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[nathanKent]

http://www.homeofthe...-1-game-review/

[EstablishedAce]

Most of our lack of time of possesion was due to the olines inability to block. They couldnt open holes for Johnson to run through and most of the time didnt give Brodie enough time to get the passing game going.

The special teams has been our largest area of improvement beyond the conditioning. Not just the blocked punt, our coverage seemed greatly improved from last year. The kicking game is obvious, Colquitt is one of the best punters in the game even with that muff he had and Succop is a breath of fresh air kicking the ball out of the endzone and showing the ability to make kicks beyond 50 yards.

If you add together our lack of an offensive line and the Baltimore defense, you have to be impressed with Brodie. As you said nK, he was cool all day despite the constant pressure. I also share your feelings on Legget, he should be starting in front of Carr. Not saying he is a starting corner in the league but he passed the test that Baltimore gave him and he is better than Carr.

Albert had a bad game. But is was against a very good defense, he shouldnt have many games like this.

[The_Jonas]

EstablishedAce, on 15 September 2009 - 09:37 AM, said:

Most of our lack of time of possesion was due to the olines inability to block. They couldnt open holes for Johnson to run through and most of the time didnt give Brodie enough time to get the passing game going.

The special teams has been our largest area of improvement beyond the conditioning. Not just the blocked punt, our coverage seemed greatly improved from last year. The kicking game is obvious, Colquitt is one of the best punters in the game even with that muff he had and Succop is a breath of fresh air kicking the ball out of the endzone and showing the ability to make kicks beyond 50 yards.

If you add together our lack of an offensive line and the Baltimore defense, you have to be impressed with Brodie. As you said nK, he was cool all day despite the constant pressure. I also share your feelings on Legget, he should be starting in front of Carr. Not saying he is a starting corner in the league but he passed the test that Baltimore gave him and he is better than Carr.

Albert had a bad game. But is was against a very good defense, he shouldnt have many games like this.

Leggett better not start. He's Dexter McCleon Jr. The Ravens didn't pick on him because he's good.

Leggett makes Brandon Carr look like a legit starter.

As for what I agree with: Croyle looked very good. Let's hope Cassel plays well, because Croyle badly outplayed him all pre-season and training camp. If not for Cassel's paycheck Croyle would be the starter going into the season.

[kcnick]

NK i have to respectfully disagree with you on this defense. They were on the field for way to long. You can't judge them on 1 game...you just can't. There is no way they are worse than last year. Flaco impressed me a great deal with his speed and mobility outside the pocket. We never got pressure on the QB last year. I saw all kinds of pressure in that game. They may not be big time better yet, but they will be....this season.

[Soda Popinski]

kcnick, on 15 September 2009 - 02:28 PM, said:

NK i have to respectfully disagree with you on this defense. They were on the field for way to long. You can't judge them on 1 game...you just can't. There is no way they are worse than last year. Flaco impressed me a great deal with his speed and mobility outside the pocket. We never got pressure on the QB last year. I saw all kinds of pressure in that game. They may not be big time better yet, but they will be....this season.

Where was this pressure you speak of? I saw a QB stand in the pocket all day for as long as it took to find an open guy (which usually wasn't very long). Our rush was a complete joke. That being said, it's just one game, and we were playing against a very good team on the road. Plus I do agree with you that our offense totally didn't help our D out. Leggett was targeted numerous times, and Flowers won't get picked on like that. I was kind of hoping to see our rookie, Washington. As bad as Leggett was getting beat, you would have thought he might have gotten a shot. I hope you're right about the defense getting better as the season moves forward. Because it was no different than last year. When the game was on the line and the other team had the ball, you just knew deep down they were going to score, and we were going to lose.

[kcnick]

Soda Popinski, on 15 September 2009 - 03:35 PM, said:

Where was this pressure you speak of? I saw a QB stand in the pocket all day for as long as it took to find an open guy (which usually wasn't very long). Our rush was a complete joke. That being said, it's just one game, and we were playing against a very good team on the road. Plus I do agree with you that our offense totally didn't help our D out. Leggett was targeted numerous times, and Flowers won't get picked on like that. I was kind of hoping to see our rookie, Washington. As bad as Leggett was getting beat, you would have thought he might have gotten a shot. I hope you're right about the defense getting better as the season moves forward. Because it was no different than last year. When the game was on the line and the other team had the ball, you just knew deep down they were going to score, and we were going to lose.

