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Finally got a chance to watch the replay of the spring game. I missed it this weekend as I was in Baltimore with some friends proposing to my girlfriend. On to the analysis.
Q.B.'s: Hunt looked really good. He threw some nice deep balls, and looked very comfortable out there. He also has the best release. A.J. Long looked ok for a true freshman. His height is going to be an issue though. Lots of deflected passes. Mitch Kimble was very accurate, but I can't stand his release. To be frank, its hideous. His balls also seemed to do some kind of vertical spiral thing in the air, I assume due to his weird throwing motion. Austin Wilson throws a nice ball. He reminds me a lot of Nassib when he throws. Unfortunately he might transfer, he would have been really good in Marrone/Hacketts version of the read-option.
Backs: We will be fine here obviously.
T.E.'s: I think Parris is gonna be a good one. Cam Mac made some nice plays too.
Wideout's: The tandem of Broyld and Brisly is going to be very fun to watch. These guys are explosive, pure athletes. Funder got thrown to once, dont know why but it could have been the play calling. Winfield looks to have good hands. Flemming looked good in limited action. Other guys did well in limited roles.
O.L.: Snapping the ball in the shotgun could be an issue with Mackey gone. Hope we get that cleared up. The line was pretty bad, but the injuries didn't help. It's a good thing the Q.B.'s were not getting hit because the defense would have killed them.
D-Line: Good day all around. Looks like they might be getting coached up on swatting passes. Lots of deflections, and causing off-thrown balls. Nice pressure in the backfield, and nice pursuit. Really excited about our 2-deep at Defensive end.
L.B.'s: Nice pursuit. Guys were flying to the ball. Really like the depth of the whole unit.
D.B.'s: Kelly stood out to me, good and bad. If he doesn't interfere with Estime on the pass to the middle, Estime takes it to the house. Hard to get a good read on these guys with some injuries, but I hope they continue to get better. We got burned deep a lot last year.
Special Teams: Dixon has a nice leg, could be all-conference this year. Backup kicker was servicable.
Loved Coach Shafer's speech before the game. Got me pumped, and I am so proud to have him as our Head Coach.
Q.B.'s: Hunt looked really good. He threw some nice deep balls, and looked very comfortable out there. He also has the best release. A.J. Long looked ok for a true freshman. His height is going to be an issue though. Lots of deflected passes. Mitch Kimble was very accurate, but I can't stand his release. To be frank, its hideous. His balls also seemed to do some kind of vertical spiral thing in the air, I assume due to his weird throwing motion. Austin Wilson throws a nice ball. He reminds me a lot of Nassib when he throws. Unfortunately he might transfer, he would have been really good in Marrone/Hacketts version of the read-option.
Backs: We will be fine here obviously.
T.E.'s: I think Parris is gonna be a good one. Cam Mac made some nice plays too.
Wideout's: The tandem of Broyld and Brisly is going to be very fun to watch. These guys are explosive, pure athletes. Funder got thrown to once, dont know why but it could have been the play calling. Winfield looks to have good hands. Flemming looked good in limited action. Other guys did well in limited roles.
O.L.: Snapping the ball in the shotgun could be an issue with Mackey gone. Hope we get that cleared up. The line was pretty bad, but the injuries didn't help. It's a good thing the Q.B.'s were not getting hit because the defense would have killed them.
D-Line: Good day all around. Looks like they might be getting coached up on swatting passes. Lots of deflections, and causing off-thrown balls. Nice pressure in the backfield, and nice pursuit. Really excited about our 2-deep at Defensive end.
L.B.'s: Nice pursuit. Guys were flying to the ball. Really like the depth of the whole unit.
D.B.'s: Kelly stood out to me, good and bad. If he doesn't interfere with Estime on the pass to the middle, Estime takes it to the house. Hard to get a good read on these guys with some injuries, but I hope they continue to get better. We got burned deep a lot last year.
Special Teams: Dixon has a nice leg, could be all-conference this year. Backup kicker was servicable.
Loved Coach Shafer's speech before the game. Got me pumped, and I am so proud to have him as our Head Coach.
Nice writeup....What did you propose to your girlfriend? About getting season tickets? A golf trip with the guys out in Vegas?
....did anyone see the Hunt long pass to Fleming? Was Flemming open and waiting for the ball or did he drop it...or was it batted down? That play offensively wise bugs me. I suppose parsing down each little thing but still, it was one of the few long throws of the game so I'd love to know how that went for those that had a good look. Was it Kelly that closed on the pass to bat it out of Flemmings hands?
