I love OTAs. I love the optimism that comes with a new season. I even love the news conferences (I don’t love many of the dumb questions, but that’s a rant from another day).
But I love it because it is the first time we get a glimpse of how coaches are approaching the new season, how players are feeling about the upcoming season, how they made changes (or didn’t) since cleaning out their lockers after Week 17, what they’re looking forward to, what they think of new additions to the team, etc. etc. etc.
What I don’t love are all the comments complaining that “nothing players say right now can be believed” or that it’s all “just words” until they put the pads on.