KDawg - I respect your football acumen a great deal and so I had a few questions to your points - all in red below within quoted text. Would be curious to get yours (and others) take. I was unable to watch the game myself as I was out of the country for work but have been hearing accolades...
My personal feeling is this is the exact kind of game where Kirk needs to get an early lead which forces them to beat us with Dak's arm rather than Eliott's running. It will be a long day if Eliott is allowed to grind it out vs. us. I'm still not sold on this defense. Too much lack of or thin...
Agree and we need a real ILB in next years draft. Unfortunately, for now we are stuck with him.
I have been happy w/ S'ua Cravens, though. Seems like he'll pan out.
I'm growing concerned about Doctson's lingering Achilles injury. Seems to smell vaguely like a bust.
I don't care that we are ok at the WR position and he doesn't need to contribute right away - a first round pick needs to show he can be impact in the first year, IMO.
Nick - I thought he had a pretty decent run game w/ Giovanni Bernard, etc.?
Definitely isn't the key to his offense but it was serviceable. Ours is a joke.
Good thing is that run game isn't necessary for success - see Patriots.
Bulldog - I can't agree with you more.
It's very strange why such a glaring hole in the roster (both interior DL and interior OL) were overlooked. We did absolutely nothing to improve either in the offseason with the exception of Ziggy Hood - and that's really a "maybe".
So frustrating.
I...
The lack of run game is precisely what concerned me when we took no steps to improve our OL in the offseason. As this game may be showing us, is that the folks we have in the interior now just aren't getting the job done.
I'm not sure all of the blame can be placed on the RB if they can't even...
Please please please, let us have found a young future starting C in Reiter. Still feel like this is a big weak spot in the OL.
I would 100% support this. Hoping the kid we drafted last year from Alabama is ready to push for a spot on the OL at guard (Arie Kouandjio)
BTW, great post BB. It's...
There is (obviously) still time to sign a veteran RB to the roster. Perhaps post-June 1.
Available:
Pierre Thomas (who I prefer given his experience last year)
Arian Foster
Ahmad Bradshaw
Others?
Check out this article/vid on Doctson. Looks like he's been putting in some serious work in the offseason already. Loving it.
LOOK: Once Labeled 'Too Skinny,' NFL Wide Receiver Josh Doctson Now Has The Jacked Arms of a Linebacker | STACK
I'm also concerned about the lack of drafting an interior OL.
I'm not sold on Lavaou and our center play was horrendous last year and we've done nothing so far in the offseason to address it.
A name I never hear associated with the Skins is Derrick Henry from Alabama.
Any reason why not? Especially if we trade down and grab more picks?
What are the red flags on this guy?
I disagree with you here.
I think Breeland is way way better than an "above average 3rd" CB. He was playing very well last year and, in my opinion, close to a top CB (albeit not at the level of a Josh Norman yet, but he IS young).
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