Official NFL Preseason Thread

[Woy]

Rusty Smith is in! And he's wearing #7, a la Billy Volek!

[BazookaJoe5]

So I wasn't sold on Ravens picking Cody given their other needs in the draft, but damn, if last Thursday was any indication that guy is going to be a monster. I want to see him line up next to Ngata this week.

[JoeCreed]

So I wasn't sold on Ravens picking Cody given their other needs in the draft, but damn, if last Thursday was any indication that guy is going to be a monster. I want to see him line up next to Ngata this week.

He just gotta learn when you're that big you can't flinch (o:

[Rayman]

Wasn't Sean Smith the only CB in NFL history to start all 16 games? Pretty big feat for a guy who's going into his third or fourth year playing cornerback at any level.

Sean Smith has great speed for his size. I think it was against the Texans last season where Miami decided to stick Smith on Andre Johnson and he held him without a reception once they did this.

These corners are both young. The field was shit today so I'm not going to think much of it. I will agree that was one hell of a gift but Vontae Davis/Sean Smith are going to be a great tandem in the NFL. I can promise you that.


As for the rest of the game, it's preseason so it's whatever. We all know what Brandon Marshall is capable of. I'm sure the weather had a lot to do with it but let's be honest, Marshall should've made that catch.

Very pleased with my hometown boy Odrick and Koa Misi looks like he has what it takes to fill Porter's shoes. Overall, I can't wait for the season to start. Nolan played a rather vanilla offense and all the rave around camp is how aggresive and blitz happy this defense is. Doubt we see any of that until Buffalo.

I absolutely love Sean Smith.


But he needs to be playing safety.

[Woy]

Woy's Word: Titans @ Seahawks notes.

I love August.

After the Super Bowl confetti fell on the champion New Orleans Saints, fans of all 32 teams were ready for August to get here. Sure the draft and such would give fans their football fix for a short period of time, but live-game action is what we live for.

Yes, it's pre-season, and some people won't even watch a wink of their team's glorified practices, but I like seeing a glimpse of what my team looks like.

This isn't going to be a long post, just some random thoughts from the Titans/Seahawks game. Despite the 20-18 loss, I felt okay about our performance; especially since half the starters didn't play anyways.

The Good:
- First offensive drive for Tennessee. Vince Young was money on all of his passes and although it took Chris Johnson three times to get into the end zone, at least he didn't get hurt. Hell, Nate Washington had two nice catches.
- The "starting" defensive line. Although there was just one original starter - Jason Jones - on the d-line last night, they looked pretty impressive getting pressure on Matt Hasselbeck. Jason Babin even came in and contributed.
- Alterraun Verner and Jason McCourty. I'll get into more into the rest of the secondary later, but Verner and McCourty looked decent.

The Bad:
- Vince Young's interception. I'll place the blame on both him and Justin Gage. Gage got out of his break shaky, which gave Josh Wilson a nice opportunity to pick it off. The frustration Vince showed afterward wasn't good to see either.
- Rusty Smith. He wasn't horrible, but he didn't show me anything that makes me accept the Titans' decision of drafting him over Dan LeFevour.
- The fake punt. It worked and got a first down, but why use it now? Jeff Fisher has notoriously ran trick stuff in the pre-season and never has the balls to run it in the games that count.

The Ugly:
- The secondary...especially Ryan Mouton. Like I said, besides Verner and McCourty, the secondary was pretty much garbage. Mouton started off well with a nice break-up, then was toasted and picked on the rest of the night. Mike Williams of all people broke his ankles.
- Chris Simms. He's so bad, it's not even funny. I think I'd rather watch Jason Jones behind center than Simms.
- Stafon Johnson's injury. It sucks to see such a great story have a chapter ripped out of it because of another setback. It's a major ankle injury, but I really hope he can push himself through it like he did with the throat injury, and play again.

[Blade]

The fuck is up with the colts unis?

[Maynard]

the browns looked pretty good yesterday. seeing jake delholmme play was nice because he actually looked like a real QB. Sennica Wallace did ok too, but he looked like quinn/anderson.

mccoy looked really bad. he was under throwing everything. and the defense wasnt able to compete with the packers high powered offense. They will get burned by 3 and 4 wide sets all year

my expectations are not too high. i just want the browns to at least have a shot at the playoffs during the final weeks of the year. even if we dont get in, just have a chance to get in

[JRoZe410]

Anybody else gettin a blackout for Colts-49ers gm on NFLNetwork?

[Point Blank]

Looking forward to the Pats/Falcons game on Thursday (FOX).

[Archer]

Curtis Painter at half

8/14 53yards 0TD 3INT

[Bear Pand]

Curtis Painter statline:

8-16 53 yards 0 TD 3 INT

i need an earthquake to happen so he can fall into a chasm

still amazed he made the league

and lol this lame Brandstater, he was supposed to steal Orton da Gods spot last season now hes behind Painter on a depth chart

i hate preseason