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2024 Inside the Huddle/Open Practice (8/10/24 @Pratt & Whitney Stadium)

Just returned home. Either we have Alabama level defense, or we are in for a long year on offense. McDonald was flat out awful. Evers was not much better. Also looked like he hurt his ankle and his wrist. How do you get hurt when you are no contact for the QB’s? Fagnano was solid. Not bad. Not great. But solid. Welliver was the best QB out there today. Defense looked great. Hopefully that is why the offense was so bad…
 
Marbles90 said:
Just returned home. Either we have Alabama level defense, or we are in for a long year on offense. McDonald was flat out awful. Evers was not much better. Also looked like he hurt his ankle and his wrist. How do you get hurt when you are no contact for the QB’s? Fagnano was solid. Not bad. Not great. But solid. Welliver was the best QB out there today. Defense looked great. Hopefully that is why the offense was so bad…
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Defense always looks better in scrimmages. They run vanilla plays and defense is ready.

Don’t agree they were awful. The offense moved the ball when Fagnano and Welliver were out there although Fagnano didn’t play well his last couple drives.

Welliver looked really really good. Made great decisions, has a rocket arm, had a few nice touch passes and his passes are accurate. And no really bad throws on the day. He just looks confident and has a presence. And had 3 TDs!! By far the best QB today!
 
Waquoit said:
Looked like he hurt the wrist on a running play. You could see him trying to shake it off like a batter taking one off the hand.
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A little late in the preparation cycle for a new QB to get sidelined. At least we have an experienced backup and a guy who did swelliver. Glad to hear the D is improved. I'll go with that take.
 
The first team defense was head and shoulders better than the first team offense. Evers got dinged up and was limping within the second or third drive he was out there. Welliver and Durell Robinson were the best two offensive performers (in my opinion) but they were both going against the 2nds the whole way. I would've liked to see them play against the first team defense to get a better read. During the individual drills Evers and Welliver looked to have the best tools (McDonald looked like he could move but his arm was clearly 4th of the 4 top guys). Jackson Harper got a lot of run with the 1s.

Kicking felt like its going to be a problem, multiple kickoffs out of bounds and two missed field goals.


By my recollection the guys running the first offense at the skills positions were:
QB: Evers & Fagano
RB: Edwards & Rosa
TE: Chirchi & Hansen
WR: Bell, Harper & Anderson
 
Jimdish255 said:
A little late in the preparation cycle for a new QB to get sidelined. At least we have an experienced backup and a guy who did swelliver. Glad to hear the D is improved. I'll go with that take.
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And I thought the guys catching the ball showed some good hands.
 
Waquoit said:
Looked like he hurt the wrist on a running play. You could see him trying to shake it off like a batter taking one off the hand.
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Yes. A running play where the QB is wearing a red shirt and isn’t touched. That’s a bit concerning...
 
Huskydog45 said:
Defense always looks better in scrimmages. They run vanilla plays and defense is ready.

Don’t agree they were awful. The offense moved the ball when Fagnano and Welliver were out there although Fagnano didn’t play well his last couple drives.

Welliver looked really really good. Made great decisions, has a rocket arm, had a few nice touch passes and his passes are accurate. And no really bad throws on the day. He just looks confident and has a presence. And had 3 TDs!! By far the best QB today!
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Agreed. I said McDonald and Evers were awful. Fagnano was ok and Welliver was good. Evers was missing guys big time. His last possession, he over threw his guy by about 20 feet and the pass was intercepted by the safety. As for the defense, you may be right but the D played with tons of energy, got to spots/ball and tackled well. They “looked” good regardless of the results. The offense looked flat.

Just one guy’s opinion who was there…
 
McDonald looked great throwing the ball during route drills, but he was easily rattled during the scrimmage. He is also a red shirt freshman, so not like the sky is falling.

Evers had a terrible day, but he may be worn out and was definitely a little hobbled.
 
There's no question that Welliver looked the best out there today. Granted, it was against the 2nd string defense, but the talent is clearly there and he looked incredibly comfortable. Evers looked mobile (at least until he hurt his ankle) and has a strong arm but made some really poor decisions and then didn't play half the scrimmage after he got hurt. Fagnano was fine, most of his yardage came from screens and flats. Some good throws and some really poor throws, but I will say he doesn't make many poor decisions. Very safe. McDonald had a rough day, throwing 3 bad INTs and would have taken multiple sacks.

As others mentioned the defense looked good...whether that means the defense is actually good, or a combination of the vanilla play calling during the scrimmage and a lackluster offense overall, remains to be seen. The defensive line bottled up the run game, and I'm cautiously optimistic about the 3-3-5. Pass defense looked better and made at least 5 INTs (often caused by a good pass rush). Defense played with lots of energy and tackled well, which was encouraging.
 
Marbles90 said:
Yes. A running play where the QB is wearing a red shirt and isn’t touched. That’s a bit concerning...
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I couldn't tell but I assumed he smacked it on a helmet. Seemed flukey.
 
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