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Saturday was an entertaining cap to what has been a pleasant spring. Those who remember last year's spring know that this team is much further ahead. The most important thing is that aside from Dye, there are no injuries that will carry over to camp. Now the staff will focus on recruiting and getting the guys qualified. If Stacy Coley and Derrick Griffin handle their business in the classroom, Lord knows what this passing attack could become.
- My biggest takeaway from the spring is that Morris is throwing much better in the red zone and more accurately overall. He made some (dare I say) Aaron Rodgers-like throws in the red zone the past two scrimmages, particularly his back shoulder throws. We saw it a bit with the TD to Hurns against Virginia Tech, but I think this will be a throw he really hones in on.
- WildcatDefense mentioned it earlier, but the pass rush needs to make a leap forward. If you read between the lines, the coaches are really counting on guys like Muhammad, Kamalu and Bond to come in and help right away. That's a scary thought.
- The pace hasn't slowed down from the Fisch days. The first team offense has been able to push the pace in each scrimmage without much in terms of procedure penalties.
- Hagans has been one of the stories of the spring as a one-back and made some nice runs yesterday. People are slotting Gus Edwards into that role, but he is going to have to take it from Hagans.
- Jontavious Carter doesn't have much in terms of run-after-catch, but he has shown good hands throughout spring and is a big body. He can be a good possession receiver for the next quarterback.
- If this team is going to make a serious run, it needs to stay healthy at defensive tackle. Pierre, Porter and Robinson all had productive springs and bring different elements to the table. But Ivery and Moore didn't take the step forwards I had hoped, and there are no reinforcements coming in the summer.
- Waters and Scott capped off strong springs and bring a lot of the same things to the table. Both guys are great athletes who played everything in high school, they have size and they can run after the catch. Both of them are better options in the WR screen game than Dorsett.
- The two guys who need to take a big step over the summer are Tyriq McCord and Beau Sandland. McCord has gotten bigger, but he's still adjusting to SAM and got rag-dolled by tight ends yesterday on two big running plays (Dobard on the long Duke run, Cleveland on the Crawford TD). According to the coaches, Sandland is still thinking too much. He may not be a Shockey (who I saw dominate his first scrimmage at Cobb Stadium) but he can definitely be an asset to the offense.
- It is going to be interesting to see how the OT battle plays out. Me and Lu talked about this a couple months ago, and I said that even though Flowers would likely emerge as the best OT, it would be tough for the coaches to bench either Henderson or Bunche because of their age and NFL aspirations. But they may have no choice with the way Flowers is playing.
- My biggest takeaway from the spring is that Morris is throwing much better in the red zone and more accurately overall. He made some (dare I say) Aaron Rodgers-like throws in the red zone the past two scrimmages, particularly his back shoulder throws. We saw it a bit with the TD to Hurns against Virginia Tech, but I think this will be a throw he really hones in on.
- WildcatDefense mentioned it earlier, but the pass rush needs to make a leap forward. If you read between the lines, the coaches are really counting on guys like Muhammad, Kamalu and Bond to come in and help right away. That's a scary thought.
- The pace hasn't slowed down from the Fisch days. The first team offense has been able to push the pace in each scrimmage without much in terms of procedure penalties.
- Hagans has been one of the stories of the spring as a one-back and made some nice runs yesterday. People are slotting Gus Edwards into that role, but he is going to have to take it from Hagans.
- Jontavious Carter doesn't have much in terms of run-after-catch, but he has shown good hands throughout spring and is a big body. He can be a good possession receiver for the next quarterback.
- If this team is going to make a serious run, it needs to stay healthy at defensive tackle. Pierre, Porter and Robinson all had productive springs and bring different elements to the table. But Ivery and Moore didn't take the step forwards I had hoped, and there are no reinforcements coming in the summer.
- Waters and Scott capped off strong springs and bring a lot of the same things to the table. Both guys are great athletes who played everything in high school, they have size and they can run after the catch. Both of them are better options in the WR screen game than Dorsett.
- The two guys who need to take a big step over the summer are Tyriq McCord and Beau Sandland. McCord has gotten bigger, but he's still adjusting to SAM and got rag-dolled by tight ends yesterday on two big running plays (Dobard on the long Duke run, Cleveland on the Crawford TD). According to the coaches, Sandland is still thinking too much. He may not be a Shockey (who I saw dominate his first scrimmage at Cobb Stadium) but he can definitely be an asset to the offense.
- It is going to be interesting to see how the OT battle plays out. Me and Lu talked about this a couple months ago, and I said that even though Flowers would likely emerge as the best OT, it would be tough for the coaches to bench either Henderson or Bunche because of their age and NFL aspirations. But they may have no choice with the way Flowers is playing.
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