Grades: Week 7 vs Broncos

[Superman]

No words.

On to the grades...

Box score

Offense, B: 71 plays, 334 yards, 19 first downs (11 passing, 5 rushing, 3 from penalty), 5/17 on third down, 3/4 in the red zone, 1 turnover, 37 points; slow start, but capitalized on opportunities after the safety to create just enough distance

QB: This was mostly the best of Andrew Luck. He's shown an ability to rise to the occasion and make big plays, both with his arm and his legs. While there were some errant throws, which are frustrating at times (none more frustrating than the missed throw to Reggie, of course), he was mostly on the mark. The biggest thing he did, over and over again, was standing tall in the pocket, dodging defenders to extend plays, and running with the ball just enough. I'd like to see us take more shots downfield. More on that in coaching, but the timing between Luck and Hilton is going to have to improve. B+

Backs / receivers / tight ends: Richardson is having a tough go of it, but the run blocking struggled all game long. Just no rhythm. Some hard fought yards in there from time to time, but not a lot on the ground. The fumble is irritating. The receivers played hard, fought coverage, and made up for the drops last week against the Chargers (sort of). Kind of shocked to see Fleener only had 38 yards, because he seemed big in this game. The backs got involved in the passing game also, and while Havili had the drop on the screen play, he came back with the touchdown later on. My heart hurts for Reggie. Gonna need the other guys to step up. B

OL / blocking: Seemed to me like Luck was on the run the whole game. Even when he had a nice pocket, it didn't last. No time to throw, with lots of penetration up the middle. Cherilus did a nice job pass blocking, kind of shut Von Miller down every time he faced him. But with the injuries and all the shuffling, the line struggled. Take out Luck's scrambles and DHB's big gain, and we averaged 2/4 yards/carry, with six tackles for loss. Failed on 3rd and short almost every time. Not gonna cut it. Replacing Satele with McGlynn didn't help either. The line was making incremental improvement, but the injuries aren't helping. C

Defense, A: 73 plays, 429 yards, 23 first downs (19 passing, 2 rushing, 2 from penalty), 5/16 on third down, 1/1 on fourth down, 3/5 in the red zone, three turnovers, 33 points (the Broncos were averaging 44 points a game coming in)

Defensive front: The Broncos aren't a really good run team, but they run well situationally, usually converting in short yardage. We shut them down in short yardage, and stopped them for one yard, zero gain or a loss 9 times, by my count. Flew to the ball in the flats, and tackled much better after the catch than I expected after last week. Very disciplined against the run. Pass rush wasn't consistent, but it was timely. The sack/safety was right on time. And we got pressure without sending extra guys. Someone said we only blitzed four times in nearly 60 called pass plays, but we came up with 4 sacks and several hurries, including the hit that caused the interception. Erik Walden showed more pass rush ability in this one. Let a few runs out for moderate gains, but that happens against a good offense. I was very pleased with the play of the front, including the gameplan, which I'll touch on later. To get to a QB like Manning four times, mostly with a four man rush, is very impressive. Mathis continues to destroy blockers and quarterbacks, no matter who they are, and is on his way to being the undisputed king of the strip sack (Jason Taylor has the same amount of strip sacks, but played 79 more games than Mathis has so far, so to me, Mathis is already the king). A

Pass defense: If this grade were just for Vontae Davis, it would be an A+. But the other corners weren't nearly as good. Butler played a strong game, but he and Toler got beat a few times. I'm not mad at that; the Broncos have a really good passing game, really good receivers, a really good QB... The safeties were all over the place, covering and tackling. Bethea fell down on the Decker touchdown, but had a play on the ball. Then he got beat by a great throw and catch on the Julius Thomas touchdown (and a great play design, by the way; Collinsworth did a great job telestrating it). Landry hits, plain and simple. We've missed that on defense. And the linebackers did a significantly better job in coverage than they did against the Chargers. Freeman finally got some praise on national TV, and it was long overdue. Kind of weird to be giving out such high praise for a unit that gave up nearly 400 yards and 3 touchdowns, but the pass defense was really good, all things considered. I'm impressed. A-

