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There were an uncharacteristic number of mistakes and penalty flags at Thursday’s padded practice.

At one point head coach Dan Campbell got the team together to share his displeasure with the sloppiness after the field goal unit couldn’t get set up in time and snap the ball before the clock ran down from 12 seconds in a team period.

“Obviously you saw coach Campbell today getting after us,” veteran guard Kevin Zeitler said after practice.

“You’ve got to be smart. Doesn’t matter how hot it is, how late it is, how tired we are or how humid. You have to be able to compete.

Average might have been good a couple years ago but that’s not what we care about now. We have bigger goals.”

 During the first padded practice earlier this week I watched pass rush drills between the offensive and defensive lines. Thursday I had an eye on one-on-one cover drills with the receivers and cornerbacks.

The play of the drill belonged to wide receiver Daurice Fountain, who continues to impress, as he made a terrific catch along the right sideline with cornerback Terrion Arnold draped all over him.

On the defensive side of things, I continue to be impressed with rookie cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr.

He’s physical at the line but is always in control. I thought he had a couple good reps.