Hardy Brown
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Some gifts for the starving:
Larry Fitgerald is a freak of freakin' nature. I cannot tell you how many one-handed grabs he has made over the last week but I don't think I could count them on one-hand. He made one this morning that stunned me. Then again, shake his hand and you'll know why he makes this routine.
Milford Brown, locking down Dockett in one-on-one and abusing Okeafor on an ET stunt raised my eyebrows. Chike came inside and got drilled to the ground by Brown. He is catching my eye and I am greatly encouraged. At this point of training camp, he might be the under-the-radar free-agent signing of the off-season.
Oliver Ross will be out three to five-weeks. I still think they should try to bring in another tackle. Wakefield breathes football and gives you everything he's got and is improving, but there is room for concern.
Leonard Pope started camp slowly but he has come on of late. This kid impresses. He can run. He shows good hands. He had a very good morning...blocking. I smiled, watching him compete. He's got a chance...
Gabe Watson had a good practice, sucking up blockers. Wolfley called him, "The Black Hole."
Langston Moore ran with the first-team, playing the 1-technique, and looks like he should stay there. Kendrick Clancy was out with a tweaked groin (nothing serious). Although Clancy has been called a "gamer," if you based the starting 1-technique purely on practice, Langston Moore would get my vote to start.
Jon Bronson has changed his number to 39. He shows a willingness to stick his head into the point-of-attack but is getting roughed up at the moment. He must learn to explode through the man on contact and not gather himself. If he can make the mental adjustment, learning how to explode in space, he might be the terror of the NFL. This may prove difficult, but this is a large man.
Our four-deep wide-receivers look like linebackers...so impressive.
Dennis Green knows what he's doing. Believe it...
The Cardinals have put in a few more runs this week. I'll be watching closely Saturday to see what running plays actually get called during the game. I fully expect to see only a handful of running plays as the season approaches. Coaches do not feel comfortable going into games unless they have more than a few running plays in their arsenal. Then, as games are played and plays get stuffed, they revert to plays that work and trim-down their ground attack. This is part of what training camp is designed for: do you have the players to execute your philosophy.
Milford Brown...(see above).
The Cardinals have focused on the Red-Zone over the last three-days. As bad as we were at this last year, I wish we'd do it almost every day. If Edgerrin James can be effective in the Red-Zone (assuming he can), this team might put up unheard of numbers. Their vertical threat (Pope, Boldin, Fitzgerald and Johnson) is a loaded gun. Although the square-footage in the Red-Zone, horizontally, is reduced, the Cardinals may be unmatched in the league, vertically. Show me they can run the ball with only average results and I'll show you the best offense in the NFL.
Larry Fitgerald is a freak of freakin' nature. I cannot tell you how many one-handed grabs he has made over the last week but I don't think I could count them on one-hand. He made one this morning that stunned me. Then again, shake his hand and you'll know why he makes this routine.
Milford Brown, locking down Dockett in one-on-one and abusing Okeafor on an ET stunt raised my eyebrows. Chike came inside and got drilled to the ground by Brown. He is catching my eye and I am greatly encouraged. At this point of training camp, he might be the under-the-radar free-agent signing of the off-season.
Oliver Ross will be out three to five-weeks. I still think they should try to bring in another tackle. Wakefield breathes football and gives you everything he's got and is improving, but there is room for concern.
Leonard Pope started camp slowly but he has come on of late. This kid impresses. He can run. He shows good hands. He had a very good morning...blocking. I smiled, watching him compete. He's got a chance...
Gabe Watson had a good practice, sucking up blockers. Wolfley called him, "The Black Hole."
Langston Moore ran with the first-team, playing the 1-technique, and looks like he should stay there. Kendrick Clancy was out with a tweaked groin (nothing serious). Although Clancy has been called a "gamer," if you based the starting 1-technique purely on practice, Langston Moore would get my vote to start.
Jon Bronson has changed his number to 39. He shows a willingness to stick his head into the point-of-attack but is getting roughed up at the moment. He must learn to explode through the man on contact and not gather himself. If he can make the mental adjustment, learning how to explode in space, he might be the terror of the NFL. This may prove difficult, but this is a large man.
Our four-deep wide-receivers look like linebackers...so impressive.
Dennis Green knows what he's doing. Believe it...
The Cardinals have put in a few more runs this week. I'll be watching closely Saturday to see what running plays actually get called during the game. I fully expect to see only a handful of running plays as the season approaches. Coaches do not feel comfortable going into games unless they have more than a few running plays in their arsenal. Then, as games are played and plays get stuffed, they revert to plays that work and trim-down their ground attack. This is part of what training camp is designed for: do you have the players to execute your philosophy.
Milford Brown...(see above).
The Cardinals have focused on the Red-Zone over the last three-days. As bad as we were at this last year, I wish we'd do it almost every day. If Edgerrin James can be effective in the Red-Zone (assuming he can), this team might put up unheard of numbers. Their vertical threat (Pope, Boldin, Fitzgerald and Johnson) is a loaded gun. Although the square-footage in the Red-Zone, horizontally, is reduced, the Cardinals may be unmatched in the league, vertically. Show me they can run the ball with only average results and I'll show you the best offense in the NFL.