Wednesday Minicamp Practice Observations
June 12th, 2013
More action than usual on the fields of One Buc Palace today. The Bucs ran a lot of plays for an offseason workout. Joe took in practice, thankfully in the shade, and shares various observations below from this underwear, no-contact football event.
*”Lets go, let’s go, let’s go!” Practice starts with a bit more spirit today.
*Freeman with two overthrows back-to-back to Vincent Jackson and Mike Williams in a QB-rolling-left drill.
*David Douglas makes a sliding catch of a Dan Orlovsky pass over the middle
*Williams goes low to scoop up a Freeman pass over the middle.
*There’s a lotta hollering going on, especially when the first string offense plays the first string defense.
*”Three wide, three wide! Nice tempo, men. Nice tempo!” Schiano bellows.
*Dekoda Watson is getting a lot of work with the first unit at SAM linebacker. VERY early indications are that the position is Watson’s to lose, though Jonathan Casillas is pushing Watson.
*A Freeman pass to Williams on a slant inside goes right through Williams’ hands.
*Eric Wright is now working with the first team defense.
*The coaches all but drool over Dashon Goldson but that quickly ends on one play where Goldson blasts Chris Owusu and is roundly and loudly scolded by coaches. This is supposed to be a non-contact practice after all.
*From shotgun, Freeman throws a perfect pass over the middle to Vincent Jackson.
*Bad drop by receiver hopeful Carlton Mitchell.
*Mike Glennon throws behind wide receiver Jerry Johnson. Soon after Glennon is picked by Johnthan Banks, who showed off his length on the overthrow to Zach Miller.
*Drop by WR Chris Owusu, who’s been having a strong offseason, on a short Freeman pass in tight coverage with Banks covering.
* “Third and 16, third and 16!”
*Jackson beats Anthony Gaitor for a diving catch down the left side for a first down.
*Right defensive end Aaron Morgan drops into the right flat for pass coverage, bats down a Freeman pass and nearly picks it off.
*Leonard Johnson dives for, and doesn’t quite reach, an errant Freeman pass to the right side.
*Brian Leonard catching a check down on 3rd and 16. Lots of work with the first team for Leonard.
*DE Steven Means had a two-hand bat down of a Mike Glennon pass.
*Another tipped Freeman pass.
*Tight end Nate Byham had a good catch and displayed good ball security in front of safety Sean Baker over the middle.
*Mr. Glennon, you cannot fumble good snaps in the NFL if you want playing time.
*Doug Martin hauls in a pass from Freeman over the middle for a touchdown in a goal line offense.
*Douglas is wide open on the left side for a short touchdown. Later, he just misses a diving catch near the backline for what would have been a touchdown from Glennon.
*Here comes the crowd noise…
*On a slant pass across the middle from Freeman, the pass is way behind Williams.
*Jackson drops a pass over the middle where he was wide open.
*Eric Page with a nasty case of alligator arms on a pass over the middle in traffic from Glennon.
*Freeman throws too low to Jheranie Boyd on the left side of the end zone to avoid Goldson pick.
June 12th, 2013 at 1:48 pm
I never get tired of looking at her
June 12th, 2013 at 1:53 pm
Who would??????????????????????????????????????????????
June 12th, 2013 at 1:56 pm
Sounds pretty sloppy out there, but hey it is only june!
June 12th, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Cue the “O my god, freeman cant complete short passes” posts.
June 12th, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Well, our defense will only make our offense better…
That’s a good thing in my opinion, if Free is used to facing the best day in and day out when it comes to other teams defenses he should have a much easier time
In theory, hopefully 🙂
June 12th, 2013 at 2:03 pm
“Goldson blasts Chris Owusu”
UH-OH, I hope Roy Cummings wasn’t around to see that.
June 12th, 2013 at 2:05 pm
That was almost as good as play by play. 🙂
June 12th, 2013 at 2:06 pm
No, but as is normally the case, there were NFL officials at practice.
June 12th, 2013 at 2:09 pm
“Dekoda Watson is getting a lot of work with the first unit at SAM linebacker. VERY early indications are that the position is Watson’s to lose”
that made my day.
June 12th, 2013 at 2:13 pm
all I see is Freeman low pass, Freeman throws high, etc…same old same old
June 12th, 2013 at 2:20 pm
@mikeck
you should re-read it then, because there’s also:
*Mike Glennon throws behind wide receiver Jerry Johnson. Soon after Glennon is picked by Johnthan Banks, who showed off his length on the overthrow to Zach Miller.
*Mr. Glennon, you cannot fumble good snaps in the NFL if you want playing time.
