Thread: Observations From Preseason Game #1.......................

I was at the game Webb and Louis were awful. It was straight glimpses of q mitchel no exaggeration. Louis just looks lost

Agree 1000000 percent garza needs to be put back to g. We are stuck with what we have and I'm hoping Webb can develop but I have seen not one thing potential wise other then size. If it is he is talented but raw then ja did him a disservice not having sOmeone that could play while he learns on the bench

If I was in charge right now my oline would be carimi-sign waters-Spencer-garza-williams. I would not roll with Webb and Louis out there

Falcons' John Abraham, Ray Edwards, and Jonathan Babineaux after learning that the Bears' OLine gave up 9 sacks.

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Originally Posted by soulman

Loved that pass rush from Okoye. Obviously Paea is coming along slowly and nursing a bum knee so having Okoye and Melton playing UT looks real good to me. Melton shot the gap several times early in the game and Okoye was very steady in his extended play. Kudos to "Toe" as well for filling in for AA nicely since Harrison appeared to get inured while looking down for the donut he dropped instead of filling his gap. No great loss there. They showed a shot of him on the sidelines after he came out and he looks like a nice fat kid to me.

He'd be better off playing "Fat Albert" in a Cosby episode than playing DT in the NFL though.

There's an absolute ton of work to do on that Oline over the next three weeks and maybe it should start with moving Garza back to his natural position at RG and playing Spencer at OC. It's hard to believe that he could do any worse than Garza no matter how little he's digested off the offense so far. Item number two is to give Webb one more week at LT before swapping him with Carimi to see if Gabe can handle rushers like Merriman better than Webb can. That line still has a long way to go.

I agree largely with this preliminary analysis. Realizing that is has only been one PS game in a very shortened offseason, this is what I took away:

Offense

1) Barber looks like a solid pickup as a short-yardage/blocking back. A big upgrade over Chester Taylor.
2) CT is--or should be--as good as gone. His chance of staying on the team has all but evaporated and deservedly so.
3) Bell made a strong case for the #3RB spot. Looks like Unga and the others are competeing for the #4/FB spot (hope we don't keep more than 4 total).
4) I'm not understanding why Tice announced and annointed his "starting 5 for the RS opener" OL. I know he left himself wiggle room by also saying "unless someone falters" but, if it's too early to negatively judge these 5's play as a unit, then it ought to be too early to lock in (some) starters too. If this OL plays as poorly vs. the NYG next week, there MUST be positional changes.
5) The most obvious of which is to move Garza back to RG--where he was decent last year.
6) Spencer needs to take over OC. I hope that dude is furiously learning the schemes and calls.
7) Louis looked BAD. ONE MORE PS GAME MAX for him to start then he needs to be benched as Garza takes over RG and CWill stays at LG.
8) Webb at LT is really, really is concerning. I know he's learning a new spot but it's the most important one and we are THIN at OT. The only option I see if Webb continues to flounder is to move him back to RT (where he was somewhat decent late last year) and swap Carimi back to his collegiate position at LT. A lot to ask of a rookie but the alarm bells are ringing.
9) Disappointed that we didn't see any action towards Roy.

Defense

1) It's the Bills but looked really sharp. Our DL looks GOOD & DEEP.
2) Okoye looks like a major FA score on the cheap.
3) Ghoulston....goner? No wonder he was a 1st round bust with the NYJ.
4) Marcus Harrison's injury oughta be the last straw--bye, bye
5) We may have to win a bunch of 10-3 games this year if the OL situation doesn't improve considerably.

I'm not worried about the Giants; I'm worried about facing the Lions and there DL 2x's a year.