Comments on: Football: Spring practice preview — wide receivers/tight ends

By: tony v

tony v — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:48:39 +0000

and oh yeah…he can catch the football!

By: tony v

tony v — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:47:35 +0000

I’ve purported that Michael Calvin would be a top notch receiver for the past 4 years…….it hasn’t happened,yet……I’m hoping that his senior year is his break out year instead of breaking something…….he is fast…..tough….and he’s a Rebel.

By: dball

dball — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:38:22 +0000

If I’m not mistaken, Longshore threw off his back foot because his front (planting foot) was injured. He got by on his arm strength alone, but his mobility and accuracy were hampered by his ankle/heel injury on his planting foot.

By: Bare Territory

Bare Territory — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:08:01 +0000

We’ve always had such great tight ends …. too bad we never use them! Same thing with the FB. Successful offenses mix their TE’s and FB’s in on a regular basis. Ours are lucky to get 1 touch a game.

By: JoeS

JoeS — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:52:34 +0000

Kaelin Clay played a lot of running back, also. He is tough kid! Cal is going to love him!

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:22:19 +0000

ET – very asute observation. Longshore greatly suffered from that, which is why he was so often pick-sixed. I think a primary reason for this is that there are no designed roll-outs, and the ace set/shotgun sets give the QB no protection and no real sell on play-action, meaning that the QB often is rushed to throw.

By: milo

milo — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:01:16 +0000

Last time a QB hit a receiver in stride on a long route and scored…pre-injury Longshore.

By: Terrance Thompson

Terrance Thompson — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:55:52 +0000

A QB is needed!

By: ET

ET — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:38:32 +0000

C98

You are so right about the QB’s not hitting receivers in stride. They also seem to all have been throwing off their back foot.

By: c98

c98 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:35:09 +0000

The most exciting thing I remember reading about Bridgford is that he has excellent timing, and is good at hitting receivers in stride. I cant remember the last time I saw a Cal qb do that.