OT:Bills running two scrimmages at the same time
The Bills have an open QB competition and will be running two scrimmages at the same time.
I thought this was intersting as Greg Roman is Harbaugh's former OC and Michigan appears to be doing the same thing. From the article:
Ryan however, intends to run practices a bit different than Bills fans have seen in the past with two offensive units and two defensive units going at the same time on two different fields at St. John Fisher.
“When we get to training camp we’ll do a lot of things on two fields,” Ryan said. “It won’t just be the offense going and the defense going, we’re going to be working on two fields. That’s how you develop young quarterbacks. We’re blessed to have guys on our staff who can really develop quarterbacks. Greg Roman, Chris Palmer and this is how they did it. You switch whoever is running with the twos on one field and then the ones are on another field. That’s how you get better. We’re going to have that.
“We have some young quarterbacks and we want to make sure that everybody gets the right amount of reps. We’ll have the exact same practice that we have on field one as field two so everybody gets the same reps. You just basically double them up.”
Wonder if Harbaugh will keep running the two sets of Os and Ds once the QB is settled.
While that is a potential issue its relatively easy to solve by splitting your offensive and defensive coaching staff so that you have coaches who know each position watching both scrimmages. While the offensive coordinator watches Game 1 the QBs coach could watch Game 2(edit: meaning someone with knowledge of the QB position is watching every snap live). While this isn't perfect, you never have enough coaches in football to see everything, it solves much of the issue.
March 22nd, 2015 at 11:05 PM ^
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if i had a million dollars...
and moar information to report to Mgoblog.
That is so HARBAUGH of them.
Isn't that what he taught the girls at Dominic's before pelting them in the head?
I love this photo!
March 22nd, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^
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They could run a dozen scrimmages at once and with this roster of QBs its not really going to matter:
Petty would be a solid option and probably win the job in camp. I heard a rumor the Jets were trying for Brees? That could change the division altogether. I think the Bills could have the top 1 or 2 defense next year. I'd really like to see what Rex could do with a solld offense because i don't think he's a bad coach at all.
March 23rd, 2015 at 12:22 AM ^
Check out the terms of his contract:
| Year | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Workout Bonus | Cap Hit | Dead Cap |
| 2015 | $18,750,000 | $7,400,000 | $250,000 | $26,400,000 | $33,550,000 |
| 2016 | $19,750,000 | $7,400,000 | $250,000 | $27,400,000 | $7,400,000 |
The Jets currently have about $16 million in cap space (LINK). I don't see how the Jets could do it unless they could convince Brees to renegotiate his contract, which he doesn't have to do. The Saints could cut Brees next year, though.
March 22nd, 2015 at 10:15 PM ^
They are supposedly running a MANBALL offense with a FB, solid tight end and a running back who smacks you in the mouth. Will be interesting to see what parallels there are to Michigan. (I may be reading too much into the Roman/Harbaugh connection.)