1. Kolb looked good going to Fitz, but needs to develop a rapport elsewhere. Still, solid play for a guy with a few practices in a new offense. He dramatically improves our QB situation.
2. Oline needs some work. Serious work. Need to gel. If Thrice is penciled in as the starter somewhere, just do it now and let the projected starters work together and develop a rhythm. They were poor in pass pro and bad at the goalline.
3. Beanie - ran strong and fast. Did not have the punch at the goalline (though he also didn't have a hole, but he should still convert in four tries).
4. LSH - I love the kid, so much heart and a great change of pace back.
5. Ryan Williams...STUD. He will be the goalline back if Beanie fails in that opportunity one more time. He and Beanie compliment each other well though, this is a VERY strong and diverse RB trio.
6. DWash is looking comfortable in the defense. Good.
7. AJ muffing Jefferson!!! Got beat badly once, then another 4 or five times had his hands all over the ball. Really strong play from him.
8. Rashad muffing Johnson. WTF was he doing? Come back Adrian, soon, because Rashad is not very good. Not good at all.
9. Patrick Peterson...exciting 25 yard kick return, sounds weird but it was exciting. Felt he would pop it at any second. They rarely even LOOKED his way, and when he did get thrown at it was on a motion guy who slanted the opposite of the motion in front of him, for ten yards. But the one play that stood out to me was a run play, where the guy was kind of bottled up but trying to break it and instead of running in to hit the pile, he sprinted off backward to the middle of the field. SMART play, because how many times have we seen a RB pop out of a crowd and go for 45 yards. PP was cutting that off and made the smart defensive play.
10. Skelton - skittish first series when the OL just swallowed their tongues and then calmed down to play very well. Pretty pass on the TD to Williams.
11. Sherman - dynamo! Dunno if you noticed, but he was all over special teams. He's a good draft pick, really loving that.
12. TE trio of Heap, Housler and King - AWESOME!!! All around. King was knocking some heads and Housler's interior spin at the GL was perfect. We have good TEs???
13. DeMarco sampson has SOFT hands. He plays taller than he is..I would have sworn he was 6'4" or 6'5". 6'2" though? He sticks.
15. Chansi. Sucky. He isn't going to beat out the stable of big young WRs on this team. He didn't even close on a ball from Bartel.
16. Bartel is the 3, see ya Hall. Enjoy the CFL.
17. Did Rhodes play? Didn't even hear his number called. THAT is a good thing...you don't want your name being called at FS because that means you got beat.
18. Quiet from DDOCK and CC. I expected more there.
19. I also expected more from Richard Marshall, but am not yet complaining. I thought he'd be locked in for a starting CB spot. Not yet, and AJ has something to say about it too.
20. Both OC and DC are working from the upstairs booth? Interesting.
2. Oline needs some work. Serious work. Need to gel. If Thrice is penciled in as the starter somewhere, just do it now and let the projected starters work together and develop a rhythm. They were poor in pass pro and bad at the goalline.
3. Beanie - ran strong and fast. Did not have the punch at the goalline (though he also didn't have a hole, but he should still convert in four tries).
4. LSH - I love the kid, so much heart and a great change of pace back.
5. Ryan Williams...STUD. He will be the goalline back if Beanie fails in that opportunity one more time. He and Beanie compliment each other well though, this is a VERY strong and diverse RB trio.
6. DWash is looking comfortable in the defense. Good.
7. AJ muffing Jefferson!!! Got beat badly once, then another 4 or five times had his hands all over the ball. Really strong play from him.
8. Rashad muffing Johnson. WTF was he doing? Come back Adrian, soon, because Rashad is not very good. Not good at all.
9. Patrick Peterson...exciting 25 yard kick return, sounds weird but it was exciting. Felt he would pop it at any second. They rarely even LOOKED his way, and when he did get thrown at it was on a motion guy who slanted the opposite of the motion in front of him, for ten yards. But the one play that stood out to me was a run play, where the guy was kind of bottled up but trying to break it and instead of running in to hit the pile, he sprinted off backward to the middle of the field. SMART play, because how many times have we seen a RB pop out of a crowd and go for 45 yards. PP was cutting that off and made the smart defensive play.
10. Skelton - skittish first series when the OL just swallowed their tongues and then calmed down to play very well. Pretty pass on the TD to Williams.
11. Sherman - dynamo! Dunno if you noticed, but he was all over special teams. He's a good draft pick, really loving that.
12. TE trio of Heap, Housler and King - AWESOME!!! All around. King was knocking some heads and Housler's interior spin at the GL was perfect. We have good TEs???
13. DeMarco sampson has SOFT hands. He plays taller than he is..I would have sworn he was 6'4" or 6'5". 6'2" though? He sticks.
15. Chansi. Sucky. He isn't going to beat out the stable of big young WRs on this team. He didn't even close on a ball from Bartel.
16. Bartel is the 3, see ya Hall. Enjoy the CFL.
17. Did Rhodes play? Didn't even hear his number called. THAT is a good thing...you don't want your name being called at FS because that means you got beat.
18. Quiet from DDOCK and CC. I expected more there.
19. I also expected more from Richard Marshall, but am not yet complaining. I thought he'd be locked in for a starting CB spot. Not yet, and AJ has something to say about it too.
20. Both OC and DC are working from the upstairs booth? Interesting.
