skippy57.0
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All in all, Sunday's scrimmage was a pretty good show. The offense moved the ball at times, but the defense didn't give up big plays. Dan Thompson called it the best scrimmage he's seen in three years of covering the Bengals in his Journal blog.
I was most impressed with the Bengals' power running game. They ran a lot of two-back set today, with Jayson Bird the up-back and Kenyon Blue as the tailback. Ben LaPorta, who will probably redshirt, ran the ball and blocked well. Throw in Knickrhrem and Cornist, and the Bengals are going to be a good power running team. Blue had some nice runs, too, it's apparent he will be the Bengals' speed back.
The receivers all showed good hands, and Edsel Logan made a circus catch. ISU ran Messersmith out of the backfield as well as TE, and he made a nice ankle-high grab.
Defensively the DBs did a nice job, nobody was really wide open most of the time I was watching, and they didn't give up any big plays. Defensive line is still a muddle, but it looks like they have a lot of options. Don't see anybody really dominant on the D line, but plenty of depth.
I was most impressed with the Bengals' power running game. They ran a lot of two-back set today, with Jayson Bird the up-back and Kenyon Blue as the tailback. Ben LaPorta, who will probably redshirt, ran the ball and blocked well. Throw in Knickrhrem and Cornist, and the Bengals are going to be a good power running team. Blue had some nice runs, too, it's apparent he will be the Bengals' speed back.
The receivers all showed good hands, and Edsel Logan made a circus catch. ISU ran Messersmith out of the backfield as well as TE, and he made a nice ankle-high grab.
Defensively the DBs did a nice job, nobody was really wide open most of the time I was watching, and they didn't give up any big plays. Defensive line is still a muddle, but it looks like they have a lot of options. Don't see anybody really dominant on the D line, but plenty of depth.