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Miami offense lagging behind
There is an often-repeated saying that football coaches can’t ever be totally satisfied by what they see during a scrimmage. It’s almost impossible for both the offense and defense to look good.
During the RedHawks’ first summer scrimmage this morning, Aug. 14, it was the offense that gave themselves the short straw by coming up with only one field goal during the regular session and one touchdown during a two-minute drill.
“There are significant strides ahead for our offense at this point in time,” Miami coach Michael Haywood said.
That’s a polite way of saying Miami’s offense was bad.
“Usually at this time the offense is behind the defense,” Haywood pointed out, “but we have to pick it up up front. As you could tell today, our defensive line and that front seven did a really good job coming off the ball on the running game, and in the pass game the defensive backs overall did a pretty nice job of covering.
“On the other hand, we’ve got to do a better job up front on the offensive line,” he said. “We’ve got to recognize the fronts, we have to make sure we make the proper ID, we have to make sure we’re popping out like the guys (on defense) that are coming. The running backs have to step up protecting, the wide receivers have to run better routes.”
This and that:
• Prior to the scrimmage Miami practiced its punting and redshirt freshman Zach Murphy had a couple good kicks. True freshman kicker Mason Krysinski and true freshman quarterback Robert Partridge also participated but weren’t quite as consistent.
• True freshman Willie Culpepper, who is the lightest (175 pounds, and that might be a stretch) and the most light-footed of Miami’s tailbacks, is taking his turn returning kickoffs for the RedHawks.
• One of the hardest hits during the scrimmage was delivered by sophomore defensive end Wes Williams on senior tailback Thomas Merriweather. On the previous play, Merriweather had driven ahead for some good yardage and he and a few blockers delivered their own punishment to senior cornerback Brandon Stephens, who was in on the tackle but not until after his helmet came flying off.
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