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This one was hard for me to watch again. It made me really angry the first time, and the second time made me angry also.
We can't keep doing the same self destructing things, like: penalties in the red zone (Ojinnaka, you listening?); really bad special teams play, and decision making (Jenkins, and B. Miller); not picking up blitzes; blowing coverages (Jenkins and Hull); being late or a no factor in coverage (C. Dahl). Some of these things are absolutely inexcusable, and should never happen.
Bradford's completion % in the first half would have been close to 100, but he continually had to throw the ball away from a combination of coverage sacks and pressure. The throw to Gibson in the end zone was thrown high and OB for good reasons, and he didn't have time to find anybody else, nor was anyone else open.
Steve Smith can't get open, he's done, he's overcooked burnt toast. Quick needs to make the tough catches in traffic, if he can't what good is he? Let me make this clear, I am not expecting miracles, nor do I think him a bust, but he needs to be able to use that big body and be physical. I saw him get manhandled by much smaller guys, and didn't see him fight back. Givens is progressing nicely, and Gibson and Pettis can get separation at times. Kendricks made a real nice catch in traffic, but he didn't get many opportunities in the game, and he is playing real stiff.
Running back wise, I really liked the way they were mixed in there, but Richardson is beating Jackson out of a job. Where Richardson needs to get better is at pass protection, and pass catching, but wow, what a burst this kid has. He looks better every week, and it looks like he will overtake SJ in carries per game, pretty soon.
Overall, I thought the OL did pretty well considering the competition and circumstances, but it's mostly Ojinnaka that continues to disappoint. I think one of the sacks was on Wayne Hunter though. When I say they are playing considerably well, what I mean is that in a 3 step they are OK as long as they are not getting blitzed. In 5 step drops, Sam is generally getting hit at release, but he's doing a good job getting it out, and now scrambling for a few. In a 7 step drop, forget about it, we are just not good enough to let those routes develop unless we totally catch the team by surprise with a good P/A, or a roll out. I think Shotty made 2 really bad calls on critical end of half/game situations by calling option routes. We just can't block well enough to let these type of plays develop when the other team knows we have to pass to get a first down. But see, this part of the problem, we don't have a guy that can win almost every time at the LOS. Run blocking was good.
Linebacker and safety play needs to improve. Watching C. Dahl play just makes me sick to my stomach now. He does nothing, makes no impact in the game. On an early blitz by Jenkins, it was Dahl's assignment to cover the slot receiver, who was the hot receiver on the blitz, and the receiver came across Dahl's face and took about 5 steps to Dahl's 2 to make the catch, and then, in Dahl's 2 bad steps, took a bad angle, and gave up about 15 yards and a first down. It was just pathetic. On Jenkins big gaffe, Dahl was in cover 1, well, Jenks guy was the only guy to go deep, so where was Dahl?? Jenkins had a horrible game all around, missed tackles, blew coverages, and made awful decisions in the punt return game. Mikkel played another really good game.
Rocky put on his grass colored uni again. JL and Dunbar need to react quicker and stop standing around waiting to be blocked.
I can't count on my fingers and toes how many times that the Fins held our defensive ends, and, or went to their faces. It seemed as if their corners and probably everyone else on their team went to our face as many times as they could. Must be a Philbin coaching strategy, but I find it disgusting. Yeah, I know it just happens sometimes, and I know that we do it too sometimes, but the Fins did it egregiously. There was a point where the officials called it twice in a row against them, and then in the same series, they did it again to Quinn, but the refs just got sick of calling it, so they didn't. Quinn and Long both played well, and put a lot of pressure on the QB.
Brockers is still a work in progress, and I saw him miss a couple plays he could have made if he would have disengaged and left his feet. Cudjo played a great series, and appears to be one of our only penetrating defensive lineman. I will say this about our line, they don't generally get washed out, which happened often the last few years. Heard had two stupid offside penalties. This line has a lot of potential, but I think we need one more good interior guy, and one more good rotational DE.
Overall, the defense played well, but Brit Miller screwed them, and we blew two coverages for their two touchdowns. What a shame.
Overall, the offense played well but we couldn't convert on scoring opportunities. We have to clean things up in the red zone. We should have won. What a shame.
Going forward, I'd like to see a few changes personnel wise. I'd like to see a few changes on offense, philosophy wise.
Cheers. I'm looking forward to Sunday. Let's call it Sam's revenge.
