Today was the final scrimmage. The starters were just put in situational scrimmages — 2 minute drills and such. Second and third team got much more action. Apparently really going at it at times.

Coach Wannstedt had some nice things to say about TE Darrell Strong and WR Derek Kinder:

On Darrell Strong:

He’s a guy that can play a lot of different positions because he’s such a good athlete. He was a receiver last year. You guys know better than me. You can put him a lot of different places and he gives you a chance to make a play. I was very encouraged by the way he responded. He got banged up a little bit and came back in there so it was good to see his toughness.

On Derek Kinder:

At the end of spring I felt like we had Greg Lee and Kinder and (Joe) DelSardo (at receiver). Kinder ended up the spring real strong. He had a slow start but has picked it up the last couple days so that’s encouraging. We need one more guy to come through so we can use some of our four wide receiver sets. We want to be able to spread people out and do some different things. It is encouraging that we feel real good about three right now.

I won’t be surprised if Strong is second on the depth chart at tight end. Kinder having some good practices is encouraging, especially since Marcus Furman had stiffness in his back after only one practice at WR. Of some concern, Linebacker Clint Session had his knee scoped. His status is day-to-day.