A few things stood out to me last night that I'm hoping they will correct next week.
Offense:
1. The offense doesn't have that pep in their step they had in the preseason, getting to the line with 15-20 seconds left on the play clock. Alot of plays, they were getting to the line just in time to snap.
2. Why are we running Portis up the gut instead of more on the edges?
3. It is obviously that
ey is a better pass catcher than blocker, so why are we making him block instead of putting in one of the other TE's on running play?
4. Poor clock management and a lack of urgency by both Zorn and Campbell. It's like they were just going through the motions with getting the plays in and running them against the clock.
5. Jason just looks like he is robotic and only doing what he is told to do. He is the starter and he doesn't have anything, he should use his legs to get open. He should be willing to improvise and take a chance or two.
6. Are the receivers running the right routes and giving up on routes or is Campbell? One example was when they showed the replay of Campbell going deep to Moss, I thought that the CB was fast enough to run with him and that is why he was there when the ball got there. But when they showed that replay, Moss had him by 2 steps before he slowed down right before Campbell throw it. If Moss had kept running would that have been a touchdown or would Campbell had under thrown him? And should the receivers keep running the play out just in case the QB comes out of a break down and throw them the ball?
7. The O-Line. I don't understand why this line continues to give up sacks to speed rushers when they have two on their team that they can face in practice to get ready for it? Does Blanch and Bugel have Taylor and Carter speed rush Samuels and Heyer in practice to prepare them for the games???? One would think that they work on that in practice or at least have the scout team use speed rushers.
Defense:
1. The defense is still to soft on the running game.
2. What is the best fit for Taylor, LE or RE and was he too hurt last night to be effective?
3. When are these CBs going to learn how to catch the football? Even though Eli caught lightening in a bottle at the end of last year, he's still Eli. And if we could have caught those balls and the offense generated a field goal off of each, we may have won the game.
4. What was wrong with Springs? When he is healthy, is he a better fit opposite of Landry instead of Doughty?
5. The defense wasn't great but their were not bad either and gave the offense enough chances to put points on the board.
Sean Taylor - 1983-2007 R.I.P.... Forever A Skin.....
