Khan's Surprise: The Wrath of PM Camp. - The Other guys. - The Orange Mane

Kaylore · 08-04-2005, 05:01 PM

So I had to man a Breitling watch booth at an Air show today. The funny thing was it was a total down pour, so we had a lot more customers than you'd expect. The other funny thing is that it was at Centennial Airport. For those of you who don't live in Colorado, Centennial Airport is, given average traffic, about one minute and twenty eight seconds from Dove Valley.

The other funny thing is the rain let up around 2:45. Our show was done by 2:45 so guess where I took a stroll to.

It turns out it was totally lucky, because they said they weren't going to hold practice and changed their minds at the last minute. There was almost no one there. I saw maybe fifty people, and we were all alowed to walk around freely. Needless to say I got a good view of a lot of players.

First let me comment on Brown. I didn;t find out about it until I arrived at Dove Valley. Andrew Mason told me. It's troubling, but not surprising and I have some good news today that will do a little bit to take the sting off.

There were a lot of starters that didn't practice today, and some non-starters that didn't either: Pryce (Who practiced this morning), Bailey, Lynch, Nalen, Clarrett ("groin" Who called it?), and Alexander.

Lets get this surprise party started!!!!

First: An Exchange I had with Todd Sauerbrun.

TheReverend · 08-04-2005, 05:04 PM

The good news is: They faked Courtneys injury to keep him safe?

SoCalBronco · 08-04-2005, 05:05 PM

The Wrath of PM Camp...hilarious!!

Thanks for giving us this special treat on your supposed day off, Khan. Great!

El Guapo · 08-04-2005, 05:12 PM

haha, man you're a lucky dude.. got any job openings? I just moved to dallas and i hate my job. I'll gladly pick up and move again.

Kaylore · 08-04-2005, 05:13 PM

So I'm walking into camp wearing some nicer jeans and my dress shoes with a Breitling polo on and my Jacket. I feel a little weird, but the air is cool and there is no sun. It was a welcome alternative.

As some of you know, the entrance is right by the field-turf field where the specialists practice a lot and were doing so today. As I walked down toward the sidewalk, I saw Todd and Ernster were practicing Sky-kicks for punts from the 40 or so. Todd NAILED one and it had really amazing hang time. I shouted "Nice Leg Todd!!!" He turns moves toward me and sticks both fingers in the air going "Aw Yeah!" I gave him a "Wooot!" and watched them for a little bit.

They both looked good. Elam was fielding them in the endzone. Todd was the best at putting back spin on his ball so they'd hit at like the two and then bounce back to the seven or so. The big thing was how long they were up there. They both had such great hang time that it would hard to believe that there is isn't a person alive or even partially dead that couldn't get downfield in time. They worked the special teams out today, including coverage, but I'll get ot that later.

Next: The Backup QB's get a chance - All of them.

El Guapo · 08-04-2005, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaylore

I shouted "Nice Leg Todd!!!" He turns moves toward me and blew me a kiss..

so now you're taking your obsession a little too far. haha, j/k

elsid13 · 08-04-2005, 05:15 PM

What you didn't sell them a watch

Khan you're slipping. What would Kirk think?

ludo21 · 08-04-2005, 05:17 PM

Kaylore!!! i was just thinking of skipping out today on getting my daily mane fix, but im glad i came to my senses and came! Ur Awesome for doing this for us, once again...

Im glad Todd made some notice to ya, sounds awesome!!!

Billy Clyde Puckett · 08-04-2005, 05:20 PM

Come on Kaylore - Square those shoulders to the keyboard. It will help you type faster

Rohirrim · 08-04-2005, 05:21 PM

Man, the News and the Post in the morning and the Khan report in the evening. I'm back in Orange and Blue heaven. Feel like I just crawled out of a friggin desert and found an oasis.

ludo21 · 08-04-2005, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rohirrim

Man, the News and the Post in the morning and the Khan report in the evening. I'm back in Orange and Blue heaven. Feel like I just crawled out of a friggin desert and found an oasis.

but wait a minute, im in AZ so i did have to do that!!

clint7 · 08-04-2005, 05:24 PM

Dude, type faster!

scorpio · 08-04-2005, 05:26 PM

Best. Preseason. Evar.

Kaylore · 08-04-2005, 05:37 PM

First let me say that this practice was generally blah for me. It was a lot of fourth and third string work. Some of you may find that interesting, but for me the best part of the day was talking to Andrew Mason on the sideline. He really knows his football, and I got some nice insights from him. We were on the same page on some of the players, though I won't say which ones.

