Day 7 training camp report

Practice No. 7 is in the books.

It was another day of growth for BC, but due to some unfortunate circumstances early on.

Owen Stoudmire was injured during the 1-on-1 period where the offensive and defensive line were on one end of the field and DBs and receivers were on the other.

The BC training staff was immediately by his side and eventually, he was carted off as practice stopped. Then, Bill O’Brien called the seniors together and asked them if they wanted to keep practicing.

After some discussion, they did.

With seemingly a renewed sense of purpose, it turned into one of the better sessions the team has had so far this summer, both from a competition and play-making standpoint.

“We really don’t want to get into a bunch of speculation. We’re cautiously optimistic about his ability to recover,” O’Brien told the media after practice. “We don’t think it’s a major, serious injury right now. Our prayers are with him obviously. We’ve contacted his mom and things like that. We’ll know something more, probably tonight. But…again, not to get into a bunch of speculation, just cautiously optimistic about where it’s at, just to let you guys know.

“I left it up to the seniors. That’s a tough deal, you know. Football’s a tough sport. Seniors wanted to practice and I thought we actually ended up having a good practice. I think it says a lot about Owen Stoudmire. He’s an awesome guy on this team, definitely a leader. Just a tough, tough BC guy, you know? Graduate. Got the great award this past spring. Just an awesome guy.

“I think they practiced for him. I really do…I’ve kind of been through this before. I think it’s important…you can’t make the players practice. That’s not the way I handle it. So, I said ‘what do you guys want to do?’ I think they said ‘let’s talk about it for a little bit’ and then they decided ‘we want to practice.’ So, they wanted to keep practicing, so that’s what we did.

“I don’t know if it was 100%, but it was the majority. That’s what we did and I appreciate those guys.”

Once the Eagles did start up again, things moved inside. Here’s everything I saw from the hill and sideline outside and then inside Fish:

WR-DB 1-on-1s

Some quick observations during stretch/indy/walkthrough before the 1-v-1 period…

-No more boot for Shaker, which is obviously progress
-VJ Wilkins was back
-Commanders scout in the house, second time this week with them being in Foxborough
-Old friend Joe Dailey was also on hand

-Semaj Fleming beats Charlie Comella
-Omar Thornton wins his matchup (couldn’t see receiver)
-Nedrick Boldin Jr. hauls in a deep ball against Comella
-Cedric Lott Jr. (who had a good day with the offense) burns Njita Sinkala
-Luke McLaughlin (who also had another good day) beats Carson Fowler
-Syair Torrence wins his matchup (didn’t see receiver)
-Reed Harris narrowly misses catching a deep ball (didn’t see DB)
-Fleming deep ball grab against Ashton Cunningham
-Jaedn Skeete comeback against Ashton McShane
-Quick snag over the middle for Boldin Jr. against Omarion Davis
-Ismael Zamor comeback along the sideline (didn’t see DB)
-Deep grab for Datrell Jones against Rae Sykes Jr.
-Out for McLaughlin against TJ Green
-Lott crosser vs. Sinkala
-Fleming crosser against Cunningham
-Sideline interception by McShane (didn’t see WR)

1st team period

Quick series each (I think working on end of game situation but tough to hear inside Fish)

James: Run, run, short pass to Bond, short pass to Jordan McDonald

Lonergan: Run, run, sick 1-hand grab by McLaughlin and long TD run down the sideline, short pass to Zamor who goes down on his own

2nd team period

James: Dawson Pough drops a comeback, run stuff by senior Chuck Naaeto, Carter Davis flies up and smokes Zeke Moore on a quick pass, Vaughn Pemberton pressure forces incompletion, nice PBU for Max Tucker on a deep ball vs. Harris in the end zone, short gain for Fleming

Lonergan: Incomplete, short run by Turbo (x2), deep middle connection to Bond, hard run for McDonald, (missed the next two snaps).

3rd team period

Following some kickoff return work it was back to team…

James: Swing to Turbo, incomplete pass on the sideline to Harris, run for McDonald, Jason Hewlwett Jr. drops an interception over the middle

Lonergan: Swing to McDonald, two passes to Broome, Marcelous Townsend INT on a tipped ball

Arjona: Tipped ball at the LOS scrimmage by Griffin Collins, incompletion over the middle (probably a drop by Chudzinski), short run Mekhi Dodd, incompletion

7-on-7

James: Short to Turbo, drop Chudzinski, out to Zamor, deep PBU by Torrence against McLaughlin, Harris reels in a deep ball vs. Omar Thornton, deep crosser for Skeete against Amari Jackson (dart of a throw)

Lonergan: PBU by Hewlett Jr. against Broome, hitch to Bond, hitch to Skeete, incomplete deep to Skeete vs. Torrence, out to Zamor, PBU underneath for Pemberton against Brady Clough

4th team period

James: Two passes to Turbo, hard run by Turbo, out to Bond, false start, completion to Skeete off PA, completion to Lockwood down the right sideline for chunk gain

Lonergan: Two passes to Broome, hitch to Moore, first down run Broome, hard run for Bo MacCormack, ‘sack’ by Collins

Arjona: Big run MacCormack, (missed the next play), incomplete swing pass, swing to Dodd, (missed the next snap), hard run by Broome, deep ball to Lott on 3rd-&-10 against Green

Goal-to-go

James: TD run Turbo, TD run Turbo, tipped INT for Tucker in the back of the end zone against Zamor (might have been off his hands)

Lonergan: TD run McDonald, jump ball TD for Skeete vs. Torrence, sack by Daveon Crouch

Arjona: Run stuff, TD to Lott, incompletion

Situational (1:00 left, no time outs, ball at midfield)

James: Sideline interception by Torrence

Lonergan: Incompletion (Kolenge pressure up the middle), sack by Clive Wilson, back-to-back sacks by Ty Clemons, incompletion, PBU by Cam Martinez against McLaughlin on ‘4th-&-6’

Arjona: Sack, crosser to Lott, (missed this play), incompletion deep

BC is back at it on both Saturday and Sunday morning before a day off Monday. It’ll be a heavy week of practice with multiple days in a row next week.