Did anyone attend today's practice?

[DirtyLopez]

Did Relf try to pass it to Bumphis and the waterboy catch it? Did our all-world guard who hasn't played a game yet sprain his ankle again today? What happened?

 

[Shmuley]

He said he chopped it from a premo board:

Chris Relf threw better into the wind in the beginning while many of Tyler Russell's throws were low and off target. Russell did improve better in team drills and later in 7-on-7 drills. Relf looked better throwing the out routes today and deep passes. Relf threw a pretty 50 or 55-yard go route to Chris Smith, who made a nice over-the-shoulder catch on the play. Russell was consistent on the out routes and got better at the 15-20 yard routes. But he did struggle on the deep passes ...

 

[jcdawgman18]

Wind got progressively stronger as practice wore on. In pass skeleton and one on ones, Russell was more accurate. Relf's only real problem route seemed to be the out routes, as they were all back shoulder instead of out in front of the receiver. He also struggled with some throws sailing a little over the middle.<div>In 7-on-7, Russell struggled with throwing the ball left (into the face of the very strong wind). It seemed that he could not or would not bring himself to put some extra on it even after seeing balls get knocked down by the wind. Relf wasn't very accurate to the left either, but he was putting more on his throws to the left and also didn't throw left as often. It was in 7-on-7 that Relf hit the very nice deep ball to Chris Smith down the right side. When there was more involved in reading the defense than a first and second read, Relf struggled some. He even pulled the ball down and acted like he was going to run once during 7-on-7.</div><div>They flipped the field for 11-on-11, so they were throwing with the wind at that point. Both did fairly well, but again, Russell was more accurate.</div><div>We'll have a much better idea about who's going to have to do what once they put the pads on. It seems Relf has improved in the passing game, though he's still not where you want him to be, but without the pads it's hard to say for sure. We'll get a much better idea starting Saturday.</div>

 

[Coach34]

your take is totally different from the one Shumley posted?

 

[jcdawgman18]

I'm guessing that wherever that is from, they're referring to the beginning of 7-on-7 as the beginning, which is when they were throwing into the wind. Earlier in pass skel and one on ones, the wind wasn't nearly as big of a factor, and they actually threw with it for the most part. And yes, Relf threw the ball better into the wind (i.e. to the left side of the field), though neither threw it into the wind well, but Russell really didn't do well. He made good reads but did not put enough on the ball at all. <div>So really, I didn't say anything different than the blurb from Shmuley, I just said more.</div>

 

[paindonthurt_]

here i commmmmeeeeeeee..............to save the dayyyyyyyyy.

 

[Shmuley]

nm

 

[Dental Dawg]

But you did that little thing with your hands.

 

[paindonthurt_]

I too want Russell to succeed, but I don't have quite the emotional tie JCD does.