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Dj's camp report..Joint practice vrs Commanders.

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Hey all,

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.

Flacons 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.
 
Not to clamp onto the one negative, but I think it's worthy of discussion. The problem after the first read. That's an interesting take as we all saw the offense stall last year when teams were more physical with Hill and Waddle.

My assumption was that Miami was missing a quality #3 wide receiver, or a better receiving tight end. The Dolphins brought in Smith and Beckham. Is that not the answer in your opinion?
 
Not to clamp onto the one negative, but I think it's worthy of discussion. The problem after the first read. That's an interesting take as we all saw the offense stall last year when teams were more physical with Hill and Waddle.

My assumption was that Miami was missing a quality #3 wide receiver, or a better receiving tight end. The Dolphins brought in Smith and Beckham. Is that not the answer in your opinion?
I think its a great answer having odell overall for the scheme and production, but Im just not sure thats the answer to the conflict that happens between run/scramble or stay and read

now if Odell is the first read then yes he has a much better chance to separate so that will help.

you know I was thinking about this, did you know Skylar thompson had over 1,000 yards rushing, he was good at it.

have we even ever seen skylar just take off and make a play using his personal skillset in this offense? not really

that tells me something no??
 
Sounds like more of the same. You beat Miami's offense by taking the first read away. The underneath plays were there, but never utilized by the QB's. Got to get out of that preference. Move off to the deeper reads and take advantage of the shorter or intermediate routes.

The offense seems to be struggling all through camp. No consistency
 
I think its a great answer having odell overall for the scheme and production, but Im just not sure thats the answer to the conflict that happens between run/scramble or stay and read

now if Odell is the first read then yes he has a much better chance to separate so that will help.

you know I was thinking about this, did you know Skylar thompson had over 1,000 yards rushing, he was good at it.

have we even ever seen skylar just take off and make a play using his personal skillset in this offense? not really

that tells me something no??
And we all saw the "free" yards available for the quarterback if they wanted to take off. Maybe Tua takes advantage of that more this season? Have to think that was a primary reason for losing 20 pounds.
 
And we all saw the "free" yards available for the quarterback if they wanted to take off. Maybe Tua takes advantage of that more this season? Have to think that was a primary reason for losing 20 pounds.
yes without question its gonna help him and the offense be better at everything he does..His arm strength has improved a lot as well.
 
Not thrilled that we still dont have a hurry up offense, no audibles, no good progression after 1st read. This is basically the same offense as last year.
we must practice the hurry up in the bubble.
 
And we all saw the "free" yards available for the quarterback if they wanted to take off. Maybe Tua takes advantage of that more this season? Have to think that was a primary reason for losing 20 pounds.
i Think its a live or die thing, I would rather see him move immediately if the first 2 reads isnt there, I think sitting in the pocket and going through progressions is not the right way to play.
 
Thanks DJ, always fun to read your reports. I will be interested to see how our hot reads pan out in real action once we get to game 1. I still don't see how a defense can regularly contain both Hill/Waddle while also blanketing speedy backs, an improved TE room and hopefully, maybe, impact WR 3 between OBJ and Malik. We may not be a hurry up, go through 3-4 progressions offense but if the hot reads are good and reliable maybe we don't need to be. Only problem with the hot reads is they can get predictable and easy to jump if not careful so again will be interested to see how nuanced the offense has developed in that regard. As you also state a lean and mean Tua will also help in that regard if he can scramble for some easy yards at least once in a while.
 
Thanks DJ, always fun to read your reports. I will be interested to see how our hot reads pan out in real action once we get to game 1. I still don't see how a defense can regularly contain both Hill/Waddle while also blanketing speedy backs, an improved TE room and hopefully, maybe, impact WR 3 between OBJ and Malik. We may not be a hurry up, go through 3-4 progressions offense but if the hot reads are good and reliable maybe we don't need to be. Only problem with the hot reads is they can get predictable and easy to jump if not careful so again will be interested to see how nuanced the offense has developed in that regard. As you also state a lean and mean Tua will also help in that regard if he can scramble for some easy yards at least once in a while.
yeah I think were gonna murder defenses, just was seeing that one issue where I think there isn't a solid plan or conviction relative to the scheme..
 
Not thrilled that we still dont have a hurry up offense, no audibles, no good progression after 1st read. This is basically the same offense as last year.
How can we not have solved this problem yet? Same HC, same scheme, same QB, same WRs. Is the OL just not giving the time needed to go thru progressions or is Tua to slow in his progressions?
 
i Think its a live or die thing, I would rather see him move immediately if the first 2 reads isnt there, I think sitting in the pocket and going through progressions is not the right way to play.
Not behind this line, unless it's better than I think.
 
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