*Jackson drops a pass over the middle where he was wide open.
*Doug Martin hauls in a pass from Freeman over the middle for a touchdown in a goal line offense.
*A Freeman pass to Williams on a slant inside goes right through Williams’ hands.
did that clear it up for you?
It might of been a sloppy practice or Joe took down more details, but that’s why they say “Practice makes perfect”. Yeah i know perfect doesn’t exist in the NFL but better than no practice.
June 12th, 2013 at 2:22 pm
if you practice perfect then there would be no need to practice. lol
June 12th, 2013 at 2:24 pm
Good to see Dekoda Watson getting a shot. I, personally, would like to see him win that job. Love hearing about Dashon blasting someone, clearly things are turned up a notch if a seasoned vet makes a mistake like that. I’m sure the coaches had to react the way the did to avoid discipline. (Not to mention to avoid injuring your own players.)
Sounds like this coming training camp is going to be the best in a long time. Can’t wait for Freeman to go against Revis and that secondary on a daily basis. So pumped for this season . . .
June 12th, 2013 at 2:31 pm
Bad day for all the QBs. And several WRs.
June 12th, 2013 at 3:07 pm
The more Freeman faces tough defensive situations and struggles the better he should get. I like seeing him have difficulty with these new defensive players. His window for accurate throws is narrowing compared to last years sieve of a defensive back field.
June 12th, 2013 at 3:18 pm
If struggling makes QB’s great, Jfro would be Elite by now. Can’t wait to see Jfro struggle, then hit a couple of passes late in the regular season games, and have all the sheep on here that say he is the greatest QB ever.
June 12th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Sounds like mediocre/poor QB performances today.
I really hope Freeman puts it together this year, our playoff chances are riding on him.
June 12th, 2013 at 3:21 pm
I wonder if all these errant throws are partly because of technique discipline? Working on proper mechanics may be a little distracting until it becomes automatic. It would explain a lot for all the early miscues.
June 12th, 2013 at 3:25 pm
O my god, freeman cant complete short passes
June 12th, 2013 at 3:41 pm
Welcome Back AtlBucsFan!!!!
Unless your not the old poster than went by that name, than hello anyways lol
June 12th, 2013 at 3:45 pm
That’s common sense *Realist
I know your not missing that..
The tougher the competition, the tougher the training, the better one gets,
June 12th, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Another day of general inaccuracy by Freeman.
June 12th, 2013 at 4:48 pm
Or maybe our defenders have seen these plays and routes o say about 100 times by now. Im sure that doesn’t create an advantage. It’s not like were practicing against a totally different team or anything.
June 12th, 2013 at 5:04 pm
At least Freeman had ONE accurate pass.
June 12th, 2013 at 5:21 pm
Sure it’s only June, but it’s got to be atleast concerning Josh is being erratic in June??? I mean, he should look more sharp in non contact.
June 12th, 2013 at 5:33 pm
Hmmm doesn’t sound like a focused group during these workouts. Maybe Bucs upcoming HOF inductee was right in his suggestion about gathering up his corps of receivers for some Off the record chemistry building, so that passes get caught even when they’re just fooling around.
Oh well keep us abreast of the July Training Camp schedule Joe
Thats when I’ll allow myself to be critical of these passes
June 12th, 2013 at 5:33 pm
It works both ways 😉
They both know each other (being the offense and defense)
June 13th, 2013 at 6:27 am
By this report, during the entire practice session Freeman threw around 10 passes and the other QB’s less than that. Do any of you really think that was the extent of it? Realist actually said he wants our QB to “struggle” to prove himself right. Which is apparently more important to him than the success of his favorite team. Imagine a fan saying that. Bet if he were around in 1977 he would have been one of the fans cheering QB Gary Huff’s injury.
June 13th, 2013 at 9:34 am
@mikeck
you should re-read it then, because there’s also:
*Mike Glennon throws behind wide receiver Jerry Johnson. Soon after Glennon is picked by Johnthan Banks, who showed off his length on the overthrow to Zach Miller.
*Mr. Glennon, you cannot fumble good snaps in the NFL if you want playing time.
*Jackson drops a pass over the middle where he was wide open.
*Doug Martin hauls in a pass from Freeman over the middle for a touchdown in a goal line offense.
*A Freeman pass to Williams on a slant inside goes right through Williams’ hands.
did that clear it up for you?
Uhh, no, it doesnt “clear it up for me”. Maybe it would be “clear” if I hadnt spent teh last 3 years watching Freeman make fantastic throws only to miss 10 yard crossing routes. He is not an accurate thrower and shouldnt be missing balls in underwear play…sorry