camp reports for 8/2

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August 3, 2016 at 7:36 am #49988

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Ramsfan1971

I expected full pads today, but only helmets and shoulder pads. Some hitting, but not full on contact or tackling. Maybe Fisher is trying to avoid injury.

What a difference a few days make! Sat and Sun, it looked like another disaster of a year for our offense. Today, our offense showed great improvement. Our three qbs looked good with no one throwing an int. There was one pass that should have been picked for a pick 6, but T Johnson dropped it. Today, I want to concentrate on our offense. That is the side of the ball I am most concerned about. If this team is ever going to get over .500 and push towards the playoffs, the O must be able to make the occasional big play or just control the ball so our D can dominate.

Qbs

All three of our qbs showed great improvement today. Maybe the opened up the playbook to allow them to throw more than 5 yds down the field. Keenum made some good passes to Tavon today. One was for a TD. Keenum is still taking the majority of the reps. It is obvious that he does not have the arm strength to make that corner or seam pass that must be thrown on a line. Who does have the arm strength to make that pass- Goff and Mannion. Before I go into Goff, I am still scratching my head why Mannion was not given a chance last year. Was he that horrible or did he just not know the play book. I have heard the critics say he has slow foot work and a slow windup, but from the few reps he gets in practice, I like him. He consistently looks down the field for receivers and has a strong arm. He may have gotten 6-8 reps today in 11-11. I am afraid he will never be allowed to compete for the job since it would make Snisher look bad by giving up all those picks.

So how did Goff do? This is the first practice that he showed something special. He had the best pass play of the day when he threw a dart to Spruce running a seam pattern on the right side. It went for about 40 yds or possibly a td. There was a buzz in the crowd being the first time he showed his arm strength. He made a few more very good plays today. If he keeps improving and learning the playbook, he should get the chance to game two or three of the preseason. He does have some flaws thus far.
1- He tends to look to one side of the field on passing plays. Probably the side that the play is intended to go to. He will need to learn to look off receivers and use both sides of the field.
2-This is probably not him but the coaching staff. Each time he went to the audible “Kill Kill” (all three days) it is a running play. I hope they give him or any of our qbs more options than that.

Wrs

We have a bunch of rookie wrs. Some of them are really standing out. Our vets are what we thought they are. B Quick may not make the team given the talent of some of the rooks. Marquez has done a very good job in camp thus far. He is fighting for a job. Britt and Tavon both made some good catches for yards today. Britt always concerns me. Too many times on 3rd and anything, it seemed he would drop catchable balls.

McRoberts, Thomas, Williams and Spruce are all talented. Each made significant catches today. Williams is big. Spruce does not drop anything coming at him. I hope we have found at least 2 big contributors in this group.

TE

Four TEs stood out today. Kendricks made some big catches, but also dropped an easy one that would have gone for a good gain. Higbee will be good and possibly great someday. Great hands, size and speed. Goff likes to throw to him. Both Harkey and Cunningham did very will today. Who was missing was Hemmingway. He had a good practice on Sunday, but I do not remember seeing him today.

Oline

Hard to tell without full pads, but I did not see Dlinemen blowing up passing plays today. G Rob opened up a big hole on the L side early for a big Gurley gain. I actually saw the line working on skills today and not standing around during skill time.

Our Defense will be the strength of the team again this year. Unless our O makes big leaps of improvement (like today) throughout the next few weeks, The D will need to dominate.

I will not be able to make anymore practices this week. Back to work. I may try to get back down to Irvine next week. I hope this has been helpful for those that do not get to go.

August 3, 2016 at 7:07 pm #50078

zn
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8to12

I made it to Camp yesterday, but made it home a bit late to post here. I was able to record most of the 11-on-11 plays along with some 7-on-7. I will need to get help from some one on how to convert my iphone video to file that can be posted here.

