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- The Rams secondary was like a leaking boat in the Bering Sea. With no Darian Stewart, the awful play of Craig Dahl and Quinten Mikell, the only glimmer of hope is rookie, Rodney McLeod. The Cowboys picked on Janoris Jenkins. What in the hell has happened to Mikell? Based on his play so far in the preseason, he shouldn't make the squad. Craig Dahl is outplaying him. The tackling in the secondary was horrible. Let's hope that the first 2 preseason games are more indicative than this game of how our team will tackle. It was a bad week to trade Josh Gordy, and to stop drinking, etc.
- The interior defensive line looks pretty good, and compared to the last few seasons, the position has seen a major upgrade. Brockers was fantastic today, and has improved every week. Langford is as good as advertised, and Cudjo looks like a real solid backup. Conrath is improving.
- There is a big drop-off in quality of defensive ends after Quinn and Long. Gholston may have a shot of making the team. He didn't do much, but he was double teamed on every passing down that he was in. Sims needs to get back, he is our only depth there. I didn't see much from Hays today, except for a tired, heavy legged player.
- Linebacker play has been just OK. Rocky seems to have won the strong-side backer spot. Dunbar has shown some real flashes, he got to the QB in a hiccup. JL needs to play more physical. Brown looks like a special teams demon, but he missed a huge tackle on the QB that could have given the Rams a chance to win the game. Opportunities missed.
- QB play. Sam got mauled, again, a few times. One was courtesy Richardson who also had another false start. I seriously think the Bradford may have had a mild concussion on his last couple of series. He didn't look right, and there were a couple mis-alignments and poor throws. There were also several drops, it seemed like deja vu from last season. Clemens started out horribly, particularly when he looked straight at an unblocked rusher, and Austin Powers style with a steam roller coming at him, he just seemed to yell, "Noooooooooooooo," for about 10 seconds before he got sacked. Clemens bounced back and led a TD drive culminating on a very nice TD throw to Austin Pettis. Speaking of Austin....Austin Davis looked spectacular again. He has great pocket awareness, and brilliant savvy. He has to be on this team. If Sam gets hurt, he looks like he could be a guy that takes the reigns and never gives them back.
- I'm excited about SJ39, because I think he is truly ready to play this season, at the start of this season. Pead finally had a couple really good KO returns. I think he will take at least one to the house this year, and later in the game, he seemed to find his legs. He had some real nice inside runs. Richardson, what can I say. He looks like a real steal. Player comparison, easy for me...Chris Johnson, just a tad slower maybe. This kid at under 2 bills, is moving the pile almost every time. He may have lined up wrong a couple of times, or this was the period that I thought Sam may have had a concussion.
- For the tight ends, it looks like dark-horse Mike McNeil will make the team. He was running with the 1's. Kendricks had a couple catches and a couple drops...as usual. Hoomanawanui played a nice game, and had a great catch in traffic. Cory Harkey had some nice blocks and a good 1st down catch on the sideline, making sure he kept both feet in. I have no idea who or how many TE's make this club. It's a battle.
- For the WR's, nobody is really stepping up. The Rams staff is not giving the rookies an opportunity to get reps with the 1's. Pettis had a couple drops, again, then nabbed a really tough catch in the end zone. Gibson was back, but was limited. He caught the first pass, a really nice slant throw from Sam. Given didn't get any tries. Quick got crushed on the first throw to him, and i thought he cracked a couple ribs. Turns out he got punched in the jejunum. Quick came back in, and just ran past his defender on a 9 route for a 39 yard completion from Clemens. Amendola caught a pass, got upended, and fumbled it. Salas, still running with the 3's, had an almost spectacular one handed TD catch. The call was reversed.
- On the offensive line, and I haven't studied it yet, but Barry Richardson had a bad game. He false started, and gave up a crushing sack to his starting QB. Ojinnaka also gave up a sack, and played poorly at LT. As I said previously, unfortunately, Valdez is the second best LT. Pray that Saffold, who had another solid game, doesn't get hurt. For those keeping score, the sack that did come from his side, wouldn't have been credited to Saffold. It was on Sam Bradford, holding the ball way too long. Wells seemed to play OK. Rok Watkins had a couple ridiculous blocks, and IMO, he is going to be a star. He had a couple blocks where I jumped out of my seat. Why he hasn't been given the chance to work with 1's...I just don't know. This game was the perfect opportunity. Smith, other than missing another backside block, appeared to play well. By my eye, he certainly played better than Richardson today. More on that later. Long relieved Smith, and promptly almost got Clemens killed. Have I mentioned that we have no depth a the tackle position?
