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Sorry if these are a little late for ya'll. I had to work a morning to afternoon shift today and had overtime so I wasn't able to post them ASAP. Hope you all enjoy. Take care now and enjoy the weekend coming. . .
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SOCALBRONCO (AKA PIMPMASTAFLEX) AM REPORT
QUARTERBACKS- Jay Cutler was ok this morning, but like the last two mornings, he was sometimes a bit off. He’s got to be frustrated playing without any real weapons against the defenses, outside of Walker and Stokley, who he doesn’t always get matched with. Among his highlights were a nice basic cross route that threaded between the zones to Dan Graham at 12 yards and a deep ball to Quincy Morgan and a well timed deep square out to Hixon that the defender (who was playing tight) could not do anything about. It was nice to see him rifle it in there to Morgan but he probably should not have thrown the pass into double coverage. He had some other decent completions but at times overthrew some passes too. Patrick Ramsey had his finest practice of camp. He finally had a really solid practice. He threw a great deep ball to Brian Clark for a touchdown and another deep ball to Kircus for another touchdown. Ramsey also hooked up with Javon Walker a number of times. He did have one terrible throw that was almost intercepted by backup safety Roderick Rogers. Overall, however, given the step up in his play in the last few practices, it is becoming apparent that he is beginning to progress in this offense. Khan noted that he is starting to feel better with Ramsey as the backup.
RUNNING BACKS- The defense really shut down the run today. None of the backs had real success against the defense, although Henry had a few nice runs when he just bowled over people. Henry also has surprising speed for a power back. On an outside toss play (rare to see in the Denver offense) when Ekuban had the angle on him and he just sped by to the sideline, showing a very good burst. Outside of one or two cutback runs by each, Sapp and Bell had a lot of trouble against the first and second team front sevens. The linebackers today really took it to the running backs.
WIDE RECIEVERS AND TIGHT ENDS- Quincy Morgan had himself a good morning. He is thought of as purely a kick returner but showed some promise as a wide receiver too. He got the better of Dre Bly on a couple of intermediate and deep routes (to be fair, however, this was after Bly had sustained a minor leg injury). Morgan is starting to solidify a spot on the team (as yesterday, not surprisingly, he looked the best among the competitiors in the kick return department). Kircus and Brian Clark also showed good speed catching a deep ball and several underneath routes. Hixon had a very poor practice. He dropped several passes, although had one particularly nice reception on the sideline from Cutler. Foxworth in particular really gave him trouble. Dan Graham continues to struggle getting separation. Backup LB Louis Green got props from Jim Bates when he stuck on Graham on an intermediate route and swatted away a pass. The other linebackers also had a fairly good success rate bottling him up. The other tight ends are also continuing to be fairly quiet (Leach had a bad drop), but Nate Jackson comes up with a few nice receptions that are few and far between every practice (a trend that was continued today).
OFFENSIVE LINE- I did not pay much attention to the line drills today, focusing rather on line play during the live action period. The offensive line had a great deal of trouble in the run game. The first and second team front seven ate their lunch. A few players that I focused on did have decent days, however. Ryan Harris had another good practice from what I observed. He is not known well for having a strong initial punch, but he really rocked Dumervil on one play in particular and got into the proper set up by the time Dumervil recovered. He also did a nice job in live action of handling Moss. I would have liked to see him matched up on Crowder a little more, because Crowder had a nice morning but I did not see that matchup. Eric Pears was not bad, either.
DEFENSIVE LINE- Tim Crowder had another solid day, although this time he was more of a force as a pass rusher rather than a run defender, which is generally opposite of the norm with him. He was unable to disengage from Alexander on one run play and lost contain, but for the rest of the period he was at least ok in the run game. He did have a practice sack and a pressure and got some props. Moss was kind of quiet today and continues to have problems disengaging from the blockers in the run game. He needs to remember to play with leverage and keep his pads low (it is sometimes hard for him because he is so large and lanky) so that linemen don’t get into his chest. Dumervil struggled with Harris but against other offensive tackles did a great job with the pass rush and had a couple of practice sacks. Defensive tackle Antwon Burton stood out to me, because he got a very nice push into the backfield on pass plays. Ekuban had some problems maintaining containment against the run, but the rest of the front was so good that his small mistakes were covered up. Sam Adams and Marcus Thomas were held out of practice with small injuries. John Engelberger continues to be a force against the run. He has a fairly nice grip on one of the starting positions right now.
