4/20/19 Practice Notes
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 4:26 pm
While there was some scrimmaging on Saturday, it was less than last week Saturday. The offense worked on some RNS plays that I didn’t see them working on in previous practices this spring. As usual, there was a lot of breaking down of different parts of the plays and working on the reads and route adjustments. They also worked on other parts of the offense that I hadn’t seen this spring.
I tried to check out the defense a bit, mostly personnel and grouping of the DBs. The first secondary group this week was mostly (CB/NB/S/S/CB) Farris, Ford, Hicks, Peterson and Davis. Second group mostly was Francisco, Kaneshiro, Okeke, Dalton, Wilson. Kaneshiro also worked out at S. Green, Kuewa, and Kamana also got reps.
It looked like Laulu, Taala, Hune, Se’ei, Akoteu and Tavai got most of the reps with interior DL positions. I didn’t have a chance to focus on the DEs and LBs.
As has been at all the practices I’ve been too, there were lots of high school players in attendance.
Highlights of the scrimmage periods:
There was less fireworks than last week, in part because the D played better. Also probably because the O was working on plays that have less explosiveness.
McDonald led the O on a 75 yard TD drive capped with a 28 yard TD run by Reed.
Smart made a nice over the shoulder 25 yard TD catch against tight coverage on a perfectly thrown pass from McDonald.
Uahinui took the O on a 75 yard TD drive. He hit Funkkhouse on a sideline pass that Funkhouser turned into about a 40 yard gain. A few plays later Uahinui threw a 35 yard TD pass to Ihu.
Uahinui threw a 15 yard TD pass to Funkhouser.
Cordeiro threw a 25 yard TD to Bryd. This play showed the level of understanding and execution of the O that Cordeiro and Byrd have. Bryd was the first read but was covered. Cordeiro went to the second and third reads but they were covered. Byrd went to a secondary route and got open. Under duress in the pocket Cordeiro found Byrd and got it to him.
Commentary:
I saw a comment on another site that the poster felt Uahinui might have passed Cordeiro. I don't think so. Uahinui did have the best practice that I've seen him have. Coming from a high school offense that didn’t throw much, he had a lot to learn and wasn’t executing efficiently when we went to the RNS last spring. Uahinui has improved a lot since then and will contend for the third spot in summer camp when the three new QBs report. Some of the new QBs appear to have a lot of talent, but they will be challenged to execute the offense as well as Uahinui. It’s my opinion that Cordeiro is firmly the number 2. He executes at a much higher level and has more arm talent than Uahinui.
I tried to check out the defense a bit, mostly personnel and grouping of the DBs. The first secondary group this week was mostly (CB/NB/S/S/CB) Farris, Ford, Hicks, Peterson and Davis. Second group mostly was Francisco, Kaneshiro, Okeke, Dalton, Wilson. Kaneshiro also worked out at S. Green, Kuewa, and Kamana also got reps.
It looked like Laulu, Taala, Hune, Se’ei, Akoteu and Tavai got most of the reps with interior DL positions. I didn’t have a chance to focus on the DEs and LBs.
As has been at all the practices I’ve been too, there were lots of high school players in attendance.
Highlights of the scrimmage periods:
There was less fireworks than last week, in part because the D played better. Also probably because the O was working on plays that have less explosiveness.
McDonald led the O on a 75 yard TD drive capped with a 28 yard TD run by Reed.
Smart made a nice over the shoulder 25 yard TD catch against tight coverage on a perfectly thrown pass from McDonald.
Uahinui took the O on a 75 yard TD drive. He hit Funkkhouse on a sideline pass that Funkhouser turned into about a 40 yard gain. A few plays later Uahinui threw a 35 yard TD pass to Ihu.
Uahinui threw a 15 yard TD pass to Funkhouser.
Cordeiro threw a 25 yard TD to Bryd. This play showed the level of understanding and execution of the O that Cordeiro and Byrd have. Bryd was the first read but was covered. Cordeiro went to the second and third reads but they were covered. Byrd went to a secondary route and got open. Under duress in the pocket Cordeiro found Byrd and got it to him.
Commentary:
I saw a comment on another site that the poster felt Uahinui might have passed Cordeiro. I don't think so. Uahinui did have the best practice that I've seen him have. Coming from a high school offense that didn’t throw much, he had a lot to learn and wasn’t executing efficiently when we went to the RNS last spring. Uahinui has improved a lot since then and will contend for the third spot in summer camp when the three new QBs report. Some of the new QBs appear to have a lot of talent, but they will be challenged to execute the offense as well as Uahinui. It’s my opinion that Cordeiro is firmly the number 2. He executes at a much higher level and has more arm talent than Uahinui.