PK wrote:For thems that were worried, looks like Phillips has some good mechanics back in his passing motion...no sidearm passes, all over the top of his shoulder. Had a nice soft touch on that long pass for a touchdown.
Were we watching the same game? The long TD pass to Hawkins was beautiful -- that's true -- but he still sidearmed a bunch of passes. Of course, I can't complain too much, because he completed a lot of them. Considering the wind, the quarterbacks all threw pretty well. Remember how lost they looked last spring? They've come miles -- they were pretty impressive.
Others who impressed:
The running backs - Dorsey didn't carry the ball as much as I thought he would. Massey, Henderson, Martin and especially Fred Turner ran well.
Brandon Bonds - he's a shadow of his former self. I believe Coach Faucette's comments about BB losing 25 pounds. He looked a lot quicker.
Ryan Kennedy - he didn't get many balls thrown his way, but he looks impossible to tackle.
Tony Hawkins - what did he have, 6 or 8 catches? He pushed off a little on the TD catch, but hey, that move got Michael Irvin to the Pro Bowl a few times. Rey Pellerin also looked good.
Randall Goode - looked fast, and tackled well.
Johnnie Fitzgerald - when did he move to CB? He looked pretty good out there. For the position, he's got great size and strength, and very good speed.
The defensive ends - Kyle Griffin, Troy Therien and Jamar Bey all looked decent, which was impressive considering it looked like the coaches didn't call a single blitz all day. They got to the QB a lot (of course, in the "don't kill the QB" spirit of spring ball, whistles were blown quickly when someone got a hand on them. And it should be noted that while the QBs completed a good percentage of their passes, they also weren't being hit.)
Darrin Johnson sat out. I think he rolled his ankle again in practice last week.
Was Paulius Ritter there? I didn't see him.
Who was the tight end wearing #44 who laid out for a pass in the last minute or two (but didn't catch it)? I thought maybe that was Ritter, since the only #44 on the roster was Clayton Cox.