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Published: Monday, August 05, 2013, 10:21am
I am always up for over-analyzing something that might not require over-analyzing, but I will attempt to slow my roll given that it is a preseason game that preceded all other preseason games by a full week.
In other words, it is really early, folks.
However, entering training camp, there are two departments on this team that needed to prove that they were better than they have been in the recent past. Safeties and offensive line. Player availability and opposition efforts preclude us from reading too much into the safety play - other than JJ Wilcox is an impressive physical presence and that Matt Johnson remains a durability concern (to say the very, very least). Other than that, I think we must wait a week or two before we talk much on the safeties based on preseason game work. However, you can already see that they need plenty of work getting the proper depth so they don't play too shallow and risk plays over the top, but also not too deep leaving very easy 20 yard gains on digs that are beyond the linebackers and in a huge gulf short of the too deep, 2 deep safeties.
But, offensive line? Well, that is where I spent most of my Sunday night and Monday morning on analyzing a few spots in particular.
First, some brief background - because if you need more than brief, I would encourage you to read the archives of this blog as I have spent somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 words documenting the issues of the offense in general and the offensive line in specific on why this unit on the team controls pretty much everything (regardless of what the NFL Network or ESPN try to put on the Quarterback).
Read the rest: http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/n...ents-on-the-Offens?blockID=926453&feedID=3799
Published: Monday, August 05, 2013, 10:21am
I am always up for over-analyzing something that might not require over-analyzing, but I will attempt to slow my roll given that it is a preseason game that preceded all other preseason games by a full week.
In other words, it is really early, folks.
However, entering training camp, there are two departments on this team that needed to prove that they were better than they have been in the recent past. Safeties and offensive line. Player availability and opposition efforts preclude us from reading too much into the safety play - other than JJ Wilcox is an impressive physical presence and that Matt Johnson remains a durability concern (to say the very, very least). Other than that, I think we must wait a week or two before we talk much on the safeties based on preseason game work. However, you can already see that they need plenty of work getting the proper depth so they don't play too shallow and risk plays over the top, but also not too deep leaving very easy 20 yard gains on digs that are beyond the linebackers and in a huge gulf short of the too deep, 2 deep safeties.
But, offensive line? Well, that is where I spent most of my Sunday night and Monday morning on analyzing a few spots in particular.
First, some brief background - because if you need more than brief, I would encourage you to read the archives of this blog as I have spent somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 words documenting the issues of the offense in general and the offensive line in specific on why this unit on the team controls pretty much everything (regardless of what the NFL Network or ESPN try to put on the Quarterback).
Read the rest: http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/n...ents-on-the-Offens?blockID=926453&feedID=3799
