2019 Spring Practice Thread

fightingirish26 · Mar 21, 2019

I really just hope someone beats Bilal out. Don't want him at rover, mike, buck, anywhere. Maybe just ST.

Irish YJ · Mar 21, 2019

fightingirish26 said:
I really just hope someone beats Bilal out. Don't want him at rover, mike, buck, anywhere. Maybe just ST.

I think he'd be fine at Buck. I can "see" better options at Mike and Rover, but not at Buck.

Crazy Balki · Mar 22, 2019

Irish YJ said:
I think he'd be fine at Buck. I can "see" better options at Mike and Rover, but not at Buck.

I think Genmark-Heath has a higher ceiling at Buck than Bilal does, and he has played and practiced at the position already unlike Bilal.

Unless the plan is to start JGH at Mike and have Bilal at Buck, I think he'd be a better option at Buck.

T-Boone · Mar 22, 2019

Is there any film from spring training getting release or is that a thing of the past?

stpeteirish · Mar 22, 2019

fightingirish26 said:
I really just hope someone beats Bilal out. Don't want him at rover, mike, buck, anywhere. Maybe just ST.

Yeah, ideally we have 3 LB'rs better than Bilal. I think he's pretty mediocre, especially at Rover. Good insurance to have a 5th year sr around just in case we have a rash of injuries but hope Lamb, Bauer and Simon are ready for action.

ResLife Hero · Mar 22, 2019

T-Boone said:
Is there any film from spring training getting release or is that a thing of the past?

Yesterday the media was allowed in, but no cameras. Tomorrow's practice has time where media can shoot video so I expect we see some clips then.

notredomer23 · Mar 22, 2019

Brady Quinn broke on Pardon My Take that we have a walk-on in his 30s this year that was a Navy SEAL. Brian Duffy. Anybody know anything? Pretty cool.

Veritate Duce Progredi · Mar 22, 2019

Does anyone have paraphrased reports from Thursday?

I've seen Kevin Austin and Brock Wright look really good (as does Cole Kmet).

Was anything else offered up?

BobbyMac · Mar 22, 2019

notredomer23 said:
Brady Quinn broke on Pardon My Take that we have a walk-on in his 30s this year that was a Navy SEAL. Brian Duffy. Anybody know anything? Pretty cool.

He's a Jr at ND this year originally Class of 2005 out of high school/

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BabyIrish · Mar 22, 2019

Veritate Duce Progredi said:
Does anyone have paraphrased reports from Thursday?

I've seen Kevin Austin and Brock Wright look really good (as does Cole Kmet).

Was anything else offered up?

Media reported great things from Troy Pride. Sampson said Griffith looks the real deal now at corner. Bracy and Davis ran in 2nd unit and looked comfortable. Not much on lb, dl and rb. By all accounts all of the wr's looked good: Lenzy, Keys, Young, etc. All the reporters believe that Phil has no shot at surpassing Book as QB this year.

Edit: Prister reported that he liked how DJ Brown looked at safety. Apparently Paul Moala could be moving to Rover.

Luckylucci · Mar 22, 2019

Simon seems to be the starting Rover.

IrishLion · Mar 22, 2019

Veritate Duce Progredi said:
Does anyone have paraphrased reports from Thursday?

I've seen Kevin Austin and Brock Wright look really good (as does Cole Kmet).

Was anything else offered up?

TJ Jr has looked really good so far. Clear lead back through the first couple of practices.

Jurkovec is constantly looking to throw deep, and he's really good at it... it's the mastery of the rest of the nuances of playing QB that need work.

Griffith looks comfortable at boundary corner and is moving really well, which is encouraging considering some of his struggles in coverage last year.

Lacey is gonna play a lot this year, and is definitely gonna be a Dude.

SouthSideChiDomer · Mar 22, 2019

NDCrusader said:
He's a Jr at ND this year originally Class of 2005 out of high school/

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So he's older than our QB coach and can share parenting tips and reminisce about the '90s over a couple beers with our OC and DC.

But in all seriousness, that's pretty cool. Having him around will hopefully put a little perspective into the lives of some of the guys who don't always get it right away. Plus, he can probably beat most of these guys in strength and conditioning workouts even though they are a decade younger than him.

Hopefully he actually gets to get in a game this year.

BobbyMac · Mar 22, 2019

SouthSideChiDomer said:
Hopefully he actually gets to get in a game this year.

If only Army was on the schedule... or the Taliban.

stpeteirish · Mar 22, 2019

BabyIrish said:
Media reported great things from Troy Pride. Sampson said Griffith looks the real deal now at corner. Bracy and Davis ran in 2nd unit and looked comfortable. Not much on lb, dl and rb. By all accounts all of the wr's looked good: Lenzy, Keys, Young, etc. All the reporters believe that Phil has no shot at surpassing Book as QB this year.

Edit: Prister reported that he liked how DJ Morgan looked at safety. Apparently Paul Moala could be moving to Rover.

DJ Morgan is transferring. Maybe you meant DJ Brown?

BabyIrish · Mar 22, 2019

tom prendergast said:
DJ Morgan is transferring. Maybe you meant DJ Brown?

Correct, DJ Brown

Luckylucci · Mar 22, 2019

IrishLion said:
TJ Jr has looked really good so far. Clear lead back through the first couple of practices.
Jurkovec is constantly looking to throw deep, and he's really good at it... it's the mastery of the rest of the nuances of playing QB that need work.

