Today was a nice day to be a spectator up there...not hot at all and overcast most of the day. It was raining on and off on the way up there and with the way those fields drain (poorly) and them being wet from yesterday I pretty much knew TO wouldn't practice at all because of that - and he did not practice today. I saw goeagles99 and daigglesfan up there and it was nice to meet daiggles and watch football with goeagles99 to pick his brain.
TO, Sam Rayburn, Ryan Moats, Correll Buckhalter, Bruce Perry, Rod Hood, Jamaal Green, Sean Considine and Darwin Walker did not practice. I have no idea why Walker didn't practice. The only one of thos injured guys who was out there at all was Ryan Moats. The rest of the guys were inside getting treatment, I suppose.
1. Matt Ware had another rough day. However, I do not think Ware is 100%. The very first day (last Wednesday) Ware did not practice because of his right knee. These last few days he has not been able to really explode into his coverage. He is also wearing a brace on his knee. So I wouldn't worry about Ware looking bad. I just think that knee is bothering him.
2. Greg Lewis was fantastic today. He was all over the place. He caught a deep seam route from Donovan that was a thing of beauty.
3. Reggie Brown, like Lewis, was fantastic. He is making tough catches in traffic, running crisp routes and just flat out looking good on the field.
4. Billy McMullen didn't have a bad day, but they really didn't give him a lot of balls. The ones that he did get thrown to him were caught, but he just didn't see a lot of activity from the QBs. He was in on formations a lot, but just didn't get a lot of looks. He was releasing nicely from the line and beating press coverage though.
5. L.J. looked solid once again. He had one bad drop, but other than that he continued to have a strong camp. Towards the end he was taking a knee for awhile so I don't know what was up with that. Whether he was feeling sick, cramping up or just resting so the others could get reps.
6. Todd Herremans looked only OK today. goeagles99, who watched practice with me, pointed out that he was leaving himself open to outside speed rushers with the way he stands in his stance. He was beaten a few times today by guys, but it's not like he stunk. He just didn't do as well today as he did the other few days.
7. Jon Runyan, like LJ, seemed to be taking some time off today during the end. Calvin Armstrong was playing 1st team RT. Runyan looked OK because he was standing up talking to Bartrum a lot. So maybe the coaches were just looking at a lot of the younger guys today. I don't know.
8. Justin Jenkins had, in my opinion, his best practice today. He was another guy who was all over the place.
9. You can tell that they're short on healthy RBs because in the early warm-up drills Robert Redd was playing a little HB. He didn't do it in the live drills or team drills, but they had him catching a few balls with RBs today.
10. Dexter Wynn had 2 INT's and was making plays. The first INT was where he was covering Reggie Brown underneath with safety help over the top and he leaped up and picked off Donovan. This was in the 7-on-7's. His second INT was down the right sideline and I couldn't see who he was covering.
11. Quintin Mikell had a nice practice. He also had an INT that was a great catch.
12. Stephen Spach is still running as the #2 TE and he had some nice grabs. Nothing extraordinary today, but solid.
13. James Whalen stunk today. A few balls clanged off his mitts that were easy catches.
14. Artis Hicks had a very nice block on Trotter. He pancaked Trot on a TE screen pass to the left.
15. They were running that TE screen to LJ quite often today. I think we saw it about 7 times today.
16. Westbrook was himself. You can tell he has fresh legs because he is just doing what he does best - make people miss and get into open field.
17. Jason Short is one aggressive SOB. You have to love his mentality. He flattened James Whalen on one play where Whalen tried to block him.
18. Reno Mahe continued to have a solid camp. Despite the wisecracks about him sometimes, he really has played well enough to earn a roster spot and contribute in whatever way he can. A jack-of-all-trades but master of none type guy. I don't know if he'll make it here because of the 3 RB's, but he has proven that he should have a job somewhere, IMO.
19. The defense outplayed the offense today. I thought it was a very sloppy day for the offense. There was too many bad passes, drops & pressure allowed. The offense looked very crisp the other days I was up there but today was just a defensive day.
20. Donovan was on target most of the day. He threw a few balls that sailed on him, but two of them came when he was rolling out to avoid the pressure. His pass to Greg Lewis was great though.
21. Detmer, McMahon and Andy Hall all had rough days. McMahon and Hall more than Detmer. But like I said, the offense was not at its best today.
22. Hollis Thomas & Mike Patterson were the 1st team DTs since Simon is still dreaming of millions at home and Darwin Walker wasn't out there. Hollis played well as did Mike. They're both having great camps. The DT position is one of strength for sure.