- Special teams were spectacular. Young GZ is a freak. Two 50+ filed goals...this kid is a weapon. His 55-yarder looked easy distance wise. Hekker looks pretty good too. He also has a cannon for a leg. Pead had a couple very good returns, better than most last year for us. Kick and punt coverage was swarming and constant. McLeod made a great open field tackle. Miller continues to make plays on special teams. Matt Daniels looked exceptional on a risky punt fake run from our own territory.
That's it for now.
- The interior defensive line looks pretty good, and compared to the last few seasons, the position has seen a major upgrade. Brockers was fantastic today, and has improved every week. Langford is as good as advertised, and Cudjo looks like a real solid backup. Conrath is improving.
- There is a big drop-off in quality of defensive ends after Quinn and Long. Gholston may have a shot of making the team. He didn't do much, but he was double teamed on every passing down that he was in. Sims needs to get back, he is our only depth there. I didn't see much from Hays today, except for a tired, heavy legged player.
- Linebacker play has been just OK. Rocky seems to have won the strong-side backer spot. Dunbar has shown some real flashes, he got to the QB in a hiccup. JL needs to play more physical. Brown looks like a special teams demon, but he missed a huge tackle on the QB that could have given the Rams a chance to win the game. Opportunities missed.
- QB play. Sam got mauled, again, a few times. One was courtesy Richardson who also had another false start. I seriously think the Bradford may have had a mild concussion on his last couple of series. He didn't look right, and there were a couple mis-alignments and poor throws. There were also several drops, it seemed like deja vu from last season. Clemens started out horribly, particularly when he looked straight at an unblocked rusher, and Austin Powers style with a steam roller coming at him, he just seemed to yell, "Noooooooooooooo," for about 10 seconds before he got sacked. Clemens bounced back and led a TD drive culminating on a very nice TD throw to Austin Pettis. Speaking of Austin....Austin Davis looked spectacular again. He has great pocket awareness, and brilliant savvy. He has to be on this team. If Sam gets hurt, he looks like he could be a guy that takes the reigns and never gives them back.
- I'm excited about SJ39, because I think he is truly ready to play this season, at the start of this season. Pead finally had a couple really good KO returns. I think he will take at least one to the house this year, and later in the game, he seemed to find his legs. He had some real nice inside runs. Richardson, what can I say. He looks like a real steal. Player comparison, easy for me...Chris Johnson, just a tad slower maybe. This kid at under 2 bills, is moving the pile almost every time. He may have lined up wrong a couple of times, or this was the period that I thought Sam may have had a concussion.
- For the tight ends, it looks like dark-horse Mike McNeil will make the team. He was running with the 1's. Kendricks had a couple catches and a couple drops...as usual. Hoomanawanui played a nice game, and had a great catch in traffic. Cory Harkey had some nice blocks and a good 1st down catch on the sideline, making sure he kept both feet in. I have no idea who or how many TE's make this club. It's a battle.
- For the WR's, nobody is really stepping up. The Rams staff is not giving the rookies an opportunity to get reps with the 1's. Pettis had a couple drops, again, then nabbed a really tough catch in the end zone. Gibson was back, but was limited. He caught the first pass, a really nice slant throw from Sam. Given didn't get any tries. Quick got crushed on the first throw to him, and i thought he cracked a couple ribs. Turns out he got punched in the jejunum. Quick came back in, and just ran past his defender on a 9 route for a 39 yard completion from Clemens. Amendola caught a pass, got upended, and fumbled it. Salas, still running with the 3's, had an almost spectacular one handed TD catch. The call was reversed.
- On the offensive line, and I haven't studied it yet, but Barry Richardson had a bad game. He false started, and gave up a crushing sack to his starting QB. Ojinnaka also gave up a sack, and played poorly at LT. As I said previously, unfortunately, Valdez is the second best LT. Pray that Saffold, who had another solid game, doesn't get hurt. For those keeping score, the sack that did come from his side, wouldn't have been credited to Saffold. It was on Sam Bradford, holding the ball way too long. Wells seemed to play OK. Rok Watkins had a couple ridiculous blocks, and IMO, he is going to be a star. He had a couple blocks where I jumped out of my seat. Why he hasn't been given the chance to work with 1's...I just don't know. This game was the perfect opportunity. Smith, other than missing another backside block, appeared to play well. By my eye, he certainly played better than Richardson today. More on that later. Long relieved Smith, and promptly almost got Clemens killed. Have I mentioned that we have no depth a the tackle position?
- Special teams were spectacular. Young GZ is a freak. Two 50+ filed goals...this kid is a weapon. His 55-yarder looked easy distance wise. Hekker looks pretty good too. He also has a cannon for a leg. Pead had a couple very good returns, better than most last year for us. Kick and punt coverage was swarming and constant. McLeod made a great open field tackle. Miller continues to make plays on special teams. Matt Daniels looked exceptional on a risky punt fake run from our own territory.
That's it for now.