Here We Are.

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(08-29-2016, 12:06 AM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Whelp, here we are, the 3rd preseason game is over, and from here on out its just coastin onto the regular season. Here are the thoughts I'm having after the most recent outing and I'm interested to hear what you guys think as well.


Offensively, the team looked decent. I couldn't help but desire a bit more, but overall the run schemes and effectiveness of those plays were very good. As long as Andy is healthy, I'm fairly certain he will find a way to make things work. Without Eifert, there is definitely a drop off. Andy had some timing issues with different receivers from what I could see, and it should be something that gets better as the season gets going. I'm not sure if Zampese is letting Dalton run the show, or calling the plays himself, but overall I was happy with the selection. It's hard to judge them off of this game alone though, because the Jags defense looked lost on a few occasions (See Gio TD). Nobody outside of AJ made any case for being the second man in the show tonight, so we will see what happens week 1.

Defensively we looked really good imo. The Jags have a fairly high powered offense, and im not sure, but they may have been holding some things back. They didn't seem to throw down the field much, but maybe we covered well. Even with Pacman out, the defensive line is SO good, that offenses still struggle. Thank goodness, because our depth at corner is lacking, but atleast the LBs are looking good. Mauluga, the unsung hero making a nice forced fumble tonight.


Other thoughts,

- Vigil struggled, needs some more time on the bench.
- Chykie Brown... get this guy off the roster... but crap we might not be able to.
- Peerman, man that tackle was nasty, guy straight up broke his arm UFC style.
- Erickson, did enough to make the roster, another decent showing.
- Hope Uzomah gets better quickly, gonna need him.
- Boyd, didn't get looks? or just didn't get open?
- Andy, being scary on the run on the sidelines, damnit bro!

Agree with most of your assessments regarding offense and defense, and I will add that special teams units look very good, but had a few missed tackles this evening.  

I'm a little surprised to see you say that about Chykie Brown, though.  I thought he got a raw deal on the PI call (Herms altered his route and created a bit of contact because he was right with him, but the ball wasn't catchable) and he defened something like three passes the rest of the night.  And, if memory serves, two of them were against Bortles and Jax starters.  When was the last time you saw one of our CBs bat down three passes in a single game?  

I think with some more coaching, this kid could prove to be a steal.  It's like Collinsworth said: (paraphrasing) "He just finds a way to make plays on the ball".  All three of his batted passes went in the air and could have been INTs if they bounced differently or there was a safety nearby.  

Vigil's strength is clearly in coverage (space) and not at the point of attack.  I think he will be an asset in nickel and will likely add the strength and size to hold up better at the point of attack over the next few seasons.  He is great in coverage, though.  And some of the issues he is facing was the lack of our top talent on the defensive line that would help keep those linemen off of him.  I remember Ray Lewis (NOT saying Vigil is Ray Lewis) complaining about one season where they didn't have enough beef on the front line to "keep him clean and let him make plays".

I thought Uzomah got great separation on his target against the Jax #1s but Andy overthrew him.  It will take more reps to get their timing down, but I still like this guy's athleticism.