General Notes
– Players in full pads
– Practice ran 2 hours 40 minutes
– Jordan Leggett, Shaneil Jenkins (DL) and Quincy Enunwa sat out. While Marcus Maye and Terrelle Pryor finally participated in team periods
– During assorted team periods extra time was added so Sam Darnold could get extra reps
– Steve McLendon called the defense together early on urged them to step up their game. It worked because it was definitely a defense dominated practice. Particularly impressive was the communication among the defense as they relayed calls to one another
– The amount of penalties finally went down
Player Notes
– Taylor Bertolet got all the FG reps during the special teams period and was accurate up to 57 yards
– Good day for the ILB’s Darron Lee and Avery Williamson. As they stuffed the run, got a couple of TFL’s and Williamson showed good coverage speed. He was able to stay with Isaiah Crowell 15-20 yards down the field to force an incompletion during a team period
– Leonard Williams was dominant again and Nathan Shepherd continued his strong play. It will be interesting to see if Shepherd can be the running mate Williams needs
– Henry Anderson flashed again with TFL’s and the ability to collapse the pocket
– Obum Gwachum showed up again in run support and edge pressure. It will be interesting to see if he can do this in a real game
– Derrick Jones almost had another INT this time off of Sam Darnold. He juggled it near the sideline and was ruled out of bounds. Since he was a WR his hands/ball skills are terrific it appears his CB skills are now catching up because he’s had a good start to camp
– Other DB’s with INT’s were Terrence Brooks (S) off of Josh McCown and Mo Claiborne off of Sam Darnold as the ball was tipped at the line
QB
– Nothing special for either Josh McCown or Teddy Bridgewater
Darnold Notes
– Completions were tough to come by as the timing with the receivers seemed off
– His footwork and ball handling in the pocket were good
– As he was trying to draw the defense offsides with his cadence he actually caused the OLine to false start twice
– His arm strength & accuracy were on display during a team period when he threw a 20+ yard seam pattern to Chad Hansen in traffic. And a 15+ yard out to Chris Herndon where only he could catch it
Concerns
– Let’s see Darnold and the offense bounce back
Standouts
– Leonard Williams
– Darron Lee
– Avery Williamson
– Derrick Jones