Ezukanma shows the talent on some route drills, one handed pirouette catches, but dropped an easy one for 6 in the breadbasket, I'm gonna chalk that one up as it suprised him, not a fundamantal flaw, because he has good hands. Whole practice I thought Kader had switched to offense. lol, come to find out late it was Hrley who shared the number. Siran Neal is a big corner or safety or whatever he is. Hope he has a big impact on special teams. I think I'm getting closer to Patrick Paul being our 3rd tackle, here's why. I don't think the rookie mistakes would be as harmful as having a drop off in physicality if we go with Lamm. I think the line would need his size and strength if armstead goes down. Its very obvious why Armstead gets lower body injuries, his lower body is the funkiest lower body i've seen on a pro player.. Reek and River as you starting wide receivers, Liam at center. pitch out to Mostert, Haven't seen this reported but Jonuu seals the edge drives the player out of the play then stays aggressive and throws him to the ground. Lots of boot action by all qbs, smythe wide open for 6 from white. End around to Jonnu, screens to Jonuu, I think because of his lower body strength and aggressive nature I think they wanna see if he can set some physical tones. I think the 40 yard line is points this year, if you reach it dont't call plays that take while to develop, be smart, you have a weapon that is a kicker. Reek tried to elevate on an endzone catch but couldn't come up with it. I think if you asked Tyreek he would tell you that Tua did not overthrow him but that he didn't get off the line with the sense of urgency he usually does, still was a nice play and open, not all plays have to score to be successful. There's a scrumm. Jonuu taking on the atlanta defense.. Lot of built in hot reads, so while there might not be a lot of changing the play at the LOS, there is something going on with the blitz and the hots. Gonna see a lot of salvon Ahmed sat nite. If that was Malik washington on the deep reception where it was stripped, he caught that, got stripped and it went out of bounds, I also think Malik let up after the catch and thats why he got stripped. Commandos ran no huddle 70 percent of the practice. we ran none. Tua to reek on our bread and butter deep in route, there is an art form to this catch that reek has mastered that the other guys struggle with, he catches and braces for contact if he feels defenders close. Reek comes back and puts a seal block on a def end and wins the rep.. He then proceeds to taunt the def end as he walks back to the huddle, signaling with his hands, ''i'm just a little guy yay big' type hand'' movement. Jalen Wright, goodness, 2 explosive runs thru the inside, best way I can describe it is from the great movie Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise. He's told he has to learn to accelerate blindly through the smoke on the track. This rookie is accelerating through the smoke, Remember that 70 yarder he put on georgia on the first play from scrimmage?, think that. I couldn't focus on the defense on the far side, just not possible to be accurate for me. The only negative I saw today was the one issue we have talked about all offseason, the issue where we said we just don't know how it can be solved and thats its our biggest obstacle, that is the conflict that the qbs are going through to run this turbo fast offense and if that first read is not there, they are all struggling the next move.. You can see Tua look to his first, If its not there, then the conflict hits him, he's contemplating in the moment whether to scramble or try to go through the progression, what happens is a delay, a delay in spatial awareness in the pocket. so, I think that is our dilemma as an offense, our kryptonite, and I think its scheme related and the construction of the offense that is verclemping the qbs. So there needs to be some sort of conviction as to the plan. If the read is not there then move immediately off your spot, cause I don't think this turbo west coast version is made to go through progressions, but I'm just not sure either way. Fun trip, Overall, I think because of the Improvement physically from the qb it makes us a much more dangerous team, I think with the subtraction of whats his face in philly we will see better overall team defense, I do hope Odell can make it back cause I think we need his talent at the #3 and in case of injury.
"You can see Tua look to his first, If its not there, then the conflict hits him, he's contemplating in the moment whether to scramble or try to go through the progression, what happens is a delay, a delay in spatial awareness in the pocket." This will be our downfall during the winter months if we don't figure out how to get past it. We talked about it last season as well. You take away Tua's first read and it becomes a problem for him. A good quarterback will figure out how to extend a play and make something happen. That's the next step for Tua as a Quarterback. If he can't eventually figure out how to do that, then we're probably never going to win a playoff game. Aside from durability, it's my only concern with him now. Thanks for the writeup though. Always awesome.
It’s definitely something that McD needs to work on. The timing stuff is awesome and why our offense is top notch, but if you play a good enough defense that can disrupt that timing it’s going to be a long day. Hopefully they will stay healthy this year and their defense can have some great games to help carry the team.
I think… I think it’s a scheme construction situation. You have trained a Qb to be thee fastest in the games history right?. Well This contradicts the progression scenario of football. Hence where the conflict happens. The great news is the new Tua will be able to make more plays, more rollout to both sides so playmaking and pkaycalling will be better more extensive on all levels
He did what he had to do to at least be the best version of himself and deal with this scenario physically. It’s a very very complex conflict imo.
I hope so. I just noticed that when the games did tighten up in late December/January, that was one of the ways teams like Buffalo and KC were able to slow us down.
I think that’s partly true, but injuries to oline and WR’s, IMO, were more to blame. Not to mention the defensive injuries and weather in KC.
I wonder how much of this is due to the amount of anticipation he throws with. It must be harder to determine "if a player will be open" than "if a player is open". There are just more defenders that you need to account for over a much larger area when you are throwing to spots in traffic.
I think it’s a double edged sword. It’s harder on the defense when the QB throws his WR open, but the receiver and QB need to be on the same page a lot more or else the ball or receiver will be in the wrong place.
An easy way to reduce this “conflict“ on the first read not being open is to run the dang ball!! If you consistently run the ball, the defense has to respect the run to stop it. If you keep them guessing, are they running or throwing? There aren’t really any defensive schemes that effectively stop both. They have to choose…and we have an offensive playbook that runs and throws out of the exact same formation.
