Any Positives From Tonight's Game?

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by theJBexperience

There were definitely some positives from the game that encouraged me.

First of all, B Lloyd was given the night off so the staff could take a better look at ARE, right? Well, Randle EL had two nice catches pretty easily, so that shows me that Saunders is going to be able to achieve what he sets out to do even if he's running vanilla schemes. That looks really positive.

Archuletta brought some pressure and had that nice sack. With either Arch or Sean Taylor bringing the heat from the safety position, I'd say QBs are going to be extra wary.

Jason Campbell rebounded really well from his pick and led a nice drive. He could have engineered a few more drives had Patten and Espy made some catches. For the most part, Jason looked pretty accurate and made good decisions. A lot of balls were dropped that should have been caught, and Patten short armed a few, so I'd say Campbell is progressing pretty well.

And lastly, Mike Rumph wasn't the man or anything, but he certainly wasn't what Niners fans made him out to be, so maybe, the change of scenery and better coaching will do him well. I don't really remember him from his days at the U, but if he was a first round talent, hopefully, GW will bring that out of him.

I'm still worried about Archuleta in general, but the man has some closing speed when blitzing. I was excited to see that.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan myself honestly. It's good for a fix, but after the first screw-up and third stringer action, I'm ready for real games to start.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Rocky Road with a side helping of pain.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

In a waffle cone.

[That Guy]

our REAL special teams use starters. but not so much in the preseason. I wouldn't make a big deal about that.

campbell is pretty accurate... in fact, almost surprisingly so, but he still needs more experience to improve his decision making. sellers can run well out of a singleback set (he's his own fullback :P), and El looked like the highlight reel self instead of somewhat unproductive one. Everything else was pretty much a throw away. Turns out that kerry carter looks MUCH better in practice than he does in games. at least he got some money out of it.

don't read too much into the preseason. our coaches use crappy play calling, limited plays and sub in crappy players (especially on special teams).