Camp Report 7/29/14
Players not participating: Ethan Westbrooks; Christian Bryant; Sammy Brown; Johnny Millard; Kadeem Jones, Trumaine Johnson, William Hayes, Brandon Washington; Jarrid Bryant; Isaiah Pead
Jake Long and Scott Wells participated in the unit drills, but did NOT participate in TEAM DRILLS
Shorts and Shoulder Pads. Plenty of contact, but still not FULL TACKLING
Offense:
1st Unit: Bradford; Britt; Quick; Cook; Kendricks/Austin; Stacy; LT- Saffold; LG- Robinson; C- Jones; RG- Joseph; RT- Barksdale
2nd Unit: Hill; Bailey & Austin; (Givens & Pettis) Harkey; J. Cunningham; B. Cunningham; LT- Person; LG- Rhaney; C- Barnes; RG- Bond; RT- Hooey
3rd Unit: Gilbert; Given; Pettis; (Veltung, Blake, Moe, Franklin); Bayer; Mason; LT- Van Dyk; LG- Person; C- Rhaney; RG- Morrell; RT- Dill
· Scott Wells and Jake Long had their most extensive drill work today, but still did not participate in any team stuff
o They both look to moving quite well, and could be close to limited team work next week
· Starting to see some separation in the depth chart with guys getting extra reps with different units
o Rhaney and Person taking reps with 2nd & 3rd units at different positions
· The rotation with Barrett Jones and Tim Barnes continues with Jones getting the 1 unit reps today
Defensive:
1st Unit: Long Brockers Langford Quinn; Lautinaitis; Ogletree; Dunbar; Jenkins; McGee; McLeod; McDonald
2nd Unit: Sam Carrington Conrath Sims; Bates; Steward; Armstrong; Gaines; Woodard; Davis; Alexander
3rd Unit: Sam Donald Harlan K. Brown; Schiller; Sabino; A. Hill; Reid; Roberson; A. Cunningham; Daniels
· Donald took a handful of reps with the 1st unit when they went to Nickel package, but for the most part was getting 3rd unit reps the rest of the 11 on 11 work
· Joyner took 1st unit reps at Nickel
· Greg Williams was up to his old tricks, showing multiple looks, and tons of blitzes
o Introduced the “30 Nickel” which has 3 DL; 3LB; 5 DBs
o Quinn, Brockers, Long; Laurinaitis, Ogletree, Dunbar, McGee, Jenkins, Joyner, McLeod, McDonald
Theme of the day: Schottenheimer: “Brian Quick is the most improved player out here”
· For those who doubted the OC’s comments after the OTAs, need only see what it going on at training camp.
o It’s no accident he’s been the best player on the field that past 2 practices, and more importantly, Bradford is showing tons of confidence in Quick by THROWING HIM THE BALL
· Offense is clicking on all cylinders that past two days
· Name of the game for the defense today: Live or die with the blitz
Special Teams:
Punt Coverage; Worked on coverage drills, interior line and backs (no gunners)
1st Unit:
Cunningham Armstrong Steward McQuaide Sims Bates Daniels C. Davis
2nd Unit:
Alexander Ogletree Harkey Hus A. Hill Sabino Mason Stacy
Not much changes from Sunday
7 0n 7 & 11 on 11 Drills:
Highlights:
First play of 11 on 11: CB Blitz & Bradfod hits Quick on sight adjustment (Quick slant) with no one in seam he goes untouched for big play
Very NEXT play: Play Action: Bradford to Quick double move (turns McGee around) for a 40 yard completion
2nd Unit Offense: Play Action Rollout: Gilbert to Givens for 18 yard sliding completion (out route)
Gilbert to Quick another double move beats Gaines to corner (30 yard completion)
Austin had a good day catching the ball. Ran a crossing route which Daniels read perfectly, only to have Austin blow by him like he was a standing pylon
Bradford to Britt ( 9 route) in the back of the EndZone over McGee and with McGee finishing the play with a shove to the face of Britt. Britt spikes the ball at McGee’s feet and gets mobbed by teammates
In 2 minute drill at end of practice: Bradford connect with quick on deep post route, (single coverage by McLeod) Quick uses his body like going up for a rebound, McLeod had NO chance to make a play on the ball
Chris Givens showed he is still on the team: while relegated to mostly 3rd unit reps, he made a few nice catches to show he can still contribute
Cody Davis had a nice interception in 2 minute drill
Lamarcus Joyner nice INT in RedZone drill stepping in front of Pettis at back of End Zone
Cory Harkey lowers the boom on Armstrong after a catch and long run. Lowers his shoulder and delivers the blow.
Lowlights:
Chris Givens running reps with the 3rd unit. He got some 2nd unit reps when paired with Pettis, but was also running with 3rd unit guys like Veltung and Blake.
Austin Pettis was almost invisible today
Depth at CB beyond Jenkins, Johnson and Gaines is worrisome. McGee and Woodard continue to struggle; Reid and Roberson very limited reps
Expected Defense to have a “bounce back” day and offer some push back….. didn’t happen!!!
· DISCLAIMER: there were plenty of blitzes which would have resulted in sacks that ended in completions due to the “no tackle rule”
CAMP OBSERVATIONS:
· The WR rotation appears to be for the 2nd unit moving forward. It’s not by accident that Brian Quick and Kenny Britt are getting at least twice as many 1st unit reps than any of the other WRs. Austin mixes in as 3rd WR.
· Right now, the rotation seems to be settled in: Quick and Britt at the WR. Cook at TE. And either Kendricks, Austin or Harkey, depending on which personnel grouping they go with. Pretty consistent the last 2 practices.
· Alexander just hasn’t shown that he is comfortable yet in the scheme. Continually needing help in lining up from C. Davis
· Benny Cunningham had a nice blitz pickup. First time I’ve seen that from any of the RBs not named Pead.
· Mason shows quick feet and instincts, but tends to want to bounce everything outside
· Things got a little chippy towards the end of practice in the 2 minute drill, a couple of shoving including one incident with Chris Givens after the Cody Davis INT.