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To my fellow Dawgs please post ONLY 1st hand camp reports here: I appreciate all the 1st hand reporting from the posters here it really helps the ones that cant make it to Cleveland to watch TC. Thank you! 
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After 2 days of watching camp I have come away knowing less than I did when before i got there. I had planned to stay for the scrimmage but personal issues came up.
Delhomme looks confident really does a great job of spreading the ball around to different targets, (especially the TE). He does everything you want a great QB to do. Then he makes the total idiotic play like. Poor read, poor throw for no reason at all. He shrugs it off and leads the next drive like the previous never happened. Natural born leader.
Wallace cant make a throw inside the pocket. Dont let him get outside and he cant see over the line. Let him get outside and he generally makes a very good throw favorite target being Cribbs.
Colt has the potential to be the next Drew Brees with his deadly accuracy but physically he simply isnt big enough. I dont mean height either. He needs to add another 25 pounds to his frame. He does that and he will increase his velocity and armstrength. Love his accuracy though.
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Robo is for real. I saw him go up and just take away the ball from the defender over and over. I really didnt know he was that athletic. last year he was lethargic, this year he is poised and runs great routes.
Mo is getting an education. Brown and Hadden have frustrated and really taken away his ability to seperate. They seem to beat him for positon over and over and over.
Stuckey nothing really stood out. Dont remember seeing him that much to be honest.
Mitchell is learning how to run, not just run routes but how to run. It was cool seeing the coaches showing him how to stutter, how to chop. They seem to be working on shortening his stride.
Haggerty I like whatI saw in this kid. Good hands, He isnt afraid to fight through traffic and he seems to make plays that stand out.
Cribbs is the yoyo of the receiver corps. Looks great, looks awful.
TE Watson, Royal and Moore will see a lot of playing time. Royal showed GOOD hands and he really gets fired up blocking.
Moore is a Joe J clone.
Watson is having fun and is one of the most relaxed players on this team. Blocking has been solid and he has shown good hands and better than expected speed.
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I have been brutal on Steinbach because I thought he has been overhyped since the day he came here. He has had a very good camp. Quick feet quick hands and really showing some hustle.
Lauvao has the RG spot locked down. This kid just has great feet (for a guard and really has a nasty streak. I like the combo of Lauvao and Pashos but Pashos may have a tough time beating out Porkchop for that RT spot. Porkchop is really looking good thus far.
St. Claire wont make it past the first cut.
Reindeer has a chance to make the practice squad. No technique at all bu he has long arms and quick feet. He needs to do a lot of squats and develop knee bend. Gets upright and gets beat.
There was another big tall kid there that I thought looked damn good but for the life of me I cant remember his name. they worked him on LT and RT.
All running backs look good. The only complaint i have is lack of speed. I wish we had one guy that was a real burner.
DL I think Rubin has been the highlight of camp on the defensive side. He has to have some of the strongest hands I have seen. He and mack has had some great battles.
Rogers looks great walking around in shorts. seems to have dropped 30lbs or so
Geathers is learning fast. I watched this kid a great deal in college and he has vastly improved his game.
right now the OL is way ahead of the DL
Linebackers. really hasnt been much seperation but a few things stood out.
Veikune will make it in this league. Kid hits like a freaking tank and he is way faster than last year looks 25 lbs lighter.
Roth looks angry. Roth plays angry. He gets new defination to STRONG Side linebacker. dude is ripped.
DQ is acting like a rookie trying to make the team. He wants it. Something in his eyes when he is out there. Just eager to do anything and everything. I think playing with Fujita has helped.
Gocong hasnt seemed comfortable in the scheme as of yet. It will take him some time.
Bowens and Trusnik is a good combo in the middle. very disciplined.
Bernard has a legit shot to start opposite roth. He seems to be Rob Ryans pet project.
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Ward makes wow plays. Wow great jump on the ball, wow nice read. Wow he forgot to cover the TE. wow he forgot to cover him again. wow I cant believe he did it again.
Asante isnt spectacular at anything but he doesnt make a lot of mistakes. I like this kid.
corner we are set. our dime package should be really fun cause McDonald is playing great and he is our 4th or 5th guy.
