Pros/Cons for your team Week 8

[Woy]

Pros
- Passing game looked in sync, besides the last drive. Slant route was there most of the day, Kendall Wright ran some good routes and made an outstanding catch for a TD and there wasn't any drops minus one by Nate.
- Chris Johnson ran well again.
- Derrick Morgan got a lot of pressure on Luck.

Cons
- We were screwed by the refs. No excuse to not review a fumble in the Colts' end with :18 left and the game tied, especially since the whistle didn't blow till after the ball was recovered and touched down.
- Defense is still shit. #FireJerryGray
- Way too many mistakes that made the game there for the taking.

Football sucks.

[Leftwich]

Jags

Pros:

Gabbert looked really good for the first time in his career.
Cecil Shorts has taken the #1 Receiver spot and looks like he'll keep it
Blackmon looked a lot better than he did before
Defense looked a lot better

Cons

Gabbert has this stupid problem of not knowing where the first down line is when throwing to receivers
Rashad Jennings is no MJD
Blackmon is still really raw
Still don't look like a good team

[ralaw]

Cecil Shorts has taken the #1 Receiver spot and looks like he'll keep it

Shouldn't that be a con?

[ThunderHorse]

Pros -

Indy held Johnson in Check, and they usually do. This guy simply does not have big days against Indianapolis. This is interesting because with such a historically BAD run defense Johnson has to be the least successful back in our division against Indianapolis. It seems like Jones Drew and Foster both run wild on Indianapolis whenever they meet but Chris Johnson doesn't usually have that success. You could tell the Colt's gameplan was to make Tennessee beat them through the air, They played the run pretty hard, smacked Chris Johnson around a few times, and left a lot of single coverage over the top.

Running game looked a little better towards the end of the game. Indianapolis still doesn't have a RB who strikes fear into anyone but I think Bruce Arians is starting to figure out how best to use his talent at the RB position. Brown returned today and looked good, Delone Carter looked solid in short yardage, and Vick Ballard is clearly starting to get accustomed to the speed of the game, in three weeks his field vision has improved dramatically.

Tight ends looked good today, Dwayne Allen is a grown man, Fleener seems to be picking up the speed of the game as well, hopefully he's able to return to play after the shoulder injury towards the end of the game.

Luck looked good for a rookie. One thing about the kid is that you know you're never out of the game, he seems to be able to put together those late game important drives, my confidence in his deep ball has waned a little but I think Tennessee played it pretty tight yesterday. On his endzone INT to Michael Griffin Luck and Wayne clearly failed to communicate as Luck tried to throw something like a skinny post instead of the fade that Wayne ran. I don't like Luck's INT/TD ratio this season but he's a rookie.

Reggie Wayne is that dude.

Cons-

Special teams still leave a lot to be desired. Yesterday I saw a T.Y. Hilton field a punt with actual room to run (probably the first time any colt return man has had that much room in 10 years) and he maybe went for 8 yards before falling on his face. His failure to field that punt late at in game was potential damning.

Offensive line play was pretty shaky. seemed like they could get enough push in the run game, especially late in the game with the interior line, but the pass blocking was terrible, and Andrew Luck had to handle quite a bit of pressure. seemed like there was always someone running up on Luck's back but give the kid credit he handles the pressure pretty damn well.

Jerraud Powers needs to play better if he wants to get paid next year or he may end up stuck in Indianapolis.

Mwelde Moore is the worst rb on the active roster and somehow he still gets snaps over Delone Carter.

[St. Francisco]

Pros:

-Alex Smith was 18 of 19 for 232 yards and three touchdowns, a fantastic bounceback performance after struggling against the Giants two weeks ago.

-Teams have begun to prove effective in shutting down Vernon Davis, with the side effect of opening up opportunities for everyone else. Crabs had five catches for 72 yards and a score, and Moss had that magnificent 47-yard TD catch. Walker and Manningham got involved too, I love all of the weapons available to Smith through the air.

-Not the most impressive game from Gore and Hunter, but they did their part, averaging nearly 4 yards per carry and combining for 100 yards.

-Four sacks from the defense, no touchdowns allowed for the fourth time in the last five games, and a grand total of SEVEN rushing yards allowed.


Cons:

-I was working, so I didn't get to watch the game.

-We were amazing at generating turnovers last season, but that seems to have slowed down quite a bit...I'd like to see that pick back up.

-The o-line allowed four sacks. They're considered one of the best o-lines in the NFL right now, but could certainly stand to get better in pass protection.