Camp Report 7/26/14
Players not participating: Ethan Westbrooks; Christian Bryant; Sammy Brown
; Johnny Millard; Kadeem Jones.
William Hayes, Matt Daniels, Scott Wells and Jake Long participated in the unit drills, but did NOT participate in TEAM DRILLS
Trumaine Johnson left practice after coming up hobbling after a contested ball with Quick in the 7 on 7 drills. Did not return.
Justice Cunningham and Emory Blake were limping noticeably mid-way through practice. Were limited after that.
Kenny Britt seemed to be having cramping issues, was stretching with trainers on sideline, he returned to 11 on 11 drills.
Offensive Line:
1st Unit: Long
Saffold Wells
Joseph Barksdale (this was how they lined up during the unit drills)
2nd Unit: Van Dyk Person Jones Bond Hooey
3rd Unit: Van Dyk Washington Barnes Morrell Dill
· I need to point out, the Depth Chart above indicates how they lined up during the UNIT DRILLS and Walk thrus.
· Once they got into any team stuff, bump up both the Center and LT spots.
· So during teams activities it looked like:
o
Robinson Saffold Jones Joseph Barksdale
o Van Dyk Person Barnes Bond Hooey
· Davin Joseph was a constant at RG with the 1st unit throughout practice.
· It looks like similar to last year’s DAILY rotation between Shelley Smith and Chris Williams, they have plans to alternate Barnes and Jones at Center this year. Will be interesting to keep an eye on.
Defensive Line:
1st Unit: Long Brockers Langford Quinn
2nd Unit: Sam Carrington Conrath Sims
3rd Unit: Sam Donald Harlan K. Brown
· Donald and Conrath both took reps in team drills with 1st and 2nd units.
Linebackers:
1st Unit: Ogletree Laurinatis Dunbar
2nd Unit: Steward
Bates Armstrong
3rd Unit: L. Wilson Schiller Sabino
· After hearing the wrath of G. Williams on more than one occasion yesterday, Daren Bates was flying around today. May have been the best LB on the field.
Defensive Backs:
1st Unit: Jenkins Woodard McDonald McLeod
2nd Unit: McGee Gaines Davis Alexander
3rd Unit: Roberson/J. Bryant/Reid A. Cunningham Alexander
· T. Johnson DNP in any of the 11 on 11 team drills… Woodard stepped into his spot with the 1st unit.
· They got some work in the Nickel Package today.
· McGee worked with the 1st unit in the Nickel CB role
· Joyner worked with the 2nd Unit in the Nickel CB role
· Alexander was “called out” by G. Williams in the 7 on 7 drills, on his lack of recognition of developing routes in a particular coverage
Theme of the day: Offense answers back
o Much better tempo, and production vs, the defense. After a less than stellar day yesterday, the offense had much better luck attacking today, utilizing some 3 WR sets, and pushing the ball down field.
Special Teams:
Started practice with drill work on Kickoff Coverage
1st Unit:
Reynolds Reid Armstrong Pead Bates Zuerlein McLeod C. Davis Cunningham McGee McDonald
2nd Unit:
Woodard Bailey Daniels Harkey Steward Zuerlein Ogletree Veltung Hill Alexander T. Johnson
7 0n 7 & 11 on 11 Drills:
Highlights:
Bradford looked much better with his timing. Completions to Bailey Britt and Quick which drew plenty of attention from the crowd
Bailey turned Brandon McGee inside out on a couple of corner routes
Lamarcus Joyner made a nice interception off a pass from S. Hill
EJ Gaines had his 2nd pick in two days, peeling off his man and reacting to an errant throw
Kenny Britt out muscles an underthrow ball from Roberson, adjusting to the ball in the air, and using his size and strength to win the ball… then let the DBs know about it. To the point that Coach Fisher had a brief “conversation” with Mr. Britt.
Lance Kendricks continues to catch everything thrown his way.
Brian Quick had a good day. Catching a nice intermediate pass thrown from Bradford (his best throw of the practice) after coming out of his break vs, Zone coverage
Bailey, Quick and Britt were the best WRs on the field.
Tre Mason sighting. Made a nice catch and run on a route to the sideline, turned it up and showed his burst.
Zac Stacy had a few break thru runs.
Lowlights:
Defense still having its way vs. the O-Line.
Secondary still having some issues with communication.
Blitz pickup still looks to be a concern.
Still too many dead ball penalties… today Bradford did a good job drawing the D-line offsides with a hard count
CAMP OBSERVATIONS:
· Kenny Britt continues to show is leadership. He is VERY vocal and has shown to be very supportive of his fellow WRs. When someone makes a play, he is usually the first to acknowledge it. He just has the “look” of a NFL WR. Something that has been missing from this roster.
· Aaron Donald took his share of reps with the 1st & 2nd units. Showed flashes, but was not nearly as “unblockable” vs. Joseph
· Janoris Jenkins looks like he is refocused and has made some nice plays in coverage.
· Joyner continues to show why they are so high on him. The kid can PLAY.
· Greg Williams is VOCAL
o Day 2 and he can be heard regardless of where he is on the field. “Old School” Football
§ The good news….. more than often the player who is called out, responds and gets a “great job, that’s what I’m talking about” from GW
· Continue to see them using a SLB (Ogletree) and WLB (Dunbar) when in Base 4-3. Ogletree looks very good in coverage when lined up across from TE. He runs with Kendricks and/or Cook all over the field.
o This also frees up Dunbar to make more plays in the same role he played in 2012
Also in attendance: HAMMER made an unexpected appearance. For those of you with RamsTalk ties you will know what this means. Seemed like old times!!!!!!
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to hear about Hammer...Glad we still have you Coach0....Tell us a lil about EJ Gains..Just a aware kinda kid, ball hawk, opportunistic, great hands? Does he get PBU's too? Is it overthrows/errant throws from the pass rush? Is 2 picks in 2 days a lot, or anything to get super excited about?