23. Greg Lewis was coached up and talked to quite a bit by Andy Reid himself. Greg would talk to him often and they looked like they were joking around a little bit too.
24. Chris Samp probably has no future here, but these past two days he has shown that he has some nice hands. He makes catches.
25. The offense tried a few trick plays today. A few HB option passes as well as WR option passes.
26. Lito Sheppard had a nice INT early on. It was a tipped pass and Lito went up and grabbed it. He was in good position and made a nice play on the ball.
27. Sheldon Brown was his usual physical self. In goal line drills he knocked down a few balls that were attempted slant routes. I like to watch him position himself between the receiver and ball. Nice instincts. But we all knew that.
28. Jeremiah Trotter & Mark Simoneau were the nickle LBs with Matt Ware the nickle CB.
29. Trent Cole got pressure a few times and probably could've called one of them a sack were hitting the QBs allowed. He had his left elbow taped up pretty good after yesterdays contusion to it.
30. I'm starting to like Trey Darilek at C. He is still the 2nd team C and the more I see him there the more I prefer him there versus at T or G.
31. Hugh had some pressures and a "sack" today as well. You can tell Hugh is being Hugh because he'll knock off for awhile and then turn it up and get after guys. Him and The Freak do that a lot...especially in DE positional drills.
32. ND Kalu looked as he has all camp - quick and solid. I am impressed with ND's recovery.
33. Jon Ritchie had a nice catch in goal line drills and like Kalu, shows no real ill effects from that injury.
I really didn't have too good of a spot today as far as viewing the entire drills (we were in the endzone) so I could not see a lot of stuff like I could the other days. Unfortunately this was probably my last day up there since it is done on Saturday and I work the rest of the week.
But I have like what I've seen the times I was up there. Other than today the offense looked crisp and smooth. I guess today was just a bad overall day for them. Individuals looked good, but as a whole I'd call it a little sloppy. In 6 days they'll get to hit another color jersey and that'll be the next step in evaluating this team. If Reggie Brown, Greg Lewis & Billy McMullen continue to show what they have over the last 3 or 4 days, I wouldn't sweat the loss of Pinky like I know some people are. Greg Lewis looks ready to fill that role, maybe even better than Todd. We'll see.
I'll be checking out shortly because I have to work tonight, but as always feel free to ask any questions in case I missed anything. I'll be checking back in later tonight too.
Oh yeah...I said this yesterday and I want to say it again today. This is a deep team, y'all. There are going to be some good football players cut from this roster. Just watching the 3rd and 4th stringers make plays like they have, it tells me a lot. Not a whole lot of messing up. Not a whole lot of screaming by the coaches for guys screwing up. They go out and get the job done no matter who is in there.
awesome report as usual. :yay
man, with Koy/McMahon/Hall playing like crap these preseason games are going to be even uglier than years past. if that is possible! :-D
Thanks Phreak! :)
Just an FYI...Walker wasn't feeling well, they have him listed as missing practice due to "illness".
Quote from: PhillyGirl on August 09, 2005, 04:18:44 PM
Thanks Phreak! :)
Just an FYI...Walker wasn't feeling well, they have him listed as missing practice due to "illness".
Ok, good news.Thanks... I was wondering where he was. I didn't see him with the DL and now I know why. :)
That report sucked!
Just trying to mix things up. This love fest makes me sick.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 09, 2005, 04:20:47 PM
Just trying to mix things up. This love fest makes me sick.
You'll eventually lose your gag reflex.
gag reflex, HA.
nice report phreak. must have been interesting being there with ge99, he's non-stop eagles talk from what i remember from the tailgate.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 09, 2005, 04:20:47 PM
That report sucked!
Just trying to mix things up. This love fest makes me sick.
:-D
I love you too, RJS. Jerk. :-*
Quote from: T_Section224 on August 09, 2005, 04:25:00 PM
gag reflex, HA.
nice report phreak. must have been interesting being there with ge99, he's non-stop eagles talk from what i remember from the tailgate.
Oh yeah, for sure. I love talking football with him. We were even talking about the "wonderful" early 90's, Barry Wilburn, Roy Green, James Lofton and other washed up scrubs who played in Philly. A trip down bad memory lane.
Daiggles is a cool guy too. He was in the bleachers though with his nephews. We all went and had lunch afterwards and they went back for the afternoon session since they drove up from NC & VA.
Great job Phreak...I wish I was able to make it up there this year.
How many of those picks did 5 toss?
