Shrine Game Practice Observations: Day 2

[datruth55]

Day two of Shrine practices is now in the books and here is the word swirling about in St Petersburg.

- The general consensus from scouts at the Shrine Game is Maryland receiver Stefon Diggs made a big mistake entering the draft, an opinion I concur with. Most grade Diggs as a last day pick and feel another season on the college field would’ve potentially pushed him into the draft’s initial 75 selections.

- Another Big Ten underclassman who mistakenly entered the draft in the opinion of scouts was Penn State tackle Donovan Smith. As a redshirt freshman Smith blew me away and I graded him as a second round prospect but his game has leveled off and even regressed in some areas the past two years. Why? Word from a variety of sources here in St Petersburg is Smith does not work hard at his craft rather gets by on natural ability.

- Safety Derron Smith received an invitation to next week’s Senior Bowl but won’t be playing. Seems Smith was diagnosed with a sports hernia prior to the season yet played the entire campaign with the injury. Smith delayed having the issue surgically repaired immediately after the regular season and chose to finish his career out with his FSU teammates in the Hawaii Bowl. While Smith hopes to participate at the combine I’m told its a wait and see proposition.

- Next week is the Senior Bowl followed by the final all star game on the schedule, the College Gridiron Classic in Arlington, Texas. One player on that roster being spoken about here in St Petersburg is defensive lineman Davon Walls of Lincoln College. Walls began his career at Syracuse but was dismissed from the program after being hit with legal issues then sat out a year. He was coaxed into playing for Lincoln by head coach Mike Jones, the former linebacker for the St Louis Rams best known for his game saving tackle on receiver Kevin Dyson on the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV. Back to Walls who measures in excess of 6-feet, 6-inches and 285 pounds. The senior collected 17.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks in eleven games this season. Scouts are excited to watch him play and see how he projects.

http://www.draftinsider.net/blog/?p=10349

 

[Mudder1310]

I like Derron Smith. If he can be had later due to that injury I think he'd be a great fit.

 

[hoops]

diggs looked like a future 1st rounder as a freshman...my oh my has he fallen off

 

[LouPhinFan]

Word floating around the Twittersphere is that scouts aren't happy with how Singletary is running his practices. They say he's coaching to win the game, not to improve the players and giving other teams a good showcase to scout.

 

[ckparrothead]

Word floating around the Twittersphere is that scouts aren't happy with how Singletary is running his practices. They say he's coaching to win the game, not to improve the players and giving other teams a good showcase to scout.

You're welcome for that. :)

 

[LouPhinFan]

You're welcome for that. :)

I forgot you were tweeting from their account. Sounds like Louisville OL John Miller is killing it out there. I'm not surprised, he was the best player on U of L's line last season. Jamon Brown...not so much.

 

[datruth55]

I forgot you were tweeting from their account. Sounds like Louisville OL John Miller is killing it out there. I'm not surprised, he was the best player on U of L's line last season. Jamon Brown...not so much.

From the reports I've seen today a couple of Cardinals are looking good...along with Miller, Dominique Brown has looked good as well.

 

[LouPhinFan]

From the reports I've seen today a couple of Cardinals are looking good...along with Miller, Dominique Brown has looked good as well.

It's still a mystery around here as to why Brown didn't get more playing time, especially in the bowl game since Dyer was suspended. Petrino eluded to the notion that Brown didn't practice as hard as the other backs did. However that's an unfair comparison since there may not be another football player on the team that practices harder than RB Brandon Radcliff. The kid squats the second most on the team. Brown himself posted some cryptic social media posts about wondering why he wasn't seeing more playing time.

At any rate the kid has talent and will find his way onto an NFL roster for sure.

 

[ckparrothead]

I forgot you were tweeting from their account. Sounds like Louisville OL John Miller is killing it out there. I'm not surprised, he was the best player on U of L's line last season. Jamon Brown...not so much.

Ham is struggling pretty bad, from what I have seen. I don't know about "killing it" but Miller is doing well. He and Darrian Miller are guys that are intriguing enough to revisit their tape. And on the west, Tayo Fabuluje and probably Terry Poole.

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From the reports I've seen today a couple of Cardinals are looking good...along with Miller, Dominique Brown has looked good as well.

Dominique Brown doesn't look like he's 240 lbs. He moves too well for it.

 

[ckparrothead]

I should mention that Sean Hickey, Adam Shead, B.J. Finney and Mark Glowinski have also looked pretty decent.

Bobby Hart looks like deep fried ass.

 

[datruth55]

I should mention that Sean Hickey, Adam Shead, B.J. Finney and Mark Glowinski have also looked pretty decent.

Bobby Hart looks like deep fried ass.

I've read lots of positive notes about Hickey and Glowinski. Glowinski sounds like a fit for our scheme but I haven't seen him on film yet.

 

[Buddy]

I should mention that Sean Hickey, Adam Shead, B.J. Finney and Mark Glowinski have also looked pretty decent.

Bobby Hart looks like deep fried ass.

I don't know what the hell happened to Hart. He has been strong until this year and has fallen apart. For that matter, FSU's entire O-line was sub-par all year.

 

[MiamiMuss]

Thanks dor the updates guys,Much Appreciated!

 

[xXwarXx]

“@JeffRisdon: Dolphins guys grabbing all West RBs. Have to think that's coordinated”

 

[Fin Thirteen]

Adam Shead is a solid player. Good depth guy.