No Adam this morning so all of your practice notes and observations will be right here.
It was a pretty balanced day between the offense and defense. The defense had seven sacks and three or four TFL's while the offense had close to 10 explosive plays and a few TD's.
Jordan Simone practiced in a gold limited contact jersey.
Mike Bercovici, Lloyd Carrington and James Johnson wore the PT-42 practice jerseys, a first for Johnson this Spring. The kid has earned it too. He's been a stud for the defense at safety.
Players in green non-contact jerseys: Laiu Moeakiola, Ami Latu, Mo Latu, Chans Cox, Jamal Scott, Armand Perry, Vi Teofilo, Eriquel Florence, and Antonio Longino.
Cameron Smith actually made an appearance this morning. It goes without saying that he was in green too. Smith walked with crutches and his left knee is still heavily bandaged and in a brace.
Twenty three guys wore the flame helmets. I'm not going not name them all. At this point it might be easier to name the ones who weren't in a gold/green/Pt-42 jersey or flame helmet. New additions to the flame helmet group though included Matt Haack, Nick Ralston, George Lea, and Mitchell Fraboni.
How about that...Mitchell Fraboni made it into the practice report.
1st team offense: Mike Bercovici (QB), Demario Richard (RB), De'Chavon Hayes (RB), D.J. Foster (WR), Ellis Jefferson (WR), Fred Gammage (WR), Sam Jones (LT), Christian Westerman (LG), Nick Kelly (C), Stephon McCray (RG), and Billy McGehee (RT).
1st team defense: Edmond Boateng (End), Tashon Smallwood (NOSE), Demetrius Cherry (Tiger), AJ Latu (Devil), Marcus Ball (SPUR), Christian Sam (SAM), DJ Calhoun (WILL), Lloyd Carrington (corner), Solomon Means (corner), Jordan Simone (safety), and James Johnson (safety).
2nd team offense: Brady White (QB), Nick Ralston (RB), Dan Vear (TE), Raymond Epps (TE), Gary Chambers (WR), Eric Lauderdale (WR), Evan Goodman (LT), Jack Powers (LG), Tyler McClure (C), Devin Goodman (RG), and Quinn Bailey 9RT).
2nd team defense: Rennell Wren (End), Conner Humphreys (NOSE), George Lea (Tiger), Ismael Murphy-Richardson (Devil, Carlos Mendoza (SPUR), Salamo Fiso (SAM, Luke Williams (WILL), Jayme Otomewo (corner), Ronald Lewis (corner), Chad Adams (safety), De'andre Scott (safety).
Don't make too much of the first and second teams on offense. There was a lot of mixing and matching today.
Wren, Ball, Cherry, Latu, Boateng, and Fiso all had sacks for the defense. Marcus Ball also had a fumble recovery.
Coach Norvell was very displeased with the offense after the first set of team drills, blasting the unit for the lack of tempo.
They responded later on as Demario Richard, who had the fumble that Ball recovered, struck for a long catch and run. Richard actually spent quite a bit of time lined up in the slot this morning - more than usual - and he looked really good. He catches just about anything thrown his way. I think he even caught one that bounced off his hands, then his facemark and back into his hands before absorbing a hit from one of the linebackers.
Manny Wilkins threw a 10 yard touchdown pass to Dan Vear. The tight end had to dive for the ball as he was being draped by De'andre Scott (a mismatch if there ever was one). Wilkins was also intercepted later in the day by Jordan Schluester, although the blame was really on Eric Lauderdale as he had the ball bounce off his hands.
It actually wasn't a very good day for Lauderdale. He had a couple drops and then spent some time at Muscle Beach. I'm not sure what the reason was for it.
Wilkins completed a long pass to Gump Hayes along the sideline. Hayes did a nice job catching it over his shoulder as he tip-toed the sideline.
Berco also connected with Hayes on a long TD score over the top of the defense and threw another TD to Foster during skele.
Solomon Means dished out the biggest hit of the day when he nearly decapitated Fred Gammage. Gary Chambers missed his block leaving Gammage exposed. The senior caught an earful from Norvell.
At one point the defense recorded three sacks on three straight plays. Fiso, Ball, Boateng and Wren all stood out this morning.
Kweishi Brown spent most of the day at Muscle Beach. Carlos Mendoza was a little slow to get up following a tackle late in the session. I don't believe he returned to action so we'll have to monitor his status on Thursday.
Zane Gonzalez went 1-3 early in the morning, including misses on his first two attempts from 37 and 42 yards out but nailed his final two attempts, including the game-winner at the end from 40.