Special teams: It's sad that I got a little excited about a kick return that took the ball to the 26 yard line. We still don't have a return game, and I don't know what we can do about it. And I'm going to overlook the couple of kicks and punts that we didn't cover well, because Havili forced the big fumble (which should have been a touchdown), and because McAfee brought the pain like a boss. Vinatieri was perfect on the night, including a 52 yarder (I thought his leg was gone...?) Gotta tighten up the coverage, but this was a strong performance also. A-

Coaching / playcalling, B+:

Hamilton is still struggling to find an early balance between pass and run, and didn't do a good job of getting his playmakers involved early on. But he made adjustments, and for the second game in a row, used a gadget play for a big gain. The design of DHB's touchdown catch was borderline genius, and worked perfectly. I hesitate to blame the playcalling for the struggles running the ball, but as has been pointed out here often, some of our power runs are fairly predictable. That's fine, when you are converting, but we haven't been. Gonna have to do a better job of getting the run game established without forcing it and hurting the passing game. B-

Manusky is starting to work it. He obviously had the same idea I had about defending the Broncos: play the best coverage you can play, and try your darndest to get pressure without bringing extra rushers. Good thing our front was able to play so well, and good thing our pass coverage was so good, and we still gave up a bunch of yards. Not a perfect effort here, but some ingenuity on some different coverages and pressures as the game went on, including a delayed blitz up the middle. Ditched the edge blitz after it got burned, and stuck with more conventional pressures. Pagano's defensive vision is starting to come together. A

Game management deserves credit for the challenge, which was fairly obvious. Timeouts were never an issue. Might have gone for the 4th and 2 from the +49, but the defense was kind of on a roll at the time, and the punt was downed on the 2 yard line, so shut my mouth. B+

Game ball, offense: Reggie Wayne. The leader of the offense, the embodiment of the team over the last year and a half, and he hasn't missed a game since his rookie year. Still so glad he stayed, and I hope he gets the knee right and comes back ready to roll next season. I'd trade this win for Reggie being healthy, and this is a HUGE win. Watching him walk into the lockerroom was the most heartrending thing I've watched since March 2012. This one is for you, Reggie.

Game ball, defense: Vontae Davis. He simply didn't allow anyone to do anything, on any spot of the field. He was physical, active, he frustrated every receiver that lined up across from him, he didn't make any mistakes... And against the best passing attack in the league. This is the kind of game that convinces you he can be a true shutdown corner. Keep it up, young man.

Pagano gave the guys the bye week off. They deserve it. Come back ready to take care of business down in Houston.

[Carlos Danger]

Good analysis... much better than the tripe i'm reading from the major publications about Manning V. Luck.

[Superman]

Good analysis... much better than the tripe i'm reading from the major publications about Manning V. Luck.

Stop reading that tripe. ;)

[csmopar]

Sounds pretty accurate. Considering the number of 3 and outs we got against Peyton and Co; the D played lights out.

[southwest1]

You are good at dissecting units Superman. I won't even try to match wits with you film study analysis wise. SW1 knows when he's outgunned & overmatched. I wouldn't stand a chance in that arena. 

 

Nevertheless, I like what you said here: "Freeman finally got some praise on national TV, and it was long overdue." Plus, that whole section praising Reggie Wayne was right on the money.

 

The next time I question the prowess of our DC, I give you permission to hit me over the head with a rolling pin. Clearly, Manusky knows what he's doing: Niners, Seattle, & now Denver. On second thought, a rolling pin might leave a bruise & really hurt. How bout a rolled up newspaper copy of the INDY Star instead? Yeah, SW1 can work with that. 

[southwest1]

Actually, regarding the Peyton Manning tribute. You could do a whole separate video segment on his hilarious TV commercials [Mastercard, United Way, & anything with a vintage 70's moustache in it.] 

