Spring practice April Fools Edition

Boy, spring practice is boring. It's just, umm, well, err.... practice.

I don't know what else to say. I am interested in the scrimmages and seeing how that plays out, but I find football practice incredibly boring. I am a fan of watching practice in basketball, a lot can be gleamed from that. Football? No wonder they film it. There is no other way to breakdown what half the team does.

It could just be the air in the Shenkman. It's stale and the conditions are pristine. I could take a nap there. Beats being outside in the cold. I don't think I would have accepted the beat if we had to sit outside in the cold.

There are some observations worth noting however and there is value in viewing practice. Here are some of mine:

• Wide receiver play has been a bit shaky. Marcus Easley and Robert Theoudele have made some strides according to QB Tyler Lorenzen. The most interesting part of practice was watching D.J.Hernandez, Brad Kanuch and Ellis Gaulden work on their hands. Kanuch and Gaulden caught tennis balls out of a machine. Hernandez was doing one armed catching drills with his air cast on. Gaulden is in a boot, not sure if he had to get a new boot or he had one leftover from the other myriad of injuries the poor kid has had. I am skeptical of Kanuch playing this spring. The wide receiver position desperately needs someone to step in this summer. This is like the Democratic presidential nomination, it's going to be decided late in the summer.
  

• The quarterback play has been spotty too. Lorenzen has looked shaky out there. If it wasn't for what he did in the actual game I would be scratching my head a bit. Perhaps the best part of Lorenzen's game is something you can't practice -- game management.

• Lorenzen acknowledged as much to me after. In a game situation he wouldn't force things and he would probably take off and run. The defense also knows where the play is going. "I consider myself a gamer, but I do take practice seriously. Sometimes you can be out there in practice over-thinking. At game time, you live off reaction, Lorenzen said. He then paused: "Hopefully, I don't look that bad in practice."

• Zach Frazer has a good arm and throws a nice ball. He has been wildly inconsistent however and is a work in progress. Frazer spent all of last season on scout team, so this is his first experience with the offense. I like the way Cody Endres has looked. Throws a nice ball and has good size.
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• Love the running backs. Meme Wylie is a powerful runner and has more speed than I thought. It's going to be tough to get those guys all on the field. Adding Jordan Todman and the running back position is loaded.

That's about it for today. Martin Bedard and Scott Lutrus were out sick.

Go Yankees.