Let me start by saying this; it may be a long season, although we look a little better than last year. As Captain Kirk stated after practice on Saturday, the offense put on a poor display. The defense looked good, but I'm not sure if that is due to the awful offense.
Quarterback looks to have Jake in the starting role but Stanzi close behind. I was not impressed with any of Jake's progress from last year, nor did I see much. He continues to not look off receivers and telegraphs every pass. He threw a couple of good balls, and had many passes that would have been intercepted if our d-backs had better hands. I was disturbed to see Jake throw a slant route on the 10 yard line right into the hands of our SS, Tyler Sash. Sash made a good read, but even I knew the pass was being thrown in that direction. Weinke and Vandenberg saw a bit of action and looked good for true freshman. They are not starting material yet, but the future looks promising with these two. McNutt saw some third string action, but only to run. This guy has amazing athletic ability, but I feel is in the wrong position. They ran a spread shotgun formation with McNutt in, which was exciting, but could easily be read as a run play from the get go.
Running backs took a lot of heat from the local media, but I think that they didn't get the credit they deserve. Shonn Greene is the starter and I was impressed. He is a big guy with good speed and packs a bit of a punch. Paki O'Meara saw some second string action, but I feel is not ready to carry the load of a full time RB. Guillory seems to have fallen off the map since spring. he could see some playing time and has potential, but I haven't been overly impressed with him. Freshmen Jewel Hampton, Jeff Brinson and Adam Robinson really have come on since arriving at campus. I think the question is, who do you redshirt and who do you play immediately? It could go either way, but I tend to favor Hampton.
Receivers are hard to judge given our quarterback situation. DJK is a stud and I will not say anything more about that because I do not need to. Brodell and Stross were out and will probably play baring injury. Chaney pissed me off as I witnessed him given up on a route. Overall, we need to run better routes and shorter routes to make up for our lack of quarterback play.
Tight ends were catching a lot of balls today. I like Reisner in the absence of Moeaki because he provides a big target.
O-line was solid. Eubanks saw action at left guard as Bruggeman was at center. Bulaga out, but a starter. These guys seemed to have improved from last year and look as if they are getting better and better with each week. By all means, not the o-line of 2002 but getting better.
D-line, one word, SOLID!
Linebackers are tough. Edds looks good and the others seem to be going balls out to try and win a spot. Angerer seems to bring a lot of fire to the field.
DB's looked okay. Bernstein is the kid I like but sat out after the first series with a hamstring injury. I like Sash at safety and not really sure why. Morrow looked decent and I was impressed with Fletcher, which is something that I am usually not.
Our punter is solid and may see a lot of action this year. Kickers on the other hand....not so good. Murray will be the starter, but that's nothing to write home about.
We have some work to do folks and I'm hoping Kirk can put it together. Below are some photos from the open practice. I only took a few pictures as I was stomping my foot and trying not to yell vulgar things out loud. (It was kid's day)
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