BadCompany
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The positives are that the offense looks to be much better than some people thought it would be, and the defense is much worse than some people thought it would be. That's a positive because I think the defense will turn it around and play like they can, meaning that if the offense stays as good as it is we should win some games that people have pegged us to lose. Hopefully making up for these two losses that we should have won.
* Brian Quick has emerged.
* Kevin Britt played - I thought - a good game yesterday. Had some nice catches, and obviously his influence on Quick has been huge.
* Stedman Bailey and Tavon Austin have yet to be fully incorporated into the offense. That's a good thing, because it means we still have room to improve. I still have high hopes for both those guys. Britt, Quick, Pettis, Kendricks and Cooke - that's five big bodies that can manhandle some secondaries, coupled with Bailey and Austin stretching the field and you have a dangerous and varied aerial attack.
* Austin Davis has been a pleasant surprise. The way he, or Schotty, have been spreading the ball around is going to be a nightmare matchup for some defensive coordinators this year.
* Austin Pettis has been clutch.
* Special teams have been excellent.
* The run defense has been better, with the exception for the tendency to give up the big play. Take away that 44 yard scramble and Murray finishes the day with 56 yards on 23 carries, or less than 3 yards a carry. Clean that up and you can say we have good run defense, which should release the hounds to go after the QB.
The big positive, to me, is that there is still room to improve. And it's not pie-in-the-sky improvement either, in that we're expecting Maurice Alexander to come in and become a Pro Bowl safety or something. No, it's guys playing to the level we KNOW they can play. Stedman and Austin for example. Maintain the momentum on the offensive side of the ball (and I don't see why they can't) and get some experience with the William's scheme and we should be a very entertaining team to watch, a team that is going to scare some of the very good teams we got coming up against us. I don't know if we are going to make the playoffs - losing your offensive AND defensive leaders in Bradford and Long is a lot for a team to overcome - but I think we're going to be proud of this team by the end of the year.
* Brian Quick has emerged.
* Kevin Britt played - I thought - a good game yesterday. Had some nice catches, and obviously his influence on Quick has been huge.
* Stedman Bailey and Tavon Austin have yet to be fully incorporated into the offense. That's a good thing, because it means we still have room to improve. I still have high hopes for both those guys. Britt, Quick, Pettis, Kendricks and Cooke - that's five big bodies that can manhandle some secondaries, coupled with Bailey and Austin stretching the field and you have a dangerous and varied aerial attack.
* Austin Davis has been a pleasant surprise. The way he, or Schotty, have been spreading the ball around is going to be a nightmare matchup for some defensive coordinators this year.
* Austin Pettis has been clutch.
* Special teams have been excellent.
* The run defense has been better, with the exception for the tendency to give up the big play. Take away that 44 yard scramble and Murray finishes the day with 56 yards on 23 carries, or less than 3 yards a carry. Clean that up and you can say we have good run defense, which should release the hounds to go after the QB.
The big positive, to me, is that there is still room to improve. And it's not pie-in-the-sky improvement either, in that we're expecting Maurice Alexander to come in and become a Pro Bowl safety or something. No, it's guys playing to the level we KNOW they can play. Stedman and Austin for example. Maintain the momentum on the offensive side of the ball (and I don't see why they can't) and get some experience with the William's scheme and we should be a very entertaining team to watch, a team that is going to scare some of the very good teams we got coming up against us. I don't know if we are going to make the playoffs - losing your offensive AND defensive leaders in Bradford and Long is a lot for a team to overcome - but I think we're going to be proud of this team by the end of the year.