It was a pretty balanced day between the offense and defense. The defense had seven sacks and three or four TFL's while the offense had close to 10 explosive plays and a few TD's.
Jordan Simone practiced in a gold limited contact jersey.
Mike Bercovici, Lloyd Carrington and James Johnson wore the PT-42 practice jerseys, a first for Johnson this Spring. The kid has earned it too. He's been a stud for the defense at safety.
Players in green non-contact jerseys: Laiu Moeakiola, Ami Latu, Mo Latu, Chans Cox, Jamal Scott, Armand Perry, Vi Teofilo, Eriquel Florence, and Antonio Longino.
Cameron Smith actually made an appearance this morning. It goes without saying that he was in green too. Smith walked with crutches and his left knee is still heavily bandaged and in a brace.
Twenty three guys wore the flame helmets. I'm not going not name them all. At this point it might be easier to name the ones who weren't in a gold/green/Pt-42 jersey or flame helmet. New additions to the flame helmet group though included Matt Haack, Nick Ralston, George Lea, and Mitchell Fraboni.
How about that...Mitchell Fraboni made it into the practice report.
1st team offense: Mike Bercovici (QB), Demario Richard (RB), De'Chavon Hayes (RB), D.J. Foster (WR), Ellis Jefferson (WR), Fred Gammage (WR), Sam Jones (LT), Christian Westerman (LG), Nick Kelly (C), Stephon McCray (RG), and Billy McGehee (RT).
1st team defense: Edmond Boateng (End), Tashon Smallwood (NOSE), Demetrius Cherry (Tiger), AJ Latu (Devil), Marcus Ball (SPUR), Christian Sam (SAM), DJ Calhoun (WILL), Lloyd Carrington (corner), Solomon Means (corner), Jordan Simone (safety), and James Johnson (safety).
2nd team offense: Brady White (QB), Nick Ralston (RB), Dan Vear (TE), Raymond Epps (TE), Gary Chambers (WR), Eric Lauderdale (WR), Evan Goodman (LT), Jack Powers (LG), Tyler McClure (C), Devin Goodman (RG), and Quinn Bailey 9RT).
2nd team defense: Rennell Wren (End), Conner Humphreys (NOSE), George Lea (Tiger), Ismael Murphy-Richardson (Devil, Carlos Mendoza (SPUR), Salamo Fiso (SAM, Luke Williams (WILL), Jayme Otomewo (corner), Ronald Lewis (corner), Chad Adams (safety), De'andre Scott (safety).
Don't make too much of the first and second teams on offense. There was a lot of mixing and matching today.
Wren, Ball, Cherry, Latu, Boateng, and Fiso all had sacks for the defense. Marcus Ball also had a fumble recovery.
Coach Norvell was very displeased with the offense after the first set of team drills, blasting the unit for the lack of tempo.
They responded later on as Demario Richard, who had the fumble that Ball recovered, struck for a long catch and run. Richard actually spent quite a bit of time lined up in the slot this morning - more than usual - and he looked really good. He catches just about anything thrown his way. I think he even caught one that bounced off his hands, then his facemark and back into his hands before absorbing a hit from one of the linebackers.
Manny Wilkins threw a 10 yard touchdown pass to Dan Vear. The tight end had to dive for the ball as he was being draped by De'andre Scott (a mismatch if there ever was one). Wilkins was also intercepted later in the day by Jordan Schluester, although the blame was really on Eric Lauderdale as he had the ball bounce off his hands.
It actually wasn't a very good day for Lauderdale. He had a couple drops and then spent some time at Muscle Beach. I'm not sure what the reason was for it.
Wilkins completed a long pass to Gump Hayes along the sideline. Hayes did a nice job catching it over his shoulder as he tip-toed the sideline.
Berco also connected with Hayes on a long TD score over the top of the defense and threw another TD to Foster during skele.
Solomon Means dished out the biggest hit of the day when he nearly decapitated Fred Gammage. Gary Chambers missed his block leaving Gammage exposed. The senior caught an earful from Norvell.
At one point the defense recorded three sacks on three straight plays. Fiso, Ball, Boateng and Wren all stood out this morning.
Kweishi Brown spent most of the day at Muscle Beach. Carlos Mendoza was a little slow to get up following a tackle late in the session. I don't believe he returned to action so we'll have to monitor his status on Thursday.
Zane Gonzalez went 1-3 early in the morning, including misses on his first two attempts from 37 and 42 yards out but nailed his final two attempts, including the game-winner at the end from 40.
