(08-03-2018, 10:12 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Okay..here are my thoughts from the scrimmage tonight.

1.  Earlier I mentioned not liking being forced to sit from the 20 yard line in.  There was something else I didn't care for, either, namely the complete lack of information provided by the stadium scoreboard operator and PA announcers.  In years past, the scoreboard would post the scrimmage rules/scoring, down and distance, etc.  The PA announcers would discuss the players involved in the play, etc.  None of that was present during the scrimmage.  They didn't even announce whether the first, second or third teams were in.  If that is the cost of having a winning team, I'll gladly pay it, but somehow I don't think being informative during a scrimmage and fielding a winning team are mutually exclusive.

2.  Our CBs may occasionally give up receptions, but there is rarely, if ever much separation between them and receivers.  Both Ramsey and Bouye gave up catches tonight, but usually they were next to impossible throws and catches involved, which often left me to wonder how the completion was made.



3.  With Calais Campbell being out (they showed him on the jumbotron and he appeared fine, Taven Bryan played the strong DR Campbell usually plays, and like Campbell, Bryan was moved all over the line, getting snaps at LDE, DT, NT, and RDE.  He didn't seem to make much impact.

4.  While we are on the defense, Leon Jacobs flashed a couple of big plays.  The first play was during a drill where the offense started in horrible field position (at their own 3) and had to get out of there.  Jacobs came in on a blitz that dropped Fournette for a one yard loss.  Later, Jacobs blitzed and got big pressure on Bortles.  He showed a good first step/acceleration on those plays.  

5.  Hayden captured my attention on a couple of plays.  He had a nice pass defense on one play, and cam in from his nickel position on a blitz.  I don't think Bortles recognized him as a blitzer because NOBODY touched him.  He would have gotten a big hit on a sack on that play.  

6.  Even though there were a lot of completions to the flat (enough to make me think that this scheme is willing surrender dumpoffs to the flat), Telvin Smith would have killed Yeldon on a dumpoff to the right flat.  As it was he got a good hit on him, but had they been going full contact, Yeldon might have come out of the game.

7.  There were not a lot of INTs, but Church registered the one INT on an attempted deep pass from Bortles down the left middle into double coverage between Bouye and Church.

8.  I was mortified when I saw Logan Cooke punt for the first time.  I saw wobbler after wobbler, and I was concerned he might actually be cut.  Tonight, he was much better.  His first punt was a booming kick
that spiraled, turned over, and was downed inside the 5, the first of two kicks downed at that part of the field.  I feel better about his punting after tonight.

9.  The running game was pretty much a non entity tonight.  There were occasional good runs by Yeldon, Grant and Brandon Wilds, but there were plenty of plays for minimal to no gain.  I suppose I should be happy, given the strength of our DL, but the part of me that likes the ground game wanted to see a little more.

10.    Tanner Lee's roster spot is anything but a given, but he helped himself tonight with a decent performance.  He also helped Jaydon Mickens quite a bit, as the two connected on several intermediate length completions, one for a TD.  Mickens later had what would have been a punt return for a TD, featuring a part where he tightroped down the left sideline and cut back inside.

11.  D.J. Chark made his presence known tonight with a few catches along the sideline and on a short crossing route.  but he had the highlight catch of the scrimmage, with a diving catch of an intermediate to deep pass down the left middle of the field.

12.  It looked like Westbrook was going to be credited with a big play, making a catch over the middle then getting up untouched and running for another 20-30 yards.  But he was ruled to have trapped the ball.

13.  I noticed Adams for the first time on a run to the left.  He showed good pulling ability.  I didn't notice Richardson too much, but I will say this.  The second and 3rd team OLs seemed to give up a lot of pressure from the right side of the OL throughout the night.

14.  I only saw ASJ make one catch, but Niles Paul was in on several catches.

That is it for now...and if you have any questions, hit me with them.  I'll see what I can do to answer them.