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-Russell Wilson was barely in there, but he looked pretty good on that first drive, which was the only drive to result in a TD. He finally connected with Stephen Williams on a bomb, too.
-Wilson has had a problem with over-throws. He had it in college, he had it early last season, and he had it early this preseason. But against the Packers he started having some underthrow problems instead, and on his big pass to Williams, he under-threw there as well. Williams had to slow down noticeably and this allowed the safety back into the play. Had Wilson hit Williams in stride, I have little doubt it would have been a TD. Williams had a couple steps on the safety.
The nice thing about Williams is that with his 6'5" body and long arms, he's been catching underthrown passes for huge gains all preseason. As far as Wilson's distance accuracy, it is just proof that he's human after all. Nobody is majestic at everything, and every now and then we'll see this problem return, and as far as flaws go, it's pretty minor. I don't think it's a big deal and I suspect it could be just a rust / early season thing.
-In the first preseason game, the starting offensive line struggled while the backup line went nuclear in the run game. Ever since then, it's been a steady progression in the opposite direction, with the 2nd team line (who played nearly the entire game) having a really tough time tonight.
-The running backs weren't much better, at least in terms of running the football.
-Turbin was pretty meh as a runner, but he did have a killer block to set up a (QB keeper?) for big yardage in the first half. I prefer Michael quite a bit to Turbin, but I think the coaches prefer Turbin (for now) and it's easy to see why, he has a good overall skill set for a 3rd down back.
-Lots of drops in this game.
-Speaking of drops, Helfet had an interesting game. He had a couple of brutal mistakes (drops, etc); the kind that make you instantly think "CUT!" But he also had some brilliant plays: a couple of nice runs after the catch and a brilliant catch that was stolen by the officials and a well placed Raider. Helfet probably isn't making the roster, but there have been times this preseason he's raised eyebrows. It's a shame he's had all those drops. If he was drop free, he's probably our 3rd TE next week. I think he had some time at FB too, I'll have to look into that on the DVR review.
-Back to the Chargers game again. Holy crap our TE group looked awful back then, and the pre-preseason over-hyped Luke Willson was no exception. Since that time, Willson has taken small steps forward every week and, I'll be damned, he ended up the team leader in receptions by preseason's end. For a guy that had drop issues early on, his hands have looked very solid as of late and he's continuing his ability in college of being a pleasant surprise as a run blocker. Excuse me while I state the obvious: run blocking is kind of a big deal around these parts. So that's nothing to scoff at, especially for a joker TE with 4.51 speed. It's good to know that having him on the field won't telegraph intentions.
-Luke Willson gives the best interview on the team, and that's saying a lot. He's got a future in coaching or broadcasting, no doubt aboot it.
-Christine Michael has got some magic in him. He can take a seemingly nothing play and reappear 10 yards downfield only a moment later. He can make very quick adjustments to backfield penetration and turn surefire TFLs into small gains. He had a couple of those moments tonight, but even he couldn't survive the onslaught Raiders defenders staking claim to Seattle's backfield. Our OL was made up of turnstiles most of the night. With that said, Michael had a tough night. I think Turbin probably had the #2 job anyway despite Michael outplaying him as a runner, but tonight makes that decision a little easier. And given how good Turbin is as a 3rd down back, that's not such a bad thing. Hopefully the team has the sense to activate Michael and get him 50-100 carries by season's end.
-Oakland is a horrible team, but they were reputed to be pretty deep at DL before letting a couple of their big name DTs walk last offseason. So maybe this is just a good reserve group we faced tonight. Still, you hate to see that kind of dominance after our reserve lineman looked so promising a few weeks ago.
-Terrell Pryor finished with a passer rating of 9.9 and finished with fewer yards in the game (2 quarters) than Russell Wilson had in one pass. It was the best 9.9 passer rating performance I have ever seen, and will ever see most likely. Barring a huge regular season breakthrough by Quinton Patton, the 49ers WR corps are not far removed from being a disaster zone right now. Yet they don't even have the worst WR corps in the bay area.
-I really hope Fells makes our PS and gets some real reps next preseason. He's no youngin' at 27, but physically he is an Anthony McCoy clone, if McCoy were cloned even bigger. A 281 pound TE that can catch and run. Yes please.
