arcane1229
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Ok I went to the game last night and have not been able to see it on tv yet but I did have some observations that were interesting.
1 The team Looked full of energy, confidence and a college type, want to play atmosphere.
2 Pennington looked good, I mean he just looked in shape and very quick. I have been following Pennington since Marshall and he looked like he did in 2000. From what I could see right off the field his passes appeared to have alot of zip on them. The Passes to Ginn in the middle of the field were sharp with good velocity. Penny's arm is not as strong as Henne's but it appeared not to far off. Maybe on tv you could tell the difference more. One thing that i noticed is that they didnt try and make Penny throw passes that he has trouble with, like the famous 15 yd out. If his arm is not strong enough to make that throw then why make him do it or ask him to. It looks like to me that Sporano may be thinking the same thing. If Penny throws well up the middle then take advantage of that is the outs can be made later when the CBs are to concerned about the slants and crossses up the middle. I think this offense may work better to Penny's strength.
3 Henne is the real deal, but he has alot to learn and is our future, if he is not rushed and pushed. He looked confident but you can see he was just sucking on Penny's brain everytime he came back to the sidelines. It was interesting and good to see a veteran pro teaching the up and coming.
4 Defense was aggressive and you could hear the hits. Porter makes a big difference out there. Like Penny brings confidence and swagger to the offense, Porter does it to the defense. They have a long way to go but they were getting after it.
5 Ginn already was commanding respect, CBs would not play him tight, which gives him the middle.
6 from what we saw, what opened up the middle passing game was the Jags worried about Ricky running the ball. Ricky and Ronnie are going to make Penny a very effective QB.
7 Special teams coverage and blocking suck, bottom line. They need to work on that. The kicking and punting however looked good at the game during practice and the game.
Anyway I went on and on but does Penny's arm look as weak as indicated? I tought it looked good, maybe because he stayed within himself...
1 The team Looked full of energy, confidence and a college type, want to play atmosphere.
2 Pennington looked good, I mean he just looked in shape and very quick. I have been following Pennington since Marshall and he looked like he did in 2000. From what I could see right off the field his passes appeared to have alot of zip on them. The Passes to Ginn in the middle of the field were sharp with good velocity. Penny's arm is not as strong as Henne's but it appeared not to far off. Maybe on tv you could tell the difference more. One thing that i noticed is that they didnt try and make Penny throw passes that he has trouble with, like the famous 15 yd out. If his arm is not strong enough to make that throw then why make him do it or ask him to. It looks like to me that Sporano may be thinking the same thing. If Penny throws well up the middle then take advantage of that is the outs can be made later when the CBs are to concerned about the slants and crossses up the middle. I think this offense may work better to Penny's strength.
3 Henne is the real deal, but he has alot to learn and is our future, if he is not rushed and pushed. He looked confident but you can see he was just sucking on Penny's brain everytime he came back to the sidelines. It was interesting and good to see a veteran pro teaching the up and coming.
4 Defense was aggressive and you could hear the hits. Porter makes a big difference out there. Like Penny brings confidence and swagger to the offense, Porter does it to the defense. They have a long way to go but they were getting after it.
5 Ginn already was commanding respect, CBs would not play him tight, which gives him the middle.
6 from what we saw, what opened up the middle passing game was the Jags worried about Ricky running the ball. Ricky and Ronnie are going to make Penny a very effective QB.
7 Special teams coverage and blocking suck, bottom line. They need to work on that. The kicking and punting however looked good at the game during practice and the game.
Anyway I went on and on but does Penny's arm look as weak as indicated? I tought it looked good, maybe because he stayed within himself...
