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| Thursday, February 15, 2001 |
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Practice
Notes Index | Game
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pads today, but a sense of urgency filled the air. The focus
was on extending yesterday's QB shootout between Mike Cawley and
Jim Ballard for the starting spot, but concluded again today without
a clear winner. Both stepped up their level of play today,
and both look to be prepared for Saturday's game against the L.A.
Xtreme. Early on, mistakes and mental lapses caused Coach
Criner to become unusually upset, and was quick to let the players
know it.
The offense seems to be pretty comfortable with the forward motion,
as it was used frequently today. Offensive Tackle Lonnie Palelei
(#66) moved into motion as well quite a bit, and went out for several
short passes. The running backs took more than their fair
share of catching short passes over the middle and in the flats
as well, so the Outlaws are definitely expecting the Xtreme defense
to put heavy pressure on the Outlaws QB.
The defense was very confident, but relaxed. They expect the
Xtreme to stick with their usual 60/40 pass/run mix and stressed
defending the pass today. Coverage still looks good, and the
linebackers got quite a bit of coverage work in as well.
Very little special teams work was done today; a couple of kickoffs
and field goals were all they had time for. The coaching staff
is concentrating on studying game tapes of the Xtreme, and most
of tomorrow will be spent going over more game tapes with the players
to develop sound strategies to counter the Xtreme.
INJURY
UPDATE
QB Ryan Clement still hopes to return in a week or two, but his
trainer says 4-6 weeks is more realistic. TE Rickey Brady's
ankle was firmly taped up, and he said it feels better today.
WR Todd Floyd did not practice today; he said he got pretty bad
headaches yesterday during & after practice, remnants of a concussion
he suffered last week against Memphis; Floyd said he expects to
be ready to go come gametime on Saturday, and just wanted to take
a little rest today. Safety Toby Wright dropped by today;
he had a strained ACL that he was rehabbing, and he said that he
will be back in practice next week. |
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