- Tyler Hall knee injury "we don't think it's that serious"
- Jalen Milroe needs to take care of the football
- Operation has improved for Milroe
- Andrew Janocko called the plays on offense
- Olu was suited up for an emergency, but doesn't reflect C competition
- Haven't made any set-in-stone decisions on WR competition but they have to consider how many TEs they keep, how many QBs, it could impact the number of WRs
- Great play by Okada. Happy for Cody White.
- Christian Haynes dealing with pec injury. Not that serious but evaluating it going into next week.
- Drake Thomas has had a great camp. Poised. Smart. Great for dime linebacker.
My immediate thoughts have caveats: We looked ugly. -But I counted 8 defensive starters against our 3rd/4th string offense in the 1st quarter, so I'm not going to be too hard on our backups. Milroe looked terrible. -But there were guys blocking for him whose names I didn't even remember from the depth chart.
Still, he runs with the ball away from his body and that doesn't even cut it in high school ball. His future doesn't look to be any time soon.
From officiating to the broadcast, to the play on the field, the game was bush league.
Referring was awful. I'll start with the huge on in our favor. Our biggest play might have been that INT and it should have been overturned. How do you watch a replay of that and let it stand? One of their biggest plays should have been a penalty after Bobo called fair catch, got run into (by a Packer and his own teammate), then another Packer flew in and took the ball from his unconcious body. To my eye, he had possession of the ball, was down, and had been touched by an opponent. After calling fair catch. Lots of low blocks that I thought would have been flagged went uncalled. The dive against Ivey was dirty.
The broadcast never showed the hold that overturned our first touchdown. I'm not claiming there wasn't one; in fact I feel certain there was. But a replay of a game changing penalty HAS to be shown to the viewing audience.
I hate injuries in a preseason game. Even to players who were never going to make the 53 anyway, because that's a terrible way to end your professional career. And watching this was a terrible way to spend my Sunday. Sorry to be negative, but the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth. I wanted us to just end it early.
I usually do not wish bad luck on anybody, but I was happy to see Cards cut Colt McCoy today. Which to me doesn't make since with Kyler banged up. Plus Colt gets 2.5 million guaranteed. So he will be OK.
He is 3-0 lifetime against the Hawks...so send him away. On a side note, 2.5 million for a few weeks of camp is good work.
I'm seeing our non-starters building an identity as "The Support Squad". They all now know what and where the "edges" are that they need to chase. That is solid Coaching. I am also pleased I will no longer find myself sitting through a long infomercial interrupted by football coverage. Never did hear what/who the penalty was that negated our first TD, nor the Bobo collision and outcomes of the injuries suffered. Kudos for telling us here at Seaside Joe. The production was sad. I trust the Front Office will make corrections, like hiring Ken Arthur to run it next year.
I don't think that Jalen was processing as quickly as he needed to be because most of his throws seemed to be coming out a hair late. Just my impression. My enthusiasm for Jalen has not ebbed at all though because I think he'll get the time he needs to iron things out. Maybe that never happens but he's going to get every opportunity.
I see MacDonald INVESTING in our young QB, giving him the full experience spending a week preparing to play a game. A thousand little things were learned. His scrambling skills are far from optimal, taking sacks rather than tossing the ball out of bounds without taking a flag. As we witnessed, it can be overwhelming.
My fantasized Russell Wilson comp had me chuckling the whole game. Reality check! Russ was pretty special and Jalen could be...in time. My oh my, I'm back to earth now heh heh
I am still not sold on Milroe. We will see next year but right now he looks a long way to go when compared to other draftees ( such as Dart that I wanted bad )
Lack of depth on lines. Expected as this is a young team.
Very simple schemes.
Special teams ; not so special throughout all the preseason
Macdonald:
- Jake Bobo has a concussion
- Tyler Hall knee injury "we don't think it's that serious"
- Jalen Milroe needs to take care of the football
- Operation has improved for Milroe
- Andrew Janocko called the plays on offense
- Olu was suited up for an emergency, but doesn't reflect C competition
- Haven't made any set-in-stone decisions on WR competition but they have to consider how many TEs they keep, how many QBs, it could impact the number of WRs
- Great play by Okada. Happy for Cody White.
- Christian Haynes dealing with pec injury. Not that serious but evaluating it going into next week.
- Drake Thomas has had a great camp. Poised. Smart. Great for dime linebacker.