Quote from: Die-Hard on August 09, 2005, 04:39:27 PM
Great job Phreak...I wish I was able to make it up there this year.
How many of those picks did 5 toss?
I think only 1 - the first one to Dexter Wynn. The others were courtesy of our slop ass backups.
I wish you could've made it up too, but we'll just have to tailgate harder at the Linc to make up for it.
Booooo, Phreak and his lengthy, in-depth reporting!
Quote from: rjs246 on August 09, 2005, 04:52:19 PM
Booooo, Phreak and his lengthy, in-depth reporting!
It's better than your use of a smaller font in your posts. Hell, even smilies are better than that.
However, as much as I would like to congratulate Phreak on a hell of a report, I can not until pictures of sweet assed women are posted.
Bam!
(http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00175/Jessica_Alba__tatt__175740m.jpg)
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on August 09, 2005, 04:48:00 PM
Quote from: Die-Hard on August 09, 2005, 04:39:27 PM
Great job Phreak...I wish I was able to make it up there this year.
How many of those picks did 5 toss?
I think only 1 - the first one to Dexter Wynn. The others were courtesy of our slop ass backups.
I wish you could've made it up too, but we'll just have to tailgate harder at the Linc to make up for it.
No doubt, brotha.
I'll probably have tix for a few games for you...
Quote from: Tomahawk on August 09, 2005, 04:57:15 PM
It's better than your use of a smaller font in your posts. Hell, even smilies are better than that.
Could I have possibly come up with a more predictable response than writing in small font?! No farging chance. But I do take umbrage with your point that smilies are better than small fonts. Smilies are better than nothing. They are the worst. The least hetero. They convey nothing that a sarcastic sentence or two could say far more effectively. You're all iceholes and can eat my beanbag. Thanks.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 09, 2005, 05:18:14 PM
Quote from: Tomahawk on August 09, 2005, 04:57:15 PM
It's better than your use of a smaller font in your posts. Hell, even smilies are better than that.
Could I have possibly come up with a more predictable response than writing in small font?! No farging chance. But I do take umbrage with your point that smilies are better than small fonts. Smilies are better than nothing. They are the worst. The least hetero. They convey nothing that a sarcastic sentence or two could say far more effectively. You're all iceholes and can eat my beanbag. Thanks.
it really bothers me that i have to quote you to read your sarcastic remarks. i think instead of shrinking them you should make it larger, then you will stand out even more.
I find that his minifont helps me ignore him. It's quite the timesaver.
oh, i never looked at the bright side to it. who am i kidding, his miserable attitude is quite refreshing.
Could I have possibly come up with a more predictable response than writing in small font?! No farging chance. But I do take umbrage with your point that smilies are better than small fonts. Smilies are better than nothing. They are the worst. The least hetero. They convey nothing that a sarcastic sentence or two could say far more effectively. You're all iceholes and can eat my beanbag. Thanks.
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You're quite an angry person rjs. Are you so angry cause that's you in your avatar?
GF likes to pretend tht he doesn't love me. But he does. Love me. Big time.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 09, 2005, 06:26:08 PM
GF likes to pretend tht he doesn't love me. But he does. Love me. Big time.
The post above is possibly the saddest cry for help ever written on these boards.
I love him long time.
I stand corrected.
Quote from: jerome99RIP on August 09, 2005, 06:32:55 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on August 09, 2005, 06:26:08 PM
GF likes to pretend tht he doesn't love me. But he does. Love me. Big time.
The post above is possibly the saddest cry for help ever written on these boards.
Rome, from day to day I can't tell if you're funny, boring, or just don't get anything that I say. I'm leaning towards stupid.
Quote from: rjs246 on August 09, 2005, 07:14:08 PM
Quote from: jerome99RIP on August 09, 2005, 06:32:55 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on August 09, 2005, 06:26:08 PM
GF likes to pretend tht he doesn't love me. But he does. Love me. Big time.
The post above is possibly the saddest cry for help ever written on these boards.
Rome, from day to day I can't tell if you're funny, boring, or just don't get anything that I say. I'm leaning towards stupid.
Keep 'em guessing, rjs. That's the secret.
That and smilies. Use lots of smilies. :yay
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on August 09, 2005, 04:07:05 PM
TO, Sam Rayburn, Ryan Moats, Correll Buckhalter, Bruce Perry, Rod Hood, Jamaal Green, Sean Considine and Darwin Walker did not practice. I have no idea why Walker didn't practice. The only one of thos injured guys who was out there at all was Ryan Moats. The rest of the guys were inside getting treatment, I suppose.
