I figured I would give my brief opinion on what I thought about last night.
QB- Does not step into his throws but can make some money on short routes. Does not take contact well and we saw multiple under thrown balls to open WRs (more on this later). The play that really worried me was the rushed throw for the first interception and the boot that was almost a pick. No composure on either. Can not run the read without the QB ever keeping it
RB/FB- When we get our shoulders square we run the ball well and when we do not we look sloppy running the ball. I think at times we looked to bounce it outside when that was not necessary. FB play was solid when used. Poor route run on the non catch in the endzone
WR- We are fast at this position. Multiple times our guys got even or behind the CB and were under thrown. There is a lot of potential here and I think the big plays will come. I think we run fairly good routes and have solid hands BUT things need to be cleaned up. This group of young WRs makes me very excited.
OL- Played okay. Right side of the line struggled at times with dead feet. Saw positives in the unit and I think they can gel into something solid. Need to see better feet and communication on stunts in pass protection.
TE- Glad to see the TE being utilizeed again. I think we are going to see the TE starting to stretch the middle of the field as the offense opens up more which is going to force teams to move their safeties a lot.
DL- I was very impressed with the DL. We got penetration, we got off the ball, we had good balance but I think they can play better. Backside DEs got cut too easily. We also sometimes played too high resulting in us losing our assignment. Need to be aware of the screen pass a bit more (that could be a scheme plan though). We need to do a better job when being cut across the line.
LB- I think we played well in swarming to the ball but our eyes in the passing game were below average. I know that giving up the swing pass was the DEs responsibility BUT the LB had zero eyes on anything coming in or out to help (again could be a scheme plan). Need to do a better job on QB scramble and the WRs reacting to that.
DBs- They played very well. This unit is going to perform for us but we need to go after the ball. I think as the safeties become more experienced we will see more turnovers.
Offense over all- Very conservative. I thought they should have gone play action deep route or play action boot much earlier in the game. I think our RBs had their shoulders going easy and west too much as opposed to north and south. That being said I am happy to see a forming identity and some success.
Defense- Thought they had a great game plan and executed it. They got tired as the game went on and were not able to contain the speed that Washington had.
The kicking and coverage game needs work..still.
QB- Does not step into his throws but can make some money on short routes. Does not take contact well and we saw multiple under thrown balls to open WRs (more on this later). The play that really worried me was the rushed throw for the first interception and the boot that was almost a pick. No composure on either. Can not run the read without the QB ever keeping it
RB/FB- When we get our shoulders square we run the ball well and when we do not we look sloppy running the ball. I think at times we looked to bounce it outside when that was not necessary. FB play was solid when used. Poor route run on the non catch in the endzone
WR- We are fast at this position. Multiple times our guys got even or behind the CB and were under thrown. There is a lot of potential here and I think the big plays will come. I think we run fairly good routes and have solid hands BUT things need to be cleaned up. This group of young WRs makes me very excited.
OL- Played okay. Right side of the line struggled at times with dead feet. Saw positives in the unit and I think they can gel into something solid. Need to see better feet and communication on stunts in pass protection.
TE- Glad to see the TE being utilizeed again. I think we are going to see the TE starting to stretch the middle of the field as the offense opens up more which is going to force teams to move their safeties a lot.
DL- I was very impressed with the DL. We got penetration, we got off the ball, we had good balance but I think they can play better. Backside DEs got cut too easily. We also sometimes played too high resulting in us losing our assignment. Need to be aware of the screen pass a bit more (that could be a scheme plan though). We need to do a better job when being cut across the line.
LB- I think we played well in swarming to the ball but our eyes in the passing game were below average. I know that giving up the swing pass was the DEs responsibility BUT the LB had zero eyes on anything coming in or out to help (again could be a scheme plan). Need to do a better job on QB scramble and the WRs reacting to that.
DBs- They played very well. This unit is going to perform for us but we need to go after the ball. I think as the safeties become more experienced we will see more turnovers.
Offense over all- Very conservative. I thought they should have gone play action deep route or play action boot much earlier in the game. I think our RBs had their shoulders going easy and west too much as opposed to north and south. That being said I am happy to see a forming identity and some success.
Defense- Thought they had a great game plan and executed it. They got tired as the game went on and were not able to contain the speed that Washington had.
The kicking and coverage game needs work..still.
