g-dawg Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Jags Blogger on Falcons/Jags practiceJaguars and Falcons Practice Observations by Alfie Crow on Aug 18, 2011 8:01 AM EDT in Jacksonville Jaguars Camp RecapsLast night the Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons held a joint practice down at the Florida Blue practice fields. It was very interesting to see how practice played out with teams not going against players they're used to seeing everyday and it made for a more competitive and intense practice. One big observation that jumped out to me, was how good the Atlanta Falcons are. Not just on their front lines, either. They're deep.You could tell from watching the two, there is a clear cut gap between the Falcons and the Jaguars. In virtually every area sans maybe runningback and tight end, the Falcons are markedly better. I set out to watch a few specific things in the practice on my way to the field, but because of how practice flowed it was tough to catch everything. The teams ran the same drills on two fields at once. The Jaguars offensive unit was on the field closest to the bleachers while the Jaguars defensive unit was on the middle field. Due to this, it made it difficult to really single out defensive players, so my overall observations are going to be offensively focused. Here are a couple of quick defensive observations, though: •Rashean Mathis is poised for a good season. He had Roddy White blanketed in coverage on one play, then on the very next play swatted a ball away from rookie Julio Jones. •Austen Lane was handled by tackle Tyson Clabo. It wasn't just Lane however, as the majority of the Jaguars defensive line was handled by the Falcons offensive line. Only Jeremy Mincey seemed to be able to get some pressure and Matt Roth chased Matt Ryan out of the pocket once. •Courtney Greene made a nice interception off a Matt Ryan ball tipped by a Jaguars defender, but I'm not sure who tipped the ball in the air. •Matt Ryan and the other Falcons quarterbacks typically had a clean pocket to work with. •Julio Jones is good. Now, the Jaguars offense was easy to follow since it was right in front of us. •David Garrard had two very nice touchdown throws in 11x11 drills. In one redzone drill, he rifled a ball to Jason Hill on a slant for a touchdown. On the opposite side of the field, Garrard put a nice fade pass to the corner of the endzone for a leaping touchdown. Garrard also had some misfires too, often checking down to his backs and tight ends. Overall though, he had a solid practice and it didn't look like his back was bothering him. Well, aside from the fact that trainers were constantly tending to it between drills. Garrard didn't do the final two-minute drill at all, I assume because of the risk of contact and his back issue. •Right tackles Guy Whimper and Daniel Baldridge were beaten silly in pass rushing drills. On more than one occasion, they didn't even get a hand on their guy. Kroy Biermann whipped each easily on multiple occasions. Get well soon, Eben. •Eugene Monroe had a solid night. He was beaten by Ray Edwards easily in one drill, but for the most part held his own against Edwards and John Abraham. •Blaine Gabbert had a nice night as well, concluding practice running the two-minute drill with the first unit. In redzone drills, Gabbert rifled a ball between defenders to runningback Richard Murphy for what should have been a touchdown, but Murphy dropped the ball. On another 11x11 drill, Gabbert was nearly picked by a Falcons defender, not quite putting enough arch on his pass. •Tiquan Underwood had a nice practice, I can't recall him dropping a pass. Undrafted rookie Jamar Newsome however, had a rough night. He was able to get open on multiple plays, but just couldn't seem to haul in the passes. •Cecil Shorts continues to shine, and in my opinion has been the best receiver throughout training camp... including Mike Thomas. Barring injury, I think Shorts has the slot receiver position on lockdown.It will be fun to watch the game on Friday. David Garrard is slated to start the game, as expected. How long he will play is what will be interesting. If he's getting hit, I feel the leash will be short as to not risk aggrevation of his back. Gabbert is expected to come in mid-second quarter, with Luke McCown finishing off the game in the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chitowndirtybird Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Jaguars and Falcons Practice Observations by Alfie Crow on Aug 18, 2011 8:01 AM EDT in Jacksonville Jaguars Camp RecapsLast night the Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons held a joint practice down at the Florida Blue practice fields. It was very interesting to see how practice played out with teams not going against players they're used to seeing everyday and it made for a more competitive and intense practice. One big observation that jumped out to me, was how good the Atlanta Falcons are. Not just on their front lines, either. They're deep.You could tell from watching the two, there is a clear cut gap between the Falcons and the Jaguars. In virtually every area sans maybe runningback and tight end, the Falcons are markedly better.I set out to watch a few specific things in the practice on my way to the field, but because of how practice flowed it was tough to catch everything. The teams ran the same drills on two fields at once. The Jaguars offensive unit was on the field closest to the bleachers while the Jaguars defensive unit was on the middle field. Due to this, it made it difficult to really single out defensive players, so my overall observations are going to be offensively focused. Here are a couple of quick defensive observations, though: •Rashean Mathis is poised for a good season. He had Roddy White blanketed in coverage on one play, then on the very next play swatted a ball away from rookie Julio Jones. •Austen Lane was handled by tackle Tyson Clabo. It wasn't just Lane however, as the majority of the Jaguars defensive line was handled by the Falcons offensive line. Only Jeremy Mincey seemed to be able to get some pressure and Matt Roth chased Matt Ryan out of the pocket once. •Courtney Greene made a nice interception off a Matt Ryan ball tipped by a Jaguars defender, but I'm not sure who tipped the ball in the air. •Matt Ryan and the other Falcons quarterbacks typically had a clean pocket to work with. •Julio Jones is good.Now, the Jaguars offense was easy to follow since it was right in front of us. •David Garrard had two very nice touchdown throws in 11x11 drills. In one redzone drill, he rifled a ball to Jason Hill on a slant for a touchdown. On the opposite side of the field, Garrard put a nice fade pass to the corner of the endzone for a leaping touchdown. Garrard also had some misfires too, often checking down to his backs and tight ends. Overall though, he had a solid practice and it didn't look like his back was bothering him. Well, aside from the fact that trainers were constantly tending to it between drills. Garrard didn't do the final two-minute drill at all, I assume because of the risk of contact and his back issue. •Right tackles Guy Whimper and Daniel