Looney is updating the scrimmage pretty often.

2:44 PM – The second group featured the first-team defense taking on the second-team offense. LB Derrick Johnson appeared to have forced the second turnover of the day when he laid a huge hit on WR Amani Toomer across the middle. A defensive penalty, however, kept the drive alive for the offense. LB Tamba Hali eventually thwarted the drive with a sack of QB Brodie Croyle to set-up K Ryan Succop with his second FG opportunity of the day. This time Succop drove the kick home from 58 YARDS OUT!

2:30 PM – The first-team offense opened things up with RB Larry Johnson coverting a third-and-short situation near mid-field, but it was the defense who got on the board first when QB Matt Cassel mishandled a snap and DE Wallace Gilberry took the loose football 50-yards to the house. Gilberry celebrated his score with a classic spike.

2:35 PM – The day’s first two series go to the defense as the red shirts hold tight to force a missed field goal. Cassel did show some athleticism in the series by avoiding a heavy pass rush and scrambling seven yards to set up the field goal try.

From 13 yards out:

2:49 PM – The third offense and third defense squared off in the day’s thrid grouping. QB Tyler Thigpen guided his squad downfield before hooking up with TE Jake O’Connell on a wheel route. Thigpen and the rookie TE celebrated with a chest bump.

Your #1 pick DE Tyson Jackson records his first sack of training camp

2:56 PM – Thigpen stayed on the field following his successful drive with the third-team to guide the second-team offense against the first-team defense. It was a quick series when DE Tyson Jackson recorded a sack (in only his second practice) to force a three-and-out. The two groups lined up once more for another series that yielded the same result.

3:00 PM – Thigpen and the twos were given a third set of downs against the first-team defense, but the set was cut short after a first-down conversion because the groups had reached their 10-play alottment.

3:02 PM – A very impressive four-play span by the first offense. Cassel hit RB Jamaal Charles on a shovel for a nice gain and then took the next play into the red zone with some nice agility on a scramble. RB Jackie Battle then rumbled his way for a first-down to the five before Cassel connected with WR Devard Darling on a corner route in the back left of the end zone for a TD.

3:05 PM – The defense got revenge just two snaps later with the same two groups on the field when CB Travis Daniels picked off Cassel’s attempt down the left sideline. The two groups reset once more and the defense continued to find the football when CB Ricardo Colclough picked off a pass to end the segment.

sounds like really sloppy football and not guys making plays. I dunno…

3:14 PM – Two new groups took the field with the offense led by Croyle. Croyle led things off with a quick start on a nice pass across the middle to WR Amani Toomer down to the 24. RB Dantrell Savage then broke several tackles on a short pass that put the football near the 15. That was as far as the offense would get though and K Ryan Succop booted another FG, this time from 34 yards out.

3:17 PM – The scrimmage turned situational when the ball was placed on the two-yard line for a third-and-goal situation. It took the offense two plays to score, but when they did it was a beauty as RB Jackie Battle went up and over the pile of linemen for the TD.

From Looney on Twitter:

rookie wr quinten lawrence with a great mid-air adjustment for a 21-yard TD catch from QB Matt Gutierrez

3:29 PM – Cassel came back on the field to lead the first-team offense against the first-team defense for the first time of the day. The defense held for a three-and-out highlighted by a big hit down the sidelines from S Bernard Pollard.

3:37 PM – Two new groups took the field with Thigpen hitting Toomer on a 25-yard route across the middle. RB Jamaal Charles handled the rest of the drive with two impressive runs that covered 35 yards and ended with applause from Coach Haley.

3:42 PM – The same two groups did battle once more when the thunder started to roll across the rural Wisconsin sky. This time it was Thigpen’s legs who did some work, taking a scramble inside the five-yard line before hitting FB Jake Collins in the flats on a play-action pass.

The horn has sounded and it is time to wait for comments from Haley. Can’t wait to see the writeup from UWRF too. They usually give a lot more detail.

There were some good plays made on both sides of the ball. Probably too early to hope for a lot of consistency from either side…but this early the defense is usually ahead of the offense.

Hali and Jackson both get sacks. Several interceptions, but then several nice long passes completed too. Sounds like Charles had a really good scrimmage. Be interesting to hear how the running game looked other than just the few plays we heard about.

• Ryan Succop nails a 58-yard field goal
• Tyson Jackson gets his first training camp sack.
  Make my day! Good signs!

and a good question sdchief asked about our salary cap minimum, do we still need to spend $12mil to meet it? If we do, then on who?

Haley’s parents were still in River Falls for the scrimmage today. Nice to have one of the best personnel guys ever to be looking in. You can bet Todd will be asking Dad some questions about what he saw. From the mothership

"It does put pressure on me," Haley said of having his father in attendance. "Then when I see him over there with the roster, looking at it and stuff. I will try to his it to our advantage. I’ll definitely be asking him some questions tonight.""I just told him to kind of watch our big guys inside," Haley said. "Specifially those defensive linemen. Just for my own benefit.":