I was a huge fan of Sheldon Brown before we got him. I am a monster Brown fan now. Physical smart and he is constantly helping the youngsters.
Wright is getting a little more physical also. Haden and Brown has rubbed off on all of these DBs. Hell they are rubbing off on the entire team.
Overall impression is that Mangini hasnt relaxed that much its just that we arent seeing as many mistakes. These guys believe they are the toughest and most physically dominating team in football. They aint yapping but they do have an evil grin.
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Colt has the potential to be the next Drew Brees with his deadly accuracy but physically he simply isnt big enough. I dont mean height either. He needs to add another 25 pounds to his frame. He does that and he will increase his velocity and armstrength. Love his accuracy though.
Mourg...thanks for the great report...
On Colt...I was going to comment on the fact that it takes most rookies..even QBs..a year or two to mature physically, to the Pro game. Your take above is exactly what I'm talking about.
Just as a QB needs time to learn the mental part of the game, he also needs time to get his body ready to play. I do worry about McCoy pushing himself to do more than his body is prepared to give, thus risking injury to his throwing arm.
Hopefully the "go slow" approach is being drilled into his brain by the coaches, with McCoy understanding, he is not needed this year.
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thanks for the info Mour..
Curious why you think McCoy needs to add 25 lbs.. he's listed at only 5 lbs lighter than delhomme? 215lbs is what he's listed as.
Nice to hear about Robo.. as well as the Secondary...
All good stuff... again, thanks for the info.
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Thanks for sharing your observations.  From all I hear, we seemed to have had a good draft, but only time will tell. It's still very encouraging. Which I could have made the scrimmage today, but I have an engagement that conflicts with the time. OT prospects can take a few years to develop from a very raw and un- polished prospect such as Reinders and the club that gives one their shot, rarely reaps the benefits due to this age of FA. Having said that it sure would make for a nice story to have the luxury to keep him around until he can develop.
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thanks for the info Mour..
Curious why you think McCoy needs to add 25 lbs.. he's listed at only 5 lbs lighter than delhomme? 215lbs is what he's listed as.
Nice to hear about Robo.. as well as the Secondary...
All good stuff... again, thanks for the info.
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Delhomme has a filled out frame, McCoy does not have nearly a filled out frame. McCoy should end up being about 220-230, IMO.
Also, I'd say that Mourg and I have seen a lot of the same things. I will add that Danso impressed me a lot more than Gathers.
I'll be going Tuesday, so I'll add more thoughts Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.
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Thanks for all the info Mourgrym! I guessing you took notes, because that's alot of input.
Great to see you posting.
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I agree McCoy has a bit of a wide frame and there just aint no meat on his bones also playing in the AFC North is a bit different than playing in the NFC South. Different brand of football entirely.
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Got back from the scrimmage a bit ago but only stayed till halftime.
-The running game is really hard to judge in a situation where you can't tackle. Would like to say more about the backs but it's hard to say how they really looked.
-Jake looked great against the defense. He looked poised and confident with every throw. He is also really good with hitting the WRs in stride.
-Our LBs showed a lot of different blitz packages. It was almost like the steelers LBs not knowing who is going to be sent. Should be a really exciting unit to watch.
That's all I had from the scrimmage. There wasn't much to see with little to no contact being allowed. Hope others went and give some thoughts.
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Thanks to both the posters who gave time to share their experience...... we might not win 10 this year but its gonna be a hell of a lot of fun to watch!!! 
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Florio over on PFT said Jake was missing WRs left and right, so I'm wondering which to believe.
And apparently Colt was picked 3 times, one of which was taken to the house.
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Jake looked the best of the bunch by a mile IMO. It is kind of hard to tell anything since it is basically 2 hand touch and he hardly played at all.
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Florio over on PFT said Jake was missing WRs left and right, so I'm wondering which to believe.
And apparently Colt was picked 3 times, one of which was taken to the house.
Given that Florio is prone to just makin stuff up, I'll take Mour and rockets word over his..
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Florio over on PFT said Jake was missing WRs left and right, so I'm wondering which to believe.
And apparently Colt was picked 3 times, one of which was taken to the house.
From everything I've heard, Jake was fine, hitting WR in stride.
Maybe Florio was talking about training camp?
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All running backs look good. The only complaint i have is lack of speed. I wish we had one guy that was a real burner.
