Day One ... Different By Ken Berger Certainly you are all wondering what Day One of Eric Mangini's training camp looked like compared to Day One under Herm Edwards. If you really want to know that, let me suggest reading Phil Silva's blog. Phil Silva is No. 4, a 6-3, 220-pound undrafted rookie free agent receiver from Rowan University. He was planted into the FieldTurf with the loudest thud heard on these practice fields in years by linebacker Victor Hobson in something called a tackling drill ... something that hasn't been seen here for a long time. Welcome to Camp Mangini, Phil Silva and the rest of the 2006 Jets. It's not going to be easy. Though Mangini only has seven days with double sessions scheduled, he clearly is going to get the most out of them. The first practice of camp, scheduled to run from 8:45-10:45 a.m., ran 25 minutes over in scorching heat. The team was in full pads from the get-go, and there was plenty of contact. This was especially the case in the tackling drill, something that Edwards and many other coaches in the league adamantly oppose due to the injury risk. Ballcarriers and tacklers line up about 30 yards apart and go one-on-one, each duel lasting until the ballcarrier is tackled or slips away from the defender. Hobson laid by far the best hit of the day on Silva, drawing oooohs from his teammates and the crowd. The rest of the workout was pretty standard stuff, but the players commented on the intensity level and fast pace. Some quick observations to satisfy your appetites: * Chad Pennington completed a 64-yard TD pass to Jerricho Cotchery on a go route, the ball traveling about 40 yards in the air. Other than that, Pennington looked mediocre in practice, having two of his first three passes intercepted and struggling with his zip and accuracy. * Patrick Ramsey looked sharp, and Kellen Clemens continued to display the stongest arm in camp despite being the fourth quarterback in the rotation. * Derrick Blaylock got most of the work at tailback in Curtis Martin's absence. * Mangini revealed that Martin and C Trey Teague are on the physically unable to perform list due to injuries and that Justin McCareins and Rayshun Reed are listed because they didn't pass the conditioning test. Mangini made no mention of the foot injury that slowed McCareins in minicamp, so it's unclear what's going on with him. * Laveranues Coles came up limping after the first play of 11-on-11s, favoring his right leg and unable to put weight on it after he slipped coming out of his break on a comeback route resulting in Pennington's first interception (by Kerry Rhodes). Coles later returned to practice. * Trevor Johnson worked with the starting defense ahead of Bryan Thomas at weak outside linebacker. Back with more nuggets following the afternoon practice at 5:30. http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/blog/2006/07/day_one_different.html
I agree with all of it.... except from what I saw, I thought Houston got more, considerbly more work than Blaylock did.... but I could be mistaken.... I was also keeping tabs on what O linemen were playing where. On the other hand, the reporter only has one seyt of eyes too! One person can only see so much, and I'd guess that the beat reporters would be more focused on the skill positions than I might have been. that's why I like to get at least 5 sessions under my belt before I say too awful much and run the risk of bad reporting. That Hobson hit was indeed the biggest of the day. I didn't catch who got the worst end of it... now I know. In the 11 on 11's, I think it was Pouha who had the biggest bell ringer, but again, couldn't see who the recipient was.
noone said pennington made a 64 yard TD pass to cotchery! :rofl: thats great. I know it traveled in the air for 40 yards but that is still very good.
Big Uglies .... I was also keeping tabs on what O linemen were playing where. On the other hand, the reporter only has one set of eyes too! One person can only see so much, and I'd guess that the beat reporters would be more focused on the skill positions than I might have been. that's why I like to get at least 5 sessions under my belt before I say too awful much and run the risk of bad reporting. .. So let's hear about the big uglies. We got some new talent in the draft & free agency. Tell me about those big dogs!
This doesn't sound to good. I'm glad that ramsey is and clemens are looking sharp, and not surprised at all by chad, but there are too many players hurt. I hope coles is alright.
Ben was there.... in fact, he's the only Punter in camp! That in itself is unusual. They will usually bring in some camp fodder just so the don't over work the starter. The morning practice didn't feature any team special teams action, so not much to talk about regarding out Thunder from Down under! In my camp report, I talked about what O linemen were lining up where.... much more rotation than Edwards ever used. I'll be hanging with Kurt and 227 on Tuesday, and Kurt is the lineman expert around here.
