Quick preseason impressions

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Here is my impressions of the pre-season.

Everything you see, means nothing. Have we ever been able to take anything from the pre-season and apply it to the regular or even post-season? Nah. 75% of every game is played by guys that will be greeters at a casino or desk jockies or "coaches"...

Means nothing.

Carry on.

 

[Senser81]

Here is my impressions of the pre-season.

Everything you see, means nothing. Have we ever been able to take anything from the pre-season and apply it to the regular or even post-season? Nah. 75% of every game is played by guys that will be greeters at a casino or desk jockies or "coaches"...

Means nothing.

Carry on.

 

[Blick]

Yeah he's more natural at RB than he is at WR.

Yep. Hopefully he can stay healthy. His size is still a question mark.

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

You're flat out wrong about Dez Bryant, Senser.

And why does Vincent Jackson, Gates, and Floyd have to stay healthy for Rivers to have a great year? Gates missed 6 games, Floyd missed 5 games, Jackson missed 11 games last season, and Rivers still lead the NFL in passing yardage.

 

[Senser81]

And why does Vincent Jackson, Gates, and Floyd have to stay healthy for Rivers to have a great year? Gates missed 6 games, Floyd missed 5 games, Jackson missed 11 games last season, and Rivers still lead the NFL in passing yardage.

No Sproles.

 

[trojan49er]

Alex Smith cant complete a pass to a Niner inside the 15...he just can't. Akers is gonna have a tired leg by the end of the season

 

[Mogriffjr]

*Plaxico Burress and Santonio Holmes look to be a tough combo to stop for the Jets. We'll see if Sanchez can elevate his game this year. If not, then he'll never be an elite QB.

I think the world of Sanchez because of how he elevates his play when it matters most but if he wants to take that next step of becoming a top QB, he HAS to at least get to 60% completion, and 20+ TD's and get this team to score TD's in the redzone. We have the targets with Holmes, Plax, Mason, Keller and Cumberland...but it's up to Sanchez. I feel at times he's thinking too much out there...and most of his incompletions are throws he's throwing 100MPH to someone that's 5 yards away...he's still been doing it in preseason a bit, but not as much. Holmes on the slant is deadly and now he has Plax, who utilizes his height probably more than any WR right now, that he can use in the redzone.

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

No Sproles.

Oh I see what you're saying, because if you take away Sproles 520 receiving yards, with a Floyd, Gates, and Jackson missing as much action as they did, Rivers only throws for 4,200 yards and 28 touchdowns.

Everybody around him was injured last year. I think he's proven he can do it with an unstable roster.

 

[Nukleopatra]

St. Louis still stinks.

 

[Rush]

Roy Williams sucks.

Agreed 1,000%

 

[Sportsbuck]

Sanzenbacher has been ok, but he could have very easily established himself as a starter on the Bears...and he hasn't. I expected more from him, to be honest.

From an UDFA coming in in this odd lockout year... I'd say he's done a pretty good job.

That said though, Dane is my favorite Buckeye of all-time so I'm probably more biased than usual.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

I think all the off season uncertainty made me lose interest. Havent watched a single game in its entirety. Uninteresting Draft + FA period of essentially 18 minutes means I dont care or dont know about who went where or who I should be looking out for.

 

[Villain]

My one and only preseason impression is that I really, really hate the ESPN MNF crew. Tirico is a geek, Jaws is miscast, and Gruden has morphed into his gimmick and tries too hard. This is now Mike Patrick/Joe Theismann/Paul McGuire level bad.

Make it a drinking game - every time someone says something you hate you take a swig.

 

[Obst]

Make it a drinking game - every time someone says something you hate you take a swig.

Make it every time Gruden says "I love this guy" you take a shot. You'll have your stomach pumped by halftime.

 

[Senser81]

UPDATE FROM 2011:

*Colts look terrible. Painter was mediocre in college at Purdue, and there is just no way he can QB an NFL team. The Colts needed to sign Collins, but I don't know how long he will last behind Indy's weak O-line. I think bad drafting/bad draft position has finally caught up with the Colts.

Colts go 2-14, worst team in NFL.

*The Redskins offense doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. Santana Moss still has something left in the tank. Grossman and Beck have both appeared competent. I think Roy Helu will end up being Washington's #1 RB, but Hightower has looked good as well.

Redskins go 5-11, offense ranked 26th. Grossman and Beck not good. Santana Moss is meh. But Roy Helu leads team in rushing with 640 yards and also chips in with 49 receptions.

*Joe Flacco made some amazing throws against the Redskins, and Lee Evans had some nice catches. I think Evans might be the gamebreaker that Baltimore has needed the past few years.

Flacco and Ravens go 12-4 and have 12th rated offense. Flacco throws for 3600 yards and 20 TDs, but has an average rating of 80.9. Lee Evans is a total bust, having 4 catches all year plus one critical drop in the postseason.

*Phillip Rivers is going to have another big year. If Vincent Jackson, Gates, and Floyd all stay healthy, SD's passing game should be one of the best.

Rivers has a below-average year by his standards. 4600 yards, 27 TDs, but 20 INTs and an 88.7 rating. Floyd and Gates miss time with injury.


*Plaxico Burress and Santonio Holmes look to be a tough combo to stop for the Jets. We'll see if Sanchez can elevate his game this year. If not, then he'll never be an elite QB.

Jets passing offense is poor (ranked 21st), and Sanchez has lackluster 78.2 rating. Burress catches a few TDs but doesn't have that much of an impact. Holmes does likewise.

*Felix Jones and Jason Witten should be a big part of Dallas' offense. Dez Bryant is terrible.

Jones has injury problems again and scores 1 TD all year. Witten has his lowest receiving totals in 5 years. Dez Bryant does well with a 63-928-9 statline.

In sum, my preseason impressions were terrible.

 

[dell71]

^^^ Meh...that's about what most were saying so yours were no worse than anyone else's. Except for that whole thing about Rex Grossman appearing competent. I refuse to believe that's even possible.

 

[Mogriffjr]

Plax was the gift and the curse for the Jets. The gift was he improved the Jets redzone offense by a lot, the curse was the 80 yards before that, Plax couldn't beat single coverage, and rolled a lot of coverage over to Holmes and made him ineffective. Here's to hoping this year with Chaz Schillings/Stephen Hill can help Holmes much better and I feel they will.

 

[Len B]

I stopped reading after #1.

Congrats on your perfect predictions, Senser.