Things I noticed on 8/02 :

– QB warm-ups ; watched Mannion and Goff play catch first at a 12 yard distance and then at a 25 yard distance. Mannion’s throws are direct, with a tight spiral. Goff’s throws have a little bit more Arc in them and are not as tight. …just something I noticed
– Tavon was back with the group while Pharoh Cooper watched.
– Punt return drills: Tavon and Chase Reynolds were doing something pretty cool….. they would hold a ball in their hands while waiting for the punted ball to arrived. As the punted ball got close, they would tooss the existing ball in the air, catch the punted ball, spin around and then catch the tossed ball. Reynolds was the only one who did it consistently. All the other guys couldn’t even get close.
– Mike Thomas had a good day. He was in with the 2nd team and also got some snaps the 1’s. He caught just about everything thrown to him. He looks like he belongs.
– For anyone that thinks Bradley Marquez may not make the team, a glimpse of this practice would definitely change their mind. He is getting to run with the 2’s and 1’s in 11-on-11 and the guy just makes plays.
– Special teams: Punt team worked on directional punting…. left sideline vs right sideline……. Hecker had a couple of 65 yard kicks that were inpressive.
– Offensive notes: Saw 2 new formations today ; first was 2 TE’s standing a few feet outside of the Tackles, not inline, with a receiver positioned a few feet to their outside shoulder. It looks like a “Bunch” formation with 1 RB. The second was a spread with 4 receivers to the Left side of the formation.
– TE ; Justice Cunningham was targeted a couple of times to day and he made 2 nice catches. Did not see Hemmingway much. They have Higbee running short out routes and seam routes, straight up field.
– Defense ; did not spend much time looking at the Defense, but I did notice that Nic Grigsby (rookie from Pitt) made 2 nice plays in the Passing game breaking up throws.
– not much else to report due to holding the iphone and making video the entire afternoon.
Anyopne that can suggest hoe to get my iphone video uploaded here would be greatly appreciated.

I am now off to see this afternoon’s practice. I will try to just watch and make notes today.

August 4, 2016 at 10:29 am #50134

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Ramzee

Some of what I got from Rams camp in Irvine on August 2nd, 2016. I’ll keep editing and posting pics one by one until I’m done. Enjoy!

EJ Gaines (#33) nearly intercepts Jared Goff (#16) in 11 on 11’s. Goff intended the pass for Michael Thomas (#13) but Marquez Bradley (#15) is suspiciously running a similar route a yard away from him in the same area. Gaines was covering Bradley and I don’t think he’s supposed to be there by design.

Lamarcus Joyner (#20) high points a pass by Case Keenum (#17) in the front of the end zone in 7 on 7’s.

Brian Quick (#83) high pointing a pass in the back of the end zone. He holds onto the ball and gets both feet in bounds for the touchdown in 7 on 7’s. T.J. McDonald (#25) in coverage on the play.

Case Keenum (#17) throws a touchdown in the back corner of the end zone to rookie TE Tyler Higbee (#89) during 7 on 7’s. Higbee gets both feet in bounds for the score. T.J. McDonald (#25) in coverage on the play.

Rookie WR Michael Thomas (#13) jumps to catch a Jared Goff (#16) touchdown pass during Rams 7 on 7 red zone drill. Coverage by Cody Davis (#38) on the play.

WR Duke Williams (#81) dives in the back of the end zone for the touchdown in Rams 7 on 7’s. He retains possession but doesn’t stay in bounds. T.J. McDonald (#25) in coverage on the play.

Tavon Austin (#1) muffs a punt here in punting drills. Johnny Hekker (#3) was booming them 60+ yards regularly. Great hang time. Austin doesn’t seem to watch the ball into his hands on punts. I noticed it on several returns. He had a few dropped ones throughout the afternoon.

This time Austin reels it in.

Aaron Donald (#99) blew by Jamon Brown (#68) to stuff Gurley (#30) for a big loss in the back field during 11 on 11’s. He put his tremendous lower body explosion and quickness on display. He’s very hard to out leverage.

New thing I’ve been seeing over and over at camp is the Rams dropping Aaron Donald (#99) into coverage on zone blitzes. Here he covers TE Lance Kendricks (#88). He did it on back to back plays when this pic was taken and a few more times over the last two practices. He seems athletic and talented enough to do it! That should throw a few QB’s off this year. Maybe even generate the Rams a turnover.

