Maine-iac

They're dropping into zone with 2 deep and the LB's ten yards back. Coleman should be running slants on them and Kincaid working the seams.

That's what I don't get. He didn't give Keon any chance to win on that one at all.

Well if we can move the ball with all these crappy plays just think how good we look when we break out the good stuff.

2nd and short is when you throw down the field.

I do have to remind myself that we typically suck in the first half. Not my favorite way to start most games but I'm pretty sure we made the Cardinals look good most of last season opener.

The plan can't be for Bosa to crash down the line with no one covering the edge ...... right?

We can't move people we need penetration to stop the play before it gets going.

Yeesh Groot got rag dolled.

Bishop was flailing long before Henry finished him off.

Ok going back to my original expectations if you told me our defense had a big stop and sacked Lamar at any point in the opening quarter I would have been happy. I was expecting a boat race anyways.

Can you imagine if we draft a CB in the first and 6th and again the one drafted in the 6th becomes our starter? Mind you I could care less as long as we get a starter but it would be a tad ironic.

Dorsey? I know you know this

Brown got thrown on his butt.

Offense I love but expected. This defense has me excited.

Down he goes!!!!!!

We're getting some good pressure. Coverage needs to hold up.

Solomon in there with the chase on Lamar previous play.

Not worried about our line I'm worried about our coverage.

Maybe we should look at what they're doing on defense.

That season Otis Anderson got over 1,000 yards and averaged 3.1 yards per carry. It was the epitome of pounding the rock. Two big plays (aside from the kick) I remember is the catch short of the sticks that they turned into a first down. I think it was Baker (might have been Meggett) but we had him short and he fought his way to a first. Also I thought Hostetler was done after Wright flattened him. QB's were made of different stuff back then. I used to watch The George Michael Sports Machine.

I couldn't see him keeping a roster spot this season any ways. It's basically like telling him you can come back next year and try again without getting cut. Next season when he's only needed to be the 4th or 5th DT and he's still on a rookie contract maybe he has a chance.

It was almost a different era but Elway found his SB wins later in his career. I think no discussion in futility would be complete without mentioning Schottenheimer's run in KC. He was there ten years and had some of very good teams. I think one got the cover of SI as a SB favorite. All of those teams didn't make it to the SB. The thing is you can't stare at the ditch. Put your eyes where you want to be and enjoy the ride.

I thought that sounded really high and therefore no way it could be true but we certainly could double last years TO's. Looking at it statistically we turned the ball over well over 20 times every season before Brady took over so even if we did actually double the turnovers from last year it would still be significantly less than we used to turn the ball over. I'd like to think Brady's offensive philosophy and design will keep Allen from going back to the 15 plus interceptions but I could certainly see us having more than two fumbles lost on the year. I think last year was a beginning of a complete rebuild on the defense. I'm hoping our draft and FA signings show some returns which helps keep us grinding the clock with 4th quarter leads.

I can agree with the logic you employ with almost everything except the "Keon and Kincaid are healthy" line of thinking. Kincaid hardly ever seems completely healthy and even when he is it's short lived. I absolutely agree that if they are both healthy 120 catches would be achievable and Kincaid would be the lions share of those catches but using the phrase no doubt to describe an outcome dictated by Kincaid's health is where I lose faith. I still think this offense works and works well and even feel pretty confident Keon will do most of what his part would be but I can't say there's no doubt Kincaid will get 70 or 80 catches.

I think they are trying to really get some speed at CB. Hairston was a 4.28 guy and Kimber is a 4.39 guy. I'm not sure that focus will pan out as they seem to draft Elam for largely the same reason and our only big hit at CB was Benford who was a 4.5 almost 4.6 guy. I like adding Kimber to the PS but I really wish they also had Alexander on there. The only turnover we got all preseason was a FF by Alexander.