My not so obvious positives and negatives from today's game

Disagree on the fans, if they made HALF the noise on defensive third downs as they did chanting for Reggie we'd have a nice home field advantage. But they don't.

Otherwise great write up.

 

Nobody can hide Miller's talent. Whose daughter did he bleep to last till the fourth round?

 

I agree for the most part. I thought Nolan Carroll actually did really well coming in for Marshall. I thought Dansby was pretty good for most of the game but he took a really bad angle on the long TD and had a couple other iffy moments. I don't agree on Sean Smith. I think he's been the same player he's been for most of his career save for the improved tackling. He's really good some of the time and pretty mediocre at other times. He did close the game strong which is good to see, but he's still giving up too many completions.

The frustrating part of today for me is that many of the players we hoped would finally break through this year aren't doing that. Jones is taking positive steps and Hartline's play is encouraging, but Smith, Charles Clay, Chris Clemmons, and even really Devone Bess are showing to be exactly what we've seen from them previously. Smith is a solid corner who makes some good plays but lets some up as well. Clay is a good athlete and could be a solid #2 TE, but he doesn't look like the weapon we thought he'd be. Clemmons is a backup safety. And Devone Bess is a good slot WR, but nothing more. And I think that's kind of an indictment on Jeff Ireland not necessarily even for signing/drafting them, but for going into the season without contingency plans if they didn't take that next step. It's early and hopefully as the season goes on they will take that step, but from what we've seen so far in the pre-season and in these first two games I'm not going to hold my breath.

 

Dansby was one of the people dousing Coach Joe in Gatorade.

I think that shows the reports of dissension in the ranks to be overblown. It also makes the questioning of Coach Joe's demeanor to be wrong as well.

 

I wonder if Daniel Thomas plays frisbee?

 

Good write up!
I was dissapointed in Javorski Lane today. I saw him miss a few blocks or not block at all. Wish we would of had some plays called designed for him. I believe he was suppose to have a pass designed for him where it was a block and release pass route but he screwed that up doing a half *** block while tripping and falling.

 

I really think the offense just didn't need Bess this game, no indictment in him imo, I know he's quicker this year..they'll get'em involved and he flash another level you haven't seen yet.

I'd like to see the payers ask for the fans help now, openly..tell them what you want, they'll get inspired..more showed up that I though would of so I give those folks props, their really good fans.

 

I just wanna see that quick bootleg pass to the fullback, watch him catch that ball on his hip, turn, and blow some mother grabber up.

 

The offense needs everyone they can get. Bush and Hartline had a great game, but you can't count on that every game. I'm disappointed that Bess two weeks in a row didn't run his route at the depth he needed to at a key moment. Last week it was a yard shy of the endzone and this week it was 2 yards shy of a 1st on third down. I'm not overly down on him, but I just think he is who he is: a good slot WR, but not someone who's going to get it done on his own.

 

Remember that had it not been for the blatant tackle by the defense there would have been a HUGE gain for Bess, like 40-50 yards.

 

Jake Long. Has issues. That is what I see.

 

That's what would have happened in that play i was talking about that never happened because Lane tripped on his on feet. I am upset that, that was the only pass play I saw that was called for him. We need to give him more chances to be him! If we do, I believe we all would be happier, much more than we will be dissapointed. Give him 5 of those plays a game and we will use that nick name atleast 3 or 4 times!

 

Burnett was the other one.

 

Yeah I am really pulling for Reshad and man I liked what I saw out of him today. Completely agree about big Pounce as well, I love his athleticism.

 

I still have not rewatched the game, but I think Fasano deserves props for the block on the RT run, if I am not wrong...

we still don't have a second pass rush threat and that force us to be very blitz happy some times

Tannehill played good enough, no turnover, and confirmed what we alrady know: he is very very very good throwing on the run and throwing to the sidelines, but he also confirmed in some occasione some little accuracy issues. But again, like last week, he didn't seem to get rattled when things went south and our O coldn't move the ball and get firts downs, he keeped staying cool, in the pocket, and went back to Hartline (what a game, for him!!! and he seemed to talk a lot on the field lol)

Bush is a true best, hoping he get the right praise and recognition on the media

Our D ain't bad, but I think is very inconsistent (and if Palmer throw at the right time the ball, on the end of firts half, we could have a totally different game)

Paul Soliai is a beast

ps no words for Dansby and Clemons on the Raiders TD.... just shame

ah, and it really seemd the Wake was holded the all day, but maybe this is the homer in me (I am honest, I don't follow passrusher on other team with the same attention, so I am not sure if this is standard or some special treatment for the Kraken)

 

Chris Clemons is coming very close to getting benched, if he hasn't crossed that line already.

 

I think wr really have to address the saftey position this offseason. This defense could really look sick and get a lot of turnovers if the safties weren't a second slow. Hopefully one good one from the draft and one good one from FA.

Good write up in the original post!

 

Here's a positive...THAT hit. Yeah, you know the one I mean.

 

I just watched the NFL Rewind and those of you who think Jake Long had a bad game are crazy.

