joeshmo
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I wont mention the Defense schemes yet becuase Wilson hasnt even played close to the box yet. So we arent even using one of our bread and butter schemes yet on D. But there are clear cut issues with the D and they seem to be the same exact issues as last season.
1. Memo to the players on D - There is a difference between being aggresive and just plain old over pursuing. We are just plain old over pursuing, not taking good angles, and not keeping contain what so ever. That isn't aggressive, thats just bad fundamentals.
2. Is containment being taught at all on the edges because it hasn't happened once yet. And Berry since he has been here is still the biggest offender. And the lack of contain and over pursuit is the reason why we are for a 2nd year on a row getting destroyed on counters, reverses, and any other kind of mis direction play. We will continue to give up 5-10 yard runs until that is fixed no matter who is playing or what scheme is called for.
3. Overall the D is playing undisciplined, over pursuit happy, lack of good angles, and just plain old horrible read a react defense.
4. Hope the continued really soft zone schemes are just a preseason thing.
5. Those front starting 4 cant create pressure on a regular basis to save their lives. One don't need just sporadic spurts of pass rush it needs to be consistent. And we cant rely on blitzing all the time to get it done either.
Besides the D's overall lack of anything good, there are only two other things that jump out at my right away without re watching the game and deserve to be in my bag-O-crap list, continued crappy play of the crappy special teams coverage units(don't even want to talk about it), and our 2nd and 3rd unit OT's stink. I could make a longer list on the D and the special teams coverage units but why bother.
Now on to more happy thoughts -
1. Our special team return unit will be so much better with Breaston, and good to see him make some WR plays as well.
2. Our interior OL looked much better in pass pro, but I didnt see any improvement in any kind of run blocking push.
3. Brown although not great did play better then I thought he would. Good learning curve so far.
4. Watson - He was chasing down plays all over the place, all over the field, and was in the picture on 95% of all of the plays on D. He was just a 1/2 a step behind on making 4 really great plays on D that I remember. He said during the game that he plans on losing 10 more lbs before the season starts and should gain that extra 1/2 step that he was missing on dominating this game IMO.
5. Arrington - Good hard block on a return play, good hard run on a return play and instead of running out of bounce put his shoulder down to get a few extra yards, 2 really good LB blitz pickups on 3rd down, and a key block on Boyds long run.
6. Matt - 7 of 7 and one TD. Good smart fast decision on the goal line.
7. Could Rackers be back? With the crappy play of our coverage units it is nice to see that he has booted the kickoffs into the end zone every kickoff so far in preseason.
Nothing else good really stands out in my mind.
1. Memo to the players on D - There is a difference between being aggresive and just plain old over pursuing. We are just plain old over pursuing, not taking good angles, and not keeping contain what so ever. That isn't aggressive, thats just bad fundamentals.
2. Is containment being taught at all on the edges because it hasn't happened once yet. And Berry since he has been here is still the biggest offender. And the lack of contain and over pursuit is the reason why we are for a 2nd year on a row getting destroyed on counters, reverses, and any other kind of mis direction play. We will continue to give up 5-10 yard runs until that is fixed no matter who is playing or what scheme is called for.
3. Overall the D is playing undisciplined, over pursuit happy, lack of good angles, and just plain old horrible read a react defense.
4. Hope the continued really soft zone schemes are just a preseason thing.
5. Those front starting 4 cant create pressure on a regular basis to save their lives. One don't need just sporadic spurts of pass rush it needs to be consistent. And we cant rely on blitzing all the time to get it done either.
Besides the D's overall lack of anything good, there are only two other things that jump out at my right away without re watching the game and deserve to be in my bag-O-crap list, continued crappy play of the crappy special teams coverage units(don't even want to talk about it), and our 2nd and 3rd unit OT's stink. I could make a longer list on the D and the special teams coverage units but why bother.
Now on to more happy thoughts -
1. Our special team return unit will be so much better with Breaston, and good to see him make some WR plays as well.
2. Our interior OL looked much better in pass pro, but I didnt see any improvement in any kind of run blocking push.
3. Brown although not great did play better then I thought he would. Good learning curve so far.
4. Watson - He was chasing down plays all over the place, all over the field, and was in the picture on 95% of all of the plays on D. He was just a 1/2 a step behind on making 4 really great plays on D that I remember. He said during the game that he plans on losing 10 more lbs before the season starts and should gain that extra 1/2 step that he was missing on dominating this game IMO.
5. Arrington - Good hard block on a return play, good hard run on a return play and instead of running out of bounce put his shoulder down to get a few extra yards, 2 really good LB blitz pickups on 3rd down, and a key block on Boyds long run.
6. Matt - 7 of 7 and one TD. Good smart fast decision on the goal line.
7. Could Rackers be back? With the crappy play of our coverage units it is nice to see that he has booted the kickoffs into the end zone every kickoff so far in preseason.
Nothing else good really stands out in my mind.