When I walked up the fiirst thing I heard was an angry man swearing at Nate Jackson: "Damnit Nate, get your head out of your ass!!!" This man, who continued to swear at the tight ends all throughout practice, is Tim Brewster. He is like a drill sergeant. I never heard him before because its never been as quiet as it was at Dove Valley. There wasn't even any media there really. Good for me, bad for them.

Lets get to the QB's

Chad Friehauf: He's still raw and has some mechanics, and accuracy to work on. Nice arm, though. He did goal-line drills (all the teams did) as well as some regular ones. He didn't make any throws into bad coverage, but he didn't make any throws. I kind of felt for him. He's out there and at one point faced the second team defense, and you're just thinking "Wow. Pat Chukwurah is planning on eating him!" They didn't have pads so contact was kept to minimal, but it still was interesting. He got quite a few reps and after a year on the PS I think and 640 bean burritos, I think he'll have a chance to compete.

Matt Mauk: He looked really good. All the quarterbacks did. He actually made a throw down field that was pretty deep and nice. Not a lot of bad throws and he went through his progressions better. He still looks a littl awkward, but he took some chances and I think the practices and reps are showing their quality.

Danny Kannell: He looked good. He played a little conservative, but at least he didn't throw a pick. Dropped one in the middle of a zone and threw to his backs a lot. He tossed one to Dayne, who dropped it. It wasn't a hard throw. I would say average performance, but at least he's better and trying.

Van Pelt: He looked solid. Some nice throws down field and he's doing better and better against blitzes. He nailed Tatum Bell in a soft zone in between Ian Gold and DJ Williams (I was surprised. They looked confused.) Leach is on the second team and made some nice catches for him, but more than that was Todd Devoe and Charlie Adams. Crenshaw had a few too.

Plummer: He was good but got very few reps. Generally they would call a play, he'd go out. They'd execute it fine. And then the others came in. They had one play where Warren tipped the ball at the line and no one caught it (despite my screaming for them to do so.) The closest player was DJ. His Shuffle pass is left handed. I want to remind you that Reuben scored on a shuffle pass play last year. That counts as a passing TD, so Plummer has 1 int and 1 TD left handed.

Next: Running backs.

ludo21 · 08-04-2005, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scorpiosnow

Best. Preseason. Evar.

Agreed im in full blown homer mode now, every other training camp has been terrible for me, but caz of OF1 and khans reports i am having a blast this year, thanks guys!

SoCalBronco · 08-04-2005, 05:44 PM

Great stuff khan, keep it coming!

Hogan11 · 08-04-2005, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaylore

He tossed one to Dayne, who dropped it..

Oh no, it's sounding like we're in store for another "Dayne looked bad" report....

Kaylore · 08-04-2005, 05:46 PM

Tatum and Anderson split time again on the first time, while it was just Tatum on the second except for a few plays when Dayne was in.

Anderson: Mike looked tired today. Andrew Mason reminded me it was two-a-days and it was wet and chilly out. Nonetheless, I couldn't help notice that the Taco Bell was agressive and still had burst. On one play Anderson tried to spin away from fatafehi, and just got bounced back. It was a pretty weak-sauce run. The D-closed very well against the goalline draw and bootleg plays today. Andersone didn't get a ton of reps. He still catches the ball the best.

Tatum Bell: Played well today. Had good burst and broke through to the hole. Caught some nice balls. He had a good delayed release. hE set his block up well, broke down field and just as he looked the ball was there (BVP).

Ron Dayne: He dropped two easy balls. It looked bad. His running was strong though. We are forunate to be so deep at that possition. His drops didn't seem to hurt his status because he got some reps on the second string.

Brandon Miree: He was in on maybe two plays. One pass play that he dropped, and another run play. Nothing there.

Cecil Sapp. Sapp looked good. He broke some nice runs. Caught the ball once, and picked up a nice blitz. He looked good.

Next: The Good News

scorpio · 08-04-2005, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaylore

When I walked up the fiirst thing I heard was an angry man swearing at Nate Jackson: "Damnit Nate, ged your head out of your ass!!!"

At least that means Nasty isn't hurt too bad. The kid's got moxie, I'd like to see him compete for first team.

Kaylore · 08-04-2005, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hogan11

Oh no, it's sounding like we're in store for another "Dayne looked bad" report....

Actually not that bad. The two drops were from Kannell, so who knows?

SoCalBronco · 08-04-2005, 05:48 PM

very good backs report, khan. Im very glad to see Tatum making his move.

Hogan11 · 08-04-2005, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaylore

Ron Dayne: He dropped two easy balls. It looked bad. His running was strong though. We are forunate to be so deep at that possition. His drops didn't seem to hurt his status because he got some reps on the second string.

