ghst187
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The Good:
1) McBriar is a real weapon who is changing field position and leading to points. I guess I can forgive him for the botched punt last week. That punt that he put out at the 2 was one of the most incredible punts I've ever seen, and I don't normally take note of punts.
2) Our run defense is stout. Really shutting down the run.
3) TO is one of the best WRs in the game. What a great game for him and hopefully will stop the nonsense talk all week about him.
4) Crayton is one of the best #3's in the league, I said "one of" not "the". He's very good and made some tough and critical catches today.
5) We won and Philly and Wash lost. Always good.
6) We have a dynamic duo of RBs. I will say however that JJ would've had 150 yards had he bounced a few more outside instead of trying to cut it straight ahead.
7) We are a hard-hitting defense, we lit some guys up today bigtime. Must have been at least 7x I was cringing after a big hit and a Texans player was woozy.
The UGLY:
1) Vjerk kicking off, its short and sometimes ugly. I was sitting about 5 yards from his sideline kicking net and told him about it, as did some other folks nearby.
2) Demarcus Ware passrushing. Not sure he ever saw Carr's jersey number today. He got handled.
3) Once again, our ability (or more aptly, our inabilty) to cover backs out of the backfield and the short middle passes.
4) Skyler Green returning punts. Fair caught the one he had the most room on. He always caught the ball a little off-balance and never had his feet under him so when he took off running, he was already stumbling a bit.
5) once again, our kickoff coverage.
THE BAD:
1) Bledsoe was awful, again. He is locking onto one receiver. He is missing throws that he used to make easily. He is scared to death of the passrush. The Texans left TO one on one with little to no safety help time and time again which Bledsoe ignored. IMO, that situation should automatically mean a deep fly toss to TO.
Bottomline: as many have already noted here, we aren't going to the SB with Bledsoe at the helm.
2) We have no sense of ourselves on offense, no identity. We either have too many weapons, too little quality QB-play, or just flat out horrible play-calling. Are we a running team? Then why does our OL stink and our WR-corps so good? Why would we pass it on 3rd and less than 1? Are we a passing team? Then why don't we get the ball to our playmakers, TO, Glenn, and Witten more? Why willl we try to pound it 3x inside the 5? Really seems to me that the players have the same confusion and questions.
2b) I fail to understand why we don't throw at least one fade to TO every time in the redzone or ever go playaction on 2nd and goal.
2c) I know TO got 3x TDs today, but he still isn't getting the ball enough. No one can cover the guy. You pay the guy to make big plays. He will, but you have to get him the ball and give him the opportunities...(and this from someone who doesn't like him).
3) Our D is not elite. Our passrush still stinks. We still can't put players in positions for maximum success IMO. We have been great against the run but we still give up too much....at least if we want to have an elite unit. We can't touch the Bears' D yet. Our D can't carry us yet. If we could get more pressure on the QB and still keep the same pace against the rush, it would begin to approach elite. But, how many years have we said something similar and the passrush been the weakpoint? IMO, its the coaching.
4) Our coaching....plain and simple...isn't championship caliber. Our play-calling isnt very good on offense or defense. We don't blitz very well. We don't run the ball well enough to do it all the time and we don't protect well enough (at least protect the statue well enough) to throw all the time. We still don't get the ball to our best players as much as we should. We have all the talent any coach could ask for but here we sit 3-2. Meanwhile, New Orleans sits 5-1. New Orleans is utilizing some of our castoffs with great success. We made them look like a college team when we played them preseason. But now, they are one of the hottest teams in the league. Seems like we should've sent them BP and kept Payton IMO. Payton is down there making a 5-course dinner with chopped liver. Meanwhile, we're making a jello-mold with caviar. We have the talent to be one of the top 3 teams in the league and should be there. So it has to come down to one of the two most important parts of football success, QB play or coaching. JMO
1) McBriar is a real weapon who is changing field position and leading to points. I guess I can forgive him for the botched punt last week. That punt that he put out at the 2 was one of the most incredible punts I've ever seen, and I don't normally take note of punts.
2) Our run defense is stout. Really shutting down the run.
3) TO is one of the best WRs in the game. What a great game for him and hopefully will stop the nonsense talk all week about him.
4) Crayton is one of the best #3's in the league, I said "one of" not "the". He's very good and made some tough and critical catches today.
5) We won and Philly and Wash lost. Always good.
6) We have a dynamic duo of RBs. I will say however that JJ would've had 150 yards had he bounced a few more outside instead of trying to cut it straight ahead.
7) We are a hard-hitting defense, we lit some guys up today bigtime. Must have been at least 7x I was cringing after a big hit and a Texans player was woozy.
The UGLY:
1) Vjerk kicking off, its short and sometimes ugly. I was sitting about 5 yards from his sideline kicking net and told him about it, as did some other folks nearby.
2) Demarcus Ware passrushing. Not sure he ever saw Carr's jersey number today. He got handled.
3) Once again, our ability (or more aptly, our inabilty) to cover backs out of the backfield and the short middle passes.
4) Skyler Green returning punts. Fair caught the one he had the most room on. He always caught the ball a little off-balance and never had his feet under him so when he took off running, he was already stumbling a bit.
5) once again, our kickoff coverage.
THE BAD:
1) Bledsoe was awful, again. He is locking onto one receiver. He is missing throws that he used to make easily. He is scared to death of the passrush. The Texans left TO one on one with little to no safety help time and time again which Bledsoe ignored. IMO, that situation should automatically mean a deep fly toss to TO.
Bottomline: as many have already noted here, we aren't going to the SB with Bledsoe at the helm.
2) We have no sense of ourselves on offense, no identity. We either have too many weapons, too little quality QB-play, or just flat out horrible play-calling. Are we a running team? Then why does our OL stink and our WR-corps so good? Why would we pass it on 3rd and less than 1? Are we a passing team? Then why don't we get the ball to our playmakers, TO, Glenn, and Witten more? Why willl we try to pound it 3x inside the 5? Really seems to me that the players have the same confusion and questions.
2b) I fail to understand why we don't throw at least one fade to TO every time in the redzone or ever go playaction on 2nd and goal.
2c) I know TO got 3x TDs today, but he still isn't getting the ball enough. No one can cover the guy. You pay the guy to make big plays. He will, but you have to get him the ball and give him the opportunities...(and this from someone who doesn't like him).
3) Our D is not elite. Our passrush still stinks. We still can't put players in positions for maximum success IMO. We have been great against the run but we still give up too much....at least if we want to have an elite unit. We can't touch the Bears' D yet. Our D can't carry us yet. If we could get more pressure on the QB and still keep the same pace against the rush, it would begin to approach elite. But, how many years have we said something similar and the passrush been the weakpoint? IMO, its the coaching.
4) Our coaching....plain and simple...isn't championship caliber. Our play-calling isnt very good on offense or defense. We don't blitz very well. We don't run the ball well enough to do it all the time and we don't protect well enough (at least protect the statue well enough) to throw all the time. We still don't get the ball to our best players as much as we should. We have all the talent any coach could ask for but here we sit 3-2. Meanwhile, New Orleans sits 5-1. New Orleans is utilizing some of our castoffs with great success. We made them look like a college team when we played them preseason. But now, they are one of the hottest teams in the league. Seems like we should've sent them BP and kept Payton IMO. Payton is down there making a 5-course dinner with chopped liver. Meanwhile, we're making a jello-mold with caviar. We have the talent to be one of the top 3 teams in the league and should be there. So it has to come down to one of the two most important parts of football success, QB play or coaching. JMO
