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- Not gonna bother mentioning Ware. We all saw him.


- Petitti was horrible. I'm amazed I actually saw two threads titled "Petitti holding his own". What game were those guys watching? He was horrible.

Ray Rhodes game planned around Petitti. Almost every stunt and blitz they ran was right at Petitti, and he screwed up (didn't block the right guy) almost every time. Our offense can't function with Petitti at RT. Not this year anyway.


- Tucker played ok. Better then Petitti did anyway.

- Despite JuJo gaining 55 yards (5.5 per carry) our running game was bad. Most of those yards were gained by JuJo on his own. I only saw one play where the OL opened up a "clean" hole for the RB to run through, and that was in the 4th quarter. I hate that Parcells runs a bunch of those slow developing run plays. I HATE those types of runs. I like the quick hitters and the stretch plays, but those slow developing "tricky" counter plays have to go. I'm sick of seeing them.


- Patrick Crayton... I like this player. Hope he continues to develop, but if he carries the ball ever again like he did on that one catch, I'll personally hold the bull horn in front of BP's face so he can yell at him.

- I don't care who did better, Henson or Romo. The only thing that matters to me is that they both looked below average. Disappointing appearance for both QBs. Both made dumb decisions.

Henson has a flaw in his dropback he needs to correct. Sometimes he pauses when he takes the handoff. The whole OL and everything has started doing their thing, and Henson is still just starting his dropback. It needs to be fixed. That's one reason it appears he isn't getting much time. He's young though, and still getting better. I'm sure it'll be corrected.

Romo... that pass when he was pressured was just stupid. That crap needs to stop.


- I think the reason we didn't see TyTo is cuz BP wanted to see how Barber did with a "Heavy" workload. Barber failed the test, IMO. Fumbling twice (he recovered the other one in the air). Barber may be on the bubble. Don't be surprised if the roles are reversed next game, and TyTo is the one getting a "heavy" workload.

- We can't run screens for s**t.

- Beriault needs to make that tackle on Green in the endzone. Sure he had a solid game, but those are the types of plays yoU NEED to make as a defender. He went at the Lefty's back shoulder, GIVING the QB the opportunity to run to the side he prefers to run to. He should of attacked Greene's throwing shoulder.

- That was NOt a catch at the end of the game. I saw it, you saw it, Madden and even Al Michaels saw it, everyone in america saw it... why then could those sorry refs not see it? It was OBVIOUS. Get rid of instant replay if it isn't doing it's f'in job.

- I think Polite makes this team.

- Crowder right on teh bubble. I don't think he'll make the team though cuz he didn't get many reps at WR.

- If we keep 4 TEs and 1 FB, then we're either only keeping 3 RBs or 5 WRs. I think we'll end up keeping 4 RBs so Key, TG, Crayton, Copper, and ??? are you WRs. Yes, I'm saying Morgan gets cut. He's running as the 4th WR right now, and he doesn't play special teams. All that speed, all that size... doesn't matter if he can't catch the friggin' football. Half of me thinks Crowder will make it, the other half thinks he won't. It's probably gonna depend on what he does in the next two games. I bet that's a position Parcells won't make a decision on till the very end.


- Bledsoe looked better. That pass to Witten should of come WAY earlier though. It wasn't almost INT'd cuz the safety "baited" him as Madden said, it was almost INT'd cuz it was late. That pass should of been in the air before Witten made that move on Trufant (and made him look silly). Bledsoe needs to do a better job anticipating when his WRs/TEs are gonna get open.

- I see all this talk about Ware, and rightfully so, but Thornton had a good game too. A real good game IMO. I think we'll be fine with Ware and Thornton at WOLB.

- Thomas Johnson looked good again. I think he makes the team, and Carson is sent packing. Carson has more experience, but I still think "Pepper" is a better NG.

- Dat had a good game, but he needs to be more in control when he's about to get a sack. We need to get the QB on the ground when we get a hand on him.

