A few things I noticed that hopefully are within the bounds of what we can say:
Kicking:
at the end of each series they would line up for a 32 yard field goal or thereabouts.
Goodman missed his.
Kirkwood missed his.
Grossnickle made his. He then made the next 4 or 5. Cool as a cucumber. Looked like a kicker.
Goodman made one near the end.
Punting:
Grossnickle is the only one punting. Ridiculous hang time on punts that spiraled. Some didn't. One bad punt, a few ok, and a few very nice.
Offense:
No running game today. Didn't really try to run it. Seems like they are working on a lot of new stuff getting receivers the ball in space. Disappointed in the "push" from O-Line. I think the D-Line dominated the O-Line today. You'd expect that to be the case early in the spring and even in the fall. One mistake, and the play is blown up. There was plenty of that as expected.
Both QB's were up and down. Hansen looks like the starter to me. Hirschman came in 3rd and looked pretty impressive. That guy looks like a 3 year starter....
Evans absolutely looks phenomenal at Tight End. Catches everything. Runs like a WR. Kind of weighs like a WR.... Thornton is a beast. Why did we bring in 4 TE's again?
Orms. Dude looks like he snuck on the field and stole a uniform. But he's everywhere. Coaches would say he has a NOSE for the ball.
Olatoye. Stud Corner. Jalil is hoping to hold him off for his senior year.
Major, Kasa - both look like the real deal. Kasa looks huge. Major picked off Hansen (forced pass) and took it back 50 yards.
Will Jeff made some nice plays, but dropped a wide open pass. He looks quicker than last fall.
Running backs didn't do much. Speedy had a couple nice punt returns. Q and Nabors just didn't have any daylight from what I could tell.
Mahnke made some nice plays and he was floating between LB and coverage on the nickel/dime packages. Saw Moten make a play - he's got some athleticism and instincts....
Highlights were that we have some young players who can play this game. Besides the ones mentioned above, Webb, Rippy, Nobriga and Vigo all looked good. Combine these with West, Pericek, Kasa, Polk, Bonsu.... Not bad. We've got some good young athletes, a guy who looks like the QB of the future, and a kicker. Good day.
Kicking:
at the end of each series they would line up for a 32 yard field goal or thereabouts.
Goodman missed his.
Kirkwood missed his.
Grossnickle made his. He then made the next 4 or 5. Cool as a cucumber. Looked like a kicker.
Goodman made one near the end.
Punting:
Grossnickle is the only one punting. Ridiculous hang time on punts that spiraled. Some didn't. One bad punt, a few ok, and a few very nice.
Offense:
No running game today. Didn't really try to run it. Seems like they are working on a lot of new stuff getting receivers the ball in space. Disappointed in the "push" from O-Line. I think the D-Line dominated the O-Line today. You'd expect that to be the case early in the spring and even in the fall. One mistake, and the play is blown up. There was plenty of that as expected.
Both QB's were up and down. Hansen looks like the starter to me. Hirschman came in 3rd and looked pretty impressive. That guy looks like a 3 year starter....
Evans absolutely looks phenomenal at Tight End. Catches everything. Runs like a WR. Kind of weighs like a WR.... Thornton is a beast. Why did we bring in 4 TE's again?
Orms. Dude looks like he snuck on the field and stole a uniform. But he's everywhere. Coaches would say he has a NOSE for the ball.
Olatoye. Stud Corner. Jalil is hoping to hold him off for his senior year.
Major, Kasa - both look like the real deal. Kasa looks huge. Major picked off Hansen (forced pass) and took it back 50 yards.
Will Jeff made some nice plays, but dropped a wide open pass. He looks quicker than last fall.
Running backs didn't do much. Speedy had a couple nice punt returns. Q and Nabors just didn't have any daylight from what I could tell.
Mahnke made some nice plays and he was floating between LB and coverage on the nickel/dime packages. Saw Moten make a play - he's got some athleticism and instincts....
Highlights were that we have some young players who can play this game. Besides the ones mentioned above, Webb, Rippy, Nobriga and Vigo all looked good. Combine these with West, Pericek, Kasa, Polk, Bonsu.... Not bad. We've got some good young athletes, a guy who looks like the QB of the future, and a kicker. Good day.