FuzzyLumpkins
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Murray seemed sluggish and not running full speed. It appeared that he was holding back. After the botched exchange he seemed to wake his legs up a little bit but he still never looked like 2nd half of 2013 Murray. He was effective nonetheless. If he does come back then i advocate sitting him more in the preseason. RB has only so many carries for his career.
Special teams was awful but it was also basically tryouts for players 40-90 on the roster. Guys couldn't get off blocks, lane gaffes left and right, poor tackling and blocking, BW Webb running scared with soft returns, and it was obvious that every return was to be taken out of the endzone. What I took away from this is that Harris, Heath, Lawrence, and Hanna are all locks to make the team.
First team OL was okay. Martin showed his mortality with variably poor play on a few snaps but overall I think Romo enjoyed a nice pocket and they were able to find some running room early. The run game was inconsistent but they did execute several 5+ yard runs against a Ravens front 7 that has some talent. Our blocking on the second level versus the LBs was overall poor. Anything that took time to develop like a counter was blown up. That inside power zone wasn't used though. Yay preseason!
Romo still hasn't taken a hit but he isn't playing scared. At the end of last season he was repeatedly was taking dives in the face of pressure. If he keeps on getting a pocket to step up into this offense is going to destroy people in the air. Romo is one of the best in the business in foiling the outside rush and the talent he has to throw to is plentiful.
Williams, Escobar, Dunbar, Beasley, and Harris are all going to make plays. Williams runs great routes that get him open all over the field. Escobar's routes are continuing to get him separation as well and he catches everything even smothered by a defender. Dunbar and Beasley are going to tear up underneath coverage in space where they are going to be constant threats and Harris' physicality outside complements that beautifully. That is before you consider the stars.
They aren't going to show Dez moving around much. They left him at flanker but he still made plays. They did run the RBs out wide of the formation which I thought was interesting. They'll get better in the screen game if they commit to it.
Only overall negative I came away regarding the 1s with was the penalties and of course the fumble.
Second offensive line was poor. I wanted to watch Wetzel but instead my eyes kept on finding Parnell and Goodin playing like garbage. I had a theory that Parnell was slow rolling it. Well, I was wrong. He does a poor job setting up outside and gets beat on the inside move anyway? He doesn't make my cut down to 70. With Leary now starting Goodin came in and he was just as bad. He had all kinds of problems with the linemen and when they blitzed at him, he was clueless. I get that it's a 3-4 but it was just bad.
I give Weeden a pass for alot of his poor plays as a result of the above. His arm still looks strong and he stood in there and made some throws in the face of that. Now that think of it. I would move bad body Alodenoye up in the depth chart.
Starting defense played a lot better. George Selvie looked stout in there. He rushes at a sharp angle inside and he did a good job of mucking things up on the strongside. Very disruptive. Mincey's quickness belies his power. His inside counter continues to be effective and he is making plays upfield. Hayden didn't get blown off the ball every down and Coleman who played from start to finish, did a much better job getting off blocks and being disruptive against the 1's.
I didn't overly pay attention to the LB in the run game but they seemed to have a much easier time finding the football.
Wilcox and Church stood out to me. Church just has a nose for the ball and diagnoses plays so quickly. Wilcox is fun to watch because he is getting better at his recognition and he is making plays along the way.
The whole team is getting better at coverage especially zone coverage while I would not call them consistent by an measure, i would say they are succeeding at a better rate than at anytime in the Marinelli/Kiffin regime. With a team this young and inexperienced it is great to see improvements like this. I think you can say the same thing about how the team as a whole is using their hands.
My man Ken Bishop did not appear to have a good game. I look forward to rewatching his game in more detail but it seemed every time I found Ken he was hooked by the guard and not using his technique to chop the damn hands off. I guarantee you much like Coleman did last week, Ken is going to get the ire of the coaches this week. He deserves it.
Mitchell is covering better and to the point where you can see his ball skills. They need work too. But progress from the young player is evident. I didn't look for or notice Moore.