Well, at least it didn't hurt his status.....good news I suppose, I'm really rooting for him to make it.

Billy Clyde Puckett · 08-04-2005, 05:54 PM

Thanks again Kalore. Great Job

Kaylore · 08-04-2005, 06:00 PM

John Engleberger: Boo-yah! This kid camp to play. The kid notched like three or four sacks. He was all over the field today. He really breaks to the seams on some plays. I don't know how I've missed him, but maybe it was the system or just one of the players who play better in the afternoon. Maybe I just missed him, but it was fun to watch him. He's light and quick and that's tough to beat. A nice tackle behind the line. Just overall good hustle. Worry not about Brown.

Ian Gold: He was really playing well. He had two tackles behind the line and stuck with his man pretty well. Our Linebackers suffered in the zone coverage today, including Al Wilson. They didn't close very well. I would say Ian was the best up there (Sorry Slap and SoCal.) He just seemed to be one that was still playing hard at the end of the day.

Guess who was in Bailey's Spot on the first team: Darrent Williams. He plays better in the afternoon. He had some great coverage and generally his guy didn't get thrown to much. No big plays except for the kick off practices. My biggest knock on Darrent Williams is he is too agressive. He gambles a little too much. He'll play off for a pick and get burned. During returns rather than set and secure the ball, he'll try to run into and secure as he moves. This is a big no-no, and he dropped one today because of it. The good news is he beat two guys and broke one through. His body control and quickness is amazing. Luke and Roc were also returning kicks, but they didn't look as good, though all made very deep returns.

I'll do the coverage report now since I'm talking about it already. Coverage was below average (obviously). They rotated a lot of different guys into different slots. I'm not sure what they were doing. One guy appeared to me to miss a block, but the ST coach was congratulating him after the play, so there is something I'm missing about their scheme or something. The rest of this and next week's evening practices is special teams, so be grateful its getting worked on. I'm sure they were just trying guys out today. I certainly hope so.

Meck77 · 08-04-2005, 06:05 PM

Kahn deserves a media pass. Glad the team made it back to the outdoors. This isn't arena ball.

08-04-2005, 05:01 PM	#1
Kaylore 6-37, Raider fans. Yummy birds and snow! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ceti Alpha V Posts: 41,029 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Duke	Khan's Surprise: The Wrath of PM Camp. - The Other guys. So I had to man a Breitling watch booth at an Air show today. The funny thing was it was a total down pour, so we had a lot more customers than you'd expect. The other funny thing is that it was at Centennial Airport. For those of you who don't live in Colorado, Centennial Airport is, given average traffic, about one minute and twenty eight seconds from Dove Valley. The other funny thing is the rain let up around 2:45. Our show was done by 2:45 so guess where I took a stroll to. It turns out it was totally lucky, because they said they weren't going to hold practice and changed their minds at the last minute. There was almost no one there. I saw maybe fifty people, and we were all alowed to walk around freely. Needless to say I got a good view of a lot of players. First let me comment on Brown. I didn;t find out about it until I arrived at Dove Valley. Andrew Mason told me. It's troubling, but not surprising and I have some good news today that will do a little bit to take the sting off. There were a lot of starters that didn't practice today, and some non-starters that didn't either: Pryce (Who practiced this morning), Bailey, Lynch, Nalen, Clarrett ("groin" Who called it?), and Alexander. Lets get this surprise party started!!!! First: An Exchange I had with Todd Sauerbrun.

08-04-2005, 05:05 PM	#3
SoCalBronco Nixonite Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arcadia, CA Posts: 33,297 Adopt-a-Bronco: D.J. Williams	The Wrath of PM Camp...hilarious!! Thanks for giving us this special treat on your supposed day off, Khan. Great! __________________ ITS A PLAYOFF HOCKEY NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH!

