I'm reposting this from another post I wrote not sure is anyone is interested or not but I post it just incase.
I made it and from my untrained eye I would say there were about 200 or so in attendance. I'll give you my best take on it (I'll apologize in advance since I was mostly watching the DB's) Practice seemed as organizes as usual. Very deliberate and nicely planed. they did a lot more 11 on 11 than I expected. The guys looked to happy to finally be in pad. Of course there wasn't full contact but the hits that would have been delivered looked to be in good form. A lot of the guys looked to have put on some muscle. Guys that come to mind Trent Corney looked like a Heman action figure, Andrew Brown looks to have put in some work during the off season. He looks slimmer and more compact. I can't remember more specifics but there were countless more.
From what I saw of the linemen O and D they looked to be mixing it up really nice. In fact it got a little chippie towards the end of practice between Brown and a OL player ( I didn't see the number but it was a big pill up when it was all said and done.)
OB's put in some nice work from what I can tell it Lambert, Johns, and Cutler(in that order). All three threw some nice balls I was happy to see that.
RB's had some nice runs and some really nice catches from the back field. There was a lot of north south running not a lot of dancing and juking. I notice a emphasis on finishing runs even after the whistle was blown.
WR looked as strong as usual. I have to Sevrin, Thorpe (transfer from UNC), Terrell, Dockins had some very nice catches. IMO the more the guys work together with the QB's I think they will make some nice plays this year.
LB's had some nice plays I'm not sure who started but there were some plays of note from Stalker, and Kiser the other nice plays I can't remember the numbers of the guys.
DB's look like they are coming together nicely everyone was flying to the ball and had some nice plays. I have to admit Canady looks really comfortable at safety, and The rotation from the other player (can't remember their number sorry) did well.
There wasn't a lot of special teams work but from what I saw there is still a completion between the punters. I was a few good hang time from a few of them.
The coaches were all on the same page and were very vocal on good and bad plays. All in all IMO a very good first day of pads.
There are probably some things I have forgotten but that's what I remember at the moment.
I made it and from my untrained eye I would say there were about 200 or so in attendance. I'll give you my best take on it (I'll apologize in advance since I was mostly watching the DB's) Practice seemed as organizes as usual. Very deliberate and nicely planed. they did a lot more 11 on 11 than I expected. The guys looked to happy to finally be in pad. Of course there wasn't full contact but the hits that would have been delivered looked to be in good form. A lot of the guys looked to have put on some muscle. Guys that come to mind Trent Corney looked like a Heman action figure, Andrew Brown looks to have put in some work during the off season. He looks slimmer and more compact. I can't remember more specifics but there were countless more.
From what I saw of the linemen O and D they looked to be mixing it up really nice. In fact it got a little chippie towards the end of practice between Brown and a OL player ( I didn't see the number but it was a big pill up when it was all said and done.)
OB's put in some nice work from what I can tell it Lambert, Johns, and Cutler(in that order). All three threw some nice balls I was happy to see that.
RB's had some nice runs and some really nice catches from the back field. There was a lot of north south running not a lot of dancing and juking. I notice a emphasis on finishing runs even after the whistle was blown.
WR looked as strong as usual. I have to Sevrin, Thorpe (transfer from UNC), Terrell, Dockins had some very nice catches. IMO the more the guys work together with the QB's I think they will make some nice plays this year.
LB's had some nice plays I'm not sure who started but there were some plays of note from Stalker, and Kiser the other nice plays I can't remember the numbers of the guys.
DB's look like they are coming together nicely everyone was flying to the ball and had some nice plays. I have to admit Canady looks really comfortable at safety, and The rotation from the other player (can't remember their number sorry) did well.
There wasn't a lot of special teams work but from what I saw there is still a completion between the punters. I was a few good hang time from a few of them.
The coaches were all on the same page and were very vocal on good and bad plays. All in all IMO a very good first day of pads.
There are probably some things I have forgotten but that's what I remember at the moment.
