Thoughts on Skins vs Titans

[4mrusmc]

Unfortunetly it was a preseason game with two bad teams playing in it. Gibbs should be very embarassed with this team to actually put on a burgundy and gold uniform. Albeit the starters on the offense were not in long. The O-line was a huge disgrace out there. Hey Buges, your much coveted line looks like garbage! You let a titans team with a bunch of no-names wreak havoc on your line with no fancy stunts or inovative blitz packages. Simply terrible, good way to get your starting qb killed! Their front FOUR got mad penatration on our O-line. Are you kidding me?!? Our O-line couldn't run block nor could they not pass block either. And this one play when JC got wacked and fumbled again the ball was just laying on the field with nobody giving two shits about recovering it and then when it is recovered no one was interested in atleast touching the guy down who just laid there for eternity with the ball. That lack of hustle, and desire to help your team is not acceptable! And when your qb gets creamed because of your sorry ass cannot block worth a !@#$, could you at least help-up your franchise qb?
The reason why our defense looked good is because GW played his guys as if it were a midseason game. Lots of semi complex schemes and different looks for a first game preseason contest. Again, not alot of front FOUR pressure! I'm sure opposing offenses will carve up our high paid secondary once the season starts.

[BleedBurgundy]

My impression was that Campbell played a bit better than I'm reading here. He did have a pretty egregious over throw and led Espy about 3 yards too far on an out but other than that his throws had good velocity and were on target. It's hard to throw with an entire dline in your face. About the fumbles, yes you'd like to see him "sense" the hit and cover up but it's the first pre-season game, those were the first hits he's taken this year and they weren't small. I saw nothing from Campbell that would make me anything but optimistic about the future (including this year.)

[Bully Worm]

My take on the game was mixed. I thought Campbell looked pretty good when he had time to throw the ball and he made a couple good passes to Moss and Randle El. He does need to learn to hold the ball and just go down when the pass rush is coming and the pocket collapses. He also needs to read blitzes better because on that first sack and fumble he didn't even see the blitzer coming and got blind sided. I think the titans also picked on Heyer and Wade a lot.

I agree that our o-line didn't create many holes for Cartwright to run through, but when he did have holes, if it was Portis or Betts, they would've created much more with the football.

My biggest worry about the offense was where was Cooley? Was he thrown to at all in the entire game? He needs to be a huge part of this offense and I don't believe he saw any looks. I mean maybe they moved him to protection since tennessee was blitzing a lot but he needs to see much more action.

The defense looked pretty dang good, Fletcher looks ready to play and he looks like one of the better acquisitions we've made in awhile, plus he played under GW for awhile in Buffalo so they have some chemistry. The d-line looked good against the run even in the absence of Griffin, and I think we did pressure the quarterback enough to make him throw bad passes. Landry made a couple good plays and so did Rocky McIntosh, didn't hear Washington's number called too often. I think our secondary does look a little bit suspect and we are still playing like ten yards off of people so that worries me.

The last thing I noticed is that Suisham or whatever does not have any competition on the depth chart, and he clanked a 49 yarder off the upright and kicked a kick-off out of bounds. After watching this performance I think we need to think about bringing in some competition into training camp.

Overall, I think this was a game of ups and downs and hopefully we'll see a better performance from the starters, especially the offense, next saturday against the steelers.

[theJBexperience]

Originally Posted by Bully Worm

My take on the game was mixed. I thought Campbell looked pretty good when he had time to throw the ball and he made a couple good passes to Moss and Randle El. He does need to learn to hold the ball and just go down when the pass rush is coming and the pocket collapses. He also needs to read blitzes better because on that first sack and fumble he didn't even see the blitzer coming and got blind sided. I think the titans also picked on Heyer and Wade a lot.

I agree that our o-line didn't create many holes for Cartwright to run through, but when he did have holes, if it was Portis or Betts, they would've created much more with the football.

My biggest worry about the offense was where was Cooley? Was he thrown to at all in the entire game? He needs to be a huge part of this offense and I don't believe he saw any looks. I mean maybe they moved him to protection since tennessee was blitzing a lot but he needs to see much more action.

The defense looked pretty dang good, Fletcher looks ready to play and he looks like one of the better acquisitions we've made in awhile, plus he played under GW for awhile in Buffalo so they have some chemistry. The d-line looked good against the run even in the absence of Griffin, and I think we did pressure the quarterback enough to make him throw bad passes. Landry made a couple good plays and so did Rocky McIntosh, didn't hear Washington's number called too often. I think our secondary does look a little bit suspect and we are still playing like ten yards off of people so that worries me.

The last thing I noticed is that Suisham or whatever does not have any competition on the depth chart, and he clanked a 49 yarder off the upright and kicked a kick-off out of bounds. After watching this performance I think we need to think about bringing in some competition into training camp.

Overall, I think this was a game of ups and downs and hopefully we'll see a better performance from the starters, especially the offense, next saturday against the steelers.

Welcome, Bullyworm. Nice post. I agree with your analysis. You seem pretty right.

