dbair1967
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I'm tired and pretty PO'd right now so probably more to come tomorrow:
1) 1st team OL for the most part was just putrid...looked like they have never practiced vs a blitz...run and pass blocking was bad, though it did improve when Al Johnson and Tyson Walter were replaced by Gurode and Noll
2) the special teams from Bruce DeHaven is just garbage...its gone from average to bad to putrid in his 3 seasons...Cortez was booming kickoffs high and deep into the endzone and they were still getting to the 30+ everytime...punt coverage is average at best and oure returns basically stink...we will lose a game or two at least because of how poor we are on special teams
3) memo to Parcells, DeMarcus Ware has no business being a blocker on the punt return team...the guy is pobably the single most important key to the defense being better, perhaps even very good in 2005...nothing GOOD can possibly become of having your best pass rusher running 40-50 yds backwards trying to block people...ONLY BAD CRAP CAN HAPPEN, and almost did tonight when he suffered what turned out to be a (hopefully) minor knee injury...BP, you sir are a total boob for putting him out there...further, BP spent all last yr and offseason poor mouthing about the loss of Dan Campbell and about how he was so key to the offense, yet there was Campbell with 3 minutes to go in a meaningless preseason game run blocking in the redzone
4) memo again to BP, when you have no timeouts left in a half and are in chip shot FG range, you call a play with your last snap that GOES INTO (or out of) THE ENDZONE, that way you save ample time to get the fg team on...seems like elementary stuff, but apparently you dont get it
5) Bruce DeHaven and Tony Sporano were horrendous hires by Parcells
6) 1st team offense (minus JJ) played two series vs the Houston backups to start the 3rd qtr, and not only didnt score...they failed to net even one first down
7) Drew Bledsoe would be fine at QB if he can consistently get even average pass protection..he looked good tonight despite mostly bad pass protection...Tony Romo got all the snaps after Bledsoe left and played well...made a great throw to Crayton...undone by another horrible drop by Q Morgan in the redzone, though he did come back to make a nice TD on a short throw from Romo..still, no excuses for the other redzone drops he's had...those were easy plays
8) Patrick Crayton is really looking solid, he's a real playmaker and needs to be on the field in more than just 3 WR sets
9) not sure why anyone thought Chris Canty was taking Greg Ellis' job...I've seen every snap Canty's been on the field in preseason and he still has yet to make a play..appears to be adequate vs the run but is non existant as a pass rusher
10) if this team can somehow score 350 pts this yr, they'll win 10 or 11 games...problem is it doesnt appear there is virtually any chance of scoring that many pts...the OL is just horrible right now
thats all for now
David
1) 1st team OL for the most part was just putrid...looked like they have never practiced vs a blitz...run and pass blocking was bad, though it did improve when Al Johnson and Tyson Walter were replaced by Gurode and Noll
2) the special teams from Bruce DeHaven is just garbage...its gone from average to bad to putrid in his 3 seasons...Cortez was booming kickoffs high and deep into the endzone and they were still getting to the 30+ everytime...punt coverage is average at best and oure returns basically stink...we will lose a game or two at least because of how poor we are on special teams
3) memo to Parcells, DeMarcus Ware has no business being a blocker on the punt return team...the guy is pobably the single most important key to the defense being better, perhaps even very good in 2005...nothing GOOD can possibly become of having your best pass rusher running 40-50 yds backwards trying to block people...ONLY BAD CRAP CAN HAPPEN, and almost did tonight when he suffered what turned out to be a (hopefully) minor knee injury...BP, you sir are a total boob for putting him out there...further, BP spent all last yr and offseason poor mouthing about the loss of Dan Campbell and about how he was so key to the offense, yet there was Campbell with 3 minutes to go in a meaningless preseason game run blocking in the redzone
4) memo again to BP, when you have no timeouts left in a half and are in chip shot FG range, you call a play with your last snap that GOES INTO (or out of) THE ENDZONE, that way you save ample time to get the fg team on...seems like elementary stuff, but apparently you dont get it
5) Bruce DeHaven and Tony Sporano were horrendous hires by Parcells
6) 1st team offense (minus JJ) played two series vs the Houston backups to start the 3rd qtr, and not only didnt score...they failed to net even one first down
7) Drew Bledsoe would be fine at QB if he can consistently get even average pass protection..he looked good tonight despite mostly bad pass protection...Tony Romo got all the snaps after Bledsoe left and played well...made a great throw to Crayton...undone by another horrible drop by Q Morgan in the redzone, though he did come back to make a nice TD on a short throw from Romo..still, no excuses for the other redzone drops he's had...those were easy plays
8) Patrick Crayton is really looking solid, he's a real playmaker and needs to be on the field in more than just 3 WR sets
9) not sure why anyone thought Chris Canty was taking Greg Ellis' job...I've seen every snap Canty's been on the field in preseason and he still has yet to make a play..appears to be adequate vs the run but is non existant as a pass rusher
10) if this team can somehow score 350 pts this yr, they'll win 10 or 11 games...problem is it doesnt appear there is virtually any chance of scoring that many pts...the OL is just horrible right now
thats all for now
David