LINEBACKERS- Outstanding. Basically all of them. Unfortunately, Warrick Holdman suffered what appeared to be a neck injury and was down for about 5 minutes until he was slowly strapped onto a stretcher. The backers were really flying around and creating havoc. I really feel much better about this unit. D.D. Lewis had a very strong practice, and is actually showing some good coverage skills on tight ends. He really blanketed Leach on one play when the QB unwisely threw the ball in that direction. Louis Green was also very good in coverage and gave Graham some problems. D.J. Williams had a superb practice, with a big time tackle for a loss which got him props from Jim Bates and a tap on the helmet. He also had a very nice hit right in the hole. I did not see it, but Khan (at a different angle) also saw him force a fumble. He continues to do a good job covering the backs in man to man coverage. Backup T.J. Hollowell seems to be a favorite of Jim Bates. Bates goes out of his way to compliment him. Earlier in the week, Hollowell seemed to struggle in space but today he showed good speed getting out to the flats on outside runs. Ian Gold and Nate Webster were very strong as well. Ian continues to pursue well and Webster can hit. Even recently acquired backup LB Wesley Mallard had a really nice TFL.
DEFENSIVE BACKS- Dre Bly seemed to cramp up in the middle of practice. He grabbed his leg and hobbled off for awhile. He was back in practice shortly thereafter, but did not seem to be the same as Morgan and others caught some significant (yardage wise) passes on him. Foxworth was outstanding today. He really responded to Paymah’s outstanding week of practice. He deflected several balls, rarely allowed the receiver to get decent separation and also showed a physical side to his game. Among the safety group, I liked Cargile (good range) and Abdullah today. Abdullah can make plays as an in the box safety. He is quick to diagnose run plays and is a hard hitter. He had one “woo lick” hit today. Backup safeties Roderick Rogers and Jeff Shoate were not bad either, especially in pass coverage. Nick Ferguson rarely makes plays in coverage, but was a standout today in run support in the 9 on 9s.
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Yes Kaylore, links to the main page will be up when the stories are on the main page.
SOCALBRONCO (AKA PIMPMASTAFLEX) AM REPORT
QUARTERBACKS- Jay Cutler was ok this morning, but like the last two mornings, he was sometimes a bit off. He’s got to be frustrated playing without any real weapons against the defenses, outside of Walker and Stokley, who he doesn’t always get matched with. Among his highlights were a nice basic cross route that threaded between the zones to Dan Graham at 12 yards and a deep ball to Quincy Morgan and a well timed deep square out to Hixon that the defender (who was playing tight) could not do anything about. It was nice to see him rifle it in there to Morgan but he probably should not have thrown the pass into double coverage. He had some other decent completions but at times overthrew some passes too. Patrick Ramsey had his finest practice of camp. He finally had a really solid practice. He threw a great deep ball to Brian Clark for a touchdown and another deep ball to Kircus for another touchdown. Ramsey also hooked up with Javon Walker a number of times. He did have one terrible throw that was almost intercepted by backup safety Roderick Rogers. Overall, however, given the step up in his play in the last few practices, it is becoming apparent that he is beginning to progress in this offense. Khan noted that he is starting to feel better with Ramsey as the backup.
RUNNING BACKS- The defense really shut down the run today. None of the backs had real success against the defense, although Henry had a few nice runs when he just bowled over people. Henry also has surprising speed for a power back. On an outside toss play (rare to see in the Denver offense) when Ekuban had the angle on him and he just sped by to the sideline, showing a very good burst. Outside of one or two cutback runs by each, Sapp and Bell had a lot of trouble against the first and second team front sevens. The linebackers today really took it to the running backs.