 

He is a natural at poking fun at himself. A rare gift for a superstar athlete these days. 

[SteelCityColt]

Good write up as always and agree with pretty much all the grading. 

[Franklin County]

Great job Superman!!! I like how you broke it all down.

It did seem like Fleener came up bigger than he actually did yardage wise.

And Walden really stepped up his play this week he looked like he is getting it.

Havili showed why he is here with the TD and the strip sack.

Wow everyone stepped up their game for this win......

[OffensivelyPC]

If I am Pagano, I give the game ball to Vontae as well.  As you said, when he plays like that, I'd take him over any CB in the league.  Not too many corners can say that they didn't give up anything against the best WR core and QB in the league.  He was just phenomenal.  And I wish there were more gameballs to hand out on defense, because Mathis was certainly deserving.  Even Butler, who shut down Welker for most of the game was in the running, but for getting beat a few times in the 4th.  Just an all out excellent showing by our defense.

 

Acknowledging our youth and with it, inconsistency, but if we could play with more consistency against teams that we "should" beat, there's no reason that we shouldn't be undefeated right now.  Hopefully as the season progresses, we can sure up the mistakes, and heading into the playoffs, I trulyl believe we're a team that can make it to the AFC CG.  With a little luck, there's no reason to think we can make it to the superbowl.  But we have a lot of maturing and improving to do between now and then.  And losing Reggie is a major set back to that goal.  Hopefully Brazill and Reed are up to the task.

[Coltssouth]

My favorite thread of the week and one I look forward to reading.  Well done Supe.

[Le Neon]

Special teams: It's sad that I got a little excited about a kick return that took the ball to the 26 yard line. We still don't have a return game, and I don't know what we can do about it. And I'm going to overlook the couple of kicks and punts that we didn't cover well, because Havili forced the big fumble (which should have been a touchdown), and because McAfee brought the pain like a boss. Vinatieri was perfect on the night, including a 52 yarder (I thought his leg was gone...?) Gotta tighten up the coverage, but this was a strong performance also. A-

 

 

I felt the same way.  I wonder if we keep Reed at this rate.  We didn't do anything special without him, but we certainly weren't missing anything either.  Do we need the luxury of a return specialist if he's nothing special at this point?  Open question, coaches must see something in him that we haven't seen yet?

[Coffeedrinker]

Great write up as always Superman.  About the only thing I would add would be to give the ST gameball to Sergio Brown, he had quite the game on special teams, getting down there quickly to stop the punts before they went into the endzone, he stripped the ball on the kick return that should have been a TD had the refs not blew the whistle too quickly and really helped contain one of the mist explosive returners in the NFL this year.

[Gavin]

Richardson had 14 carries vs the Broncos for a total of 37 yards......I will give my opinion on the breakdown of each run below:

 

Richardsons 1st run of the game came out of a 3 wide set at the 14:53 mark of the 1st Quarter. Richardson carried the ball for a solid 4 yard gain on 1st down behind the block of Castonzo who did an excellent job of getting to the second level and seeling off the linebacker and Mcglynn who pull blocked on the play, Also Coby  a pretty good job of seeling off the DE. Richardson  excellent patience on the play by Richardson....stopping to examine the best hole to take and picking the right hole and hitting it hard, Well done overall play along with good patience by Richardson. (6 in the box)

 

 

Richardsons 2nd run of the game came at 14:21 of the 1st Quarter behind the block of Castonzo out of a 3 wide set. Castonzo was able to drive his man back for 3 yards opening up a hole, Mcglynn came down on a Pull block(a darn good hit on Wolf helping Fleener) but the Safety came down late and Satele lost control of the ILB on the play allowing them both to come ove and make the play, Had Mcglynn took on the Safety at was coming down on the Pull Block Richardson would have had daylight ahead of him

(6 in the box)

 

