Congratulation of being elected as Walter Payton Man of the Year, Corey Peters!
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1 - I am so happy for Haason Reddick. Being a stud in college – being drafted in the first round to play a new position – struggling under various defensive position coaches and coordinators – pretty much being a lock for being cut after this season – to now having a single game franchise record and playing so well. I am very proud of him.
2 – The broadcast is of course a huge part of an NFL game when you are watching it on TV (as I always am for obvious reasons), and I was pleasantly surprised by Jonathan Vilma. I had not heard him as an analyst before, but I hope I will often from now on.
3 – I am not saying there is anything covert about it, but it is a little convenient that Zane Gonzalez suddenly gets injured and needs to be replaced.
4 – Zach Allen has been playing really well this season.
5 – It is kind of an underrated wide receiver-skill to knock the ball away from the defender before he gets an interception. Nuk Hopkins saved one in the first half, and I am willing to promise that there is no coincidence to his “technique” in those situations.
6 – Again again again Justin Murray made the most of his snaps at either guard spot. Why is he not starting?
7 – Edge rush-stats:
Markus Golden had the least average separation from the quarterback (and by far lower than league average) among Cards pass rushers.
Haason Reddick made three of the ten fastest sacks in this NFL round.
8 – I was underrating Dennis Gardeck when I said earlier this season that his tribute-to-Chandler Jones-sack dance was horrible. I certainly stand by that claim, but it turns out that he was able to do worse.
9 – Now it is several games in a row that Dan Arnold has lived up to the hype from training camp. That makes it a tendency.
10 – This season, the Cards has won equally as many games at that stadium as the Giants.
11 – Talk about a comeback-party for Markus Golden with a sack-fumble-scoop-run 30 yards on the fifth play against his former team.
12 – Through the first eight games, Kyler Murray threw for an average of at least 8.6 air yards per attempt (the other seven games were all over 9.2). For the last five games, that number has been 7.2 or lower – with the lowest yet this weekend with 5.9 intended air yards per attempt.
So, what is the reason? Bad offensive line? Bad wide receivers? Bad playcall? I don’t know, but I think we can all agree that the offense was both more effective and fun when Murray tried more air yards.
13 – Does anyone know why Lamont Gaillard suddenly took several snaps at center from Mason Cole? I was very excited to see it. Who knows if he is better than Cole, but Cole has been below average for many games in a row now, so at least some sort of changing is exciting to me.
14 – Andy Isabella a healthy scratch? Are you kidding me? Just cut him right now and spare us the annoyance to constantly be reminded how bad a pick that was.
15 – Beat Philadelphia and San Francisco and you’re in.
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1 - I am so happy for Haason Reddick. Being a stud in college – being drafted in the first round to play a new position – struggling under various defensive position coaches and coordinators – pretty much being a lock for being cut after this season – to now having a single game franchise record and playing so well. I am very proud of him.
2 – The broadcast is of course a huge part of an NFL game when you are watching it on TV (as I always am for obvious reasons), and I was pleasantly surprised by Jonathan Vilma. I had not heard him as an analyst before, but I hope I will often from now on.
3 – I am not saying there is anything covert about it, but it is a little convenient that Zane Gonzalez suddenly gets injured and needs to be replaced.
4 – Zach Allen has been playing really well this season.
5 – It is kind of an underrated wide receiver-skill to knock the ball away from the defender before he gets an interception. Nuk Hopkins saved one in the first half, and I am willing to promise that there is no coincidence to his “technique” in those situations.
6 – Again again again Justin Murray made the most of his snaps at either guard spot. Why is he not starting?
7 – Edge rush-stats:
Markus Golden had the least average separation from the quarterback (and by far lower than league average) among Cards pass rushers.
Haason Reddick made three of the ten fastest sacks in this NFL round.
8 – I was underrating Dennis Gardeck when I said earlier this season that his tribute-to-Chandler Jones-sack dance was horrible. I certainly stand by that claim, but it turns out that he was able to do worse.
9 – Now it is several games in a row that Dan Arnold has lived up to the hype from training camp. That makes it a tendency.
10 – This season, the Cards has won equally as many games at that stadium as the Giants.
11 – Talk about a comeback-party for Markus Golden with a sack-fumble-scoop-run 30 yards on the fifth play against his former team.
12 – Through the first eight games, Kyler Murray threw for an average of at least 8.6 air yards per attempt (the other seven games were all over 9.2). For the last five games, that number has been 7.2 or lower – with the lowest yet this weekend with 5.9 intended air yards per attempt.
So, what is the reason? Bad offensive line? Bad wide receivers? Bad playcall? I don’t know, but I think we can all agree that the offense was both more effective and fun when Murray tried more air yards.
13 – Does anyone know why Lamont Gaillard suddenly took several snaps at center from Mason Cole? I was very excited to see it. Who knows if he is better than Cole, but Cole has been below average for many games in a row now, so at least some sort of changing is exciting to me.
14 – Andy Isabella a healthy scratch? Are you kidding me? Just cut him right now and spare us the annoyance to constantly be reminded how bad a pick that was.
15 – Beat Philadelphia and San Francisco and you’re in.
