Spring Practice Tidbits

I think the increase in competition is really going to be huge. Just getting used to competing every down for something that really matters (wins or playing time) is a huge skill to have. Any word on Big Will?

thanks Tom, good work as usual.

I'd like to see J.T. Floyd do well. He's still young and seems like he has pretty good coverage skills. I think last year he played too conservative as a product of being forced into action due to depth issues. If Floyd pulls it together we could possibly move Troy Woolfolk back to Safety or just have better depth at corner.

I remain cautiously optomistic about the defense until I see a reason to think otherwise.

OT: Is the Spring Game going to be an actual game-style scrimmage this season?

Interesting news about Gallon. In the practice video from a few days ago, he looked even quicker off the line than Odoms. Our slot position is going to be electric this year.

Justin Turner is progressing as well as everyone has hoped. There is no reason for concern with him. I think everyone had high expectations for him, and he seems to be meeting those.

Ohh thank God.

Just another random thought. How much would you guys give to be able to spend a summer with Barwis as your personal trainer?

They should do some sort of contest where the winner gets a summer with the man. Or maybe it should be a reality TV show like boot camp or biggest loser.

Good work as always, Tom.

Glad to hear about Turner, and Gallon. I'm really curious to see him in action, as both a slot and potential punt returner.

For those of us unable to attend the game (I live in Tampa), will the Spring Game be aired on TV? I recall seeing somewhere it would be on the BTN...Can anyone confirm this?

I feel like this post should be prefaced by Professor Farnsworth. "Good News Everyone!"

I realize that looking for bad news out of spring practice is silly, but I usually feel like when players are mentioned by name, like Cam Gordon and Justin Turner, it's because they really are looking good.

Love the news on Cam Gordon.

So then, if we could entertain the possibility that this one single post changes the entire forecast for the secondary, who then do you (plural) see starting in the defensive backfield??

PS. Anyone else lose the ability to post a title to your comments? Weird... TOO WEIRD!!!

Love to hear the good news. Anybody hear about players that are struggling? I don't like to hear players are struggling, but it does give a better idea of how the lineup is going to shake out.

How about some of the other young safeties like Teric Jones and Thomas Gordon?

God Damnit TomVH! You are the fuckin' man. Why is it that TomVH's posts seem to always fill me with extreme optimism? JT Turner looking as good as everyone hoped?? I've got some pretty high hopes for that guy so if this is true than I'm stoked for September.

Excuse me while I change my britches.

Great news. Optimism flows like a river of gold!

I really like that Cameron Gordon and Justin Turner are looking good. The secondary should hopefully be improved with a lot of these young talented guys coming in.

So since Justin Turner is progressing well, what's the possibility that Woolfolk moves back to Free Safety full time and either Floyd, Dorsey, or Christian takes the other CB position. Cam Gordon, Emilien, Kovacs, Robinson should be more that good enough to handle that box safety position.

I see Dorsey starting either way, either at CB if he has the coverage skills, or at Free Safety because of his speed.

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