<div>1. I know this has been mentioned about 500 times, but I was blown away just thinking of the fact we have 3 quarterbacks that can play. Relf looked pretty good, as usual. I wasn't surprised to see him leave and not come back in. Favre was just incredible. He can move in the pocket, he can throw on the run, and he can create offensive opportunities. I fully expect Relf to start based on his experience and talent, but Favre will be a very strong wildcat option if Mullen decides to utilize him like that this year. He is a natural athlete and did nothing but impress today. Russell looked alright, but he still looks slow and predictable to me. He also does not know when it is time to use his feet and move out of the pocket. I still have hopes that he will improve. </div><div>
</div><div>2. I think our defense will be fine. We put a man on every receiver, which is something we didn't do last year. It puzzled me why we tended to leave the slot uncovered (which is why, I think, UAB almost beat us). This year, I think we are going to see a little more selection of blitz packages. What I mean is that we are not going to be just a "blitz first" style defense. We played gaps well, for the most part, and we played the run well, for the most part. Pass defense concerned me some today, but also, we were playing a lot of our young guys today, as well. D-line looked pretty solid from what I saw.</div><div>
</div><div>3. Our O-line has the potential to cause us a little frustration this year. Our starters seem fine, but depth is what concerns me. We blew too many blocking assignments up front, especially on the White team (Which is a reason I don't think Russell was able to play as well). I hope some of our young guys step up and play well for us. </div><div>
</div><div>4. We are going to be just fine at the skilled offensive positions. We have plenty of depth at QB, RB, and WR. I hope to see Mullen use Green more at Tight End (with the hopes he doesn't get hurt again) because that can really open up our offense and take some pressure off our O-line, which may be important this year.</div><div>
</div><div>5. Special teams looked alright. Depasquale was very good today. Punting... not so much. I posted earlier that I think we are going to miss Heath Hutchins a lot more than most of us think. He had very solid distance control, so we were able to force a lot of fair catches and limit return possibilities. I forgot who squibbed one, but one of our punters had a pretty bad punt today. Only time will tell with special teams because they had the opportunity to kick today without anyone coming after them.</div><div>
</div><div>With all that being said, I think the Spring game is a pretty poor indication of how a team will perform in the regular season. We had team drafts, so a lot of guys played that won't have the opportunity to see much playing time in the fall. Also, our playbook is not that extensive on either end of the ball right now, so the jury is still out on how well we will really be in the 2011 season. I saw a lot of potential today and a lot of effort on both sides of the ball. </div><div>
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</div><div>2. I think our defense will be fine. We put a man on every receiver, which is something we didn't do last year. It puzzled me why we tended to leave the slot uncovered (which is why, I think, UAB almost beat us). This year, I think we are going to see a little more selection of blitz packages. What I mean is that we are not going to be just a "blitz first" style defense. We played gaps well, for the most part, and we played the run well, for the most part. Pass defense concerned me some today, but also, we were playing a lot of our young guys today, as well. D-line looked pretty solid from what I saw.</div><div>
</div><div>3. Our O-line has the potential to cause us a little frustration this year. Our starters seem fine, but depth is what concerns me. We blew too many blocking assignments up front, especially on the White team (Which is a reason I don't think Russell was able to play as well). I hope some of our young guys step up and play well for us. </div><div>
</div><div>4. We are going to be just fine at the skilled offensive positions. We have plenty of depth at QB, RB, and WR. I hope to see Mullen use Green more at Tight End (with the hopes he doesn't get hurt again) because that can really open up our offense and take some pressure off our O-line, which may be important this year.</div><div>
</div><div>5. Special teams looked alright. Depasquale was very good today. Punting... not so much. I posted earlier that I think we are going to miss Heath Hutchins a lot more than most of us think. He had very solid distance control, so we were able to force a lot of fair catches and limit return possibilities. I forgot who squibbed one, but one of our punters had a pretty bad punt today. Only time will tell with special teams because they had the opportunity to kick today without anyone coming after them.</div><div>
</div><div>With all that being said, I think the Spring game is a pretty poor indication of how a team will perform in the regular season. We had team drafts, so a lot of guys played that won't have the opportunity to see much playing time in the fall. Also, our playbook is not that extensive on either end of the ball right now, so the jury is still out on how well we will really be in the 2011 season. I saw a lot of potential today and a lot of effort on both sides of the ball. </div><div>
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