my 2 cents
my 2 cents
OK we all wanted a better outcome after 2 weeks. The polar nature of this board will become real evident this week. Howe ver after 2 weeks I will give my shot to some objectivity...
We lost to 2 pretty good teams. Buffalo played NE tough in week 1 and we had the SB champs beat with 6 min. left. That said...we are 0-2 and you are what your record is. C-Pepp is not going to be the godsend many on here want to believe, nor is he as bad as he played the first 2 weeks. IMHO he is a QB that is better that Gus and the rest...but is still coming off a major injury and playing himself back into game shape. Many said Whitlock was an idiot for his comments...I look forward to the apologies to JW on here....not. He will be an above average QB IMO but not going to carry a team.
Bennie Anderson is the worst OL I have seen, with due apologies to Bert Weidner and Brent Smith for giving him that award.....Jacox is not much better. RG is our weak link and Shelton has not lived up to his end of his contract yet.
Thank goodness for Wes Welker,,,, nuff said.
Our DB's are below average obviously but IMO will get better with the return of Travis Daniels. We cannot afford ANY injuries here, we have no depth. Y. Bell needs to be on the field, Tillman is servicable but not a quality NFL starter. W. Allen has dissapointed but has some moments.
We have 2 beatable teams coming up and C-Pepp should be coming around by Week 5....
Spragen is average and our weak link at LB. Again we have real good options but Derrick Pope has always played well depite not "looking the part" of a Saban LB.....
Positives:Welker, Jeno James, McMike, Chambers, Carter, Zach, Traylor, Crowder, Booker, Ronnie Brown, and Roth.
Negatives:Bennie Anderson, Bennie Anderson, Bennie Anderson, Shelton, C-Pepp, W. Allen, J. Allen, Tillman, Taylor (yep...sorry...), Spragen, and Bowens.
Push:Hadnot, Carey, Holliday, Zgonina, Hill, Bell, Wilkenson, and Hagan.
My suggestions: Play with 10 guys on Offense...whoever is at RG seems to get in the way and does not do anything anyway....sar.....put Berger in either at C (move Hadnot to RG) or at RG, as soon as he is healthy...DB's put Bell on the field for Tillman and get Daniels on the field even if he is 80%......and get Jason allen ready by week 5....
Our problems are not as bad as made out nor are we as good as we were hyped to be....we are an 8-9 win team that may eek out 10 wins. things will look better at 2-2 (hopefully) IMHO, but the same issues will be there...DB and RG (depth and quality...), C-Pepp will be getting better and hopefully we will find a RG...the season is not over but we cannot live with the same ole,,,,ole,,,and the same guys are not going to get it done obviously IMHO.....some changes are needed but they are not wholesale...RG and S....
We lost to 2 pretty good teams. Buffalo played NE tough in week 1 and we had the SB champs beat with 6 min. left. That said...we are 0-2 and you are what your record is. C-Pepp is not going to be the godsend many on here want to believe, nor is he as bad as he played the first 2 weeks. IMHO he is a QB that is better that Gus and the rest...but is still coming off a major injury and playing himself back into game shape. Many said Whitlock was an idiot for his comments...I look forward to the apologies to JW on here....not. He will be an above average QB IMO but not going to carry a team.
Bennie Anderson is the worst OL I have seen, with due apologies to Bert Weidner and Brent Smith for giving him that award.....Jacox is not much better. RG is our weak link and Shelton has not lived up to his end of his contract yet.
Thank goodness for Wes Welker,,,, nuff said.
Our DB's are below average obviously but IMO will get better with the return of Travis Daniels. We cannot afford ANY injuries here, we have no depth. Y. Bell needs to be on the field, Tillman is servicable but not a quality NFL starter. W. Allen has dissapointed but has some moments.
We have 2 beatable teams coming up and C-Pepp should be coming around by Week 5....
Spragen is average and our weak link at LB. Again we have real good options but Derrick Pope has always played well depite not "looking the part" of a Saban LB.....
Positives:Welker, Jeno James, McMike, Chambers, Carter, Zach, Traylor, Crowder, Booker, Ronnie Brown, and Roth.
Negatives:Bennie Anderson, Bennie Anderson, Bennie Anderson, Shelton, C-Pepp, W. Allen, J. Allen, Tillman, Taylor (yep...sorry...), Spragen, and Bowens.
Push:Hadnot, Carey, Holliday, Zgonina, Hill, Bell, Wilkenson, and Hagan.
My suggestions: Play with 10 guys on Offense...whoever is at RG seems to get in the way and does not do anything anyway....sar.....put Berger in either at C (move Hadnot to RG) or at RG, as soon as he is healthy...DB's put Bell on the field for Tillman and get Daniels on the field even if he is 80%......and get Jason allen ready by week 5....
Our problems are not as bad as made out nor are we as good as we were hyped to be....we are an 8-9 win team that may eek out 10 wins. things will look better at 2-2 (hopefully) IMHO, but the same issues will be there...DB and RG (depth and quality...), C-Pepp will be getting better and hopefully we will find a RG...the season is not over but we cannot live with the same ole,,,,ole,,,and the same guys are not going to get it done obviously IMHO.....some changes are needed but they are not wholesale...RG and S....