-I think Bruce Irvin will be pretty fortunate to match his 8 sacks from last season in 12 games while playing 4-3 LB. He got a sack tonight though, and his speed looks better than ever as a rangy LB. For a guy that has no instinctive ability to shed a block at the LOS, he has great instincts at attacking runners and tracking them down. I don't know how much he'll see the field even when he gets back though, as Wright / Wagner have been nearly exclusive as our LBs in nickle defense, and Seattle is running nickle defense more than ever. But when he's been out there, he's been a quality regular. I'll take it.
-I think it won't be long before people start drawing comparisons between the Carpenter pick and the Irvin pick. Both were perceived reaches that had to switch positions after their first season, and appear to be etching out solid NFL careers in those new roles. I think Irvin's going to be more of a tackle machine type LB than a Von Miller type, but heck, just having a LB who can run a 4.50 at 255-260 pounds... that shit all by itself made Aaron Curry the most over hyped player in the 2009 draft, and Curry wasn't as good of a LB as Irvin already is. I am looking forward to the continuation of the Bruce Irvin experiment. If he can be a 5+ sacks a year guy while being a lights out tackle machine SAM LB, that makes him worthy of pro-bowl consideration.
-Why is Brock Huard trying to scare Allen Bradford into thinking he might not make the team after the game? Bradford is so making the team.
-Also, Bradford has huge arms. He is a tank, and he is fast.
-Further, apparently he led all Seahawks defenders in tackles this preseason. That's a feather in the cap. It doesn't hurt either that he plays in a body built for being an NFL LB. His physical talent, size, and power are pretty damn awesome. With "the best LB instincts on the team" (Brock's words, not mine - though I agree) thrown in for good measure. The best part? He probably won't play much this season because we are already so loaded at LB.
-I marvel at our defense. Even when down to our Z-string defensive linemen, we are still a pain to score on. Just 957 total yards of offense allowed and 36 total points in 4 preseason games. That's 239 yards of offense and 9 points allowed per game. Holy shit.
-Jaye Howard and Michael Brooks continue to make plays. I think Howard is a lock, but I am worried that Seattle makes the same mistake with Brooks that the previous regime made with Bennett, taking the gamble to see if he can clear waivers for the PS.
-Ware wasn't great tonight, but he might have had the best rushing performance of our RBs. Even still, the decision to cut him in favor of Coleman just got a little easier. Here's hoping he somehow clears waivers.
-This is weird, but when Bowie left the field in the first half I was actually hoping he'd be injured. Not that you'd ever wish injury on someone, but if Seattle can viably IR him, that is a coup. There's almost no way he clears waivers if cut, and if kept they'd probably have to stash him on the inactive portion of the 53 man all season. Roster spots are a premium right now. And as much as I like Bowie, he's not ready for real NFL games just yet. He still needs some time, maybe an offseason.
-Snoop Lion in a Lynch Jersey.
-Other than holding the ball too long at times, T-Jack had yet another good performance. How badly is Buffalo regretting the decision to cut him right now?
-Chris Harper made the (correct) decision to go 5 WRs a lot easier.
-When some unidentified Seahawks WR had a dramatic catch down the sideline area in the second half, my instant thought was "what the heck is Kearse doing out there with the 3rd string scrubs?" I knew it was him before I could see his jersey number. Nobody else on our team quite makes dramatic full extension catches the way that Kearse does. Funny enough, he had a ton of those UW, despite dropping all those 6 yard dink and dunks on 3rd and 5.
-Need to take a closer look, but Winston Guy looked pretty solid in this game.
-Jeron Johnson is a good football player, but fast he is not. Pryor schooled Johnson not once but twice on QB runs.
-Thurmond's interception looked way more difficult than it should have been. It counts all the same, and Thurmond added a nice punt return for good measure. It feels like Seattle has a logjam of good punt returners but seems unsettled at returning kickoffs.
-Jeremy Lane continues to be an awesome special teams player. He kind of seems like the Brendan Ryan of our team. Brendan Ryan hasn't had a bat in years, but has hung around a long time because of stellar fielding at short. Lane is like old man Trufant in coverage, but like Trufant is an awesome tackler and that tackling ability has translated to specials where he's quickly becoming our best non-specialist / non-role special teamer. His special teams alone makes him worth the spot, and that's really saying a lot when you have a roster as jam packed as Seattle's.
-Coleman is still a weak run blocker; he kinda just gets in people's way and usually slides off his targets. The fact that the coaches clearly like him so much is a testament to how much our offense utilizes the FB in the passing game.
