Home early from the morning practice and even able to get started on my laundry early! Not much going on today but here’s the limited scoop:

• Another full pad day and another day with the same boys in red.
• As expected, Randy Moss was nowhere to be seen. Also missing once again were the Puppies and the same MIA crew from all week.
• During drills an offensive player carrying a football ran towards a defensive player and tried to avoid being tackled. WRs squared off against DBs and in the far field RB’s went up against LBs. There was no contact in the drill, just a touch to simulate a tackle.
• In another drill DB’s also practiced back pedaling and reacting to change direction by following a ball in the coach’s hand.
• There was no full team stuff today as practice focused solely on Special Teams with the refs present. Kickoffs, Punt Returns, and Field Goals were on the agenda for the morning. Fans were pleased that they chose to kick towards the hill. Gostkowski was very consistent nailing all of the FG’s that I saw (must admit… during practices like this it’s easy to let the mind wander and start yapping or focusing elsewhere so I may not have caught it if he did miss anything.
• Newbie Danny Baugher (5) continues to be impressive with his punts, clearly giving Josh Miller some camp competition. Tom Malone (1) isn’t even in the running. If they end up neck in neck at the end, perhaps the art of holding will be the deciding factor.
• Ellis Hobb is clearly the best returner on the team (which is no surprise to anyone!)
• On another return by Gemara Williams, Brandon Meriweather was flagged for a blatant hold.
• Fans called to Mr. Kraft who was on the sidelines and cheered when he waved back. He also drew some big cheers as he came over and signed autographs along the ropes after practice.
• Defensive Line signed this morning and Maroney remains the most consistent “extra” of this camp signing mostly every day. He is clearly a fan favorite.
• Practice ended at 10:00 today.

I’m hoping to use the time today to catch up on labeling and linking pictures before heading back for the evening session.

There’s been a change in tomorrow’s schedule and it’s now 10:30-12:00. There’s still nothing posted for the weekend and beyond as of yet.