Quick thoughts.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by ukcolt

Do we know the extent of the injuries for Hull and Ogletree.

Also was it just me, or did Kylen Granson look like he was a much bigger dude yesterday?

Per NextGen Stats, Kylen Granson averaged 4.6 yards of separation on his targets.

This ranked 4th amongst 77 qualifying (3+ targets) players for week 1.

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

Speaking of the presser... these reporters are going to turn on Steichen hard at some point, watch. He is Belichick-esque in that he doesn't answer a goddamn thing for the most part.

One of them says, "What does that mean specifically?"

Steichen says, "Just everything, you know what I mean?". Haha.

Actually I like that about Steichen. Fucking Reich gave away way too much information. Carolina will regret that hire.

[Chromeburn]

DTs DeForest Buckner (92.5) & Grover Stewart (90.2) ranked 1st and 3rd, respectively, among all DTs

LBs EJ Speed (94.8) & Zaire Franklin (92.2) rated as having the two best LB performances

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

DTs DeForest Buckner (92.5) & Grover Stewart (90.2) ranked 1st and 3rd, respectively, among all DTs

LBs EJ Speed (94.8) & Zaire Franklin (92.2) rated as having the two best LB performances

How did they grade Kwity?

[IndyNorm]

Late to the game, but here are my thoughts after a couple of days:

- AR looked better than I thought he would. Obviously still has a long way to go and needs to learn to not play hero ball w/ the run game, but he looked not overwhelmed at all and way more comfortable than I thought he would.
- I read in Atkins' "10 Thoughts" article that Downs was wide open a couple of times during the O's dry stretch and AR overlooked him. Not a surprise this happened w/ a rookie. I'm sure this will stand out on film and that AR will learn from this.
- OL's pass blocking was ok, but their run blocking was turrible. I saw a couple of you guys' commented some of that is due to the change in blocking schemes. Hope that's the case.
- The D played great for the most part with the DL looking about as good as they had in a long time. Just too much time on the field and put into too many bad spots by the O.
- Even though Steichen probably needs to dial it down, the 4th down decisions aren't as bad as you guys are saying. At least until at the end of the game. My thoughts:

- The first one was 4th and less than a yard. I think the bigger mistake was not asking for a measurement and review b/c we got screwed on the spot on the previous play. Also, I think Steichen may have learned his lesson that our OL is nowhere near as good as Philly's.
- The next 2 times were both from Jax 42, so out of FG range and really prime 4th down territory from a field position standpoint. With how well our D was playing in the 2nd half I really think we should have punted on the 3rd 4th down attempt.
- The final 2 were weird. We're down 10, only have 2 TOs, and it's under 2 mins. So we needed 2 scores and an onside kick recovery to tie/win. Probably makes more sense to kick the FG there (especially the 2nd time). Also, Steichen should have used his TOs to preserve some clock and get the O on the same page rather than have us rushing things.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

How did they grade Kwity?

He had a very good day, they need two on him

[Ironshaft]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

- The final 2 were weird. We're down 10, only have 2 TOs, and it's under 2 mins. So we needed 2 scores and an onside kick recovery to tie/win. Probably makes more sense to kick the FG there (especially the 2nd time). Also, Steichen should have used his TOs to preserve some clock and get the O on the same page rather than have us rushing things.

Rookie head coach in his first every game at the NFL level.

Hopefully, he will learn about clock management.

[ChaosTheory]

For any fellow film nerds. I never remember the best way to include images, hopefully the attachments show up, they look smaller. Can someone let me know?

Very interesting 22 tape so far. One thing I wanted to point out, is that there are plenty of opportunities missed with AR's reads that are exciting because they'll improve once things slow down for him. Some big running lanes he opted out of as well.

This example stuck with me early. It's just a routine RO from the second drive that is interesting to me for several reasons...

Image 1: Colts are 2x2, Jags are pretty basic alignment with Josh Allen lined up over Pierce in the slot.

Image 2: Off AR's cadence, Allen bumps down to rush, creating a 6-on-7 for our blockers. The safety, Cisco, drops down and follows Downs as he motions inside. CB starts backing off to play his deep half.

Image 3: Play starts, Plug backer moves to Allen's gap as Allen crashes and stones MAC's block. Pierce runs a 5yd hitch. Safety chases Downs and whizzes past Pierce. CB keeps dropping. AR hands off.

Image 4: O-Line washes everyone down, Jackson hits the hole between Smith and pulling MAC... but MAC gets blown up by Allen so Jackson barely squeezes through before Allen gets an arm on him and jumps on his back. 3yds, not terrible, could've been better if MAC made the block and/or if Moss (or Taylor) was in to explode through Allen's arms.

Meanwhile, the more interesting part is, with all that attention in the box, Pierce and Downs are essentially 2-on-1 vs. the safety who is manned on Downs. Downs does a quick out and Pierce does a quick hitch. By the time AR does his follow through fake, Cisco is screaming past Pierce towards Downs and the CB is 10 yards away from Pierce who has all that room. Probably an easy first down at minimum.

It's not that AR made a bad read, especially if MAC doesn't get blown up or if Moss/Taylor were running... But as the game slows down for him, I'm hoping he recognizes stuff like this and is assertive enough to keep the ball and make the throw rather than defer to the handoff which he seemed to do a lot, especially later in the game.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

How did they grade Kwity?

74.1 for Kwity

I thought a saw a grade of Josh Downs in the 80's but I can't find it now. In the preseason they gave him an 87.

[Brylok]

Mike Strachan signed with Panthers practice squad.