The Goat
09-22-2009, 09:36 PM
The defense has lots of positive stuff happening:
*Already very stingy when the field gets compressed
*Guys like Rocky, Horton, Griff, and London (bigtime) are just making huge plays for us
*Albert is a monster
*Clearly the defense is stilling gelling together so I can confidently say we should see more every week, almost regardless of Blache's mistakes, but if Blache also begins to dial it in scheme wise this will be the best defense we've had in forever
*All of the above was accomplished w/ little contribution from Orakpo, which means if he can really start to settle in at SLB, reading offenses and getting comfortable in space, we'll have another big boost to the group.
jgalecpa
09-22-2009, 09:44 PM
We finally have balance on both sides of the line.
We don't have just one decent receiver, we have Malcolm Kelly, who must be respected and covered.
We have Orakpo AND Albert who can't be ignored.
Our punter is huge.
Our O-line is giving that extra second to set up the play they need.
The elements are coming together.
This post is only for positives (nice thought, that) and those are some I see.
The Goat
09-22-2009, 10:02 PM
We finally have balance on both sides of the line.
We don't have just one decent receiver, we have Malcolm Kelly, who must be respected and covered.
We have Orakpo AND Albert who can't be ignored.
Our punter is huge.
Our O-line is giving that extra second to set up the play they need.
The elements are coming together.
This post is only for positives (nice thought, that) and those are some I see.
Correction: Our punter last year was huge, Hunter is just very good ;)
SouperMeister
09-22-2009, 10:12 PM
Randle El in the slot is a revelation - should have been there all along. Malcolm Kelly is about to break out if we just try getting him the ball.
BaltimoreSkins
09-22-2009, 10:56 PM
Randle El in the slot is a revelation - should have been there all along. Malcolm Kelly is about to break out if we just try getting him the ball.
Agreed. I can see a big performance by him in Detroit.
hooskins
09-22-2009, 11:24 PM
-ARE is sweet in the slot.
-JC improved a lot from last week
-our line did pretty good without RT at the end of the game(I dont blame the 4down run on them)
-as per the posters in this thread there seems to be some optimism on the team. Can we share, because I have lost a lot of hope...
hooskins
09-22-2009, 11:30 PM
-our D only gave up a bit more than 20 over two games despite giving up chunks of yards at a time. They are like the girl you never wanted but ended up marrying. I am still not fully satisfied but hey it is the least of my worries.
-D. Hall. Although I think he really sucks sometimes, props to him for coming out and understanding us fans.
""I'd have booed us too," Hall said. "I felt like booing us, with that (nonsense) we put out there. It was a win, but it was (nonsense)."
I don't see why more players don't understand but seems like Hall is a smart kid.