He had two back to back bad plays that the announcers noticed, and consequently you noticed. I don't think he will be graded with a pressure outside of that series. The play that Tannehill took a pretty big hit on was Lamar Miller's fault, it was his block that Long intervened on.

 

Sean Smith needs to put this in-game streakiness issue to bed and be consistent the whole game from start to finish. He had a stretch against the Texans where if you knew nothing about him you wouldn't even have him on your roster, and then he had a stretch where he very nearly shut down one of the two or three best receivers in football, single-handedly.

 

The Vernon massacre you mean?

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This week isn't up. Last week he was +2.3 pass blocking, and not listed as giving up any sacks, pressures, or hits. He just had the holding penalty vs. JJ Watt, and that's all anyone remembers.

You can't judge a tackle accurately off the couple snaps you notice him getting beat.

 

Problem is, I'm not sure the Dolphins have anyone that is any better. I don't know much about Troy Nolan, but he was cut so I don't know that we can expect much; and I think Jimmy Wilson has to stay at corner for right now with the Dolphins so thin there and not knowing what's up with the Marshall injury.

 

It's just like after the Atlanta game his 2nd season. Abraham beats him a couple of times, and some folks here were already saying he's going to have to be moved to right tackle.

 

Nolan isn't a workout warrior. He doesn't run really spiffy 40 times or jump through the roof on the vertical. He does show ball skills and better than average instincts though. He's more the type to beat you with his smarts than he is with his athleticism, IMO.
Texans fans on their forums were almost totally negative about his being cut.

 

PFF already has 9 games posted. Not ours though. I'd guess by tonight it will be.

 

Do you think he would be an upgrade over Clemmons? If so, I'm all for giving him a shot.

 

I think Reggie bush could of run for a lot more yards in the game, I know he played well and had some big gains but the first half something either wasn't right or Reggie had a bad first half from an instinctive standpoint..

There were many holes and lanes that he left on the field..any thoughts as to what you saw in the first half?

 

Looked to me like he just got winded. On the first series of the game, after he picked up the first on his 4th-5th carry, he seemed to be asking out but the coaches had him stay on the field to run a play fake. He just exerts so much energy on each run. If he hits 3 or 4 good runs in a row, he needs a breather. If Thomas had been active, or the staff had more trust in Miller at that point, I think he's given a play off and it's not something we notice.

 

Posted it in the other thread, but they credited a sack and an additional hit on Long. He had a positive(+.03) grade in pass protection for the game, which means his negative play was essentially those back to back plays in the same series, and was likely quite good otherwise to have still had a positive grade. Run blocking was +1.1.

Yeah, basically. This one is even stranger because this wasn't a bad game for Long, it was two players that the announcers happened to point out.

 

Agreed. He was indecisive on a few runs but overall I thought he ran well and the blocking was tremendous, especially in the 2nd half. Conversely, the Raiders, who IMO have a better back, chose not to challenge our run defense.

A lot of the harping on our secondary is undeserved IMO. What I saw was a defense that was schematically inclined to prevent McFadden from being a factor while accepting that Palmer would complete his fair share of throws. So long as the DBs didn't get beat deep they were doing their job.

Great job by the OP by the way. My only disagreements are on Long and Clemons. Long had a couple bad plays but a good game overall. Clemons was the guy holding down the deep middle while Jones was used in run support and pass rushing. Nothing spectacular from CC but I thought he did what he was asked to do. On the long TD I sa Dansby take a bad angle and I saw Carrol jump inside, which was a cardinal sin in that spot. Clemons (and everyone else) was pursuing from the inside out so Carrol should have forced the play back towards his help. Instead he allowed himself to get pinned inside and gave the sideline away, which resulted in the TD.

IMO Paul Soliai deserves major props. He was immovable in run support and got some good push up the middle on passing downs. Dude is a friggin beast.

 

Nahh it wasn't that, he was late on some cuts, missed some lanes, his vision didn't look right..maybe it was footing??

 

Yeah it seems their keepin Clemons back and lettin RJ come up and play near the line, that's cool, we're protecting deep while trying to let our safety play behind the Los, leaving us open in the intermediate..I didn't see any deep passes completed, and did see Rj makin a bit of noise..Rj was a kid I wrote a lot about him and his improvement from camp, just a matter of time before we see that jump in play, how good that will be?, we'll see..he's got size, he's got a great physique,and we've seen some explosiveness on the close, had a pick, jumped a route, made some plays in run support, little blitz pressure, gonna watch him closely in this game, Sanchez loves the play action, is very good at it, and gets his best timed throws off of it..big game for Rj to see what we got there..That's an Ireland pick, and we should watch him close, so far, pretty damn good considering what kind of camp he had.

Solai owned mangold last year.

 

The non-development of Jimmy Wilson is one of my biggest disappointments this season.

It's like John Kerry... All he had to do was not be so bad he lost the election to a guy people disliked.

All Wilson had to do was not be worse than Clemons. And somehow Jimmy inspires less faith than CC and his bad angles and non tackling, no interceptions hole at free safety.

ZacharyTaylor Thomas would have more impact back there.