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Okay, Bees..."I got your back" this week. I, too, had my kids change the channels while Tivo'ing a game this weekend, but thank goodness it was the Falcons game...I got the good one! I'm not so eloquent and probably not as knowlegeable, but here goes:
NEGATIVES
1) P.J. Daniels put the ball on the ground 3 different times. Only twice did the ball come out to the point where someone else had to dive on it...the other time, it kindof poppped out and right back into his hands as he was hitting the ground (I just caught a flash of it and hit the instant replay with 1/8th speed...God I love my Tivo!...and got a chance to see it). Not a fumble, I know, but it always scares me when a RB doesn't hold the ball tightly enough.
2) We got a horrible spot by the ref on the 4th down play where we didn't convert. If you watch him, he moves back almost an entire yard from where he starts to spot the football.
3) Dropped passes. Reggie had 5 balls dropped by receivers (I didn't bother to note who the players were). We can't have that many dropped passes agains Felony State University.
POSITIVES
1) Both Eric Henderson & Gerris Wilkinson looked incredibly good on the D-line. On one play, GW starts the pass rush...sees the tight end swing out for a pass, moves back two steps and makes a perfectly timed leap to deflect the ball...but here's the good part. He was athletic enough that he was moving toward that ball after he deflected it with somewhat of a chance to catch the ball. After he batted it down, you could tell that he was happy about knocking it down, but then the look on his face was one of determination that seemed to say, "Next time, I'm not gonna bat it so far...next time I'm taking it to the house!"
2. What a catch by the tight end on the ball thrown over the middle!
3. We had 3 converted QB's play in the game this weekend---Bilbo got in for 2 plays, Landry and Logan obviously made big plays for us.
4. At one point the announcer even made a comment about this. I'll use his words: "I'm just so impressed with Reggie Ball's play. He's making the reads, and I don't just mean to the primary receiver. He's taking his progressions like on that play and looking at his primary receiver and when he's not open, immediately going to his secondary receiver...and then hitting him on time! And to think that 3 months ago, this kid was swapping the tassle to the other side of his hat in a high school graduation! He's playing like a 3rd year sophomore or a 4th year junior."
5. Incredible blocking on the fake punt. Four blockers on the right side blocked that in a classic trap pattern and created a wedge for Reis to run through.
6. Speaking of Reis, he ran that fake punt, had a sack, and made one other play (the memory fails me here...sorry...but I think it was on special teams).
I'll be rewatching the game again tomorrow night and may get a chance to post more on Wednesday.
NEGATIVES
1) P.J. Daniels put the ball on the ground 3 different times. Only twice did the ball come out to the point where someone else had to dive on it...the other time, it kindof poppped out and right back into his hands as he was hitting the ground (I just caught a flash of it and hit the instant replay with 1/8th speed...God I love my Tivo!...and got a chance to see it). Not a fumble, I know, but it always scares me when a RB doesn't hold the ball tightly enough.
2) We got a horrible spot by the ref on the 4th down play where we didn't convert. If you watch him, he moves back almost an entire yard from where he starts to spot the football.
3) Dropped passes. Reggie had 5 balls dropped by receivers (I didn't bother to note who the players were). We can't have that many dropped passes agains Felony State University.
POSITIVES
1) Both Eric Henderson & Gerris Wilkinson looked incredibly good on the D-line. On one play, GW starts the pass rush...sees the tight end swing out for a pass, moves back two steps and makes a perfectly timed leap to deflect the ball...but here's the good part. He was athletic enough that he was moving toward that ball after he deflected it with somewhat of a chance to catch the ball. After he batted it down, you could tell that he was happy about knocking it down, but then the look on his face was one of determination that seemed to say, "Next time, I'm not gonna bat it so far...next time I'm taking it to the house!"
2. What a catch by the tight end on the ball thrown over the middle!
3. We had 3 converted QB's play in the game this weekend---Bilbo got in for 2 plays, Landry and Logan obviously made big plays for us.
4. At one point the announcer even made a comment about this. I'll use his words: "I'm just so impressed with Reggie Ball's play. He's making the reads, and I don't just mean to the primary receiver. He's taking his progressions like on that play and looking at his primary receiver and when he's not open, immediately going to his secondary receiver...and then hitting him on time! And to think that 3 months ago, this kid was swapping the tassle to the other side of his hat in a high school graduation! He's playing like a 3rd year sophomore or a 4th year junior."
5. Incredible blocking on the fake punt. Four blockers on the right side blocked that in a classic trap pattern and created a wedge for Reis to run through.
6. Speaking of Reis, he ran that fake punt, had a sack, and made one other play (the memory fails me here...sorry...but I think it was on special teams).
I'll be rewatching the game again tomorrow night and may get a chance to post more on Wednesday.