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Thot I saw Bobo blocking on a first down run in the 2nd half...
Pre season - a necessary evil.
Pick 2nd string, depth guys, don't get 1st string and rotational guys hurt.
One thing remains constant, the O line.
As usual, Hawks go into 2025 with a serviceable left tackle and four question marks. Good luck Sammy baby!
It's cool 1st 2 games are SF & pissburg - litmus tests!
I wanna know more about
- which packers (starters) played and how long?
- which seahawks (starters) played and how long?
I thought it was clearly our backups vs their starters for the first couple of plays. I can't keep track of it all.
I guess I Just want to make excuses for Milroe.
Our line play on both sides of the ball was embarrassingly inferior.
My immediate thoughts have caveats: We looked ugly. -But I counted 8 defensive starters against our 3rd/4th string offense in the 1st quarter, so I'm not going to be too hard on our backups. Milroe looked terrible. -But there were guys blocking for him whose names I didn't even remember from the depth chart.
Still, he runs with the ball away from his body and that doesn't even cut it in high school ball. His future doesn't look to be any time soon.
From officiating to the broadcast, to the play on the field, the game was bush league.
Referring was awful. I'll start with the huge on in our favor. Our biggest play might have been that INT and it should have been overturned. How do you watch a replay of that and let it stand? One of their biggest plays should have been a penalty after Bobo called fair catch, got run into (by a Packer and his own teammate), then another Packer flew in and took the ball from his unconcious body. To my eye, he had possession of the ball, was down, and had been touched by an opponent. After calling fair catch. Lots of low blocks that I thought would have been flagged went uncalled. The dive against Ivey was dirty.
The broadcast never showed the hold that overturned our first touchdown. I'm not claiming there wasn't one; in fact I feel certain there was. But a replay of a game changing penalty HAS to be shown to the viewing audience.
I hate injuries in a preseason game. Even to players who were never going to make the 53 anyway, because that's a terrible way to end your professional career. And watching this was a terrible way to spend my Sunday. Sorry to be negative, but the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth. I wanted us to just end it early.
I usually do not wish bad luck on anybody, but I was happy to see Cards cut Colt McCoy today. Which to me doesn't make since with Kyler banged up. Plus Colt gets 2.5 million guaranteed. So he will be OK.
He is 3-0 lifetime against the Hawks...so send him away. On a side note, 2.5 million for a few weeks of camp is good work.
I like Milroe ,but to me best case scenario is Sam plays MVP level ball for about 8-10 years. And do not forget the S.B. MVP's.
I swear I am sober, just ready for football.
I'm seeing our non-starters building an identity as "The Support Squad". They all now know what and where the "edges" are that they need to chase. That is solid Coaching. I am also pleased I will no longer find myself sitting through a long infomercial interrupted by football coverage. Never did hear what/who the penalty was that negated our first TD, nor the Bobo collision and outcomes of the injuries suffered. Kudos for telling us here at Seaside Joe. The production was sad. I trust the Front Office will make corrections, like hiring Ken Arthur to run it next year.
I don't think that Jalen was processing as quickly as he needed to be because most of his throws seemed to be coming out a hair late. Just my impression. My enthusiasm for Jalen has not ebbed at all though because I think he'll get the time he needs to iron things out. Maybe that never happens but he's going to get every opportunity.
I see MacDonald INVESTING in our young QB, giving him the full experience spending a week preparing to play a game. A thousand little things were learned. His scrambling skills are far from optimal, taking sacks rather than tossing the ball out of bounds without taking a flag. As we witnessed, it can be overwhelming.
I think they should have played Drew Lock at least in the second half
I kept reminding myself that our ones were strong against their ones. That’s my consolation.
So much for the Drew Lock emergency QB silliness.
Agreed. I don’t see why they would have Lock as the emergency. Totally unimpressed.
My fantasized Russell Wilson comp had me chuckling the whole game. Reality check! Russ was pretty special and Jalen could be...in time. My oh my, I'm back to earth now heh heh
It would be interesting to see Milroe playing behind the ones but that's not going to happen for a while.
I am still not sold on Milroe. We will see next year but right now he looks a long way to go when compared to other draftees ( such as Dart that I wanted bad )
Lack of depth on lines. Expected as this is a young team.
Very simple schemes.
Special teams ; not so special throughout all the preseason