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A rookie CB and a second year UDFA CB have been getting picked on. They showed improvement over last week as we played more man coverage but overall they still struggled.

His week 1 punt return was the points that won us the game, but so far in coverage he hasn’t been too impressive. His athleticism is apparent but he seems to be struggling in the system and has been responsible for several lapses in coverage. He played better in Washington and should hopefully show more improvement this week.
Though if Greg Toler hadn’t been injured Peterson wouldn’t be starting. Our DC Ray Horton runs a very complicated scheme, the same scheme you guys just played.

But was out played by third year Reggie Walker for the last depth spot. He could become a solid roll player in the future but so far he hasn’t look like anything special.
MLB actually has some nice depth to it. Paris Lenon has played beyond his years, Daryl Washington has look phenomenal, Stewart Bradley has improving every week but is struggling in the transition from 4-3 to 3-4 and Walker played very well in preseason.

I mean, imagine the nicknames we could’ve given him.

Quantum Explosion? Quantastic? Quan Solo?

Sorry

Joey Porter and Clark Haggans, our OLB’s, have zero sacks and 1 TFL between them. Only second year player O’Brien Schofield has a sack (actually .5 sack).
So, yeah. Pass rush isn’t looking good which is a big contributor to why our secondary is getting diced like veggies on Iron Chef.

And at first I didn’t like it a bit but so far I’ve had to eat crow on it because he has looked good. As you guys know well, having a QB is worth a trade like that.

Just never quite made it.

Especially since the Rams have lost 2 straight games. A lot of fans are predicting a division title, I’m a bit more conservative than that. I believe we will be in the running just because how poorly the West has been playing.

Best Dline man would probably be Darnell Dockett, though he didn’t play like it last week.

As you saw last year, 7-9 may contend for the division title. I think we are a year away yet from being better then that. We really needed an off season with the new qb and defensive coordinator.

To get to 7-9 we need to beat Seattle twice. This is really a must win game for us which sounds strange coming this early, but we really need to build some confidence going into the next 8-10 games.

DD is out best lineman, Brach was not a huge loss.

And want to drop our Defense off in the middle of New Mexico.

But Ray Horton is the new Defensive Coordinator, and the Defense is young and improving with each week, so at least they have an excuse…for now.

Horton is simplifying the Defense this week two, from what I have heard it basically means going from trying to learn 60 plays to trying to learn 30 plays. It is not just running base stuff, just trimming down how much they have to learn at once.

I feel good about the offense, and now we will just have to see how the defensive adjustments work, but for now I am feeling positive.

Beanie has 5.7 YPC, 183 yards and 2 TD’s over the last two games.
Also, I would say Washington and Carolina are not bad teams. Sure they aren’t Pittsburgh but they are on a similar level (or better by most analysts opinions) to the Niners. And calling the Niners defense one of the best defenses is pretty dang generous (you watch the Cowboys game??).
Washington actually has a pretty dang good defensive front seven with Orakpo, Kerrigan, Cofield, Carriker, and Fletcher.

Kolb is likely to have a career day. Especially if we rack up a bunch of three and outs.

I’m curious to see how he will handle it if the 12th man starts chanting for Charlie when he plays like crap. Will he get even worse, or will he decide to man up and play with a pair? I think this more than anything will decide if we win or lose.

Washington ran pretty well on us. We shut down Carolina, but so far that doesn’t seem to mean much despite how well they have rushed previously. We were missing our best LB in Daryl Washington, so that may have played a factor but I’m not sure how big of an impact he would have made.
Right now it’s hard to determine what our defense will look like week-to-week. One thing I know for sure, we struggle rushing the passer.

They sat in a base D the whole game right at the line and dared us to beat them. No schemes, no nothing. The scoreboard represents how well our offense did.

no one expected us to lay a goose egg, either…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film)

In Superbowl 43, and all those missed calls in the 4th Quarter by the Ref’s that could’ve potentially changed the game…

You guys know exactly what I’m talking about, don’t you?

The physics of the hits opn him by guys twice his weight just don’t add up. I see him as a gimic player, change of pace guy.

Which is sort of surprising, considering the protection our O-line’s given him, but he’s pretty mobile.

And the 70 yard TD to Fitz against Washington made me think Kevin Kolb WAS Kurt Warner.

Singing the MNF song. " Are you ready for some crapball?"

Kind of kidding but the “blocking” TE has 2 TD’s in two games.
I would say Andre Roberts, though Doucet has been more productive so far. Honestly though none of them appear to be a true number 2. Larry will get his touches and after that the ball will be spread to whomever is open.

I would say nothing special. I was a little bummed when they let Ben graham go after pre-season cause he was almost as old as I am am and still getting paid to play a game.

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As Cardinals fans, unfortunately, we always have to keep a lid on our expectations for the team.
Warner singlehandedly changed the perception of this team for a few years, and now that he is gone we are trying to figure out where the team is again.

have no illusions about being anything other than the step children of the NFL.

Just not with the Steelers.

Kolb already has two 70 yard touchdown passes.

The general consesus appears to be they need to feed him more.

Our tackle play has been bad since, well since I can remember. Levi Brown has been a turnstile and Brandon Keith has struggled as well. Levi does do well in the run game and usually handles very physical rushers well but gets owned by speed guys and of course all around pass rushers (speed and power).
What has been surprising to me has been the play of Daryn Colledge, Lyle Sendlein and Rex Hadnot. As a unit they have played very well. Colledge was suppose to suck in run blocking but so far this year has had some great run blocks that have sprung Wells loose. Sendlein continues to impress as an UDFA and also as a guy who was suppose to struggle in run blocking he has also done well. Most of us expected Duece Lutui to win his spot back over Hadnot, but Hadnot has played well enough to keep Lutui (who has been one of our better lineman) on the bench.
Last week Levi had one of his better games and did pretty well against Orakpo and co. Brandon Keith on the other hand really struggled with Ryan Kerrigan. Which on a side note, Kerrigan looks like the real deal. Kid is a stud.
In the end, most of were shocked that we didn’t pick up any OL in this years draft. Many of us have also called for coach Grimms job as the line has struggled.
I am very excited for this matchup. It will be a great test of our team on the road in the most hostile stadium against a so far solid run defense.