I'm guessing you were there for the morning only?? I was only there for the afternoon, Perry practiced in the afternoon, I didn't see Moats on the sideline but did see Considine and Walker.
Other than that I'd pretty much agree with what you said...they went shorts only in the afternoon so not too much hitting. Dawk was on a mission, had 3-4 picks in an hour of practice. Westbrook and Perry looked good, Adams dropped a sure-thing interception but other than that was good. They also went through a few trick plays, including a flea-flicker, and they practiced the play from the Miami MNF game 2 years ago where FredEx threw a TD pass to Westbrook--this time it was Greg Lewis throwing the ball.
They only went for an hour in the afternoon so I couldn't get much more than quick impressions. I'm heading up for the full day on Friday (unless I get called into work) and hopefully one other day this week.
Forget rj and GF, I'm hot and bothered for Phreak!
Great report! Love the Reno news baby.
Mahe sucks balls.
Mahe = Darnell Autry who can return punts.
But Darnell has him on the acting cameos. :yay
Autry's a big star! (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042642/)
Quote from: FFatPatt on August 10, 2005, 01:41:51 AM
Autry's a big star! (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042642/)
Sad thing is Luke Perry is listed as a special guest star in this sitcom. There go all my wonderful visions of 90210 :'(
Quote from: Don Ho on August 09, 2005, 10:22:04 PM
Forget rj and GF, I'm hot and bothered for Phreak!
Great report! Love the Reno news baby.
:-D :puke
Once again thanks Phreak, I decided not to go. I may go tomorrow or Friday though.
anyone know if TO practiced this morning
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 10, 2005, 10:56:34 AM
anyone know if TO practiced this morning
I don't think he was going to be...same with Buck. Both were being held out while they rehabbed.
ha, check out the spudcam.. Akers yelling "I gotta sign a McNabb Jersey?!?!?!? and then throwing it back. :-D
Quote from: MURP on August 10, 2005, 11:38:33 AM
ha, check out the spudcam.. Akers yelling "I gotta sign a McNabb Jersey?!?!?!? and then throwing it back. :-D
lol...you watched Spudcam. :-D
gotta know the enemy.
Quote from: MURP on August 10, 2005, 11:48:47 AM
gotta know the enemy.
I couldn't bring myself to get past the fact that he calls it "Spudcam"..... :-D :P
Quote from: PhillyGirl on August 10, 2005, 11:48:18 AM
Quote from: MURP on August 10, 2005, 11:38:33 AM
ha, check out the spudcam.. Akers yelling "I gotta sign a McNabb Jersey?!?!?!? and then throwing it back. :-D
lol...you watched Spudcam. :-D
:-D
I watched one of those last week and Spads spent like 10 minutes videoing the breakfast food at Lehigh and reading the name of each food. "You got your Captain Crunch, you got your Cheerios..." and so on for 10 minutes. After that I decided it would be a while before I watch the Spudcam again.
lmao. yeah, that was pathetic. Like watching a car wreck, I couldnt stop! you have your french toast, you have your pastries, you have your eggs, you have your sausage (yeah, bet you had an extra helping of that Spud).
Quote from: MURP on August 10, 2005, 11:59:22 AM
lmao. yeah, that was pathetic. Like watching a car wreck, I couldnt stop!
Yeah I know the effect. I kept thinking, "Okay, he's going to stop with the breakfast now" but he kept going and going until it became extremely awkward. Telling us what each food actually is when we could obviously see it ourselves was one step above him saying like "The cow says moo. The cat says meow." Did he think that was something Eagles fans really wanted to see? I wonder if he planned it ahead of time. I think Spads needs to lay off the dreamweaving for a while, he's losing it.
daiggles told me had made man love to you in the port-a-potty. is this accurate?
Whats up with Scott Young? I havent heard anything on this guy.
He was playing RG with the 2nd team yesterday.
Quote from: QB Eagles on August 10, 2005, 12:13:24 PM
Quote from: MURP on August 10, 2005, 11:59:22 AM
lmao. yeah, that was pathetic. Like watching a car wreck, I couldnt stop!
Yeah I know the effect. I kept thinking, "Okay, he's going to stop with the breakfast now" but he kept going and going until it became extremely awkward. Telling us what each food actually is when we could obviously see it ourselves was one step above him saying like "The cow says moo. The cat says meow." Did he think that was something Eagles fans really wanted to see? I wonder if he planned it ahead of time. I think Spads needs to lay off the dreamweaving for a while, he's losing it.
That's unusual? I hear shows that do that all the time. :paranoid