JTech194
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Positives:
Great Depth at the WR position. two of our top 3 receives didn't play (Stills, Parker) and we didn't skip a beat offensively. That's what a football team should look like depth wise. Had we lost 2 of our top 3 WR's last year we would have won 4 games.
Dallas Thomas: I know it's only one pre-season game against a not so great team BUT... last year Dallas Thomas was getting his ass kicked by 2nd and 3rd teamers. The fact that he held his own against starting caliber players is PROGRESS, which is in line with what everyone on the team has been saying about him.
Tannhill: Looked poised, and creative with the ball in his hands. Specifically that one screen he tried to through around the defender after pump faking. The defender made a great play and was still able to knock the ball down but those are play I see Saavy Vets like Aaron Rodgers make all the time.
L Miller: Looked fast, explosive
1st team defense looked good all the way around.
Phillips: Was constantly in the backfield, getting push and penetration. Need the LB's to react a little quicker though filling the gaps caused by Phillips penetration.
Fede Showed Up which is good to see he's being consistent.
Will Davis had a hell of a game. Always close to the ball when thrown his way and made a couple of good pass breakups and tackles.
It will be hard to keep R. Matthews off the field.
Landry: He's become one of those players in only year 2 that you expect to show up every game and produce.
Rashad Jones: Looked great. Made a tackle at the LOS and broke up a pass on 3rd down i believe.
Laron Byrd going deep and laid out wonderfully for the reception. I like his size and speed. But it will have to make more plays like that to stick. That 6th spot is going to be a tough battle between Byrd, Preston and Hazel
The Middle LB I think his name is Vigil? Was VERY ACTIVE in the middle. Made a great play on the Goaline to stop a dive over the top attempt and was constantly around the football. I'd like to see his read and react a bit quicker though.
#41 I think his name is Cedric Thompson, flashed a couple of times which is a good sign for a young player. Made a good tackle at the LOS on a Blitz and was in position to make a 4th down stop on the Goaline but a good block by the FB knocked him off balance a bit and he couldn't finish the play. I'd like to see him shed that block and make the stop however it was good recognition to close the immediate hole and take on the FB block to force the RB to stop his forward momentum and bounce it outside. Had he not done that the RB walks in the endzone untouched. The commentators said he should have made the play but they lost all credibility with me when they thought an encroachment penalty inside the 5 yard line would result in an automatic 1st down :-\ sheesh.
The Negatives
3rd team oline was bad. Which is why I am now on board with signing Mathis. If he comes in and is better than Thomas\Turner then you start Mathis and relegate the Thomas\Turner to the 2nd team. Then we would have a good backup in case of injury. (assuming Thomas and Turner continues playing well)
Backup WB's were decent to terrible: MBT started off good enough hitting a beautiful bomb to Byrd but after that he laid an egg. Moore wasn't much better and neither was Freeman. I really hope Tannehill doesn't get hurt.
Hazel got an opportunity to separate himself from the pack for that 6th WR spot but.... he didn't. Dropped on that was behind him quite a bit and stopped running on the fade route. Had he kept running he might have come down with the ball.
Bobby McCain has to learn to stop grabbing. If he's grabbing a hold of 2nd and 3rd teamers, how can we trust him to cover elite slot receivers like the TY hiltons of the world? I like his physical style but gotta fix the holding problems.
Anthony Damn Johnson.. Where do I start. I'm going to go ahead and give him an excuse for the 3 offside penalties. He's been working with Suh on snap anticipation and was working on that because it was a preseason game and if this was a real game he wouldn't have been doing that. I have no excuse however for the gaping hole in the middle of the dline when he was in there. Gotta play better young fella. Your Job may depend on it.
Overall, couldn't ask for a better start both offensively and defensively. Looking for to the next game hoping to see progress from the second-3rd teamers, better QB play after Tannehill.
OH WAIT I almost forgot... Lamike (as he wants to be called) did not have a good game. Those two drops...... not acceptable. Didn't do much to excite on special teams. With that said... I still think he's the second best back on this team in this system. He runs stronger than his size would indicate usually dragging a tackler or two with him for a couple of extra yards. He'll need a much better game next week to make the team.
