OLine:
Is it just me or did the starters only allow 1 sack against Bledsoe? Where exactly is the horrible Oline play coming from? The running game? See below...
WM:
Our BACKUP runningback, who is coming off major knee injury, didn't hit the holes with authority. Who would of thunk it? I wish everyone would stop freaking out about WM....our BACKUP RB. BTW, our BACKUP RB, who is coming off of a major knee injury, ended up with 3.6 yrds per carry against a very fast Indy D. Did I mention that he is our BACKUP RB who is coming off a major knee injury? GET A GRIP PEOPLE!!!
BLEDSOE:
11/19 117 yards, NO INT'S, 1 sack! The one sack came off an all out blitz on third down! It happens. As far as I'm concerned this was a good showing.
DEFENSE:
Am I the only one that noticed a safety pick off Manning? TWO Int's against Manning last night....got to love it. If it wasnt' for the screwed up plays which resulted in the best field position Indy could have ever asked for, the Defense would have looked like all-stars last night. Not allowing a third down conversion until scrubs were in. Good job. They still need to work on stopping the running backs mid-field insead of waiting for them to get in field goal range before tightening up. Too many big gains by the RB's. As of right now this is my only concern with the D. Of course, with R. Williams gone from Miami, Corey Dillon looking like crap, and C. Martin getting older, the AFC East RB situation went downhill quick.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
Horrible play by the special teams. One good thing, Mularkey is testing things out. I'll bet my paycheck Clements isn't in there returning punts during regular season. Still, overall this was just bad. The blocked punt was pathetic, the dropped punt was bad, the 84 yard return made me sick! There is no excuse, and this needs to be fixed. The Defense can not be expected to do much with field position like that.
INJURIES:
Yep, they sucked. Vincent will be okay (Karma bit him in the ass), Lawyer out for a bit (at least Coy had the pick last night), and then there is our BACKUP QB!!!
Look people, does anyone else remember how bad Travis Brown is???? Is it just me???? He always looks like a competent backup....until the season starts and he has to play in a game. Why does everyone forget this every single season?
The fact is, losing TB means Donahoe is going to have to go out and sign another backup QB is going to suck just as much. Losing TB last night means absolutely nothing to me......at all.
A couple points about the game:
It's fuggin pre-season! Clements won't be returning punts. MM won't be calling flea-flickers in the middle of a great looking drive to put us ahead. Indy won't be going for it on 4-3 from their own 40-something yard line in the second quarter when they have the lead! Mike Williams looked good! Trey Teague too! Freeney only got through once....thats good news!
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED LAST NIGHT PEOPLE?