-9 straight preseason wins. Another perfect preseason loaded with blowout wins. "23-0". The dream lives on. For another 10 days, anyway.
-Wilson has had a problem with over-throws. He had it in college, he had it early last season, and he had it early this preseason. But against the Packers he started having some underthrow problems instead, and on his big pass to Williams, he under-threw there as well. Williams had to slow down noticeably and this allowed the safety back into the play. Had Wilson hit Williams in stride, I have little doubt it would have been a TD. Williams had a couple steps on the safety.
The nice thing about Williams is that with his 6'5" body and long arms, he's been catching underthrown passes for huge gains all preseason. As far as Wilson's distance accuracy, it is just proof that he's human after all. Nobody is majestic at everything, and every now and then we'll see this problem return, and as far as flaws go, it's pretty minor. I don't think it's a big deal and I suspect it could be just a rust / early season thing.
-In the first preseason game, the starting offensive line struggled while the backup line went nuclear in the run game. Ever since then, it's been a steady progression in the opposite direction, with the 2nd team line (who played nearly the entire game) having a really tough time tonight.
-The running backs weren't much better, at least in terms of running the football.
-Turbin was pretty meh as a runner, but he did have a killer block to set up a (QB keeper?) for big yardage in the first half. I prefer Michael quite a bit to Turbin, but I think the coaches prefer Turbin (for now) and it's easy to see why, he has a good overall skill set for a 3rd down back.
-Lots of drops in this game.
-Speaking of drops, Helfet had an interesting game. He had a couple of brutal mistakes (drops, etc); the kind that make you instantly think "CUT!" But he also had some brilliant plays: a couple of nice runs after the catch and a brilliant catch that was stolen by the officials and a well placed Raider. Helfet probably isn't making the roster, but there have been times this preseason he's raised eyebrows. It's a shame he's had all those drops. If he was drop free, he's probably our 3rd TE next week. I think he had some time at FB too, I'll have to look into that on the DVR review.
-Back to the Chargers game again. Holy crap our TE group looked awful back then, and the pre-preseason over-hyped Luke Willson was no exception. Since that time, Willson has taken small steps forward every week and, I'll be damned, he ended up the team leader in receptions by preseason's end. For a guy that had drop issues early on, his hands have looked very solid as of late and he's continuing his ability in college of being a pleasant surprise as a run blocker. Excuse me while I state the obvious: run blocking is kind of a big deal around these parts. So that's nothing to scoff at, especially for a joker TE with 4.51 speed. It's good to know that having him on the field won't telegraph intentions.
-Luke Willson gives the best interview on the team, and that's saying a lot. He's got a future in coaching or broadcasting, no doubt aboot it.
-Christine Michael has got some magic in him. He can take a seemingly nothing play and reappear 10 yards downfield only a moment later. He can make very quick adjustments to backfield penetration and turn surefire TFLs into small gains. He had a couple of those moments tonight, but even he couldn't survive the onslaught Raiders defenders staking claim to Seattle's backfield. Our OL was made up of turnstiles most of the night. With that said, Michael had a tough night. I think Turbin probably had the #2 job anyway despite Michael outplaying him as a runner, but tonight makes that decision a little easier. And given how good Turbin is as a 3rd down back, that's not such a bad thing. Hopefully the team has the sense to activate Michael and get him 50-100 carries by season's end.
-Oakland is a horrible team, but they were reputed to be pretty deep at DL before letting a couple of their big name DTs walk last offseason. So maybe this is just a good reserve group we faced tonight. Still, you hate to see that kind of dominance after our reserve lineman looked so promising a few weeks ago.
-Terrell Pryor finished with a passer rating of 9.9 and finished with fewer yards in the game (2 quarters) than Russell Wilson had in one pass. It was the best 9.9 passer rating performance I have ever seen, and will ever see most likely. Barring a huge regular season breakthrough by Quinton Patton, the 49ers WR corps are not far removed from being a disaster zone right now. Yet they don't even have the worst WR corps in the bay area.
-I really hope Fells makes our PS and gets some real reps next preseason. He's no youngin' at 27, but physically he is an Anthony McCoy clone, if McCoy were cloned even bigger. A 281 pound TE that can catch and run. Yes please.
