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Folks, I'm bummed. I was more than halfway through my pm thread when I lost it somehow. Pushed a button I wasn't supposed to push. Oh well. If any mod or computer genius can retrieve it, let me know.
So here is a shorter version of my observation.
The summer monsoons rolled in from the west an hour or so before practice began and kept us company for the remainder of the afternoon. There was an intermitten rain throughout the practice. This created a bit of a problem for the 3 on 2 drills. That's what I call the drill where the qb assumes the position and has two wideout do the same. There are two cbs defending.
Lance Long, the same guy that only this morning I wrote couldn't break the top 4, did it again. He just keeps catching everything thrown his way. He made one especially pretty catch with Leinart tossing him the rock.
Leinart, by the way, did much better this pm. In fact, he performed better than Warner, IMO. Could have something to do with age. Warner was not as peppy in the afternoon session. He was still sharp, but Leinart did stand out quite a bit more.
In the trashcan drill, where the qbs stand at about the 10 yard line and toss the ball to the corner of the endzone trying to make it into a large rubbermaid trashcan, they all did equally average. No one hit the bullseye. However, after the drill was called, Warner challenged one of the coaches (Miller of Chandler I think) to take a stab at it, but apparently he refused. Warner then shouted, "What do you say!" to the crowd as he waved his arms upward as if trying to do half of a jumpin jack. The crowd roared, although I'm not sure they knew what they were roaring about. The coach took the ball and threw. He missed. The crowd groaned. The sky thundered. A few drops fell. I hid my digital camera under my Cardinal's t-shirt so as to shield it from the moisture. Life is full of disapointments I suppose.
Just then something caught my attention.
As the others walked away, Kurt turned around, walked back, picked up a football, and tossed it at the trashcan. This guy just had to have the last word. Love it.
Oh, and by the way, he missed. Terribly.
So, Lance Long keeps making plays, but so does Jeremy Urban. ASFNers, Urban is honest to goodness forcing his will upon the team. He is playing lights out. I'm watched him make difficult catches all day long. Lance Alworth sound familar to anyone? Although there is also a little Matt Jones in him from where I stand. Not the tweeker aspect, but the mellow, heaven may care kinda aura he puts out. I like him, though. He may very well break out this year. At least that's how he looked out there today.
Which brings me to the defensive backs.
Either our recievers are Autobots and Decepticons all rolled into one and our dbs are merely human, OR, our dbs are not as ready for primetime as many of us think. Seriously, the recievers, all of them, had their way with our dbs. DCR, Brown, Toler, McFadden, Adams, Rolle (who got seriously burned by someone other than the big 3 this pm.
I overhead a guy next to me say, "That's why he plays safety and not corner." Uh, ya think?
In 3 on 2 drills...
Fitz had his way.
Let me repeat that.
Fitz had his way with these guys. Way too easily.
And it's not like the dbs concede anything, it's just that God, er, I mean Larry is that good. The most noticable aspect about Fitzgerald's game this year is his speed. Real speed.
Did I refer to him beautiful already this weekend?
Guys, gals, puppies, kittens, listen up: he is bigger and better than all of us put together. He is the comet that wiped out the dinosaurs. He is the Ming Dynasty. He is Moses parting the Red Sea and NOAH, all at the same time.
Oh, by the way, Stephens Howling is a bit smaller than he appeared this morning. Chalk that up to my Christmas morning perspective earlier today. Doesn't matter, dude plays with a chip on his shoulder and is still going to be a player for us.
If the dbs cause me some concern, the OL downright worries me. I watched them for a bit against our d-line in a drill where only one d-lineman rushes, targeting a specific o-lineman.
The result: Alan Branch is a freak.
When we drafted him I read that he could be unstoppable at times. Today was one of those times. He brought it. Funny thing is, he still appears to be only working at 70 percent. I don't know if its the lack of muscle definition, or the pillsbury doughboy body language, or the Captain Kangeroo beard, but the guy just perplexes me. That said, if you folks would have seen him collapsing our o-line, you too would be salivating at the prospect of this guy smothering Frank Gore an Stephen Jackson. He was especially harsh on Seindlen. Tossed him aside like bag of chips on more than one occassion.
Canfield looked small. He did alright in drills, suprising me, but he does look light for the position.
In those same drills, Cody Brown absolutely destroyed Mike Gandy on one play. Brown is bad.
Jason Wright contined to impress me. And he signed my cap.
Herman Johnson looks every bit the behemoth that was advertised. And he's got the cool fro as well. I saw him on a couple of plays, and he stood up the defensive player. He did give the impression of being a bit disinterested in the whole thing. I don't know. Something to keep a eye on.
Lastly, let me say a few words about Sean Morey.
He is Neil Rackers on steroids. Scary, huh? The guy has the mentality of a marine in the trenches when he plays football. Watching him run around out there -- I finally get why wiz loves the dude.
He reminds me so much of, dare I say, Pat Tillman.
And with that, I bid you good night.
Skkorp, I hope you enjoyed today's practices as much as I did.
