Missed you in chat
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Hope all is well.
I have a new phone and went to the App store to download the BGO Messenger and I can't find it.
Any ideas? Anyone?
I really missed the live chatting during the game!
Re: The Game to further my observations...
The O-line looked like it was on skate much of the game. I'd been talking to my brother before hand and he'd said not to sleep on the Eagles D Front as they're pretty good. Cox was a factor all game. These guys need to step up big time because Kirk always seemed to be throwing off his back foot and only just getting the ball out before he was hit. That second fumble was a close call and I still think it should have been an incomplete pass. I think it's subjective... his arm was definitely in forward motion, but you decide whether he had control or not...
Saying that... Kirk was overthrowing all day. That interception looked high, Crowder had to really jump for it and tipped it with his fingers. Six inches lower and he has it I think. All on Kirk that one.
I couldn't decide about that very first long bomb to Pryor... It looked overthrown, but Pryor had definitely lost the ball and was weaving while looking for it and I assume probably had slowed up a tad which made the throw look worse than I think it was. If he'd still been tracking at full pelt it may have looked closer. Six of one, half a dozen of the other. *shrugs*
That said for all Kirks misfires I did think (as someone else noted) that he looked like he was going to gut out a win. The runs for first downs showed commitment and then that drive that ended in the interception looked good till that point. It's my fault for finally thinking that things had clicked after a slow start.
I assume they're breaking Doctson in slowly as he was nowhere to be seen yesterday.
Between his bad throws and the dropped balls (looking at you Pryor!) our offense needs work. But this has been a strength for us over the last couple of years so I'm not hugely worried yet. Skins traditionally start slow, they have done for years. If this becomes a trend then I'll start fretting.
I'm pretty optimistic about the defense though.
As I said before I felt they were on the field too much due to the Offense's lack of output, and they still showed some 3rd down jitters... But Norman and Breeland looked good as a pair. Two interceptions were there for the taking, they should have had those, but c'est la vie. Swearinger flies around and seems to give the D some swagger. I really like our Linebacker corps. I'm sure they were breaking in Galette easy too, but despite that and missing Murphy and Cravens I think this defense showed itself to be alot better than last year. A work in progress, but still better.
Considering the Offense gifted the Eagles with 3 fumbles and an interception... After looking shaky very early, they held the Eagles to just FG's despite our Offence trying hard to give the ball back to the Eagles with excellent field position.
So.... I'm actually quite hopeful despite the loss.
The Offense can surely only get better as we work Doctson in, Kirk warms up and we get him and Pryor synced up.
Surely the O-Line has to improve, they were good last year!
And the D, though a work in progress, looks better.
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