- Overall, the pass rush still needs work. Hasselback still tore our secondary apary, mainly in the middle of the field. Which means our LBs need to get into their drops faster then they are.

- Another good game by McBriar.

- Don't get excited about Cortez. He WILL choke when it counts.

- Ware was exhausted at the end of the game. It's understandable being that he played the whole game, but we need him to be able to be 3rd string tackles for sacks in the 4th quarter. BP needs to let up on him a bit in the next couple of preseason games, IMO.
 

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Ware was exhausted at the end of the game. It's understandable being that he played the whole game, but we need him to be able to be 3rd string tackles for sacks in the 4th quarter. BP needs to let up on him a bit in the next couple of preseason games, IMO.

your joking right??, this guy better be able to play a full game at 100%. He needs all the experience he can get, and I'll let him make all the mistakes he wants, as long as hes learning. The Chargers aren't gonna go easy on him cuz hes a rookie. I'm fine with how BP is handling this situation, I would however like to see Pettitti to get the Ware treatment though.
 

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CanadianCowboysFan said:
Madden also thought Pettiti played well.



Madden is wrong. Almost everytime the Hawks ran a stunt or blitz at Petitti, he screwed up. Physically, yes he did fine, but he had a few mental screw ups.

When he knew who to block, he did alright. But he was easily confused a few times by Rhodes' blitzing (who obviously game planned to attack the rookie RT).
 

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I agree that Pettiti needs to work on his recognition. He looked cluesless on several downs BUT when he did actually pick the right guy he did well. Im actually glad the Seahawks elected to run stunts at him and such because now its on tape and he can be coached.

Rookie mistakes.
 

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your joking right??, this guy better be able to play a full game at 100%. He needs all the experience he can get, and I'll let him make all the mistakes he wants, as long as hes learning. The Chargers aren't gonna go easy on him cuz hes a rookie. I'm fine with how BP is handling this situation, I would however like to see Pettitti to get the Ware treatment though.


:rolleyes:


In the "real" games, he's gonna get breaks. Period. The only reason he's playing the whole game now is so he can get comfortable doing his job(s).

So, NO, I'm not kidding. What's the point of having him in the game in the 4th quarter if he's too tired to get to teh QB? Same goes for all our DL.

How many 4th quarter sacks did Glover have last year? Find the answer to that and you should be able to see wehre I'm coming from.
 

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Rack Seattle would have done better if not for the case of the dropsies by the wr/te

I thought the lb played to shallow and the safeties where to deep causing us this big gap in the middle which the hawks ate up. Thank you Seattle for all those hands of stones you guys displayed.

Another thing I thought the safeties of Dallas where late coming over the top to help the cb because again they where to deep of the ball.
 

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Henson has a flaw in his dropback he needs to correct. Sometimes he pauses when he takes the handoff. The whole OL and everything has started doing their thing, and Henson is still just starting his dropback. It needs to be fixed. That's one reason it appears he isn't getting much time. He's young though, and still getting better. I'm sure it'll be corrected.

I noticed the exact same thing last year and it still hasn't been corrected. He's one beat behind everyone else. He hesitates when he takes the snap, and his backpedal is painfully SLOW.
 

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I was impressed how well coached both teams looked on a Monday Night game for the rest of the NFL and Officials to watch, the game was fast paced and professionally called. John and Al commented on it.
 

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HAHAHA, your too funny, of COURSE he'll have breaks, I don't expect him to play every snap, just maybe ever DEFENSIVE snap. lol, seriously though, his coverage needs work, so I say let him get accustomed throughout 16 full quarters.
 

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SilverStarCowboy said:
I was impressed how well coached both teams looked on a Monday Night game for the rest of the NFL and Officials to watch, the game was fast paced and professionally called. John and Al commented on it.



I agree. Except the refs did blow it when they didn't reverse that play at the end of the game. The WR clearly dropped the ball.
 

