Disagreed.
If Turpin doesn’t fumble and Dowdle doesn’t fumble, we handled their 1s with our 2s.
Granted, the Lawrence pick wont happen 99% of the time as it was miscommunication. But a massive boost for a trending up player like Thomas.
I think you and the poster you quoted are saying the same thing. I believe he was being sarcastic in saying that if we run a defense that doesn't blitz and is completely vanilla they wont stop anybody. Well, guess what? We aren't limited in that fashion.
Truth is, the Jax starters played the first 3 series against our #2's. The only starter on D that I saw in the game was O'Diggy. Clark played at LB, so he could be counted. The rest were backups. We got an interception, a three and out, and then gave up the TD when Turpin fumbled the ball giving them a short field.
We were going to answer that score when Dowdle gave up the soft fumble just before the goal line. SO it isn't like we were getting killed out there, even considering it was their 1's against our 2's. We brought almost no pressure, while Jax sent several exotic blitzes. It is clear the teams had different goals with a preseason game.
Once it levelled off with 2's against 2's and 3's against 3's it was a pretty even game. How do you think Jax would have handled our #1 offense with their starting D? I think we would have rolled them. And our starting D against what they started the game with?
There were some bad things in the game...mainly the containment by the DE's and LB's and the lack of production by the OL, but there was a fair amount of good as well. No major injuries from what I have seen, so it was a good night's work.