Great Depth at the WR position. two of our top 3 receives didn't play (Stills, Parker) and we didn't skip a beat offensively. That's what a football team should look like depth wise. Had we lost 2 of our top 3 WR's last year we would have won 4 games.
Dallas Thomas: I know it's only one pre-season game against a not so great team BUT... last year Dallas Thomas was getting his ass kicked by 2nd and 3rd teamers. The fact that he held his own against starting caliber players is PROGRESS, which is in line with what everyone on the team has been saying about him.
Tannhill: Looked poised, and creative with the ball in his hands. Specifically that one screen he tried to through around the defender after pump faking. The defender made a great play and was still able to knock the ball down but those are play I see Saavy Vets like Aaron Rodgers make all the time.
L Miller: Looked fast, explosive
1st team defense looked good all the way around.
Phillips: Was constantly in the backfield, getting push and penetration. Need the LB's to react a little quicker though filling the gaps caused by Phillips penetration.
Fede Showed Up which is good to see he's being consistent.
Will Davis had a hell of a game. Always close to the ball when thrown his way and made a couple of good pass breakups and tackles.
It will be hard to keep R. Matthews off the field.
Landry: He's become one of those players in only year 2 that you expect to show up every game and produce.
Rashad Jones: Looked great. Made a tackle at the LOS and broke up a pass on 3rd down i believe.
Laron Byrd going deep and laid out wonderfully for the reception. I like his size and speed. But it will have to make more plays like that to stick. That 6th spot is going to be a tough battle between Byrd, Preston and Hazel
The Middle LB I think his name is Vigil? Was VERY ACTIVE in the middle. Made a great play on the Goaline to stop a dive over the top attempt and was constantly around the football. I'd like to see his read and react a bit quicker though.
#41 I think his name is Cedric Thompson, flashed a couple of times which is a good sign for a young player. Made a good tackle at the LOS on a Blitz and was in position to make a 4th down stop on the Goaline but a good block by the FB knocked him off balance a bit and he couldn't finish the play. I'd like to see him shed that block and make the stop however it was good recognition to close the immediate hole and take on the FB block to force the RB to stop his forward momentum and bounce it outside. Had he not done that the RB walks in the endzone untouched. The commentators said he should have made the play but they lost all credibility with me when they thought an encroachment penalty inside the 5 yard line would result in an automatic 1st down :-\ sheesh.
The Negatives
3rd team oline was bad. Which is why I am now on board with signing Mathis. If he comes in and is better than Thomas\Turner then you start Mathis and relegate the Thomas\Turner to the 2nd team. Then we would have a good backup in case of injury. (assuming Thomas and Turner continues playing well)
Backup WB's were decent to terrible: MBT started off good enough hitting a beautiful bomb to Byrd but after that he laid an egg. Moore wasn't much better and neither was Freeman. I really hope Tannehill doesn't get hurt.
Hazel got an opportunity to separate himself from the pack for that 6th WR spot but.... he didn't. Dropped on that was behind him quite a bit and stopped running on the fade route. Had he kept running he might have come down with the ball.
Bobby McCain has to learn to stop grabbing. If he's grabbing a hold of 2nd and 3rd teamers, how can we trust him to cover elite slot receivers like the TY hiltons of the world? I like his physical style but gotta fix the holding problems.
Anthony Damn Johnson.. Where do I start. I'm going to go ahead and give him an excuse for the 3 offside penalties. He's been working with Suh on snap anticipation and was working on that because it was a preseason game and if this was a real game he wouldn't have been doing that. I have no excuse however for the gaping hole in the middle of the dline when he was in there. Gotta play better young fella. Your Job may depend on it.
Overall, couldn't ask for a better start both offensively and defensively. Looking for to the next game hoping to see progress from the second-3rd teamers, better QB play after Tannehill.
OH WAIT I almost forgot... Lamike (as he wants to be called) did not have a good game. Those two drops...... not acceptable. Didn't do much to excite on special teams. With that said... I still think he's the second best back on this team in this system. He runs stronger than his size would indicate usually dragging a tackler or two with him for a couple of extra yards. He'll need a much better game next week to make the team.
