2nd scrimmage

Our second and final scrimmage was an improvement over the first. Offensively we were able to break a few big plays that would have went for touchdowns, and defensively we forced a few turnovers and generally played the assignments well.

I was happy to see that defensively most of our mistakes were physical mistakes, such as missing a tackle, as opposed to mental mistakes. Offensively we still need to know our assignments better, as not everybody is completely comfortable with the playbook thus far. That's not uncommon at this point in the year, when many players have missed practices due to vacations and things of that nature.

The focus next week will be on hammering down the mental assignments of each play, so that the players can simply act and react and stop thinking out on the field. I tell the players often that hesitation is the enemy, but until everybody is fully comfortable with their assignments, it is hard to avoid some of the hesitation that we are seeing.

Practice Monday as usual...we'll see you then.