2004 vs. 2005

[gortiz]

Originally Posted by scrapdog

How's the Skin's O-line and running attacking looking of the upcoming season?

O-line has only given up a couple of sacks, I don't think they have had one false start. Jansen and Rabach have really stepped up, so has Dockery. Portis has seen limited time, but our #2 Betts has been very solid - so all in all, not bad on both fronts...

[mooby]

Originally Posted by gortiz

Portis has seen limited time

limited time as in one rush for 4 yards in the whole preseason. he didn't play vs. cinci because of a sore elbow, but after reading an article on skins.com it says he should get quite a bit of playing time vs. pitt and baltimore. our backups have performed well, but some long shots to make the squad have fumbled a bit, that fumble from nemo suprised me given that he's supposed to be a bruising runner. our starting o-line has performed well, practically no penalties, only a sack or two i believe. our first team defense is doing great, but our second and third team defense aren't up to par yet. our passing game has looked great at times, i believe we have shown that we can have a great deep passing game, but the interceptions from p.r. have really hurt us. our special teams has looked good, we blocked a kick already, and our return game is solid.

[dblanch66]

Dockery has looked great so far. Buges has really worked his magic with Dock and the rest of the team thinks he can be the best lineman on the field. Rabach is such an understated signing but has already shown what an athletic center can bring to the line. Jansen is the heart of the team and Randy Thomas is the right amount of crazy. Samuels has quietly had a solid camp and has been protecting the QB's blindside beautifully. Of course the running game has been relatively vanilla due to the emphasis on passing, but Portis sure does look happy this year for some reason. Let's hope it pays off with improved 3rd down percentage and a better yards per carry average overall.