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Ahh , guess I'm a little slow on lazy Sunday afternoons.

Oh, I thought your original post says that Drew could NOT step up, avoid the rush and make good throws. Well nevermind then, we agree.

I think he'll play in the opener with a cast on his forearm.

Kelly I thought Drew demonstrated a very good knack for stepping up, avoiding the rush and being accurate on short passes last night. In fact so much so that it really stood out and surprised me and made me feel good about what Wyche and Clements have acheived by working with Drew. I agree with your points on MW except for the one play you mentioned. He let his man get around him way too quickly and there was also another rusher coming from the blind side. On the 2 sacks overall Drew had less than 2 seconds to deliver and one of them he smartley "Ate the ball" to avoid disaster.

I think it's because TD gives his "scoops" to national sources and bypasses much of the local media. And I laugh every time I think about it. :-)

1- Lawrence smith did a decent job in there. He didn't get bulled over by any DT's and the inside running game was fairly productive. 2- Coy had the best game I can remember him playing in a LONG time. Was in on a couple pass breakups, made a few tackles and had a pick of Manning (forced by good pressure). 3- Aiken seemed to run very crisp routes and caught a nice hook pattern for a first down. I think he had a reception on an out pattern as well. 4- I heard someone else mention that Baker played well but I didn't notice him last night. I'll try to watch on a second run through of the game. 5- Greer seemed to be in good position most of the night although he dropped a sure interception. 6- Gildon did nothing to make his case from anything I could see unfortunately. 7- Kelsay/Denney allowed some runs to the outside and seemed to get eaten up a little by the RT and losing outside contain but did better on inside runs. I wouldn't say that either played poorly but nothing spectacular.

I think Williams should make 3rd RB as well, but it will come down to his special teams play vs. Simonton's special teams play.

The only negative I'll disagree with is #8. I thought there was ALOT of really good pressure on Manning last night, forcing some very errant throws for the league MVP. He had a supbar outing with 2 INTS and much of it was due to the Bill's pressure. Otherwise your points are pretty accurate to me Rudy.

Nope, haven't heard. That would be nice though....

I agree the Titan's game was awful with penalties. Here's hoping also that we try less flea-flickers than originally planned by the coaching staff this season. ;-)

We had what , four penalties last night? There's a positive.

I agree with just about everything you state there Mark. Good observations. I do feel that Fast Freddie will get another chance because he's got good return skills AND very good receiving skills (good routes, touchdown catch). The two fumbles were pretty bad but his potential should atleast land him on the PS if he is cut. I also thought that Zolman played above and beyond what anyone could have expected from him. He might make a decent #3 under the current circumstances.

I agree. He was quite decisive with all of his throws and his Plant-step-throw combinations looked quite smooth. Accuracy looked better than last year and you're right about the play-action fakes. What stopped the O from scoring was the curious Flea-flicker call and the Bledsoe / Mcgahee fumble play.

Slim Pickins' !! Yipes.... :-(

I don't think that's the reason at all. He loosened up a bit later after my post and made a few decent cuts. He just looks a little methodical into the hole as compared to Henry right now. He'll get it soon enough...

Considering Jennings was not in I thought they did ok. Got pretty sloppy and unacceptable in the third quarter there though. I thought the push in the second quarter and early third was good in the running game.

I hate to extend this debate further but I believe the only two teams there with combos that equal or exceed Moulds and Price are the Rams and the Vikings. Don't forget also about one of the best combos in the game, Pittsburgh with Ward and Buress..... 6-10

Really? That'll do it.

I miss Peerless too, quite a bit actually. But I'm looking forward to (hopefully) focussing more on running the ball, playing defense and using the play action passing game. It's a time-tested formula for success.

Bloody ugly indeed. I guess we can look forward to a blocked FG and giving up a punt return for a TD in the 2nd half.

Our 2 opinions aside, I don't think anyone around the league would consider their receivers "bookends".

Ha!! You've seriously got to be kidding.

The Patriots seem ok without any bookends at all. Sorry I'm just being a smartass with this one.

No actually I really don't get worried about giving up one gimmick play from the best play action passer in the game to the best receiver in the game in one on one coverage on 4th and 2.

The basic O and D has really been impressive. Special teams awful. Just 1 penalty so far. Trick plays have not fared well at all for both teams now. Running game is not spectacular but solid. Drew looks very decisive and accurate. One sack came when he had @ 1.5 seconds to throw.