On re-watch, I feel a lot better about Ahmed. There were a couple of times where maybe he could have put a foot in the ground and exploded through a tiny gap for a little more yardage instead of dancing around, but I doubt he left more than three or four yards on the field total, and he still has that upside. He's not going to break tackles because of how light on his feet he runs, but we'll get some exciting home runs out of him every once in a while. He typically found the hole he was supposed to and took what was there, but it seemed the defense was really keying on him.
The defensive front looked better than I remembered as well. There's definitely more one-gapping than before, and there wasn't much total push, but they held their own really well. My eyes were not deceiving me with the linebackers, though. That is--by far--the biggest liability on the field, either side of the ball. Sirmon seemed to be in the right place at the right time more than the other two, but rather anonymously; Tafisi had a couple highlight hits but also was late to his gap twice and missed one downfield tackle; Wellington was repeatedly blitzed out of the play into the A-gap and otherwise didn't do much; Manu was quietly decent but also a step late a couple of times. I still don't get were some people got the idea that BBK was "slow"...
Now that I've gotten to watch the 4th quarter, the guy who stood out to me the most was Victor Curne! I don't think he missed a single assignment, nor did his guy ever impact a play, rush or pass. He has more of a guard body, so it was strange to me that he's playing tackle, but I totally see it now.
Now that I've gotten to watch the 4th quarter, the guy who stood out to me the most was Victor Curne! I don't think he missed a single assignment, nor did his guy ever impact a play, rush or pass. He has more of a guard body, so it was strange to me that he's playing tackle, but I totally see it now.
Good chit, thank you. Pleased to see Curne didn't look bad. Regarding him looking more like a guard, is his RT spot in 2-deeps perhaps a function of no Bainivalu and Mele being needed more for Center depth right now?
Now that I've gotten to watch the 4th quarter, the guy who stood out to me the most was Victor Curne! I don't think he missed a single assignment, nor did his guy ever impact a play, rush or pass. He has more of a guard body, so it was strange to me that he's playing tackle, but I totally see it now.
Good chit, thank you. Pleased to see Curne didn't look bad. Regarding him looking more like a guard, is his RT spot in 2-deeps perhaps a function of no Bainivalu and Mele being needed more for Center depth right now?
Pretty sure the initial plan for the future line was to kick Kirkland out to RT after this year and then put Curne at RG. But I agree, Curne showed a lot more promise at RT than I was expecting.
Spot on, I mentioned the same thing to my brother several times throughout the game in a drunken and much less succinct manner, we were also lining up safeties LITERALLY 20 yards downfield in situations like 2nd and 8 regularly.
I really hope that it was just for this game for whatever reason, but you can't give up that soft of a zone in the middle of the fucking field,particularly when the opposing qb is super inaccurate
Bowman is trash, and I may be a bit more concerned about the run game than even you are, I think it's going to be an issue throughout the year unless Newton can repeat that performance against better defenses..... Rough game for Ahmed
Spot on, I mentioned the same thing to my brother several times throughout the game in a drunken and much less succinct manner, we were also lining up safeties LITERALLY 20 yards downfield in situations like 2nd and 8 regularly.
I really hope that it was just for this game for whatever reason, but you can't give up that soft of a zone in the middle of the fucking field,particularly when the opposing qb is super inaccurate
Bowman is trash, and I may be a bit more concerned about the run game than even you are, I think it's going to be an issue throughout the year unless Newton can repeat that performance against better defenses..... Rough game for Ahmed
Disagree on Bowman. I get the concern about him, but he’s going to be good. He doesn’t break down sometimes and loses contain, but he gets in the backfield. A lot. I think there is a real possibility he’s the best pass rusher on the team.
Bowman is trash, and I may be a bit more concerned about the run game than even you are, I think it's going to be an issue throughout the year unless Newton can repeat that performance against better defenses..... Rough game for Ahmed
Disagree on Bowman. I get the concern about him, but he’s going to be good. He doesn’t break down sometimes and loses contain, but he gets in the backfield. A lot. I think there is a real possibility he’s the best pass rusher on the team.
That gets me really concerned. I did not hear Joe Tryon's name mentioned at all, what's wrong with him?
Bowman is trash, and I may be a bit more concerned about the run game than even you are, I think it's going to be an issue throughout the year unless Newton can repeat that performance against better defenses..... Rough game for Ahmed
Disagree on Bowman. I get the concern about him, but he’s going to be good. He doesn’t break down sometimes and loses contain, but he gets in the backfield. A lot. I think there is a real possibility he’s the best pass rusher on the team.
That gets me really concerned. I did not hear Joe Tryon's name mentioned at all, what's wrong with him?
Different players. Nothing is wrong with Tryon. He’s not ever going to be a double digit sack guy. He’s still really good tho.
Latu will start playing more. Ngata is a useful and valuable player rotating in. Myles Rice looks solid to me, possibly more. We don’t have any Kikaha’s who will get 15 sacks, but I like where we are at. Smalls is going to have a tough time breaking in next year, which is how it should be.
Spot on, I mentioned the same thing to my brother several times throughout the game in a drunken and much less succinct manner, we were also lining up safeties LITERALLY 20 yards downfield in situations like 2nd and 8 regularly.
I really hope that it was just for this game for whatever reason, but you can't give up that soft of a zone in the middle of the fucking field,particularly when the opposing qb is super inaccurate
Bowman is trash, and I may be a bit more concerned about the run game than even you are, I think it's going to be an issue throughout the year unless Newton can repeat that performance against better defenses..... Rough game for Ahmed
Disagree on Bowman. I get the concern about him, but he’s going to be good. He doesn’t break down sometimes and loses contain, but he gets in the backfield. A lot. I think there is a real possibility he’s the best pass rusher on the team.
If that's the case then we are fucked lmao
Either ngata or Tryon need to be that guy, and tbh i would expect both to outperform bowman
Comments
The defensive front looked better than I remembered as well. There's definitely more one-gapping than before, and there wasn't much total push, but they held their own really well. My eyes were not deceiving me with the linebackers, though. That is--by far--the biggest liability on the field, either side of the ball. Sirmon seemed to be in the right place at the right time more than the other two, but rather anonymously; Tafisi had a couple highlight hits but also was late to his gap twice and missed one downfield tackle; Wellington was repeatedly blitzed out of the play into the A-gap and otherwise didn't do much; Manu was quietly decent but also a step late a couple of times. I still don't get were some people got the idea that BBK was "slow"...
Now that I've gotten to watch the 4th quarter, the guy who stood out to me the most was Victor Curne! I don't think he missed a single assignment, nor did his guy ever impact a play, rush or pass. He has more of a guard body, so it was strange to me that he's playing tackle, but I totally see it now.
Pleased to see Curne didn't look bad. Regarding him looking more like a guard, is his RT spot in 2-deeps perhaps a function of no Bainivalu and Mele being needed more for Center depth right now?
I really hope that it was just for this game for whatever reason, but you can't give up that soft of a zone in the middle of the fucking field,particularly when the opposing qb is super inaccurate
Bowman is trash, and I may be a bit more concerned about the run game than even you are, I think it's going to be an issue throughout the year unless Newton can repeat that performance against better defenses..... Rough game for Ahmed
Latu will start playing more. Ngata is a useful and valuable player rotating in. Myles Rice looks solid to me, possibly more. We don’t have any Kikaha’s who will get 15 sacks, but I like where we are at. Smalls is going to have a tough time breaking in next year, which is how it should be.
Either ngata or Tryon need to be that guy, and tbh i would expect both to outperform bowman