Did Harrison get cut or suddenly lose speed?
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Mo is getting an education. Brown and Hadden have frustrated and really taken away his ability to seperate. They seem to beat him for positon over and over and over.
This has me concerned although it could be best in the long run if MoMass has the potential to get better. I just don't know by looking at him or watching him play what his ceiling really is. But for our supposed #1, this is a bit disappointing.
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Veikune will make it in this league. Kid hits like a freaking tank and he is way faster than last year looks 25 lbs lighter.
Most positive thing I've ever heard said about him. I suspect he'll make the team since Mangini and Co. don't want to admit their mistake just yet.
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I was a huge fan of Sheldon Brown before we got him. I am a monster Brown fan now. Physical smart and he is constantly helping the youngsters.
Another guy in addition to Roth to set the mentality on D. If we can protect Ward, I think our D is going to be solid.
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Overall impression is that Mangini hasnt relaxed that much its just that we arent seeing as many mistakes.
My personal opinion is that keeping Mangini is going to be one of the best decisions that Holmgren makes. I think he's the next great coach in this league. We just need to get him a QB.
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Florio over on PFT said Jake was missing WRs left and right, so I'm wondering which to believe.
And apparently Colt was picked 3 times, one of which was taken to the house.
Actually Delhomme was 10 for 15 for 78 yards with 1 TD & no INT's.
Ruff day for Colt.
He went 7 for 12 with 2 INT's for just 31 yards and was also sacked twice and had another 2 batted down.
Suck it up kid and go back to work.
The Defense is normally a head of the offense at this point in training camp so I am not surprised there weren't too many TD's on either side.
The TE's seemed to be the biggest factor on both White (Moore) and Brown (Watson).
It would be hard to judge the running game under these conditions (touch) so I am not surprised that the passing game was the feature of the day.
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I be leave the OT you could not remember his name might be Casey Bender #72, who has been working with the second team OL @ LT.
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From everything I've heard, Jake was fine, hitting WR in stride.
Maybe Florio was talking about training camp?
I was at the scrimmage today and there was one drive where Jake whiffed on three throws in a row. It looked like timing/wrong route type deal. Watson turned in, the throw was out. . . .type deal . . .
Colt looked really rough, what's to expect there? Seneca impressed me a tad. Trusnik man-handled the second string LT consistently.
It's really hard to guage since it's basically two hand tag but it was a nice day out, free of charge, with the family . . . can't complain one iota. (I sat in seats I will NEVER sit in again lol
And Clifton Geathers looks like a dang oak tree and towards the end of the scrimmage he came to blows with Kooistra.
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I think I hear that at least 20 times every training camp. Mostly likely because we always suck 
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Brown team... Nobody did anything against the left side starters which you would expect. Womack was the second worst lineman out there (both teams) with only Bender being being worse. Receivers all looked pretty good on the Brown team. They were going against the starting DBs. Delohmme looked for Watson a whole lot. Mo Mass almost dropped a ball for a first down but grabbed it back. Robinske caught the balls thrown to him with his hands. TEs.. Watson looked very good. RBs are impossible to judge. I will say that Davis was very fast and was barely touched. Harrison just ran inside where you are not going to get any yards in a touch game. Delhomme had one bad series. He looked very good other then that. All the QBs held onto the ball too long because they knew they wouldn't be hit. Ratliff is crap. Let me take that back..Crap is too good for how he looked. One more thing about the sacks. They were a complete joke. They called QBs down when there was no way in hell they would be sacked. Defense With so many lineman it was hard to judge. I might get some of these guys confused because i can't remember what team they were on. Derrick Robinson seemed to be doing pretty good as a NT. he was around the ball and in the backfield. Geathers played a lot but really did nothing for me. Danzo didn't seem to play much. When I noticed him he was at NT. The LBs were flying all over the place so I really didn't notice a whole lot of anyone. Trunsik, Roth, Gocong, Bernard seemed to be around the ball and in the backfield. IMO Trunsik played as good as anyone. The backup safety played for the Brown team (Adams). I know there was someone else out there impersonating one. I think his name was Sorenson.  