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KRL Camp Notes (7/25/23)


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13 minutes ago, KRL said:

General Notes

- Practice ran 2 hours

- Players in full pads for the first time

- Duane Brown appeared and was working out on a side field

- Allen Lazard must have been knicked up because he didn't participate

- The media was placed on the patio today which allowed a "vertical" view 
of practice.  So interior line play was able to be analyzed

- I would give the practice to the offense slightly but they had some issues
which need to be tightened up

- After an off day the energy was good, sometimes players are sluggish after
time off


Special Teams Notes

- Thomas Morstead got reps today and was consistently punting balls 50+
yards with 4+ seconds of hang time.  It will be a pleasure not to see
anymore Braden Mann "shanks"

- Greg Zuerlein was 4/6 in his FG attempts.  They were simulating running
onto the field with no timeouts to get off a kick


Defense Notes

- The defense got "gashed" multiple times on interior runs but they did generate
the first(?) INT of camp

- Will McDonald was back and combined with Solomon Thomas for a TFL on Israel
Abanikanda

- Quinnen Williams also generated a TFL as he sniffed out a screen and caught
Zonovan Knight behind the line

- Al Woods displayed interior pass rushing skills as he got a "sack" on Zach Wilson

- DJ Reed and Jordan Whitehead continued to show good communication/coverage as they
double teamed Corey Davis and knocked away a 30+ yarder from Aaron Rodgers

- Sauce Gardner came up with the first(?) INT of camp as he picked off a 20+ yarder
from Rodgers to Jeremy Ruckert.  It was an overthrow, which plagued the offense multiple
times today


Offense Notes

- The passing game had quite a few overthrows.  Which led to the INT mentioned
previously and quite a few misses on big gainers

- Jeremy Ruckert's role expanded today in his reps.  He wasn't just catching screens
or an inline blocker, he was ruuning vertical routes.  Some of his highlights:
 * He caught a 15+ yarder from Rodgers with no window visible
 * He caught a 10+ yarder from Zach Wilson
 * On the INT he was running a 20+ yard route
 * Finally he ran a 30+ yard route against Reed but Rodgers overthrew him

- Nick Bawden continued to impress as he helped break a couple of interior runs
with his blocking.  Additionally he caught a 20+ yarder from Tim Boyle on a delayed
screen and a 10+ yarder from Rodgers on a quick slant against Reed

- The interior line was excellent as they opened holes on multipe "gash" runs.  The
combinations deserving credit are:
 * Laken Tomlinson, Connor McGovern, Alijah Vera-Tucker
 * Brett Laing, Joe Tippmann, Chris Glaser
 * Trystan Colon, Wes Schweizter, Adam Pankey
The big runs those trios were responsible for were:
 * Michael Carter for runs of 10+ and 20+
 * Zonovan Knight for runs of 10+ and 20+
 * Israel Abanikanda for a 40+ yard TD

- Garrett Wilson continues to display his developing chemistry with Rodgers as he
caught a 20+ yarder down the sideline over Brandin Echols with no visible window.
And finally he caught a 40+ yard TD over Michael Carter in the corner of the end
zone

- Xavier Gipson (who is trying out for the returner spot) flashed during 11 on 11.
On back to back reps he caught a 20+ yard seam from Zach Wilson then followed it up
with a "jet sweep" TD from 20+ yards out


QB Notes

- Aaron Rodgers wasn't as sharp as his previous practices (I'm getting spoiled).
He had multiple overthrows which prevented big gainers and caused the Gardner INT.
Maybe age caught up to him, time to find another QB

- Zach Wilson continues to improve in little things.  Today he was able to create an
easy completion to Mecole Hardman.  As Hardman was running a "jet sweep" Wilson faked
a hand off to him then allowed Hardman to get into space for an easy pitch/catch.
Also, he's improving scanning the field during his dropbacks.  During one rep he was
focused to the left but when he hit the top of his drop he flipped to the right and
found Hardman.  The pass was overthrown for an incompletion but Wilson process was correct


Standouts

- Interior OLine
- Jeremy Ruckert
- Nick Bawden
- Garrett Wilson


Concerns

- Interior DLine needs to stiffen up against runs
- Too many overthrows on offense
 

Your detailed overviews and analytical insights put our mediocre beat writers to shame.  

What are they doing over there?  Exchanging dinner recipes and browsing TikTok?

How did Tony Adams and Jamien Sherwood look? 