Go Cards!
Uhm, please forgive typos and such as the Patron and Michelob Ultra is flowing...
So here is a shorter version of my observation.
The summer monsoons rolled in from the west an hour or so before practice began and kept us company for the remainder of the afternoon. There was an intermitten rain throughout the practice. This created a bit of a problem for the 3 on 2 drills. That's what I call the drill where the qb assumes the position and has two wideout do the same. There are two cbs defending.
Lance Long, the same guy that only this morning I wrote couldn't break the top 4, did it again. He just keeps catching everything thrown his way. He made one especially pretty catch with Leinart tossing him the rock.
Leinart, by the way, did much better this pm. In fact, he performed better than Warner, IMO. Could have something to do with age. Warner was not as peppy in the afternoon session. He was still sharp, but Leinart did stand out quite a bit more.
In the trashcan drill, where the qbs stand at about the 10 yard line and toss the ball to the corner of the endzone trying to make it into a large rubbermaid trashcan, they all did equally average. No one hit the bullseye. However, after the drill was called, Warner challenged one of the coaches (Miller of Chandler I think) to take a stab at it, but apparently he refused. Warner then shouted, "What do you say!" to the crowd as he waved his arms upward as if trying to do half of a jumpin jack. The crowd roared, although I'm not sure they knew what they were roaring about. The coach took the ball and threw. He missed. The crowd groaned. The sky thundered. A few drops fell. I hid my digital camera under my Cardinal's t-shirt so as to shield it from the moisture. Life is full of disapointments I suppose.
Just then something caught my attention.
As the others walked away, Kurt turned around, walked back, picked up a football, and tossed it at the trashcan. This guy just had to have the last word. Love it.
Oh, and by the way, he missed. Terribly.
So, Lance Long keeps making plays, but so does Jeremy Urban. ASFNers, Urban is honest to goodness forcing his will upon the team. He is playing lights out. I'm watched him make difficult catches all day long. Lance Alworth sound familar to anyone? Although there is also a little Matt Jones in him from where I stand. Not the tweeker aspect, but the mellow, heaven may care kinda aura he puts out. I like him, though. He may very well break out this year. At least that's how he looked out there today.
Which brings me to the defensive backs.
Either our recievers are Autobots and Decepticons all rolled into one and our dbs are merely human, OR, our dbs are not as ready for primetime as many of us think. Seriously, the recievers, all of them, had their way with our dbs. DCR, Brown, Toler, McFadden, Adams, Rolle (who got seriously burned by someone other than the big 3 this pm.
I overhead a guy next to me say, "That's why he plays safety and not corner." Uh, ya think?
In 3 on 2 drills...
Fitz had his way.
Let me repeat that.
Fitz had his way with these guys. Way too easily.
And it's not like the dbs concede anything, it's just that God, er, I mean Larry is that good. The most noticable aspect about Fitzgerald's game this year is his speed. Real speed.
Did I refer to him beautiful already this weekend?
Guys, gals, puppies, kittens, listen up: he is bigger and better than all of us put together. He is the comet that wiped out the dinosaurs. He is the Ming Dynasty. He is Moses parting the Red Sea and NOAH, all at the same time.
Oh, by the way, Stephens Howling is a bit smaller than he appeared this morning. Chalk that up to my Christmas morning perspective earlier today. Doesn't matter, dude plays with a chip on his shoulder and is still going to be a player for us.
If the dbs cause me some concern, the OL downright worries me. I watched them for a bit against our d-line in a drill where only one d-lineman rushes, targeting a specific o-lineman.
The result: Alan Branch is a freak.
When we drafted him I read that he could be unstoppable at times. Today was one of those times. He brought it. Funny thing is, he still appears to be only working at 70 percent. I don't know if its the lack of muscle definition, or the pillsbury doughboy body language, or the Captain Kangeroo beard, but the guy just perplexes me. That said, if you folks would have seen him collapsing our o-line, you too would be salivating at the prospect of this guy smothering Frank Gore an Stephen Jackson. He was especially harsh on Seindlen. Tossed him aside like bag of chips on more than one occassion.
Canfield looked small. He did alright in drills, suprising me, but he does look light for the position.
In those same drills, Cody Brown absolutely destroyed Mike Gandy on one play. Brown is bad.
Jason Wright contined to impress me. And he signed my cap.
Herman Johnson looks every bit the behemoth that was advertised. And he's got the cool fro as well. I saw him on a couple of plays, and he stood up the defensive player. He did give the impression of being a bit disinterested in the whole thing. I don't know. Something to keep a eye on.
Lastly, let me say a few words about Sean Morey.
He is Neil Rackers on steroids. Scary, huh? The guy has the mentality of a marine in the trenches when he plays football. Watching him run around out there -- I finally get why wiz loves the dude.
He reminds me so much of, dare I say, Pat Tillman.
And with that, I bid you good night.
Skkorp, I hope you enjoyed today's practices as much as I did.
Go Cards!
Uhm, please forgive typos and such as the Patron and Michelob Ultra is flowing...
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