I didn't notice Hayden a lot because quite frankly I forgot to look for him. He did make a great play to breakup a TD. McDonald played like his job was in danger. if we can get that kind of play out of him all the time. Lawson and DeAngelo Smith??? White team. Wallace was pretty crisp. Most of his plays were rollouts. Cribbs was his favorite target with Stucky. stucky actually impressed me a lot. He hit Jennings on a deep sideline pass where he signaled to Jennings to head downfield. McCoy looked way too hyped up. He threw the pick six to McDonald. He stared down the receiver so much McDonald was able to get back to pick the ball on a nice jumping catch. His 2nd pick was a hail mary type play to nobody. The only person around the end zone was the guy who picked it. It was a real nice 55 yards or so throw. McCoy did look better the more he played but a lot of his completions were dump off passes. However, he did throw some balls downfield. RBS. Jennings looked good. He was able to find some space. He would have had some decent yards because the tags were the reaching out type. The line didn't look very good. Kooistra I thought did pretty well at LT. Bender was horrible. I wasn't overly impressed with the rookie but he was the best RG out there. Pashos looked a little slow at times in pass blocking. Overall the right side was passable. Their tasks were not easy since the D was sending guys from everywhere. TEs. Smith completely whiffed on a block that would have gotten a QB killed. It was flat out awful. Moore was by far the best TE, or even wide receiver on the field. Whatever his numbers were he had much more. Since the tag rule was in effect Wallace thrwe a couple of balls for big games that were called back. Sorenson threw a cheap shot (by the rules they were playing by) drilling Moore at the one. Sorenson ended up on his ass. He did have a fumble but I think it had to do with the rules used. He really didn't seem to worried since they weren't hitting, Defense. Rubin was great. I never noticed Smith. Not really sure if he was dressed. Really hard to tell about most lineman since there was no running and all the LBs were blitzing. Speaking of LBs... i really can't say a whole lot. I really didn't know who was lining up where or when. Gocong was usually on the opposite side from where I was sitting and I don't think I saw a lot of him. I did hear his name called a few times. DBs did a pretty good job. The kids at safety seemed to play very well.I don't think the ball was thrown near Wright all day. Brown was never burned but did give up a couple of completions. I know I'm missing a lot but it is very hard for me to concentrate on 11 players at a time, let alone 22. There were a few trick plays. The best was a reverse from Green to Stucky (He was on the Brown. not the white like I said above) who threw it to radcliff for a first down. Radcliff did show nice hands. the others were a direct snap to Green who took it to the house only to be called back for Watson holding. The first play for the white team was Seneca pitching it to cribbs who ran to the right and looked to pass. he ended up pulling it down and running all the way back to the left where Seneecca did some nice blocking. I think if they had to tackle Cribbs would have taken it to the house.
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I think I hear that at least 20 times every training camp. Mostly likely because we always suck
Okay you might have a point there, but it's true with any team for the first week of training camp.
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I think I hear that at least 20 times every training camp. Mostly likely because we always suck
The defense had the advantage because it was basically a touch football game. Many possible big plays were cut short with touch tackles which wouldn't have stopped anyone. Seneca was sacked when he started to roll out of the pocket and a defender stretched out to tag him. No way in hell he gets sacked. That I believe stopped a big play by Moore. You couldn't run the ball either because of the touch tackles.
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Receivers all looked pretty good on the Brown team. They were going against the starting DBs.
I like hearing that., one of the fears we've all had (to one degree or another) was that we might not have decent receivers.. It's encouraging to hear positive things..
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Again, encouraging..
Thanks again,, nice write up..
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Pdawg,......is it just me or does Moore remind anyone else of Jay Novacek, Troy Aikman's go to guy in the 90's?
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Some thoughts from yesterday's scrimmage...
I didn't soak in the X's and O's as much as I did last year because I was talking to my friends a lot but I did notice some things...
QB's: Delhomme is going to be just fine. Any concerns about a "dead arm" are greatly mistaken. He had some nice throws but nothing eye popping. Wallace was truly impressive. I like the zip on his throws and the location of his throws. One thing about both QB's: Their accuracy is light years better than Quinn and Anderson's.
As for Wallace and Ratliff...Heckert should do us all a favor and cut Ratliff now so McCoy gets the extra reps. McCoy looked like a rookie, deer in the headlights. Not concerned but I hope it tempers people's thirst to see him play.
