Here's 7'/30's.
This is getting ridiculous. Can't even stay connected to the server long enough to finish updating the page. Anyhow, here's today's report and maybe the pictures can be posted later:
Unfortunately, this was a one hour practice, and the linemen only went half of that.
Needless to say there was no hitting, and the whole thing screwed with my plan to watch
the linebackers. Instead, I took a general overview of our offense.
I like the diversity of the new offense. We seem to get a lot of different formations out
of base personnel. Fullbacks/H-backs go out wide, wide receivers line up tight to the
line, and we sometimes overload one side or the other. I think Dan Henning enjoys a two
tight end/single back formation for passing, as I saw a lot of it. Expect more shifts and
motion than we saw under Seifert. At least we're trying to get mismatches somewhere
along the defense.
Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen a shotgun yet. I suppose they're hitting it in the
practices I'm skipping, or it won't be as prominent as we thought. Coverage in the
secondary seemed to improve a bit today, and I saw a few more zones than previous days.
The coaching staff is absolutely not letting mistakes slip. If a guy cuts off a route too
soon or a block isn't on the correct shoulder, the players know about it immediately. I
think there's a lot more one-on-one coaching this year, and it can't hurt. I don't know how
we'll fare this year, but I'm dying to find out.
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