1. I don't think the QBs are as bad as some fans think, but I do agree that they need some work. Bledsoe is going to continue to sharpen himself up before the games mean something. Romo has firmly entrenched himself as the #2 guy, but he can't make those stupid mistakes. Henson looks a little behind. He seems to be struggling some, although you can still see his natural talent.
2. The RBs are deeper here than they have been in a long time. Julius is a stud. A-Train is the kind of guy that doesn't impress you much, but he helps a team. Barber did have some ball control issues, but I saw some potential there too. And we didn't even get to see Thompson. Polite made this team, by the way.
3. The top three wide receivers are looking nice. Bledose and Key may be starting to get used to each other. Glenn is still Glenn. Crayton will get all the pub tonight and in the coming days. He's a nice looking young player. Morgan is Mr. Silent. I don't remember hearing much about him at all, and I wonder if Bill would really keep a fourth receiver who doesn't play special teams? Merritt was returning punts and has a relationship with Haley. Crowder really does a lot on the field in various ways. Copper even does his thing. What else can Morgan do?
4. If the Boys are keeping four TEs like I think they will, which will be the four? Witten and Campbell are no-brainers. Bill talks about Ryan like he's already made the team, and Pierce has done pretty well from what I've seen. But Jeff Robinson?
5. The OL needs work. I find myself wondering why the left side is beyond criticism though. I sometimes think Flozell and Larry have more mistakes than they should. Of course, they can also be dominant. A couple of busts on the right side were concerning, but there are still a lot of reps to sort some of those problems out. The young RTs did some encouraging things.
6. McBriar is a stud. Cortez looked good tonight. Will he keep looking good or will he choke?
7. The pass defense seemed pretty vanilla. That may explain the high percentage of completions. I have almost no concerns about the corners. I'm a little concerned about FS. Reese is doing nothing to distinguish himself while a guy like Beriault is really letting it all out. I hope Berry-O makes this team.
8. The LBs are going to have to make this 3-4 work. They need to improve in some areas. I think a lot of it has to do with experience and different expectations though. There's still time to fix some of that.
9. I love the DL. What a nice rotation there. Who makes the team though?
10. Finally, after saying all of this, I don't know how much we learned? I guess we learned that the emotions of this board ebb and flow with every game, meaningless or not. I don't think these games are being called by Bill and the staff the way they would be if it mattered. Hopefully we're just getting a gauge at who can do what to help this team.