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Trent Edwards declared he was down under 210 pounds at the end of last season, but is now back over 220. He had just a couple botched snaps. One was his fault, the other the center's. Edwards stood in the pocket well, but on one play he tried to dump it off and DT John McCargo swatted it down with authority. Trent stayed after practice upon rookie WR James Hardy's request to try and build up their red-zone chemistry. It was just informal and not at full speed, but encouraging none the less.
One player that really impressed me today was 7th round selection Steve Johnson out of Kentucky. He made several nice catches, and made a diving catch in the corner of the end zone on a throw from Gibran Hamdan. Johnson looked fluent catching the ball, and whenever he was on the field I always watched his progressions. There's some talent and potential there.
WR Scott Mayle on the other-hand is having a rough go. From talking to WGR's Paul Hamilton, he mentioned how drops were his biggest problem, and they definitely continued on today.
QB J.P. Losman followed a terrible play of underthrowing Mayle by about 5 yards which made Turk Schonert exclaim, "C'mon J.P., gotta make those throws with the wind behind you," with probably the best play of the afternoon. TE Courtney Anderson ran a post down the middle with LB John DiGiorgio draped in front of him. J.P. fired a dart right past DiGiorgio's ear and Anderson scooped it in.
Other quick hitter notes:
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S John Wendling had a great practice, robbing TE Derek Schouman of a highlight catch with a last minute strip of the ball.
CB Terrence McGee took a tipped pass for an impressive interception.
Iowa State alumni Alvin Bowen and Jon Banks each took turns on the 1st team with the absences of Crowell and Mitchell.
A Derek combo on the 1st offensive unit. Both Derek Fine and Derek Schouman worked with Trent Edwards and the bunch.
And finally, Fred Jackson is looking great out there
Trent Edwards declared he was down under 210 pounds at the end of last season, but is now back over 220. He had just a couple botched snaps. One was his fault, the other the center's. Edwards stood in the pocket well, but on one play he tried to dump it off and DT John McCargo swatted it down with authority. Trent stayed after practice upon rookie WR James Hardy's request to try and build up their red-zone chemistry. It was just informal and not at full speed, but encouraging none the less.
One player that really impressed me today was 7th round selection Steve Johnson out of Kentucky. He made several nice catches, and made a diving catch in the corner of the end zone on a throw from Gibran Hamdan. Johnson looked fluent catching the ball, and whenever he was on the field I always watched his progressions. There's some talent and potential there.
WR Scott Mayle on the other-hand is having a rough go. From talking to WGR's Paul Hamilton, he mentioned how drops were his biggest problem, and they definitely continued on today.
QB J.P. Losman followed a terrible play of underthrowing Mayle by about 5 yards which made Turk Schonert exclaim, "C'mon J.P., gotta make those throws with the wind behind you," with probably the best play of the afternoon. TE Courtney Anderson ran a post down the middle with LB John DiGiorgio draped in front of him. J.P. fired a dart right past DiGiorgio's ear and Anderson scooped it in.
Other quick hitter notes:
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S John Wendling had a great practice, robbing TE Derek Schouman of a highlight catch with a last minute strip of the ball.
CB Terrence McGee took a tipped pass for an impressive interception.
Iowa State alumni Alvin Bowen and Jon Banks each took turns on the 1st team with the absences of Crowell and Mitchell.
A Derek combo on the 1st offensive unit. Both Derek Fine and Derek Schouman worked with Trent Edwards and the bunch.
And finally, Fred Jackson is looking great out there
I took out some of the stuff we read already in the bb.com report.
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