Baldridge were beaten silly in pass rushing drills. On more than one occasion, they didn't even get a hand on their guy. Kroy Biermann whipped each easily on multiple occasions. Get well soon, Eben. •Eugene Monroe had a solid night. He was beaten by Ray Edwards easily in one drill, but for the most part held his own against Edwards and John Abraham. •Blaine Gabbert had a nice night as well, concluding practice running the two-minute drill with the first unit. In redzone drills, Gabbert rifled a ball between defenders to runningback Richard Murphy for what should have been a touchdown, but Murphy dropped the ball. On another 11x11 drill, Gabbert was nearly picked by a Falcons defender, not quite putting enough arch on his pass. •Tiquan Underwood had a nice practice, I can't recall him dropping a pass. Undrafted rookie Jamar Newsome however, had a rough night. He was able to get open on multiple plays, but just couldn't seem to haul in the passes. •Cecil Shorts continues to shine, and in my opinion has been the best receiver throughout training camp... including Mike Thomas. Barring injury, I think Shorts has the slot receiver position on lockdown.It will be fun to watch the game on Friday. David Garrard is slated to start the game, as expected. How long he will play is what will be interesting. If he's getting hit, I feel the leash will be short as to not risk aggrevation of his back. Gabbert is expected to come in mid-second quarter, with Luke McCown finishing off the game in the second half.Thanks for the post. It's always nice to get an objective view from other team's fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Thanks for the post. It's always nice to get an objective view from other team's fans.your welcome chitown - i thought this guy/author did a nice write-up and you can tell he was being objective as its difficult for a fan to compliment another team and basically say "yeah, they are better than us"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyDmx Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Can the season just start already, longest off season ever.I know. It's like knowing what you're getting for Christmas but, having to wait each agonizing day until it gets here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I think it's also a good indication of how bad the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 I know. It's like knowing what you're getting for Christmas but, having to wait each agonizing day until it gets here.I'm always anxious for season to start mostly because it seems players don't get hurt during the season near as much as they do in training camp. Just praying for no serious injuries in camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Falcons Fan Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Great post. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 I think it's also a good indication of how bad the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to be.Jags are not a bad team. I would say they are "average". Jags offense is not awful and Jags defense is actually decent.I think these practice observations just support what we already knew - Falcons can make mince-meat of average teams. We already knew that though. We need Falcons to beat the upper-echelon teams this year.We need to dominate the average teams instead of just beating them - sounds like that is what the Falcons are doing right now in these practices - positive sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconMama Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I think it's also a good indication of how bad the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to be.lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Jags are not a bad team. I would say they are "average". Jags offense is not awful and Jags defense is actually decent.I think these practice observations just support what we already knew - Falcons can make mince-meat of average teams. We already knew that though. We need Falcons to beat the upper-echelon teams this year.We need to dominate the average teams instead of just beating them - sounds like that is what the Falcons are doing right now in these practices - positive sign.I think the Jaguars are going to be a bad football team. They have two GREAT football players on that team - Jones-Drew and Mercedes Lewis. Other than that......it's a real bad team in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 lolfalconmama, think its time to update your sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 I think the Jaguars are going to be a bad football team. They have two GREAT football players on that team - Jones-Drew and Mercedes Lewis. Other than that......it's a real bad team in my opinion.Tyson Allulu is good DT and emergingRashean Mathis is older CB but still a good playerDavid Garrard is probably about 24th best QB in NFL (not awful)Jags have two young offensive tackles that show promiseI would expect them to be somewhere between 6-10 to 8-8.....they are not as bad as you are making them out to be Peyton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 ok maybe you are right Peyton - Jags suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean0708 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 They almost one the division last year, they aren't THAT bad bud I expect 8-8 plus or minus 1 game for them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jp7833 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 They almost one the division last year, they aren't THAT bad bud I expect 8-8 plus or minus 1 game for them though.They what the division? One? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamee101 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Can the season just start already, longest off season ever.For real! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOCTHEFALCONFAN™ Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Nice post. G dizzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-dawg Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Nice post. G dizzle. thanks Choc-swizzle :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Fantom Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Good stuff. Especially concerning the D and O lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerosmith67 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I think the Jaguars are going to be a bad football team. They have two GREAT football players on that team - Jones-Drew and Mercedes Lewis. Other than that......it's a real bad team in my opinion.Let's hope they're still that bad on 12/15/11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Let's hope they're still that bad on 12/15/11. If the Falcons can't handle that one, it is going to be a rough year. They will though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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russ7000 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 nice post since Rev Hal is gone, we needed someone else to give reviews ur the new man ... sorry Rev <_< <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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