OpIv: Review from the top of America
by OpIv
Disclaimer: I watched the game on my phone from the top of a mountain in Colorado. While I absolutely love the fact that I was able to do that, it does lend itself to a few problems. First, I couldn’t see the game with the benefit of HD and DVR like I usually do, so I may have missed some things. Second, I missed a good portion of the 3rd quarter and random other plays throughout the game because connectivity in rural Colorado isn’t quite what I’ve come to expect in the city and immediate suburbs.
So, here goes:
-After a slow start, Fitz came through in the second half.
-I don’t know what to make of the OL. At times they looked great, at other times they looked awful. Overall, though, the offense has 79 points in 2 games so they must be doing something right.
-Fred Jackson- wow. He leads the league in rushing. Never saw that coming.
-CJ Spiller- meh. He had his moments but I still have my doubts
-Hopefully the injury to Steve Johnson isn’t serious because he is really starting to step up.
-Chandler didn’t have the monster game he had against KC but he came through when it counted.
-I absolutely HATED the call by Gailey to not go for it on 4th and inches at the end of the 2nd half. We ended up winning so it looks better in hindsight, but the call and coming away with nothing was very Jauron-like.
-Despite the good game, the WR’s need to work on drops.
-5 second half possessions, 5 touchdowns. It doesn’t get any better than that.
-This secondary needs work. Moore looks like he’s going to be a great weapon for Oak, but McKelvin was particularly bad. I’m really tired of him and can’t wait to move him off the team. Getting shredded by Jason Campbell is inexcusable.
-George Wilson struggled as well.
-The LB’s still lack speed when the run goes to the outside.
-From what I could see, Kelsay had his second good game in a row.
-It nauseates me that our supposedly beefed-up DL couldn’t keep Campbell from routinely converting short-yardage situations.
-Rian Lindell: What the hell, man? He misses the FG and then he couldn’t even get a touchback kicking off from the 35.
-I’m really getting sick of high draft picks like Spiller and McKelvin, and even Parrish, not coming to play.
-That being said, that trend may finally be ending with this year’s draft. Dareus is obviously a beast, A Williams looked good against KC in his first game (I couldn’t really watch him closely on my phone so I don’t know about the Oak game) and Searcy had the INT to end the game. Hopefully Searcy and Williams can step up sooner rather than later and be the answers our secondary needs.
-Overall, the offense is above average and the defense is a work in progress. This team is better than I thought, but the reality check comes against NE on Sunday. I suspect NE’s dominance over us will continue, as beating KC and Oak is not indicative of the ability to beat the better teams in the league, but if we’re lucky it’ll at least be a shootout instead of our usual “roll over and die” performance against NE.
