Up
Hernandez - Nice adjustment on the TD catch.
Taylor - Some strong runs from the old man
Faulk - Well, it's Faulk
Brady - Missed the bomb, but was solid otherwise
Welker - Played and took some hits. Now, off to the ice bath for the little big man
McCourty - Might have gotten away with P.I. on one pass, but looked very comfortable out there and made an excellent read on an early run play
Brace - Welcome back to the ranks of the playing, Mr. Brace, and nice FF.
Down
Larsen - Can't hold the line and can't keep still
Neal - Let's hope that his only stinker this year
Vollmer - Gotta do better than that
McGowan - Terrible work out there
Price - Gotta sack it up on those catch attempts
DEs - If that's what we're going to see all season, there are going to be some very problematic games
BJGE - 7 carries for 12 yards, with a long of 4, following up last week is not the way to nail down a spot on the 53.
General observations/Opinions
Wilfork is carrying too much weight.
Wilhite picking off a ball on 4th down and then dancing about it when the team would have been better served with an incompletion is probably not the sort of thing that will win him a lot of points with this particular coaching staff.
I thought McKenzie had another uneven game. He's not flowing instinctively, he's not as powerful as Spikes, and he's still getting lost in the wash, but the FumRec and a few other nice plays kept him near even with last week in my book.
Connolly had a couple of decent/nice plays, but he missed on a few out there, too. I couldn't really put him in the up or down category, because I think he was the same way last week, but the inconsistency of his game is a very, very bad thing.
The LBs are struggling in pass coverage. That's got to change, in a hurry. Guyton can't play every LB spot on passing downs, so others will need to step up.
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