[MIJB#19]

General Manager Notes: Pre-season report
Volatility, can be a bitch. Or our scouting sucks.

This is where we stand midway through the pre-season.

quarterbacks
40/40 Sheldon (-3/-3)
30/40 Farley (0/+2)
10/35 Bell (+2/-13)
10/10 Muchnick (-5/-5)
decision: Muchnick out, Bell kick holder.
question: Bell or Sheldon as starter?

Backfield
50/55 RB Patter (-4/+2)
40/40 FB Brosseau (+1/+1)
30/35 RB Szporluk (-10/-5)
35/35 RB/PR Thongchanh (+1/+1)
25/25 RB Ford (-3/-3)
15/30 FB Kinney (-1/-17)
decision: Kinney out, Patter/Thong' will split carries.
question: Can we work Szporluk into plan as short yardage back?

Receivers
75/75 WR Bondy (+3/+3)
45/45 WR Hammond (+1/+1)
40/40 WR Sandlin (-1/-1)
35/40 WR/KR Messenger (no change)
30/40 WR Wilkerson (-2/-11)
25/35 TE Blake (+2/-2)
30/30 TE Crawford (+1/+1)
30/30 TE Holliday (no change)
25/30 WR/KR Arntt (no change)
20/25 WR Gelat (-1/0)
15/15 TE Kotz (-3/-3)
decision: Gelat out.
question: how to utilize all the run blocking tight ends and still be 3WR heavy on passing downs, without making it too obvious foor opponents?

Offensive Line
70/70 G Szott (no change)
65/65 C Pearson (-7/-7)
65/65 LT Hadinger (no change)
65/65 RT Humphrey (-6/-6)
50/50 G Theisen (-7/-7)
40/55 G Watson (no change)
25/30 C Labbe (-12/-13)
30/35 LT Hamilton (-9/-6)
30/35 G Willis (-1/-1)
decision: Willis out
question: Theisen or Watson as our right guard, leaning towards Watson.

Punter/Kicker/Long Snapper
55/55 P Guynes (no change)
55/55 K Wells (no change)
20/20 LS Biegen (no change)
nothing to add here.

Defensive Line
60/60 DE Kondovski (+1/+1)
60/60 DT Mojica (no change)
55/65 DT Fletcher (-1/-2)
45/45 DT Burgess (no change)
45/45 DE Exner (-2/-2)
40/40 DE Russell (-1/-1)
35/35 DT Ritt (+1/+1)
30/30 DE Whiting (-1/-1)
25/30 DT Ackerman (no change)
20/25 DE Gellar (+1/+1)
decision: Gellar out.
question: are these guys really as good as their pass rush speed suggests?

Linebackers
55/55 Espino (-10/-10)
45/45 Jackson (no change)
40/40 Iveans (-9/-9)
35/40 Mendelssohn (+1/-1)
30/40 Wentz (0/-3)
30/30 Peterson (+2/-2)
20/25 Palmer (no change)
decision: Peterson out.
question: we went from good duo/trio to pretty fragile, is this unit even Merchantmen worthy?

Secondary
70/70 CB Hitchcock (-1/-1)
45/45 S Marty (-4/-4)
40/40 CB McNeil (-1/-1)
30/45 CB Frias (+1/+1)
35/35 S Sword (no change)
35/35 S Harper (+2/+1)
30/40 CB Provo (-1/-8)
30/30 S Newsome (-1/-1)
30/30 CB/PR Blackwell (no change)
15/25 S Blanchard (-1/-1)
decision: Provo out.

Not sure what to add here for now. Re-evaluation had depressing results. Not something we're used to. But we'll hold tight en keep hope on things going to be better than last season. Because, well, last season was almost rock bottom, at least for the Merchantmen.