Good news to report from the Manning Passing Academy

1. Russell Shepard was the best receiver there ... hands-down. He and Jefferson hooked up on several long flies and their timing on their slants and hooks was much better than the timing of the random QBs and WRs who had never thrown to one another before.

2. Both Shepard and Jordan Jefferson were sponges. When they weren't warming out or throwing at the Air it Out competition, they were hanging out with either Peyton or Eli.

Was good to see that they were having less fun than the others -- all business.

Hope it translates into good things in the fall.

Here's a photo I took. Enjoy.

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all very good news. thanks for the report!:thumb:

btw, bad link for the pic.

 

Great news. Also great to see they're putting in the hard work. It will pay off big time.

 

Great to hear.

 

Welp, since BHelm asked:

1. Taylor Potts from TTech won the skills contest. I don't think he missed a throw the entire event. Very impressive.

2. Alabama fans have no lives. There were a ton of people from Alabama who drove in from Tuscaloosa to watch Greg McElroy throw.

3. The Simms kid at Tennessee has a CANNON. Like 100 mph Roger Clemens-like cannon.

4. Andrew Luck was the best overall passer there.

5. Shepard gets along with probably everyone on earth.

6. Jefferson hit the 10-yard target easily, hit the 20 yard target easily. Just airmailed the 30-yard target. Lots of oo'ing and ah'ing from the fans as he threw.

Like I said above, the warmup passing tree from Jefferson to Shepard was fun to watch. It seemed like no matter how hard or far Jefferson put it, Shepard found a way to get under it and bring it in.

Tommy Tuberville was in town.

I am doing a slew of work-relating things from the camp, so basically anyone can ask me about someone who was there and I can tell you how they looked, performed, etc... It's too hard to think of them all off the top of my head.

But to anyone who has never been, it's worth the trip to Thib.

You get to see Peyton and Eli, as well as probably 50 college QBs -- 20 or so of them among the elite in America.

 

nah. like just grazed the top of it. Just overshot it by a hair.

 

Thanks for the info Clair, great to hear. How does JJ's arm strength compare to the rest of the group? Above avg., but not quite elite is what I'm expecting to hear, is that about right?