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June 2009
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Not much to report about practice Tuesday morning. That's because not much happened. Head coach Sean Payton decided to make it a short, light practice that focused just on special teams. He moved this afternoon's practice to tonight at 7:30 in the big stadium across East Woodrow Wilson Ave., and that might have played a part in keeping things easy this morning. I expect a pretty full-on practice tonight. We might even begin to see some hitting. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Non-participatory in today's practice: Don't read too much into this, as it wasn't an important practice. Payton expects all to practice tonight except for Henderson and Porter, who he said would be out at least another week. Celebrities at Millsaps College: Bob Stoops, the Oklahoma head football coach. Payton said the Sooners' staff is in town before they get going with their two-a-days to sit in on meetings and watch practice. 2 CommentsLeave a comment |
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how does Skyler Green compare against Moore and Bush on punt returns, so far in camp?
Michael, as I've told other media members watching practice this week, I've been impressed with Green. He's fielded nearly every punt cleanly and looked to be in a good position to move the ball north and south instead of east and west as Lance Moore does. I also think Green knows this is his chance at catching on with a team, to make it via special teams.
As for how he compares to Bush, Green also has fielded balls cleaner than Bush. But I think Bush has the advantage of being Reggie Bush. He has history on his side. Heck, his first really big play as a Saint was his punt return against Tampa in 2006.
But as Sean Payton said this morning when asked about Green, you can't necessarily tell anything in practice right now. Most of the situations are working on technique and specific return plays. Green, Bush and Moore are, for the most part, catching balls from the juggs machine and not from a punter. And they're not being pressured by 10 or 11 players trying to tackle them.
We'll know more after Saturday scrimmage, sure, but we'll begin to see the separation following Thursday's preseason game at Arizona.