CHESTNUT HILL - Miserable day outside early this morning but another good one inside Fish for the Eagles.
Crispness and efficient nature of practice is (expectedly) NFL training camp-like. Bill O'Brien has rarely (can honestly count on one hand) had to scream at his team to lock in or anything like that.
Just shells and about an hour and a half today. With limited practices in pads and Saturdays usually reserved for some legitimate run, only two more of those opportunities remain (with probably one more thrown in Tuesday or Thursday next week). Giving the guys a bit of a breather here while still getting plenty of work done makes sense.
Everything from Day 11 and some thoughts on where things might stand heading into the final four practices...
-Good amount of recruits on hand again lining the sideline. Didn't see any big names or faces. I expect Saturday to be absolutely jammed again.
-Early 2-on-2 and 3-on-3 route concept work. Didn't chart any of them because I believe specific targets were being looked for just to run through the play. Either way, no dropped balls at least.
-7-on-7...
Lonergan: Quick over the middle to Franklin, swing for Turbo, back-to-back incompletions
James: Incompletion to Zamor over the middle (intermediate, high/behind), swing for Broome, incomplete deep for McLaughlin, great ball to the left sideline for Wilkins with tight coverage.
Reisig: Crosser to Ferrucci, swing for Ferrucci, crosser to Kaelan Chudzinski, quick out to McDonald
Lonergan: Phenomenal back shoulder deep ball for Bond with Bond adjusting nicely, comeback to Lockwood, sideline completion to Skeete, quick comeback for Bond.
James: PBU by Omarion Davis on the left sideline against Brady Clough, incomplete deep-ish over the middle for Zamor, scramble left and completion to Broome on the sideline, quick completion again to Broome.
Reisig: No play (no one open, blown dead), underneath completion to Nedrick Boldin Jr., out to Chudzinski, quick completion to Boldin Jr.
-Punt work for a bit. As I said in the forum , it's tough to really know what the team is working on any given time one of the punters is kicking because the ball often hits the roof. There's times where it doesn't when working on directional punting, but I'm no special teams expert. I'm not really sure who's doing it best with little to no return game involved. If I had to guess, it feels like Quinn is going to be the guy and kicks the best, but what the hell do I know about punting? I do know he hasn't kicked a competitive field foal. More on that shortly...
-Team period, full drive for each QB coming out of their own end zone...
James: Deep bomb down the right sideline to Bond, an absolute drop-in-the-bucket dime, missed the next play sneezing (seriously), quick out (couldn't see to who), dump off to Jordan McDonald, deep incompletion to Harris, (ball moved to the 50), run stuff outside for Jayzen Flint, (ball moved inside the 5), TD pass to Harris in the left side of the end zone (wide ass open), great play design).
Lonergan: Deep-ish shot over the middle to Skeete, (ball reset back inside BC territory), run stuff, comeback for Zamor, nice cut and run by Broome, would-be big catch and run for Zamor on a quick throw (whistle blown), deep shot down ...
