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Ill start with the Good. The combination of the Rams offensive play calling and Nick Foles running the offense is very encouraging. It did look to me that they tried to avoid running routes into the dirt area with the starting WR's. They stayed left on the grass for the most part and ran nothing down the seams into the hard dirt. Nick Foles is a very good NFL QB and we are lucky to have him. Cignetti looks to be more creative and for whatever reason, was pass oriented coming out the gate last night.
I was very impressed with Havenstein at RT. He might be recognized as our best Olineman by midseason. They couldn't move him backwards or get around him. He doesn't kill lineman, he just contains them. Can hardly wait to slide Gurley and Mason into the backfield to run behind Robo and Jamon. Jamon I thought looked active. Need to see film more to evaluate his inside play. We need to resign Defensively we need to resign TJ22. Tru has the physicality, the length and is just starting to blossom as a player. I heard on ESPN 101 that the need to resign JJ21, keep Gaines and let Tru go. Are they nuts. Keep all 3 and we can eventually get rid of Joyner.
Now that I've mentioned Joyner, let's get to the bad. I was someone who cringed when we moved up to use a 2nd round pick on a player this small. You think the Raiders singled him out at the goal line on that easy TD slant? Terrible mismatch was taken advantage. I'm sure LaMarcus is a great competitor but we're not a team anymore that should have mismatches against us of this magnitude. Another area that I've been very vocal about and is the greatest weakness of our defense is, Middle Linebacker. Every time there's a big run (which is about 1 of every 3 runs) find JL55. You'll find him out of position (most of the time unforced) where he goes for a lineman to wrestle with instead of taking the proper angle to the ball carrier. Say what you want, but this guy often times will look to avoid taking on RBs at the line of scrimmage. His tackles are downfield and more arm tackling than nose to nose let me knock you on your a$$ run stuffing. I don't understand how he gets a pass every year. Is he even in a Pro Bowl discussion? Time to draft a true MLBer. Johnny Hekker also had a bad night. Not too worried about him but he was off. One tid but on him. Hekker was doing an Odell Beckham impersonation with his pregame catches. Showcases himself to be a very good athlete.
The Ugly you ask? Our center position. We have backups looking to start at a very important position. We're in trouble here. In the days of Linehan and Spags, every position used to be this bad. Now we have just a couple positions like this one that need a major upgrade.
All in all, I have to say the 1st drive of the game had me reminiscing of the Greatest Show on Turf. To be continued...
I was very impressed with Havenstein at RT. He might be recognized as our best Olineman by midseason. They couldn't move him backwards or get around him. He doesn't kill lineman, he just contains them. Can hardly wait to slide Gurley and Mason into the backfield to run behind Robo and Jamon. Jamon I thought looked active. Need to see film more to evaluate his inside play. We need to resign Defensively we need to resign TJ22. Tru has the physicality, the length and is just starting to blossom as a player. I heard on ESPN 101 that the need to resign JJ21, keep Gaines and let Tru go. Are they nuts. Keep all 3 and we can eventually get rid of Joyner.
Now that I've mentioned Joyner, let's get to the bad. I was someone who cringed when we moved up to use a 2nd round pick on a player this small. You think the Raiders singled him out at the goal line on that easy TD slant? Terrible mismatch was taken advantage. I'm sure LaMarcus is a great competitor but we're not a team anymore that should have mismatches against us of this magnitude. Another area that I've been very vocal about and is the greatest weakness of our defense is, Middle Linebacker. Every time there's a big run (which is about 1 of every 3 runs) find JL55. You'll find him out of position (most of the time unforced) where he goes for a lineman to wrestle with instead of taking the proper angle to the ball carrier. Say what you want, but this guy often times will look to avoid taking on RBs at the line of scrimmage. His tackles are downfield and more arm tackling than nose to nose let me knock you on your a$$ run stuffing. I don't understand how he gets a pass every year. Is he even in a Pro Bowl discussion? Time to draft a true MLBer. Johnny Hekker also had a bad night. Not too worried about him but he was off. One tid but on him. Hekker was doing an Odell Beckham impersonation with his pregame catches. Showcases himself to be a very good athlete.
The Ugly you ask? Our center position. We have backups looking to start at a very important position. We're in trouble here. In the days of Linehan and Spags, every position used to be this bad. Now we have just a couple positions like this one that need a major upgrade.
All in all, I have to say the 1st drive of the game had me reminiscing of the Greatest Show on Turf. To be continued...