Griffith looks comfortable at boundary corner and is moving really well, which is encouraging considering some of his struggles in coverage last year.

Lacey is gonna play a lot this year, and is definitely gonna be a Dude.

Where'd this come from? Genuinely curious because I thought the reps had been split basically 50/50 for him and Jafar.

IrishLion · Mar 22, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Where'd this come from? Genuinely curious because I thought the reps had been split basically 50/50 for him and Jafar.

Mike Frank's notes.

Maybe I misread, but it seemed like he was saying Jafar has been no.2 behind TJ Jr.

Irish YJ · Mar 22, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Where'd this come from? Genuinely curious because I thought the reps had been split basically 50/50 for him and Jafar.

That's what I thought too. If Jones is the clear #1, it gives me the feeling that Jafar isn't developing as hoped, more so than Jones is really "the man".

Haven't really heard anything about CBo, which I think this will be a key year for him to get into the conversation.

Hearing anything about Williams?

IrishLion · Mar 22, 2019

Luckylucci said:
Where'd this come from? Genuinely curious because I thought the reps had been split basically 50/50 for him and Jafar.

IrishLion said:
Mike Frank's notes.

Maybe I misread, but it seemed like he was saying Jafar has been no.2 behind TJ Jr.

Sorry, it was from Freeman. Said TJ Jr. got the majority of the work with the 1's the other day.

GowerND11 · Mar 22, 2019

If what's being said about Griffith is true, I'm not too shocked. We always knew he was pretty athletic, but not the quickest guy. I feel like that, and the fact he was a freshman, could obviously explain some of his struggles. However, playing the boundary should be of some benefit to him, Using strength in press, not having to play smaller guys in the slot, etc.

ResLife Hero · Mar 23, 2019

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sitting at Buffalo Wild Wings writing my practice reports for today. <br><br>* Impressed w/OL & RBs<br>* Sophomore LB's made a lot of plays<br>* LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah had an impactful practice<br>* CB TaRiq Bracy was outstanding<br>* Backup QB had some dimes<br><br>More to come in practice reports</p>— Bryan Driskell (@BGI_CoachD) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGI_CoachD/status/1109505829823221761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another quick practice note.<br><br>The speed that Braden Lenzy, Lawrence Keys and Joe Wilkins add to the WR corps is really something. Just a different dynamic, and Michael Young flashed strong play today as well.<br><br>WR corps isn't nearly as big, but far more dynamic than last spring</p>— Bryan Driskell (@BGI_CoachD) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGI_CoachD/status/1109509937586208773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Final note and I'm about to start writing my practice reports ....<br><br>From a strength standpoint, freshman Jacob Lacey is way ahead of where Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, Kurt Hinish and Jayson Ademilola were when they were freshman.<br><br>Technique needs work but he has grown up strength.</p>— Bryan Driskell (@BGI_CoachD) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGI_CoachD/status/1109510629369499648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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ResLife Hero · Mar 23, 2019

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Notre Dame wrapped up its second open practice for the media today. Players who impressed for various reasons.<br><br>Cole Kmet<br>Jeremiah Owusu Koramoah<br>Tony Jones Jr.<br>Julian Okwara<br>Houston Griffith<br>Ovie Oghoufo</p>— Pete Sampson (@PeteSampson_) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteSampson_/status/1109505796902133760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brian Kelly was asked about Kevin Austin, who came back to earth a bit on Saturday.<br><br>"Extremely talented player … But I think people know that there’s more than just talent in this evaluation process of guys that are gonna play. He needs to bring more to it than just talent."</p>— Pete Sampson (@PeteSampson_) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteSampson_/status/1109512898404061184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Notable to see Asmar Bilal at Mike Linebacker all practice. if, If, IF Bilal can understand that position it could really open up some athletic options for Clark Lea.<br><br>Shayne Simon worked and the Buck, as did Jack Lamb. Both were good. Jeremiah Owusu Koramoah was at Rover.</p>— Pete Sampson (@PeteSampson_) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteSampson_/status/1109514222860492800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Irish YJ · Mar 23, 2019

Any time I hear about Lenzy killing it, i get a tingle.

Glad to hear JOK might be turning the corner.

Sucks not to hear about Austin.

ResLife Hero · Mar 23, 2019

Old Man Mike · Mar 23, 2019

"Strength of the team: Defensive Line."
"Troy Pride stands above." (That's JLove talk).

These are a couple of real Wows looking forward to the season.

I really liked MTA and Hinish last year. Given that our DEs are so good (i.e. Great) if MTA and Hinish have as good of backups as I think they do, we might be such a DLine monster that the learning linebackers get a lot of grace growing into their spots. The other guy who said that the OLine will be very good; and the other-other guy who said that Kmet was not only a monster receiver but was going to be thrown to, bring the Offensive optimism way up there too.

KOOLAID............

Veritate Duce Progredi · Mar 23, 2019

Irish YJ said:
Any time I hear about Lenzy killing it, i get a tingle.

Glad to hear JOK might be turning the corner.

Sucks not to hear about Austin.

It's great to hear Simon is doing well, Bilal might still be growing as a player and JOK might be turning the corner. Jack Lamb has received a lot of praise. We need everyone surging into fall then let's see who the coaches roll out.

Just watching practice video and Lawrence Keys looks different than many others. He looks shifty AF. I really hope he earns meaningful minutes this season.

Also happy to hear Bracy and Griffith look good.

Also great to hear the TEs are looking good.

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