Questions, comments, disagreements? Always welcome.
We can't keep doing the same self destructing things, like: penalties in the red zone (Ojinnaka, you listening?); really bad special teams play, and decision making (Jenkins, and B. Miller); not picking up blitzes; blowing coverages (Jenkins and Hull); being late or a no factor in coverage (C. Dahl). Some of these things are absolutely inexcusable, and should never happen.
Bradford's completion % in the first half would have been close to 100, but he continually had to throw the ball away from a combination of coverage sacks and pressure. The throw to Gibson in the end zone was thrown high and OB for good reasons, and he didn't have time to find anybody else, nor was anyone else open.
Steve Smith can't get open, he's done, he's overcooked burnt toast. Quick needs to make the tough catches in traffic, if he can't what good is he? Let me make this clear, I am not expecting miracles, nor do I think him a bust, but he needs to be able to use that big body and be physical. I saw him get manhandled by much smaller guys, and didn't see him fight back. Givens is progressing nicely, and Gibson and Pettis can get separation at times. Kendricks made a real nice catch in traffic, but he didn't get many opportunities in the game, and he is playing real stiff.
Running back wise, I really liked the way they were mixed in there, but Richardson is beating Jackson out of a job. Where Richardson needs to get better is at pass protection, and pass catching, but wow, what a burst this kid has. He looks better every week, and it looks like he will overtake SJ in carries per game, pretty soon.
Overall, I thought the OL did pretty well considering the competition and circumstances, but it's mostly Ojinnaka that continues to disappoint. I think one of the sacks was on Wayne Hunter though. When I say they are playing considerably well, what I mean is that in a 3 step they are OK as long as they are not getting blitzed. In 5 step drops, Sam is generally getting hit at release, but he's doing a good job getting it out, and now scrambling for a few. In a 7 step drop, forget about it, we are just not good enough to let those routes develop unless we totally catch the team by surprise with a good P/A, or a roll out. I think Shotty made 2 really bad calls on critical end of half/game situations by calling option routes. We just can't block well enough to let these type of plays develop when the other team knows we have to pass to get a first down. But see, this part of the problem, we don't have a guy that can win almost every time at the LOS. Run blocking was good.
Linebacker and safety play needs to improve. Watching C. Dahl play just makes me sick to my stomach now. He does nothing, makes no impact in the game. On an early blitz by Jenkins, it was Dahl's assignment to cover the slot receiver, who was the hot receiver on the blitz, and the receiver came across Dahl's face and took about 5 steps to Dahl's 2 to make the catch, and then, in Dahl's 2 bad steps, took a bad angle, and gave up about 15 yards and a first down. It was just pathetic. On Jenkins big gaffe, Dahl was in cover 1, well, Jenks guy was the only guy to go deep, so where was Dahl?? Jenkins had a horrible game all around, missed tackles, blew coverages, and made awful decisions in the punt return game. Mikkel played another really good game.
Rocky put on his grass colored uni again. JL and Dunbar need to react quicker and stop standing around waiting to be blocked.
I can't count on my fingers and toes how many times that the Fins held our defensive ends, and, or went to their faces. It seemed as if their corners and probably everyone else on their team went to our face as many times as they could. Must be a Philbin coaching strategy, but I find it disgusting. Yeah, I know it just happens sometimes, and I know that we do it too sometimes, but the Fins did it egregiously. There was a point where the officials called it twice in a row against them, and then in the same series, they did it again to Quinn, but the refs just got sick of calling it, so they didn't. Quinn and Long both played well, and put a lot of pressure on the QB.
Brockers is still a work in progress, and I saw him miss a couple plays he could have made if he would have disengaged and left his feet. Cudjo played a great series, and appears to be one of our only penetrating defensive lineman. I will say this about our line, they don't generally get washed out, which happened often the last few years. Heard had two stupid offside penalties. This line has a lot of potential, but I think we need one more good interior guy, and one more good rotational DE.
Overall, the defense played well, but Brit Miller screwed them, and we blew two coverages for their two touchdowns. What a shame.
Overall, the offense played well but we couldn't convert on scoring opportunities. We have to clean things up in the red zone. We should have won. What a shame.
Going forward, I'd like to see a few changes personnel wise. I'd like to see a few changes on offense, philosophy wise.
Cheers. I'm looking forward to Sunday. Let's call it Sam's revenge.
Questions, comments, disagreements? Always welcome.