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22 minutes ago, KRL said:

General Notes

- Practice ran 2 hours

- Players in full pads for the first time

- Duane Brown appeared and was working out on a side field

- Allen Lazard must have been knicked up because he didn't participate

- The media was placed on the patio today which allowed a "vertical" view 
of practice.  So interior line play was able to be analyzed

- I would give the practice to the offense slightly but they had some issues
which need to be tightened up

- After an off day the energy was good, sometimes players are sluggish after
time off


Special Teams Notes

- Thomas Morstead got reps today and was consistently punting balls 50+
yards with 4+ seconds of hang time.  It will be a pleasure not to see
anymore Braden Mann "shanks"

- Greg Zuerlein was 4/6 in his FG attempts.  They were simulating running
onto the field with no timeouts to get off a kick


Defense Notes

- The defense got "gashed" multiple times on interior runs but they did generate
the first(?) INT of camp

- Will McDonald was back and combined with Solomon Thomas for a TFL on Israel
Abanikanda

- Quinnen Williams also generated a TFL as he sniffed out a screen and caught
Zonovan Knight behind the line

- Al Woods displayed interior pass rushing skills as he got a "sack" on Zach Wilson

- DJ Reed and Jordan Whitehead continued to show good communication/coverage as they
double teamed Corey Davis and knocked away a 30+ yarder from Aaron Rodgers

- Sauce Gardner came up with the first(?) INT of camp as he picked off a 20+ yarder
from Rodgers to Jeremy Ruckert.  It was an overthrow, which plagued the offense multiple
times today


Offense Notes

- The passing game had quite a few overthrows.  Which led to the INT mentioned
previously and quite a few misses on big gainers

- Jeremy Ruckert's role expanded today in his reps.  He wasn't just catching screens
or an inline blocker, he was ruuning vertical routes.  Some of his highlights:
 * He caught a 15+ yarder from Rodgers with no window visible
 * He caught a 10+ yarder from Zach Wilson
 * On the INT he was running a 20+ yard route
 * Finally he ran a 30+ yard route against Reed but Rodgers overthrew him

- Nick Bawden continued to impress as he helped break a couple of interior runs
with his blocking.  Additionally he caught a 20+ yarder from Tim Boyle on a delayed
screen and a 10+ yarder from Rodgers on a quick slant against Reed

- The interior line was excellent as they opened holes on multipe "gash" runs.  The
combinations deserving credit are:
 * Laken Tomlinson, Connor McGovern, Alijah Vera-Tucker
 * Brett Laing, Joe Tippmann, Chris Glaser
 * Trystan Colon, Wes Schweizter, Adam Pankey
The big runs those trios were responsible for were:
 * Michael Carter for runs of 10+ and 20+
 * Zonovan Knight for runs of 10+ and 20+
 * Israel Abanikanda for a 40+ yard TD

- Garrett Wilson continues to display his developing chemistry with Rodgers as he
caught a 20+ yarder down the sideline over Brandin Echols with no visible window.
And finally he caught a 40+ yard TD over Michael Carter in the corner of the end
zone

- Xavier Gipson (who is trying out for the returner spot) flashed during 11 on 11.
On back to back reps he caught a 20+ yard seam from Zach Wilson then followed it up
with a "jet sweep" TD from 20+ yards out


QB Notes

- Aaron Rodgers wasn't as sharp as his previous practices (I'm getting spoiled).
He had multiple overthrows which prevented big gainers and caused the Gardner INT.
Maybe age caught up to him, time to find another QB

- Zach Wilson continues to improve in little things.  Today he was able to create an
easy completion to Mecole Hardman.  As Hardman was running a "jet sweep" Wilson faked
a hand off to him then allowed Hardman to get into space for an easy pitch/catch.
Also, he's improving scanning the field during his dropbacks.  During one rep he was
focused to the left but when he hit the top of his drop he flipped to the right and
found Hardman.  The pass was overthrown for an incompletion but Wilson process was correct


Standouts

- Interior OLine
- Jeremy Ruckert
- Nick Bawden
- Garrett Wilson


Concerns

- Interior DLine needs to stiffen up against runs
- Too many overthrows on offense
 

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30 minutes ago, LockeJET said:

Thanks KRL. Great as always! There were some negative tweets about Becton blowing some assignments. Anything you saw?

I saw elsewhere that Lawson beat Becton badly on two successive snaps, but there was nothing said about blown assignments.

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4 hours ago, KRL said:

I didn't see anything

 

Thank you @KRL, I've been enjoying these reports for years. 

Regarding Becton, two beat reporters said he got beat by Lawson x 2 and Mcdonald x 1. I'm curious if they're maybe mistaking miscommunication on the o-line for Becton getting beat if you're not seeing anything like that from him. 

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Just now, Ecuadorian Jet said:

I also heard that ; Becton getting manhandled by Lawson again to the point that he had to be spelled by Carter Warren

He wasn't spelled, the beat guys calrified later that Becton was on a pitch count and got pulled because he reached it. 

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