Here are my notes and observations from Spring Practice today:
Today we saw a heavier rushing attack than what we’ve seen in the previous practices which was complemented with more contact as well. Plenty of rushers took the ball.
#1 Wayshawn Parker proved what he can do, with a left-side run through the middle and he was gone for a 50-yard touchdown on a 3rd and 3, barely touched. Wayshawn could become the best RB we’ve seen since Zack Moss.
We also saw runs to #23 Devin Green and #21 Naquari Rodgers. Devin Green especially showed a lot of ability to take hits and fight through the middle. I saw two successful 3rd down conversions on Devin Green Runs.
Rogers also had a great 3rd and short conversion against a loaded box. It looked like he was stuffed at the line, but he made a strong second effort to push for the 1st down.
Another exciting play today was the Jet Sweeps implemented today with handoffs to Zacharyus Williams and Creed Whittemore.
Dampier:
Today might have been the smoothest Dampier drive I’ve seen yet this spring. This drive included
2nd team struggled today, characterized by defense dominating overall. Wilson and Ficklin both had fumbles on handoff connections to Creed and Rodgers respectively.
Ficklin did have an amazing pass under pressure to #19 Luca Caldwell, but it was broken up by a mean hit from #11 Rock Caldwell and Luca couldn’t hang on. The offense had a False Start with Ficklin and a Delay of Game with Wilson. There just wasn’t a lot of movement in those drives, but I think a lot of that credit goes to Defensive Line.
Defensively, we saw Pass breakups from Caldwell, Snowden, and Tao. We saw a massive hit from Tao on Devin Green today as well. The middle linebackers are locking down anything over the middle, passing has been most successful on the outside, but even then most completions require the receiver to fight for the ball.
Today we saw a heavier rushing attack than what we’ve seen in the previous practices which was complemented with more contact as well. Plenty of rushers took the ball.
#1 Wayshawn Parker proved what he can do, with a left-side run through the middle and he was gone for a 50-yard touchdown on a 3rd and 3, barely touched. Wayshawn could become the best RB we’ve seen since Zack Moss.
We also saw runs to #23 Devin Green and #21 Naquari Rodgers. Devin Green especially showed a lot of ability to take hits and fight through the middle. I saw two successful 3rd down conversions on Devin Green Runs.
Rogers also had a great 3rd and short conversion against a loaded box. It looked like he was stuffed at the line, but he made a strong second effort to push for the 1st down.
Another exciting play today was the Jet Sweeps implemented today with handoffs to Zacharyus Williams and Creed Whittemore.
Dampier:
Today might have been the smoothest Dampier drive I’ve seen yet this spring. This drive included
- Quick slant to #10 Hunter Andrews
- Zacharyus Williams Jet Sweep
- QB Draw for 12 yards and a first down
- 20 yard run by Dampier
- A botched snap recovered by Dampier, a loss of 5-6
- Quick pass to #34 Rayshawn Glover
- And then a 25-yard Touchdown Pass under pressure to #5 Otto Tia (followed by up-downs for the entire offense for not handing the ball to the ref after)
2nd team struggled today, characterized by defense dominating overall. Wilson and Ficklin both had fumbles on handoff connections to Creed and Rodgers respectively.
Ficklin did have an amazing pass under pressure to #19 Luca Caldwell, but it was broken up by a mean hit from #11 Rock Caldwell and Luca couldn’t hang on. The offense had a False Start with Ficklin and a Delay of Game with Wilson. There just wasn’t a lot of movement in those drives, but I think a lot of that credit goes to Defensive Line.
Defensively, we saw Pass breakups from Caldwell, Snowden, and Tao. We saw a massive hit from Tao on Devin Green today as well. The middle linebackers are locking down anything over the middle, passing has been most successful on the outside, but even then most completions require the receiver to fight for the ball.
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