The Terps keep adding a few new wrinkles as the team progresses through spring practice.
Maryland opened its second week of spring workouts Tuesday evening as the defense begin installing its blitz packages and the team closed out the two-hour session with a goal-line scrimmage.
Maryland opened its second week of spring workouts Tuesday evening as the defense begin installing its blitz packages and the team closed out the two-hour session with a goal-line scrimmage.
The Terps keep adding a few new wrinkles as the team progresses through spring practice.
Maryland opened its second week of spring workouts Tuesday evening as the defense begin installing its blitz packages and the team closed out the two-hour session with a goal-line scrimmage.
The offense scored on all six possessions from the 5-yard line, though the defense did not play with its top two tacklers.
"We didn't scrimmage (Alex) Wujciak or (Adrian) Moten," Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen said after the workout. "But the offense is usually ahead on the goal-line (this early in the spring)."
Despite holding Da'Rel Scott and Davin Meggett, his top two tailbacks, from the goal-line scrimmage, Friedgen was pleased with the play of his running backs.
"I thought D.J. Adams showed up pretty big," Friedgen said. "Haroon Brown also did a real good job."
Adams, a redshirt freshman, had three of the touchdowns. He had a pair of 1-yard scores and went in on the first play of the final possession.
David Mackall had two big defensive plays. The true freshman linebacker stuffed Gary Douglas for no gain and sacked Danny O'Brien for a 6-yard loss.
O'Brien rebounded at the end of the possession. On fourth-and-goal from the 7, he hit Adrian Cannon who eluded a couple tacklers in the flat on his way to the end zone.
Jamarr Robinson had a touchdown on the first play of the session. He faked a handoff to Adams and ran a bootleg around the right side untouched into the end zone.
Just before the goal-line scrimmage, which lasted about 10 minutes, the Terps had their normal 11-on-11 team periods which featured a lot of blitz packages.
"Today was the first day we pressured with linebackers too," Friedgen said. "They were running free all over the place. We've got a lot of work to do there. But I thought as it went along the offense got a little better."
Friedgen expects the offensive line, which has just one senior in the two-deep, to progress as the spring moves along.
"We've got a lot of young kids, especially in the offensive line," Friedgen said. "When they start seeing all those twists and those linebacker dogs, they got a little tentative. They kind of lost their poise a little bit and forgot their assignments. But the only way to learn that is to do it. Hopefully we'll be look at that on film tomorrow and get it corrected for Thursday."
After watching film of Saturday's Oklahoma drill, Friedgen signaled out a few players for their performance. He liked the blocking of Pete White, R.J. Dill and Devonte Campbell. He also thought Kenny Tate "was dominant" and Antwine Perez and A.J. Francis "did a good job." There's not a lot of deception in the Oklahoma drill. "It's about meeting a guy in front of you and getting off a block and making a play," Friedgen said. "At the end of the drill, the defense started getting the idea."
Maryland opened its second week of spring workouts Tuesday evening as the defense begin installing its blitz packages and the team closed out the two-hour session with a goal-line scrimmage.
The offense scored on all six possessions from the 5-yard line, though the defense did not play with its top two tacklers.
"We didn't scrimmage (Alex) Wujciak or (Adrian) Moten," Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen said after the workout. "But the offense is usually ahead on the goal-line (this early in the spring)."
Despite holding Da'Rel Scott and Davin Meggett, his top two tailbacks, from the goal-line scrimmage, Friedgen was pleased with the play of his running backs.
"I thought D.J. Adams showed up pretty big," Friedgen said. "Haroon Brown also did a real good job."
Adams, a redshirt freshman, had three of the touchdowns. He had a pair of 1-yard scores and went in on the first play of the final possession.
David Mackall had two big defensive plays. The true freshman linebacker stuffed Gary Douglas for no gain and sacked Danny O'Brien for a 6-yard loss.
O'Brien rebounded at the end of the possession. On fourth-and-goal from the 7, he hit Adrian Cannon who eluded a couple tacklers in the flat on his way to the end zone.
Jamarr Robinson had a touchdown on the first play of the session. He faked a handoff to Adams and ran a bootleg around the right side untouched into the end zone.
Just before the goal-line scrimmage, which lasted about 10 minutes, the Terps had their normal 11-on-11 team periods which featured a lot of blitz packages.
"Today was the first day we pressured with linebackers too," Friedgen said. "They were running free all over the place. We've got a lot of work to do there. But I thought as it went along the offense got a little better."
Friedgen expects the offensive line, which has just one senior in the two-deep, to progress as the spring moves along.
"We've got a lot of young kids, especially in the offensive line," Friedgen said. "When they start seeing all those twists and those linebacker dogs, they got a little tentative. They kind of lost their poise a little bit and forgot their assignments. But the only way to learn that is to do it. Hopefully we'll be look at that on film tomorrow and get it corrected for Thursday."
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