Coach Phillips was asked about beginning training camp with a practice during which players are not wearing pads (please don't mistake these for direct quotes, and forgive the typos):

Marv Levy influenced me a lot there ... you pick up a lot of different things with different coaches. I just thought Marv, most of the time started that way .. I thought it helped. He got through training camp with very few injuries, just starting them out the right way, or this way, helps them. I've continued to do that, it's worked out fine.

Phillps was asked how much tackling they will do in the pre-season....

We'll tackle in preseason games really. We teach tackling fundamentals, but there's no reason to tackle our own guys. My dad always said, we don't play the Dallas Cowboys, so we don't want to hurt our own guys, and you're more suceptible to injuries when you go live. If team's not tough enough, you have to go more live or play more in the preseason.

Phillips was asked about the winner of "4th and Long" being on the team, and what his chances are:

How realistic is it for free agnets? Some of them make it, some of them are Tony Romos, and some of them don't make it. I think he showed he has talent, and enough talent to play in the NFL, and that's the first thing.

It will probably take him a little while to catch up, but he's athletic enough and works hard enough so he should be ok.

Phillips was asked if Tony Romo looks more focused?

To be honest, I never noticed him not being focused. He comes to everything he's supposed to come to, he works hard at it, and he competes. The last 2 years he's gotten better, so you know, he knows that there are some thing he needs to do better, but he's a talent, and he can help win games for us.

When he makes all the workouts, does everything he needs to do, I don't think playing golf takes away from football, just like whatever anybody else does with his leisure time. He's the quarterback and under the microscope ... when I see him, he works hard, he tries to do the right thing, and he competes.

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