Morning notes
With news of offensive tackle Adam Terry's lower left leg injury and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata's improving health dominating this morning's practice, there were a few other tidbits of injury news.
First, wide receiver Derrick Mason appeared to injure his right leg when he and rookie safety Haruki Nakamura collided during a full-team exercise. Mason limped off the field, but later appeared to put weight on the leg. Linebacker Edgar Jones walked gingerly off the field at the end of practice and slowly made his way to the locker room with what appears to be a right leg injury.
Not all of the news is bad. Wide receiver Demetrius Williams had the brace on his lower left leg removed, and he walked around the practice field with little difficulty. And defensive tackle Kelly Gregg, whose left leg was heavily wrapped yesterday, participated this morning.
Other observations:
* It's never a good sign when your first completion in full-team drills is an interception. That's what happened to rookie quarterback Joe Flacco, who was picked off by linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo.
* Troy Smith and Mason connected on a nice touchdown strike during 9-on-9 drills. Smith threaded a pass between cornerback Frank Walker and rookie safety Tom Zbikowski and hit Mason in stride for what appeared to be 40-yard play.
* In the field-goal competition, incumbent Matt Stover converted attempts of 20, 31 and 50 yards, but banged a 40-yarder off the left upright. Rookie Piotr Czech was successful on all four of his tries from 20, 30, 41 and 51 yards.
* During kickoff coverage drills, cornerback Derrick Martin flattened wide receiver Matt Willis. Less than a minute later, linebacker Nick Greisen laid out rookie wide receiver Marcus Smith.







Comments
Keep it up Troy. Work hard, be smart, and you'll do just fine.
Posted by: Eric | July 29, 2008 1:32 PM
You guys report everyday how Troy and Flacco look in camp. Why do you almost never report how kyle is looking in camp? Do you guys take a lunch break everytime he hits the feild or what? The only news i have on him is that he was sacked, he fumbled, but he has been consistent.
Posted by: fernando | July 29, 2008 1:55 PM
No more camp coolout but sounds more like camp bandaid ! If this camp doesn't get the attention of the players media and fans , nothing will ! Good to know that coach means business and so do the players. The school of hard knocks has just begun and appears to be taking it's toll. I see Billick gringing in the background !!!
Posted by: Cornell | July 29, 2008 2:36 PM
Fernando, maybe it's because no one cares about Boller he is awful.
Posted by: Kevin | July 29, 2008 5:00 PM
I care about Boller; if this is an open competition, as its being billed as, then I'd like to see fair reports on all three quarterbacks.
Posted by: Brad | July 29, 2008 10:23 PM
Boller, Smith and Flacco will all be dead or in Shock Trauma playing behind this OL. It really doesn't matter who's playing behind this embarrassing group.
Posted by: easywriter01 | July 30, 2008 1:41 AM