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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: yapper
Date: August 23, 2011, 8:17 am
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Here are my grades for last night.
STARTING OFFENSE - D
Cutler looks much better and the OL is rounding into form.
That's about it for the positives. The air game was brutal...
Roy Williams and Hester failed multiple times each on clutch
plays, and Knox and Kellen Davis were invisible. The much
ballyhooed improved ground game was nowhere in evidence. Red
zone playcalling and execution were both dreadful.
SCRUB OFFENSE - C-minus
They scored a TD, which is more than the starters could do. But
our 2nd-team O-Linemen wouldn't even be on a good team's roster.
STARTING DEFENSE - C-minus
Marginally improved pass rush offset by terrible coverage and
bad tackling. It doesn't appear we have anyone in the
D-Backfield except Tillman who can cover and nobody but Tim
Jennings that can tackle. Major Wright did not look like
starting material and as much as I never thought I'd say it, I
think we'll be missing Danieal Manning sooner than later.
SCRUB DEFENSE - F
We are really screwed if any of our D starters go down cause
these guys are awful. Can't think of a single guy on this unit
who really looked like he belonged on an NFL field. Okoye,
maybe. Paea and Gholston were non-factors and Conte may have
athleticism but he looks totally lost out there.
SPECIAL TEAMS - D
The only thing that keeps this from being lower is the 6 points
from our FG unit. Punting.... yikes. Neither of our P's have
any leg, coverage was bad and the blocked punt was inexcusable.
Kickoff returns were a non-factor but I lay that on the NFL rule
change more than our team.
BOTTOM LINE
Lazy, sloppy and embarrassing showing by a team that appears to
have lost more good players than they've gained.
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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: August 23, 2011, 8:24 am
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That appears accurate to me
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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: 46
Date: August 23, 2011, 8:39 am
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Is Roy at the Greyhound stop in Tulsa? On his way back to "the
big D"? Getting a couple of breakfast burritos with mild sauce?
And a coffee? What a Jamoke.
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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: yapper
Date: August 23, 2011, 8:47 am
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I can't see Cutler ever developing much chemistry with Roy
Williams. He (Roy) is completely untrustworthy.
With Greg Olsen gone and Earl Bennett apparently not in the
starting rotation, Cutler is hosed anytime he needs a clutch
reception.
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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: Keysbear
Date: August 23, 2011, 9:05 am
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How many series did Peppers play? Urlacher? Briggs? Chill out
guys. These games are for evaluting players and not worrying
about the score or winning. The big question mark going in was
the o-line and they looked much better. It was only the 2nd game
after a practically non-existant training camp and no off season
meetings. Give the new guys time to gel before you wave the
white flag.
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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: boogie
Date: August 23, 2011, 9:07 am
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Only saw the first half, but yikes. Just like last year, 3rd
and 15 and we give up a 20 yard pass. I mean come on man. As
much as I didnt see Iwuh do anything wrong, I think if Lance
Briggs was there they may have been a little better. And when
Urlacher and Peppers left things got a lot looser. Hester had a
nice catch but lost his balance and went out of bounds. Plus a
couple of drops. And Roy Williams, looks like we got the
Cowboys version not the Lions version. This could be a very
long season if they play like that all year.
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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: yapper
Date: August 23, 2011, 9:10 am
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--- Quote from: Keysbear link ---
>
> It was only the 2nd game after a practically non-existant
training camp and no off season meetings. Give the new guys time
to gel before you wave the white flag.
>
--- End Quote ---
Uh, the Giants had the same non-existent training camp and no
offseason meetings. And by the looks of things they have a lot
of new guys on their team too, including new WRs and new
O-Linemen, same as us. Yet they appeared to be in mid-season
form. A lot of that comes down to talent, but it's also
coaching and culture.
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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: Dave23
Date: August 23, 2011, 9:13 am
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They're also missing their starting CB, leading tackler, and
leading interceptor for the season.
Sometimes, going all out in a week 2 preseason game isn't the
best idea...
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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: yapper
Date: August 23, 2011, 9:16 am
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What bothers me the most is that as much as their 1st stringers
whipped our 1st stringers, the difference in talent between
their scrubs and our scrubs was even more pronounced.
Once you get past the starting 11 on each side of the Bears'
roster, our depth looked really really bad last night.
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Re: Today's Game
DIR By: yapper
Date: August 23, 2011, 9:26 am
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Sanzabacher looked OK and I can see why people like the kid.
He's really small and not very fast but he seems to know what's
going on out on the field. I don't foresee him having a real
long NFL career due to his physical limitations but he showed me
enough that I think we need to try and find a place for him. We
need another Tom Waddle type on this team and he could be the
one.
Kris Adams... meh. I was expecting more based on the raves
from training camp. Yeah he's tall but so what. There's a lot
of tall WRs in the NFL that don't play up to their size and he
just looked like one of those to me last night.
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