Oswlek
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Just thought I'd post a bunch of stuff about this weekend in one thread.
* This weeked was a win for the "defense wins championships" crowd. Three unstoppable offense led by unflappable quarterbacks with uncoverable receiving weapons, and only one remains. Either GB or NO wouldn't have surprised me, but both going down was definitely unexpected.
* Of the defensive performances, it was SFs that impressed me the most. Other than some sloppy tackling at the very end of the game, they outplayed NO across the board. Their DL dominated NO's impressive running attack to the point that the Saints abandoned it altogether. Without being able to make his stride and a half, Brees wasn't able to make the throws. Even when Brees had time, the coverage was excellent.
Just dominant across the board.
* By comparison, NY's defense, while impressive, was helped out by a lot of dropped passes. GB had their chances, they just flubbed them.
That said - and this is somewhat paradoxical considering what I just wrote - I was impressed with NY's coverage. The majority of GB's pressure were after Rodgers had 3 or more seconds to survey the field. They didn't have nearly the amount of DL-beats-QB-to-the-drop plays like was saw in 2007. Perhaps this was a function of them trying to contain Aaron (which didn't work too well if it was), but the pass rush was only good, not great. I never would have expected NY to win without bitchslapping GB's OL.
* Me at the outset of the season:
Me this past week:
* Despite the Ravens actually winning, the longer yesterday's game went on the less I wanted to see Houston come to Foxboro. They were significantly better than the Ravens on both sides of the LOS and have two better offensive players (Johnson, Foster) than anyone on Baltimore.
* Eli has earned plenty of grief from me, but he bas genuinely been a top tier QB this year. He no longer looks like a frightened turd whenever he sees some pressure.
* Man is that GB defense terrible. They were every bit as bad as NE's was at their worst this year, allowing three or four 3rd and 10+ conversions on just first couple NY drives. And it didn't get much better from there, other than some decent success stopping the run.
I've been sticking up for passing on Clay Matthews for two years now, and I hope his actual play on the field will do most of the talking. Or, perhaps I should say, I hope fans will listen to what his play is saying. He isn't getting any pressure and if he doesn't get past the block right away, he gets shoved aside against the run. Both Carter and Anderson were more impressive this year.
* Watching Ridley run, with all the swinging arms and legs, it finally hit me who he reminds me of.
* This weeked was a win for the "defense wins championships" crowd. Three unstoppable offense led by unflappable quarterbacks with uncoverable receiving weapons, and only one remains. Either GB or NO wouldn't have surprised me, but both going down was definitely unexpected.
* Of the defensive performances, it was SFs that impressed me the most. Other than some sloppy tackling at the very end of the game, they outplayed NO across the board. Their DL dominated NO's impressive running attack to the point that the Saints abandoned it altogether. Without being able to make his stride and a half, Brees wasn't able to make the throws. Even when Brees had time, the coverage was excellent.
Just dominant across the board.
* By comparison, NY's defense, while impressive, was helped out by a lot of dropped passes. GB had their chances, they just flubbed them.
That said - and this is somewhat paradoxical considering what I just wrote - I was impressed with NY's coverage. The majority of GB's pressure were after Rodgers had 3 or more seconds to survey the field. They didn't have nearly the amount of DL-beats-QB-to-the-drop plays like was saw in 2007. Perhaps this was a function of them trying to contain Aaron (which didn't work too well if it was), but the pass rush was only good, not great. I never would have expected NY to win without bitchslapping GB's OL.
* Me at the outset of the season:
I could see a Saint type fall [for the Packers], but something tells me it is going to be more like the 2008 Giants. With boatloads of talent and confidence, they ran roughshod over the league for 11 weeks and crusied down the stretch to the top seed, only to flame out in a home playoff game after winning 4 straight away from home to end the year before.
Me this past week:
1/15 4:30 ET At Green Bay -7.5 NY Giants 52.5
* Despite the Ravens actually winning, the longer yesterday's game went on the less I wanted to see Houston come to Foxboro. They were significantly better than the Ravens on both sides of the LOS and have two better offensive players (Johnson, Foster) than anyone on Baltimore.
* Eli has earned plenty of grief from me, but he bas genuinely been a top tier QB this year. He no longer looks like a frightened turd whenever he sees some pressure.
* Man is that GB defense terrible. They were every bit as bad as NE's was at their worst this year, allowing three or four 3rd and 10+ conversions on just first couple NY drives. And it didn't get much better from there, other than some decent success stopping the run.
I've been sticking up for passing on Clay Matthews for two years now, and I hope his actual play on the field will do most of the talking. Or, perhaps I should say, I hope fans will listen to what his play is saying. He isn't getting any pressure and if he doesn't get past the block right away, he gets shoved aside against the run. Both Carter and Anderson were more impressive this year.
* Watching Ridley run, with all the swinging arms and legs, it finally hit me who he reminds me of.