Scrimmage Observations

[KOdawg1]

1) Tommy Stevens is for real. He spins the ball better than any MSU QB I?ve ever seen. He ran with the 1?s all day and will do so for the season. He will make a difference for us this year. He had a play where the snap was low, he corralled it and off his back foot threw it on the money to the back corner for a TD.

I most interested to see if he can throw his passes with touch. Fitz could "spin" it, but it was a 200 mph spinning missile that would dent our WRs facemask. If Tommy can place balls with a sense of touch, then look out.

[PMDawg]

Still will have some issues with speed off the end. I?m not saying they?re bad. Just certain matchups are going to still give us some problems. I think the other question is how will we use the TEs. We?ve heard of more TE sets, so maybe we give them help. We didn?t last year.

If Joe didn't give our guys TE help in the Kentucky game last year, he never will. He let Allen beat us by himself by refusing that one simple adjustment.

[ckDOG]

Just put the QB in that can make the reads and throw a catchable ball while an SEC lineman in breathing on you. Spinning it pretty is for camp QBs and 7 on 7 ball. Just get it done.

[ShotgunDawg]

I most interested to see if he can throw his passes with touch. Fitz could "spin" it, but it was a 200 mph spinning missile that would dent our WRs facemask. If Tommy can place balls with a sense of touch, then look out.

Fitz couldn't spin it. Arm strength doesn't mean you can spin. In fact, I'd guess Fitz had a low RPM pass, kind of like a sinker in baseball. That's why it was hard to catch. It wasnt hard to catch due to velocity

[bulldawg28]

Still will have some issues with speed off the end. I?m not saying they?re bad. Just certain matchups are going to still give us some problems. I think the other question is how will we use the TEs. We?ve heard of more TE sets, so maybe we give them help. We didn?t last year.

It appears you're talking about previous practices not the scrimmage yesterday. Did they use the TE's?

[1bigdawg]

Just put the QB in that can make the reads and throw a catchable ball while an SEC lineman in breathing on you. Spinning it pretty is for camp QBs and 7 on 7 ball. Just get it done.

You got it. I believe all of the QBs on pour team are "adequate" at throwing the ball, but after that making good quick decisions is the most important quality in a QB. A great thrower who makes fails to make a decision quickly will get overwhelmed by any SEC defense.

[tcdog70]

Fitz couldn't spin it. Arm strength doesn't mean you can spin. In fact, I'd guess Fitz had a low RPM pass, kind of like a sinker in baseball. That's why it was hard to catch. It wasnt hard to catch due to velocity

Man, where do,you come up with your bullshit? What makes you an QB guru? You wouldn't know a Qb that could spin if he hit you between your 17 ing eyes.

[thf24]

Man, where do,you come up with your bullshit? What makes you an QB guru? You wouldn't know a Qb that could spin if he hit you between your 17 ing eyes.

http://perceptionaction.com/poorthrow/

[ShotgunDawg]

Man, where do,you come up with your bullshit? What makes you an QB guru? You wouldn't know a Qb that could spin if he hit you between your 17 ing eyes.

Holliday inn bro

[Coach007]

Was at the scrimmage today and a few things stuck out:

1) Tommy Stevens is for real. He spins the ball better than any MSU QB I?ve ever seen. He ran with the 1?s all day and will do so for the season. He will make a difference for us this year. He had a play where the snap was low, he corralled it and off his back foot threw it on the money to the back corner for a TD.
2) Receiver play is night and day from last year. No drops today and very good routes. Was very impressed with Cam Gardner. He?s going to get some major PT this year.
3) Kylin Hill. He looks like the NFL back we need him to be. One person is not bringing him down this year. He will have 20+ touches a ballgame.
4) Defensively we were very bland. Not to say we looked bad, but we were base basically the entire scrimmage. Dantzler was in a no contact and did not play. Gay was in a no contact with shorts and a boot on. Smithermann had a nice pick at the end of practice.

2 things...


1-It seems Shrader may be #3 now on the depth chart... per writers.

2-If the defense was playing bland, then I expect the offensive performance to have been great. I want the defense to give them some sort of HELL. That's just me.

[Coach007]

One other thing.. Our 1s went against the 2s

[Coach007]

If Joe didn't give our guys TE help in the Kentucky game last year, he never will.

Well, this scrimmage.. the first drive was a TD pass to Green(TE) for 15 yards from Stevens.


It may have been more than a HC refusing help... you think? My God!

[yjnkdawg]

I most interested to see if he can throw his passes with touch. Fitz could "spin" it, but it was a 200 mph spinning missile that would dent our WRs facemask. If Tommy can place balls with a sense of touch, then look out.

Fitz did not throw an easily catchable ball, and it had to do with something about the spin of the ball, and how it looked to the receivers when they were trying to catch it. Add in the velocity and that was the reason for some of the drops. We should have a lot less drops this year but we won't know that until the passing game gets on the field in actual NCAA football games.

[StarkVegasSteve]

2 things...


1-It seems Shrader may be #3 now on the depth chart... per writers.

2-If the defense was playing bland, then I expect the offensive performance to have been great. I want the defense to give them some sort of HELL. That's just me.

Schrader looked extremely good yesterday. Ball was getting out quickly and on target. He ran with the 3?s all day.

[Coach34]

One other thing.. Our 1s went against the 2s

That's one thing JoVester does I really disagree with. Rarely goes 1' vs 1's. Need a little bit of that every now and then to get a true look at your offense

[StarkVegasSteve]

That's one thing JoVester does I really disagree with. Rarely goes 1' vs 1's. Need a little bit of that every now and then to get a true look at your offense

They went 1 vs 1 a lot yesterday. You could clearly hear Joe yell 1O vs 1D multiple times throughout the scrimmage.

[BuckyIsAB****]

We do need a middle guy.

Is Rogers enrolling early? I wouldn?t want to burn his RS though.

Yes he is graduating early and will go thru spring ball

[Ifyouonlyknew]

They went 1 vs 1 a lot yesterday. You could clearly hear Joe yell 1O vs 1D multiple times throughout the scrimmage.

1st scrimmage was entirely 1 v 1 & 2 v 2 & so on.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Fitz couldn't spin it. Arm strength doesn't mean you can spin. In fact, I'd guess Fitz had a low RPM pass, kind of like a sinker in baseball. That's why it was hard to catch. It wasnt hard to catch due to velocity

Fitz could absolutely rip it. I think you are trying to hard here haha ''rpms'' Accuracy and the mental side were his issues, we are beating his dead horse into the ground around here

[Coach34]

1st scrimmage was entirely 1 v 1 & 2 v 2 & so on.

good. I know that was a big complaint from last year.