I thought the 1st unit defense looked very good. We played very vanilla and gave up very little.
The secondary, all game, looked very good.
I thought the first unit OL looked good, the 2s and 3s not so much.
Damn Brady has a lot of weapons.
I watched Brace very closely, and he looked good to me. I actually thought the push he got on pass plays was better than his 2gap run D.
Derrick Burgess playing 34 OLB showed us why Derrick Burgess only plays nickel/dime DE.
McCourty is very impressive. I don't want to get carried away, but he reminds me of the best corner we have here in the BB era, in the way he seems to be able to do everything you could ask of a corner. I love seeing corners come up and pound guys catching 4 yard outs, and since 24 I havent seen that often. I remember when there was a debate on this board that the expectation of McCourty was that he migt be able to beat out Wlihite for nickel BY THE END OF THE YEAR. Didnt take long for that one to be wrong.
Chung has improved by leaps and bounds.
I am not impressed with short yardage run D yet, even though its only been a few reps. There are years when you just cant run for 3rd and 1 against us and others where we struggle a lot. So far, not looking great there.
Was surprised Murrell played with the 1s again and Ninko with the 2s. Thought they would flip that this week. Looks now like it means something.
Maroney and Taylor splitting 350-400 carries is going to be an effective running game. Having Morris to fill in if one goes down is a nice buffer.
We might finally be able to say that our punter can kick the ball farther than someone elses.
