The first day in pads after a preseason game is always, ALWAYS grueling. But, throw in Mother Nature’s heat reign this entire summer and it was twice as much so on Tuesday. Here are my Harris Hits from the day.
The very first thing that I wrote in my notebook was a one handed catch that rookie Teagan Quitoriano made during one-on-ones. Big fella just reached out his right hand as he crossed the field and just velcro’d the ball to his big paw. Hopefully, as he continues to ramp up after being injured, we’ll get a chance to see him in game action on Friday at Los Angeles.
Sometimes guys rest on their laurels after a great preseason game and sometimes guys get a confidence boost from that action. Rookie WR Johnny Johnson III seemed to be the latter. He jumped right into one-on-ones and ran an excellent route to sell the DB deep, then he came back to the ball to make the uncontested catch. It just feels like he’s “getting it” every single day.
WR Chester Rogers was back at practice and that was a great sign. His ability to change tempo as rapidly as he does on his routes to get open is really impressive. He understands playing slot receiver inside, running routes inside for sure. His first one-on-one rep showed the full package of patience, tempo in the route, burst and then late hands for the catch and finish.
I took a little bit to watch the linebackers take on the running backs in pass coverage. LB Kamu Grugier-Hill put clamps on one of the running backs out of the backfield, which hasn’t been entirely unusual over his two year career here in Houston. His level of anticipation and burst into the hip pocket and passing lane should be the envy of every NFL linebacker.
As I glanced around practice early, I happened to look over for two of DB M.J. Stewart’s reps in one-on-ones and he put clamps on tight ends/receivers in his two reps. Talk about running the reps for the receivers, holy smokes. I just happened to write in my notebook “29 covering his butt off today.” I…
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