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-Henne looked great. He was accurate, decisive, confident, and at times like Bush said "on fire". I did notice that the defense mainly played man coverage and many times didn't shade Marshall at all allowing for Marshall to easily win his battles. Henne took advantage of that. I would have liked to have seen more zone coverage to see how Henne dealt with it as he has really struggled with that type of coverage in the past.
-Sean Smith couldn't handle Marshall in single coverage. He was burned for a long 30 yard TD down the sideline and in a deep square in route in the middle of the end zone against BM. Another day, another roasting of Sean Smith, this time by BM.
-Vontae was the player of the game on defense. He was the only one who shut down Marshall one on one batting away a couple of balls. Vontae also jumped a Clyde Gates slant route and almost picked it off.
-Reggie Bush will be a BIG TIME weapon on this team. He is uncoverable on check downs if the defense doesn't shade him. He had Dansby isolated and caught the ball in stride over the middle and just exploded for what would have been a 30 yard gain. Reggie will take a lot of heat off of Henne and will make defense think twice about LB blitzes. Go ahead Jets, I dare you to send those LB blitzes now. Bush also surprised me with the way he hits the hole. He slithers through the slightest opening and is a threat to get past the second level on any run. He just needs to get the opportunities here as he didn't get enough in NO.
-Jason Taylor still has it. His pass rush from the edge is still elite. I just hope the Dolphins don't overuse him and only have him come in on 3rd downs. JT and Wake with Odrick and Starks will be one hell of a pass rush on 3rd and long.
-Pouncey looked solid today. I noticed the middle the O-line was getting great push on running plays.
-The offensive system looks NOTHING like last year. I thought I was watching the Pats offense out there. Lots of pushing the ball down the field from all types of spread formations. This offense has an attack mentality at all times. The key is going to be how well they pass protect. Even the check downs to Reggie gets him the ball on the move. I also noticed the offense doesn't have many comeback routes. Instead lots of routes designed to get the receiver the ball in position to gain yards after the catch much like a west coast offense.
-Daniel Thomas keeps looking better and better after every practice. He is doing a better job of keeping his pad level down and his vision has been much better than what he showed the first couple of practices. He is showing nice burst through the hole. I already see him as an upgrade from Ronnie.
-Sean Smith couldn't handle Marshall in single coverage. He was burned for a long 30 yard TD down the sideline and in a deep square in route in the middle of the end zone against BM. Another day, another roasting of Sean Smith, this time by BM.
-Vontae was the player of the game on defense. He was the only one who shut down Marshall one on one batting away a couple of balls. Vontae also jumped a Clyde Gates slant route and almost picked it off.
-Reggie Bush will be a BIG TIME weapon on this team. He is uncoverable on check downs if the defense doesn't shade him. He had Dansby isolated and caught the ball in stride over the middle and just exploded for what would have been a 30 yard gain. Reggie will take a lot of heat off of Henne and will make defense think twice about LB blitzes. Go ahead Jets, I dare you to send those LB blitzes now. Bush also surprised me with the way he hits the hole. He slithers through the slightest opening and is a threat to get past the second level on any run. He just needs to get the opportunities here as he didn't get enough in NO.
-Jason Taylor still has it. His pass rush from the edge is still elite. I just hope the Dolphins don't overuse him and only have him come in on 3rd downs. JT and Wake with Odrick and Starks will be one hell of a pass rush on 3rd and long.
-Pouncey looked solid today. I noticed the middle the O-line was getting great push on running plays.
-The offensive system looks NOTHING like last year. I thought I was watching the Pats offense out there. Lots of pushing the ball down the field from all types of spread formations. This offense has an attack mentality at all times. The key is going to be how well they pass protect. Even the check downs to Reggie gets him the ball on the move. I also noticed the offense doesn't have many comeback routes. Instead lots of routes designed to get the receiver the ball in position to gain yards after the catch much like a west coast offense.
-Daniel Thomas keeps looking better and better after every practice. He is doing a better job of keeping his pad level down and his vision has been much better than what he showed the first couple of practices. He is showing nice burst through the hole. I already see him as an upgrade from Ronnie.
