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Day after the win thoughts

greediron
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Just some tidbits rolling around in my mind

  • Kudos to the offensive staff for adjusting the run game and start going vertical. Packers were camping on the wide zone and couldn't adjust to our adjustment.

  • Jefferson is one strong mofo. That cheap shot to the back of his head early had no effect. And then on his short TD reception, he turned that corner and had no business getting into the endzone. But he shook off the one defender and lunged for 3 yards in the air. Reminds me of the play a few years back where he shook off a LB and dove for the endzone. Sticky called it back then, Jefferson is very strong for a guy his size.

  • Turner. That 1st step is sooo quick. I remember watching Verse do nothing for the Rams as SF dominated their game. He may have cost a bit in the draft and taken a couple years, but wow. That one sack on Love was just crazy fast.

  • GB's kicker should have been called for attempting to trip Price on that huge return. He missed, but swung his leg out to trip him.

  • So glad Harry is back. I think Jackson was responsible for 2 huge passing plays, including the long Watson catch and run. Hopefully Jakobe and Jacob Thomas get back soon and we don't have to endure any more Theo.

  • Wasn't overly impressed by the O-line being aggressive. On the TD by Jones, I thought Darrisaw was rather casual and almost ruined the play. D Jackson looks like the real deal, but a couple of plays Darrisaw looked to casual. Normally he dominates and makes it look easy, but he needs to put a bit more effort in.

  • At this point in his career, I suppose Wentz is who he is. He isn't going to fix his mechanics/accuracy. Rumors around that he doesn't take to coaching, but I wonder if his knee injury changed anything. He was in the MVP conversation that year. I know he was raw coming out and I didn't really pay attention to him in Philly, but he must have been doing something better before the knee. Either that or the coaching just hid his flaws better.

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Will add, D Jackson had a big pancake to spring Mason for his long run wide left.

Also should add that Rodriguez made some big plays in the middle as well.

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greediron wrote:

Will add, D Jackson had a big pancake to spring Mason for his long run wide left.
Also should add that Rodriguez made some big plays in the middle as well.

Was it me or did it seem that LDR and Redmond played a TON of snaps? Need to get the Big Citrus and Banks more PT incrementally each week for some relief. Hell, Elijah Williams was an inactive for the game.

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StickierBuns wrote:

Was it me or did it seem that LDR and Redmond played a TON of snaps? Need to get the Big Citrus and Banks more PT incrementally each week for some relief. Hell, Elijah Williams was an inactive for the game.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202609130min.htm#all_home_snap_counts

Redmond:  75%

TID:  62%

LDR:  50%

Citrus:  32%

Banks:  24%

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medaille wrote:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202609130min.htm#all_home_snap_counts
Redmond:  75%
TID:  62%
LDR:  50%
Citrus:  32%
Banks:  24%

Shall we call the TID edge experiment over? Seems to be a good 3-4 end. Not sure he has the skills for edge.

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#5 · Sep 14, 1:14 PM CT
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I am still stunned, once it was 22-10, I was starting to think it was going to be a lawn day 😀

Some of the thoughts I have as well -

  • I was really surprised that Addison and Jennings did not have any catches, only 3 targets only, Addision was wide open for what should have been a big gain, surprised only 1 target for Jennings, but 4 for Oliver. I think they will make a conscious effort to get him the ball next week.

  • Rodriguez really picked up the DL and made some huge plays, really happy for him.

  • Van Ginkel by far continues to be the best move Kwesi ever made, especially for what we signed him for, our best player on defense, we got so lucky.

  • Like the way Mason ran, but wish we had a burner back there, we miss that dimension to our game that we had with Cook, AD, Smith.

  • Huge shot out to Myles Price, gave us a huge spark, he just continues to make plays.

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#6 · Sep 14, 1:18 PM CT
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Sooooft.

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