-Eric Judge tweaked his hamstring I assume during Saturday's scrimmage and spent the entire practice with Adam Hall.
-Billy Vaughn Jr has a bruised knee and was in a brace jogging around the field.
-Juwan Washington had a player fall on his leg late during practice and initially it looked serious but he was able to walk it off.
-WR Liam Cabrera left practice early with what looked like a sprained ankle.
Notes from practice:
Monday’s practice was one of the hottest of camp so far and when you pair that with the obvious soreness and fatigue from the first week of fall camp, it wasn’t as energetic and physical as usual. It seemed to me like the coaches itinerary was to mainly get back into form and add on some new stuff from the playbook. They did their best to keep the overall energy and pace up but you could just tell today was a little bit different.
Noticing this, I really like how DJ Pumphrey and Damontae Kazee have taken on their leadership roles. I normally don’t hear their voices all that often during practices but both have been and should continue to be very vocal this year. They get on guys who start slacking and shout out good plays, especially when the walk-ons are involved. It’s been really cool to see the change in them.
Notes:
The live team periods were much better during the fanfest and there was a major improvement in completed passes. Both Chapman Agnew and Walker looked much more comfortable under pressure and less balls hit the ground. There weren’t any obvious drops either, and if anything, the wide receivers made more of an effort to catch balls that weren’t exactly on target very. Mikah in particular came very close to snagging to very difficulty diving catches going across his body. Other than that, he had another great practice. He’s been the most consistent player on offense other than Pump.
-Passes thrown at Favreau stuck to his gloves today. Just a consistency issue with him.
-Also worth noting that Curtis Anderson has been consistent all camp. Getting better at his route running too.
-Rashaad Penny had a really strong practice, maybe his best. Caught the ball well, made some long runs between the tackles (with good blocking) and took the perfect path through the defense almost every rushing attempt during the live period.
-Antonio Morales continues to look like a starter to me. If he is, he’ll lead the team in pancakes. Both guards looked good today actually, Nico Siragusa hasn’t changed his body much since he’s been on the team but he’s improved his athleticsm every year and he’s obviously the team’s best overall blocker.
-Daniel Brunskill is going to be just fine at pass pro. I don’t know why he said what he said earlier in camp but imagine what he’ll look like once he actually feels confident in his new role.
-DB Jeff Clay has been thinking too much during camp. Other than that, he’s one of the best athletes in the secondary and that’s been clear all along. He’s probably the only DB that gets beat over the top every practice or two (he misread a pretty obvious play-action pass today), and Coach Gonzales has been on him about it. Trey Lomax also offered some mentoring after one of his mistakes, too.
-LB Ryan Dunn was getting a lot of praise from the staff for his effort today.
-Ryan Krum took some snaps at center during practice.
-The offense tried some formations they normally don’t do in the passing game, and it wasn’t during self scout. I don’t know much about UNH’s offense so it’s possible it was done to give the defense some scout looks of them, but it’s also possible that the offense is going to have a different look during some pasding plays this season that we’re not used to seeing.
-Nick Bawden looked strong as ever at fullback on Monday. He’s actually the one that fell on juwan Washington’s leg during the end of the run because he was driving his block toward the sideline well past the whistle. Just a very physical player, which is crazy considering how much that has changed over the year.
-Practice ended with situational plays such as end of clock hail marys for the offense and interception returns for the defense. Rocky yelled at the first team for not sprinting through to the back of the end zones during those interceptions and it led to a more focused finish.
-Billy Vaughn Jr has a bruised knee and was in a brace jogging around the field.
-Juwan Washington had a player fall on his leg late during practice and initially it looked serious but he was able to walk it off.
-WR Liam Cabrera left practice early with what looked like a sprained ankle.
Notes from practice:
Monday’s practice was one of the hottest of camp so far and when you pair that with the obvious soreness and fatigue from the first week of fall camp, it wasn’t as energetic and physical as usual. It seemed to me like the coaches itinerary was to mainly get back into form and add on some new stuff from the playbook. They did their best to keep the overall energy and pace up but you could just tell today was a little bit different.
Noticing this, I really like how DJ Pumphrey and Damontae Kazee have taken on their leadership roles. I normally don’t hear their voices all that often during practices but both have been and should continue to be very vocal this year. They get on guys who start slacking and shout out good plays, especially when the walk-ons are involved. It’s been really cool to see the change in them.
Notes:
The live team periods were much better during the fanfest and there was a major improvement in completed passes. Both Chapman Agnew and Walker looked much more comfortable under pressure and less balls hit the ground. There weren’t any obvious drops either, and if anything, the wide receivers made more of an effort to catch balls that weren’t exactly on target very. Mikah in particular came very close to snagging to very difficulty diving catches going across his body. Other than that, he had another great practice. He’s been the most consistent player on offense other than Pump.
-Passes thrown at Favreau stuck to his gloves today. Just a consistency issue with him.
-Also worth noting that Curtis Anderson has been consistent all camp. Getting better at his route running too.
-Rashaad Penny had a really strong practice, maybe his best. Caught the ball well, made some long runs between the tackles (with good blocking) and took the perfect path through the defense almost every rushing attempt during the live period.
-Antonio Morales continues to look like a starter to me. If he is, he’ll lead the team in pancakes. Both guards looked good today actually, Nico Siragusa hasn’t changed his body much since he’s been on the team but he’s improved his athleticsm every year and he’s obviously the team’s best overall blocker.
-Daniel Brunskill is going to be just fine at pass pro. I don’t know why he said what he said earlier in camp but imagine what he’ll look like once he actually feels confident in his new role.
-DB Jeff Clay has been thinking too much during camp. Other than that, he’s one of the best athletes in the secondary and that’s been clear all along. He’s probably the only DB that gets beat over the top every practice or two (he misread a pretty obvious play-action pass today), and Coach Gonzales has been on him about it. Trey Lomax also offered some mentoring after one of his mistakes, too.
-LB Ryan Dunn was getting a lot of praise from the staff for his effort today.
-Ryan Krum took some snaps at center during practice.
-The offense tried some formations they normally don’t do in the passing game, and it wasn’t during self scout. I don’t know much about UNH’s offense so it’s possible it was done to give the defense some scout looks of them, but it’s also possible that the offense is going to have a different look during some pasding plays this season that we’re not used to seeing.
-Nick Bawden looked strong as ever at fullback on Monday. He’s actually the one that fell on juwan Washington’s leg during the end of the run because he was driving his block toward the sideline well past the whistle. Just a very physical player, which is crazy considering how much that has changed over the year.
-Practice ended with situational plays such as end of clock hail marys for the offense and interception returns for the defense. Rocky yelled at the first team for not sprinting through to the back of the end zones during those interceptions and it led to a more focused finish.
