pehawk":ft6a5w5c said:Where the hell have you been, scanner!!?? Good seeing you (maybe you have been around and I just haven't seen ya).
Jeebus, I would have pegged you as a history teacher without even knowing. Good on you.Hawkscanner":2rpu17r8 said:pehawk":2rpu17r8 said:Where the hell have you been, scanner!!?? Good seeing you (maybe you have been around and I just haven't seen ya).
I've poked my head in here and there ... but mostly I've been relegated to lurker when it comes to .Net. That's what happens when you land a full time teaching gig and are in your first year. All that energy I used to pour in to Hawks previews I'm now funneling in to lesson plans for my history students. So, if you're up for say - a good Civil War History debate, I'm good to go. Lincoln -- the Great Emancipator ... or the Great Despot -- you decide.
That said, I DO take some time out from my lesson plans and mountain of papers that I have to grade in order to watch Hawks games. A man has to have his priorities straight after all.
Scottemojo":1j7nfgk2 said:Jeebus, I would have pegged you as a history teacher without even knowing. Good on you.Hawkscanner":1j7nfgk2 said:pehawk":1j7nfgk2 said:Where the hell have you been, scanner!!?? Good seeing you (maybe you have been around and I just haven't seen ya).
I've poked my head in here and there ... but mostly I've been relegated to lurker when it comes to .Net. That's what happens when you land a full time teaching gig and are in your first year. All that energy I used to pour in to Hawks previews I'm now funneling in to lesson plans for my history students. So, if you're up for say - a good Civil War History debate, I'm good to go. Lincoln -- the Great Emancipator ... or the Great Despot -- you decide.
That said, I DO take some time out from my lesson plans and mountain of papers that I have to grade in order to watch Hawks games. A man has to have his priorities straight after all.
Nope. You are just very thorough. Always have been. An analyst by nature. A why? guy.Hawkscanner":19matmcs said:Scottemojo":19matmcs said:Jeebus, I would have pegged you as a history teacher without even knowing. Good on you.Hawkscanner":19matmcs said:pehawk":19matmcs said:Where the hell have you been, scanner!!?? Good seeing you (maybe you have been around and I just haven't seen ya).
I've poked my head in here and there ... but mostly I've been relegated to lurker when it comes to .Net. That's what happens when you land a full time teaching gig and are in your first year. All that energy I used to pour in to Hawks previews I'm now funneling in to lesson plans for my history students. So, if you're up for say - a good Civil War History debate, I'm good to go. Lincoln -- the Great Emancipator ... or the Great Despot -- you decide.
That said, I DO take some time out from my lesson plans and mountain of papers that I have to grade in order to watch Hawks games. A man has to have his priorities straight after all.
Must be because of my obvious contorted nature. Over the years, the brains of we Social Studies types tend to become a bit like those gnarled trees that you find in swamps.
Scottemojo":s65iqnvd said:Where the hell have you been, scanner!!?? Good seeing you (maybe you have been around and I just haven't seen ya).
I've poked my head in here and there ... but mostly I've been relegated to lurker when it comes to .Net. That's what happens when you land a full time teaching gig and are in your first year. All that energy I used to pour in to Hawks previews I'm now funneling in to lesson plans for my history students. So, if you're up for say - a good Civil War History debate, I'm good to go. Lincoln -- the Great Emancipator ... or the Great Despot -- you decide.
That said, I DO take some time out from my lesson plans and mountain of papers that I have to grade in order to watch Hawks games. A man has to have his priorities straight after all.
Jeebus, I would have pegged you as a history teacher without even knowing. Good on you.
Must be because of my obvious contorted nature. Over the years, the brains of we Social Studies types tend to become a bit like those gnarled trees that you find in swamps.
Nope. You are just very thorough. Always have been. An analyst by nature. A why? guy.
90% of the people here have to be saying, "what the F is he talking about...natives crying"? BTW I'm one of the 10%Scottemojo":dq29q2gl said:I like a few legit tough guys on that team, like Boldin. But Crabs, and Vernon? With their season in the balance last year, they shortarmed passes because they didn't want to get hit. Which had to make Boldin cry like a Native that just saw littering.
Hasselbeck":2h6uiax2 said:The 49ers are down Bowman and Willis, but have Aldon back now and Chris Borland is Zach Thomas 2.0 (If you're not old enough to remember how good Zach Thomas was in his prime.. just understand that he was a monster)
Offensively, the 49ers rival us in that their offensive coordinator could be hit by a bus today and most of the fan base would be optimistic. Greg Roman has been mind numbingly bad at play-calling for large aspects of the game (see Bevell, Darrell) .. and at the crux of it, they are at their best when Roman remembers to run the offense through Frank Gore and Carlos Hyde.
(Sound familiar?)
Their secondary is still vulnerable, but Bethea is a major improvement over Whitner in coverage. Reid is still a fantastic safety. Their corners however are very average.. Culliver/Brock/Cox (WT3's replacement for a few weeks last year) are all capable of being beat.. even by these WR's.
