UKRavenStockers' Senior Bowl Comments Thread

[UKRavenStockers]

For anyone that's interested, if I get enough views I'll post up comments for any practices I see.

Day 2 Practices

North Team

One on one WR on DB drills, North Squad.

Impressed in a drill:

- Josh Wilson - CB - Maryland - Didn't bite on a double move nearly got an INT.
- Aundrae Allison - WR - ECU - Clean routes, excellent double moves, may need to work on his hands.
- Paul Williams - WR - Fresno State - Clean routes, good hands, nice physicality.
- Marcus McCauley - CB - Fresno State - Very good in press coverage.

Unimpressed in a drill:

- Daymeion Hughes - CB - Cal - Didn't jam well, poor speed downfield, average. Decent zone corner but this week was key to show he can play man coverage, but he's not looking too promising on that front right now.

O-Line vs D-line Drills:

Doug Datish got beat by Quinn Pitcock On an inside move.

Levi Brown pushed Anthony Spencer past the 'QB' on the first play but then Spencer was able to move inside and beat an attempted power block by Brown the 2nd team

Adam Carriker showed well in both drills against his OL.

Victor Abiamiri showed OK but I'd have expected more against Marshal Yanda from Iowa.

Dan Mozes got square to his block well 2nd time round and didn't let David Patterson of Ohio State beat him.

Amobi Okoye pulled out his spin move again, this time on Samson Satele, beat him first time round. Today didn't pull the spin move out two straight, used his arms to cut inside and drive past Satele tot he inside, double win for Okoye.

Doug Datish better showing against David Patterson rather than Pitcock, nullified him both times.

Josh Beekman showed some good power and didn't let David Patterson move laterally on him.

Manuel Ramirez of Texas Tech (North?) got into a bad position 1st time against Quinn Pitcock, got beat by his speed. 2nd time Pitcock didn't get past him with his speed and was able to over power him.

Ryan Harris lined up at RT against Anthony Spencer, Spencer took a step outside and cut back in probably got the win.

James Marten beaten earlier on play by Jay Mohr of Nebraska on an earlier play on the right side, nullified the same play on the left side this time.

Dan Mozes showed some real weakness to a power surge from Brandon Mebane of Cal on the first play. Really nice powerful punch by Mebane who has really impressed me both days I've seen him now. 2nd play Mozes was ready for the power surge and got his base set a lot better, but still got taken in to the backfield quite a bit.

Mebane I'd say is probably the guy I've been most impressed with these first two days.

11 on 11 Drills:

Drew Stanton got his foot trodden on by the guard as he pulled back from centre, Brian Billick will be taking note of Stanton and the guard concerned.

Aundrae Allison really is showing extremely well here, good cuts, good hands, good routes.

Adam Carriker would have just blown that run play up in the backfield, I'll credit him with the play as I didn't see who was lined up on the right side.

That's it for the North today it'd seem to me. Looking forward to seeing the South for the first time this evening.

[UKRavenStockers]

For anyone that has been reading this, I may or may not have notes for tonight/this evening's practices for the south. Snow has fallen in Norwich and a snowball fight would appear to be called for. :D

[HDDream]

Nice job, keep the comments up. Interested to see what you say about the South when you see them.

[UKRavenStockers]

Snowball fight is waiting for the morning so I should be watching the South practice that starts in about 15 minutes on NFL Network for those that are interested.

[LBoogy]

Great work Stockers!!

I didn't catch the Senior Bowl coverage, but from what I hear, Aundrae Allison is very impressive and could end up being one of the biggest sleepers in the draft.

[UKRavenStockers]

South Squad Practice Tuesday

QB Dropbacks

- To start with all three (Chris Leak, Kevin Kolb, Jordan Palmer) were unimpressive struggling to control throws in the strong wind.

- Kolb settled in the best however and seemed to get to grips with the conditions the best.

- Chris Leak has a beautifully smooth dropback, seamless. However a very cackhanded action and could consequently be susceptible to strips from DE's pushed downfield behind him by his OTs.

DB vs WR Drills

- Aaron Ross showed excellent footwork staying with Chris Davis on a stop route. Had great confidence in his ability to follow him downfield, didn't have to play him physically downfield, ran stride for stride, and was very smooth in his stop staying right on top of his man at the stop.

