Quotes from Coach Harris after this evening’s practice. No decision on who will be the QB to lead off the quotes; OL Rob Frederick will have an X-ray tomorrow; very thin on the O-line; and he’s worried about all the injuries — especially at WR.
August 22, 2004
Sunday has become that day spent catching up on a lot of other things, so let’s do this quick and dirty.
Direct quotes from Coach Walt Harris (PDF Version) regarding the first scrimmage of the year (stats — for what they are worth — here). Nothing especially revealing. He wants to name a starting QB before the end of the week.
The Pooch Punt will rise again. Josh Cummings, who kicked well, had 2 pooch punts in the scrimmage. The offense struggled at times. Especially the line in front of Palko who couldn’t seem to protect him. Getsy had the better day, but most of Palko’s problems seemed to be that he was always on the run. Here’s something I didn’t want to read:
Neither player had much of a chance to show what they can do consistently because both spent much of the day running from defensive players. The offensive line struggled mightily against what was mostly a patchwork defensive line.
Reads to me that both QBs will get to start at this rate, after the initial starter is carted off on a stretcher.
Bendel’s report stressed the number of injuries making this scrimmage a hard to judge event. In the notebook column, defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads singled out Charles Sallet as the best player on defense to date. Houston Texans GM Casserly and former Pitt coach Foge Fazio were at the scrimmage.
