Seans notes
enver Broncos Training Camp Report8/2/2007Scrimmage- O Line looks poor again. DD Lewis had a free shot at Jay Cutler- Then a False Start- Jailbreak blitz – got picked up – hot route read by Patrick Ramsey, Dominique Foxworth jumped and broke up the pass- Back to back false starts- Mike Bell went off tackle right, went airborne, Warrick Holdman went limp immediately. Eventually moved, but taken off on cart as a precaution. Very somber and quiet moment at camp.- Jay Cutler to Javon Walker as soon as pressure comes- Run game being owned inside and out by defense inside and out, even beating Andre Hall to the corner- Excellent blitz pickup allows Cutler to find Quincy Morgan on the hot route for a touchdown- Pass Rush starts getting to Cutler- Backside defense breaks down – Cutler to Brian Clark for a TD – defense fooled- DJ Williams overpursues and sheds blocks instead of taking them on- Preston Parsons doing a good job of holding the defense with his head- Darrell Hackney not reading defense on rollout, laying receiver to dry – great throw but poor readScrimmage with Referees- Defense – excellent at gap response on run defense- Andre Hall – great job of running north/south hard and low, falls forward- O-line still not focused – false starts- Brian Clark tried a one hand catch on his knees – not a great reaction- Domenik Hixon did a great job pushing Dre Bly upfield and breaking out for a clean catch while running with the 1st team- Travis Henry showed great vision, lost his balance because he didn’t expect to break through, otherwise would have been a TD run- Mike Bell and Nate Webster meet again in the hold, hard collision- Patrick Ramsey – great blitz read and dump off to Selvin Young who BLEW UP Dominique Foxworth at the end of the run- Quincy Morgan dropped a pass because he heard footsteps, defense reacted well to underneath route- Hamza Abdullah made a great play to drop Andre Hall in the open field- Young fumbles a toss from Parsons, it was a poor toss but should have been handled- Defense reacted better to play action after being burned at first- Tim Crowder did a great job staying at home on a play fake and sacked Cutler- Play action was not effective for the 1st team O against the 2nd team D- David Kircus and Cecil Sapp were running with the 2nd team- Thoroughout the practice there were few run lanes available anywhere- Slip screen goes for 20 yards against Bly, great play call, poor reaction- Sapp showed great vision and cutback ability, but John Lynch sat him down on his ####- D.D Lewis played some with the 1st team D- John Engelberger sacked Ramsey, another great job staying at home by a defensive lineman- Elvis Dumervil and Jarvis Moss ran with the first team D some- Hixon, Kircus, and Jeff Shoate worked as punt returners7 on 7- Daniel Graham did a great job flattening out his route to create separation- Kyle Johnson practiced with the first team and looked great as a receiver- Ramsey threw a ball that looked like a certain pick by Bly, but Quincy Morgan made an incredible diving catch over Bly’s back- Ramsey made a nice read and throw to Mike Leach, but he did not secure the ball and Williams knocked it out- Ramsey threw a deep ball on the money to Kircus for a touchdown on first down- Hixon is still shy after his separated shoulder, dropped every five yard out- Stephen Alexander did a great job on a square out – flat and strong- Hamza Abdullah jawed “throw it to him” to Parsons after he blanketed Graham- Hixon had a great square break – Bly was late to react- Lewis got deep enough in coverage to deflect a Cutler pass- Hackney doesn’t display enough patience – checking down too soon- Williams could have killed Henry on a swing pass that was a poor read by Cutler (Henry showed him some love after)- Ramsey was looking sharp until he laid Alexander out to dry over the middle- Hixon later showed strong hands making a clean catchRoute Work- Walker running routes as well as you’ll see, fluid in and out of breaks- David Kircus had multiple drops- Brian Clark looked good- David Terrell was slow and choppy in and out of breaks- Coaches had to talk to Selvin Young about body catching- Henry had clean routes- Hall showed great routes and handsMore O vs D- Henry fumbled and Ekuban recovered- Williams still overpursuing- D-Line still owning O-Line in running game- Mike Bell showed good patience setting up blocks- Second team O-Line was opening holes for Bell- Hall hit a small gap hard and fell forward for the first down- Williams blew Henry up in the hole with a great read- David Kircus ran some with the first team- Bell showed more patience, but fumbled after slight contact- Play action fake still froze backside D- Young sped to the edge but ran out of room, he needs to turn upfield earlier
I'm sure we can work Kevin Bacon into that rotation somewhow... its a waste of time to even consider a Denver TE as anything more than an extra lineman/blocker..they're useless..Denver isn't even as good for RB's as it used to be, but I'm going to give Trav Henry the benefit of the doubt.the RBBC Shanny has tried since Portis left, has backfired. He'll now revert to a 1-back deal, where that guy rushes for about 1500-1600 yards and 15 tds..Henry is MONEY this season!
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This is awesome. Saturday coffee in NC and I feel like I'm in Denver.
I have an opinion but am interested in the eyes-on take.
I particularly love the "showed terrific burst through the hole and left John Lynch grasping at air on a TD run" quote.
