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Not going to go into a full depth analysis on this, as we all watched or read about the game
The Good:
Bradford: Looked extremely sharp and was as accurate as could be. went 5/8 on his passes but would have been 8/8 if not for the drops by our wr's. Hit Givens for a nice bomb and then again for the TD in the back of the endzone. Only thing remotely bad i can say about Sam was that i wish he had thrown the bomb to Givens a little deeper so Givens wouldnt of had to slow down for it and eventually get taken down. If he throws it a couple yards further it woulda been a TD. Thats just nitpicking though.
Givens: Givens showed off his speed and his deep threat ability like last year, but also showed he is ready to be more than a deep threat with his TD in the back of the end zone. #1 wr easily, and probably a 1000 yard receiver if anyone gets it.
Richardson/Stacy/Cunningham: All 3 played good, especially Richardson and Stacy. Would not be surprised if Richardson get the bulk of the carries on 1st and 2nd and Stacy gets some 3rd's/short yardage/goaline carries with a few early down runs thrown in. Cunningham looks like a possible #3 after last night, but still need to see more Ganaway and Pead.
Quick: He looked good, shown progress for sure, which is all i wanted to see out of him. Im not expecting him to breakout this year, but i am expecting him to improve vastly from last year, and so far he has done that.
Bailey: This guy is a baller. I think he stole the Stickum for himself and thats why everyone was dropping passes so much. Could possibly become our #2 by opener or during the season if he continues as he did this first game. Could have a season as good stat wise as Givens did last year if he keeps progressing.
Jake Long: Did what we were hoping he would do though only a small sample size.
Finnegan: Played pretty good, prevented a td so he makes the list.
Radway: Had a nice TD run following a short looper from Clemon's. Showed off his speed. Overall played good except for missing one catch.
Greg the Leg: nailed a 54 and 55 yarder with ease. Made the Browns kicker look like a scrub.
The Bad
The Defense: I know they were playing ultra vanilla, but still, they looked like they weren't even trying 10%
Ogletree: From the get go he didnt look good. Did show some speed on some plays but like most of the defense, just didnt look like much effort was involved.
Austin/Clemons: If they keep this up, backup qb will be a high priority in the offseason.
The backup O-line: Didn't like what i saw from them, pocket collapsing, holes almost non existant for rb's.
Austin: yes i know its his first game and only had one pass his way and it was a drop, but i was hoping to see some of his moves, even if on one play. We all wanted to see Austin. This isnt really saying he played bad or anything for dropping one pass, but we were all hoping for more is all. He will bounce back and i dont think this game will hurt him or anyof our expectations of him. JUST WANTED TO SEE AUSTIN SCHOOL THE BROWNS!!!
The Ugly:
Pead: fumble, akward kick return stop, looking like a udfa from a div.III school. If he keeps this up i would not be surprised if he got even less snaps then last year barring injuries to the other rb's.
Pettis: Camp warrior it seems. Was hoping for much more from him after all the chatter from camp, but doesnt seem like it will happen. He might make the occasional good catch on 3rd down, but that seems to be his limit. At this point i'd rate him as our #5 wr, with Austin, Quick, Bailey and Givens ahead of him.
Saffold: Come on man!!! two plays in and you fold like kite in a hurricane!!! Unless Saffold is a beast all during the regular and stays healthy the hole time, i do not see him being back with the Rams.
Kosar: What a drunkin mess. Totoal dick about everything dealing with the Rams and nothing but praise and love for the Rams while personally attacking Clemons over and over. I rather listen to a 2 year old cry while trying to call the game than that a$$hole.
The dropped passes: Those have got to, if those continue into the regular season we are going to have a lot of 3 and outs.
Im sure there is much more that i could write if my feed hadnt been garbage on and off during the entire game but oh well. Didnt get a look at cody davis though heard he played good, and RayRay was on and off.
If someone can tell me how all the safeties did i would be much abliged.
