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3-2-1 Observations, Questions & Prediction On Notre Dame Football

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The fade pass has become the most dangerous play in Notre Dame’s practices.

Football in recent years has been dramatically scaling back, if not banning, once standard high-contact work in practice such as the “Oklahoma drill” or “the bull in the ring.”

Yet in today’s far more pass-happy and spread offenses, the new most perilous practice sessions have become the one-on-one (or even 7-on-7 or 11-on-11) fade or jump-ball routes, especially to the back shoulder..

First starting tight end Cole Kmet (Aug. 8) and then starting X receiver Michael Young yesterday (Aug. 17) had awkward landings after making high leaps, along with the defender, in an effort to come down with the football in what were jump-ball passes in extremely tight coverage.

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Shaun Crawford has bolstered the secondary depth at safety so far in this training camp.
Shaun Crawford has bolstered the secondary depth at safety so far in this training camp. (Mike Miller)
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