Thread: Looking good overall at 1st practice

Forte looks awesome receiving. U can tell it's the 1st scrimmage. Timing between Cutler and receivers is off. Rookie WR's look a bit lost.

Peanut and Marshall must be hitting it off as friends. They spent a lot of time together when there was down time. Peanut looked animated and it looked like he was trying to help Brandon quite a bit. I will try to post some pics when I get home tonight.

Marshall & Cutler r not on the same page yet. Lotta work needed but I guess that is to b expected at this 1st day of camp. I guess I expected magic :-)

I m on the way home now. My son is driving so I can update here. I know u can't tell anything from a 1st day without pads or hitting. Most of the guys looked like they were shaking off rust. Now u r going to think I m nuts, but the best player I saw all day was Hester. I did not expect that. Not at all. Every year We hear the Hester hype, but CLEARLY he is a stud WR this year. I only saw him drop 1 pass all day. His route running was great & when he caught the ball he had sick moves. He owned the dbacks. I also noticed him and Cutler laughing and interacting - clearly having great chemistry on and off the field.

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

Has he dropped a lot of passes in past years? When you think about it, this is what his 3rd, 4th year as a WR? And really for the first time in his adult or teen life? It could well have taken 4+ to get to the point where he's a decent WR(not going to be great but he'll be a decent 3rd/4th option).

Again I'll point out that Tice said Marshal/Forte/Hester were the guys they want to get the ball to. Anyone thinking he's going to take a back seat to anyone(bennett/jefferies) is fooling themselves. he might not get 16 GS's, but he'll have 16 G's next to his name; and he'll see a lot of plays too. He's got to much big play potential(hate that word but w/Hester it's true) to not give him a couple handfulls of opertunities each game.

670 had Double Z interview Marsh/Cutler and both said the team is going to take what the D gives them, via run, or pass, and to whomever is open. I still see a 4+ 700-800 yd WR/TE's instead of a couple 1+k guys with the rest being around 500-700.

We go to camp every year. Hester has never been as smooth and sure-handed as we saw today. And yes, in other years he would drop more passes, and his route running wasn't this smooth.

Ric, I think you may be right on all of those points. Hester is a unique player. He now knows his part of the offense, and he looks completely comfortable out there. In fact, you could tell he was having FUN out there today. I could also tell that he and Cutler have a warm friendship (at least on the practice field). They were totally relaxed and laughing.

Cutler & the rest of the WR's were a bit off all practice. But not with Hester or Forte. Clearly, Forte is just as good of a receiver at this point as any WR on the team. Fluid, smooth, fantastic hands. When you see him running routes, you could never tell that he wasn't a WR. He's that good. Man, I'm glad we've locked him into a longer term contract now.