Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Preseason Week 3)

[Gmanc711]

Well just I thought it was stupid to get so worked up about the first two preseason games, I'm staying mildly excited about our performance last night. I thought we played really well overall, against a very good football team. We hung right with the Patriots, Campbell looked pretty good and we were taking some nice shots down feild...

Since its the "Smack" thread, the things that still are bothering me...

Far and away above anything else it is penalties...stupid ones! The Steelers TD Drive last week? Kept alive after we stoped them on 3rd down becuase of a unessacary roughness call on DeAngelo Hall (Although that was a bullsh*t call)... One of the Pats TD drives last night? Facemask after we stopped them on 3rd down... a unsporstman like call from THE SIDELINES?? Give me a break with that. This is all on Jim Zorn too...but clean this up. They are professionals. Our starters arguably might have outscored the freaking Patriots 17-7 if it was not for penalties.

Shaun Sushiam... I have zero faith in this guy. Rayner might be just as bad, but at this point I just want to feel like we *might* make a big feild goal over 30 yards at the end of the game.

Justin Tryon... I really want you to be good. This guy doenst even look at the ball though. He's just terrible. The drop off between our starting corners and our backups is unbelivable. A serious injury to Hall or Rogers could be a real serious blow to our season.

[roth74va]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

Shaun Sushiam... I have zero faith in this guy. Rayner might be just as bad, but at this point I just want to feel like we *might* make a big feild goal over 30 yards at the end of the game.

Agreed, SS scares me everytime he lines up for a kick, and Rayner had some good depth on his kickoffs as well. I do get the feeling they will keep SS by default, but wish we had addressed kicker the same way we did with the punting situation.