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hurrykaine · 08-27-2006, 11:50 AM

Far too early to Panic. If you feel the need to panic, panic on these counts:

1. Special teams - kicking and punting are woefully inconsistent
2. Can the O-line stay healthly? Forget how the starters played yesterday, but if even one of them goes down, we're in trouble.

We played a bad game yesterday - we didn't show up. What could be a bigger indication of that than Moss dropping a pass. It was like the 36-0 beating we took from the Giants last year - where nothing goes right.

G Williams used the same defensive package yesterday - the entire game. He put a DB (e.g., Rogers, Archuletta) one-on-one with Ben Watson the entire game. Do you think this is going to happen in the regular season???!!! They will try not to leave Adam Archuletta one-on-one in coverage. On a couple of plays, GW sent an all out blitz, and Brady (one of the best QB's in the league, arguably one of the best QB's ever) burned us. Any good QB will do that. So what's new? Stop worrying about the defense.

On the Offensive front, if Al Saunders says he's comfortable with the way our starters are picking up the offense during practice, then that's good enough for me. The guy's overseen the league's top offenses over the last 5-6 years - this ain't Spurrier, folks.

Saunders most insightful comment is not that he's shown just 2% of the playbook - its the analogy with the boxing game he pointed to (aka which 2% has he shown). He said his pre-season philosophy is akin to trying to face an opponent in boxing where you're only allowed to use jabs (no hooks, upper-cuts, etc.) to attack the opponent. Will it take time for our starters to feel comfortable with the offense? Sure. Will that prevent us from laying a beating on the Vikings on MNF? Hell no!!

08-27-2006, 11:50 AM	#17
hurrykaine Impact Rookie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Washington, D.C. Age: 53 Posts: 762	Re: Panic button poll Far too early to Panic. If you feel the need to panic, panic on these counts: 1. Special teams - kicking and punting are woefully inconsistent 2. Can the O-line stay healthly? Forget how the starters played yesterday, but if even one of them goes down, we're in trouble. We played a bad game yesterday - we didn't show up. What could be a bigger indication of that than Moss dropping a pass. It was like the 36-0 beating we took from the Giants last year - where nothing goes right. G Williams used the same defensive package yesterday - the entire game. He put a DB (e.g., Rogers, Archuletta) one-on-one with Ben Watson the entire game. Do you think this is going to happen in the regular season???!!! They will try not to leave Adam Archuletta one-on-one in coverage. On a couple of plays, GW sent an all out blitz, and Brady (one of the best QB's in the league, arguably one of the best QB's ever) burned us. Any good QB will do that. So what's new? Stop worrying about the defense. On the Offensive front, if Al Saunders says he's comfortable with the way our starters are picking up the offense during practice, then that's good enough for me. The guy's overseen the league's top offenses over the last 5-6 years - this ain't Spurrier, folks. Saunders most insightful comment is not that he's shown just 2% of the playbook - its the analogy with the boxing game he pointed to (aka which 2% has he shown). He said his pre-season philosophy is akin to trying to face an opponent in boxing where you're only allowed to use jabs (no hooks, upper-cuts, etc.) to attack the opponent. Will it take time for our starters to feel comfortable with the offense? Sure. Will that prevent us from laying a beating on the Vikings on MNF? Hell no!!