- Johnnie Lee Higgins Jr. absolutely ripped David Irons a new one, way too much speed and Irons was just overly physical and would have been called for all sorts of illegal contact and interference penalties.

- Aaron Ross showed excellent deep speed as well staying with his man, forget who it was against.


- Dwayne Bowe showed excellent physicality on an in route against Brandon Merriweather. Used his body very well and really dominated Merriweather.

- David Irons got his revenge on Higgins, cushion this time and was very smooth in his dropback not giving up too much. Read the out cut perfectly and would have had an INT had he not tripped up.

- Aaron Ross did a very nice job on Dwayne Bowe in press coverage as well. Not great in press coverage, but good enough that you can use it as part of his game and don't always have to play him 'off'.

- David Irons after getting back on his last play, got beat badly by a double move by Dwayne Bowe, dig route and went for a TD.

DL vs OL Drills

- Ryan Kalil showed excellent technique shutting down DeMarcus 'Tank' Tyler on two drill plays. Got leverage both times, bending at the knees and showing a good base which is very important as he lacks great power.

- Joe Staley showed some very good mobility, light on his feet but lacks strength at the mo, converted TE.

- Justin Blalock at tackle on the first drill, lined up against Quentin Moses and showed enough that he can be a tweener T/G. Rocked Moses back on the first play and on the 2nd play he possibly did enough to push Moses past the QB as he would be on the open side the QB would be more aware to step up. Showed well that he can push outside in a pinch and not be horribly exposed.

- Dustin Fry locked out Tank Tyler twice. Not tremendously blessed with great talent and power, but showed good technique (former wrestler) and got leverage both times.

- Tony Ugoh showed very good athleticism (former track and field guy) pushing Pittman (LSU) outside on the first play. Pittman crossed it up with an inside move and Ugoh showed an good power step to cut off the inside move.

- Justin Blalock at guard 2nd time around showed a good base and good ability to use his hands inside.

- Joe Staley beaten badly on big outside rush by Tim Crowder, beaten by the same play on consecutive plays.

- Dustin Fry showed waist bending (not good) and consequently got beaten badly on an inside rip by Brown of Miami.

11 on 11 Drills

- Chris Leak opens it up with an awful through on an out route. Threw it to the break of the route, not to the sideline.

- Leak made up for it on the next play with a nice pass down the seam to Ken Darby, in front of the safety.

- Lorenzo Booker on a draw play made some nice cuts, showed very quick feet.

- Jordan Palmer with an underthrown ball to Dwayne Bowe on a corner route (I think). Bowe adjusted very well, caught it and was able to tap both feet.

- Kenny Irons given a cutback play and read the cutback very well, got past his tackle with the chance to turn up field.

- Quentin Moses showed excellent discipline on a play action pass. Didn't bite, maintained his containment, thusly forced Palmer to throw off his back foot and Moses got the knockdown as a result.

- Kevin Kolb with a very nice out route to Courtney Taylor. Stepped into the throw and put it on Taylor's outside shoulder.

- Kolb showed mobility as well, no receivers were open (good coverage) so bailed out of the pocket and picked up a couple of yards.

- Patrick Willis fooled on a play action from the shotgun, did not hustle to get back the crossing route that he lost on the play action fake.

- Kolb made an excellent pass down the seam right on the money to Dwayne Bowe. Bowe dropped it though, inexcusable drop. Raised an issue that Bowe has with easy drops and whether it's down to concentration (coachable) or hands (bigger issue). Even so, very impressive throw in windy conditions by Kolb.

OL 'Punch' Drill

*Heavy medicine ball thrown at the OL players that they had to punch back*

- Ben Grubbs showed well in this, good strong punch.
- Dustin Fry didn't show so well, lacked strength it seemed, didn't seem to show great in drills, he's a guy you look for on tape.
- Ryan Kalil seemed to change his stance for this drill and sat more up right than he had been for the one on one drills.

That's it for day 2, should be about for all of the practices tomorrow as well.

[festivus]

UK, you are giving me my Ravens fix. :thumbup: to you!

[ExiledRaven]

Well, got this from the ...well...'other' board.

