jamesAngleton Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 July 28, 2006 [url=http://www.jetnation.com/forums/]Day One ... Different By Ken Berger Certainly you are all wondering what Day One of Eric Mangini's training camp looked like compared to Day One under Herm Edwards. If you really want to know that, let me suggest reading Phil Silva's blog. Phil Silva is No. 4, a 6-3, 220-pound undrafted rookie free agent receiver from Rowan University. He was planted into the FieldTurf with the loudest thud heard on these practice fields in years by linebacker Victor Hobson in something called a tackling drill ... something that hasn't been seen here for a long time. Welcome to Camp Mangini, Phil Silva and the rest of the 2006 Jets. It's not going to be easy. Though Mangini only has seven days with double sessions scheduled, he clearly is going to get the most out of them. The first practice of camp, scheduled to run from 8:45-10:45 a.m., ran 25 minutes over in scorching heat. The team was in full pads from the get-go, and there was plenty of contact. This was especially the case in the tackling drill, something that Edwards and many other coaches in the league adamantly oppose due to the injury risk. Ballcarriers and tacklers line up about 30 yards apart and go one-on-one, each duel lasting until the ballcarrier is tackled or slips away from the defender. Hobson laid by far the best hit of the day on Silva, drawing oooohs from his teammates and the crowd. The rest of the workout was pretty standard stuff, but the players commented on the intensity level and fast pace. Some quick observations to satisfy your appetites: * Chad Pennington completed a 64-yard TD pass to Jerricho Cotchery on a go route, the ball traveling about 40 yards in the air. Other than that, Pennington looked mediocre in practice, having two of his first three passes intercepted and struggling with his zip and accuracy. * Patrick Ramsey looked sharp, and Kellen Clemens continued to display the stongest arm in camp despite being the fourth quarterback in the rotation. * Derrick Blaylock got most of the work at tailback in Curtis Martin's absence. * Mangini revealed that Martin and C Trey Teague are on the physically unable to perform list due to injuries and that Justin McCareins and Rayshun Reed are listed because they didn't pass the conditioning test. Mangini made no mention of the foot injury that slowed McCareins in minicamp, so it's unclear what's going on with him. * Laveranues Coles came up limping after the first play of 11-on-11s, favoring his right leg and unable to put weight on it after he slipped coming out of his break on a comeback route resulting in Pennington's first interception (by Kerry Rhodes). Coles later returned to practice. * Trevor Johnson worked with the starting defense ahead of Bryan Thomas at weak outside linebacker. Back with more nuggets following the afternoon practice at 5:30. http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/blog/2006/07/day_one_different.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Still think this CS's greatest hope is that Clemens takes this job by the horns this summer and doesn't let go for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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