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Why the first quarter?
1. Because the only thing that matters is what the starters did
2. Because that's all I've had time to watch so far.
So, I'll start with a few good comments:
1. Poz looked great.
2. Scott looked pretty good.
3. Lynch still looks good.
4. Hangartner and Bell held their own, which is better than I thought they'd do.
5. If Trent gets time to throw the ball, TO will really help this offense.
6. The no-huddle seemed to work. This is the one area where I will give the coaches credit. I think they're blowing smoke up our asses right now and we're going to be seeing a lot of it once the real games start.
And now, the bad:
1. The DL looks like absolute garbage. Stroud and Williams got ZERO push up the middle. Schobel made some nice "hustle" plays to catch up with the RB AFTER a 4 yard gain but also got very little penetration. Did Kelsay even play? They announced him with the starting lineup but he was invisible on the field.
2. Keith Ellison- see the Kelsay comment above.
3. McKelvin struggled against the starters.
4. The two rookies on the OL look like friggin rookies.
5. Our vaunted S/T got owned. That fake punt was the most obvious in the history of the NFL and it was just embarrassing that the Bills fell for it. I put that mostly on the coaches. They also had a good return by Bruce Hall negated by a stupid penalty.
6. As long as we're on the subject of coaching, why the hell was Schouman trying to block VanDanBosch on that 3 yard loss? Stupid. And the DB's are STILL playing too far off the LOS, which is why McKelvin couldn't stop that 3rd and 15. And Whitner didn't do anything particularly good or particularly bad, mainly because it looked like the coaches still have him hanging back playing center field.
7. Aaron Maybin looked.... oh wait, he was watching the game at home on his couch, just like the rest of us. ****.
That's all for now. Hopefully I'll be able to watch the rest of the game later and make some comments on some of the rookies and back-ups.
1. Because the only thing that matters is what the starters did
2. Because that's all I've had time to watch so far.
So, I'll start with a few good comments:
1. Poz looked great.
2. Scott looked pretty good.
3. Lynch still looks good.
4. Hangartner and Bell held their own, which is better than I thought they'd do.
5. If Trent gets time to throw the ball, TO will really help this offense.
6. The no-huddle seemed to work. This is the one area where I will give the coaches credit. I think they're blowing smoke up our asses right now and we're going to be seeing a lot of it once the real games start.
And now, the bad:
1. The DL looks like absolute garbage. Stroud and Williams got ZERO push up the middle. Schobel made some nice "hustle" plays to catch up with the RB AFTER a 4 yard gain but also got very little penetration. Did Kelsay even play? They announced him with the starting lineup but he was invisible on the field.
2. Keith Ellison- see the Kelsay comment above.
3. McKelvin struggled against the starters.
4. The two rookies on the OL look like friggin rookies.
5. Our vaunted S/T got owned. That fake punt was the most obvious in the history of the NFL and it was just embarrassing that the Bills fell for it. I put that mostly on the coaches. They also had a good return by Bruce Hall negated by a stupid penalty.
6. As long as we're on the subject of coaching, why the hell was Schouman trying to block VanDanBosch on that 3 yard loss? Stupid. And the DB's are STILL playing too far off the LOS, which is why McKelvin couldn't stop that 3rd and 15. And Whitner didn't do anything particularly good or particularly bad, mainly because it looked like the coaches still have him hanging back playing center field.
7. Aaron Maybin looked.... oh wait, he was watching the game at home on his couch, just like the rest of us. ****.
That's all for now. Hopefully I'll be able to watch the rest of the game later and make some comments on some of the rookies and back-ups.
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