I was trying to watch Ted Larsen and Tyrone McKenzie. From what little I could see on television angles Larsen did well; he didn't maul people but he didn't let players get by either. McKenzie came in as the 2nd team MLB calling out plays and formations and showed some leadership. Unfortunately for him the starting MLB, rookie Mason Foster had a very good game; so right now McKenzie is in line to make the game day roster, but not the starting lineup.
On a side note this may have been the first time I was really truly totally focused on watching only certain players and completely shutting the game itself out, with the idea of grading a few players. Maybe others are seeing something I don't, but I have no idea how sites like PFF can give grades to all 22 players on every single play. I just don't see how it can possibly be done from watching a game on television.
It's not as if I'm totally clueless to looking at tape. Not that it compares to the NFL by any stretch of the imagination, but I did help out on Pop Warner teams for several years as an assistant. An amateur camera from the stands that we used gave ten times more perspective than what I was able to gather from a network television broadcast, even with the benefit of stopping, rewinding and slow motion of the DVR. Not to hijack the thread or turn it into a PFF bashfest, but I saw way more on those shaky Pop Warner films that we watched than I could ever pick up from a network telecast.
