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“I’ll be honest with you, those two corners we have, I think, are outstanding,” he said. “Sheldon Brown was very underrated in Philadelphia, but Eric Wright, he can make play after play and I try to challenge them a little bit because that’s making me better. It has to be a tight window. They’re pretty darn good.”
Say what you will about Delhomme. He's led a team to the playoffs and even to the superbowl, he should know good coverage when he sees it.
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If the corners can hold their own, it opens things up on defense. It allows Ryan to get more aggressive with the calls. The safeties will still need to be solid, but the possibilities are exciting.
They will get a good test against the packers, a very solid offense.
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What I'm reading about Delhomme, from a pay site so I can't link so probably shouldn't even say, is that he brings accuracy, he has been very accurate in camp, he understands and does a great job reading the defense, he knows exactly what is going on for each play, this, along with his well documented leadership skills.
Everyone's going to throw some picks in camp. Sometimes, like in the quote above, he is challenging the defensive players. In games he may take the more sure throw. There is no live hitting the QB so, as he said himself, it harder to get into the feel, and I believe that. And there is no "game planning" so they are trying different things. Things they may not do in the same down and distance in a real game. Often the defense knows it's going to be a pass so are well prepared in advance. This is practice.
Same as spring training baseball games. A pitcher is working on his curve ball so he throws a lot of curve balls. Even at times when he nor any other pitcher would. The batters are sitting on them, expecting them, so they get hits. Who cares? The important thing is that the pitcher is pitching what the coaches want to see.
Nothing can be evaluated from our perspective from these training camp practices. It's practice. We miss the point of what they are trying to do because we don't know at all what they are trying to do.
One thing for sure, from what I'm reading, is that the QB's this training camp are much more accurate and desicive than what we've had out there the past couple of years. Night and day skill-wise. That don't mean we're world beaters, but Delhomme and Wallace bring all the things our last two guys didn't.
We should see some improvement at that position.
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What I'm reading about Delhomme, from a pay site so I can't link so probably shouldn't even say, is that he brings accuracy, he has been very accurate in camp, he understands and does a great job reading the defense, he knows exactly what is going on for each play, this, along with his well documented leadership skills.
Everyone's going to throw some picks in camp. Sometimes, like in the quote above, he is challenging the defensive players. In games he may take the more sure throw. There is no live hitting the QB so, as he said himself, it harder to get into the feel, and I believe that. And there is no "game planning" so they are trying different things. Things they may not do in the same down and distance in a real game. Often the defense knows it's going to be a pass so are well prepared in advance. This is practice.
Same as spring training baseball games. A pitcher is working on his curve ball so he throws a lot of curve balls. Even at times when he nor any other pitcher would. The batters are sitting on them, expecting them, so they get hits. Who cares? The important thing is that the pitcher is pitching what the coaches want to see.
Nothing can be evaluated from our perspective from these training camp practices. It's practice. We miss the point of what they are trying to do because we don't know at all what they are trying to do.
One thing for sure, from what I'm reading, is that the QB's this training camp are much more accurate and desicive than what we've had out there the past couple of years. Night and day skill-wise. That don't mean we're world beaters, but Delhomme and Wallace bring all the things our last two guys didn't.
We should see some improvement at that position.
Excellent post about the nature of practice, the coaches and defense wanting to see certain things, the testing of plays and how sometimes the evaluation of play and practice by novices who do not understand what is being tested...we say x played poorly...Very excellent post ddubbia.
You have actually made me reevaluate all my Jake delhomme critcisms with a context I may not have even considered: I hope you are right.
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