gravedigger
08-01-2013, 07:23 PM
What I noticed:
We have some defensive backs with serious quickness. Cox stood out to me. Great reaction time.
Tyler's passes looked sharper than I remember but then again, they were not in shoulder pads.
We have some contenders at WR but Ro Jo looked great. BJ Hammond will be good and Christy is a work in progress but he'll be good too. Ross looked like all he needs is a bit of technique coaching and he'll turn into a playmaker.
Dak's passes did not look nearly as sharp as Tylers. However Dak looked more like a qb than the past. I don't know if I can explain that. He just did.
Damian Williams will not just wait his turn. He's going to press Dak for the job next year.
Chris Jones is enormous. Not fat at all. He's just, and you might not appreciate this if you are too young.....but he's 'Ed too tall Jones' enormous.
I had a chance to speak to former qb Sleepy Robinson at practice for a minute. I asked him what the coaches are primarily looking at in the first hours of practice in the fall. His answer was intensity and assignments. By the way, Sleepy is one of my favorite players ever and I could tell he stll misses the game, but the guy is some kind of state fan. Married a girl from Starkville.
This WHOLE year's success or lack thereof will boil down to two things: run blocking and pass blocking.
I think the defense will do the job it needs to do and has the talent to sustain an injury or two.
We have some defensive backs with serious quickness. Cox stood out to me. Great reaction time.
Tyler's passes looked sharper than I remember but then again, they were not in shoulder pads.
We have some contenders at WR but Ro Jo looked great. BJ Hammond will be good and Christy is a work in progress but he'll be good too. Ross looked like all he needs is a bit of technique coaching and he'll turn into a playmaker.
Dak's passes did not look nearly as sharp as Tylers. However Dak looked more like a qb than the past. I don't know if I can explain that. He just did.
Damian Williams will not just wait his turn. He's going to press Dak for the job next year.
Chris Jones is enormous. Not fat at all. He's just, and you might not appreciate this if you are too young.....but he's 'Ed too tall Jones' enormous.
I had a chance to speak to former qb Sleepy Robinson at practice for a minute. I asked him what the coaches are primarily looking at in the first hours of practice in the fall. His answer was intensity and assignments. By the way, Sleepy is one of my favorite players ever and I could tell he stll misses the game, but the guy is some kind of state fan. Married a girl from Starkville.
This WHOLE year's success or lack thereof will boil down to two things: run blocking and pass blocking.
I think the defense will do the job it needs to do and has the talent to sustain an injury or two.