A buddy of mine has a cousin who works as a scout for the Toronto Argonauts, he has an insane setup. Man cave consists of 10 37" sets with every game on. They invited me over to watch today's games, I generally hate watching anywhere but my home but I took them up on their offer.
Having all the games on was disorienting at first but you naturally tune out the games on your far left/right. Very enjoyable, you get to see a good portion of about 6 games going on during the 1pm slot. Much easier to follow the 4 oclock games.
Football is much more enjoyable when you're around knowledgeable fans.
Week 1 Thoughts
- The Bills are back, no question! Another year of heart break is back. Gut wrenching defeats, we got you covered. Under performing "superstars" we got those too. Turnovers by your best players, no doubt about it. Nullify big gains by taking penalties, yeah we have a looooot of those. Same shit, different year.
- Bills were 1 for 6 on 3rd and 2. We've played the Pats 3 time on opening day since 2006, lost all three. Combine point differential of -5 for the Bills.
- Brutal run games throughout the league. Seemed like teams went nowhere on the ground.
- Man if the Bengals ever get a consistent run game look out. AJ was a machine but the Bears left Tillman one on one, wouldn't even reroute at the line, lots of press bail.
- Steeler fans, you missing Arians yet?
- Cam needs help. When I was watching, and I watched often since the game was right next to the Bills game, he looked pretty good. Olsen was shit. Need to give this man some weapons.
- Amendola was incredible down the stretch, he doesn't get the separation Welker does, or didn't in this game (groin didn't help him), but he made contested grabs all game long. I thought Robey did as good a job as he could have done on some of those throws.
- Mike Pettine is a hell of a coach. Had Brady confused often, lots of confusing coverages. Front 4 didn't get to Brady enough given the coverage. Good plan of attack given the roster limitations.
- Jim Leonhard really is a coach on the field, lined up guys in the right spot quite often. Future coach no doubt.
- Was high on Tannehill coming out, decent game for him today. At A&M he moved so well in the pocket, you're starting to see him regress in this department because his OL is dog shit. Dropping his eyes often, feeling heat, and gets jittery often. Reminds me of...
- Sam Bradford. Cards didn't respect him and he "Cooked" them repeatedly. OL is still an issue for that squad, but he looked better. Too bad his OC is shit, why the fuck is he motioning the RB out of two back sets but leaving the FB in the backfield? To pass pro? Didn't understand it. Good to see needless motioning from Schotty, it's a staple of his.
- Givens and Richardson looked good, good wiggle, both players broke tackles or made guys missed. Tavon was roughed up at times, first time I questioned his size, he'll be alright.
- Rams DL keeps getting better. It's the Cards, I know, but Rams DL played well against some good lines last season.
- Rams S were thumping guys all game long.
- Speaking of thumping, Eric Reid was fantastic today. Always been a solid tackler, played downhill, but to play that quickly and instinctively in your first game...Good start to say the least.
- LOL Steve Johnson. You're a clown, who cares if you get open, catch the damn ball you fuck.
- Miss that Chan Gailey run game.
That's all for this week. I'll be rewatching some games the next few days, hopefully we get a good discussion going.
Having all the games on was disorienting at first but you naturally tune out the games on your far left/right. Very enjoyable, you get to see a good portion of about 6 games going on during the 1pm slot. Much easier to follow the 4 oclock games.
Football is much more enjoyable when you're around knowledgeable fans.
Week 1 Thoughts
- The Bills are back, no question! Another year of heart break is back. Gut wrenching defeats, we got you covered. Under performing "superstars" we got those too. Turnovers by your best players, no doubt about it. Nullify big gains by taking penalties, yeah we have a looooot of those. Same shit, different year.
- Bills were 1 for 6 on 3rd and 2. We've played the Pats 3 time on opening day since 2006, lost all three. Combine point differential of -5 for the Bills.
- Brutal run games throughout the league. Seemed like teams went nowhere on the ground.
- Man if the Bengals ever get a consistent run game look out. AJ was a machine but the Bears left Tillman one on one, wouldn't even reroute at the line, lots of press bail.
- Steeler fans, you missing Arians yet?
- Cam needs help. When I was watching, and I watched often since the game was right next to the Bills game, he looked pretty good. Olsen was shit. Need to give this man some weapons.
- Amendola was incredible down the stretch, he doesn't get the separation Welker does, or didn't in this game (groin didn't help him), but he made contested grabs all game long. I thought Robey did as good a job as he could have done on some of those throws.
- Mike Pettine is a hell of a coach. Had Brady confused often, lots of confusing coverages. Front 4 didn't get to Brady enough given the coverage. Good plan of attack given the roster limitations.
- Jim Leonhard really is a coach on the field, lined up guys in the right spot quite often. Future coach no doubt.
- Was high on Tannehill coming out, decent game for him today. At A&M he moved so well in the pocket, you're starting to see him regress in this department because his OL is dog shit. Dropping his eyes often, feeling heat, and gets jittery often. Reminds me of...
- Sam Bradford. Cards didn't respect him and he "Cooked" them repeatedly. OL is still an issue for that squad, but he looked better. Too bad his OC is shit, why the fuck is he motioning the RB out of two back sets but leaving the FB in the backfield? To pass pro? Didn't understand it. Good to see needless motioning from Schotty, it's a staple of his.
- Givens and Richardson looked good, good wiggle, both players broke tackles or made guys missed. Tavon was roughed up at times, first time I questioned his size, he'll be alright.
- Rams DL keeps getting better. It's the Cards, I know, but Rams DL played well against some good lines last season.
- Rams S were thumping guys all game long.
- Speaking of thumping, Eric Reid was fantastic today. Always been a solid tackler, played downhill, but to play that quickly and instinctively in your first game...Good start to say the least.
- LOL Steve Johnson. You're a clown, who cares if you get open, catch the damn ball you fuck.
- Miss that Chan Gailey run game.
That's all for this week. I'll be rewatching some games the next few days, hopefully we get a good discussion going.
