falconater wrote:I did not see the Rock Hill scrimmage, but I did see the Portsmouth Minford scrimmage. I thought Minford looked good except for two breakdowns on pass coverage. On the one Minford's corner had good coverage but the Portsmouth receiver made an excellent play. On the other, a backup Minford corner let his man deep for an easy TD. You would expect Portsmouth to be able to throw and pass block and they can. All in all on defense Minford was great against the run, and Ok against the pass. On offense, minford ran very well and got consistent yardage. The line blocked well. In pass game, the QB threw one interception and had three passes dropped one for a TD. There were a couple of handling the ball fumbles. Minford looks to have a good kicker again. I'd think that that both coaches were overall happy but have plenty of things to work on. The Minford line really got off of the ball on most plays. I'd say on their schedule Portsmouth is 6-4 plus or minus. Minford looks to me like it will have another play off season. To be better than 6-4 Portsmouth will have to beat West or Burg. You can see Portsmouth beating Gallia, Jackson, South Point, Warren, Marietta and then picking up two more. I don't see them beating Chillicothe or Ironton. Portsmouth should beat Western Brown. Bottom line a good scrimmage for both teams.
I agree. Minford needs to toughen up on defense. Keep in mind that one of their tougher players on offense and defense was out do to injury. That particular kid should help tighten up the defense and he should have a very good year carrying the ball.
two things that really need work is defensive pass coverage and the offensive line needs to continue to block downfield instead of watching the play. Sloan had several good runs, and after getting through the line of scrimmage the lineman let off their blocks to watch him run. They have to get into a habit of getting downfield to try and pick up an additional block that could be the difference of scoring a TD or just a long run.
