Observations After Week 5

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(10-11-2015, 11:43 PM)TGISunday Wrote: First of all, this was one of the more exciting regular season games in a long time...and the ending certainly lived up to the hype.  Here are some of the things I'm thinking about, good and bad.

1) This team is battle-tested, and seems to have learned from earlier mistakes.  Sometimes, it just takes a while to learn how to navigate the roller-coaster of emotions that comes with the NFL.  They've grown up together, and are exorcising past demons.

2) Jeremy Hill's Sophomore slump continues.  OK, it was a tough defense to run against...but Gio still seems to be making the most of his opportunities.  Is the line just better at ZBS than it is the power run blocking that works for Jeremy better?  Is he more hurt than we've been led to believe?  I hope he comes around, because 3.3 ypc makes even the BJGE years more attractive by comparison.

3) We have the luxury of two great #2 WR's that have virtually the same stat lines--with the notable exception being MJ's 2 TDs over Sanu's zero to date.  Moreover, I don't know how it will work, but I sure hope we can keep both of these guys.  Otherwise, we might have to pick a quality WR early in the draft, because you and I both know we aren't bringing a FA in of any substance.  

4) If the Steelers can't pull out a victory in SD (tall order), we're poised to run away with the division.  3 up after 5?  Yes, thank you!


Oh yeah, WHO DEY!!

What do you think?

Not sure what's going on with Jeremy Hill.  To me it seems like his is not making the right hole choices.  I recall one play where he had plenty of room to bounce a play to the outside and he chose to cut up field and stoned for no gain.  It's almost as if he's not seeing or reading the holes as well as last year.

I think the bye will help the team out on both sides of the ball, run game on offense and stopping the run on defense.  If I remember correctly we had the same issues at this time last year and were much more consistent during the 2nd half of the season.