Manatee opened up with a turnover that led to a quick Armwood score. Manatee took the kickoff and moved the ball, but had the drive stalled out which led to a Armwood 65 yard touchdown drive. Missed PAT made it 13-0 Armwood and things weren't looking good for Manatee. From there the game took on a lot of back and forth, with both teams having their fair share of 1st game mistakes. Manatee started showing more consistency when AJ went at QB and scored 2 late TD's, to take a 14-13 lead going into half.
Observations: Armwood has more than just a few very smooth and skilled athletes. Callahan seems to want a Armwood offense that is balanced, but Im surprised he hasn't just ran straight the Manatee offense to establish itself physically. Armwood defense is fast as well but I didn't get a sense of it being as good potentially as its offense.
Manatee: Josh Booker is just one tuff Mutha! I watched him lead block on a number of wide offensive run plays and he reminds me an awful lot of Chandler Cox lead blocking for Apopka, just literlly blowing up anyone that gets in front him. Running wise he reminds of a Shawn Bain type physical runner. Manatee is going to present problems for any defense this year, its very well coached and AJ is the key piece to it being an over-all success. Defensively I like Quay Mays allot, over-all this unit probably has a way to go before it reaches it potential but still pretty good unit over-all.
Go Canes Go!
Observations: Armwood has more than just a few very smooth and skilled athletes. Callahan seems to want a Armwood offense that is balanced, but Im surprised he hasn't just ran straight the Manatee offense to establish itself physically. Armwood defense is fast as well but I didn't get a sense of it being as good potentially as its offense.
Manatee: Josh Booker is just one tuff Mutha! I watched him lead block on a number of wide offensive run plays and he reminds me an awful lot of Chandler Cox lead blocking for Apopka, just literlly blowing up anyone that gets in front him. Running wise he reminds of a Shawn Bain type physical runner. Manatee is going to present problems for any defense this year, its very well coached and AJ is the key piece to it being an over-all success. Defensively I like Quay Mays allot, over-all this unit probably has a way to go before it reaches it potential but still pretty good unit over-all.
Go Canes Go!
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