Yesterday was the first scrimmage of the fall (summer) and they matched up #1 offense against #2 defense and then vice versa, #2 offense against #1 defense. In case you missed it, here are the stats from the scrimmage, per Seth Emerson's blog.
RUSHING
Isaih Crowell: 13 for 84 yards and a TD, a long of 15 yds
Samuel 11 for 82 yards, a long of 33 yds
Ken Malcome 12 for 19 yards, 8 long
Carlton Thomas 8 for 21 yards, 6 long
PASSING
Quarterback Aaron Murray was 9-for-15 for 100 yards.
Hutson Mason 5-of-19 for 59 yards, and one TD.
Christian LeMay 2-for-4 for 17 yards.
RECEIVING
Aron White 3-47, long of 32
Samuel, 3 for 32, long of 14
Marlon Brown 2-46, long of 35
Jay Rome, 2-for-22, long of 12
Bradberry, 1 for 20, 1 TD
KICKING
Blair Walsh was seven for eight on FGs, with a 58-yarder
Brandon Bogotay kicked a 68-yarder in warmups off the ground.
DEFENSE
LB Alec Ogletree had eight tackles.
LB Mike Gilliard had seven tackles.
Herrera had three unassisted tackles, four assisted, and the long fumble recovery
LB Jarvis Jones four unassisted tackles, six total, and three sacks
DE Abry Jones, four unassisted tackles, five total, one sack and a pass break-up
I would be more excited with Crowell and Samuel's numbers had they been against the #1-of course I would be alarmed if they ran like that on our number 1 D. What was interesting is that Mitchell is not listed with any catches at least in any stats I have seen, nor is Tavarres King-I figure those two might very well be our best two WR's. Also nothing from Orson Charles. So, maybe we are to take from this first scrimmage, at least for those three guys I mentioned, the plays were not called for them or they didn't play much. I would hope that at some point, we will scrimmage 1's against 1's, I just think that is how you get better-maybe that will come down the road. As for the defense, I think the fact that the top tacklers were all linebackers, VERY good news. Why? Because the 3-4 defense is by design supposed to feature the 'backers. The DL clogs up the OL, the LB's are free to run and make plays. Sounds like Herrera is playing second team LB with him grabbing the Samuel fumble and running it back for a TD. Speaking of that, Samuel did drop the ball a few times when he last played running back and while I am not going to worry about his fumbling as of yet after just one scrimmage, it is something to keep an eye on. We all know just how costly fumbles were to our season last year-three games immediately jump out where fumbles just crushed, at South Carolina, at Miss State and at Colorado. One thing that does surprise me a bit, Crowell had a long of 15. With his burst/speed, I am surprised he didn't have a longer run than that. So, if you take away his 15 yard run, you have 69 yards on 12 carries, or 5.75 yards per tote. You take away Samuel's long of 33, you have 49 yards on 10 carries, obviously a 4.9 yards per carry. Murray was pretty efficient with his passing, 9 completions for 100 yards, 11 yards a completion essentially. Interesting to see that Mason threw a TD but he completed on 5 of 19 passes against the first team d. If you truly break down the numbers, just based on what stats given and ASSuming players only played on the #1 offense or #2 offense, it breaks down like this.
#1 offense/against #2 defense
Rushing yards 24-166 yards, nearly 7 yards a carry
Passing yards 9-15 100 yards, like mentioned 11 yards per completion.
So, 39 plays total, for 266 yards, about 6.8 yards per play.
#2 offense/against #1 defense
Rushing yards 20-40 yards, 2 yards a carry
Passing yards 7-23 76 yards nearly 11 yards per completion.
Here you have 43 plays for a total of 116 yards, 2.69 yards per play.
So, the defense ruled the day, going against the #2 offense. The #1 offense did fine but going against the #2 defense. Again, until we have the best 22 out on the field, it is really hard to read much more into the scrimmage. One key stat though, NO significant injuries which is always a great thing to read.
No comments:
Post a Comment