mtgrizrule
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I finally made it to GRIZ practice on Monday and Tuesday. Unfortunately, due to weather conditions, Monday's was cut very short. Tuesday, I watched a whole practice. This won't be very detailed.
What stood out to me from the get go?
The attention to details by Coach Pawluk (sp?). The group practiced right next to me. He's paying attention to everything and making sure every OL is doing things correct. Nothing gets by him.
Shortly after group drills, they went 11 on 11. Guess what? All the qbs had time to actually get through reads and execute plays. I saw only 2 qb pressures in 30ish minutes. In turn, the qbs looked great spreading out the ball. Uncharacteristically, I felt our 1st and 2nd team offenses were better than our defenses, compared to the last few years.
Unfortunately, the rain, thunder, and lightning set in. Practice over.
Tuesday, was more vanilla. Mostly group drills, 7 on 7, some 11 on 11, WRs/ RBs verses LBs/DBs. Again the offense was consistent against the defense. The OL and qbs looked great as well.
I honestly saw, why were going with multiple qbs? Ah Yat, Fife, and Huot all performed well. Again, as a group, better than prior years at the same stage. All 3 can run some and pass.
Ah Yat, is the best for passing fundamentals. He throws smoothly just with wrist snaps. His mid to long ball passes are very nice. He can scramble well when needed.
Fife, doesn't snap his passes as smoothly as AhYat. He does bring the ball down in his set up. That could lead to strips. He also throws real nice passes at all levels. His running reminded me of a Jordan Johnson or Sneed. He's a better and 1 running threat.
Huot has impressive footwork in the pocket, which makes him difficult to sack. He won't get long runs very often. He can get 3 to 10 yards with his running. His pocket presence is nice as is his passing.
I see him best in a passing scheme, with more of a traditional offense.
Yes, all 3 can comfortably lead an offense. The offensive depth in all groups is impressive to make that possible. I'm not concerned with the offense at all.
Defensively, I can tell, they're solid. Unfortunately, there's a lot of new talent that needs to gel collectively. They appear to be very disciplined with their responsibilities play to play.
Then again, to keep our qbs and skill guys healthy, they might be intentionally dialing it back some. I honestly don't know. I think that's likely though. There wasn't any D coaches yelling or getting upset, which I found a little unusual. Plus, limited snaps for our more established defenders.
From the limited practices I witnessed, the only real big offensive plays were made by Fontes, White, and Klumph. Grossman made a few nice catches. He looked fully healed, yet limited snaps.
I'm no longer worried about center. Liam Brown has center under control. Then again, that OL is completely under control. That unit 10 to 12 deep. They work so well together. Defenses are going to be forced to beat that line with creativity and unusual schemes.
If defenses do that. They'll be taking away attention from our playmakers.
Finally, Fonoti, Brady, and Loud were the young guys that made a solid impression with me.
Note: who were the last players off the field? Jordan Dever and Schweikert, were working on their passing and receiving skills together. That's something I look for. I know their work ethic and desire is there.
Sorry, I didn't notice more.
What stood out to me from the get go?
The attention to details by Coach Pawluk (sp?). The group practiced right next to me. He's paying attention to everything and making sure every OL is doing things correct. Nothing gets by him.
Shortly after group drills, they went 11 on 11. Guess what? All the qbs had time to actually get through reads and execute plays. I saw only 2 qb pressures in 30ish minutes. In turn, the qbs looked great spreading out the ball. Uncharacteristically, I felt our 1st and 2nd team offenses were better than our defenses, compared to the last few years.
Unfortunately, the rain, thunder, and lightning set in. Practice over.
Tuesday, was more vanilla. Mostly group drills, 7 on 7, some 11 on 11, WRs/ RBs verses LBs/DBs. Again the offense was consistent against the defense. The OL and qbs looked great as well.
I honestly saw, why were going with multiple qbs? Ah Yat, Fife, and Huot all performed well. Again, as a group, better than prior years at the same stage. All 3 can run some and pass.
Ah Yat, is the best for passing fundamentals. He throws smoothly just with wrist snaps. His mid to long ball passes are very nice. He can scramble well when needed.
Fife, doesn't snap his passes as smoothly as AhYat. He does bring the ball down in his set up. That could lead to strips. He also throws real nice passes at all levels. His running reminded me of a Jordan Johnson or Sneed. He's a better and 1 running threat.
Huot has impressive footwork in the pocket, which makes him difficult to sack. He won't get long runs very often. He can get 3 to 10 yards with his running. His pocket presence is nice as is his passing.
I see him best in a passing scheme, with more of a traditional offense.
Yes, all 3 can comfortably lead an offense. The offensive depth in all groups is impressive to make that possible. I'm not concerned with the offense at all.
Defensively, I can tell, they're solid. Unfortunately, there's a lot of new talent that needs to gel collectively. They appear to be very disciplined with their responsibilities play to play.
Then again, to keep our qbs and skill guys healthy, they might be intentionally dialing it back some. I honestly don't know. I think that's likely though. There wasn't any D coaches yelling or getting upset, which I found a little unusual. Plus, limited snaps for our more established defenders.
From the limited practices I witnessed, the only real big offensive plays were made by Fontes, White, and Klumph. Grossman made a few nice catches. He looked fully healed, yet limited snaps.
I'm no longer worried about center. Liam Brown has center under control. Then again, that OL is completely under control. That unit 10 to 12 deep. They work so well together. Defenses are going to be forced to beat that line with creativity and unusual schemes.
If defenses do that. They'll be taking away attention from our playmakers.
Finally, Fonoti, Brady, and Loud were the young guys that made a solid impression with me.
Note: who were the last players off the field? Jordan Dever and Schweikert, were working on their passing and receiving skills together. That's something I look for. I know their work ethic and desire is there.
Sorry, I didn't notice more.
