A couple of small things I noticed during the game, outside of everything else that has been discussed.<div>
</div><div>1. Though the play was inconsequential, Brandon Hill (#18) made one hell of an athletic catch on one 3rd down play. Ball wasnt thrown well and he adjusted in mid air to catch the ball. Didn't get the first, but it highlights some of the athletic ability we have heard about with Hill. </div><div>2. A couple of great routes and catches by Brandon Heavens. </div><div>3. When Tubby Lewis touched the ball, he again looked like he was shot out of a cannon. I think he had only 1 catch that went for a first down, but he had to take it from behind the LOS and zoom past a few defenders to make it happen. </div><div>4. Banks looks to be a solid option going forward at PR. Sure hands and did well with his one returnable punt for 22 yards. </div><div>5. Swedenberg had another solid game.</div><div>6. Is it just me or does Perk seem like a bad fit for the KR team? With all of his speed, he just looks like he is in slow motion on KR, almost like he can't decide when to turn on the jets.</div><div>7. Good FG kicking from DePasquale too. I think we need to adjust our "Special Teams Complaint" to just be a "Kickoffs Complaint" because we are doing a pretty good job so far with Punting, Punt coverage, Punt returns and FG kicking. </div><div>8. Lawrence's line: 14 tackles, 1 sack, 3.5 tfl, 1 FF - hard to knock that. </div><div>9. Again, WTF Charles Mitchell. Just watched a few of the replays and Emory Blake literally made him look like a pop warner player on 2 huge plays. Reminded me of Josh Reed punking Pig Prather back in the day.</div><div>10. 2 tackles for our DE's on Saturday. Wow. I still dont understand how Boyd and Cox werent knifing into the backfield and disrupting plays all day. After two games, I have seen one D-lineman look like he was born to be in the backfield, and that is PJ Jones. Everyone else is just maintaining the LOS. It would be one thing if our DE's were rushing upfield and leaving gaps - that would at least turn the play inside, but they are just often stuck on their blocks at the LOS. Combine that with having no MLB that can get to the edge quick enough to disrupt a play, and you get Dyer off-tackle for 150. </div>
</div><div>1. Though the play was inconsequential, Brandon Hill (#18) made one hell of an athletic catch on one 3rd down play. Ball wasnt thrown well and he adjusted in mid air to catch the ball. Didn't get the first, but it highlights some of the athletic ability we have heard about with Hill. </div><div>2. A couple of great routes and catches by Brandon Heavens. </div><div>3. When Tubby Lewis touched the ball, he again looked like he was shot out of a cannon. I think he had only 1 catch that went for a first down, but he had to take it from behind the LOS and zoom past a few defenders to make it happen. </div><div>4. Banks looks to be a solid option going forward at PR. Sure hands and did well with his one returnable punt for 22 yards. </div><div>5. Swedenberg had another solid game.</div><div>6. Is it just me or does Perk seem like a bad fit for the KR team? With all of his speed, he just looks like he is in slow motion on KR, almost like he can't decide when to turn on the jets.</div><div>7. Good FG kicking from DePasquale too. I think we need to adjust our "Special Teams Complaint" to just be a "Kickoffs Complaint" because we are doing a pretty good job so far with Punting, Punt coverage, Punt returns and FG kicking. </div><div>8. Lawrence's line: 14 tackles, 1 sack, 3.5 tfl, 1 FF - hard to knock that. </div><div>9. Again, WTF Charles Mitchell. Just watched a few of the replays and Emory Blake literally made him look like a pop warner player on 2 huge plays. Reminded me of Josh Reed punking Pig Prather back in the day.</div><div>10. 2 tackles for our DE's on Saturday. Wow. I still dont understand how Boyd and Cox werent knifing into the backfield and disrupting plays all day. After two games, I have seen one D-lineman look like he was born to be in the backfield, and that is PJ Jones. Everyone else is just maintaining the LOS. It would be one thing if our DE's were rushing upfield and leaving gaps - that would at least turn the play inside, but they are just often stuck on their blocks at the LOS. Combine that with having no MLB that can get to the edge quick enough to disrupt a play, and you get Dyer off-tackle for 150. </div>
