we are starting to play football again. I hate the off seasons, be it baseball, football or basketball, hockey for that matter. It says a lot about Nnambi that he showed up on time, no compelling reason that he had to. Al is pretty good about keeping players he wants so pretty confident that next year Nnambi will be signed long term. We should be getting good reports daily from the various sources, and at first, a minimum amount of negative reporting, after their first loss, all bets are off. For the first time in many seasons they have a favorable schedule, a QB for the future, a possible great runner so no more excuses. Kiffin was quoted many times last year that the 2nd year of a regime change reflects the most improvement, so shut up and do it, Lane.

the man his money. I hope we can sign him long term. He is too good to let go. We shore up our secondary so we can work on our D-Line. Hopefully we can see some blitz packages this year.

Don’t worry, Al will sign him to a lucrative long term contract next year. Al does not lose players he does not want to lose. I would think Nmanbi would want to stay here having played at Cal and all so location should not be a problem.

In training camp yesterday, Nnamdi only saw one pass go his way. But that one pass was picked off and was followed by a Nnamdi touchdown. Seems Nnamdi is still going to be a threat this season who many will ignore. I guess even Russell felt better throwing to Hall instead of Asomugha.

Other interesting news:

Kelly was getting a lot of praise from Kiffin during camp. He said he hasn’t lost a step because of injury.

Shields also received a lot of praise. Kiffin said he was quick, very fast. He made a lot of nice catches. Arman apparently hasn’t lost much room for making the roster from his injury. It’ll be very interesting to see who will make the roster between Chaz and Arman. Heck, maybe even both will make the cut.

McFadden had some receiving troubles today dropping two easy dump-off passes. McFadden said he was running before he caught the ball.

Harris is fairing a little better now that contact is allowed. But, I’m still worried. Especially if Ekejiuba can push him back two yards. Ekejibua’s job is to hit returners, not push O-Linemen. Harris is doing a good job with the run though.