Khaleke Hudson is a dude
for not hospitalising anyone.
John O'Korn may disagree with you
for not hospitalising anyone.
Brandon Peters should be our starting quarterback.
#superhottake
and it's hard to take anything from a Spring Game but he looked exactly like 2016 Speight. He lost weight, sure. Yet, that won't help him read a basic defense. He still breaks the huddle knowing who his target is and triple coverage be damned he's going to that guy 90% of the time. I think he's likely topped out. Can it keep the job in 2017? I think so. 2018? No.
Speight will be the guy this year because of his experience. If Speight is still here next season, I think Peters may overtake him. Peters has a better arm, no doubt about that.
Pick six.
All weight gains are good, all weight losses are good, all good plays are good, all bad plays are good learning experiences
Haven't watched yet, but read a lot on twitter about Hudson, Bush Jr., Tarik Black, and Peters.
Also saw Nate Johnson had 2 fumbles. He'll have to clean that up, or Oliver Martin may jump him on the depth chart over the summer.
Anyone see McDoom's injury, hopefully just a sprained ankle?
McDoom's injury looks bad, imo. Wasn't one that made you cringe on the replay, but the way he was moving afterwards suggests a serious knee injury. Hoping for a simple sprain that he can return from in a month.
Shit. I'll keep my eyes open on twitter to see if any reporters get to ask. Assuming we won't get any intel today, though.
I also thought it looked bad. Looked like knees do when they end your season. But it still could just be an ankle. Looked like it was on the plant*; he planted his left foot and the defender was on his left side. Could have rolled up the ankle under there. Could also have buckled the knee. Sigh.
* just going on memory, and keep in mind I'm sitting here in a hotel room with a sick (but somehow still energetic and yelling) kid + sibling.
Based on how he grabbed his leg and how he pointed for the trainer, I'm 90% sure it's an ankle. Dudes don't grab their shin with one hand when it's a knee.
I mean I could be wrong, but the way he was moving after he got up said knee to me. It's hard to tell because it wasn't something that stood out like with an awkward movement in the replay. But, having watched a lot of football and having hurt my knee myself that's what it looked like to me. Someone else said calf muscle, which I could also see and might explain the hands on the shin.
Looked like he was reaching for his achilles to me when he first went down. I really hope not though.
Quit arguing with the doctor.
You're right, my bad.
I've seen a guy blow an Achilles. If it were that, he wouldn't have been walking under his own power later.
He had all his weight on his left leg and it got hit from the side and buckled. I can't remember which ligament is which but that looks like a season ending tear of one to me.
April 16th, 2017 at 12:04 PM ^
That's experience talking!
On reply it appeared to be ankle area and a friend at the game said you could see something give above the ankle in live action. We'll see but I agree that it looks bad. Like "may miss 2017" bad.
It looked like he was holding his ankle, right? That's what I saw, anyway.
D Line is going to be great. McCray, Bush, Hudson/Furbush are going to be real good. We have a pretty deep rotation at WR.
Speight may still be hurt. He was #3 as far as throwing the ball today.
And about #28 running with the ball.
W are going to be amazing in 2018 and 2019. #HotTake
100%. And have a fair chance to be pretty damn good this season.
Some intel from practice suggests otherwise, but I think there should be a real competition at QB. Peters looks very good. He was going against the worse D unit most of the time, but they both dealt with wind and he has a lot more natural talent than Speight. I'm pretty torn here.
If the D stays healthy, I am fully on board with the "no drop off" takes. Dudes look like dudes. Hudson, Bush, the whole DL. DBs looked fine. Should be another top 3 unit, assuming health holds up.
He also had the benefit of the O Line, but from what I read on twitter, Peters was throwing dimes today. All competition is good competition for this young squad.
How did Long/Hill look today at corner? Saw Black got the best of St. Juste more than a few times. Black seems to be a very polished route runner with solid hands.
I thought Long was good, I honestly didn't notice Hill. I didn't hear Long's name much either, tbh, I need to rewatch a few times to focus on individuals. Despite getting beat by Black a few times I thought St. Juste looked good at times, made a nice play on for an interception. I thought Keith Washington looked bigger and less of a liability in run support - made a nice play to stop Higdon on one run.