Tavon Austin (#1) has an uplifting experience thanks to teammate Aaron Donald (#99). Austin spun to avoid a hit by Mark Barron, right into Donald’s waiting arms. After Donald ran him down on a quick screen across the middle. Thankfully Donald decided not to obliterate Austin and set him down nicely.

Lance Kendricks (#88) makes the catch across the middle with Aaron Donald (#99) in tight zone coverage. Despite giving up the catch, I was very impressed by Donald’s coverage and overall athletic ability.

Here is Ethan Westbrooks (#93) splitting the double team and getting what would have been a Jared Goff sack in a live game. Westbrooks had several disruptive plays throughout the day.

LT Greg Robinson (#73) stonewalls DE Eugene Sims (#97) during 11 on 11’s. He did a great job mirroring him and riding him out of the pocket during this particular drill.

WR Paul McRoberts (#8) makes a nice diving catch on the sideline from Jared Goff (#16) with CB Troy Hill (#32) on the coverage.

Case Keenum (#17) scrambles to the end zone for a touchdown in 11 on 11’s. The pocket broke down and Keenum escaped to his left. Using some pump fakes and head nods, he got the defenders in coverage to stick to their receivers, while he slipped away unabated to the corner of the end zone for the score.

Jared Goff (#16) scrambles to the end zone past Cameron Lynch (#50) and co. for a touchdown in 11 on 11’s. The pocket broke down and Goff scrambled to his right, right into about 4 Rams defenders but was still able to maneuver himself enough to get into end zone for the score. This came right after Keenum’s scramble. Rams QB’s showing off their mobility.

QB Sean Mannion (#14) bobbles the low snap on this play. This was a pretty common theme for the day for all the center/QB exchanges. I saw at least 5 bobbled or lost snaps just like this one between the different QB’s. Now’s the time to sort that out.

TE Justice Cunningham (#48) scores on a Sean Mannion (#14) pass during the red zone drill 11 on 11’s.

Cunningham and Cory Harkey especially had very productive days in the 7 on 7 and 11 on 11 red zone drills. Harkey had at least 3 TD’s I saw. Cunningham at least 2. All of the QB’s seemed to be using the TE’s a lot throughout the day. Harkey had a lot of targets for a guy who is primarily known for his blocking repertoire.

August 4, 2016 at 11:27 am #50138

zn
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69RamFan

Today I focused more on the Offense side of the ball, since we really know what we have on the D side.

Offense

QBs
Keenum with the 1s Looked pretty good, had a few good throws to his WRs, especial;y one for about 20yrs to TA. And a deep post to Britt.

Goff with with the 2s but played again the 2s and 1s Defense. Goff had some good throws, but I felt he didn’t have a great day, just my observation, I want to say hitting about 55 to 60% of his throws, that’s what it looked like, I wasn’t counting his throws, just an estimate. But one thing I did notice, if given the time, he reads through his progressions down the field as long as he can before checking down.

Mannion with the 3s, I must say, with my naked eye, Mannion looked really good, he didn’t look slow with his feet as some have been putting out. And he has a strong arm.

RBs
Gurley had this 40 or 50yd run, with a hole opening up and he took it to the house.
Benny Cunningham looked slim and trim, he had some nice runs.

WRs
1s, Britt and TA Looked really good,
especially TA, when he gets the rock in open space, he is like a jack rabbit, hard to stop.
Britt a nice deep post catch.

2s Quick, had some nice catches, one for a TD
Mike Thomas was looking really good, catching everything that was throw his way, maybe missed one or two throws.

Duke Williams had a deep ball thrown to him for a TD, not sure if it was from Goff or Mannion.
After the catch, all of the WRs went to grab him and cheer him on. But it was a questionable call whether he caught it inbounds.

TEs
1s Kendricks, I seen one drop, but mostly he was being target about five or more times.
Harkey, he is out there blocking.

2s Higabee, everything that was thrown to him, he was making the catch. He is a nice big target. (He is no Cook which is good.)

OL
Hard to really tell, cause they didn’t seemed to really go all out from the D-line side of the ball.

But the 1s did open up a hole with Gurley finding it and taking it to the house.

It was a nice time at the camp, my youngest daughter was getting some autographs and selfies,
one from Westbrooks and Greg the Leg.

