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So, it looks like we’ll be giving the starters the night off next week, so Ill do the dress rehearsal report as well and just focus on the backups and those fighting for the final 53. Also, I missed a couple drives, stupid Tom Brady coverage at into my game, ugh.
I was more pleased I think than most were with the performance … and I’m really kinda miffed that the Colts actually did an onside kick in the beginning of a preseason game. If it was the end of the game that’s one thing …
The Good
1) Aaron Donald and the run D. Aaron Donald is the best DT in football. The announcer said it and I scanned my mind for anyone who could do what he does, and it’s just not there. Besides the knifing through to blow up plays that is obvious and ridiculous … there was a play where he drove the guy in front of him into the backfield with such little effort that he could still scan left and right for the ballcarrier simultaneously. Honestly if we’re thin at RB in game one, just let him take a few carries.
2) Jenkins play is really strong. He is really focused and his movement skills are enabling him to get his hands on balls that should be completions. the slant route he jumped, he somehow wriggled his arm into position without slamming into the WR, and on the deep ball, he waited until the last second to push TY out of the end zone so he couldn’t get two feet in bounds. Pretty special.
3) Barrett Jones seems to have woken up. I’m almost skeptical because of how many times he’s disappointed me, but seeing he and Rhaney side by side made a ton of sense. Rhaney was physically superior, but Jones was in the right spots.
4) Cody Wichmann. Alright, I liked this kid about as much as I did Brown coming out, and this was his first action, and Im pretty sure that given Saffold’s injury history, that at some point during the year we are going to have a GRob-Brown-Jones-Wichmann-Hav line. And Im thinking that’s likely the best line for us to have going forward.
5) TJ. … playing faster and with little to no wasted steps, and arriving angry. Safety is my favorite position, and he’s finally making me an excited fella about his presence.
6) Givens. Sooooo … guess he decided to stick around? I might have thought he was trade bait until he got into a rhythm with every QB on the roster. He’s just really fast.
7) Foles is lower on this list than he should be, he had a great game. He throws a GREAT deep ball when he has time. Sam always bummed me out there. He did a better job protecting the football and extended some plays. He is a good leader. He makes those around him better.
8) Trey Watts is really a natural RB.
9) Trinca Pasat has consistently tracked upward since the first game.
10) Hager I trust to backup any LB spot.
The Bad
10) Don’t like seeing Hav give up sacks, though one was not his fault (Cole timed the snap count).
11) GRob is still flailing and I really don’t like it.
12) Tru has to trust his technique and not get PI. He also has to peel back inside and pick up Andre Johnson.
13) Tavon, pushing off? Seriously? The quickest guy on the planet needs a pushoff?
14) Where is Fairley? Injured?
15) Empty stands. That does not bode well for us getting momentum during the year.
The Unaccapetable
16) Tree cannot have a penalty there. It’s one thing to give up a reception, it’s another to rob your teammate of a moment. Psychologically it’s destructive. Penalties like that will kill us, convince us we’re snake bit.
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Agamemnon
