Yakuza Rich
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- I only watched parts of the SD game. It was more or less a sloppy effort and the Cowboys looked a little worse for wear. I think with the injuries and such, that requires the rest of the roster to pick up the slack. Plus, the high amount of 2-a-days just wear on a team.
- Maybe we do have some potential on the O-Line. I though Brewster looked decent, but was more impressed with Sam Young. Perhaps in a year or two we move Brewster to guard and Young the starting RT and do make a seamless transition there. Backup center still bothers me, but you can find those guys late in the draft or even undrafted.
- Maybe it’s me, but I’m just not that concerned about the red zone play. Why in the world would we want to show every play we are thinking of using in the red zone in preseason? I’m far more concerned about Beuhler’s field goal kicking than our ability to score touchdowns in the red zone. In fact, if I was Garrett I would probably not want to score in the red zone, just to give the idea that we can’t score and then in the regular season run plays the defenses haven’t seen and score at will. I’ll worry about the red zone scoring if or when it becomes and issue when the games actually count.
- So whose bright idea is it to have 2 teams play 5 preseason games instead of 4?
- Surprised we haven’t heard more about the Patrick Crayton long snapper deal. If true, they would only be able to use that on punts because he’d get killed on field goals. I think it would be a good idea against a dangerous punt returner. I think if I had a choice of any player in the NFL to do it, it would be Chicago’s Charles Tillman, who has the speed to get down there and is probably the best defensive back in the league when it comes to stripping the football.
- We’re not cutting Stephen McGee. I think people forget just how bad Aaron Rodgers looked in his second season. He looked worse than McGee. By his third season he didn’t look all that hot in preseason IIRC, but started to put the pieces together and then he became the starter in year 4. Hell, Romo didn’t look all that hot in his second year and certainly didn’t look like a future starting QB. With Nichol cut, McGee is staying because he won’t stay on the P-S and you need at least 3 QB’s that know the system that are on the 53 man and PS rosters.
- I think the problem with Sam Hurd is that he’s a great practice player and he just cannot translate that to the real thing nearly as well. I used to have a friend that I played basketball with who in practice could just flat out dominate. The coach would then start him and wound up giving him every chance in the world to succeed because he was such an awesome practice player, but in the end he wound up killing us because his performance in games was average at best. Tough to let those guys go.
- I thought Martellus played quite well Saturday, but his sense of urgency…or at least his appearance of his sense of urgency drives me and other critics batty. I will say this, I just think he should be much better than he is. He’s not a bad player, but he should be much better.
- What nationality is the surname ‘Sicko’ anyway?
- The defense certainly looks to make more turnovers this year. I see things that tell me that they’ve worked hard on stripping the football, taking a chance on getting picks, and tip drill stuff.
- I don’t understand NFL scheduling. We play the Texans next, and then roughly a month later we play them again. Way to spread it out.
YR
- Maybe we do have some potential on the O-Line. I though Brewster looked decent, but was more impressed with Sam Young. Perhaps in a year or two we move Brewster to guard and Young the starting RT and do make a seamless transition there. Backup center still bothers me, but you can find those guys late in the draft or even undrafted.
- Maybe it’s me, but I’m just not that concerned about the red zone play. Why in the world would we want to show every play we are thinking of using in the red zone in preseason? I’m far more concerned about Beuhler’s field goal kicking than our ability to score touchdowns in the red zone. In fact, if I was Garrett I would probably not want to score in the red zone, just to give the idea that we can’t score and then in the regular season run plays the defenses haven’t seen and score at will. I’ll worry about the red zone scoring if or when it becomes and issue when the games actually count.
- So whose bright idea is it to have 2 teams play 5 preseason games instead of 4?
- Surprised we haven’t heard more about the Patrick Crayton long snapper deal. If true, they would only be able to use that on punts because he’d get killed on field goals. I think it would be a good idea against a dangerous punt returner. I think if I had a choice of any player in the NFL to do it, it would be Chicago’s Charles Tillman, who has the speed to get down there and is probably the best defensive back in the league when it comes to stripping the football.
- We’re not cutting Stephen McGee. I think people forget just how bad Aaron Rodgers looked in his second season. He looked worse than McGee. By his third season he didn’t look all that hot in preseason IIRC, but started to put the pieces together and then he became the starter in year 4. Hell, Romo didn’t look all that hot in his second year and certainly didn’t look like a future starting QB. With Nichol cut, McGee is staying because he won’t stay on the P-S and you need at least 3 QB’s that know the system that are on the 53 man and PS rosters.
- I think the problem with Sam Hurd is that he’s a great practice player and he just cannot translate that to the real thing nearly as well. I used to have a friend that I played basketball with who in practice could just flat out dominate. The coach would then start him and wound up giving him every chance in the world to succeed because he was such an awesome practice player, but in the end he wound up killing us because his performance in games was average at best. Tough to let those guys go.
- I thought Martellus played quite well Saturday, but his sense of urgency…or at least his appearance of his sense of urgency drives me and other critics batty. I will say this, I just think he should be much better than he is. He’s not a bad player, but he should be much better.
- What nationality is the surname ‘Sicko’ anyway?
- The defense certainly looks to make more turnovers this year. I see things that tell me that they’ve worked hard on stripping the football, taking a chance on getting picks, and tip drill stuff.
- I don’t understand NFL scheduling. We play the Texans next, and then roughly a month later we play them again. Way to spread it out.
YR
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