I actually walked right by Robert Quinn and William Hayes, but my daughter didn’t want their autograph,
she was all into getting Goffs autograph and selfie,,, which never happened,,, LoL

August 4, 2016 at 2:59 pm #50147

zn
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So Ram

Myles Simmons ✔ @MylesASimmons
Keenum just fit a ball into a pretty darn right window to Tavon Austin along the left sideline. Austin fired up after making the grab.

Was right there on that catch. He was guarded by C. Lynch who had perfect coverage.He never turned his head other wise it was a INT or batted by his body.
I don’t know how Tavon Austin caught that pass.He stayed with it was able to see it last second.What a good catch by Tavon.Ball was on the money.

–Case looked the part as the starting QB.

SeattleRams @seattlerams_nfl
That groan from the crowd was Goff missing B Marquez

He was way off today.
–Bradley was getting a lot of playing time(reps) today.
He was in the slot ,playing for Copper.
–Goff talked to him after that pass.Maybe not that play because he missed him a lot.
Bradley might have ran a bad route.

Brian Quick looks like a starter.He is so tough in the Red Zone !!
Quick was the star of practice yesterday !!! You can’t stop him in the Red Zone. Just throw him the dam ball.

Well Kenny sleeps on you, Quick is a guy you put in on situations & match ups.He is a Red Zone guy.

Mike Thomas is a guy that gets open & moves the ball down field.

Duke really is showing up on special teams & has upside. Might make the 47 on game day because of it.

Nelson Spruce surprised me with his speed running down field on special teams.

Copper will get his in the slot ahead of Bradley Marquis. He did show up in 2 minute drill. He is a special teams guy, that still has a way to go at WR.

I don’t think Marquez has looked better than Mike Thomas or Duke Williams personally and Marquez has had some mental mistakes, like running the wrong routes. Which in one instance led to a red zone turnover.

Wichmann is the best option playing guard right now as a back up.Battle isn’t ready to start.I think Reynolds might even be the 3rd string RT ?? Reynolds is nothing special,but he really works his ass off in practice.A leader by example.

–Btockers is a very hard working vet as well.They both go down the field until the whistle every play.It stands out during practice, because at some point your just going Dam how did he get there on that play.

Case looks the part
Case is such the veteran & a leader out there.He is an extension to the coach.

Robinson sure looks better than Goff !! He is going against Robert Quinn mind you ??
Goff can only complete short stuff underneath right in front of him against the 2nd & 3rd string defense.The exception is unless it is to Mike Thomas who looked really good & was impressive.

My take on WR’s
Mike Thomas is a keeper & Brian Quick is a man child in Red Zone. Just throw him the dam ball !!!
–Tavon Austin is tough on those short roll outs by a QB. They throw it to the one or 2 yard line & he dives in. Really quick & hard to get a hand on when cutting in & then goes out.

–Case is solid & is great with Barnes. Goff fumbled at least twice & Mannion probably 3 times. There is an issue there that needs to be fixed.

Alexander for sure he is the starting FS !! He is calling out plays on defense. Greg Williams loves him & always talks him up.
–TJ is right back starting at SS , Mo is always talking with him.
– Mo (starters) were in on a 11-11 drill against the 3rd string,& he was smart enough to that. He lit that guy up for a non- contact practice to finish the drill up. He is a flat out stud. He is going to open some eyes.
Cody is just a baller. He plays & does everything ok.He doesn’t make mental mistakes & can be trusted in center field.
He also has good hands, to make a game changing play.

Troy Hill looks good for a name no one is talking about.
CB’s
Tru
CJ Gaines
Coty
Marcus Roberson
Troy Hill

August 4, 2016 at 3:27 pm #50148

zn
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Ramzee

ADDED REMARKS

I’ve been at camp the last few days and the fact is, Robinson has gotten beat a few times (GRob) and it hasn’t all been roses. Quinn just flew right by him two times in a row and I know someone has pictures of it on a website somewhere. I also have pictures of GRob stone walling lots of our defenders. Overall I think he has been very good but he still has shown lapses. In the past it’s the lapses that cost him. GRob is a beast when he is on. We’re looking for more consistency at this point.

