08-29-2016, 02:16 PM
(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!
The team as a whole looks better than last year IMO.
Andy, AJ, Geno, Dunlap, MJ, Maualuga, Rey, Kirkpatrick, Shawn all look great right now. Andy just needs to get the
chemistry down with his new weapons and we should be fine Offensively. The run game looks very good and both Hill
and Gio seem to be playing their best ever.
Lafell made one nice play last night but this is still my only concern. Don't know if Boyd and Core can play like Vets
right off the bat and Lafell has not had much time with Andy in game situations.
Love that Clarke and Hardison have showed up for depth behind our starters at End.
