Was at the O&W game, some observations, probably made by anyone with eyes:
Player Observations
Wingo and Cook are studs. Hard to believe Wingo is an EE Fr, he's built like a Sr. Speed, hands, wiggle, the whole package. Cook has great elusiveness and another gear after the catch.
Bond looked great too, but we expected that. Had a few catchable balls he missed.
I'll be disappointed if we lose Red, even with his weight gain he looked pretty good! Soft hands catching screens and had some nice jukes and also ran over a few people. I guess we saw a lot of him due to his spot on the depth chart but if he's willing to accept a reduced role I think he could contribute.
Owens looked mature, it's been awhile since we've had this depth in QB. We're set up for the next few years and when we land Lacey we could have an Alabama-like run of QB play of 3-4 starter level NFL QBs in a row.
With Hill moving to the middle I didn't notice him as much, maybe he won't make as many flash plays there but probably will contribute more.
It was good to see the OLine get a push in a goal to go situation
It's really hard to assess defense in the spring game because they're playing with a hand tied behind their back and have to dial down the aggression and not hurt anyone.
Formation/Philosophy
We ran a lot of 4 WR sets, way more than the last few years.
We hardly ran any 2 RB sets/pony package
We ran a lot of screens, not just the TE screen but traditional RB screens as well. Some worked and some the D-line sniffed out. Showed off the RBs soft hands and working with blockers.
There were a lot more slants and passes across the middle as a % of throws that I was used to seeing, thank god
There were a lot fewer horizontal throws to the sideline (WR screen)
We ran a lot of man coverage
We blitzed over 1/3rd of the plays
How much of this is just Sark experimenting, how much of this translates to the season...?