I went to the scrimmage on Friday.
Patriot had the ball first and drove down the field for a TD. Had a nice mix of run/pass during that initial drive. Madison looked undersized in the front 7 and were a step slower.
Then the rain and lightning hit and stopped play for an hour or so.
When Patriot's starting defense was in there Madison could get much offense going. They had a few nice runs and a couple of positive pass plays, but didn't do much to threaten throughout the game.
Patriot had a nice TD run called back that resulted in zero points on the drive. They also had the ball first and goal twice and didn't put any points on the board. I chalk that up to poor play calling from the sidelines. Patriot's starting OL was much bigger than the front 7 of Madison. In particular, the left side of the Patriot line, which includes the big OG who is a national recruit. Instead of running behind him and the big LT, they decided to run jet sweeps and throw the ball. Coaches sometimes have a hard time staying with the strength of their team, and wanting to out think every body. They should have lined up their big TE on the left side and ran some power football and made Madison find a way to stop them. I think one of the drives was first and goal from the 3 and the other from the 10.
Patriot has a pretty solid core of skilled kids on both sides of the ball. Their QB is good enough to move around and make things happen when the pocket starts to collapse too. Their starting defense seems to be pretty solid as well, with some good speed to it and decent size along the front.
Madison scored late against the backup secondary of Patriot to tie up the game 7-7. Other than that, Madison looked below average on offense. But then again, it was only a pre-season game.
I think Patriot is 3-4TD's better than Madison. Starters vs starters was easy to see that Patriot had a clear advantage physically and athletically.
Patriot had the ball first and drove down the field for a TD. Had a nice mix of run/pass during that initial drive. Madison looked undersized in the front 7 and were a step slower.
Then the rain and lightning hit and stopped play for an hour or so.
When Patriot's starting defense was in there Madison could get much offense going. They had a few nice runs and a couple of positive pass plays, but didn't do much to threaten throughout the game.
Patriot had a nice TD run called back that resulted in zero points on the drive. They also had the ball first and goal twice and didn't put any points on the board. I chalk that up to poor play calling from the sidelines. Patriot's starting OL was much bigger than the front 7 of Madison. In particular, the left side of the Patriot line, which includes the big OG who is a national recruit. Instead of running behind him and the big LT, they decided to run jet sweeps and throw the ball. Coaches sometimes have a hard time staying with the strength of their team, and wanting to out think every body. They should have lined up their big TE on the left side and ran some power football and made Madison find a way to stop them. I think one of the drives was first and goal from the 3 and the other from the 10.
Patriot has a pretty solid core of skilled kids on both sides of the ball. Their QB is good enough to move around and make things happen when the pocket starts to collapse too. Their starting defense seems to be pretty solid as well, with some good speed to it and decent size along the front.
Madison scored late against the backup secondary of Patriot to tie up the game 7-7. Other than that, Madison looked below average on offense. But then again, it was only a pre-season game.
I think Patriot is 3-4TD's better than Madison. Starters vs starters was easy to see that Patriot had a clear advantage physically and athletically.