Richardsons 3rd run of the game came at 2:58 of the 1st Quarter around the RE, Cherilus and Link came together on a combo block on the DT, Thornton was the Pulling LG on the play, Richardson ran around the RE on ty who was Fleener who did not do a real good job of holding Miller on the play as he shed Coby's block and tripped up Richardson from behind,. It looked from the all 22 that Richardson should have ran upfield after  getting around Fleener that he could have gotten 2-3 more yards out of the run by going forward instead of trying to outrun the linebackers sideways, Again not a real good block by Coby but Richardson in my opinion turned a 4-5 yard gain into a 2 yarder by running sideways (6 in the box)

 

 

Richardsons 4th run of the game came out a power formation ringing in the extra O Lineman with 10:36 left to go in the 2nd Quarter. The box was stacked with 9 guys. Reitz missed his block on Von Miller who beat him to the inside stopping Richardson for a 2 yard loss, Now its possible that Richardson should have shown more patience on the play because there was alot of room outside to the right if he could have got there BUT Reitz has to stay on his feet and guide Miller away from the play

 

 

Richardsons 5th run  came out of the Offset I Formation in a  2 wide set at 6:41 of 2nd Quarter, Havili was sent in motion to the left, Satele got an excellent block on Vickers riding him into  backfield right out of the play  away from Richardson  opening up a running lane, Castonzo and Thornton  came together on a combo block on the RE , 8 yard gain, Satele with the key block on that play (7 in the box)

 

 

Richardsons 6th run came at 4:54 came with 6 in box and it went for 8 yards around the RE out of the of offset I left formation in a 3 wide set with 6 in the box, Richardson did a good job of staying with Havili as a lead blocker, It looked like Richardson MAY HAVE followed him a little to closely though and almost ran up the back of him but overall solid run

 

 

Richardsons 7th run came  out of the I formation with 8 in the box at 10:23 out of a 3 wide set. There just was not much if any patience by him at all on this run. he got the hand off and immediately ran it up the middle behind Havili for 1 yard. I would have liked to see him show more patience on this run because it looked like there was enough of a hole to right to burst through but overall the where the play was designed to go there was no room

 

 

Richardsons 8th run came out of a 3 wide set with 6 in the box at the 9:42 mark of the 3rd Quarter . The run went for 6 yards behind the blocking of Mcglynn who was the pulling RG on the play, He fell down however. It appeared to me that there was a bigger natural crease just to the right  but Thornton at LG got enough of a good block on #51 which opened up a small hole  (not sure on all the Broncos #'s off top of my head, 6 in the box )

 

Richardsons 9th run of the game came at 9:08 of the 3rd Quarter out of a 3 wide set with 6 in the box  and nd it went for -1 yards, It was a great play made by the ILB #58 but I think Richardson needed to show more patience when he got the handoff and cut that around the LE, But the ILB was on him pretty fast, Either Luck needed to check out of that play or Satee needs to mody the blocking assignment on that play or Richardson just needed to show more patience

 

Richardsons 10th run of the game came at 6:49 of the 3rd Quarter  out of offset I right formation in a 2 wide set with 8 in the box, Richardson ran to LE, He read Havilis helmet correctly on the play and bounced out outside but Havili ould not hold his block on # 59 who got free and made the play, Richardson read the play well, there was nothing to the inside

 

Richardsons 11th run  came at 15:00 to go in the 4th Quarter out of a 3 wide set with 7 in the box up the middle, Richardson needed to show more patience on this run in my opinion. He ran right into the back of his O Linemen without either waiting for the hole to open up where the run was supposed to go, Had he showed some patience he would have seen Castonzo opened up a big hole along with Mcglynn aat Center

 

Richardsons 12th run came at 11:35 of the 4th Quarter out of a 3 wide set with 6 in the box, Thornton was the pulling lg on the play but Linkenbach got knocked back a couple yards on contact with the D Lineman which slowed Thornton down just enough to make him hesitate, you could argue  that Thornton and Linkenbach opened up just enough of a hole to run through however it closed pretty quick

 

