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Overall after watching tonight, I am very pleased with what we did as an overall team... JC looked very good and our Offense actually looked like.. well a real offense lol. Albert hammered Brady lol but Moss destroyed our secondary, that's the only concern but it is Brady and Moss...

Marko Mitchell is a stud and should move ahead of ARE in the depth chart, atleast to the 4 slot. Kelly is our #2 for sure, and Thomas looked ok. My favorite play was JC to Cooley for 70+ yards!!!! Big Year again for Cooley.

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[quote=skinsfaninok;581538]Overall after watching tonight, I am very pleased with what we did as an overall team... JC looked very good and our Offense actually looked like.. well a real offense lol. Albert hammered Brady lol but Moss destroyed our secondary, that's the only concern but it is Brady and Moss...

Marko Mitchell is a stud and should move ahead of ARE in the depth chart, atleast to the 4 slot. Kelly is our #2 for sure, and Thomas looked ok. My favorite play was JC to Cooley for 70+ yards!!!! Big Year again for Cooley.[/quote]

Agreed, I was relieved that the offense did well. I'm sure people will go out of their way to come up with negatives, but I was pleased with the 1st team.

Biggest concerns...penalties. That's discipline, and the team needs to do better than that. I also hope Portis is not hurt.

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We looked very good tonite and i was impressed with several players especially Marko Mitchell & Brian Orapko.

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Too many flags but the passing game was hitting pretty good. Cooley play was awesome. As well as the over the shoulder to Marko. Marko is definately looking like a steal.

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I liked what the first team offense did. I was also impressed with Anthony Alridge in the 4th quarter. Definitely looked like he had more burst out the backfield than Dorsey.

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Yeah the offense looked alright tonight. Campbell looked pretty good in attacking deep instead of trying to perfect the west coast offense. I don't know guys but Alridge looked fast as hell in the zone blocking scheme. Marcus Mason actually looked pretty damn good instead of Betts. I'm started to want to keep Alridge and Mason over Betts and Cartwright. This Campbell thing looks pretty impressive with the deep passing but not his accuracy in the short passing game. Also, I want to find a way and keep Dorsey.

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Yeah I'm going to open this can of worms... Let's give it up for JC. Dude showed me tonight that he can flat out play.

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[quote=Mattyk72;581565]Yeah I'm going to open this can of worms... Let's give it up for JC. Dude showed me tonight that he can flat out play.[/quote]


Here Here! Colt WHO?

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[quote=Mattyk72;581565]Yeah I'm going to open this can of worms... Let's give it up for JC. Dude showed me tonight that he can flat out play.[/quote]

Agreed. Too bad you won't hear this too much this week. Man, what are JC haters going to do this week? LOL.

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[quote=Mattyk72;581565]Yeah I'm going to open this can of worms... Let's give it up for JC. Dude showed me tonight that he can flat out play.[/quote]

For sure. Simms made a good point - if you call plays that let Jason take chances and show his ability, he won't hesitate to sling it. I love what I saw from Jason tonight.

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Maybe the long layoff from football has dulled my memory a bit, but JC just seemed to be FIRING balls in there tonight. His arm looks very strong this year.

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[quote=Mattyk72;581565]Yeah I'm going to open this can of worms... Let's give it up for JC. Dude showed me tonight that he can flat out play.[/quote]

That's a good can of worms. JC was confident, in control, making good decisions, getting the ball out quickly, avoiding the rush well...that was a big-time qb wearing #17 tonight.

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And let's give it up for Zorn too, looks like he's made some nice adjustments to the offense and getting the ball down the field seems like a big priority.

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[quote=Ruhskins;581570]Agreed. Too bad you won't hear this too much this week. Man, what are JC haters going to do this week? LOL.[/quote]

I'm gonna be pimping JC all week! :)

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Well one thing I saw from JC tonight that is brand new and awesome was the little fake, taking the defender out of the play, just before Jason ran in for a TD. That's smarts, calm and athleticism all at work.

...i'm not saying that was the main positive, JC showed a lot tonight, but that one thing was awesome.

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[quote=Mattyk72;581576]And let's give it up for Zorn too, looks like he's made some nice adjustments to the offense and getting the ball down the field seems like a big priority.[/quote]

Much agreed. I think he has more to work with this time around and it makes him look better. But that is not to knock Zorn. He is putting the pieces together quite nicely. The offense seems much more dynamic by design.

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JC looked good, had some good drives and the play to Cooley was very nice. good run in TD against a stingy NE Defense. CB had a pick where he clearly underestimated the defender who hit another gear and played the ball well but he came back and had a nice strike to Marko for the TD so overall i think he did ok. has to learn to throw it away on 3rd down inside fg range.

