Wife and I drove down from Louisville on Thursday. Did all the Atlanta stuff like the Georgia Aquarium (best in the world, highly recommend), World of Coke, and CNN tour, etc. Traffic in Atlanta sucks, but you've got to expect that.
I'm not going to rehash things people have already said or what you've seen on TV. I just give a few thoughts:
Our entire offense looked slow, like their feet are in mud or something. I'm not sure if it was that evident on the TV broadcast, but they were the slowest unit on the field. Ginn got some separation a few times but even he wasn't consistent. Alot of that had to do with ATL's defense. They played a safety over the top or at least shading on Ginn's side (ala Randy Moss) most of the game. Ricky was the only one that looked up to game speed, along with Ginn (at times). And with a secondary as bad as Atlanta's, that doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies.
Special team blocking was atrocious, and that's all I really have to say about that.
The defense looks up to the task. Once the young part of the secondary gets experience, it will be a pretty good unit for the second half of the season. They did a really, really good job on Turner. Smith was on the bench for long stretches of the game with Davis taking his place in the secondary. Smith is ahead in pass coverage skills but man that Davis sure can tackle. Hopefully he develops into a Dion Sanders clone who actually supports the run.
If only White had connected with Ginn on that long pass...a whole different game would have developed. Momentum is a powerful thing.
The offensive line was as bad in person as they looked on TV. They were slow just like the skill players.
Atlanta will have to play much better than that if they expect to contend for their division.
Funniest quote heard from a drunk ATL fan after the game:
"Don't hate on Miami, that's a great state"
My wife's response to her:
"Miami is a city, brainiac"
It just seems to me after watching the team in action is that we just don't have any offensive players that scare anyone. Ronnie and Ricky are good backs, but they don't scare anyone. Ginn is a decent WR, but he doesn't scare anyone. We're just not scary on offense. Instead of our gimmick plays maybe we should have just spread out the defense with 5 WR and hit some quick shots on slants, crossing routes, and what not. A screen or 2 would have been a good idea too. We really needed to speed up the O. I expect the turnovers to be fixed next weekend, but we've got to keep the Colts in check. If we fall behind again, we don't have a prayer. I fully expect us to improve throughout the first half of the season, but we're going to take our lumps. I'm not sure what we're going about the offense, however.
Well, at least we're not the Bears. They let Grossman go and then traded for his clone in Cutler.
I'm not going to rehash things people have already said or what you've seen on TV. I just give a few thoughts:
Our entire offense looked slow, like their feet are in mud or something. I'm not sure if it was that evident on the TV broadcast, but they were the slowest unit on the field. Ginn got some separation a few times but even he wasn't consistent. Alot of that had to do with ATL's defense. They played a safety over the top or at least shading on Ginn's side (ala Randy Moss) most of the game. Ricky was the only one that looked up to game speed, along with Ginn (at times). And with a secondary as bad as Atlanta's, that doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies.
Special team blocking was atrocious, and that's all I really have to say about that.
The defense looks up to the task. Once the young part of the secondary gets experience, it will be a pretty good unit for the second half of the season. They did a really, really good job on Turner. Smith was on the bench for long stretches of the game with Davis taking his place in the secondary. Smith is ahead in pass coverage skills but man that Davis sure can tackle. Hopefully he develops into a Dion Sanders clone who actually supports the run.
If only White had connected with Ginn on that long pass...a whole different game would have developed. Momentum is a powerful thing.
The offensive line was as bad in person as they looked on TV. They were slow just like the skill players.
Atlanta will have to play much better than that if they expect to contend for their division.
Funniest quote heard from a drunk ATL fan after the game:
"Don't hate on Miami, that's a great state"
My wife's response to her:
"Miami is a city, brainiac"
It just seems to me after watching the team in action is that we just don't have any offensive players that scare anyone. Ronnie and Ricky are good backs, but they don't scare anyone. Ginn is a decent WR, but he doesn't scare anyone. We're just not scary on offense. Instead of our gimmick plays maybe we should have just spread out the defense with 5 WR and hit some quick shots on slants, crossing routes, and what not. A screen or 2 would have been a good idea too. We really needed to speed up the O. I expect the turnovers to be fixed next weekend, but we've got to keep the Colts in check. If we fall behind again, we don't have a prayer. I fully expect us to improve throughout the first half of the season, but we're going to take our lumps. I'm not sure what we're going about the offense, however.
Well, at least we're not the Bears. They let Grossman go and then traded for his clone in Cutler.
