Transcript of Coach Wannstedt’s press conference from this morning. Looks like Freshman DB Bryan Williams is already having academic issues so he won’t be in camp at this point, and the way it was phrased, I’m not sure if he will at all this year. LB Mick Williams apparently is getting close to being eligible from the NCAA Clearinghouse. Back-up QB Joe Flacco didn’t show up to camp.

There’s lots that I want to excerpt, so I’ll only do a small bit and expect everyone will want to read it all anyways.

You moved H.B. Blades to the middle during spring. What did you think about that and is he staying?

I would expect H.B. to stay there. You know, he’s one of those guys I believe lost almost 10 pounds. He’s definitely one of our most experienced players. He’s definitely one of our more instinctive players at that middle linebacker position. And with our scheme it is imperative that that guy is a quarterback of the defense. That player has to be a player who has a real good understanding of what we’re trying to do. And with trying to learn a lot of new things, we thought H.B. could be a better player for us there. That’s the whole purpose of moving everyone around. All we’re trying to do is to generate as much speed as we possibly can on defense. We’ll see. We’ve got some great battles going on. There’s not one of our front seven who are lining up in the same position they lined up in last year. Everybody’s new. We’ve got some great competition. Clint Session is not going to sit on the bench for anybody. I mean he’s in there competing. The defensive line, I really don’t know. I don’t know how good individually these players can be yet at this point. Each guy has a lot of room to grow. We’re putting guys in spots to create as much competition as possible. And that’s what training camp’s about. Everybody’s got to show up. Everyone’s got something to prove. When you line up in training camp, you’re either trying to make the team, become a starter or make it into the rotation. That’s the attitude you have to set. There’s no ‘gimmes.’ There’s no comfort zone. Everyone’s got to come in here and start over again and prove ourselves. On offense we’re kind of facing the same thing on the offensive line. We have possibly a new center, for sure Dom Williams will be at guard. We’ll move Charles Spencer out to tackle. So we’re juggling things around there too. We’ll try to put the players in a position which gives us the best chance to win and put them in a position to give them the best chance at success. One or two of these young receivers has to step up.

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Plenty more including dealing with the numbers at running back, protecting Palko and the team and individuals dealing with the hype.