Re: PP's DVR player evaluation- Pre-Season game 1
Matt Light had a bad night in the run game. Never been a fan of his run blocking. He's not aggressive in his run blocks and gives up too early.
Light has been a strong run blocker in the past and in 2008,
won 90.1% of his Point of Attack (POA) blocks.
Maroney a lack of running space to the left side on two plays in particular. If Light had been a little less lackadaisical LoMo may have done a little more on those plays.
Contrary to popular belief...Lomo did very little UNNECESSARY dancing behind the line. I replayed his run plays a few times each....and Maroney was truly a victim of having no place to run.
This simply gives Maroney an excuse. There was one play in the 1stQ that he made a cut when he should have attacked the line. Regardless, Maroney has failed to play up to the level of a 1st round RB.
Dan Koppen gets manhandled on running plays.
That's nothing new. Last season, Koppen had 84.3% POA wins. On the whole, centers tend to be the weak link on most O-lines, since their ability to snap while getting hit outweighs standard blocking skills.
Wilhite to me is a stronger, more agrressive version of Asante. Bright kid...always in the right position.
Agreed! Wilhite was impressive last year!
I can only judge Myron Pryor on one game so far. But WOW! Great motor. Pursues and makes plays into the secondary. Tremendous quickness and first step. Looking forward to seeing more of him.
Probably the likely reason the team traded Smith.
Other than one pass pressure that forced a holding call.....LeKevin Smith was a weak link on the D-Line in the first half.
Smith did make the most of his opportunities when he played in real games. At least the Pats got something for him, rather than just cutting him.
Meriweather is Rodney Harrison reincarnated. Team leader, awesome physical presence and a much smarter player than I first thought.
Brandon first opened my eyes in the 49ers game last season when he was tested on deep routes. He's become a terrific cover safety. I don't think he's the physical player RH was, however.
Lay off James Sanders. He did very little wrong and was a solid player the entire time he played.
Pat Chung with more time and experience is gonna be an awesome player.
I like Sanders, but he'll have a hard time keeping Chung from taking over his starting spot. IMO, Chung is more a RH-type. What impressed me about Chung is that he plays faster than his 40-times and he's always around the ball. Either he breaks up a pass or smacks the receiver as soon as he catches it. Chung will be a star. Sanders has been a solid but unspectacular player.
Terrence Wheatley looked pretty bad and got beat WAY too often.
I hate to say this but I saw the same thing. His missed time with his wrist has hampered his development. I did see some flashes against Indy last year, which was the game where he re injured his wrist. Give him time.
Pierre Woods was horrible. Other than one play which he had QB pressure. He did NOTHING. He could not hold the edge AT ALL on runs and got absolutely destroyed by a full back on one play.
The fact that the team traded 2 picks for Burgess, is entertaining the idea of signing Kevin Carter, and brought back TBC, show just how much confidence the team has in Woods.
TBC looked good rushing the passer, but on run plays was a non-entity.
Adalius Thomas looked lethargic.
TBC is pretty much a one dimensional player on D. I expect Thomas to have a big year. He'd better with the money the team is paying him!
Burgess had some nice pass pressure...in limited playing time.
Other than one dropped pass and one pass Brady threw into tight coverage, not much else to judge Galloway on.
Alex Smith had a bad night of blocking.
Burgess looked very good in the 4-3. Maybe AT will have the type of results he had back in 2006 with the Ravens 4-3?
Galloway will come around. He hasn't lost a step and he brings an experienced veteran's presence.
I have the feeling (shared by many) that Smith won't make the cut.
Eric Alexander had the worst night of any player on the team. COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE in every aspect of the game.
Alexander is like gum on your shoe. You don't want to see him on the roster, yet there he is on Teams during the regular season. I can't stand him. I really, really hope that he's not on the roster this time around.
Butler, I thought overall, had a great evening. WR's had a little bit of seperation on him twice....but luckily pass pressure forced bad throws to them. Great night overall though. Quick and looks super confident.
I still can't believe Butler lasted that long in the draft.
SeaBass....other than getting lost on a broken play....looked pretty dominant.
Connolly, Britt, Yates and Wendell looked pretty lost and crappy.
I remember when the Giants drafted Osi in the 2nd round, everyone was dumping on Accorsi wondering why he would reach for an "unknown" that high.
I got the same feeling when the Pats took Vollmer in the 2nd. I saw him play at UH and he looked dominant. He could be better than most (maybe all) of the O-linemen taken in round 1. Many of whom were overrated, IMO.
I've never liked Britt and Yates. They both have been terrible. Turnstile Yates almost got Cassel killed last year. For 2 years, Britt couldn't challenge Kaczur, whom I've never been a big fan of. I'll be mad if these guys are still wearing Pats unis in Sept.
Tank Williams and Mike Richardson had pretty poor showings.
Richardson went bye-byes. He was lucky to get on an NFL roster for 3 seasons. Now that the team was finally able to stockpile talent at CB, the inevitable happened to him.
Tank was looking like a contributor until an ACL put him on IR in 2008. Too bad. There doesn't seem to be a spot for him now, which is a good thing with the younger players stepping up.
Great post, PP!!!
Enjoyed it!!!
TYVM