WIDE RECIEVERS AND TIGHT ENDS- Quincy Morgan had himself a good morning. He is thought of as purely a kick returner but showed some promise as a wide receiver too. He got the better of Dre Bly on a couple of intermediate and deep routes (to be fair, however, this was after Bly had sustained a minor leg injury). Morgan is starting to solidify a spot on the team (as yesterday, not surprisingly, he looked the best among the competitiors in the kick return department). Kircus and Brian Clark also showed good speed catching a deep ball and several underneath routes. Hixon had a very poor practice. He dropped several passes, although had one particularly nice reception on the sideline from Cutler. Foxworth in particular really gave him trouble. Dan Graham continues to struggle getting separation. Backup LB Louis Green got props from Jim Bates when he stuck on Graham on an intermediate route and swatted away a pass. The other linebackers also had a fairly good success rate bottling him up. The other tight ends are also continuing to be fairly quiet (Leach had a bad drop), but Nate Jackson comes up with a few nice receptions that are few and far between every practice (a trend that was continued today).
OFFENSIVE LINE- I did not pay much attention to the line drills today, focusing rather on line play during the live action period. The offensive line had a great deal of trouble in the run game. The first and second team front seven ate their lunch. A few players that I focused on did have decent days, however. Ryan Harris had another good practice from what I observed. He is not known well for having a strong initial punch, but he really rocked Dumervil on one play in particular and got into the proper set up by the time Dumervil recovered. He also did a nice job in live action of handling Moss. I would have liked to see him matched up on Crowder a little more, because Crowder had a nice morning but I did not see that matchup. Eric Pears was not bad, either.
DEFENSIVE LINE- Tim Crowder had another solid day, although this time he was more of a force as a pass rusher rather than a run defender, which is generally opposite of the norm with him. He was unable to disengage from Alexander on one run play and lost contain, but for the rest of the period he was at least ok in the run game. He did have a practice sack and a pressure and got some props. Moss was kind of quiet today and continues to have problems disengaging from the blockers in the run game. He needs to remember to play with leverage and keep his pads low (it is sometimes hard for him because he is so large and lanky) so that linemen don’t get into his chest. Dumervil struggled with Harris but against other offensive tackles did a great job with the pass rush and had a couple of practice sacks. Defensive tackle Antwon Burton stood out to me, because he got a very nice push into the backfield on pass plays. Ekuban had some problems maintaining containment against the run, but the rest of the front was so good that his small mistakes were covered up. Sam Adams and Marcus Thomas were held out of practice with small injuries. John Engelberger continues to be a force against the run. He has a fairly nice grip on one of the starting positions right now.
LINEBACKERS- Outstanding. Basically all of them. Unfortunately, Warrick Holdman suffered what appeared to be a neck injury and was down for about 5 minutes until he was slowly strapped onto a stretcher. The backers were really flying around and creating havoc. I really feel much better about this unit. D.D. Lewis had a very strong practice, and is actually showing some good coverage skills on tight ends. He really blanketed Leach on one play when the QB unwisely threw the ball in that direction. Louis Green was also very good in coverage and gave Graham some problems. D.J. Williams had a superb practice, with a big time tackle for a loss which got him props from Jim Bates and a tap on the helmet. He also had a very nice hit right in the hole. I did not see it, but Khan (at a different angle) also saw him force a fumble. He continues to do a good job covering the backs in man to man coverage. Backup T.J. Hollowell seems to be a favorite of Jim Bates. Bates goes out of his way to compliment him. Earlier in the week, Hollowell seemed to struggle in space but today he showed good speed getting out to the flats on outside runs. Ian Gold and Nate Webster were very strong as well. Ian continues to pursue well and Webster can hit. Even recently acquired backup LB Wesley Mallard had a really nice TFL.
DEFENSIVE BACKS- Dre Bly seemed to cramp up in the middle of practice. He grabbed his leg and hobbled off for awhile. He was back in practice shortly thereafter, but did not seem to be the same as Morgan and others caught some significant (yardage wise) passes on him. Foxworth was outstanding today. He really responded to Paymah’s outstanding week of practice. He deflected several balls, rarely allowed the receiver to get decent separation and also showed a physical side to his game. Among the safety group, I liked Cargile (good range) and Abdullah today. Abdullah can make plays as an in the box safety. He is quick to diagnose run plays and is a hard hitter. He had one “woo lick” hit today. Backup safeties Roderick Rogers and Jeff Shoate were not bad either, especially in pass coverage. Nick Ferguson rarely makes plays in coverage, but was a standout today in run support in the 9 on 9s.
Center, 3. OT
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