Vlyrock
06-23-2007, 01:36 PM
http://www.coachfran.com/news.aspx?id=512
Not too much great stuff in here...mainly because of the summer lull.
One activity allowable to report: quarterback Stephen McGee, linebacker Mark Dodge, and tight end Martellus Bennett participated in the Coach Fran Charities/Boys and Girls Club Celebrity Golf Classic last weekend.
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Some players from recent years also participated as team captains – Terrence Murphy, who introduced his fiancé to everybody at the Friday night dinner party, and Chad Schroeder. Chad informed us that he retired from pro football after a few weeks trying out as a free agent with the San Diego Chargers.
It looks like Chad's done trying for the NFL. That's too bad...:sad:
George in San Antonio wrote in with this week’s question: What are we doing specifically to improve on our vertical passing game?
Well, all I can really tell you, George, without giving away detailed information, is that we worked really hard and specifically on that phase of our passing game during the spring, and it will remain a point of strong emphasis in fall camp.
Keep in mind that with any given team, our staff plans around understanding that team’s major strengths and playing to them, while at the same time working to improve other phases of the game. That’s true on both sides of the ball.
Other thoughts on that would be that Stephen McGee has two things going for him right now that he didn’t have last August – his throwing arm totally healthy, and a year under his belt as a starter. You might recall that he didn’t throw passes at full strength until the week before the first game in 2006. That certainly had some effect on our deep passing plans early in the season.
Not too much great stuff in here...mainly because of the summer lull.
One activity allowable to report: quarterback Stephen McGee, linebacker Mark Dodge, and tight end Martellus Bennett participated in the Coach Fran Charities/Boys and Girls Club Celebrity Golf Classic last weekend.
....
Some players from recent years also participated as team captains – Terrence Murphy, who introduced his fiancé to everybody at the Friday night dinner party, and Chad Schroeder. Chad informed us that he retired from pro football after a few weeks trying out as a free agent with the San Diego Chargers.
It looks like Chad's done trying for the NFL. That's too bad...:sad:
George in San Antonio wrote in with this week’s question: What are we doing specifically to improve on our vertical passing game?
Well, all I can really tell you, George, without giving away detailed information, is that we worked really hard and specifically on that phase of our passing game during the spring, and it will remain a point of strong emphasis in fall camp.
Keep in mind that with any given team, our staff plans around understanding that team’s major strengths and playing to them, while at the same time working to improve other phases of the game. That’s true on both sides of the ball.
Other thoughts on that would be that Stephen McGee has two things going for him right now that he didn’t have last August – his throwing arm totally healthy, and a year under his belt as a starter. You might recall that he didn’t throw passes at full strength until the week before the first game in 2006. That certainly had some effect on our deep passing plans early in the season.