Day 5 Blogservations: 'Solid First Day' Marred by Mistakes

The first day of contact featured some solid work but too many mistakes on offense. Paul Perillo

Jerod Mayo stepped to the microphone to begin his pre-practice press conference on a rainy Monday morning and had a very simple message for the media.

"Hey, this is real football, right? This is real football. We're out here in pads today," he said, expressing his enthusiasm for his team's first foray into phy