Washington looks like he's developed, and he has the athleticism so if he knows how to cover then I think we've got something after all.
St Juste never got beat beat. He was right there on every completion, just got out-adjusted for the ball by Black looking like a polished veteran on those catches. It reminded me some of Stribling when he was younger, being in the right place most of the time but not quite making the play. St J is also bigger than Strib, so I'm optimistic he'll be very good at some point in his career. As a backup - which is what he figures to be in the fall - I'm perfectly satisfied with what I saw today. The future is bright at CB.
I agree. I didn't mean beat as in blown coverage, Black just made the catches. St. Juste had good position all day. You can see why the coaches coveted his elite quickness and length.
That's very good to hear. Definitely have some depth at corner but they are all unproven (Watson, Washington, St. Juste, Thomas). They'll all continue to develop. I've heard really good things about David Long all spring. Lavert Hill will be stellar once fully healthy.
the pick was great by St. Juste, but you're right he played really well throughout the scrimmage.
Really impressed me, as did St Juste, Bush, Bredeson, Black, Hudson and NORDIN (that FG would have been good from 60)...
And I forgot Tarik Black. He looked very good. Uses his size well and gets on top of the defender. He will play a lot.
All I saw was a clip of Speight pic 6 where his mechanics were brutal. Falling away from the throw.
At times today he looked bad. Someone posited that he may still be hurting, I thought others had said he was healthy, but I'm not so sure. He didn't look right out there. That being said he was usually going against the 1s on Defense which are going to be very good. There was also wind. But he looked markedly worse than Peters today and Peters was playing in the same wind.
He looked hurt, but then he's looked that way since the big hit in the Colorado game.
Having gone through some labrum/rotator cuff issues myself, I have to wonder if there's not some nagginginjury there that may never go away as long as large men are going to continue running into him. It took me a long time to rehab, and I wasn't getting hammered by defensive ends when I did it.
Were you in a coma when Speight embarrassed Maryalnd in November? That was his best game of the season.
That's what led Brian to do the Joe Flacco question: "Is he elite?"
But it was Maryland. It was not smooth at qb last season against better teams like wisconsin, iowa, fsu, and even rutgers. Against msu we threw a terrible interception in the third quarter.
I don't mean to say he's never produced since Colorado. I mean he's shown symptoms of nagging shoulder injury since then (see the OSU game.)
Maryland's defense was pathetic last season. Speight put up some big stats throwing to a lot of open guys.
But in the games where he's been under pressure, some of those balls really wobble and it looks at times like he's adjusting his release to avoid another big hit to that side of his body.
This is just my amateur analysis. I'm making a guess based on observation, but it could well be he's perfectly fine and just prone to lapses in mechanics when pass rushers are coming at him.
but if he is still hurt, if might be better to ride out the growing pains with a young guy. I tore my labrum in 2009, had surgey in 2013 and can still feel some effects in 2017. It's definitely something that doesn't go away quickly.
Not riding out any growing pains. Try to win every game with whoever gives you the best chance, period.
Doubtful they'd let him play pretty much the whole game if he wasn't 100%. Might be a mental thing (yips), which would make more sense to give him more reps to work on it.
Still have to re-watch, but live his mechanics were awful,seemed like his upper and lower body were all out of sync. He also seemed like he was pushing the ball on release too.
Yeah well, that was what cost us last year, did great against the Rutgers types and lousy against quality D. Speight had little time to throw and guys didn't get open, but that pick 6 at the 5 on 2nd down reeked of Ohio last year
Peters at least has the unknown potential
How did the CBs look? And the OL?
Secondary looked very well considering the concern there, but OL did not look great against what i suspect will be one of the top DLs in the country (which will be rotated a lot more than the OL)
Nonetheless, enough holes that there were a few breakout runs, and a few downfield completions. It looked like overall, a team that can compete for a title again, provided we don't have Ohio refs
Isaac needs 5+ carries per game.