3rdand12 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Dear Astrobot, I was showing a young fellow at work the website here today. He asked how the team was doing in camp and told me some things he had read. so i said hang on . Then i referred to your reports posted here, you have so kindly provided to us thankful patrons.Honestly and sincerely, thank you : ) I told him. this is where you need to go> Astro and folks who attend camp report up without agenda and a full attention span in place are the folks to follow and trust.we are quite lucky to have you dear Sir. Do not forget my offer. i am going over tomorrow to see if i can pull the stunt off. ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1105 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I was at today's practice and I thought Cassel had the best day. He went through his progressions and had nice touch on the short and intermediate routes(which this offense needs to convert. Nothing spectacular but looked like he was the veteran who knew when to take chances and when not to. I thought Tyrod looked average today. He was inaccurate at times but also hits big plays. He threw a post route to Goodwin right in stride for a 50 yard TD. It was the play of the day by far. Not sure if it would have gotten off in a game situation as a couple of defenders closed in on him. Onto EJ. I thought he was the worst of the 3 today. He had a fumble in the zone read installation. He makes the right reads but his inconsistencies kill him. He drove a 25 yard post right into the back of the end zone to Sammy Watkins with Ronald Darby draped all over him. The very next play they ran a play action bootleg and Bryce Brown was wide open four yards down the field. He overthrew Brown by 3 yards. It literally was shake your head worthy. Like how could this guy go from drilling a pinpoint pass to not being able to hit the broadside of a barn. Unfortunately this has not improved ever since his FSU days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Jabber Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Thank you again Astro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Astro. Are you going to the scrimmage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixxxer Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Great report as usual Astro, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Thanks a lot, Astro. I loved hearing what you had to say about the O-Line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddenboy Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 If he returns to the form he was in a couple years ago they better find a way to resign him I thought we agreed on this board Months ago that "resign" and "re-sign" are 2 different things. If a guy wants to quit his job, he can resign. But no one else can resign him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 It's 72 degrees here at St. John Fisher, with cirrus clouds. First Take, with Skip Bayless and Stephen A Peterson (who thinks Kyle Orton is our QB; I'm sure he's heard about it on Twitter by now). EJ and Tyrod are playing catch. Matt Cassel was talking to QB coach on the way in. I got a salute from Karlos Williams on his way in. I've been a big fan since his Seminole days, and I ranked him 4th among all RBs in the draft as early as October of last year on the DraftTek positional rankings (Gurley, Gordon, Coleman were 1-2-3). I see BJ Larsen, John Conner, and Chris Manhertz on the sidelines. Manhertz will later catch his first pass as an NFLer; he's the Canisius grad who's 6-6. He'll make the practice squad, I think. It's a sparse crowd when they are doing calisthenics, but it fills to over 90% full by the first real action. Right after cal, they do KR, with Goodwin-Thigpen your best bets, with Darby and Harvin back there. Karlos Williams makes major points with Danny Crossman by recovering a "muffed" kick. I think it was a setup to see what the KR team would do, and Karlos fell on it in textbook style. Most of my evaluation today centers on (duh) the QBs. They did some read-option work today, draws, handoffs, "climbing the ladder" into the pocket, sideline throws, accuracy. The best throw in the first session was Tyrod, who was with the 2's. EJ had the most applause in the second session but Cassel had the best accuracy in the 3rd session. Manuel was most accurate in the 4th session but Tyrod had the most potential TDs. Tyrod had the most accurate passes in the 5th and 6th sessions. In 7 on 7 EJ came up big on accuracy but all had potential big plays (Cassel to Mulligan, EJ to Deonte Thompson, and Tyrod to FredEx. Simms did not see Hogan on his series who was wide open for the TD, opting to go for the short pass. In the next session, Tyrod and Simms were more accurate than EJ or Cassel. Tyrod and Cassel were most accurate in the final two sessions. Shaking it out statistically for the Big Three on a percentage completed basis (vs air, in 7 on 7 and 11 on 11), I got: Matt Cassel---91% ----43 completions, 1 too far or high, 2 behind or low, 1 flat-out miss, 6 big plays (20+ yds or TD) including a sweet threader to KArlos and one off a helmet to Dez. Tyrod Taylor---83%---33 completions, 5 too far or high, 1 behind or low, 1 flat-out miss, 11 big plays (20+ yds or TD) EJ Manuel---78%---38 completions, 4 too far or high, 2 behind or low, 5 flat-out miss, 2 big plays (20+ yds or TD), 1 fumble, 1 INT Comments: 1. Take the above with a grain of salt. They were installing a read-option which inflates statistics. 2. Mulligan, blocking TE, caught a few today. He was with the 1's at one point. 3. Cyril had time in there. 4. FredEx looks like he's full speed and uses his smarts setting up blocks whereas Karlos is 1-cut then punish the tackler. 5. Carrington knocked down an EJ pass. Hasn't lost that ability. 6. John Miller pulls quickly, reaching full speed rapidly and delivering hits on LBs or Safeties at 2nd level. 7. Incognito had the slobberknocker award for a block springing FredEx. 8. Clay's first catch as a Bill in practice was a likely TD. 9. Cassel seems to be the only one noticeably going through progressions. 10. John Conner FB is still walking gingerly. 11. AJ Tarpley broke up a sure TD to gragg thrown by Tyrod, which would have been 12 big plays for Tyrod. 12. Gay was hitting field goals today left and right. Hmmmm. most important line. I want Simms to shine. Step up and be the man got nothing else to lose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY315 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I thought we agreed on this board Months ago that "resign" and "re-sign" are 2 different things. If a guy wants to quit his job, he can resign. But no one else can resign him. I didn't agree to any of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitewalkerInPhilly Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) I didn't agree to any of this No, the English language did it for you. Not to come down too hard on you, as I do it as well some times, but that is the correct difference. Edited August 6, 2015 by WhitewalkerInPhilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY315 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) No, the English language did it for you. Not to come down too hard on you, as I do it as well some times, but that is the correct difference. Eye was joking. Edited August 6, 2015 by CNY315 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 4. FredEx looks like he's full speed and uses his smarts setting up blocks whereas Karlos is 1-cut then punish the tackler. Thank you 'stro!!! I'm curious whether you or any other camp observers think he's been working on his pad level? Is he learning to run with some lean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsxfirefighter Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I thought we agreed on this board Months ago that "resign" and "re-sign" are 2 different things. If a guy wants to quit his job, he can resign. But no one else can resign him. When i switched sectors in my company, my former sector boss tried for resign me.......but i refused to sign paperwork to the effect saying that i wasnt resigning, i was transferring.. So people do try to resign you.. :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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