BGtoKNfor6
Where is the reset button?
So we eeked out a win in denver in a game that honestly showcased what great defensive schemes with a secondary that are backups on most teams (excluding allen). That however isn't the main course of this post....Kudos to the coaching staff and guys like goodman who stepped up yesterday. We do need to work on hands drills for the d-backs. Was nice to see stone-hands get a pick 6 but man, as in games past, bell or another db could have really turned up the pressure but they dropped a sure pick. Good teams make their own luck, we seem to let it go through our hands at times...
That being said, it is going to be a huge heartbreak down the stretch if we lose to teams because we cannot convert third downs. It is very frustrating seeing us in anything more than 3&5 because there is a good chance that we are not going to convert it. I think we are ZERO for twenty something on third downs longer than 7 yards. That is PATHETIC.
Simply put we have 2 very capable running backs, one of which can catch swing passes and in the flats (brown) no problem and make the first guy miss. Ricky can to to an extent but I just don't see the same ricky williams making guys miss or running them over from years past. A good complement back, capable of a few good games but has lost a step IMO. Just goes down on first contact now.
To make matters worse, denver seemed to play a cover 2 or 3 yesterday but brought one of the safeties into the box all day long to essentially have 8 guys in the box. This killed our running game. However what suprised me the most is that we didn't go play action that often or at least test ginn on bly to stretch the field. One the interception by pennington, that was the only time I saw us try to go deep. Chad threw a good ball but ginn, still very raw in terms of adjusting to balls and his route running skills, just continued to run his route and for whatever reason didn't read the ball. The ball was thrown slightly inside and any good receiver catches the ball by cutting in front of the defender and taking it.
Props to camarillo for stepping up yesterday. Porter and the rest of our defense won this game for us. We do need to work on getting some pass rush though and I feel that another thing that helped us was cutler's emotions got to the best of him allowing culver to get a pick. The guy has a cannon for an arm but needs to relax and calm down. Definitely worked to our advantage.
Outside of that, our o-line played decent considering we still have some transitioning going on at times. I didn't see our line playing with any kind of nasty streak though and looking at the point of attack I didn't feel that we were getting the push I thought we would against a very suspect defense.
Again, if we are going to want to keep this going, we are going to have to get ginn more into the offense or at least have someone other than camarillo getting 5-7 yard curl and our routes. I am just confused why we didn't go deep more than once. Also it was nice seeing seam routes by fasano. There were one or two that were overthrown or thrown into traffic but fasano I think, has proven he can catch the ball. We just need someone else to step up, albeit fasano or more importantly GINN on the other side to complement camarillo. If we get fasano tearing it up down the seam or on crossing patterns and ginn can actually get separation, baring chad can get him the ball, it is going to blow our offense wide open.
Good win. Definitely need tums again this week. We are FINALLY learning how to win guys. It is a learning process and for the past few seasons, we would have given this game away. We almost did but we held on and scored to put them away when it really mattered.
That being said, it is going to be a huge heartbreak down the stretch if we lose to teams because we cannot convert third downs. It is very frustrating seeing us in anything more than 3&5 because there is a good chance that we are not going to convert it. I think we are ZERO for twenty something on third downs longer than 7 yards. That is PATHETIC.
Simply put we have 2 very capable running backs, one of which can catch swing passes and in the flats (brown) no problem and make the first guy miss. Ricky can to to an extent but I just don't see the same ricky williams making guys miss or running them over from years past. A good complement back, capable of a few good games but has lost a step IMO. Just goes down on first contact now.
To make matters worse, denver seemed to play a cover 2 or 3 yesterday but brought one of the safeties into the box all day long to essentially have 8 guys in the box. This killed our running game. However what suprised me the most is that we didn't go play action that often or at least test ginn on bly to stretch the field. One the interception by pennington, that was the only time I saw us try to go deep. Chad threw a good ball but ginn, still very raw in terms of adjusting to balls and his route running skills, just continued to run his route and for whatever reason didn't read the ball. The ball was thrown slightly inside and any good receiver catches the ball by cutting in front of the defender and taking it.
Props to camarillo for stepping up yesterday. Porter and the rest of our defense won this game for us. We do need to work on getting some pass rush though and I feel that another thing that helped us was cutler's emotions got to the best of him allowing culver to get a pick. The guy has a cannon for an arm but needs to relax and calm down. Definitely worked to our advantage.
Outside of that, our o-line played decent considering we still have some transitioning going on at times. I didn't see our line playing with any kind of nasty streak though and looking at the point of attack I didn't feel that we were getting the push I thought we would against a very suspect defense.
Again, if we are going to want to keep this going, we are going to have to get ginn more into the offense or at least have someone other than camarillo getting 5-7 yard curl and our routes. I am just confused why we didn't go deep more than once. Also it was nice seeing seam routes by fasano. There were one or two that were overthrown or thrown into traffic but fasano I think, has proven he can catch the ball. We just need someone else to step up, albeit fasano or more importantly GINN on the other side to complement camarillo. If we get fasano tearing it up down the seam or on crossing patterns and ginn can actually get separation, baring chad can get him the ball, it is going to blow our offense wide open.
Good win. Definitely need tums again this week. We are FINALLY learning how to win guys. It is a learning process and for the past few seasons, we would have given this game away. We almost did but we held on and scored to put them away when it really mattered.
