Shrine Bowl reports

padre31 · Jan 16, 2012

Wide Receivers
-A major shock to me, Tim Benford of Tennessee Tech was the most consistent receiver on the field for the East roster. He's very sudden, explodes very well in his cuts, and was able to plant, flip and comeback to the ball very well. He was a favorite target in the offense, and if he can show some shake in the open field too, he might get himself firmly in the draft-mix. Still, a long week ahead for the smaller receiver.

-Two guys were working primarily in the slot today: AJ Jenkins of Illinois and Kevin Hardy of Citadel. Hadey had three drops that I counted, two of which were on him and he just couldn't shoot his hands out and extend for difficult but certainly catch-able passes. As for Jenkins, he showed why he's one of the safer receivers in this draft, running tight routes inside, extending well for the catch. Jenkins especially is likely limited to the slot in the NFL and doesn't have great moves after the catch, though.

-California PA's Thomas Mayo looked about as good as I expected, especially for the first day. He explodes well out of his low stance off the snap, tracked ball well, especially in coverage on the inside, and took to coaching well. His deep routes are still an issue, and one of his biggest weaknesses showed up in practice, as he struggled to hold his route down the field and react without changing his path deep, but overall, he very well could've been the best of the NFL outside receivers

-Also of note, LaRon Byrd of Miami and BJ Cunningham of Michigan State showed great concentration on some passes, catching away from their body well. But both dropped passes throughout the practice, and neither was able to separate down the field. Hope Cunningham gets a shot in the slot this week as well, as I think he's best as an inside-out slot receiver.

Tight Ends
-To me, Temple's Evan Rodriguez was the clear leader of the tight ends, also not overly surprising to me. He showed tight, smooth routes in the seam, and used sutler hand placement, route definition down the field to show some separation ability, including one deep pass over the head of Penn State safety/linebacker Nick Sukay. He, as well as the other tight ends, played some full back, but overall, Rodriguez looked the part of the best tight end at the game.

-I haven't scouted much of Chase Ford of Miami (FL), but he flashed a little today, catching the ball away from his body, smooth down the field in his movements. But he didnt' fire off the ball well as a blocker (something I'll be watching closer tomorrow), and didn't seem to get separation on man coverages.

-Emil Igwenagu of UMass looked raw as expected, but didn't do much in terms of an in-line tight end. He seemed very comfortable coming out of the backfield on his routes, however, and he looks like he NEEDS to be an H-Back in
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-The best quarterback, as expected, was Northern Illinois's Chandler Harnish, but that isn't saying much. He did have some nice zip on his passes moreso than I saw in college and a tight release stayed lower than it did high, a plus for a smaller quarterback. He also really showed touch between levels of the defense, a skill that really is high on my list of quarterback traits. He wasn't great, but he looked like he could be in for a good week.

-In preperation for the event, Tyler Hansen of Colorado showed me mroe than I thought initially on film, and while I was surprised in his invite to the event, he flashed once again to me today. He's certainly limited in what he does (doesn't have great arm strength, struggles on multiple reads, not accuracy in the middle of the field consistently), but he has a tight, quick release, and was the best quarterback in getting the ball to the otuside today.

-As of now , Dan Persa of Northwestern would need a great week to be a safe draft selection, but his compact release and some touch in traffic in the middle of the field shows he has some ability. He still lacks great deep ball ability, very undersized, and his throwing motion (a downward motion) isn't a good combination.

Running Backs
Similar to the East roster, it wasn't the best day to judge running backs, but I did note that Marc Tyler of USC didn't look comfortable as a receiver out the backfield, looking slow in space, and Western Kentucky's Bobby Rainey showed suddeness and burst, and I'm looking forward to him showing some power and burst in the hole.

Wide Receiver
-Of quick note, Jarius Wright, Gerrell Robinson and Devon Wylie all worked out at punt returner (also, defensive backs Aaron Henry and Chris Greenwood).

-Of all the receivers (and the entire squad), Fresno State's Devon Wylie was the star of the afternoon, and I'll admit, I vastly under rated him in our rankings (will change). He's got a powerful, developed lower half, he's explosive with the ball in his hands, but maybe most impressive that I didn't always see on film was how well he tracked the ball
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http://www.optimumscouting.com/draft/articles/2012-shrine-game-monday-east-practice-notes.html

Very detailed, good reading for draftniks starving for something

PerfectTeam · Jan 16, 2012

I like me some Evan Rodriguez. Having him and Clay on the field gives us so many options as they both are good enough blockers and better than average receivers to cause all kinds of match-up problems. Do they have a link up for the measurements for everyone yet or no Padre?

padre31 · Jan 16, 2012

Really do not know, think Wes Bunting will have them up, but have not checked.

alen1 · Jan 16, 2012

Wish I could be there so bad.

padre31 · Jan 17, 2012

CAsino Del Sol report:

http://www.buffalobillsdraft.com/2012/01/film-room-session-casino-del-sol-all-star-game/

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