The secondary was probably the most eye-catching part of the scrimmage. Joe Haden stood out to me as the real deal. If he's still "thinking" out there then I can't wait until it all becomes natural for him. TJ Ward looks much bigger in person than he does on tape. Gotta say, I hope he emulates another #43. I didn't key in on him though.
When the pass rush was coming, the pass rush was coming. I hope that's not a "practice thing" either.
Geathers is a mountain of a man, I saw him triple teamed at times, but he didn't do anything that really stood out to me because he was stonewalled 1 on 1 as well.
Too hard to get a feel for the running game but James Davis has a real burst through the hole. My guess is we're going to keep 5 backs on the team, RB's being Harrison, Hardesty and Davis with FB's being Vickers and Hillis, but Hillis will be a runningback as well. It's honestly incredible at just how deep we are at RB...with quality depth!
Receivers didn't really stand out to me, although the TE's did. Evan Moore is impressive, so's Ben Watson. Having those 2 on the field will hopefully open things up outside. The Browns can run every conceivable formation this year.
The scrimmage got very, very boring in the 2nd quarter when Ratliff and McCoy came in. It resembled more of a sissy fight more than a football scrimmage. I was glad Delhomme and Wallace got the 4th quarter to finish the game unlike last year where it was Quinn and Anderson in the 1st and 3rd quarter with Ratliff and Bartel in the 2nd and 4th quarters...which brings me to my next point...
The quarters were too short, which kind of flies against my argument of the game feeling long, but hear me out: By the time Delhomme was in any kind of rhythm, it was already the 2nd quarter and time for Ratliff to rotate in. Jake was moving the ball on his 2nd drive and then he was pulled. Frustrating as a fan to see that. Either the quarters should be longer, or the starters on the brown and white team should play in the 1st, 2nd and 4th quarters with the 3rd and 4th QB's playing in the 3rd quarter.
The flow felt really disrupted to me...and that was one of my biggest gripes about the QB derby last year, neither guy could get into a flow.
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QB's: Delhomme is going to be just fine. Any concerns about a "dead arm" are greatly mistaken. He had some nice throws but nothing eye popping. Wallace was truly impressive. I like the zip on his throws and the location of his throws. One thing about both QB's: Their accuracy is light years better than Quinn and Anderson's.
I'm thinking that this reason alone should be good enough for a 2 game swing in the win column. 7-9 is a real possibility I think.
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Harrison has never been a speed back. He is quick and shifty but half of our linebackers could catch him from behind.
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TJ Ward looks much bigger in person than he does on tape. Gotta say, I hope he emulates another #43. (AKA Troy Palamalu?) I didn't key in on him though.
When the pass rush was coming, the pass rush was coming. I hope that's not a "practice thing" either.
Geathers is a mountain of a man, I saw him triple teamed at times, but he didn't do anything that really stood out to me because he was stone walled 1 on 1 as well.
Do you remember whom he was working against?
Too hard to get a feel for the running game but James Davis has a real burst through the hole. My guess is we're going to keep 5 backs on the team, RB's being Harrison, Hardesty and Davis with FB's being Vickers and Hillis, but Hillis will be a running back as well. It's honestly incredible at just how deep we are at RB...with quality depth!
We will overwhelm them with overwhelming fire power
What to do with the odd man out of the six?
Receivers didn't really stand out to me, although the TE's did. Evan Moore is impressive, so's Ben Watson. Having those 2 on the field will hopefully open things up outside. The Browns can run every conceivable formation this year.
The scrimmage got very, very boring in the 2nd quarter when Ratliff and McCoy came in. It resembled more of a sissy fight more than a football scrimmage. I was glad Delhomme and Wallace got the 4th quarter to finish the game unlike last year where it was Quinn and Anderson in the 1st and 3rd quarter with Ratliff and Bartel in the 2nd and 4th quarters...which brings me to my next point...
The quarters were too short, which kind of flies against my argument of the game feeling long, but hear me out: By the time Delhomme was in any kind of rhythm, it was already the 2nd quarter and time for Ratliff to rotate in. Jake was moving the ball on his 2nd drive and then he was pulled. Frustrating as a fan to see that. Either the quarters should be longer, or the starters on the brown and white team should play in the 1st, 2nd and 4th quarters with the 3rd and 4th QB's playing in the 3rd quarter.
