ccolley68 said:Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:ccolley68 said:
It means nothing when it's practice against air if they look amazing. Make every catch, crisp routes, etc in that scenario doesn't mean we will have an elite passing game. That should be the standard for passing drills against air, that they make the uncontested catches 97% of the time, and the routes look flawless.
When it's practice against air and the routes look sloppy, passes wobbly, and catches missed, that is concerning.
A slugger hitting bombs into the stand at batting practice every pitch doesn't mean he is going for the home run record this year. But if someone is supposed to be a power hitter but can't get it out of the park in BP, there should be major concern he's going to when the lights are on and pitches are live.
while i agree you can take some things from one individual practice drill on practice number 5 i am just not willing to go into panic mode cause i don't like what i see on a passing drill on practice number 5.
if they caught every ball on practice number 5 on one drill are they going to the natty?
That's my entire point. Take the good things with a grain of salt when it's practice and such. If the offense looks great in spring ball, doesn't mean the offense will be great when the season rolls around, we've seen this particular scenario so many times. BUT, if the offense can't move the ball in spring ball at all, that is much more alarming.
If they caught 100% of the passes thrown and all the passes were on the money, that should just be box checking type stuff that the offense is ready. Not good, or great, or elite, just ready. Heads are in the right place.
Conversely, bad throws and half-assed effort are much more of an issue that needs to be addressed and quickly.
Again, to my baseball analogy. Scout goes to watch a prospect hit. If he's supposed to be a power hitter, when the scout gets there and he's hitting bombs at BP, that's what he expected. That passes the initial smell test (like making the throw and catch in an uncontested passing drill), but still going to have the "we'll see how he does when the bullets are live" vibe. But if that scout goes to see that prospect and he's not even getting the layups out of the park, scout won't stay around long. Thats where that drill falls to me.
If this is all based upon someone playing HS football in the 60's, I think I'm fine with what we are doing and the coaches getting things right by our first game.