We've apparently spoken with the following players at the Senior Bowl:

Arron Sears (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/ot/arronsears.html)
Rufus Alexander (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/olb/rufusalexander.html)
Rhema McKnight (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/wr/rhemamcknight.html)
Chansi Stuckey (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/wr/chansistuckey.html)
Buster Davis (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/ilb/busterdavis.html)
Ryan Harris (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/ot/ryanharris.html)
Fred Bennett (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/cb/fredbennett.html)
Le'Ron McClain (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/fb/leronmcclain.html)
Justin Blalock (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/og/justinblalock.html)
Kenneth Darby (http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/rb/kennethdarby.html)

So interesting... RBs, WRs, OGs, OTs, LBs, and CBs.

If you see us taking a guy like Bennett the writing's on the wall about the young CBs from last year. Think 6'1" 185 4.45

[festivus]

I'm surprised they've spoken with Blalock, unless it's a smokescreen. Picking an interior OL in the 1st would be a serious break from Ravens draft tradition. But the linked report is very flattering.

Reading the scouting report on Buster Davis, it sure sounds like it could have been written about a certain *other* ILB we all know. Recommended reading, he looks like our kind of guy on defense.

If we end up with Chansi Stuckey in Rd. 3 or 4 we can say goodbye to BJ Sams for sure.

Ryan Harris looks like another Adam Terry, which is fine with me.

Bennet at CB does *not* look like a Ravens defender.

Thanks for the links, ER.

[UKRavenStockers]

We spoke to Aaron Ross on Monday as well.

[ExiledRaven]

Seems we're going to get LB/RB/CB 1st day...maybe OL.

[UKRavenStockers]

Lots of LB's and QB's to open up this last main North practice. I've not got a clue what to look for with these guys and what's good and what isn't with no opposition so I'll not be putting up any notes until I get DB-WR drills, OL-DL drills or some 7 on 7 or 11 on 11 to look at. Not much point in me waffling on about that which I know little of.

[festivus]

Not much point in me waffling on about that which I know little of.
Uh, UK, have a look around. Where do you think you are? :eyes:

[UKRavenStockers]

First comment of the day and needs isolation:

Adam Podlesh is an absolute beast of a punter and should be drafted in the first round by someone who needs a punter. OK maybe that's a bit over the top but he is actually immense and I so wish he had four more years of eligibility to punt in College Park.

That needed isolation, he's that good in my eyes, bias, yes. ;) :rolling:

[UKRavenStockers]

My last look at the North team in Practices this week:

DB vs WR Redzone Drill

- Josh Wilson got beaten badly twice. Once by Jason Hill on a fade to the back corner (Wilson didn't push up enough and close the space at the back corner of the endzone) and once by Brandon Myles when Wilson had and then yielded inside position on Myles. Myles threw a very good double move and Wilson got in a bad position, would have been a walk in TD or would have required an excellent play from the safety.

- Marcus McCauley again showing well in press coverage, but he really does have issues with off coverage, needs a lot of coaching on that aspect of his game by whoever drafts him.

- Aaron Rouse showed excellent inside coverage on Aundrae Allison. Allison got off the line well but Rouse kept with him well and had air tight coverage into the endzone.

- Brandon Myles really showed well in this drill, got off the line with ease three times, great moves to get off of the jam and avoid contact.

- David Clowney made a superb catch in coverage against Josh Gaddis. Gaddis cut of the inside hard and Clowney just faded out and made an excellent diving catch.

- Josh Wilson made up for earlier poor plays with good coverage on his last play against David Clowney, cut off the inside and then tracked him well to the outside.

OL vs DL Drill

- Quinn Pitcock beat Dan Mozes with relative ease twice, simply got lower on the play both times.

- Josh Beekman did an OK job on Patterson (Ohio State) twice, good strength needs to polish his technique.

- Marshal Yanda did a great job on the first play against Anthony Spencer, got onto his block and didn't let Spencer use his great outside speed. Second time around Spencer went hard outside and cut back inside on an excellent move, Yanda barely got two hands on him second time round.

- Adam Carriker fought back well on his second play against James Marten, Marten nulified him first time round, Carriker out worked him 2nd play.

- Amobi Okoye just had way too much power and speed for Dan Mozes, got lower as well and Mozes didn't stand a chance. Mozes really needs to concentrate on getting lower than the guy he's blocking, really not shown well today.

- A good matchup between Brandon Mebane and Manuel Ramirez. Mebane got lower first time and so got the better of Ramirez. Second time round Mebane fired out very well and got Ramirez on his heels. Ramirez showed great strength to fight back from a poor position and showed some nastiness finishing the block, throwing Mebane down.

