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Hey Guys...I have been reading mini camp reports for years on this site and I finally got to go to a couple ( Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon ). Just wanted to share all the info I could because I love it when guys post what they know...

Here Goes...

Ronnie Brown - silky smooth out of the backfield and great hands. At the two practices I was at they didn't really run the ball at all and the offense was on the far side of the field so it was hard to see. Whoever posted that Lamar Gordon looks better than Ronnie Brown...I didn't see that at all. Ronnie Brown looks like he will atleast be very effective catching the ball. They ran several formations where they split Ronnie wide.

Vernon Carey - Is this the same guy that couldn't crack the lineup last year? I specifically focused on Vernon when I got the chance and he held his own against Jason Taylor. He doesn't look that comfortable out there but he looks like his pass blocking skills are atleast as good as Mcintosh. And he supposedly a mauler in the run game. This was probably the single best thing I saw in the two practices I went to.

Chris Chambers, Marty Booker, David Boston, Randy MC - If this isn't the strength of our team it ranks near the top. You can see the talent in all of these guys. They ran one formation with All 4 of those guys and Ronnie Brown lined up at receiver they dumped the ball to Boston on a crossing route and he looked like an Olympic sprinter w/ the ball. Very impressive buy he its mini camp

Junior Seau - looks like he has another year in him to me.

Zack Thomas - Mr. consistency.

Channing Crowder - This guy is huge and fast.

Travis Daniels - He lined up w/ the Starters and looks like he is very comfortable technique wise

Rex Hadnot - lined up at guard not center.

Math Roth - very big and appears strong...I saw him bull rush some big guys out there.

Sam Madison - clearly the best we have at CB...if he gets hurt we are in trouble.

Keith Traylor - he must do his offseason workout at Golden Corral. He is huge.

Larry Chester - he jogged on the eliptical trainer for 30 minutes the two days I was there. Reports of his demise appear premature.

Nick Saban - very efficient practices...his coaching staff is very energetic.

Kevin Carter - very big ... it is tough to tell the talent at DT at a mini camp.

Alphonso Roundtree - He had a horrible practice on Saturday.

AJ Feeley & Gus Frerotte - unfortunately not much difference here. AJ looks shaky in the pocket when there is pressure but throws a pretty pass. Gus looks Calm in the pocket but consistently overthrew receivers..

Brock Berlin - thanks for coming out.

Overall absolutely meaning less impressions of our team after two practices..

We are stacked at receiver and Dline. If we get another year out of Seau and Saban puts Crowder at outside LB we are stacked there too. We have a nice front 7. Sam Madision looked good to me and Travis Daniels looked good too. Our secondary is weaker than last year. If Ricky Williams comes back we are stacked at RB. QB is average at best. Oline looks better. We can be competitive this year.



That is about all I can think of guys....This is probably repetitive of what you have already read...I have not had time to read the posts.

One interesting tidbit though. I went to South Beach on Sunday and went to Wet Willies. The entire ( 20-25 ) guys on the team were there. Zack, JT, Kevin Carter, Keith Traylor, Tebucky Jones, Math Roth, Ronnie Brown, Randy Mc, Channing Crowder, Travis Daniels, Josh Shaw. I was in shock. Kevin Carter seemed very nice and very intelligent. Some of the guys were catching pretty good buzzes. Hopefully they didn't drive home...
 
Good report I'll give you a 4 star rating, my highest of the day( there are too many stupid threads like ''trade Ronnie'' or ''Ronnie was a waste.''
 
Louis Oliver said:
Ronnie Brown - silky smooth out of the backfield and great hands. At the two practices I was at they didn't really run the ball at all and the offense was on the far side of the field so it was hard to see. Whoever posted that Lamar Gordon looks better than Ronnie Brown...I didn't see that at all. Ronnie Brown looks like he will atleast be very effective catching the ball. They ran several formations where they split Ronnie wide.
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I heard we're trading Ronnie for Kurt Kittner so he must not have looked good at all. :chuckle:


Seriously though thanks for the report.
 
Louis Oliver said:
One interesting tidbit though. I went to South Beach on Sunday and went to Wet Willies. The entire ( 20-25 ) guys on the team were there. Zack, JT, Kevin Carter, Keith Traylor, Tebucky Jones, Math Roth, Ronnie Brown, Randy Mc, Channing Crowder, Travis Daniels, Josh Shaw. I was in shock. Kevin Carter seemed very nice and very intelligent. Some of the guys were catching pretty good buzzes. Hopefully they didn't drive home...
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Alcohol isn't good for an athletes body. I'm surprised about this. Especially if a practice is comming up it will dehydrate you.
 
Hey, those guys are human too and need to have a good time every once in a while.

Good for them. Stuff like that builds team unity and comrodery.
 
Sherif said:
Alcohol isn't good for an athletes body. I'm surprised about this. Especially if a practice is comming up it will dehydrate you.
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I believe mini camp ended Sunday morning.
 
Thanks Louis.I just saw you intercept two passes in the first half in a game vs the Jets one in the end zone in one of our Classic games.You are DA man.

Seriously though the sheer volume of reporting allows us to get a pretty good picture of what was going on and your assesment is one of the better ones.
 
Thanks for that man. I'm still trying to catch up on minicamp since I just got my computer back last night. I worked all day and still haven't had a chance to read most of the articles, so that was insightful.
 
Buddy Ryan said, (as my son would say back in the day) that a reciever he had looked all world in shorts,remember him he played here ) but after he put the pads on, all that changed, he sucked
before you put to much into mini mouse camp, wait untill July, Strap on the pads then will see, who the real deal is
 
Great report man thanx a bunch you don't know how bad i want to be there but my wife is about to pop she is 8 months.
 
Nice report thanks man...

I was just thinking about this, and I did not go back and read ALL the mini camp threads, so I apologize if someone else already posted...

Everyone is freaking out on how 'shakey and bad' AJ looks in Mini camps. I know a few people posted "it is just mini camp... yada yada yada" My thought is I remember for the last 4 years all we heard is how Ears Fiedler was lighting it up in MiniCamp only to be his usual self in the regular season.

So who knows, hopefully it is the opposite with AJ.
 
Louis Oliver said:
They ran one formation with All 4 of those guys and Ronnie Brown lined up at receiver they dumped the ball to Boston on a crossing route and he looked like an Olympic sprinter w/ the ball. Very impressive buy he its mini camp
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If I am reading this right, this would help quash the concerns about Boston's speed and hopefully signal his battle with "shin splints" is not one to truly be concerned with. It appears a good dose of conditioning and lower body strength training will have him back to (near) top form before preseason.

A healthy Boston gives Chambers the flexibility to move around the field in 3 WR sets. I'm simply salivating at this WR core.
 
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