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Let's not drink too much of that "Soups" kool-aid. We still stalled out 3 consecutive series with bad inaccurate throws. We can not keep putting our defense back on the field so soon time after time. Campbell still needs to work on his accuracy on the short throws. I'm glad Brennan redeemed himself tonight before everyone put those pollsup of Daniel over him which does not make any sense. Daniel just plays pitch and catch and Brennan is actually running the offense.

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I'm on board with all the "give it ups"
JC started slowish but came on strong as the game progressed. AND we finally got some other guys involved in the recieving game
NIce work Skins!
HTTR

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Just like many posters said, I'm impressed as well.. I think JC did well enough to make people who bash JC to eat their words..

There are few things I'm hoping Zorn will evaluate more next last game.. I'm really interested to see more of what Alridge can do, he seems pretty fast.. If I had to choose, I would go ahead and pick Alridge.. I can see him as FAST runner, he reads well too (based on limited actions I saw).. If I was Zorn, I would rest Portis and Betts; let Mason, Alridge and Dorsey run it out and see who comes up in the top.. Mason played pretty well too..

I'm sort of liking the idea of Thomas returning kicks, he seems to have better burst than he had last year.. But I want to see how does Alridge do in kick returns, and punt returns as well..

Our receivers played pretty good; Moss had a nice catch! It's amazing how he could do it with his short size.. He continues to be #1 for us.. However, Moss did drop a ball that easily could be a 1st down.. Kelly and Thomas took advantage of their opportunities.. Mitchell continues to be back-up QB's best friend, enough said.. Mitchell did block well during running plays.. I think he virtually locked his spot as #5..

As for defense, it looks like Brady and Moss duo is back after all.. Nobody (maybe except for Giants?) could stop them, so we should not have expect our defense to do so, I guess... Patriots' o-line men played pretty well, they handled our d-line men good... Smoot surprised me tonight, he did nice.. I'm hoping this was not just a good game for him..



.....Could someone please explain me why our CBs keep giving this lofty space between them and WRs?!?!

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[quote=Sean"Big Hurt"Taylor;581585]Let's not drink too much of that "Soups" kool-aid. We still stalled out 3 consecutive series with bad inaccurate throws. We can not keep putting our defense back on the field so soon time after time. Campbell still needs to work on his accuracy on the short throws. I'm glad Brennan redeemed himself tonight before everyone put those pollsup of Daniel over him which does not make any sense. Daniel just plays pitch and catch and Brennan is actually running the offense.[/quote]

Campbell still needs to improve on a lot of things, but given how much negativity and ridiculousness I've seen from the JC haters, I'm going to be drinking the kool-aid all week long.

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[quote=Sean"Big Hurt"Taylor;581585]Let's not drink too much of that "Soups" kool-aid. We still stalled out 3 consecutive series with bad inaccurate throws. We can not keep putting our defense back on the field so soon time after time. Campbell still needs to work on his accuracy on the short throws. I'm glad Brennan redeemed himself tonight before everyone put those pollsup of Daniel over him which does not make any sense. Daniel just plays pitch and catch and Brennan is actually running the offense.[/quote]

I didn't notice any accuracy problems on the short stuff, do you remember any specific plays?

Also, Moss should have caught that short 3rd down throw that would have moved the chains.

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[quote=Mattyk72;581596]I didn't notice any accuracy problems on the short stuff, do you remember any specific plays?

Also, Moss should have caught that short 3rd down throw that would have moved the chains.[/quote]

I'm sure some people are going to hang on to that pass where JC overthrew Moss, when he had a guy hitting him as he released.

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[quote=Mattyk72;581596]I didn't notice any accuracy problems on the short stuff, do you remember any specific plays?

[B]Also, Moss should have caught that short 3rd down throw that would have moved the chains.[/B][/quote]

Precisely. The pass was barely behind Moss...not really a factor at all. Moss simply dropped the pass on a huge 3rd down. Nothing on JC there.

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[B]The reasons Campbell will succeed this year are:

1- Second year in Zorn system
2- OL has improved
3- and the most import one is the emergence of Kelly, Thomas, Fred Davis and Marko Mitchell (4 offensive weapons that didn't produce or weren't on the team last year).[/B]

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[quote=Ruhskins;581600]I'm sure some people are going to hang on to that pass where JC overthrew Moss, when he had a guy hitting him as he released.[/quote]

Awfully tough to overthrow a guy like Moss. At first look I almost thought Moss wasn't going 110% on it, I'm not sure though. Yeah he was getting hit and rushed it a bit, that shit happens.

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It looked to me like Moss may have slipped a bit.

It was a catchable ball. I'm not down on Tana here, as it would have been a difficult catch. But it was not a terrible throw, either, and on other occasions Tana will make that grab.

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It's a sweet feeling knowing that our 4 wide sets are no longer going to be Santana and three other guys the defense isn't afraid of at all.

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[quote=wilsowilso;581617]It's a sweet feeling knowing that our 4 wide sets are no longer going to be Santana and three other guys the defense isn't afraid of at all.[/quote]

Here here. :food-smil

I think that was the point of last year's controversial draft as well as Marko this year.

