Dust
July 22, 2011, 6:20am
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Read into this further.
Your best defensive players need to play better, and lead by example. I missed the match on Saturday but last night I was able to watch and rewind alot of plays. here is my skinny:
Interior Shologan and Dario played better. I hope they are adjusting to one another, after three games. They clogged the middle well. Running yards were not rammed down threr throats. Dario got a sack late in the game.
DE’s. Willis gets benefit of doubt, I deem him a new guy. Montez can’t play anymore. He made no plays. Fotr a tall guy he can’t even figure out when to get his arms up to obstruct passing lanes and knock some balls away. He’s always a stepor tewo away from making a play? Mullinder is not a DE either, but he’ll play the same or maybe with more heart than Montex…an Mullinder is non-import. Play Luc, get Shomari some reps and wait for 30 days for some NFL cuts.
Barrin was good. But he has to be great. His is an older vet, we need more out of his gas tank. He missed one tackle as well. Lucas played well, got slightly beat on a few plays but he has a very difficult job at weakside LB. Jerrell, is a beast and we need to find more ways to blitz him effectively (are blitzes are not very effective right now).
Butler should have had an INT but got hammered by Kye Sytewart. We gotta make those plays!!!
Two facemask calls looked pretty weak, One on Willis and one on Jerrell…yet DD got his helmet grabbed the same way and no-call??? Those 15 yarders are hard to take and on both plays we just shut them down on 2nd down?
Frazier needs to be better. He played average, like Simpson, he needs to be excellent and he’s a leader out there.
McKenzie played well. Didn’t see much of Nick Graham.
Tad got rocked by Thigpen and failed to make the play. First quarter on a 2nd and short he took the play off and Hamilton went deep and if the receiver could catch, would have been 7 points.
#29 another rookie Cdn looked okay. He was around the ball.
With Tad out I predict Eddie Russ will move in. I have no idea if we can get Partick back at safety and I don’t want the Riders to experiment with him at corner? Patrick at safety and Russ on the corner. If Mullinder plays DE that might be the ratio flexibility we need. The only injury we have in DB’s is Patrick…and I hope he’s ready to move back onto roster.
Kevin Glenn was passes were out after 2 steamboats. Some rare throws were out after 2.5 or 3? When DD was struggling in 1st half he was easily 3 steamboats or more. In the second half he started to get it out after 2 or 2.5 and we started to see the offense start some signs of life. The INT’s killed DD in the second half…but at least some positive momentum.
Good analysis. I think the defense played much better this game, a vast improvement over the 1st two games. They were really left out to dry though. The offense did absolutely nothing but turn the ball over and keep the defense on the field. This all gets overlooked though because we lost badly, and allowed 33 points. How much of that is because Hamilton sat Bruce and Mann, or improved play, I can’t say for sure.
Read into this further.
Your best defensive players need to play better, and lead by example. I missed the match on Saturday but last night I was able to watch and rewind alot of plays. here is my skinny:
Interior Shologan and Dario played better. I hope they are adjusting to one another, after three games. They clogged the middle well. Running yards were not rammed down threr throats. Dario got a sack late in the game.
DE’s. Willis gets benefit of doubt, I deem him a new guy. Montez can’t play anymore. He made no plays. Fotr a tall guy he can’t even figure out when to get his arms up to obstruct passing lanes and knock some balls away. He’s always a stepor tewo away from making a play? Mullinder is not a DE either, but he’ll play the same or maybe with more heart than Montex…an Mullinder is non-import. Play Luc, get Shomari some reps and wait for 30 days for some NFL cuts.
Barrin was good. But he has to be great. His is an older vet, we need more out of his gas tank. He missed one tackle as well. Lucas played well, got slightly beat on a few plays but he has a very difficult job at weakside LB. Jerrell, is a beast and we need to find more ways to blitz him effectively (are blitzes are not very effective right now).
Butler should have had an INT but got hammered by Kye Sytewart. We gotta make those plays!!!
Two facemask calls looked pretty weak, One on Willis and one on Jerrell…yet DD got his helmet grabbed the same way and no-call??? Those 15 yarders are hard to take and on both plays we just shut them down on 2nd down?
Frazier needs to be better. He played average, like Simpson, he needs to be excellent and he’s a leader out there.
McKenzie played well. Didn’t see much of Nick Graham.
Tad got rocked by Thigpen and failed to make the play. First quarter on a 2nd and short he took the play off and Hamilton went deep and if the receiver could catch, would have been 7 points.
#29 another rookie Cdn looked okay. He was around the ball.
With Tad out I predict Eddie Russ will move in. I have no idea if we can get Partick back at safety and I don’t want the Riders to experiment with him at corner? Patrick at safety and Russ on the corner. If Mullinder plays DE that might be the ratio flexibility we need. The only injury we have in DB’s is Patrick…and I hope he’s ready to move back onto roster.
Kevin Glenn was passes were out after 2 steamboats. Some rare throws were out after 2.5 or 3? When DD was struggling in 1st half he was easily 3 steamboats or more. In the second half he started to get it out after 2 or 2.5 and we started to see the offense start some signs of life. The INT’s killed DD in the second half…but at least some positive momentum.
I agree. I have always said Luc should be inside.
I think another point that must be added is that DD does not have a pile of faith in his receivers at this point. Yeh, he has 6 int, but 4 of those were touched by his receivers first, and they have a pile of drops.
I see the Lions picked him up. Good or bad? mind you anything has to help the Lions.
Dust
July 31, 2011, 12:23am
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Decent pick up for the Lions, since they are badly hurting in the secondary. If this cut helps us bring back John Chick with the salary it saved, then it will be a great move.