Johnson played maybe 3 snaps in the first half and never touched the ball. He gets more time in the second so I will watch him.

Shepard wouldn’t start at QB right now, but he is easily good enough to start in a few years’ time. He’s got a cannon with Michael Vick’s legs. He’s a better runner than Chiles is. Chiles will get better I think, because he throws just fine in warmups. He still has too much gamer in him, I guess, and isn’t paying attention when he gets in live situations. He needs to stop playing street ball.

I do get paid to write here, about 60k a year. My paychecks come from Google, though, because everyone clicks on their ads at an incredibly high rate to get away from my posts.

Macro stuff will be at the end. This took almost 4 hours to do, I just had to quit.

Starting OL will probably what we saw trot out Saturday. I would guess that Huey will take over at guard at some point during the year, but that’s just a guess. Hix/Ulatoski will be a battle to watch in the fall. The schemes up front looked the same, though we did have more variety to it all. A few wrinkles we showed last year will hopefully become staples.

I can’t say on Melton one way or the other. It’s hard to compare a DT and HB.

I do like Shipley. I think his big play ability left with his injuries, at least I thought he did. He looks as quick as he did as a freshman, though, and he had no trouble fighting for balls then. I can’t say for sure what to expect there but we’ll see.

OL will be better because Dallas Griffin is gone and Ulatoski will likely be replaced. Chris Hall is a perfectly acceptable college center, and although I think Burnette has more upside, I am fine with Hall starting there. Offense overall, who knows. That’s up to Colt now.

Ullman is the 2nd TE, yeah. I don’t love it either but he can block, and that’s what we’ll need out of him in those situations.

That reverse is sweet, but I don’t think there is any read there. Pretty sure it’s called from the huddle.

Thanks for reading. 2nd half coming tomorrow.

Great stuff. Could you talk a little ablout patter recognition pass D? Muschamp has mentioned it but I really have not seen a good explanation of it (how do you run it, in what situations do you run it, do you need smart guys to run it, is it part of a zone, you know all the nitty gritty details).

How did cody Johnson look to you? Does he look 4.4 fast?

Do you think Sheppard should be starting at QB?
Do you think Chiles is going to get his mechanics straightened out this season? How well does Sheppard throw compared to Colt?

Do you get paid to write for Barking Carnival?

All the micro reporting is great. It would also be good to get more macro type perspectives.

Assuming no injuries, who do you think will be starting where on the O line? Are there any significant strategic changes in the blocking approach this year (for example, less zone blocking, more zone blocking, simplified schemes, whatever).

This is Melton’s contract year (so to speak). Is he working much harder? How fast does he run the 40 now (i.e. can he still run a 4.6 40?).

You been really high on Shipley. He looks stronger but less flexible to me (I could be wrong). Hope you’re right about how good he is. Last year he was poor when fighting for 50-50 balls (i.e. a 50-50 to Shipley was a good way to throw an interception). I know Shipley and Colt are roommates and have good chemistry but I wish Colt would have thrown less to Shipley and more to some of the other receivers.

Do you think the offense will be more effective this year? I see fewer turnovers (because Muschamp will face rape Greg Davis if he doesn’t get Colt to stop turning over the football and putting the horn D in perilous field position). Will the O line improve much with the extra year of experience?

When the horns run a two tight end set, who is the second tight end? If it is Ullman, that does not seem like a good thing.

Love the play where the QB rolls out right and has the option of throwing it, running, or pitching to the WO running in the opposite direction. Would like to see that reverse kind of action several times per game (Urban Meyer loves it).