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[quote=wilsowilso;581617]It's a sweet feeling knowing that our 4 wide sets are no longer going to be Santana and three other guys the defense isn't afraid of at all.[/quote]

Well said! We could be on the verge of a consistent big WR set threat...[I]zing[/I]. Mitchell has to make the team IMO. Too much ballin there to pass on.

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[quote=The Goat;581620]Well said! We could be on the verge of a consistent big WR set threat...[I]zing[/I]. Mitchell has to make the team IMO. Too much ballin there to pass on.[/quote]

Mitchell = Horton :headbange

Still people will say we don't know how to build through the draft. :doh:

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[quote=Sean"Big Hurt"Taylor;581585]I'm glad Brennan redeemed himself tonight before everyone put those pollsup of Daniel over him which does not make any sense.[/quote]

I was watching a different game, Brennan basically lost the game with the INT, then the sack for the extra long field goal attempt.

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[quote=Ruhskins;581622]Mitchell = Horton :headbange

Still people will say we don't know how to build through the draft. :doh:[/quote]

Word...I won't call myself a Cerrato fan just yet but i'm starting to respect the guy's decisions. DT and Kelly last year starts to look pretty genius if they open things up in the reg season as they did tonight.

I was wrong when...I said Kelly was wasted pick and Devin Thomas was our great hope. Kelly is a better NFL prospect no doubt. I think he could breakout even though he's missed time and basically is a rookie (again). Devin has so much physical ability. I really hope 1) he can start to develop into a legit WR (that one catch in coverage was super impressive) and/or 2) Zorn puts together plays that just get the ball into Thomas' hands...sort of like stringing him along so Devin doesn't regress. Use him, use him, use him.

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[quote=roth74va;581623]I was watching a different game, Brennan basically lost the game with the INT, then the sack for the extra long field goal attempt.[/quote]

Yeah man nevermind the long return allowed by the ST that let them start in fg range and the constant flags drawn by the backup Oline that killed drives. The FG had the distance but was wide. Its ALL Colts fault. Not sayin he was stellar but to blame the loss all on him is pretty harsh. How many penalty yards were there? how many return yards were given up? Zorn seemed pleased with his play except for the int.

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[quote=The Goat;581628]Word...I won't call myself a Cerrato fan just yet but i'm starting to respect the guy's decisions. DT and Kelly last year starts to look pretty genius if they open things up in the reg season as they did tonight.

[B]I was wrong when...I said Kelly was wasted pick[/B] and Devin Thomas was our great hope. Kelly is a better NFL prospect no doubt. I think he could breakout even though he's missed time and basically is a rookie (again). Devin has so much physical ability. I really hope 1) he can start to develop into a legit WR (that one catch in coverage was super impressive) and/or 2) Zorn puts together plays that just get the ball into Thomas' hands...sort of like stringing him along so Devin doesn't regress. Use him, use him, use him.[/quote]

It is not like you were the only one saying such things. And Kelly's knees looked really bad at one point. It is a bright spot that his knees now appear to no longer be so problematic.

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I'm totally sold on Marco Mitchell. Definitely NFL material already with his exceptional rout running skills. I would even go so far as saying he's ahead of Kelly in that department who seems to struggle with selling routes and looking for the ball.


Kudos to the Offense...they didn't fold and kept at it. Captain K owned Patriot DE, LB and secondary. It feels good to be a Skins fan! Hail mofo, Hail!

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Seeing Big AL crush Brady after he ran it up on us last time to me was worth the money we are paying him. How did that feel Tommy boy?? Thats what we call a sack lunch num num num num lol

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Marko simply has to be on this team. It is going to be a travishamockery if he gets cut. Forget the TD. I was more impressed that he always seemed to be blocking or doing the other things he needed to be doing. Never did we see him just standing there.

Mason is almost on the same level except I am less convinced he is a starter level player than Mitchell. I do think Mason is the best 3rd string back we have. Hell we have too many good rbs.

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[quote=saden1;581635][B]I'm totally sold on Marco Mitchell. Definitely NFL material already with his exceptional rout running skills. I would even go so far as saying he's ahead of Kelly in that department who seems to struggle with selling routes and looking for the ball.[/B]


Kudos to the Offense...they didn't fold and kept at it. Captain K owned Patriot DE, LB and secondary. It feels good to be a Skins fan! Hail mofo, Hail![/quote]

He's NFL material and possibly ahead of a top prospect already on the roster for a year why not give him the opportunity? I guess the question becomes who would we keep instead of him. None of the other rookie WRs bring what he does.

Kelly needed to spin in the air to make that endzone pass a TD...I think he'll get there. We just started doing the "fancy sh%t" if you will and things will start to come together.

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If Marko is cut ill fly to DC myself and kick VC and JZ in the nuts