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Training camp, Day 13 (A.M.)
Posted by Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer on August 8th, 2007
News and notes, sights and sounds from Wednesday morning's practice:
– Josh McCown will start quarterback Saturday night against Arizona at McAfee Coliseum, with Andrew Walter and Daunte Culpepper to follow.
"Josh has done a really good job and shown a lot of leadership in the way he handled himself during the scrimmage on the sidelines and around the team,' Kiffin said. "Next game it may be opposite."
McCown viewed it as Step 1 in the process to become the Raiders starter in Week 1.
"It was a goal of mine, but would I have been completely down in the dumps if I didn’t start? No," McCown said.
– A scout team was employed for the first time to simulate the offense and defense of the Cardinals, a situation which gave No. 4 quarterback Jeff Otis his most extensive work of training camp.
At one point, as players assembled in the huddle, Kiffin became impatient and yelled, `C'mon, we're wasting time. Let's go."
Following practice, Kiffin said, "We've got to get better at that because that's what's going to make us good, the looks that we give on the other side of the ball and the speed that we work at in practice so we can keep a high speed even though we put in the backup guys in those situations.
– Kiffin said offensive coordinator Greg Knapp will work from the press box Saturday night. Knapp, worked from the sideline as the play-caller for the Atlanta Falcons. Kiffin will call the plays for the Raiders. When calling plays at USC, Kiffin worked from the press box.
"I'm going to see how it goes," Kiffin said. "That's where we're going to start and I'm going to experiment with a couple people up, a couple people down in different situations. We're going to start that way."
– Otis threw both practice interceptions, one to Nnamdi Asomugha and another to Thomas Howard.
– Free agent linebacker Kyle Shotwell had a sack of Culpepper, but later fell well behind Adimchinobe Echemandu in pass coverage during a seven-on-seven drill, prompting a "C'mon, Shotwell!" from linebackers coach Don Martindale.
– At this point, it appears the job of long-snapper is Jon Condo's to lose. The Condo has snapped consistently since camp began and the coaches like the fact that as a linebacker, he is an effective tackler in coverage.
"We’re going to give him a shot to take this thing and run with it and see how far he can go," Kiffin said.
– Split end Jerry Porter raced past a strangely passive Marquice Cole under a long strike from McCown.
– Not long after running backs coach procliamed it "No Drop Wednesday," wide receiver Chris McFoy had a McCown strike clank off his hands.
– Rookie Mario Henderson was getting most of his reps at right tackle, a situation that bears watching if journeyman Cornell Green struggles on that side.
– Fullback Justin Griffith took reps with the scout team and has had a relatively quiet training camp. It's unclear if that means Griffith has fallen behind Zack Crockett and rookie Oren O'Neil at fullback, or if the coaching staff is already counting on Griffith to be on the roster and is instead pitting Crockett against O'Neil.
– Defensive tackle Warren Sapp was given the practice session off. Those who missed practice due to injury included DT Josh Shaw, CB Duane Starks (hamstring), CB John Bowie (Achilles), RB LaMont Jordan (back), C Jeremy Newberry (off) and CB Stanford Routt (knee).
Kiffin said Shaw, Jordan and Burgess would not face Arizona and that a number of other players are questionable.
– The Raiders will leave Napa Thursday for the Raider Nation celebration then will stay in Oakland, holding their final walkthrough at their practice facility in Alameda Friday.
Posted by Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer on August 8th, 2007
News and notes, sights and sounds from Wednesday morning's practice:
– Josh McCown will start quarterback Saturday night against Arizona at McAfee Coliseum, with Andrew Walter and Daunte Culpepper to follow.
"Josh has done a really good job and shown a lot of leadership in the way he handled himself during the scrimmage on the sidelines and around the team,' Kiffin said. "Next game it may be opposite."
McCown viewed it as Step 1 in the process to become the Raiders starter in Week 1.
"It was a goal of mine, but would I have been completely down in the dumps if I didn’t start? No," McCown said.
– A scout team was employed for the first time to simulate the offense and defense of the Cardinals, a situation which gave No. 4 quarterback Jeff Otis his most extensive work of training camp.
At one point, as players assembled in the huddle, Kiffin became impatient and yelled, `C'mon, we're wasting time. Let's go."
Following practice, Kiffin said, "We've got to get better at that because that's what's going to make us good, the looks that we give on the other side of the ball and the speed that we work at in practice so we can keep a high speed even though we put in the backup guys in those situations.
– Kiffin said offensive coordinator Greg Knapp will work from the press box Saturday night. Knapp, worked from the sideline as the play-caller for the Atlanta Falcons. Kiffin will call the plays for the Raiders. When calling plays at USC, Kiffin worked from the press box.
"I'm going to see how it goes," Kiffin said. "That's where we're going to start and I'm going to experiment with a couple people up, a couple people down in different situations. We're going to start that way."
– Otis threw both practice interceptions, one to Nnamdi Asomugha and another to Thomas Howard.
– Free agent linebacker Kyle Shotwell had a sack of Culpepper, but later fell well behind Adimchinobe Echemandu in pass coverage during a seven-on-seven drill, prompting a "C'mon, Shotwell!" from linebackers coach Don Martindale.
– At this point, it appears the job of long-snapper is Jon Condo's to lose. The Condo has snapped consistently since camp began and the coaches like the fact that as a linebacker, he is an effective tackler in coverage.
"We’re going to give him a shot to take this thing and run with it and see how far he can go," Kiffin said.
– Split end Jerry Porter raced past a strangely passive Marquice Cole under a long strike from McCown.
– Not long after running backs coach procliamed it "No Drop Wednesday," wide receiver Chris McFoy had a McCown strike clank off his hands.
– Rookie Mario Henderson was getting most of his reps at right tackle, a situation that bears watching if journeyman Cornell Green struggles on that side.
– Fullback Justin Griffith took reps with the scout team and has had a relatively quiet training camp. It's unclear if that means Griffith has fallen behind Zack Crockett and rookie Oren O'Neil at fullback, or if the coaching staff is already counting on Griffith to be on the roster and is instead pitting Crockett against O'Neil.
– Defensive tackle Warren Sapp was given the practice session off. Those who missed practice due to injury included DT Josh Shaw, CB Duane Starks (hamstring), CB John Bowie (Achilles), RB LaMont Jordan (back), C Jeremy Newberry (off) and CB Stanford Routt (knee).
Kiffin said Shaw, Jordan and Burgess would not face Arizona and that a number of other players are questionable.
– The Raiders will leave Napa Thursday for the Raider Nation celebration then will stay in Oakland, holding their final walkthrough at their practice facility in Alameda Friday.
