This kid wants to play football. I know he was working against the 3rd string but looked impressive. I think he should get a shot at the 2nd string defense next game he certainly deserves the chance with his performance tonight.

Wouldnt it be something to have him and FWP as a tandem lead the NFL in rushing 2 undrafted guys. With our line prolly wouldnt happen but nice to dream.

1. James Harrison was everywhere – easily the best player on the field tonight. I’m not sure any team is going to be able to contain him.

2. Man oh man I’m excited about our WRs this year. Limas made a couple of nice catches including 1 in heavy traffic. Yes, he dropped one, but he looked like a great target for Ben. Mike Wallace was very impressive, making a couple of nice grabs and he got wide open on a pass badly underthrown by Dixon. Both looked like great #3 targets. Then McDonald came in and showed what he can do with 6 catches. We could be positively devastating in 5 wide sets this year.

3. The OL didn’t push anyone off the ball all night. The centers were ok, but overall we just didn’t knock anyone back.

4. At RB, Mendenhall looked much quicker and stronger to the hole than he did last year. He just didn’t have anywhere else to go. Redman ran strong against lesser competition, though he needs to stop that spin move – he’ll get killed in a regular game doing that. Summers showed little running the ball, but looked decent blocking and on special teams.

5. Batch looked very good and it’s nice to know he’s back. He’s always run the team efficiently when Ben is out. Dixon still looked a bit overwhelmed, but you could see the potential and I like how his first reaction isn’t to run. He looks like he could step in next year as the #2.

6. Nice interception, Anthony Madison. Great positioning. It’s just preseason for the refs, too.

7. Nice interception, Joe Burnett. He recovered well from his muffed punt to really play well. He looks like a gamer. Keenan Lewis, on the other hand, looked lost.

8. Ziggy Hood showed some flashes of potential, but looked very overmatched most of the time. He’s thinking too much.

9. Bruce Davis didn’t show much.

10. Welcome back, Mr. Sepulveda. We missed you.

Looked good at times, from the pocket too. One thing I noticed was his delivery seems a little inconsistent. Occasionally it looked as though he was almost throwing a shot put. But when it all was smooth, and the ball didn’t feel “way wrong” he looked like he may have some legit upside. Still a bit of a stick though.

I only was able to check the recaps and such, as I’m in Peru. But Let me say this:

Robopunter for the win. Averaged what like almost 50? Thats huge. And I missed it so.

Mr. Redman is pretty much the shiz at the goal line from what I can tell. And his TD runs werent even at the one, at the 5 and 3 I believe. I like what I see.

Good to see Bruce Davis getting a little PT, and a INT to boot.

is a relatively thin veneer, just enough to hold my own with drunk people, and I’ve learned a lot from reading some of the dissections by BTSC leaders (tip of hat to all of you).

That being said, I intuitively feel that big boys need to hit hard and go forward. Less fancypants, more violence. There was a short yardage play in the first or second series where five big boys went straight forward and Delicious got two or three and a 1st down. I like seeing the line going forward. I know we need to stunt and get blocking at the second level, but it stood out to me. It was only one play.

I also liked:
Madison’s one hander. Focus. Be the ball. Nanananana.
Redman’s bounce on the goal line run. Put him up against better players and let’s have a lookie.
Robo. Oh sweetness.
Chucky’s apparent boner for the Steelers and his rant against the Hines rule. I often have these games on mute since Jaworski is such a muttonhead but was glad I didn’t for that little tirade.