re: Doesn’t Fall Camp Start Today? No Thread?

The report I got from my REC sauce was similar, but far more critical of the OL and QBs, all of whom he described in....less than positive terms. He's a glass half empty kind of guy though.

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How was Mack with the short to intermediate looks as far as accuracy?

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I think his first throw of the day hit a TE right in the hands and bounced up for a pick (maybe by Dre Kirkpatrick). That was probably a velocity issue.

Early on he seemed confused and tried to force a couple of back-shoulder type throws that got there too late and hit the DB.

Later, I thought he did really well with his ball placement and touch. When he was checking down he especially did a really good job of throwing the RB open.

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velocity at someone's feet on a five yard quick hit

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Keelon actually did this a couple of times, and threw behind the receiver a good bit, almost like he was pulling it because he had too much velocity. One memorable throw late was to his left, and it ended up away and to the feet of a WR or TE who was standing wide open across the middle. It looked like a wild baseball pitch.

I don't recall Mack having velocity issues except maybe on the first series.

One thing to note, when they're warming up, they stand side-by-side and throw hard.

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As far as the OL was there any bend/push in the run game? Lloyd and Jaymes or what?

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There were some successful A-B gap runs late, but by that point I think the defense had some substitutions. Most attempts prior to that were off-tackle with Daniel Hill, almost like a draw, and they didn't go anywhere. The offense was in third-and-long a lot. Like, a lot.

Jackson Lloyd looked good physically, but I'd swear there's something odd about his pass-pro stance. His left leg is too far back maybe, like he cheats open because he's afraid to get beat wide. (I only noticed this on one series because it's hard to watch everyone live, so it may have just been random.)

I remember one RB screen that looked good over to his side, but then it got blown up immediately.

There was a goal line play where it seemed the defense shifted late and somehow had two defenders rushing free off the edge. I was really curious to see what was about to happen with Jayvin James, but Keelon dropped the snap and it got whistled dead.

Faga was double-teamed on James' side and pushed both linemen almost back into the QB. On the next play he came around the edge and beat his man, which is hilarious because his body type is more in the mold of Terrence Cody.

What I'm getting at is we seemed to be in the right spots, we just got pushed around a bit and couldn't hold gaps. Again, whether this is a product of the DL I guess we'll see, but it was a bit concerning considering similar talent in our league.

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Jorden Edmonds suffered an injury

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I didn't notice that, but it would explain why Carmelo O'Neal was playing so much.

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Ed Orgeron beat Nick Saban

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Bay Bay is also 2-0 vs Kirby Smart. Kicked the shite out of UGA twice.

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who are you starting at QB?

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Honestly it was such a small sample size I couldn't say. I'd have to see how they handle live action, and would probably take it into the first game just based on what I saw. And I didn't want to consider that going in.

But it could've just been a bad day, the lights were too bright, it was 115 degrees, etc. There's a lot more contributing data (over months) that I haven't seen. There's also a chance we only saw what they wanted us to see, I guess.

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was it a combination of quality DL play and dysfunction up front for the offense?

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I don't remember much push up the middle per se other than stunts, it was mainly collapsed pockets outside-in. But as they didn't really give up any rushing yards either, this may have been by design. (I don't want to use the dreaded term mush rush, but you get the idea – maybe it was more of a hit and shred technique.)

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We actually have TEs who can square up this year

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There was one base formation we ran a good bit that was unbalanced with two TEs and a RB, and sometimes both TEs would motion to the other side, usually the boundary, and the RB would move over, or the RB would then motion up to trips/empty. I think we'll see more TE action in general this year, hopefully (which does make sense).

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There was one base formation we ran a good bit that was unbalanced with two TEs and a RB, and sometimes both TEs would motion to the other side, usually the boundary, and the RB would move over, or the RB would then motion up to trips/empty. I think we'll see more TE action in general this year, hopefully (which does make sense).

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I think the coaches have a lot of interesting toys to play with at TE and we're gonna see a ton of 12 personnel with these questions on the OL and injuries/issues at WR.

Why run out Rico Scott who cant block if you can motion around Kaleb Edwards or Marshall Pritchett and chip off edge guy if needed?

Any update on Dear yet?

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He did say the DL was playing really well so it could be that scenario.

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Hmmm, probably somewhere in the middle.

Online rumor is he had the tight rope surgery. So I imagine he'd probably be back by October at the latest. Maybe September depending on rehab.

You’d hope by that point that we have guys established. If they are doing a good job then you don’t rock the boat just to do it.

As a RB who is cutting, if he he that surgery, you’re probably looking at the GA or Tenn game before he’s back.