NY Jets Training Camp (Day 4); Allen Lazard & Garrett Wilson Stand Out

Don’t look now, but Allen Lazard is starting to put together a good string of practices. Hearing his name in a positive way is a nice change as the NY Jets training camp heads into week 2. Here are the notes from KRL, who was at yesterday’s practice once again. KRL will be back at camp on Monday with another update.

General Notes

– Players still in shirts and shorts.

– This was the second fan practice and it had extra 11 on 11 periods.  Causing practice to run 2:20.

– The first “fight” of the summer as John Simpson (G) got into it with a DLineman (?) and had his helmet ripped off.

Defense Notes

– Another solid practice for Michael Clemons, shutting down the edge (“tackling” Braelon Allen for no gain) and getting a “strip sack” on Tyrod Taylor during his reps.

– Leki Fotu continues his strong camp as he controls and shuts down the running game up the middle.

– Jamien Sherwood had a huge day as he “flashed” in multiple phases.  Getting a “sack” on a delayed blitz against Taylor, being stout in the run game and tackling Isaiah Davis for no gain.  And
finally knocking down an Aaron Rodgers pass at the line for an incompletion.

– Takk McKinley is becoming an interesting player to watch as he dominated in his reps and generated three “sacks” in different ways:
* He stood up late and stunted inside to take down Andrew Peasley
* Following it up by timing the snap perfectly, coming off the edge and “sacking” Peasley again
* And finally “sacking” Taylor by beating the OT (Max Mitchell?) with speed

– Another “almost INT” by Qwantez Stiggers as he jumped a pass from Taylor to Jason Brownlee.  But Brownlee was able to pull the ball out of Stiggers hands for a 10+ yard gain.

Offense Notes

– Strong day for Garrett Wilson, during his reps he made multiple “3rd down” catches to extend drives.  Finding a hole in the defense as Rodgers scrambled and making a 20+ yard catch.  Making
a sweet hands catch with a “toe tap” in a red zone period.  And finally catching a 40+ yard TD from Rodgers, which was a product of high level motion manipulation (I’ll cover it in the QB Notes).

– It was another good day for Allen Lazard. He had a TD (during the red zone period) but, more importantly, knew where to be when Rodgers needed an outlet. On one scramble, Allen Lazard settled down on the sideline, and Rodgers found him for 25+ yards. Finally, when the defense was in zone, he found soft spots and kept the chains moving.

– Malachi Corley appeared as he pulled in a diving catch for 20+ yards from Taylor on the sideline.

– It seems that Tyron Smith is on a pitch count, as practice ran long he was replaced by Olu Fashanu at LT.

QB Notes

– Aaron Rodgers was sharp again but let’s get to his daily “motion manipulation” which got Wilson a 40 yard TD:
* On the play Rodgers emptied the backfield by sending the RB (Allen) into motion to a WR spot. Pulling a LB out of the middle of the field.
* He then motioned Corley from his WR spot into the backfield.  Bringing a CB into the middle of the field.
* Rodgers then changed the protection and kept Corley in to block.
* As the ball was snapped, the CB came on a blitz, but all of the manipulation caused a huge void in the secondary. Rodgers hit Garrett Wilson on a layup throw for the TD.

Standouts

– Aaron Rodgers
– Garrett Wilson
– Allen Lazard
– Jamien Sherwood
– Takk McKinley

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