- Levi Brown just ate Victor Abiamiri on both of their snaps. Brown pushing him to the outside on the first play and just tied him up on the 2nd play.

- Okoye showed very well against Marshal Yanda as well, speed to the outside on the first play and then an excellent inside spin move (has only been blocked once these first three days) on the 2nd play.

- Adam Carriker beat Ryan Harris with ease, stepped upfield and then cut back inside as Harris committed to the outside and couldn't power step back down the line to cut Carriker off, clear path to the QB. Good move by Carriker, poor block by Harris.

- Anthony Spencer but a good bullrush on James Marten on their 2nd snap. First snap Marten tied Spencer up well, 2nd time Spencer really got under Marten's chin and pushed him back well, nice power to go with his excellent outside speed.

[UKRavenStockers]

No real notes from the LB drills, Rufus Alexander looked very good, Buster Davis and Earl Everrett didn't.

But just absolutely and thoroughly enjoyed Mike Singletary coaching and in some cases grilling the LBs he has to work with, a true joy to see him coaching those drills. Hope some other people saw that.

[bassgtrst]

I saw the Singletary drills, they were great. You really can learn alot from these kinds of things.

[mavhimself]

good call ukravenstockers, that was very cool watching singletary work. gotta agree on buster davis as well. is it just me or does he look a little heavy? also, chansi stuckey made an AWESOME one handed catch. i can see why we've been talking to him, he's the spitting image of mark clayton, an undersized burner. been very impressed with bowe from lsu, big guy who has been toasting db's in the drills today. although they have mentioned how he has a tendency to drop some balls.

[UKRavenStockers]

Last Padded Practice and the Last Practice I'll be able to watch this week :(

South Practice

DB vs WR Drills

- Aaron Ross did a very good job on a stop route on Dwayne Bowe whilst playing in off coverage, allowed the cushion to decrease graduallly and closed well when the stop came and the ball was there. BUT he didn't finish the play and challenge for the football.

- Chansi Stuckey made a good cut on an in route against David Irons, easy catch as Irons got too high in his backpedal and was out of position on the play.

- Bowe ran a comeback route against Ross 2nd time up for them and really showed some excellent explosion out of his routes and caught the ball as well. If Bowe can sort his dropsies issue he can be a very good possession receiver in this league.

- Irons redeemed himself with some excellent coverage on a corner route, but Stuckey just made a ridiculous catch tipping the pass first and then coming down with it as he fell, excellent play by Stuckey.

Red Zone Plays

- Ross bit badly on a double move, beaten, got thrown off his coverage and left flat footed.

- Bowe showed well again, really using his size and power well to gain inside position on a slant pattern.

OL vs DL Drill

- Justin Blalock beaten easily to the outside by Ray McDonald who has shown good versatility to play outside and inside in a 4-3 base.

- Aaron Sears and Antonio Johnson had two very good battles, Johnson with a decent push but Sears locking on and not allowing Johnson to beat him.

- Dustin Fry showed issues again with bending at the hip, overbalancing and getting beaten easily on a swim move by Tank Tyler. 2nd play Fry battled back well and tied Tyler up.

- Ben Grubbs had two very good plays against #99 of Miami (DT), locking him up both times.

- Tony Ugoh got too high in his stance against Tim Crowder on their first snap and Crowder knocked his outside shoulder back fairly easily. 2nd play Crowder beat Ugoh to the outside with an excellent burst off the line, two poor plays by Ugoh.

- Quentin Moses made an excellent inside cut to beat Wrotto (GT). No power step by Moses to shut off the line to Moses.

- Ryan Kalil and Tanky Tyler played out to two excellent battles. Tyler got dominated by Kalil on two plays yesterday, Tyler showed better today with a good initial burst to knock Kalil back. However Kalil showed excellent ability, having his hands in the right place and being able to adjust his base mid block to change the momentum of the block and stop himself from getting pushed back on top of the 'QB'.

[Gwaihir]

How about some post game notes? Thoroughly enjoyed your analysis of the practices. I wasn't able to watch the game.

[UKRavenStockers]

I didn't watch the game either and tbh, the game is utterly pointless, there's no blitzing and no stunts and pretty much all the scouts leave on Friday after the final practice, the game is just for the fans really.