| 24 April 2010
Check it out here, starts at 3pm!
Pretty modest intro... Schneider: Lendale, power back, explosive inside runner. Leon Washington has been a fantastic back, arguably one of the most talented backs in the league. We'll use him in a bunch of different ways.
Carroll: We think our offense is at its best when we have a lot of diversity amongst our backs.
Carroll mentioned also that Vickerson was a pretty big part of the deal, saved them a draft pick. Question: "is there going to be too much competition?"
Carroll: "Too much competition? No. no. no. That's the central theme of our program... At this point, when we're trying to fight for spots, this is exactly what we hope to do in as many spots as possible."
Schneider: "Today was a grind. It was fun, it was intense. I don't get to call plays like Pete does, so this is [my kind of] fun. It was exciting. We drafted two guys in the 7th round that we're real excited about too."
"Now we're competing with clubs in free agency, we're gonna wind it down, assess what we did, and see where we go from there."
Carroll: "What I love about this draft class: There are playmakers here... everywhere you look, there are playmakers, there is firepower here. Now these guys have got to come through, at this point, I think we're about as excited as we could have hoped to have been here."
Quite impressed with Schneider and his scouting, filling the needs of this team and especially to fulfill Carroll's vision. I like it.
E.J. Wilson - We're gonna give him a shot to play at the 5-technique spot and see how that works. He's active, he does a lot of things, particularly in the run game. We're just getting started at figuring all that out. ...Dexter Davis will play on the right side with Chris Clemons and give us the kind of play that he's accustomed to.
Konz - He verticalled 46 inches. We're gonna play him at WR and let it rip. 4.16 short shuttle, big hands...
Carroll: When we come back [to minicamp] next week, we're going to basically do the same meetings again. In doing that, we're going to figure them out, the sooner we can figure out how to best use their abilities, the farther we'll be able to go. ...We're going to have additional free agents coming in and we'll have a few more tryout guys... This will be a crucial, busy weekend for us next week.
On McCoy - I think our background with Anthony helps us, we've recruited him since his Junior year in HS... He's made some mistakes along the way, but we know if we work together on this way, he can be a tremendous, tremendous guy for this football team... Probably the best guy at his position that we got in the [draft]. ...Jeremy [Bates] knows perfectly how to utilize him.
Carroll - Everybody on our board got drafted. [That's rare.] That might indicate that our splash in UFA signings might be minimal...
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