Yakuza Rich
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- sucks to see Phillips go down. Forget about the ‘pushing Bennett’ stuff…he was simply a better TE than Bennett. That’s why he got all the playing time at the end of last season. Unique blocker too because he can pretty much block from the F-Back, TE, and H-Back spots. I would probably categorize him as a guy that reminds me a lot of Moose Johnston as a blocker, but obviously he’s at the TE spot. He’s that good. And he showed solid receiving ability. Would’ve given defenses a very tough time out there.
- I’m not convinced that McBriar’s placeholding is any good whatsoever since he’s stunk at it the entire time he’s been here. I don’t think kickers miss that wide unless they slip or the hold is bad.
- McGee started out well, struggled and then finished decent enough. He’s got the ability, but the game and the blitzing moves too fast for him right now. I’ve seen good QB’s look a lot worse than McGee at this stage (Aaron Rodgers, Romo, Pennington, etc). But, to me the #1 thing I look at in a QB is their pocket presence and their ability to feel the pressure, but look downfield and anticipate the receivers. Those QB’s I mentioned struggled with that as well at the stage McGee is at, but sometimes QB’s never develop that skill.
- Tepper looked pretty good blocking when I focused on him, but his shotgun snaps were horrible. Almost reminded me of playing Madden where you get screwed on a poor shotgun snap and almost always get sacked.
- Sicko moves very well and has good hands.
- Cricket’s not going anywhere unless he gets injured. He was on the first team special teams kickoff coverage. Until somebody at Fullback or LB can outperform him there, he’ll find his way on the roster.
- Free looked really really smooth out there and very well coached. I know it’s the first preseason game, but that’s straight up one-on-one stuff with Antwan Odom and he dominated him.
- I’m very happy with Roy’s play. He made a good catch in between the numbers and that was something he usually drops. I think he knows that is the scouting report against him. He also got open nicely against a good CB in the red zone, but Romo had to rush his throw.
- Not worried about the red zone. Felix was close to getting a TD, but fumbled. And it’s not like we are running our regular season running plays out there.
- The DB’s looked good and well coached last night. Good job by Dave Campo.
- I’d be surprised if McQuistan stays on the team. Geno Adkins pimp slapped him all game long.
- I’m a believer in Brandon Williams and the INT had nothing to do with it. He just looked impressive when he was out there. Victor Butler played a nice game as well.
- Joe DeCamillis is going to work over the Special Teams this week. The Shipley punt return was bad coverage and there were a couple of other times where guys were not filling their lanes.
- Overall I’m happy with the performance. Not a lot of penalties for Dallas in the first preseason game. Tackled rather well. Backups looked very well coached and getting that first win out of the way is nice. And if I wanted to look at the silver lining, I could say that it’s good to have Beuhler struggle now because if he struggles next week, we’ll know that he’s not the solution at placekicker. Still bummed that Phillips got hurt, but hopefully we’ll make the best out of it.
YR
- I’m not convinced that McBriar’s placeholding is any good whatsoever since he’s stunk at it the entire time he’s been here. I don’t think kickers miss that wide unless they slip or the hold is bad.
- McGee started out well, struggled and then finished decent enough. He’s got the ability, but the game and the blitzing moves too fast for him right now. I’ve seen good QB’s look a lot worse than McGee at this stage (Aaron Rodgers, Romo, Pennington, etc). But, to me the #1 thing I look at in a QB is their pocket presence and their ability to feel the pressure, but look downfield and anticipate the receivers. Those QB’s I mentioned struggled with that as well at the stage McGee is at, but sometimes QB’s never develop that skill.
- Tepper looked pretty good blocking when I focused on him, but his shotgun snaps were horrible. Almost reminded me of playing Madden where you get screwed on a poor shotgun snap and almost always get sacked.
- Sicko moves very well and has good hands.
- Cricket’s not going anywhere unless he gets injured. He was on the first team special teams kickoff coverage. Until somebody at Fullback or LB can outperform him there, he’ll find his way on the roster.
- Free looked really really smooth out there and very well coached. I know it’s the first preseason game, but that’s straight up one-on-one stuff with Antwan Odom and he dominated him.
- I’m very happy with Roy’s play. He made a good catch in between the numbers and that was something he usually drops. I think he knows that is the scouting report against him. He also got open nicely against a good CB in the red zone, but Romo had to rush his throw.
- Not worried about the red zone. Felix was close to getting a TD, but fumbled. And it’s not like we are running our regular season running plays out there.
- The DB’s looked good and well coached last night. Good job by Dave Campo.
- I’d be surprised if McQuistan stays on the team. Geno Adkins pimp slapped him all game long.
- I’m a believer in Brandon Williams and the INT had nothing to do with it. He just looked impressive when he was out there. Victor Butler played a nice game as well.
- Joe DeCamillis is going to work over the Special Teams this week. The Shipley punt return was bad coverage and there were a couple of other times where guys were not filling their lanes.
- Overall I’m happy with the performance. Not a lot of penalties for Dallas in the first preseason game. Tackled rather well. Backups looked very well coached and getting that first win out of the way is nice. And if I wanted to look at the silver lining, I could say that it’s good to have Beuhler struggle now because if he struggles next week, we’ll know that he’s not the solution at placekicker. Still bummed that Phillips got hurt, but hopefully we’ll make the best out of it.
YR
