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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I won't say anything about the defense (although even that is still a work in progress), but calling this the "first-string offense" is, ahem, a bit disingenuous.
Clearly we're not ready for Prime Time.
Brady count a first down in three series. The power run game was less than nonexistent.
Brees had four scoring drives against our first string defense. The result was three TD's and dropped pass that could have been a 4th TD (ended up in a field goal).
So, we played without three of our top players against a team with no defensive backs and couldn't even manage a first down. If that's a great performance to you, OK.No Edelmen....No LaFell....no Gronk.... so what first-string offense are you referring to?
I Don't agree that the D looked bad. First of all, that was a world class Oline and Bree's was clinical. We made everything really tight, we tackled well and we had good coverage on most plays. We also had some good redzone stops and 2 pt attempt stalls.
With vanilla D u aren't going to stop a qb of Brees calibre with all of his weapons present. I actually thought we had good push and played the run ok. Yea we had a few lb issues. I'm not worried about that unit.
We will be fine. The only worry is still cb2
Clearly we're not ready for Prime Time.
love these ... next we will get "BB should give up his GM duties" ..
Was this thread necessary? Could have just posted in the game thread.
I haven't watched a min of the game yet but judging by the summary I'm sure nobody's arguing that the early offensive performance was acceptable. But playing against 2nd/3rd string defenders doesn't make our 2nd/3rd stringers our true starters. We won't see our starting offense for a possibly a month or longer (possible suspension and early experimentation). I have no doubt we will be a top 5 offense down the stretch, same as every other year even if it looks bleak early.So, we played without three of our top players against a team with no defensive backs and couldn't even manage a first down. If that's a great performance to you, OK.
Seasons over!!!!Clearly we're not ready for Prime Time.
Brady count a first down in three series. The power run game was less than nonexistent.
Brees had four scoring drives against our first string defense. The result was three TD's and dropped pass that could have been a 4th TD (ended up in a field goal).