Richardsons 13th run came at with 7 in the box out of a 2 wide set at 2:51 of the 4th Quarter, Havili was sent in motion from left to right, there was 7 in the box. Havili got driven back on the play which was designed to be up behind him, Richardson did not look to show much patience in waiting for a hole to open, had he done so  he might have seen that there was a small crease between #84 our TE and Castonzo that he could have slipped through for positive yards (forget who #84 off top of head since we always have knew guys coming these days so fast...Doyle I think without looking)

 

 

Richardsons 14th and final run came at 2:43 of the 4th Quarter with 7 the box. It went for no gain , Colts were in power offset I left formation with 2 wide set . The play was designed to go left, Richardson lacked patience on the run to wait for Havili to get his block although Richardson read his helmet right, Had he shown more patience on the play he would have seen a big hole opened up by Linkenbach and Cherilus

 

 

 

 

 

 

My take-Richardson has a quick burst, powerful runner but I would not say elite in that category. He lacked patience in to some of his runs vs the Broncos and that lead to some missed oppurtunities but he showed some good agility and is capable of breaking some big runs if he can get in the open field but his issue is lack of patience to often at this point, I expect he will get better. I dont see him ever being elite at anything but I dont think he has reached his potential yet, In Indy terms he wont be the next Edge....good news...He dont have to be as long as we use multiple Backs

[Le Neon]

Richardson had 14 carries vs the Broncos for a total of 37 yards......I will give my opinion on the breakdown of each run below:

 

Richardsons 1st run of the game came out of a 3 wide set at the 14:53 mark of the 1st Quarter. Richardson carried the ball for a solid 4 yard gain on 1st down behind the block of Castonzo who did an excellent job of getting to the second level and seeling off the linebacker and Mcglynn who pull blocked on the play, Also Coby  a pretty good job of seeling off the DE. Richardson  excellent patience on the play by Richardson....stopping to examine the best hole to take and picking the right hole and hitting it hard, Well done overall play along with good patience by Richardson. (6 in the box)

 

 

Richardsons 2nd run of the game came at 14:21 of the 1st Quarter behind the block of Castonzo out of a 3 wide set. Castonzo was able to drive his man back for 3 yards opening up a hole, Mcglynn came down on a Pull block(a darn good hit on Wolf helping Fleener) but the Safety came down late and Satele lost control of the ILB on the play allowing them both to come ove and make the play, Had Mcglynn took on the Safety at was coming down on the Pull Block Richardson would have had daylight ahead of him

(6 in the box)

 

Richardsons 3rd run of the game came at 2:58 of the 1st Quarter around the RE, Cherilus and Link came together on a combo block on the DT, Thornton was the Pulling LG on the play, Richardson ran around the RE on ty who was Fleener who did not do a real good job of holding Miller on the play as he shed Coby's block and tripped up Richardson from behind,. It looked from the all 22 that Richardson should have ran upfield after  getting around Fleener that he could have gotten 2-3 more yards out of the run by going forward instead of trying to outrun the linebackers sideways, Again not a real good block by Coby but Richardson in my opinion turned a 4-5 yard gain into a 2 yarder by running sideways (6 in the box)

 

 

Richardsons 4th run of the game came out a power formation ringing in the extra O Lineman with 10:36 left to go in the 2nd Quarter. The box was stacked with 9 guys. Reitz missed his block on Von Miller who beat him to the inside stopping Richardson for a 2 yard loss, Now its possible that Richardson should have shown more patience on the play because there was alot of room outside to the right if he could have got there BUT Reitz has to stay on his feet and guide Miller away from the play

 

 

Richardsons 5th run  came out of the Offset I Formation in a  2 wide set at 6:41 of 2nd Quarter, Havili was sent in motion to the left, Satele got an excellent block on Vickers riding him into  backfield right out of the play  away from Richardson  opening up a running lane, Castonzo and Thornton  came together on a combo block on the RE , 8 yard gain, Satele with the key block on that play (7 in the box)

 

 

