vmax Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) I'm looking at 1st quarter right now...the 1's on 1's... LaQuan Williams only two catches but they were nice. especially the sideline catch. He would have 2 more but the Lions D had great coverage on him and made the play.Kemo...good push and penetration.Kruger...almost gets a pick 6. He can cover and played the run well.Tucker gets a 50 yard FG a minute into the second quarter.Jacoby Jones...how about that end around for 35 yards that took the Ravens 3 years and 587 attempts to get positive yards. If this offense becomes and top 10 or less passing offense it will be because of him Defenders have to respect his speed. He has great size (6'3"). It will be nasty for defenses to cover Boldin, Rice, Pita, Smith, Jones and Dixon. Joe has solid targets and playmakers everywhere but I think the addition of Jones will be that "one too many" that cracks this offense wide open. The O line looked good. That was a very good front 7 that they faced. Nice test.K. Osemele...the man is big, physical, nasty and playing very well for a rookie.Birk looks fit and was a difference in line communication. You can see he and Williams have to work together better but Farely will do that to you. Williams did well run blocking but he needs to improve in protection. I think he will come around and be a very positive addition. Savy vet who can't be rattled..Yanda handled Suh who could not get untracked. Basicly it ends up 6-0 with the 1's on 1's. The offense was smooth and effective. About 210 yards worth. Joe looked very good and the wind was swirling hard in that first quarter. The game went south after that. Edited August 18, 2012 by vmax Quote
varaven45 Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 Max, You are far too kind . I was at the game and saw a pretty weak effort More later ........ Quote
Robjr83 Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 The only real positives I saw out of that game was that the Oline did looked much improved. I think Birk had a lot to do with that. Second was the kicking game continues to do well. Finally both Asa Jackson and Thompson are proving to be real jems Ozzie found. Jones dropped an easy 1st down pass on the opening drive. As you put it Cam continues his lovefest with the reverse and Jones doing a good job only means Cam will keep doing it. Quote
papasmurfbell Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 The OL was better than against Atl but they also had moments they looked bad. RR was being met in the backfield again. I agree with the rest. Quote
oldno82 Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 I'll have to check what I recorded again but I thought LaQuan dropped or should have caught at least 3 more passes. I was disappointed in him last night. Quote
papasmurfbell Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 The one when he was jumping was a tough one but he should have caught it. I still think he was pretty good. Quote
vmax Posted August 18, 2012 Author Posted August 18, 2012 Max, You are far too kind . I was at the game and saw a pretty weak effort More later ........ I was there too. Basiclly we kept trying to figure out how many more field goals it would take to win.. Quote
cravnravn Posted August 19, 2012 Posted August 19, 2012 Preseason. No worries. I know, but they need to show us something, anything..The starting unit has scored what 1 TD in 2 games... Quote
reddog271 Posted August 20, 2012 Posted August 20, 2012 I know, but they need to show us something, anything..The starting unit has scored what 1 TD in 2 games... not 2 games. 5 drives.. 2 quarters plus one drive. Quote
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