Duke Williams and Mike Thomas are really kicking ass at camp from my perspective. Bradley Marquez watch out!

August 4, 2016 at 5:38 pm #50157

zn
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ramsman34

First, about padded practices; I truly believe gone are the days of full pads and full, all-out e contact. We debated this among ourselves at at camp and i just think today’s practice was about as padded as its going to get – at least when it is one v ones. Coaches really don’t want guys getting in scrums or going to/getting taken to the ground. I know, I know – this is football. Ya, it is. But it is also a big time business with tons of pressure on organizations to succeed and with teams paying obscene money to star players. The reward is not worth the risk, IMO. I think there will only be “real” hitting in some goal line situations, STs, and when the back end of the roster guys go at it.

The Offense:

They have been improving incrementally each day. And in pads, the o-line can actually block and engage the D-line. All in all, the O out performed the D today in 11 v 11 and even in 7 v 7 (as they should). There were two separate 11 v 11 sessions which I have not seen done before. the offense did well in the first session but really shined in the second

I am focusing more on the team O work than anything else so far as this has been, as we all know, the weak link.

11 v 11 – Session 1:

I am not going to do the play by play that I did last report. Someone brought up that it might be too much detail (personnel group, down, distance, etc.) and that might piss the Rams off. I don’t think so, but just in case…

Keenum started the session and got the first 4 plays. First was an intermediate out route to Tay which was complete but Quinn smoked GRob and would have had the sack, Next Gurley ripped of a big outside zone run to the weak side. The personnel group and formation were interesting and different. Toss to Benny next that would have been a first down followed by an inside run out of a formation/personnel group that is a dead “we are running the ball” give away. Hopefully they will use play action out of this group/formation

Goff got the next 5 plays. He fumbles the snap from under center on play 1 – not good, but he shook it off. 2. Play-action, but Goff checked it down – he had #81 Duke Williams open for a TD on a post route – the clock in Goff’s head is slowly getting adjusted to NFL speed and NFL timing. 3. Checked to a run play pre snap, short gain by Reynolds. 4. Zone read, short gain – benny. 5. Sprint draw, might have been against a blitz, Benny gets a big gain.

Back to Keenum. 1. Gurley, inside for a tough 4 yds. 2. Quinn again blows by GRob but it is a 3-step whip out to Britt for the completion 3. Ck down to Benny, short gain. 4. Jet sweep to Tay, totally blown up by one of our new stud DL – Quinton Coples.

Mannion. 1. Inside run, Aaron Green – no gain, he is tentative running inside, no churn. 2. Nice ball to Harkey on a seam route. 3. Off tackle run – A. Green, good for 5yds. 4. Ck. down on a delay drag, big hit by Ayers to knock receiver down (didn’t get the #), short gain.

Back to Keenum. 1. Curl to Kendricks good for a 1st down. 2. ** Gurley out of the backfield on a post route for 20+ yds. against TJ McDonald. TG3 is going to be a match-up problem (cue Marshall Faulk highlights)! 3. Swing to Tay, blitz beater against man coverage – short gain – great closing speed by D 4. corner blitz cover-2 pre snap to cover 1, crossing route to Kendricks – another great blitz beater.

Back to Goff. he had a couple nice throws to TEs on crossers and outs, his first throw this session should have been a pick six, threw a nice deep post to Duke but McDonald broke it up with what would have certainly been called PI – McDonald is NOT a coverage safety, in case anyone is still wondering if he is.

NOTES: We have seen almost ZERO motion or shifts. Also very few screens, no slip screens or middle screens. Very few jet sweeps or jet-action passes. Gurley is running legitimate routes out of the back field – not just wheel or swings routes. His post route from the right side of the QB in shot gun “was a thing of beauty. Spruce, Michael Thomas, occasionally McRoberts, Bradley, and Duke Williams are impressing me – a lot. Quick is better than last year and he made a siiiiick grab in the last 11 v 11 red zone session that I will get to in a minute. But, the level of competition is better than I have seen in years at WR and at TE. I think the 5-6 WRs and the 4 TEs will be a significant upgrade over last year in sum.

