MassAssassin
Practice Squad
Alright, so there are a ton of terrible forum topics right now so I was hoping to get a thread started about my personal reviews and hopefully some decent other ones to read instead of, WISH WE HAD BREES OR CAN'T BELIEVE WE DRAFTED A PRO BOWL:boohoo:, FRANCHISE LEFT TACKLE INSTEAD OF MATT RYAN!!:rolleyes2:
Defensively we played good.
The d line looked great and Merling played a fantastic game, the LB's never got enough pressure though. Great run support from the entire team. Every was stopping Turner in his tracks. He had no chance to fight through those tackles. That Crowder hit was NASTY. Got low, picked him up and slammed him down like everyone should do.
Besides the run support we didn't get enough penetration, the LB's did nothing on passing plays, they seemed lost, in some sort of zone or blitzing poorly in my opinion.
Our CB's played fairly well and were beat on some great throws by Ryan but all in all Ryan only had an average game. If Bell hadn't lost his tackling ability for the game and if someone else was on Gonzales all game, we might've won. Hold them to a FG.. A couple drives stop short with no Gonzales in there.. Some more plays to get a flow on offense maybe? Not really his fault, Sean Smith should've been put on Gonzales and Davis should've went to the 2nd CB slot. And have the LB's play better zones or blitz in better packages don't you think this could've been a close game? Smith could not tackle Gonzales but he could keep him from getting the ball..
GREAT hit by Vontae Davis though on the WR screen. Charged in and laid him out and didn't get up and show off for making a play he's paid to do.. Impressed on that =D
The terrible offensive play now..
Chad Pennington didn't look good today, he played pretty poorly and never attempted anything down field at all. He is a good QB, fits our system and keeps the ball on our side most of the time. We always win ToP but today we lost it through TO's. But really, Henne? He's terrible, I watched him at MI and he never, ever impressed me. Arm strength? Alright, so do a ton of third stringers in the NFL, accuracy is what makes you great. He's not even close to Pennington's level yet. And the throw by Pat White was terrible but give him a few more shots, adrenaline did it for sure and it's Ted Ginn. You had better not underthrow the guy. I'm much happier that he didn't throw an INT than an incompletion.
Our RB's never did too well but they never had much of a whole or anything, Ricky looked good on the outside but I am 100% sure Ronnie Brown is still our best RB and a top RB in the league, he's always given the ball up the middle and expected to run behind our line that is never good with the run. Why do you think in the wildcat when he takes it outside the tackles and owns guys he looks so good!? Throw him the ball more also.
WR's suck. Ginn still hasn't shown me anything and it can only mean that his route running is poor. He has some agility and great speed, maybe he's usually pressed, I'm not sure.. maybe the lack of any other passing threats keeps him double teamed.. not sure. Brian Hartline is a great player off the bench, get Bess the ball more and Cam looked good on that one catch haha.
Fasano played poor but oh well, he had a great year last year and I hope he recovers well.
Offensive line was terrible. Long is a great tackle and a veteran just made him look terrible. Give them a few weeks I guess and stop overrating Donald Thomas...
ST......eh. =[
It will all get better, our D showed promise, TE's might kill us on defense and our o-line needs to stop up..that's about it. One game guys! 15 more to play, we are an average team like I said all along, don't expect so much and you won't be on the trade bandwagon after 1 week.:aww:
Defensively we played good.
The d line looked great and Merling played a fantastic game, the LB's never got enough pressure though. Great run support from the entire team. Every was stopping Turner in his tracks. He had no chance to fight through those tackles. That Crowder hit was NASTY. Got low, picked him up and slammed him down like everyone should do.
Besides the run support we didn't get enough penetration, the LB's did nothing on passing plays, they seemed lost, in some sort of zone or blitzing poorly in my opinion.
Our CB's played fairly well and were beat on some great throws by Ryan but all in all Ryan only had an average game. If Bell hadn't lost his tackling ability for the game and if someone else was on Gonzales all game, we might've won. Hold them to a FG.. A couple drives stop short with no Gonzales in there.. Some more plays to get a flow on offense maybe? Not really his fault, Sean Smith should've been put on Gonzales and Davis should've went to the 2nd CB slot. And have the LB's play better zones or blitz in better packages don't you think this could've been a close game? Smith could not tackle Gonzales but he could keep him from getting the ball..
GREAT hit by Vontae Davis though on the WR screen. Charged in and laid him out and didn't get up and show off for making a play he's paid to do.. Impressed on that =D
The terrible offensive play now..
Chad Pennington didn't look good today, he played pretty poorly and never attempted anything down field at all. He is a good QB, fits our system and keeps the ball on our side most of the time. We always win ToP but today we lost it through TO's. But really, Henne? He's terrible, I watched him at MI and he never, ever impressed me. Arm strength? Alright, so do a ton of third stringers in the NFL, accuracy is what makes you great. He's not even close to Pennington's level yet. And the throw by Pat White was terrible but give him a few more shots, adrenaline did it for sure and it's Ted Ginn. You had better not underthrow the guy. I'm much happier that he didn't throw an INT than an incompletion.
Our RB's never did too well but they never had much of a whole or anything, Ricky looked good on the outside but I am 100% sure Ronnie Brown is still our best RB and a top RB in the league, he's always given the ball up the middle and expected to run behind our line that is never good with the run. Why do you think in the wildcat when he takes it outside the tackles and owns guys he looks so good!? Throw him the ball more also.
WR's suck. Ginn still hasn't shown me anything and it can only mean that his route running is poor. He has some agility and great speed, maybe he's usually pressed, I'm not sure.. maybe the lack of any other passing threats keeps him double teamed.. not sure. Brian Hartline is a great player off the bench, get Bess the ball more and Cam looked good on that one catch haha.
Fasano played poor but oh well, he had a great year last year and I hope he recovers well.
Offensive line was terrible. Long is a great tackle and a veteran just made him look terrible. Give them a few weeks I guess and stop overrating Donald Thomas...
ST......eh. =[
It will all get better, our D showed promise, TE's might kill us on defense and our o-line needs to stop up..that's about it. One game guys! 15 more to play, we are an average team like I said all along, don't expect so much and you won't be on the trade bandwagon after 1 week.:aww:
