Something Positive To Take From Tonight...

I liked what I saw from Manuel White

I don't take tonight's performance as any indication of what the season will look like, but you can certainly judge individual performances. Two that immediately standout:

Kenny Wright. He got toasted more than I would have liked tonight. He's supposed to be an improvement over Walt Harris. If that's the best we have at the 3rd corner position, well ... Let's just hope he, like the rest of the team, had a bad night and that's all there is to it.

Todd Collins. He did a masterful job at proving why he's a career backup and hasn't had any significant playing time for the last 8 years. There's no way in Hades he remains the #2 QB behind Brunell.

I think you're probably reading too much into Portis' comments. But otherwise, I...I....I agree with you about just about everything else! So I guess the apocalypse is upon us then.

Good point about Williams.

As for Espy, he looked good. But let's not forget about Patten


I actaully did forget about him my bad.

I also liked what I saw from White as well reminded me a bit of Sellars.

The Good:
* Nice first few plays (except for the INT and the injury to Portis).
* Espy - he is good and he has heart. At worst he should make the practice squad.
* Jason Campbell - played really well with a crappy line and not so hot running back. Nice touch on the ball and spiral.
* 1'st team Defense - No need to elaborate, you so those monsters.

The Bad
* Special team play was so so.
* Our backups are bad, maybe even pretty bad.

The Ugly
* Todd Collins - Man, he stinks. No seriously, is this guy a QB in the NFL? For someone who is suppose to know the offense he played pretty awful. I shudder at the though of him being our #2. I am in favor of elevating Campbell to #2.

p.s. I'm disapointed we didn't get to see Lumsden play.

-- Our first team defense held Cincy's first team (yeah yeah, sans Palmer, whatever) to *minus 18 yards* of total offense. That bodes well for us.

-- Thought McCune looked very sharp. Much better than Rocky did. What a difference a year of NFL conditioning and experience makes?

-- As we've all been hoping for, Campbell looks like the man. Collins might have lost his backup job tonight.

-- For as bad as the score looked, the team stats were nearly identical... they ended up with 5 more minutes of possession and 50 yards more of offense. Considering the point swing we'd get back if Collins never takes the field, I think I can live with that :D

-- Mike Espy should definitely make the team. I like his work ethic and the way he plays hard out there. I'm tired of hearing about how good Jacobs is and then watching him bone it.

-- That Lloyd grab was silly. I got all tingly when I saw that. The INT was probably the result of Brandon running the wrong route, a casualty of a 700 page playbook, I guess. But considering how long we endured Ol' 50-50 and Lavernues and Shirley, having guys who can make catches like that alongside Santana and Randle El is extremely exciting.

Waiting weeks for this game was long. Having a crap game with CP hurt, great. Have to wait 1 week for redemption.

The Good:
* Nice first few plays (except for the INT and the injury to Portis).
* Espy - he is good and he has heart. At worst he should make the practice squad.
* Jason Campbell - played really well with a crappy line and not so hot running back. Nice touch on the ball and spiral.
* 1'st team Defense - No need to elaborate, you so those monsters.

The Bad
* Special team play was so so.
* Our backups are bad, maybe even pretty bad.

The Ugly
* Todd Collins - Man, he stinks. No seriously, is this guy a QB in the NFL? For someone who is suppose to know the offense he played pretty awful. I shudder at the though of him being our #2. I am in favor of elevating Campbell to #2.

p.s. I'm disapointed we didn't get to see Lumsden play.

Everything is unfolding before our eyes as the stage is set for Lumsden to be our "Rudy" and run for 2K yds.

K.Carter how hurt is he? Is he going to beat out the other RB's on the roster? He sure did a lot of dancing around when he was in! What do you think about Carter?

Carter didn't look that hot to me. All those plays for negative gain by dancing around will not endear him to Gibbs, that's for sure.

I don't think Carter had much of a chance really even before he got hurt. But I really wanted him to make the team so he can talk about this:


Torontoist: Tall Poppy Interview - Kerry Carter: NFL Running Back, Poet, Entrepreneur, Ladies Man (http://www.torontoist.com/archives/2006/02/half_finished.php)

"My goal is to bring chivalry back to the way we communicate. I feel that it is becoming a lost art. Many people assume, certainly in the NFL, that they have money and nice cars and that’s enough, that they no longer need to use words to seduce. It’s these tangibles that de-values who they are as a person. I want to help people take it to a different level of romance, something that has been missing. I want to bring back to the past. This book is intended to help you lure your woman, to help you find the right one. Observe how a woman reacts to your words, and you will be able to see her true feelings."