Some of this has been said already but here goes:
OL was terrible. I will say the 3rd string OL does know how to set up some decent screens.
Our pass rush looks really deadly. Irvin, Avril, Marsh, Clark. We not only look really damned fast, but deep. Problem is, our run defense looks a bit soft. We have the size and talent, I think we can improve our run fits so I'm not terribly worried about it. Plus, Kubiak had the Ravens running the ball really well last year, and was historically good at it in Houston. It's not surprising, with Denver's OL that they can run the ball well.
Our secondary was obviously young. They were out of position a lot. I liked how they were flying around and hitting pretty hard. I'm optimistic than they can learn from this game and improve throughout camp.
I like what I saw from Matthews tonight. He looked good on ST as well. I hope his shoulder is ok.
Frank Clark. Holy crap, he beasted tonight. Pass rush, run fits, you name it. He was a man among boys against the backups, and looked pretty dominant against the 1st stringers when he was in there. If he keeps this up, he's going to cost Bennett his job, sooner rather than later. And the beauty of it is that it's not the Seahawks being disloyal. It's Bennett being beat out in competition.
Lockett looked as good as advertised with returns. I didn't get to see enough of him running routes, but none of our QBs had time tonight.
I can see what they like in Archer. He looks pretty well adjusted out there. He just might be our back up next year, and he'd save us money over Jackson.
Marsh looked pretty good tonight as well.
Michael had a boneheaded fumble, but he looked decent other than that. You can see the explosion he has, and elusiveness. He also had a couple of really good blitz pickups where he popped a blitzing LBer and stoned him.
Rawls looked good. I also liked what Smith showed us.
Over all, we look like we need a lot more polish, but we have a lot of very young guys and it's expected. The OL is the biggest issue to me at this point.
OL was terrible. I will say the 3rd string OL does know how to set up some decent screens.
Our pass rush looks really deadly. Irvin, Avril, Marsh, Clark. We not only look really damned fast, but deep. Problem is, our run defense looks a bit soft. We have the size and talent, I think we can improve our run fits so I'm not terribly worried about it. Plus, Kubiak had the Ravens running the ball really well last year, and was historically good at it in Houston. It's not surprising, with Denver's OL that they can run the ball well.
Our secondary was obviously young. They were out of position a lot. I liked how they were flying around and hitting pretty hard. I'm optimistic than they can learn from this game and improve throughout camp.
I like what I saw from Matthews tonight. He looked good on ST as well. I hope his shoulder is ok.
Frank Clark. Holy crap, he beasted tonight. Pass rush, run fits, you name it. He was a man among boys against the backups, and looked pretty dominant against the 1st stringers when he was in there. If he keeps this up, he's going to cost Bennett his job, sooner rather than later. And the beauty of it is that it's not the Seahawks being disloyal. It's Bennett being beat out in competition.
Lockett looked as good as advertised with returns. I didn't get to see enough of him running routes, but none of our QBs had time tonight.
I can see what they like in Archer. He looks pretty well adjusted out there. He just might be our back up next year, and he'd save us money over Jackson.
Marsh looked pretty good tonight as well.
Michael had a boneheaded fumble, but he looked decent other than that. You can see the explosion he has, and elusiveness. He also had a couple of really good blitz pickups where he popped a blitzing LBer and stoned him.
Rawls looked good. I also liked what Smith showed us.
Over all, we look like we need a lot more polish, but we have a lot of very young guys and it's expected. The OL is the biggest issue to me at this point.