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Rack said:
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- Petitti was horrible. I'm amazed I actually saw two threads titled "Petitti holding his own". What game were those guys watching? He was horrible.

Ray Rhodes game planned around Petitti. Almost every stunt and blitz they ran was right at Petitti, and he screwed up (didn't block the right guy) almost every time. Our offense can't function with Petitti at RT. Not this year anyway.



I thought Petitti did hold his own. I only saw 2 plays where he missed the block on a stunt. This was his 1st game to start. I thought he did pretty good.
 

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cannonball44 said:
HAHAHA, your too funny, of COURSE he'll have breaks, I don't expect him to play every snap, just maybe ever DEFENSIVE snap. lol, seriously though, his coverage needs work, so I say let him get accustomed throughout 16 full quarters.


I'm too funny? Try re-reading some of your own posts sometime, Sally.


You first said:

this guy better be able to play a full game at 100%.


And now:

I don't expect him to play every snap


Backtracking or spin doctoring, which is it you're trying to do?


Either way, my point is we want Ware FRESH in the 4th quarter.
 

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Little Jr said:
I thought Petitti did hold his own. I only saw 2 plays where he missed the block on a stunt. This was his 1st game to start. I thought he did pretty good.



He started LAST WEEK. And when you miss two assignments, COMPLETELY, in one half then, NO, you did not play good. He had a bad game. If you want to say "he played solid, for a rookie" then that's one thing, but we don't get extra points for a guy playing good "for a rookie". He needs to play good, FOR A STARTER. Or at least solid. You don't think opposing defensive coordinators are gonna GAMEPLAN to attack Petitti? Rhodes did a little bit of it, in the regular season we'll see A LOT of it.
 

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- Patrick Crayton... I like this player. Hope he continues to develop, but if he carries the ball ever again like he did on that one catch, I'll personally hold the bull horn in front of BP's face so he can yell at him.

I agree 100%. I've seen him holding the ball free of his body like that more than once, but no more than on that pass tonight.

Rack said:
- I think the reason we didn't see TyTo is cuz BP wanted to see how Barber did with a "Heavy" workload. Barber failed the test, IMO. Fumbling twice (he recovered the other one in the air). Barber may be on the bubble. Don't be surprised if the roles are reversed next game, and TyTo is the one getting a "heavy" workload.

I kind of figured that myself. I think he wanted an extended look at both Barber and Thomas.

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- Crowder right on teh bubble. I don't think he'll make the team though cuz he didn't get many reps at WR.

I think he's on the bubble, but I also think that parcells is working the receivers the way he's working the backs. Each unit has set starters, with question marks behind them. If as you mentioned below, Morgan is cut, I think Crowder makes it as the 5th guy. Merritt and Rector are getting their shot as that guy, but haven't done anything so far to distinguish themse;ves on ST.

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- I think Polite makes this team.

I thik he's got a good chance, but he needs to catch passes like the one on 3rd and short near the end, even if he did catch the TD.

Rack said:
- If we keep 4 TEs and 1 FB, then we're either only keeping 3 RBs or 5 WRs. I think we'll end up keeping 4 RBs so Key, TG, Crayton, Copper, and ??? are you WRs. Yes, I'm saying Morgan gets cut. He's running as the 4th WR right now, and he doesn't play special teams. All that speed, all that size... doesn't matter if he can't catch the friggin' football. Half of me thinks Crowder will make it, the other half thinks he won't. It's probably gonna depend on what he does in the next two games. I bet that's a position Parcells won't make a decision on till the very end.

See above. Morgan is an inconsistent guy with speed with little upside. We just released a guy like that. His main advantage his experience, but that's about it.

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- Thomas Johnson looked good again. I think he makes the team, and Carson is sent packing. Carson has more experience, but I still think "Pepper" is a better NG.

