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I wasn't there personally but I had some people who were(with recruits) and they relayed to me what they saw from the scrimmage.
Some notes I gathered -
Kaaya looked very good. Rosier didn't play too well.
Walton ran the most with 1st team, then Yearby after him. Staff loves both of their abilities to make plays in the passing game as well. Gus came in on a lot of 3rd and short and goaline situations.
Coley looks stronger and it's helping him. He was dominant. Cager looked good as well. They're two best at WR. We need more speed at WR, outside of Coley, not much. Berrios looked solid.
Njoku was Njoku. Dobard looks to be in better shape and it's helping him.
OL still has work to do.
Norton is our best Dtackle by far.
They're rotating a lot of guys next to Norton at DT.
Willis was very disruptive although he rotated with the others.
AQM was disruptive despite not showing on stat sheet.
AQM has been in Chads ear a lot this spring. Chad has untapped potential and AQM and Kool driving it into his ear to step up. Chad stepped up to the task during the scrimmage.
Grace has stood out at all spring at LB but even more notable is the three freshman LBs who came in. McCloud has been working behind Grace at SLB and has done well but is still nursing a shoulder injury. While Shaq has been working for quite a few practices already at 1st team MLB and has really impressed the coaches already. Pinckney has been rotating with Juwon Young at 1st team WLB and from what I was told and the word going around, Pinckney is making a strong case to be the starter there as well. They like what they see from Pinckney in coverage as well. Juwon did good as well but Pinckney stood out Saturday, even getting some recognition from recruits.
Surely things will get interesting once Darrion Owens gets back but the three amigos at LB who came in are already making a statement early on. Expect a lot of early play time for them.
I was told from a family source close to Shaq "Shaq is excited, he said they will have to take the MLB job from him now because he's not going to give it up!"
Corn did very well and is continuing to be the leader at corner. Him & Stacy were really going at it.
Redwine & Jackson are making strides but still work to be done. Although some catches were made, Redwine did well. Henley needs work.
Jaquan Johnson is starting to turn up the heat. He has been working with the first team at safety as well as some Nickel packages. He was all over the field during the scrimmage. Miami is looking to maximize his ability by using him in multiple spots this year.
Jamal Carter is benefitting from this scheme as it suits his play style. He played well yesterday.
Some texts that were sent to me of plays that happened yesterday -
"
Yearby fumbled and Defense ran it back for TD already. (Shaq with the forced fumble, Grace ran it back)
Walton is havin nice runs already
Lot of trash talk going on!
Coley just caught a bomb with Redwine blanketing him
Yearby with a 30 yard run.
3rd pass knocked down by DLine. Defense very aggressive early on.
Malcolm Lewis with nice catch.
Walton with 1 hand catch. He's been running a lot with the first team.
Walton had his head almost ripped off Facemask
Norton just body slammed Walton. Coach Kool getting very fired up!
Gus coming in on a lot of goaline and 3rd and short.
Cager with 1 hand TD grab.
Braxton with nice toe tap grab.
DLine as a whole was really aggressive! OL needs to pick it up! Kaaya being Kaaya nothing lost in performance w/ new HC! Coley looks Big and catching w/ hands...him and Cager good 1-2 punch! Walton and Yearby when OL helps looked good! LBs playing Up field making QB or RB react instead of LBs reacting!! Even though balls were caught Redwine seemed to be all in the WRs azzes, Elder playing well, too!"
Some notes I gathered -
Kaaya looked very good. Rosier didn't play too well.
Walton ran the most with 1st team, then Yearby after him. Staff loves both of their abilities to make plays in the passing game as well. Gus came in on a lot of 3rd and short and goaline situations.
Coley looks stronger and it's helping him. He was dominant. Cager looked good as well. They're two best at WR. We need more speed at WR, outside of Coley, not much. Berrios looked solid.
Njoku was Njoku. Dobard looks to be in better shape and it's helping him.
OL still has work to do.
Norton is our best Dtackle by far.
They're rotating a lot of guys next to Norton at DT.
Willis was very disruptive although he rotated with the others.
AQM was disruptive despite not showing on stat sheet.
AQM has been in Chads ear a lot this spring. Chad has untapped potential and AQM and Kool driving it into his ear to step up. Chad stepped up to the task during the scrimmage.
Grace has stood out at all spring at LB but even more notable is the three freshman LBs who came in. McCloud has been working behind Grace at SLB and has done well but is still nursing a shoulder injury. While Shaq has been working for quite a few practices already at 1st team MLB and has really impressed the coaches already. Pinckney has been rotating with Juwon Young at 1st team WLB and from what I was told and the word going around, Pinckney is making a strong case to be the starter there as well. They like what they see from Pinckney in coverage as well. Juwon did good as well but Pinckney stood out Saturday, even getting some recognition from recruits.
Surely things will get interesting once Darrion Owens gets back but the three amigos at LB who came in are already making a statement early on. Expect a lot of early play time for them.
I was told from a family source close to Shaq "Shaq is excited, he said they will have to take the MLB job from him now because he's not going to give it up!"
Corn did very well and is continuing to be the leader at corner. Him & Stacy were really going at it.
Redwine & Jackson are making strides but still work to be done. Although some catches were made, Redwine did well. Henley needs work.
Jaquan Johnson is starting to turn up the heat. He has been working with the first team at safety as well as some Nickel packages. He was all over the field during the scrimmage. Miami is looking to maximize his ability by using him in multiple spots this year.
Jamal Carter is benefitting from this scheme as it suits his play style. He played well yesterday.
Some texts that were sent to me of plays that happened yesterday -
"
Yearby fumbled and Defense ran it back for TD already. (Shaq with the forced fumble, Grace ran it back)
Walton is havin nice runs already
Lot of trash talk going on!
Coley just caught a bomb with Redwine blanketing him
Yearby with a 30 yard run.
3rd pass knocked down by DLine. Defense very aggressive early on.
Malcolm Lewis with nice catch.
Walton with 1 hand catch. He's been running a lot with the first team.
Walton had his head almost ripped off Facemask
Norton just body slammed Walton. Coach Kool getting very fired up!
Gus coming in on a lot of goaline and 3rd and short.
Cager with 1 hand TD grab.
Braxton with nice toe tap grab.
DLine as a whole was really aggressive! OL needs to pick it up! Kaaya being Kaaya nothing lost in performance w/ new HC! Coley looks Big and catching w/ hands...him and Cager good 1-2 punch! Walton and Yearby when OL helps looked good! LBs playing Up field making QB or RB react instead of LBs reacting!! Even though balls were caught Redwine seemed to be all in the WRs azzes, Elder playing well, too!"
