that we feel collectively and I feel can do the most to help us win this season. They're all important every single one of them, so I'm not saying that some won't play more than others and all of that, but I think everyone of them is important. Every decision is important and each role that each player has is important. That's the way I'll try to coach the team. I'm sure not everyone will agree with that. I'm sure you'll be one of the first to write it. I don't have a problem that either. But that's how I look at it and that's how we'll try to do it. I'm sure not everybody will see it the way I see it. I'm not worried about that.

Q: I'm guessing that from the position of Deion that there is a point at which you guys have to say, 'Okay, get Deion to camp?'

BB: I'm not saying anything about any player who is not here. I'm just coaching the ones who are here and we're going to continue to work with them and hope that they will improve. I hope all of our players are here and I hope all of them can practice everyday, but unfortunately that's not the case. We're not 100 percent in those areas but we will work hard to improve the guys who are here and that's all we can do.

Q: Is it starting to hurt you guys yet because he's not in camp?

BB: I'm just trying to concentrate on the guys that are here. Those are the guys that I'm coaching. Those are the guys that I'm working with. I don't know about anybody who's not here.

Q: How did Chad Jackson look to you after his first practice?

BB: He looked like he didn't do much. I hope that he will do more in succeeding practices. I think you have to start somewhere and that's where he started. This is really his first practice and he is 'x' number of practice behind everybody else. We'll take it day by day and hopefully he'll do more this afternoon than he did this morning and more tomorrow than he did this afternoon and so forth. He has a long road ahead of him. I think he has some talent and some ability, but we have a long way to go and today was the first step and I would say a small first step.

Q: How do you evaluate [Rosevelt] Colvin's progress coming back the last few years from his hip injury a few years ago? We tend to look at it like last year was proof that he was back. Do you look at it as more of a stepping stone?

BB: I think last year, even by the end of the '04 season, that Colvin was pretty close to the top of his game. He's like a lot of players in his particular situation. He's right at the prime of his career, age wise, experience wise and all of that. These are probably going to be his best years, like they are for most players. Five, six, seven, eight, nine, somewhere in that range. That's where he falls. He's a good player. He's been a good player and hopefully he'll be able to sustain that level a few more years going forward. He works hard. He's smart. He's in good condition. He's tough. He has a lot of thing going for him.

Q: So you don't have any concerns about his hip anymore?

BB: No. He's played for two years.

Q: He talked today about still being sore, that's why I'm asking.

BB: Believe me, if you go down to that locker room, I'm sure there are a lot of guys that are sore. I don't mean that disrespectfully. I'm just saying that this is professional football. These guys put a lot of physical effort into what they do and they do it against other very physically talented people as well and there's going to be some soreness. There's going to be some bumps and bruises and I'm sure some guys have them in certain spots on a regular basis, one area is a little bit more vulnerable or tender or whatever the word is. I'm sure that some guys are going to be a little bit more sore here or there than other guys. That's football. But he's out there everyday. I couldn't even tell you the last time he missed a practice.