Don't worry Marcus Washington did make some plays. He was the first Skin to bring Chris Brown down behind the line during their first drive. He was around the ball a lot as well, helping with a few tackles. I remember thinking it looked like he bounced back from his hip surgery pretty well the way he was flying around the field.

[JWsleep]

Welcome, Bully Worm. Good post.

I didn't see the game, but weren't they kind of forced to keep Cooley in to protect? Probably it was a result of the O-line shuffling.

Good to hear about Fletcher and the LBs. We still need some push from the DEs, no doubt, but hopefully that will come.

The offense better pick it up, because the Steelers play some good D. If we can't get the left side of our o-line into shape, we are going to have some problems.

[DieHardSkinsFan777]

On the offensive side of the ball we have alot of work to do, JC was average. Brunell looked his age, Collins looked most impressive for once. One of the old timers has got to go. Hopefully Brunell!

Pleasantly suprised with the defense, looked IN FORM! Fletch was awesome, along with the line and the secondary!

Its just the first game of pre, I look for us to sharpen up on the offensive side of the ball each week.

We came home with a victory by fighting it out till the end, look forward to improvements this week against the steelers at home.

[Cowell]

Our defense was beast that game. Even when JC fumbled and gave it to them with amazing field position we drove them back and they didn't even kick a field goal. Offensive line needs some work and we need to learn how to hold on to the football.

[TimmySmithJr]

Can't wait to see how we handle the Steelers pash rush. Also will be good to see Ryan Clark return home. We should have never let him go, especially for the little money that he demanded. With the Steelers left OLINE weak, I am also interested to see how our DLINE steps up.

Speaking of our offense, I saw a really good breakdown from last nites game. This guy has way too much time on his hands.

postgameheroes.com/?p=90#more-90

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by TimmySmithJr

postgameheroes.com/?p=90#more-90

This isn't per chance your site is it? If it is, no need to spam this board. Just reach out to Mattyk (click on "Contact Us") and he can discuss linking to each other's sites with you.

Also, is this the same site that had the "inside source" that Taylor was carted off the field with a serious knee injury?

And finally, do you need to be taught how to hyperlink? Let us know, one of us can teach you

[TimmySmithJr]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

This isn't per chance your site is it? If it is, no need to spam this board. Just reach out to Mattyk (click on "Contact Us") and he can discuss linking to each other's sites with you.

Also, is this the same site that had the "inside source" that Taylor was carted off the field with a serious knee injury?

And finally, do you need to be taught how to hyperlink? Let us know, one of us can teach you

Good memory Smoot. Its not my site, I actually met the guys who run it at a Skins game though (they had season tix next to me and we kept in touch, no homo). I don't think they read this forum, so I just thought you guys would get a kick out of the info. A bit too much of a breakdown for me, but I know there are some nutters on this site...so to each their own.

Thanks for the advice, I'll tell them to reach out to Mattyk.

I can't hyperlink until I have enough posts. I have been a lurker here and never had a reason to log in until now.

As for the Taylor story, I can't speak to that. I know I just posted on here that they are reporting a MRI. After emailing with the admin of the site, they still stick by it. Don't know who to believe, but excited about Taylor's year.

Anyways...F the Steelers and their stupid mascot.

[JWsleep]

Originally Posted by TimmySmithJr

Speaking of our offense, I saw a really good breakdown from last nites game. This guy has way too much time on his hands.

postgameheroes.com/?p=90#more-90

Wow. Good stuff on that link. Thanks Timmy. (That guys does have some time on his hands, no doubt.)

[JWsleep]

Are we looking at the same thing, Smoot? It was a chart analyzing all the offensive plays, with commentary--didn't seem so bad to me. I didn't see the game, so I can't say if the charts are accurate, but it was interesting. I didn't look at the rest of the site, so maybe I missed the bad.

I defer to your better judgment if there's trouble...

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

Are we looking at the same thing, Smoot? It was a chart analyzing all the offensive plays, with commentary--didn't seem so bad to me. I didn't see the game, so I can't say if the charts are accurate, but it was interesting. I didn't look at the rest of the site, so maybe I missed the bad.

I defer to your better judgment if there's trouble...

No it was a fine analysis. All I'm saying is he's had two posts on this board so far. And both times he's linked to that site (the first time a couple of days ago to a blurb that said "my inside sources say Sean Taylor was just carted off the field" or something along those lines).

History has shown that when people come onto our site and are constantly linking to another site that it's their own site that they are trying to promote (unless it's GTripp and Football Outsiders).

As a rule of thumb, if someone wants to do that all they need to do is contact Matty and Matty discusses with them linking from one site to the other. That's all I'm saying.

[Bully Worm]

Hey thanks a lot for the welcome guys. I have been browsing around this message board for awhile and I finally decided to join. I am only 19 but I am a diehard Redskins fan forever, born and raised, and I'm pretty well informed on their history. I'm going to the Steelers game next saturday so hopefully we'll see some better performances from the starters, especially the offense.

[GusFrerotte]

I hope they play Palmer at some point. We need a young guy in there to push JC or at least give us a healthy option if JC gets hurt. Brunell should do the honorable thing and retire before he is dumped.