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was able to make it to camp, some of my observations:
Fitness
the team looks fit. the size and speed on some of these guys is unreal. i was surprised by how big Rudolph was because he didn't look much smaller than Kalil, whom looked lean and fit.
Patterson looked good to me; he was fast and ran nice crisp routes as far as i could tell.
A.Cole is a huge mofo, didn't realize he was that big. i think only Barr was bigger than him out of the LB group.
guys like Felton, Brinkley, C.Johnson were like mack trucks.
Joseph and Floyd were like silverbacks.
btw, no homo on these physique comments - it's just something that becomes readily apparent given the size and speed ratio.
Coaching
i didn't see any yelling or screaming, but i did see the coaches right there in the trenches, very hands-on, right in the mix. Zimmer, Edwards, Turner and Priefer all super busy coaching technique (i'm surprised they didn't get run over).
QB's
on paper there is a distinct difference in size between the players, but seeing them next to each other, when you size them up, there's not a very big difference, it's minimal. yes cassel is bigger, but barely. Ponder and Bridgwater were bigger than what i expected (Bridgewater for example, they make it seem like he's so small).
in terms of actual quarterbacking, it would be unfair if i made any conclusive statements (trying to be as neutral as possible), because i don't know what the coaches were asking them to do in particular or what it was exactly they were working on, in any given throw.
i will say though that it looked to me like Bridgewater had the strongest arm. some of his throws the receivers had to body-catch and you could hear the pads make that cracking sound. Cassel made some nice deep-out throws against very tight coverage. he also had over-throws to the left sideline. he seemed to be more accurate going to the right. he also didn't anticipate many of his throws, he would wait for the cut then attempt his pass. Bridgewater on the other hand seemed to be working more on his timing and quick release, because most of the time he was throwing before the receiver cut (the throws were slightly behind though, but still caught). Ponder didn't complete any long passes, but he was accurate on his other throws to my surprise. which brings me to a point i want to make about the Media:
Media
i recognized a few people and what seemed like to me, the only person straight-up about his business was Arif Hassan. this dude was like a hawk, not talking to anybody, arms-crossed, focused on each and every play. i make that point because the other media people were schmoozing and causing me to believe a lot of their opinions should be taken with a grain-of-salt and there may be a lot of personal bias in their writing (that's obvious, but i mean even in such matters pertaining an individual play).
Other
Adrian Peterson is one of those arabian stallion thoroughbreads. genetically fine-tuned physical specimen. his running, gate, trot or what-have-you was smoother and better than anyone else's on the field. it also looked like he didn't have an ounce of fat. again, no homo.
one other cool thing in regard to AD: he was jogging off the field and some little boys had special access so they were close by... as he was approaching them, the boys were like, "adrian peterson". he gave them a smile and a nod and was like "what's up fellas?!?" you would have thought it was christmas morning with the best surprise gift ever the way the kids reacted. it was pretty cool of him to acknowledge them and be genuine.
overall, i would say that i wouldn't personally get too caught up in the training camp info from the media and what the report (other than Arif Hassan), imho.
it's too difficult to read, recognize and to know what the coaches are asking of the players on each individual play. a layman can recognize a route, throw or designed play, but sometimes they are working on things that aren't readily apparent. you might think what may be a bad throw, could in fact be a back shoulder throw (just giving an example).
i would say reserve judgment until the pre-season at least to get a better judgement.
for those that have read this far, thank you. my Vikings brehs and fam on this site are too cool. Peace.
EDIT: nvm
Fitness
the team looks fit. the size and speed on some of these guys is unreal. i was surprised by how big Rudolph was because he didn't look much smaller than Kalil, whom looked lean and fit.
Patterson looked good to me; he was fast and ran nice crisp routes as far as i could tell.
A.Cole is a huge mofo, didn't realize he was that big. i think only Barr was bigger than him out of the LB group.
guys like Felton, Brinkley, C.Johnson were like mack trucks.
Joseph and Floyd were like silverbacks.
btw, no homo on these physique comments - it's just something that becomes readily apparent given the size and speed ratio.
Coaching
i didn't see any yelling or screaming, but i did see the coaches right there in the trenches, very hands-on, right in the mix. Zimmer, Edwards, Turner and Priefer all super busy coaching technique (i'm surprised they didn't get run over).
QB's
on paper there is a distinct difference in size between the players, but seeing them next to each other, when you size them up, there's not a very big difference, it's minimal. yes cassel is bigger, but barely. Ponder and Bridgwater were bigger than what i expected (Bridgewater for example, they make it seem like he's so small).
in terms of actual quarterbacking, it would be unfair if i made any conclusive statements (trying to be as neutral as possible), because i don't know what the coaches were asking them to do in particular or what it was exactly they were working on, in any given throw.
i will say though that it looked to me like Bridgewater had the strongest arm. some of his throws the receivers had to body-catch and you could hear the pads make that cracking sound. Cassel made some nice deep-out throws against very tight coverage. he also had over-throws to the left sideline. he seemed to be more accurate going to the right. he also didn't anticipate many of his throws, he would wait for the cut then attempt his pass. Bridgewater on the other hand seemed to be working more on his timing and quick release, because most of the time he was throwing before the receiver cut (the throws were slightly behind though, but still caught). Ponder didn't complete any long passes, but he was accurate on his other throws to my surprise. which brings me to a point i want to make about the Media:
Media
i recognized a few people and what seemed like to me, the only person straight-up about his business was Arif Hassan. this dude was like a hawk, not talking to anybody, arms-crossed, focused on each and every play. i make that point because the other media people were schmoozing and causing me to believe a lot of their opinions should be taken with a grain-of-salt and there may be a lot of personal bias in their writing (that's obvious, but i mean even in such matters pertaining an individual play).
Other
Adrian Peterson is one of those arabian stallion thoroughbreads. genetically fine-tuned physical specimen. his running, gate, trot or what-have-you was smoother and better than anyone else's on the field. it also looked like he didn't have an ounce of fat. again, no homo.
one other cool thing in regard to AD: he was jogging off the field and some little boys had special access so they were close by... as he was approaching them, the boys were like, "adrian peterson". he gave them a smile and a nod and was like "what's up fellas?!?" you would have thought it was christmas morning with the best surprise gift ever the way the kids reacted. it was pretty cool of him to acknowledge them and be genuine.
overall, i would say that i wouldn't personally get too caught up in the training camp info from the media and what the report (other than Arif Hassan), imho.
it's too difficult to read, recognize and to know what the coaches are asking of the players on each individual play. a layman can recognize a route, throw or designed play, but sometimes they are working on things that aren't readily apparent. you might think what may be a bad throw, could in fact be a back shoulder throw (just giving an example).
i would say reserve judgment until the pre-season at least to get a better judgement.
for those that have read this far, thank you. my Vikings brehs and fam on this site are too cool. Peace.
EDIT: nvm
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Why do we always have to play yall nikkas
I'm ready to see kHalil though breh
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