Great point!
The flow felt really disrupted to me...and that was one of my biggest gripes about the QB derby last year, neither guy could get into a flow.
Thanks for sharing Ammo 
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The Defense is normally a head of the offense at this point in training camp so I am not surprised there weren't too many TD's on either side.
I think I hear that at least 20 times every training camp. Mostly likely because we always suck
The defense had the advantage because it was basically a touch football game. Many possible big plays were cut short with touch tackles which wouldn't have stopped anyone. Seneca was sacked when he started to roll out of the pocket and a defender stretched out to tag him. No way in hell he gets sacked. That I believe stopped a big play by Moore. You couldn't run the ball either because of the touch tackles.
Oh I completely understand, it was more of a joke. You know, since our offense is always so prolific year after year.
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Yeah I was totally confused by that one too since we, obviously, don't have a "Green" on the roster. Is he trying to relive "Run Willie Run" ? LOL.
From what I gathered from the main site James Davis took a couple direct snaps from center so maybe that's who he was referring to?
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Geathers is a mountain of a man, I saw him triple teamed at times, but he didn't do anything that really stood out to me because he was stonewalled 1 on 1 as well.
If he was "stonewalled" 1 on 1 ....... why would they triple team him?
How many plays was he in on?
Which players did he go against?
How did Danso and other backup backup DL do?
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Geathers is a mountain of a man, I saw him triple teamed at times, but he didn't do anything that really stood out to me because he was stonewalled 1 on 1 as well.
If he was "stonewalled" 1 on 1 ....... why would they triple team him?
How many plays was he in on?
Which players did he go against?
How did Danso and other backup backup DL do?
I don't know. I wasn't taking as close of notes as I usually do at these things. Yesterday was more of a funday than a football day.
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So I went to the scrimmage, heres what I saw. No tackling sucks!
Jake Delhomme, is a pretty lame passer, I liked Wallace a lot better. Jake seems to like the safe dinky passes ala Brady Quinn.
Wallace, did a great job looking up field, and he seemed to make a lot of plays when the play seemed over. He was able to bounce out of the pocket and make fantastic plays.
Ratliff-SUCKED, worse QB i've ever seen in my life, he can't make reads he just throws the ball up.
McCoy- I didn't see much because I left before the 4th quarter.
Jerome Harrison- Is one fast ..., they called the play dead early too many times where he would have easily got 5 more yards.
Chris Jennings- Was the starting running back for the white team, for a big guy he sucks at running inside, but does a good job when bouncing outside.
James Davis- I saw him for a few plays, and man I'm gonna pissed if he gets cut. On an wildcat play, he got a untouched 60 yard td, but it was called back because of holding.
First team O-Line- Was amazing, Jake had sooo much time to throw
Second team O-Line- 4 holding calls before the fourth quarter
Evan Moore- Is our best reciver by far, I've never seen anyone that good at locating the ball in the air. I hope he starts, hes unbeliveable
WR- Cribbs was a major part of the white team offense
Engram caught like 4 balls.
Jake Allen looks so tall because hes lanky at 6-4, i really hope he makes it.
Robo and Mass looked good in general
Defense- I didn't see anything special but Ward was on the starting first team Defense.
Our D-line needs to step up cause our O-Line was OWNING them.
Oh I know everyones already heard this but Cliff Geathers is HUGE, like unreal huge, you gotta see him in real life, he started on the BROWN team Defense.
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Nice post but, who is Green
 Damn , I must have been tired. It was Davis.
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Thanks for your words on what you saw yesterday.. seems like you might be one of two guys that thought that Delhomme wasn't impressive. Everyone else seems to have seen it differently,, Not that it matters much at this point in time. Everyone seems to be saying the same thing about Davis. I can't wait to see him run.. Again, thanks for your post..
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Since he left before the 4th quarter he missed most of Delhomme passing.
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Since he left before the 4th quarter he missed most of Delhomme passing.
Ahh,, yes that makes sense...
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Ammo, 1 more question.
I read an article that said that Geathers started against the #1 offense at DE.
Was he at RDE or LDE?
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