Goff is much better against zone than man coverage at this point in camp. Although he crushed it in the 7 v 7 red zone against pure man. He is truly at his best in the red zone. And THAT is fucking good thing!

In 7 v 7 Keenum threw a pick -Lamarcus Joyner made a great leaping play at the goal line – he looks really good and improved. He hit Quick on a double-move corner-post route in the back of the end zone – great, and I mean stellar, leaping grab by Quick – another “flash” of his immense, but under tapped potential. Case had another TD to Spruce with some incompletions scattered in between.

Goff had TD throws to M. Thomas, Harkey, and a great in-cut to Duke (yes, I am truly pulling and hoping for this kid to make it). Goff also would have been sacked once and should have been picked once.

All in all, this was the best 7 v 7 session to date with the offense finally finding a way to beat man coverage.

The second 11 v 11 was red zone and a much shorter session. Keenum was ok, but as Hacksaw64 noted, late and threw behind his receivers. He was the same in 7 v 7 against no rush/pressure. CASE IS NOT GOING TO BE THE STARTER! I just can’t see it.

Goff kicked ass in this session with 2 TDs to Tavon (smoke screen, and corner route).

If Goff isn’t the starter in SF game one, I will be shocked. Keenum has him in the command and control dept. and maybe a little bit in the moxie dept. But everywhere else Goff is dominant: feet, pocket awareness, arm strength , ball placement….the kid just needs reps, and a lot of them in order to get him really ready. It will be interesting to see how much he plays in preseason. If it is more than one would expect, then I am certain he will be the starter day 1 as the coaches are trying to get him repped up and ready as quickly as possible.

I think the kid can handle the adversity of making mistakes, throwing picks, and even losing a couple games.(only a couple, kid) He will make a lot of plays for us this season and beyond and I truly think we are on the verge of a long run of winning football. Goff looks like the real deal to me.

More from Camp Friday.

RM34

August 5, 2016 at 7:09 pm #50270

zn
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Hacksaw_64

Better late than never. (posted 8/5)

Rolled in early. As expected, it was a lighter crowd than the weekend. Hard Knocks was there in full force.

I started the day by watching the OL warm up right in front of me. Garrett Reynolds was the first OL on the scene and he ran right up to me and said hello. I didn’t realize how massive he really was watching him play last season on TV. He stands out as one of our largest models on the OL. He may be the tallest of the bunch. Coupled with his huge frame and surprising agility, he looks to me like a prototype OT.

Cody Whichmann, in contrast to Reynolds doesn’t quite look the part up close. He’s much smaller than I envisioned. On top of that with his helmet off he looks like he is just out of HS. I got a little bit nervous thinking that this is the kid that’s blocking for our Pro Bowl RB and rookie #1 pick QB. Clearly looks can be deceiving, but still I thought it was funny.

Saffold ran out and promptly started working on agility drills. Not sure about his shoulder but his legs look just fine.

Battle was out there early getting his work in. He is massive too. Really looks like he worked on conditioning in the off-season. He’s one of my camp wildcards. If he continues to develop, it going to be huge for the Rams.

GRob was the last guy to show up. Not what I wanted to see….

Havs was there but not in pads.

Practice really opened with the entire team doing stretches as a unit as opposed to groups as they did in the prior practices. The Rams were getting serious today. It was the first legit practice of camp IMO. Training wheels were off.

Mike Groh was calling every play in the huddle for the entire day. It looked to me like he was running the show. Boras was back on the sideline watching intently, Fisher also kept sticking his nose in the huddle.

Keenum looked like Keenum. Made a couple nice throws. A lot of check downs. And some real head scratching inaccurate throws.

Goff had a nice day. He does a lot of little things right. He repeatedly threw a perfect back shoulder pass right on the money in goaline reps. He threw a nice corner fade ball and completed a post to the back of the endzone with authority.

For most of the day Goff looked much better pre-snap. He seemed to get the ball to his best matchup most of the time.

He made a couple “wow” throws again today. He hit Mike Thomas perfectly in stride on a slant over the middle for about a 20 yard gain. He hit Nelson Spruced own the seam with an absolute perfect pass for about a 35 yard gain. He probably scores on that play.