IMO - the team that runs the ball better than the other will win this game. Frank Gore has always been a thorn in our ass.. and that's not changing Thursday. If we stop Gore and run the ball well, we win.
Hasselbeck":3lug1gck said:
Hasselbeck":3lug1gck said:The 49ers are down Bowman and Willis, but have Aldon back now and Chris Borland is Zach Thomas 2.0 (If you're not old enough to remember how good Zach Thomas was in his prime.. just understand that he was a monster)
Hasselbeck":3lug1gck said:Offensively, the 49ers rival us in that their offensive coordinator could be hit by a bus today and most of the fan base would be optimistic. Greg Roman has been mind numbingly bad at play-calling for large aspects of the game (see Bevell, Darrell) ..
Hasselbeck":3lug1gck said:and at the crux of it, they are at their best when Roman remembers to run the offense through Frank Gore and Carlos Hyde.
Hasselbeck":3lug1gck said:Their secondary is still vulnerable, but Bethea is a major improvement over Whitner in coverage. Reid is still a fantastic safety. Their corners however are very average.. Culliver/Brock/Cox (WT3's replacement for a few weeks last year) are all capable of being beat.. even by these WR's.
pehawk":297xwreq said:Good stuff, Popeye. So, no Dorsey, you're "Mebane"?
pehawk":297xwreq said:How's Kap been?
HawkerD":1cqmyfcd said:90% of the people here have to be saying, "what the F is he talking about...natives crying"? BTW I'm one of the 10%Scottemojo":1cqmyfcd said:I like a few legit tough guys on that team, like Boldin. But Crabs, and Vernon? With their season in the balance last year, they shortarmed passes because they didn't want to get hit. Which had to make Boldin cry like a Native that just saw littering.
bigwrm":2ltbo26v said:By the way, what's up with Vernon Davis? Looking more like Kellen Davis.
Popeyejones":3ty17tuk said:pehawk":3ty17tuk said:Good stuff, Popeye. So, no Dorsey, you're "Mebane"?
Thanks, man.
Dorsey has been out all year, but yeah, Williams was/is our Mebane, and was incredibly effective (both according to PFF, and my subjective eye test) this year. The 9ers run d has been BAD since Williams went out, and if anything, Borland's play has hidden how much worse it really is. It's to be expected when you have a second year 5th round pick who sat out his whole first year playing (and starting) out of position because you don't have any NTs left (Dial's actually pretty promising at his natural position), but it has just really been a mess.
Borland is loved for his aggressiveness but I think the Hawks can take advantage of it (coupled with his youth) with misdirection plays. Borland guesses A LOT, and people love it because of the splash plays it generates, but it leaves an incredibly vulnerable interior run defense even more vulnerable sometimes. This is what the Redskins were doing in between attacking the edges (mostly going after Brooks/Lynch -- a good strategy), and why an above average plodder like Morris could end up with 120 yards and 6 YPC even without ANY threat of a passing attack by RGIII.
pehawk":3ty17tuk said:How's Kap been?
Believe it or not, Kap has shown MASSIVE improvement this year. I didn't think he had it in him, and I've been stunned. The biggest area you'll see this in (likely) is that he's now stepping into the pocket (finally!) and keeping his eyes down field and going through his progressions while in there. His scrambling his taken a hit for it, but overall it a great, great, development.
He still struggles (and may always struggle) with:
1) Believing too much in his pre-snap reads/not being able to adjust on the fly when he has been fooled by disguised coverage. This is why so many of his INTS (I'd guess four of the six this year, and there have been some dropped ones too) just appear to be completely boneheaded or come from marginal players jumping routes because they know exactly what he's thinking and where he'll be going. Because of this he's good for what appears to be 1-3 total head scratchers per game, but the reason is just that he's simply misread the defense.
2) Not having a natural feel for the game, where he is on the field, and where defenders are around him. He might develop this, and it might just be who he is. It causes another 1-3 complete head scratchers a game (e.g. running out of bounds three or four yards behind the LOS rather than throwing it away, getting stripped while scrambling because he doesn't know who is behind him and to the side of him, etc.).
As for Kap, I think the game might hinge on if he has 2 of these head scratchers or six of these head scratchers on Thursday (it could be either), and the roll of the dice on if they end up as turnovers or not.
HawkerD":1sghdfqy said:90% of the people here have to be saying, "what the F is he talking about...natives crying"? BTW I'm one of the 10%Scottemojo":1sghdfqy said:I like a few legit tough guys on that team, like Boldin. But Crabs, and Vernon? With their season in the balance last year, they shortarmed passes because they didn't want to get hit. Which had to make Boldin cry like a Native that just saw littering.
Seahawkfan80":1ep7l4f9 said:HawkerD":1ep7l4f9 said:90% of the people here have to be saying, "what the F is he talking about...natives crying"? BTW I'm one of the 10%Scottemojo":1ep7l4f9 said:I like a few legit tough guys on that team, like Boldin. But Crabs, and Vernon? With their season in the balance last year, they shortarmed passes because they didn't want to get hit. Which had to make Boldin cry like a Native that just saw littering.
10%er.