Holloman's career maybe over. I didn't notice him that much outside of that. I did a poor job noticing the second half as a whole.
I look forward to rewatching the game and filling in some gaps.
Special teams was awful but it was also basically tryouts for players 40-90 on the roster. Guys couldn't get off blocks, lane gaffes left and right, poor tackling and blocking, BW Webb running scared with soft returns, and it was obvious that every return was to be taken out of the endzone. What I took away from this is that Harris, Heath, Lawrence, and Hanna are all locks to make the team.
First team OL was okay. Martin showed his mortality with variably poor play on a few snaps but overall I think Romo enjoyed a nice pocket and they were able to find some running room early. The run game was inconsistent but they did execute several 5+ yard runs against a Ravens front 7 that has some talent. Our blocking on the second level versus the LBs was overall poor. Anything that took time to develop like a counter was blown up. That inside power zone wasn't used though. Yay preseason!
Romo still hasn't taken a hit but he isn't playing scared. At the end of last season he was repeatedly was taking dives in the face of pressure. If he keeps on getting a pocket to step up into this offense is going to destroy people in the air. Romo is one of the best in the business in foiling the outside rush and the talent he has to throw to is plentiful.
Williams, Escobar, Dunbar, Beasley, and Harris are all going to make plays. Williams runs great routes that get him open all over the field. Escobar's routes are continuing to get him separation as well and he catches everything even smothered by a defender. Dunbar and Beasley are going to tear up underneath coverage in space where they are going to be constant threats and Harris' physicality outside complements that beautifully. That is before you consider the stars.
They aren't going to show Dez moving around much. They left him at flanker but he still made plays. They did run the RBs out wide of the formation which I thought was interesting. They'll get better in the screen game if they commit to it.
Only overall negative I came away regarding the 1s with was the penalties and of course the fumble.
Second offensive line was poor. I wanted to watch Wetzel but instead my eyes kept on finding Parnell and Goodin playing like garbage. I had a theory that Parnell was slow rolling it. Well, I was wrong. He does a poor job setting up outside and gets beat on the inside move anyway? He doesn't make my cut down to 70. With Leary now starting Goodin came in and he was just as bad. He had all kinds of problems with the linemen and when they blitzed at him, he was clueless. I get that it's a 3-4 but it was just bad.
I give Weeden a pass for alot of his poor plays as a result of the above. His arm still looks strong and he stood in there and made some throws in the face of that. Now that think of it. I would move bad body Alodenoye up in the depth chart.
Starting defense played a lot better. George Selvie looked stout in there. He rushes at a sharp angle inside and he did a good job of mucking things up on the strongside. Very disruptive. Mincey's quickness belies his power. His inside counter continues to be effective and he is making plays upfield. Hayden didn't get blown off the ball every down and Coleman who played from start to finish, did a much better job getting off blocks and being disruptive against the 1's.
I didn't overly pay attention to the LB in the run game but they seemed to have a much easier time finding the football.
Wilcox and Church stood out to me. Church just has a nose for the ball and diagnoses plays so quickly. Wilcox is fun to watch because he is getting better at his recognition and he is making plays along the way.
The whole team is getting better at coverage especially zone coverage while I would not call them consistent by an measure, i would say they are succeeding at a better rate than at anytime in the Marinelli/Kiffin regime. With a team this young and inexperienced it is great to see improvements like this. I think you can say the same thing about how the team as a whole is using their hands.
My man Ken Bishop did not appear to have a good game. I look forward to rewatching his game in more detail but it seemed every time I found Ken he was hooked by the guard and not using his technique to chop the damn hands off. I guarantee you much like Coleman did last week, Ken is going to get the ire of the coaches this week. He deserves it.
Mitchell is covering better and to the point where you can see his ball skills. They need work too. But progress from the young player is evident. I didn't look for or notice Moore.
Holloman's career maybe over. I didn't notice him that much outside of that. I did a poor job noticing the second half as a whole.
I look forward to rewatching the game and filling in some gaps.
