Jimbo Fisher on Texas A&M's chemistry: 'I like our dynamic'

A year removed from a disappointing season, Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher is optimistic about his team heading into 2023. And he’s hopeful the chemistry he’s seeing get forged now will carry on through the season.

That’s not a guarantee and Fisher knows that, with last year as a strong example of what can happen when things aren’t quite in harmony. However, he’s encouraged by the energy, effort and dynamic from his team during practices.

“You just get a sense. How guys are working, how they’re relating to each other. I like our guys, I like our dynamic right now. I really do. I like our dynamic as far as the energy we have in practice, coming with a purpose to meetings. Guys seem to be very locked in, very driven, very motivated. And you can sense it and an urgency to do things right. Just from the communication, the questions to each other, to coaches, that dynamic in practice,” Fisher said.

Fisher is hopeful to see the fledging bonds and trust being built on the Texas A&M roster now carry over into the scrimmage and games. Seeing someone do the right things in practice leads to the right things happening in scrimmages and then games.

With the ball seemingly rolling, Fisher just wants to keep it going in the right direction.

“I think your chemistry grows as you gain confidence in what you’re doing and how you’re doing it. And you get guys in situations that make plays whether it’s in practice and then of course you gotta take it to the practice field in a scrimmage and you gotta take it to a game during the season,” Fisher said. “So that culture and chemistry always continues to grow or deplete — it could be. If it went the other ways.”

Fisher recently shared takeaways from the first Texas A&M scrimmage

On Monday, Fisher shared his biggest takeaways from the team’s intrasquad scrimmage.

“I thought physicality was good,” Fisher said. “You always want more consistency and you’re putting some young guys in. Some of our older guys we scrimmaged for a certain number of plays and got them out to see other young guys.

“Up front, on both sides of the ball, I thought we had good physicality. Defensive line and offensive line, I was very pleased with a lot of their movements. The offensive line, I really think is emerging some guys that are coming on really well.”

Texas A&M must improves in the trenches this season. On offense, the team allowed 2.08 sacks per game last year, tying for 71st in the country. On the flip side, the defense was even worse. The Aggies created just 1.58 sacks per game, ranking outside of the top 100 nationally.