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Early observation from day 4:
I thought freshman quarterback James Delacenserie had his best day of camp. Delacenserie was effective in the red zone and just looked more comfortable.
On Delacenserie, ISU head coach Mike Kramer said: “Well he’s much improved because he’s smart enough to realize that familiarity is the key to quarterbacking. That all quarterbacks from Tom Brady to James Delacenserie are limited. And their limitations can only be overcome by how well they think from the beginning of the play to the where they have to determine the success of the play, and he really grasps that concept and I think that’s really cool.”
2nd observation from day 4:
Every day it seems like freshman wide receiver Hagen Graves is doing something that catches my eye. Graves, who is out of Skyview High School, has made a number of great catches over the middle. He's not a big kid (6-0, 180) but it looks like the kid has guts.
Bengals work in the red zone
Thursday was red zone day. The Bengals used a lot of the "diamond" formation, which is two tight ends set up on either side of the quarterback, and the running back is a few feet behind the QB (hence the diamond reference). It looked like the Bengals were concentrating on running the ball once they moved inside the 10-yard line (but, of course, they threw it plenty, too).
Austin Graves talked about what is important defensively when the Bengals are backed up in the red zone ...
“It’s all just about bowing up. It’s really physical down there. That’s where the physicality of the team comes in. D-line ... if you don’t push the line of scrimmage back it’s a loss. ... I think that’s the big thing in the red zone, physicality and winning the line of scrimmage.”
ISU works with its offensive line
Sophomore offensive tackle Skyler Phillips missed a chunk of practice. In his place, ISU went to a first-team offensive lineup that replaced Phillips with Wesley Wingrove, and Thomas Vazorka moved in at left guard.
LT - Jim Bagley
LG - Thomas Vazorka
C - Christian Diehm
RG - Terrence Carey
RT - Wesley Wingrove
And then a little later, Wingrove moved back to left guard and Chase Collins entered at right tackle ...
LT - Jim Bagley
LG - Wesley Wingrove
C - Christian Diehm
RG - Terrence Carey
RT - Chase Collins
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