He had his troubles handling the snap from Eric Kush, who is now our backup center. (yes be scared)

He missed Higbee in the endzone with a ball that he overthrew high and out of the back of the endzone. If your gonna miss in the redzone, that’s how you do it.

One thing I noticed is Goff was really staring down his receivers too much sometimes and not getting to his full progression of reads. I’m sure that will come in time.

He showed off for the second time his “jump pass”. Didn’t know he had that in his arsenal. He completed a bullet jump pass on kind of a broken play to his blanketed receiver sitting down in the middle underneath and in heavy traffic.

Mannion looked much better. Had a series of on target passes. He looked actually pretty crisp running the offense. Much better arm than Keenum. Had a real nice throw to McRoberts who made a great catch and stayed in bounds. McRoberts is no slouch!

Kenny Britt made an appearance today. He looks a little on the out of shape heavy side to me. He’s another one of those guys that it doesn’t quite look like he goes all out all the time in practice. He made one nice catch where he seemed to decide to turn on the jets.

Higbee is a beast and is probably going to start sooner than later.

Hemmingway didn’t get reps with the offense.

Kendricks had a bad drop that hit him right in the hands.

Mike Thomas is for real. He made a real nice site adjustment on a ball in the air to haul it in for a TD.

Duke Williams continues to impress. Made a great one handed grab on a bad ball. Made another great catch in the back of the endzone, didn’t get his feet inbounds.

Quick dropped a couple very catchable balls in drills. Looked like he was getting moved down the depth chart. He was getting some reps with the second team in the second half of practice. He redeemed himself by making a nice catch in the back of the endzone that he had to go up to get. He actually held on. The entire team and crowd cheered in amazement.

Tavon is our best receiver. Had 3 nice catches. 2 for TD’s 1 he was wide open and beat his defender badly.

Gurley opened up with a pitch to the left for a legit 20 yard gain around GRob. He looks a notch faster this year.

Benny showed of his jets. He looks lighter and faster as well. Maybe its the number change.. #23 .

As far as OL goes.

Overall they handled the DL much better than previous practices.

Kush is horrible. We are in big trouble if Barnes gets hurt. = Rams achilles heal.

Take this with a grain of salt because I wasn’t focusing on them all that much but..

Saffold and Jamon Brown both were having problems. In fact our interior line didn’t look good vs power or speed. Ethan Westbrooks, Donald and Brockers were eating them alive still way too much.

Battle and Robinson held there own. Robinson got beat by Quinn a couple times but that’s to be expected. Overall he held up OK.

Darrell Williams seemed to hang in pretty well backing up at LT. He may be another surprise.

Pharoah Cooper wasn’t in pads but sure looked like he wanted to be. He was shadowing WR’s in drills. Also, he was working with Tavon on Punt Returns. Tavon was coaching him up.

Stedman Bailey was at the practice throwing the ball around.

At corner…

Trujo and Sensabaugh got first team reps on the outside. There was also a combination where it was Trujo and Joyner as the two outside corners. Gaines is on the second team as of now.

Roberson actually looked pretty good

They seem to be taking a good look at Troy Hill, he got a ton of reps…

Mo Alexander and McDonald again were starting safties. Both struggled in coverage.

Christian Bryant looked horrible

Bryce Hagar looks tiny.

Ogletree got beat badly trying to cover a back out the backfield.

Coples had one real nice disruptive play.

Overall a much cleaner practice on the Offensive side. You can tell the coaches are really focusing on the offense. They have yet to open up the passing game. But clearly that is the focal point. One step at a time.

That’s all for now.

I’ll be heading back early next week.

August 6, 2016 at 12:00 pm #50295

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Goff looked much sharper day 3 and his clock looked to have sped up a bit relative to the first 2 practices. That said, Keenum hasn’t looked bad at all. It is his utter lack of arm strength that gets me. I came away after Tuesday’s practiced certain Goff would claim the staring roll. More will be revealed today and throughout the preseason. Unless one of them totally craps the bed, I can see Fisher waiting to name a starter for game one as early as after preseason game 3, or as late as the week of practice prior to the opener.
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