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I wasn't going to go until tomorrow when they put on the pads, but it was such a beautiful morning and I couldn't wait another day to try out the new binocs and get a feel for how they are running camp thus far.
DISCLAIMER: It was still just a glorified walk thru with no contact, so these comments should be taken as pure speculation and personal impressions on my part. In other words take it all with a large grain of salt.
1. Kembrell Thomkins looked like the best WR in the house. Quick, elusive and makes the spectacular catches to boot. He along with Edelman and DA were the WR's who "popped"
2. Brandon LaFell did not. Its not like he did anything wrong, he just didn't pop. He had a chance to make one play, going up for a highly contested ball, got both hands on it, and couldn't hold it. That being said, its very early and thus far the defense is ahead of the offense IMO.
3 For those keeping track the starting OL was Solder, Mankins, Connolly, Kline and Cannon. It pained me that Cannon only played RT. Volmer only played LT on the 2nd team, and Stork only played RG.
4. Mayo was in the Middle again today. Collins was on the strong side, while Hightower was on the weak. They ran one D I found interesting where just before the snap they shifted the D down a man to the strong side which put HIghtower on the LOS coming off the weakside edge. Just sayin'
5. Collins was in coverage most of the morning and I have to say he was good. Whenever I focused on him (which was a lot) he was like glue on his man. He seems VERY good in space. IIRC he had 2 passes defended and zero completions. Very impressive.
6 Yes, after watching him in person for the first time Revis IS that good. One play stood out. Revis was on the outside playing loose man on Edelman when Edelman goes in motion to the inside presnap. When the ball is snapped Edelman and LaFell break downfield with Lafell running something inside, while Edelman breaks back outside.
What was so impressive (it was right infront of me) was I could swear that Revis planted to go back outside BEFORE Edelman made his cut. He clearly had read the pattern and was there waiting for Julian and swallowed him up. BB talked about Revis' brains, and he wasn't lying. Those times I watched him I never saw him make a false step or be fooled by a receiver. It was WOW, just WOW.
7. Gronk was a full participant in all the individual work. He ran full speed and made sharp cuts....but when they went to group and team work, he just watched.
8. Speaking of TE's Hooman tied with Thomkins for catch of the day. He has excellent hands and is a much better athlete than he's given credit for here. He's not anything great, but he could easily be a 30-40 catch guy if they gave him more targets
9. Jones is a better athlete than I expected. Seems like he has good hands and moves better than I thought. And he huge. He's very raw. I'd love to see him on the PS. BTW- all the TE's caught the ball well
10. I didn't understand all the hype about White....but I do now. He catches the ball like an experienced WR. I'm still wondering how he's going to be able to block at his size, but its easy to see why they'd want him on the field in passing situations. Very smooth.
11. Garapolo looked like a kid who is used to playing against Eastern ILL. He has quick feet, a lightening release and decent accuracy, but he looks very much the rookie he is. He's slow to read the D and find the open man, and threw 2 picks and could have had a couple more. He's going to have to come a long way in the next month before I'd be comfortable having him as my #2. That being said, Mallet had a pretty good day.
12. Guys like Hull, and Anderson have vastly improved our LB coverage this season. I thought they both had good day covering. The defense as a whole is ahead of the offense IMHO.
13. When they went to warm ups, I was at first very encouraged to see Vince leading those around him. However then I noticed something that disturbed me. Whenever everyone else would go to some kind of hopping or skipping kind of drill, Vince would just run. It could be nothing. He participated fully in everything they did. I just thought it was curious.
Tomorrow is the first day of pads. I can't wait. I don't know how I got along without binocs all these years. I'm glad I got a day to practice with them before the hitting starts.
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DISCLAIMER: It was still just a glorified walk thru with no contact, so these comments should be taken as pure speculation and personal impressions on my part. In other words take it all with a large grain of salt.
1. Kembrell Thomkins looked like the best WR in the house. Quick, elusive and makes the spectacular catches to boot. He along with Edelman and DA were the WR's who "popped"
2. Brandon LaFell did not. Its not like he did anything wrong, he just didn't pop. He had a chance to make one play, going up for a highly contested ball, got both hands on it, and couldn't hold it. That being said, its very early and thus far the defense is ahead of the offense IMO.
3 For those keeping track the starting OL was Solder, Mankins, Connolly, Kline and Cannon. It pained me that Cannon only played RT. Volmer only played LT on the 2nd team, and Stork only played RG.
4. Mayo was in the Middle again today. Collins was on the strong side, while Hightower was on the weak. They ran one D I found interesting where just before the snap they shifted the D down a man to the strong side which put HIghtower on the LOS coming off the weakside edge. Just sayin'
5. Collins was in coverage most of the morning and I have to say he was good. Whenever I focused on him (which was a lot) he was like glue on his man. He seems VERY good in space. IIRC he had 2 passes defended and zero completions. Very impressive.
6 Yes, after watching him in person for the first time Revis IS that good. One play stood out. Revis was on the outside playing loose man on Edelman when Edelman goes in motion to the inside presnap. When the ball is snapped Edelman and LaFell break downfield with Lafell running something inside, while Edelman breaks back outside.
What was so impressive (it was right infront of me) was I could swear that Revis planted to go back outside BEFORE Edelman made his cut. He clearly had read the pattern and was there waiting for Julian and swallowed him up. BB talked about Revis' brains, and he wasn't lying. Those times I watched him I never saw him make a false step or be fooled by a receiver. It was WOW, just WOW.
7. Gronk was a full participant in all the individual work. He ran full speed and made sharp cuts....but when they went to group and team work, he just watched.
8. Speaking of TE's Hooman tied with Thomkins for catch of the day. He has excellent hands and is a much better athlete than he's given credit for here. He's not anything great, but he could easily be a 30-40 catch guy if they gave him more targets
9. Jones is a better athlete than I expected. Seems like he has good hands and moves better than I thought. And he huge. He's very raw. I'd love to see him on the PS. BTW- all the TE's caught the ball well
10. I didn't understand all the hype about White....but I do now. He catches the ball like an experienced WR. I'm still wondering how he's going to be able to block at his size, but its easy to see why they'd want him on the field in passing situations. Very smooth.
11. Garapolo looked like a kid who is used to playing against Eastern ILL. He has quick feet, a lightening release and decent accuracy, but he looks very much the rookie he is. He's slow to read the D and find the open man, and threw 2 picks and could have had a couple more. He's going to have to come a long way in the next month before I'd be comfortable having him as my #2. That being said, Mallet had a pretty good day.
12. Guys like Hull, and Anderson have vastly improved our LB coverage this season. I thought they both had good day covering. The defense as a whole is ahead of the offense IMHO.
13. When they went to warm ups, I was at first very encouraged to see Vince leading those around him. However then I noticed something that disturbed me. Whenever everyone else would go to some kind of hopping or skipping kind of drill, Vince would just run. It could be nothing. He participated fully in everything they did. I just thought it was curious.
Tomorrow is the first day of pads. I can't wait. I don't know how I got along without binocs all these years. I'm glad I got a day to practice with them before the hitting starts.
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