-I think Bruce Irvin will be pretty fortunate to match his 8 sacks from last season in 12 games while playing 4-3 LB. He got a sack tonight though, and his speed looks better than ever as a rangy LB. For a guy that has no instinctive ability to shed a block at the LOS, he has great instincts at attacking runners and tracking them down. I don't know how much he'll see the field even when he gets back though, as Wright / Wagner have been nearly exclusive as our LBs in nickle defense, and Seattle is running nickle defense more than ever. But when he's been out there, he's been a quality regular. I'll take it.
-I think it won't be long before people start drawing comparisons between the Carpenter pick and the Irvin pick. Both were perceived reaches that had to switch positions after their first season, and appear to be etching out solid NFL careers in those new roles. I think Irvin's going to be more of a tackle machine type LB than a Von Miller type, but heck, just having a LB who can run a 4.50 at 255-260 pounds... that shit all by itself made Aaron Curry the most over hyped player in the 2009 draft, and Curry wasn't as good of a LB as Irvin already is. I am looking forward to the continuation of the Bruce Irvin experiment. If he can be a 5+ sacks a year guy while being a lights out tackle machine SAM LB, that makes him worthy of pro-bowl consideration.
-Why is Brock Huard trying to scare Allen Bradford into thinking he might not make the team after the game? Bradford is so making the team.
-Also, Bradford has huge arms. He is a tank, and he is fast.
-Further, apparently he led all Seahawks defenders in tackles this preseason. That's a feather in the cap. It doesn't hurt either that he plays in a body built for being an NFL LB. His physical talent, size, and power are pretty damn awesome. With "the best LB instincts on the team" (Brock's words, not mine - though I agree) thrown in for good measure. The best part? He probably won't play much this season because we are already so loaded at LB.
-I marvel at our defense. Even when down to our Z-string defensive linemen, we are still a pain to score on. Just 957 total yards of offense allowed and 36 total points in 4 preseason games. That's 239 yards of offense and 9 points allowed per game. Holy shit.
-Jaye Howard and Michael Brooks continue to make plays. I think Howard is a lock, but I am worried that Seattle makes the same mistake with Brooks that the previous regime made with Bennett, taking the gamble to see if he can clear waivers for the PS.
-Ware wasn't great tonight, but he might have had the best rushing performance of our RBs. Even still, the decision to cut him in favor of Coleman just got a little easier. Here's hoping he somehow clears waivers.
-This is weird, but when Bowie left the field in the first half I was actually hoping he'd be injured. Not that you'd ever wish injury on someone, but if Seattle can viably IR him, that is a coup. There's almost no way he clears waivers if cut, and if kept they'd probably have to stash him on the inactive portion of the 53 man all season. Roster spots are a premium right now. And as much as I like Bowie, he's not ready for real NFL games just yet. He still needs some time, maybe an offseason.
-Snoop Lion in a Lynch Jersey.
-Other than holding the ball too long at times, T-Jack had yet another good performance. How badly is Buffalo regretting the decision to cut him right now?
-Chris Harper made the (correct) decision to go 5 WRs a lot easier.
-When some unidentified Seahawks WR had a dramatic catch down the sideline area in the second half, my instant thought was "what the heck is Kearse doing out there with the 3rd string scrubs?" I knew it was him before I could see his jersey number. Nobody else on our team quite makes dramatic full extension catches the way that Kearse does. Funny enough, he had a ton of those UW, despite dropping all those 6 yard dink and dunks on 3rd and 5.
-Need to take a closer look, but Winston Guy looked pretty solid in this game.
-Jeron Johnson is a good football player, but fast he is not. Pryor schooled Johnson not once but twice on QB runs.
-Thurmond's interception looked way more difficult than it should have been. It counts all the same, and Thurmond added a nice punt return for good measure. It feels like Seattle has a logjam of good punt returners but seems unsettled at returning kickoffs.
-Jeremy Lane continues to be an awesome special teams player. He kind of seems like the Brendan Ryan of our team. Brendan Ryan hasn't had a bat in years, but has hung around a long time because of stellar fielding at short. Lane is like old man Trufant in coverage, but like Trufant is an awesome tackler and that tackling ability has translated to specials where he's quickly becoming our best non-specialist / non-role special teamer. His special teams alone makes him worth the spot, and that's really saying a lot when you have a roster as jam packed as Seattle's.
-Coleman is still a weak run blocker; he kinda just gets in people's way and usually slides off his targets. The fact that the coaches clearly like him so much is a testament to how much our offense utilizes the FB in the passing game.
-9 straight preseason wins. Another perfect preseason loaded with blowout wins. "23-0". The dream lives on. For another 10 days, anyway.