Green & White practice/scrimmage recap

This year's annual instra-squad scrimmage just finished. Here's what went down:

  • Chandler Catanzaro won the kicking competition 5-to-4. He was well short from 60, while Ross Martin's kick went wide.
  • Jamal Adams, Matt Forté and Bilal Powell did not participate.
  • Quincy Enunwa suffered a non-contact injury after dropping a pass from Hackenberg in the end zone. Lorenzo Mauldin also tweaked his knee during pass rushing drills and was hurt again during the scrimmage.

  • The team still ran the standard practice drills, including one-on-one passing drills and seven-on-seven, during which Josh McCown threw a touchdown to Robby Anderson, Christian Hackenberg threw one to Frankie Hammond and Bryce Petty threw three to Chris Harper, Jalin Marshall and Charone Peake, who made a nice catch on a fade route.

Now, details of the scrimmage itself:

  • Frank Beltre and Jordan Jenkins started with the first unit at outside linebacker in 11-on-11's. Also of note, Sheldon Richardson did not start and Buster Skrine was the second cornerback. Brent Qvale started at right tackle.
  • Beltre and Leonard Williams sacked McCown on the first series, a three-and-out. The first play was a false start. Obviously.
  • Hackenberg to Anderson for a first down on the next series but then a Julian Stanford tackle in the backfield forced third and long and ultimately another fourth down.
  • Petty's first series was also a three and out with good coverage by Xavier Coleman on third down.
  • Hackenberg was up next, but immediately sacked by an untouched Spencer Paysinger and then was almost intercepted. They ran the ball on third and long and punted again.
  • After a good run by Romar Morris, Josh McCown threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Chris Harper on third down. Buster Skrine apparently slipped and fell on the play.
  • Petty was up next. He completed short passes to Harper and Anthony Firkser and a first down to Myles White, albeit on an underthrow. Then Jordan Todman had a nice run behind a Craig Watts block and a short yardage conversion inside the 10 before the drive stalled. Catanzaro made a chip-shot field goal.
  • Coleman had two break-ups on Petty's drive but injured his knee on the play on the second of those and was helped to the locker room by the trainers.
  • On McCown's next drive, he completed a pass to Austin Seferian-Jenkins but then Marcus Maye jumped a route to intercept his next pass for a 62-yard touchdown.
  • Hackenberg bobbled a snap on his next drive and was sacked by Williams and Josh Martin. The drive ended in another punt.
  • Peake dropped a Petty third down pass on the next drive, leading to another punt after run stops by Stanford and Mike Pennel.
  • Morris ran for a first down to open up the next drive and then McCown found Anderson for a first down. McCown capped off the 35-yard drive with a five yard touchdown pass to Seferian-Jenkins.
  • The next drive opened at the 25 with a Corey Lemonier run stop, but ended with a Hackenberg 24-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Leggett.
  • Petty got the next drive from the 25 but threw incomplete on third and short with McDougle in downfield coverage. That came after a 9-yard pass to White and a Jenkins run stuff. Ross Martin kicked a 34-yard field goal on fourth down.
  • To finish up, there was a two-minute drill. After an Elijah McGuire run, McCown found Anderson, who beat Morris Claiborne for a first down. The drive stalled when McCown overthrew Jalin Marshall on third down and Buster Skrine blitzed for a strip sack on fourth down.