



Weatherford called the plays and adjustments as the “green dot” linebacker whenever his unit was in, and showed excellent run gap discipline when necessary. Weatherford had a great day from the linebacker/box safety spot for the National side, picking up two tackles in what was primarily a passing coverage assignment. Second-team participation, special teams starter.The pressures and wins off the block he did manage to pick up were great film for scouts, and we’ll see where he ends up after a productive week in Mobile, but on a day where the American Team offensive line was being cooked for eight sacks, recording no stats could be a concern. He did suffer some defeats in pass rush, but showed great instinct for the ball, getting the hands up several times to try and deflect the ball. Robinson nearly got a sack once again in the fourth quarter, getting away from the left tackle and changing the angle of pursuit to get into the airspace of Bailey Zappe to force a throwaway. After getting met at the line one-on-one in his second attempt, he came back on third down to split two blockers with a straight bull rush to collapse the pocket, which helped to force a Sam Howell fumble- which Robinson nearly recovered. On his first snap, he got around not one, but two blockers without being touched and ran unabated at the quarterback, who was forced to throw it away. Robinson didn’t record a stat, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. Robinson’s burst length will certainly intrigue teams, and he utilized both of those qualities to get some pressure on his matchups. Robinson’s name has been picking up a lot of steam as an intriguing late-round project at the edge position, winning a lot of one-on-ones throughout the week, and showed his raw athletic potential several times early on to put himself on the map. Second-team participation, special teams participation.That said, he played well in team drills, and availed himself admirably in the game, which is more of a team setting, so there’s certainly still something there. This is probably not too much a surprise given he’s only played offensive line for 18 games, but when put together with his struggles in one-on-one plays, it’s something a few teams could be concerned by. This was more or less the pattern for Raimann, who flashed brilliant awareness in the run game, with several strong pushes, and was more up-and-down in pass reps. Raimann made up for it on the next play, with another excellent run block rep. The first pass rep, less so, as he was left in the dust by Sam Williams, who managed to force a pressure on Desmond Ridder. Raimann entered the game in the second quarter, and showed off his strength fairly early, squashing his assignment several times in a row on run plays. (Minnesota OT Daniel Faalele was the starter on the right side.) Instead, it was fast-riser Trevor Penning of University of Northern Iowa who started the game. Raimann being the second-string left tackle was a bit of surprise if you had only tuned in on Wednesday and Saturday, as he started the week as the National side’s OT1 on the left side. Second-team participation one false-start penalty.National Team Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan (Luke Goedeke, who was originally set to be featured on the National team alongside teammate Bernhard Raimann, was the first prospect to withdraw from the Senior Bowl, sustaining a hamstring injury early on Tuesday practices.)
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With all that in mind, we focus on the four MAC players who did play on Saturday and how they looked. There were also two minute warnings at each quarter, with the opposing team possessing the ball in the next quarter, and two mandatory timeouts to be used by each team in each quarter. Offensive formations must be balanced, with no motions or shifts, while defenses must show Cover 1, Cover 2 and Cover 3 and cannot pull stunts or blitz plays. The game was the climax of a week-long showcase for all five of the scheduled Mid-American Conference prospects, who picked up plenty of practice intrigue and mock draft recognition in the days leading up to the game on Saturday.Īs with most Senior Bowls, the rules are a bit different from normal football. Senior Bowl MVP went to National Team defensive tackle Parnell Winfrey, formerly of Oklahoma, who collected two sacks and three tackles-for-loss in five stops as a starter. The Senior Bowl was a relatively one-sided affair in Mobile, Alabama over the weekend, with the National Team, coached by the New York Jets, handily defeating the American Team, led by the Detroit Lions, by a final margin of 20-10 in unseasonably cold and dreary conditions.
