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— Starters Anthony Castonzo and Ryan Kelly were out today, so we saw a different first-team offensive line: Le'Raven Clark (left tackle), Quenton Nelson (left guard), Josh Andrews (center), Mark Glowinski (right guard) and Braden Smith (right tackle).
— Seeing some first-team reps at the skill positions were Jacoby Brissett at quarterback, Marlon Mack and Nyheim Hines at running back, Devin Funchess, Chester Rogers, Marcus Johnson, Daurice Fountain, Krishawn Hogan and Jordan Veasy at receiver, and Mo Alie-Cox, Hale Hentges and Gabe Holmes at tight end.
— The second unit offensive line was J'Marcus Webb (left tackle), Jake Eldrenkamp (left guard), Evan Boehm (center), Daniel Munyer (right guard) and Joe Haeg (right tackle).
— The third unit offensive line was Antonio Garcia (left tackle), Eldrenkamp (left guard), Andrews (center), Ian Silberman (right guard) and Jackson Barton (right tackle).
— In what could be the team's last physical practice before traveling to Buffalo for its first preseason game, we saw some hits. Right away in the 11-on-11 drills, Alie-Cox caught a pass from Brissett on the right side, turned upfield, lowered his shoulder and rolled over cornerback Jalen Collins.
— The second and third-team offense had some great results in early red zone drills. First, they had a run with Hines out of the shotgun from 15 yards out. Hines took the handoff, showed some patience, did some shuffling and then got into the end zone. The first 10 yards came from great blocking, and he might've been able to fight for the last five in a real game situation. Next, Jonathan Williams followed some great blocking to punch one in from 10 yards out. On the play, Williams spun off of a tackle attempt, while Hentges sealed off the right edge against cornerback Pierre Desir, which allowed Williams to stroll into the end zone. Soon after, Williams then got a screen pass on the left side from 10 yards out where he was able to reach the front pylon. He would have yet another score in a later session of 11-on-11s where he pounded the ball in from a few yards out.
— The team did a session of 7-on-7s at one point where they had the offense lined up on defense's five-yard line. With the field compressed that much, passes were hard to complete, but there were a couple scores. Brissett went 2-of-5 with completions to Alie-Cox and Funchess, the latter being a short slant for a touchdown. Phillip Walker went 1-of-3 with a completion to Fountain, who spun and scored. Chad Kelly went 0-for-3.
— The final session of the day was another round of 11-on-11s in a simulated two-minute drill. They had the simulation with the score tied at 14 points, with 1:37 remaining on the clock, and the ball starting on the offense's own 40-yard line. Brissett went 3-of-7 with his first completion being a 25-yard back-shoulder throw to Funchess down the left side. The other completions were to Johnson and Rogers, while he also threw away a couple passes out of the back of the end zone. Walker went 2-of-2 in the second unit's two-minute drill with both completions going to Fountain, which you will read about below.
— We went into the final session of practice still needing a clear play of the day, and it was delivered. In the second team's very first play, Walker uncorked a bomb to Fountain who had a couple steps on his man, running down the right side. Fountain jumped and high-pointed the ball, being brought down about 10 yards later for a huge, 50-yard gain to bring the ball to the 10-yard line.
— With the score being tied at 14 and both offenses getting the ball into the red zone, both drives were blown dead before a clear conclusion to them, perhaps the reason being a hypothetical field goal would’ve been attempted.
— Before team drills got underway, quarterbacks and centers paired off with Andrews snapping to Brissett, Boehm snapping to Walker, and Eldrenkamp snapping to Kelly.
(via Jake Arthur/Colts.com)