Comment on where im wrong or right on these or add your own.
The Good:
Bradford: Looked extremely sharp and was as accurate as could be. went 5/8 on his passes but would have been 8/8 if not for the drops by our wr's. Hit Givens for a nice bomb and then again for the TD in the back of the endzone. Only thing remotely bad i can say about Sam was that i wish he had thrown the bomb to Givens a little deeper so Givens wouldnt of had to slow down for it and eventually get taken down. If he throws it a couple yards further it woulda been a TD. Thats just nitpicking though.
Givens: Givens showed off his speed and his deep threat ability like last year, but also showed he is ready to be more than a deep threat with his TD in the back of the end zone. #1 wr easily, and probably a 1000 yard receiver if anyone gets it.
Richardson/Stacy/Cunningham: All 3 played good, especially Richardson and Stacy. Would not be surprised if Richardson get the bulk of the carries on 1st and 2nd and Stacy gets some 3rd's/short yardage/goaline carries with a few early down runs thrown in. Cunningham looks like a possible #3 after last night, but still need to see more Ganaway and Pead.
Quick: He looked good, shown progress for sure, which is all i wanted to see out of him. Im not expecting him to breakout this year, but i am expecting him to improve vastly from last year, and so far he has done that.
Bailey: This guy is a baller. I think he stole the Stickum for himself and thats why everyone was dropping passes so much. Could possibly become our #2 by opener or during the season if he continues as he did this first game. Could have a season as good stat wise as Givens did last year if he keeps progressing.
Jake Long: Did what we were hoping he would do though only a small sample size.
Finnegan: Played pretty good, prevented a td so he makes the list.
Radway: Had a nice TD run following a short looper from Clemon's. Showed off his speed. Overall played good except for missing one catch.
Greg the Leg: nailed a 54 and 55 yarder with ease. Made the Browns kicker look like a scrub.
The Bad
The Defense: I know they were playing ultra vanilla, but still, they looked like they weren't even trying 10%
Ogletree: From the get go he didnt look good. Did show some speed on some plays but like most of the defense, just didnt look like much effort was involved.
Austin/Clemons: If they keep this up, backup qb will be a high priority in the offseason.
The backup O-line: Didn't like what i saw from them, pocket collapsing, holes almost non existant for rb's.
Austin: yes i know its his first game and only had one pass his way and it was a drop, but i was hoping to see some of his moves, even if on one play. We all wanted to see Austin. This isnt really saying he played bad or anything for dropping one pass, but we were all hoping for more is all. He will bounce back and i dont think this game will hurt him or anyof our expectations of him. JUST WANTED TO SEE AUSTIN SCHOOL THE BROWNS!!!
The Ugly:
Pead: fumble, akward kick return stop, looking like a udfa from a div.III school. If he keeps this up i would not be surprised if he got even less snaps then last year barring injuries to the other rb's.
Pettis: Camp warrior it seems. Was hoping for much more from him after all the chatter from camp, but doesnt seem like it will happen. He might make the occasional good catch on 3rd down, but that seems to be his limit. At this point i'd rate him as our #5 wr, with Austin, Quick, Bailey and Givens ahead of him.
Saffold: Come on man!!! two plays in and you fold like kite in a hurricane!!! Unless Saffold is a beast all during the regular and stays healthy the hole time, i do not see him being back with the Rams.
Kosar: What a drunkin mess. Totoal dick about everything dealing with the Rams and nothing but praise and love for the Rams while personally attacking Clemons over and over. I rather listen to a 2 year old cry while trying to call the game than that a$$hole.
The dropped passes: Those have got to, if those continue into the regular season we are going to have a lot of 3 and outs.
Im sure there is much more that i could write if my feed hadnt been garbage on and off during the entire game but oh well. Didnt get a look at cody davis though heard he played good, and RayRay was on and off.
If someone can tell me how all the safeties did i would be much abliged.
Comment on where im wrong or right on these or add your own.