I think that's a good possibility. It's been mentioned that Carson has been rested because of his knees, and his performance has been steady/average, but that's about it. If Carson gets cut, no one will blink an eye, but Johnson's caught a few, I'm sure. He may not make it to the PS.


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- Don't get excited about Cortez. He WILL choke when it counts.

I've never gotten excited about a kicker. We're talking about a guy who's been so inconsistent, those two 40+ yarders he made last night could be the only ones he makes all year.
 

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He started LAST WEEK. And when you miss two assignments, COMPLETELY, in one half then, NO, you did not play good. He had a bad game. If you want to say "he played solid, for a rookie" then that's one thing, but we don't get extra points for a guy playing good "for a rookie". He needs to play good, FOR A STARTER. Or at least solid. You don't think opposing defensive coordinators are gonna GAMEPLAN to attack Petitti? Rhodes did a little bit of it, in the regular season we'll see A LOT of it.



Well if you want prefection every play by every OL then I dont know what to tell you. It's the 2nd preseasn game. It's a rookie playing RT. They did no game planning. I thought he did well. This is the time for him to see his mistakes and learn from them. I believe if you ask any if OL they have missed 2 assignmeents in 1 half the answer would be yes.
 

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I thik he's got a good chance, but he needs to catch passes like the one on 3rd and short near the end, even if he did catch the TD.


I thought I heard Al Michaels say it was 3rd and long. Either way, it doesn't excuse Polite from dropping that pass.


Well if you want prefection every play by every OL then I dont know what to tell you.


:rolleyes:


Taking it to the extreme, huh? Who said anything about perfection? I wouldn't of minded Petitti getting beat PHYSICALLY a couple of times, but when you completely blow your assignment and don't even KNOW who you're supposed to block and it results in a defender coming full speed at our statue for a QB then it tends to bother me a bit. At least KNOW who to block. That's the most important thing.



I believe if you ask any if OL they have missed 2 assignmeents in 1 half the answer would be yes.


And any team that has on OL person missing 2 assignments per half on a regular basis doesn't have a very good offense and/or that OL got his a** benched. Which is what will happen to Petitti if he doesn't get it together. I still don't think he's good enough to start the season at this point. Maybe he'll make a dramatic improvement over the next couple of weeks. Who knows. IMO, Tucker played better then him today (although Tucker did go against backups). But that doesn't make any difference when referring to the kind of mistakes were made. Those mental mistakes would of showed up vs starters, backups, whatever.


You think Bledsoe will have any time to throw the ball against the Giants or Eagles with Strahan and Kearse coming off the edge with Petitti out there? And if we have to keep an extra blocker in too often to help him out it already hurts our offense, plus that extra blocker can be nullified if the blitz at him, just to help free up Strahan/Kearse.


I say either Tucker starts or we sign a FA.
 

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BP left the middle open. Wanted to see what would happen. What happened was good. Ware got a pick and our young FS got a chance to lay some hits and shine.
 

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Rack said:
:rolleyes:


In the "real" games, he's gonna get breaks. Period. The only reason he's playing the whole game now is so he can get comfortable doing his job(s).

So, NO, I'm not kidding. What's the point of having him in the game in the 4th quarter if he's too tired to get to teh QB? Same goes for all our DL.

How many 4th quarter sacks did Glover have last year? Find the answer to that and you should be able to see wehre I'm coming from.

Rack is right on, Ware was fatigued in the end and his point about sacks for Glover (and Ellis) is right as well. It's preseason so it's ok, but he can't be huffing in the end like that.

Petitti was clueless on the packages, he's a rookie and it showed. Still, I like his body and hopefully he learns quick.
 

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JBond said:
BP left the middle open. Wanted to see what would happen. What happened was good. Ware got a pick and our young FS got a chance to lay some hits and shine.



That could be it. Personally, I think the ILBs were just slow to get into their drops. Most of those passes over the middle came after play action. I think the ILBs were just reacting to run and didn't get into their drops fast enough. It'll get fixed... hopefully.
 
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