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Sorry I am late...and I guess by now you probably have gotten it all of the blogs but here goes anyway.
Tate had another nice grab though this was more on the QB who I believe was Hoyer. He threw a perfect strike over Bodden fell right into Tate in stride tough grab because Bodden coverage was tight but again the throw was nice.
Sanders had a INT on a very poorly thrown ball by Robinson. Though it was so bad one has to wonder if a WR did something wrong.
Mayo caused a fumble after Holt made a nice grab in traffic Mayo popped it lose and Merriweather scooped it and ran with it.
Hernandez had a few nice plays but also showed he was a rookie today and dropped an easy one and another one that was a little more difficult but should have been caught.
in 11 on 11 I thought Cunningham showed some decent pass rush and I would give him credit for at least one sack however since there is no contact the play continued and it was a quick dump to a back in the flat who took off for a nice gain that ended in the end zone after several would be tackles. Kind of funny how this play kept going despite possibly being dead 3or 4 times.
At one point for a period or two I was watching the linebackers during individual drills and no one really stood out that much but it was real fun to watch. First they broke down and did some rush drills and then they worked on their drops into coverage.
When they were passing rushing they broke into 2 groups the guys who edge rush and everyone else. The Edge rushers were doing some drills based on getting the outside edge and it was interesting watching Tully and Cunningham working together on one side and Ninkovich and Woods on the other. The other guys were doing interior rush work and were using a dummy and trying to work on their punch to help create a lane.
When they were working on drops. They were in a base 4 linebacker look and each OLB was responsible for the flats and the 2 ILB were responsible for the middle. Than a coach lined up in the pocket and shifted his direction and action in the backfield and the 4 LBs needed to adjust the zone together so that they choked off the area that the coach was threatning. And I found it pretty cool to see how much ground these 4 backers could cover and my thought was if these guys can cover so much area without any DBs how do any QBs complete anything.
again more goal line work and the highlight here came when guyton met a RB at the goal line and stuffed him in his tracks. Problem was he may have stood him up just to late though I never did figure out if it was a TD or not regardless the D liked the contact and it was nice to see Guyton stop the guy in his tracks but gotta do it before the goal line which he may have by an inch. (I have to be honest we were about to leave when this happened so I wasnt paying great attention and I am not sure who the back was and I am pretty sure it was guyton but I could easily be wrong and there was a few guys in on the play to help out too).
Hopefully my detail here makes up for my tardiness.
Tate had another nice grab though this was more on the QB who I believe was Hoyer. He threw a perfect strike over Bodden fell right into Tate in stride tough grab because Bodden coverage was tight but again the throw was nice.
Sanders had a INT on a very poorly thrown ball by Robinson. Though it was so bad one has to wonder if a WR did something wrong.
Mayo caused a fumble after Holt made a nice grab in traffic Mayo popped it lose and Merriweather scooped it and ran with it.
Hernandez had a few nice plays but also showed he was a rookie today and dropped an easy one and another one that was a little more difficult but should have been caught.
in 11 on 11 I thought Cunningham showed some decent pass rush and I would give him credit for at least one sack however since there is no contact the play continued and it was a quick dump to a back in the flat who took off for a nice gain that ended in the end zone after several would be tackles. Kind of funny how this play kept going despite possibly being dead 3or 4 times.
At one point for a period or two I was watching the linebackers during individual drills and no one really stood out that much but it was real fun to watch. First they broke down and did some rush drills and then they worked on their drops into coverage.
When they were passing rushing they broke into 2 groups the guys who edge rush and everyone else. The Edge rushers were doing some drills based on getting the outside edge and it was interesting watching Tully and Cunningham working together on one side and Ninkovich and Woods on the other. The other guys were doing interior rush work and were using a dummy and trying to work on their punch to help create a lane.
When they were working on drops. They were in a base 4 linebacker look and each OLB was responsible for the flats and the 2 ILB were responsible for the middle. Than a coach lined up in the pocket and shifted his direction and action in the backfield and the 4 LBs needed to adjust the zone together so that they choked off the area that the coach was threatning. And I found it pretty cool to see how much ground these 4 backers could cover and my thought was if these guys can cover so much area without any DBs how do any QBs complete anything.
again more goal line work and the highlight here came when guyton met a RB at the goal line and stuffed him in his tracks. Problem was he may have stood him up just to late though I never did figure out if it was a TD or not regardless the D liked the contact and it was nice to see Guyton stop the guy in his tracks but gotta do it before the goal line which he may have by an inch. (I have to be honest we were about to leave when this happened so I wasnt paying great attention and I am not sure who the back was and I am pretty sure it was guyton but I could easily be wrong and there was a few guys in on the play to help out too).
Hopefully my detail here makes up for my tardiness.
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