I’m not saying this to discount or discredit what we’ve seen in the first three days of practice; football has been getting played with just about everyone present, but the real evaluation doesn’t happen until pads come on.
The first day of pads (aka Tuesday) was the first day when real hits could start getting laid down and when real football physically comes into play, as opposed to the glorified two-hand touch that takes place when everyone is in shorts and a t-shirt.
You could feel the physicality and the different nature of practice right from the get-go, with real takedowns and tackles happening.