Lots of thoughts. I pretty much figured Jags to take a lead early since they were playing starters, and that is what they did. After their starters went out, the game was pretty much even. Difference was Turpin's fumble and Dowdle's fumble.
On offense, we are limited by the OL. we basically used two different units. In the first, it was Richards at LT, Farniok at LG, Hoffman at C, Ball at RG and Waltezko at RT. They didn't open any holes in the run game, and the pass protection was shaky. Rush looked mediocre, should have given up a pick six on a terribly thrown ball.
Seemed to be a lack of energy early, which is frustrating. Dallas 2nd string stuffs the Jags the first two series, but on the second punt Turpin fumbles it away and gives the Jags the short field. Juanyeh Thomas had an int and another nice play early. Mukuamu got beat badly for TD, and S over the top just watched. Rush did get the offense going, but Dowdle gives up a pretty soft fumble inside the 5. He looked shifty in the passing game, but the fumble really hurt. After Rush went out, the offense started to show some life under Grier. Tolbert had a nice catch taken away by a very ticky tack penalty call. Turpin dropped a catch, but then made an excellent catch on 4th down to extend the drive. Grier then hits Tolbert on a strike for the TD.
Second half, we get a FG, and then another TD, this one via Duece, who had a very nice series. He clearly looked better to me than Dowdle or Davis. Vaughn showed why he has been the talk of camp. Great runs and a few nice catches. OL had Bostick at LT, Bass at RG and Taylor-Prioleau at RT. Fehoko caught a couple smoke screens....but has no wiggle. Basically got the minimum he could have from each reception. He later caught another pass. Houston had back to back catches. We close out our scoring with a TD pass to Stephens, who had 3 or 4 nice catches.
Overall, turnovers were the story. We gave them a TD with Turpin's fumble and then lost points on Dowdle's drop. I don't think we had a whole lot of energy most of the first half, but they did start playing better offensively under Grier.
Moved Up - Grier, Vaughn, Stephens, Tolbert on offense. Fowler, Williams, J. Thomas on D.
Moved Down - OL...didn't see anyone have a great, or even good game on the OL. Dowdle. Rush. Coyle.