All reports from Saturday’s scrimmage (thanks Mike
S. and
Greg A.) point to the fact that the defense opened up a patented can on
the
Lobo offense so I went to Monday’s practice checking out to see
adjustments and
see if there was a huge difference.
One
of the first things I noticed is that players should no
know where they are going, it should start being second nature instead
of
coaches having to remind them. Here is a “duh” moment, but when that
happens
the Lobos look like a well-oiled unit… I know, I know cliché
police alert…
The
Lobos were in full pads but once again but did not go
100% contact that didn’t stop the defensive backfield from getting in
the way
of passes as Frankie Baca picked off the first 3 int’s I saw today
(Carmen Messina and Frankie Solomon had the others)
Like
I said the defense was good, but the offense was even
better. Donovan Porterie had his best practice this spring in my
opinion he was
on the money throwing deep, intermediate, and short route on Monday.
There was
also a BR Holbrook sighting as #12 came to play on Monday… Emmanuel Yeager is
out there but it is obvious that his week suspension has set him back
in the
rotation as Monday I would rank the QB’s, however, don't think that
there is any choice as of yet as this competition will not end in the
spring but will pick up in the fall...
Porterie
Holbrook
Smith
Gruner
James
Yeager
It
wasn’t only the QB’s that showed up large as earlier this
week, it seemed like Terence Brown had started to put a stranglehold on
a
starting position, now don’t get me wrong “T” is an excellent runner
and is
earning playing time, but James Wright kicked up a special notch on
Monday as
he was displaying runs off tackle and bouncing outside and just turning
on the
jets, I also loved James catching out of the backfield. He really is a
special
back…
Quintell Solomon with an amazing catch!
Obviously
when the QB’s are throwing well there has to be a
receiver or receivers and Monday the receivers came to play. I was
talking to
morning paper writer Greg Archuleta and we were talking about some of
the
players that had stepped up this spring, and we had agreed that
Scarlett was a
known commodity, but both liked the way that Roland Bruno has stepped
up this
spring, Monday was no different as #8 scored a couple in red zone
situations.
There
was some guys that we were both shocked hadn’t started
to take off yet and perhaps their ears were burning as I thought both
Bryant Williams and Ty Kirk really had impressive days… Especially Williams
who was
making the tough catches…
Speaking
of tough catches Chris Hernandez made a diving one
hand grab that had the entire sideline pumped. 2008 Red Menace Fan
Appreciation
Award winner DeAndre Wright was on the sideline as he has been most of
spring,
was jawing it up, turned to me and said, “You get that! That was the
play of
the day right there!” And indeed it was!
Offensive Player of Practice
#7
Bryant Williams
Williams
was solid the entire day and made a couple of
excellent catches in traffic
Defensive Player of Practice
#96
Frankie Solomon
The
guy just lays in wait ready to pounce on any ball in his
area.
505
Pride
#2
Nick Wilhelm (Los Lunas HS, Los Lunas NM)
Nick continue to make impressive plays all spring
long and
he catches… Well just about every thing! Everyday I see a receiver make
a catch
it is Nick W.
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