It was hard game to gauge, no one really did much of anything. Should be a little more energy next week. I don't think anyone made the roster but some players like Anam put themselves in the front of the 'to be fired' line
Winners
- Tom Brady did not get hurt.
- Gemara Williams looked very good returning kicks
- Rogers made some nice plays but still looks slender, could use some bulk
- WRs made the cathes they should have
- Elgin got a lot of reps, he didn't do anything to standout but he didn't give up a sack or get any penalties either
- Faulk looked good
- Ghost was booming his kickoffs (one went out of bounds but most of the others were touchbacks)
- the street FA TE (Wiley?) looked ok
- blitz packages, inside , outside, Thomas going from different angles.. 3rd down is going to be fun
Losers
- run defense, and not just the second tier, I expect a very physical practice this week and won't be surprised to see Seau on the field on early downs once he gets healthy
- it is a little scary that this could be the starting offense if Stallworth and Moss have hammy issues and Maroney misses any action
- O Line was solid but still appeared to have issues with speed rushers, Gaines Adams made a few nice plays
- serious issues setting the edge by the OLB
- Morris looked slow
- Kareem Brown has a lot of technique work to do, he looked out of position a lot
I added this in late, see Breer's post below. I saw Moore at training camp and is a huge man. Standing next to the other DTs he looked very big. Smith looked more like a 3-4 DE / NT, Moore is nothing but a NT in our scheme. He seemed to hold the point ok last night, watch out for 63 (there are two of them, he is the one on defense)
http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/patriots/?p=1409
From Breer "
Keep an eye of Rashad Moore. He looked real comfortable in the defense in the second half, and could push Le Kevin Smith and Kareem Brown for a roster spot. The way he comes off the ball and uses his hands makes him look like a poor man’s Wilfork, and having a true nose to backup would be a nice luxury to have."