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- Kyle Van Noy was a monster 8 tackles 5 TFLs 3 sacks and a pass deflection that led to an int.
- Brian Flores running onto the field to stick up for his guys, I love this coach. Watching that made me wanna get up off the couch and run onto the field. Defense came out motivated in second half I can only imagine what that man did in the locker room.
- Tua was super accurate and had a really good second half of football, probably his second best game.
- Mike Gesicki was unguardable, the one handed catch in traffic was insane.
- Nik Needham had the nice pass deflection in first half and the freebie int.
- Shaq Lawson had 2 sacks and was disruptive.
- Myles Gaskin was very solid and was nice to have him back, the fumble sucks but he showed how valuable he is as a receiver.
- Lynn Bowden was super active and made some nice plays about time we schemed up ways to get him involved.
- Howard was having a great first half before the BS ejection.
- Final thoughts: Byron Jones was trash today I hope he rebounds but that was ugly, the Refs were awful the ejection on Howard was ridiculous, screw number 80 Mike Thomas he should have had to face Flores in an Oklahoma drill after the game. Also how was he not ejected? 2 personal foul unsportsmanlikes should be an ejection I believe. Yet 1 push to a shoulder pad is instant ejection. We won but man that game got my blood boiling for so many reasons
 
Swollcolb said:
- Kyle Van Noy was a monster 8 tackles 5 TFLs 3 sacks and a pass deflection that led to an int.
- Brian Flores running onto the field to stick up for his guys, I love this coach. Watching that made me wanna get up off the couch and run onto the field. Defense came out motivated in second half I can only imagine what that man did in the locker room.
- Tua was super accurate and had a really good second half of football, probably his second best game.
- Mike Gesicki was unguardable, the one handed catch in traffic was insane.
- Nik Needham had the nice pass deflection in first half and the freebie int.
- Shaq Lawson had 2 sacks and was disruptive.
- Myles Gaskin was very solid and was nice to have him back, the fumble sucks but he showed how valuable he is as a receiver.
- Lynn Bowden was super active and made some nice plays about time we schemed up ways to get him involved.
- Howard was having a great first half before the BS ejection.
- Final thoughts: Byron Jones was trash today I hope he rebounds but that was ugly, the Refs were awful the ejection on Howard was ridiculous, screw number 80 Mike Thomas he should have had to face Flores in an Oklahoma drill after the game. Also how was he not ejected? 2 personal foul unsportsmanlikes should be an ejection I believe. Yet 1 push to a shoulder pad is instant ejection. We won but man that game got my blood boiling for so many reasons
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D played well post-X
 
Swollcolb said:
- Kyle Van Noy was a monster 8 tackles 5 TFLs 3 sacks and a pass deflection that led to an int.
- Brian Flores running onto the field to stick up for his guys, I love this coach. Watching that made me wanna get up off the couch and run onto the field. Defense came out motivated in second half I can only imagine what that man did in the locker room.
- Tua was super accurate and had a really good second half of football, probably his second best game.
- Mike Gesicki was unguardable, the one handed catch in traffic was insane.
- Nik Needham had the nice pass deflection in first half and the freebie int.
- Shaq Lawson had 2 sacks and was disruptive.
- Myles Gaskin was very solid and was nice to have him back, the fumble sucks but he showed how valuable he is as a receiver.
- Lynn Bowden was super active and made some nice plays about time we schemed up ways to get him involved.
- Howard was having a great first half before the BS ejection.
- Final thoughts: Byron Jones was trash today I hope he rebounds but that was ugly, the Refs were awful the ejection on Howard was ridiculous, screw number 80 Mike Thomas he should have had to face Flores in an Oklahoma drill after the game. Also how was he not ejected? 2 personal foul unsportsmanlikes should be an ejection I believe. Yet 1 push to a shoulder pad is instant ejection. We won but man that game got my blood boiling for so many reasons
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Wouldn't agree Tua was super accurate...he was "OK" accurate...needs touch on those end-zone passes, but that'll come with time. That Grant drop was painful to watch...beautiful pass.
 
PhinFan1968 said:
Wouldn't agree Tua was super accurate...he was "OK" accurate...needs touch on those end-zone passes, but that'll come with time. That Grant drop was painful to watch...beautiful pass.
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Well I mean the red zone play calling was bad in general. We’ve seen Tua throw beautiful fade throws in red zone but you can’t call that everytime
 
Swollcolb said:
Well I mean the red zone play calling was bad in general. We’ve seen Tua throw beautiful fade throws in red zone but you can’t call that everytime
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Curious to see how he does against NE...Belicheat's usually pretty good at shutting down rookie QBs.
 
PhinFan1968 said:
Wouldn't agree Tua was super accurate...he was "OK" accurate...needs touch on those end-zone passes, but that'll come with time. That Grant drop was painful to watch...beautiful pass.
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Yeah, Tua missed on a few. But made some other really good throws, including that long strike to Grant — who has a penchant of missing those types of plays.

That’s another throw that won’t get highlighted by the haters because it doesn’t support the “weak arm” narrative. Tua threw that pass on a line from just beyond the goal line to beyond midfield. To a 5’7” short-armed receiver. Maybe a tad high but was still a very catchable ball.
 
Swollcolb said:
Well I mean the red zone play calling was bad in general. We’ve seen Tua throw beautiful fade throws in red zone but you can’t call that everytime
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Totally agree. They are relying on those jump balls far too often. It’s too predictable.

IDK if that’s on Chan Gailey or if Tua is just settling for those throws. Maybe it’s a bit of both. But they’ve got to be much more diverse and unpredictable with their routes in the red zone.
 
EJay said:
Totally agree. They are relying on those jump balls far too much. It’s predictable.

IDK if that’s on Chan Gailey or if Tua is just settling for those throws. Maybe it’s a bit of both. But they’ve got to be much more diverse and unpredictable with their routes in the red zone.
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i mean, what else are we gonna run in tight red with a receiving corps that can't get separation?
 
PhinFan1968 said:
Wouldn't agree Tua was super accurate...he was "OK" accurate...needs touch on those end-zone passes, but that'll come with time. That Grant drop was painful to watch...beautiful pass.
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Actually if you watch hiw well Tua normally throws once in the REDZONE, this was very unTua like, he has thrown great passes normally into the endzone...the thumb issue might have worked against him a bit.

Hopefully next week against the Chiefs, the thumb issue will be 100% behind him.
 
greasyObnoxious said:
i mean, what else are we gonna run in tight red with a receiving corps that can't get separation?
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Well, I agree that Tua isn’t working with the greatest receiver core.

Parker has been limited pretty much all season. He isn’t explosive at all. But gutting it out for the team.

Gesicki is becoming a reliable target to throw the ball up to, but also isn’t known for separation.

Grant has always been inconsistent. Had a chance for one really explosive play and dropped it. We all know he does that often. He’s really the only speed guy they’ve got.

I thought Bowden looked promising today. Hopefully he can develop.

But on the whole, there aren’t many explosive plays to be had with the current core of receivers.

But in the redzone they should be able to use the big bodies for more than just jump balls.
 
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