Agree with most of what's been said above.
On defense:
- Jackson continued to play solid. In general the first 4-5 CBs all played well enough. After that things were more mixed. Waters might have been the best of the group after the first 5.
- At LB Burks made some plays, Martinez was OK, and Gilbert played pretty well but after that nobody did much of anything. Fackrell and Biegel are both just bodies. They have a hard time holding the point and both are at their best chasing things down when the play is moving away from them. Teams will see you can dominate them if you take them on head-on.
- The DL was a mixed bag. Adams still isn't really doing much even though he's healthy. The rest were just OK and there still wasn't much push up the middle except for a few plays. Overall, QB pressure still isn't there.
- Safties in general are a weakness. Rollins might well make it as the last safety in part due to his play on special teams - he might be their best returner despite a lack of speed.
On offense, there was a lot to like but still a few concerns:
- The OL is just not good after the starters. Wow, Murphy and Spriggs are just a couple of turnstiles. Gutey better be looking at cuts to see if there is something better out there. That's really the downside on offense - this line may well get AR injured again and then the season goes downhill.
- At QB, both Hundley and Kizer did some things but I wasn't really all that encouraged by their performances other than Kizer looking a little sharper than last week. Neither one is decisive nor doe either have a particularly good arm. Boyle has better raw throwing skills than either of them, but didn't impress much with the receiving group and OL he had.
- At TE, they look set. They have 2 really solid guys in Graham and Lewis. Kendricks is OK as the #3, but might get beat out by Tonyan, who continues to impress.
- Was hard to judge the RBs. Monty just isn't a RB, Williams continues to be OK, Bouagnan looks serviceable and should be added to the PS. Jones and Mays are the guys you'd like to see but they aren't available.
- At WR Adams is clearly the #1. Cobb will make the team on his history. Allison is just a guy who should be replaced, but right now might be #3/4. Kumerow has to make this team or Gutey and MM will have a lot of questions to answer. After that, MVS and ESB look "OK" at times, but Moore continues to struggle and might just be better off not doing anything more in preseason so they can stash him on the PS and see if they can cure his lack of hands.
On defense:
- Jackson continued to play solid. In general the first 4-5 CBs all played well enough. After that things were more mixed. Waters might have been the best of the group after the first 5.
- At LB Burks made some plays, Martinez was OK, and Gilbert played pretty well but after that nobody did much of anything. Fackrell and Biegel are both just bodies. They have a hard time holding the point and both are at their best chasing things down when the play is moving away from them. Teams will see you can dominate them if you take them on head-on.
- The DL was a mixed bag. Adams still isn't really doing much even though he's healthy. The rest were just OK and there still wasn't much push up the middle except for a few plays. Overall, QB pressure still isn't there.
- Safties in general are a weakness. Rollins might well make it as the last safety in part due to his play on special teams - he might be their best returner despite a lack of speed.
On offense, there was a lot to like but still a few concerns:
- The OL is just not good after the starters. Wow, Murphy and Spriggs are just a couple of turnstiles. Gutey better be looking at cuts to see if there is something better out there. That's really the downside on offense - this line may well get AR injured again and then the season goes downhill.
- At QB, both Hundley and Kizer did some things but I wasn't really all that encouraged by their performances other than Kizer looking a little sharper than last week. Neither one is decisive nor doe either have a particularly good arm. Boyle has better raw throwing skills than either of them, but didn't impress much with the receiving group and OL he had.
- At TE, they look set. They have 2 really solid guys in Graham and Lewis. Kendricks is OK as the #3, but might get beat out by Tonyan, who continues to impress.
- Was hard to judge the RBs. Monty just isn't a RB, Williams continues to be OK, Bouagnan looks serviceable and should be added to the PS. Jones and Mays are the guys you'd like to see but they aren't available.
- At WR Adams is clearly the #1. Cobb will make the team on his history. Allison is just a guy who should be replaced, but right now might be #3/4. Kumerow has to make this team or Gutey and MM will have a lot of questions to answer. After that, MVS and ESB look "OK" at times, but Moore continues to struggle and might just be better off not doing anything more in preseason so they can stash him on the PS and see if they can cure his lack of hands.