Flaco was on the run more than a few times...you never saw that last season. I didn't say they were amazing, just better than last year.

[warthog]

Soda Popinski, on 15 September 2009 - 03:35 PM, said:

Where was this pressure you speak of? I saw a QB stand in the pocket all day for as long as it took to find an open guy (which usually wasn't very long). Our rush was a complete joke. That being said, it's just one game, and we were playing against a very good team on the road. Plus I do agree with you that our offense totally didn't help our D out. Leggett was targeted numerous times, and Flowers won't get picked on like that. I was kind of hoping to see our rookie, Washington. As bad as Leggett was getting beat, you would have thought he might have gotten a shot. I hope you're right about the defense getting better as the season moves forward. Because it was no different than last year. When the game was on the line and the other team had the ball, you just knew deep down they were going to score, and we were going to lose.

No, you are right. There was virtually no pressure on Flacco. It was embarrassing to watch on that one play where he had all day to throw the ball. He'd just move and look, move and look and no one would even come close to pressure. I guess I didn't see the constant pressure that kcnick was talking about.

To make matters worse, when I watched the Raiders game Monday night, my heart just sunk. They were doing what I was hoping we would be doing this year. Flying to the ball, blanket coverage, pressure up the middle (man I wish we would have gotten Seymore, did Pioli wiff on that or what), and team tackling. Let's hope we can attribute that to opening day adrenaline, because if not, we are in for a long ass day on Sunday.

[ArrowHEADED]

The_Jonas, on 15 September 2009 - 01:19 PM, said:

Leggett better not start. He's Dexter McCleon Jr. The Ravens didn't pick on him because he's good.

Leggett makes Brandon Carr look like a legit starter.

As for what I agree with: Croyle looked very good. Let's hope Cassel plays well, because Croyle badly outplayed him all pre-season and training camp. If not for Cassel's paycheck Croyle would be the starter going into the season.

Leggett gave up some plays in the first half but he had a much better second half, better than Brandon Carr that is.

Croyle looks good until he gets injured again...and again..

[NOLA]

Joe Flacco without a pass rush:

[Vazza]

That's pretty insane! I'm glad I picked him up on one of my fantasy teams...I ended up with him and Matt Ryan somehow. Oh well the Ravens game is over now you just have to focus on one thing...BEATING THE RAIDERS AT HOME!

[nathanKent]

NOLA, on 16 September 2009 - 01:05 PM, said:

Joe Flacco without a pass rush:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q0LXFJpD30"]http://www.youtube.c...h?v=4q0LXFJpD30[/url]

f**k me.

[The_Jonas]

You guys don't think that Flacco vid is unedited do you?

[NOLA]

The_Jonas, on 16 September 2009 - 08:42 PM, said:

You guys don't think that Flacco vid is unedited do you?

[The_Jonas]

NOLA, on 16 September 2009 - 08:50 PM, said:

Do they?!

[nathanKent]

The_Jonas, on 16 September 2009 - 08:55 PM, said:

Do they?!

After seeing the Texans' long snapper hike one through the open window of a moving vehicle, I don't doubt that anything is possible.

http://view.break.com/381376

[NOLA]

The_Jonas, on 16 September 2009 - 08:55 PM, said:

Do they?!

The clay pigeon thing is a bit of a stretch... I admit I do wonder about a few of them. Especially the early ones, like Rackers hitting the left and right uprights four times in a row from 60 yards, or Chris Simms hitting moving garbage cans.

I can't find conclusive evidence either way on the interwebs, by the way, but people are fascinated by these things. Consensus seems to be they're fake.





These are the two I want to believe are true, though:

[BrooklynChiefsFan]

NFL Fantasy Files are freaking amazing, but they definitely got a lot suckier this year. The older ones from 2 and 3 years ago were somewhat believable, but most of this years are so obviously fake. And I am pretty sure I have seen a making of video online somewhere. I promise you they are fake.

Worst one:



Best Ones:

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

The_Jonas, on 16 September 2009 - 08:42 PM, said:

You guys don't think that Flacco vid is unedited do you?

Shut up. Next you're going to say that Michael Jordan and Larry Bird didn't really play Horse.

[nathanKent]

The MJD one reminds me a little of this:

[nathanKent]

I would bet money that the Chris Chambers one is legit.