This is not going to be a close game at all. But that doesn't mean we have nothing to work on and this is the best game to do it IMO.
1. We need to see if Coleman can be the fulltime permanent lead blocker for Lynch. He didn't look that great in this role on Sunday. If he is still struggling, or Lynch just won't trust his blocks then it's an issue we need to fix. This may be the game that decides if we call MRob back to the team. Best to decide this before the Houston game.
2. Wilson still needs to have a major passing game with a real dominant performance start to finish. He has not been great in the first half of either game, so this would be a very good game to have that happen.
3. Our Oline still needs to continue to get better and fix the penalty issue. With Okung out we need to have a gameplan on who can handle the LT chores until he gets back. I think with a week of practice McQuistan can do the job, but this is a good game to judge if that assumption is correct, or not. I also want to see Carpenter out at LG for the whole game to see how he hold up for pretty much a second full game in a roll.
4. I would like to see our TE's have more impact in receiving, but this may be hard if they have to help with our LT situation right now. But it could be a good game to see if Davis can be that guy next to our LT to help out. It does make me wish the coaches would have kept McGrath over Person on the final roster. He would have been perfect for that role.
5. I want this game to be basically over by Half time so we can rest our major starters for the second half. So that means we need to really blow them out in the first half. I think this may be exactly what our coaches are thinking also.
As for the defense there is nothing more I see needed other than get so far ahead we can play the younger guys for real game experience in the second half.
1. We need to see if Coleman can be the fulltime permanent lead blocker for Lynch. He didn't look that great in this role on Sunday. If he is still struggling, or Lynch just won't trust his blocks then it's an issue we need to fix. This may be the game that decides if we call MRob back to the team. Best to decide this before the Houston game.
2. Wilson still needs to have a major passing game with a real dominant performance start to finish. He has not been great in the first half of either game, so this would be a very good game to have that happen.
3. Our Oline still needs to continue to get better and fix the penalty issue. With Okung out we need to have a gameplan on who can handle the LT chores until he gets back. I think with a week of practice McQuistan can do the job, but this is a good game to judge if that assumption is correct, or not. I also want to see Carpenter out at LG for the whole game to see how he hold up for pretty much a second full game in a roll.
4. I would like to see our TE's have more impact in receiving, but this may be hard if they have to help with our LT situation right now. But it could be a good game to see if Davis can be that guy next to our LT to help out. It does make me wish the coaches would have kept McGrath over Person on the final roster. He would have been perfect for that role.
5. I want this game to be basically over by Half time so we can rest our major starters for the second half. So that means we need to really blow them out in the first half. I think this may be exactly what our coaches are thinking also.
As for the defense there is nothing more I see needed other than get so far ahead we can play the younger guys for real game experience in the second half.