08-04-2005, 05:37 PM	#14
Kaylore 6-37, Raider fans. Yummy birds and snow! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ceti Alpha V Posts: 41,029 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Duke	First let me say that this practice was generally blah for me. It was a lot of fourth and third string work. Some of you may find that interesting, but for me the best part of the day was talking to Andrew Mason on the sideline. He really knows his football, and I got some nice insights from him. We were on the same page on some of the players, though I won't say which ones. When I walked up the fiirst thing I heard was an angry man swearing at Nate Jackson: "Damnit Nate, get your head out of your ass!!!" This man, who continued to swear at the tight ends all throughout practice, is Tim Brewster. He is like a drill sergeant. I never heard him before because its never been as quiet as it was at Dove Valley. There wasn't even any media there really. Good for me, bad for them. Lets get to the QB's Chad Friehauf: He's still raw and has some mechanics, and accuracy to work on. Nice arm, though. He did goal-line drills (all the teams did) as well as some regular ones. He didn't make any throws into bad coverage, but he didn't make any throws. I kind of felt for him. He's out there and at one point faced the second team defense, and you're just thinking "Wow. Pat Chukwurah is planning on eating him!" They didn't have pads so contact was kept to minimal, but it still was interesting. He got quite a few reps and after a year on the PS I think and 640 bean burritos, I think he'll have a chance to compete. Matt Mauk: He looked really good. All the quarterbacks did. He actually made a throw down field that was pretty deep and nice. Not a lot of bad throws and he went through his progressions better. He still looks a littl awkward, but he took some chances and I think the practices and reps are showing their quality. Danny Kannell: He looked good. He played a little conservative, but at least he didn't throw a pick. Dropped one in the middle of a zone and threw to his backs a lot. He tossed one to Dayne, who dropped it. It wasn't a hard throw. I would say average performance, but at least he's better and trying. Van Pelt: He looked solid. Some nice throws down field and he's doing better and better against blitzes. He nailed Tatum Bell in a soft zone in between Ian Gold and DJ Williams (I was surprised. They looked confused.) Leach is on the second team and made some nice catches for him, but more than that was Todd Devoe and Charlie Adams. Crenshaw had a few too. Plummer: He was good but got very few reps. Generally they would call a play, he'd go out. They'd execute it fine. And then the others came in. They had one play where Warren tipped the ball at the line and no one caught it (despite my screaming for them to do so.) The closest player was DJ. His Shuffle pass is left handed. I want to remind you that Reuben scored on a shuffle pass play last year. That counts as a passing TD, so Plummer has 1 int and 1 TD left handed. Next: Running backs. Last edited by Kaylore; 08-04-2005 at 06:13 PM..

08-04-2005, 05:44 PM	#16
SoCalBronco Nixonite Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arcadia, CA Posts: 33,297 Adopt-a-Bronco: D.J. Williams	Great stuff khan, keep it coming! __________________ ITS A PLAYOFF HOCKEY NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH!

08-04-2005, 05:48 PM	#21
SoCalBronco Nixonite Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arcadia, CA Posts: 33,297 Adopt-a-Bronco: D.J. Williams	very good backs report, khan. Im very glad to see Tatum making his move. __________________ ITS A PLAYOFF HOCKEY NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH!

08-04-2005, 05:04 PM	#2
TheReverend www.PatrickTurley.org ^ buy this... twice Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 32,987 Adopt-a-Bronco: Mike Shanahan	The good news is: They faked Courtneys injury to keep him safe?

08-04-2005, 05:12 PM	#4
El Guapo aka mav_7. who? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: VA (heart is in TX) Posts: 3,444	haha, man you're a lucky dude.. got any job openings? I just moved to dallas and i hate my job. I'll gladly pick up and move again.

08-04-2005, 05:13 PM	#5
Kaylore 6-37, Raider fans. Yummy birds and snow! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ceti Alpha V Posts: 41,029 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Duke	So I'm walking into camp wearing some nicer jeans and my dress shoes with a Breitling polo on and my Jacket. I feel a little weird, but the air is cool and there is no sun. It was a welcome alternative. As some of you know, the entrance is right by the field-turf field where the specialists practice a lot and were doing so today. As I walked down toward the sidewalk, I saw Todd and Ernster were practicing Sky-kicks for punts from the 40 or so. Todd NAILED one and it had really amazing hang time. I shouted "Nice Leg Todd!!!" He turns moves toward me and sticks both fingers in the air going "Aw Yeah!" I gave him a "Wooot!" and watched them for a little bit. They both looked good. Elam was fielding them in the endzone. Todd was the best at putting back spin on his ball so they'd hit at like the two and then bounce back to the seven or so. The big thing was how long they were up there. They both had such great hang time that it would hard to believe that there is isn't a person alive or even partially dead that couldn't get downfield in time. They worked the special teams out today, including coverage, but I'll get ot that later. Next: The Backup QB's get a chance - All of them.

08-04-2005, 05:15 PM	#7
elsid13 Lost In Space Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: DC Posts: 19,081	What you didn't sell them a watch Khan you're slipping. What would Kirk think?

08-04-2005, 05:17 PM	#8
ludo21 RIP Darrent Williams Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 17,903 Adopt-a-Bronco: Paul Ernster	Kaylore!!! i was just thinking of skipping out today on getting my daily mane fix, but im glad i came to my senses and came! Ur Awesome for doing this for us, once again... Im glad Todd made some notice to ya, sounds awesome!!!

