Utah approached its first of two fall scrimmages with a bit of caution.

The majority of the scrimmage for the first-teamers was “thud work” and didn’t include live tackling, with “live work” for the second-teamers.

While there’s certainly time for physicality, and it’s something that Utah has incorporated into practices, coaches felt the best approach for the opening scrimmage of fall camp was to ease up on the starters and reduce the risk of injuries.

“We just felt it was the best approach for the first scrimmage,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. “Twos got all the live work ... so got some good teaching tape and I think we’re in a good place right now, 10 practices in after today and 15 more to go and we’ll be ready to play.”

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