08-04-2005, 05:20 PM	#9
Billy Clyde Puckett Billy=Semi Tough Big Guy Looking down on KC, SD and Oakland Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: between 5,000 and 10,000 feet elevation Posts: 12,665 Adopt-a-Bronco: John Elway	Come on Kaylore - Square those shoulders to the keyboard. It will help you type faster

08-04-2005, 05:21 PM	#10
Rohirrim Partisan Human Cannonball Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater Posts: 48,833	Man, the News and the Post in the morning and the Khan report in the evening. I'm back in Orange and Blue heaven. Feel like I just crawled out of a friggin desert and found an oasis.

08-04-2005, 05:24 PM	#12
clint7 Ring of Famer Join Date: May 2001 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 3,046	Dude, type faster!

08-04-2005, 05:26 PM	#13
scorpio Cubicle Pimp Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,498	Best. Preseason. Evar.

08-04-2005, 05:46 PM	#18
Kaylore 6-37, Raider fans. Yummy birds and snow! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ceti Alpha V Posts: 41,029 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Duke	Tatum and Anderson split time again on the first time, while it was just Tatum on the second except for a few plays when Dayne was in. Anderson: Mike looked tired today. Andrew Mason reminded me it was two-a-days and it was wet and chilly out. Nonetheless, I couldn't help notice that the Taco Bell was agressive and still had burst. On one play Anderson tried to spin away from fatafehi, and just got bounced back. It was a pretty weak-sauce run. The D-closed very well against the goalline draw and bootleg plays today. Andersone didn't get a ton of reps. He still catches the ball the best. Tatum Bell: Played well today. Had good burst and broke through to the hole. Caught some nice balls. He had a good delayed release. hE set his block up well, broke down field and just as he looked the ball was there (BVP). Ron Dayne: He dropped two easy balls. It looked bad. His running was strong though. We are forunate to be so deep at that possition. His drops didn't seem to hurt his status because he got some reps on the second string. Brandon Miree: He was in on maybe two plays. One pass play that he dropped, and another run play. Nothing there. Cecil Sapp. Sapp looked good. He broke some nice runs. Caught the ball once, and picked up a nice blitz. He looked good. Next: The Good News

08-04-2005, 05:54 PM	#23
Billy Clyde Puckett Billy=Semi Tough Big Guy Looking down on KC, SD and Oakland Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: between 5,000 and 10,000 feet elevation Posts: 12,665 Adopt-a-Bronco: John Elway	Thanks again Kalore. Great Job

08-04-2005, 06:00 PM	#24
Kaylore 6-37, Raider fans. Yummy birds and snow! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ceti Alpha V Posts: 41,029 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Duke	John Engleberger: Boo-yah! This kid camp to play. The kid notched like three or four sacks. He was all over the field today. He really breaks to the seams on some plays. I don't know how I've missed him, but maybe it was the system or just one of the players who play better in the afternoon. Maybe I just missed him, but it was fun to watch him. He's light and quick and that's tough to beat. A nice tackle behind the line. Just overall good hustle. Worry not about Brown. Ian Gold: He was really playing well. He had two tackles behind the line and stuck with his man pretty well. Our Linebackers suffered in the zone coverage today, including Al Wilson. They didn't close very well. I would say Ian was the best up there (Sorry Slap and SoCal.) He just seemed to be one that was still playing hard at the end of the day. Guess who was in Bailey's Spot on the first team: Darrent Williams. He plays better in the afternoon. He had some great coverage and generally his guy didn't get thrown to much. No big plays except for the kick off practices. My biggest knock on Darrent Williams is he is too agressive. He gambles a little too much. He'll play off for a pick and get burned. During returns rather than set and secure the ball, he'll try to run into and secure as he moves. This is a big no-no, and he dropped one today because of it. The good news is he beat two guys and broke one through. His body control and quickness is amazing. Luke and Roc were also returning kicks, but they didn't look as good, though all made very deep returns. I'll do the coverage report now since I'm talking about it already. Coverage was below average (obviously). They rotated a lot of different guys into different slots. I'm not sure what they were doing. One guy appeared to me to miss a block, but the ST coach was congratulating him after the play, so there is something I'm missing about their scheme or something. The rest of this and next week's evening practices is special teams, so be grateful its getting worked on. I'm sure they were just trying guys out today. I certainly hope so.

08-04-2005, 06:05 PM	#25
Meck77 Ring of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 16,310	Kahn deserves a media pass. Glad the team made it back to the outdoors. This isn't arena ball. Last edited by Meck77; 08-04-2005 at 06:08 PM..

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