Richardsons 6th run came at 4:54 came with 6 in box and it went for 8 yards around the RE out of the of offset I left formation in a 3 wide set with 6 in the box, Richardson did a good job of staying with Havili as a lead blocker, It looked like Richardson MAY HAVE followed him a little to closely though and almost ran up the back of him but overall solid run

 

 

Richardsons 7th run came  out of the I formation with 8 in the box at 10:23 out of a 3 wide set. There just was not much if any patience by him at all on this run. he got the hand off and immediately ran it up the middle behind Havili for 1 yard. I would have liked to see him show more patience on this run because it looked like there was enough of a hole to right to burst through but overall the where the play was designed to go there was no room

 

 

Richardsons 8th run came out of a 3 wide set with 6 in the box at the 9:42 mark of the 3rd Quarter . The run went for 6 yards behind the blocking of Mcglynn who was the pulling RG on the play, He fell down however. It appeared to me that there was a bigger natural crease just to the right  but Thornton at LG got enough of a good block on #51 which opened up a small hole  (not sure on all the Broncos #'s off top of my head, 6 in the box )

 

Richardsons 9th run of the game came at 9:08 of the 3rd Quarter out of a 3 wide set with 6 in the box  and nd it went for -1 yards, It was a great play made by the ILB #58 but I think Richardson needed to show more patience when he got the handoff and cut that around the LE, But the ILB was on him pretty fast, Either Luck needed to check out of that play or Satee needs to mody the blocking assignment on that play or Richardson just needed to show more patience

 

Richardsons 10th run of the game came at 6:49 of the 3rd Quarter  out of offset I right formation in a 2 wide set with 8 in the box, Richardson ran to LE, He read Havilis helmet correctly on the play and bounced out outside but Havili ould not hold his block on # 59 who got free and made the play, Richardson read the play well, there was nothing to the inside

 

Richardsons 11th run  came at 15:00 to go in the 4th Quarter out of a 3 wide set with 7 in the box up the middle, Richardson needed to show more patience on this run in my opinion. He ran right into the back of his O Linemen without either waiting for the hole to open up where the run was supposed to go, Had he showed some patience he would have seen Castonzo opened up a big hole along with Mcglynn aat Center

 

Richardsons 12th run came at 11:35 of the 4th Quarter out of a 3 wide set with 6 in the box, Thornton was the pulling lg on the play but Linkenbach got knocked back a couple yards on contact with the D Lineman which slowed Thornton down just enough to make him hesitate, you could argue  that Thornton and Linkenbach opened up just enough of a hole to run through however it closed pretty quick

 

Richardsons 13th run came at with 7 in the box out of a 2 wide set at 2:51 of the 4th Quarter, Havili was sent in motion from left to right, there was 7 in the box. Havili got driven back on the play which was designed to be up behind him, Richardson did not look to show much patience in waiting for a hole to open, had he done so  he might have seen that there was a small crease between #84 our TE and Castonzo that he could have slipped through for positive yards (forget who #84 off top of head since we always have knew guys coming these days so fast...Doyle I think without looking)

 

 

Richardsons 14th and final run came at 2:43 of the 4th Quarter with 7 the box. It went for no gain , Colts were in power offset I left formation with 2 wide set . The play was designed to go left, Richardson lacked patience on the run to wait for Havili to get his block although Richardson read his helmet right, Had he shown more patience on the play he would have seen a big hole opened up by Linkenbach and Cherilus

 

 

 

 

 

 

My take-Richardson has a quick burst, powerful runner but I would not say elite in that category. He lacked patience in to some of his runs vs the Broncos and that lead to some missed oppurtunities but he showed some good agility and is capable of breaking some big runs if he can get in the open field but his issue is lack of patience to often at this point, I expect he will get better. I dont see him ever being elite at anything but I dont think he has reached his potential yet, In Indy terms he wont be the next Edge....good news...He dont have to be as long as we use multiple Backs

 

Castonzo is quietly having a pretty terrific season.  The closer you look at him the more good plays you see.

[Gavin]

Castonzo is quietly having a pretty terrific season.  The closer you look at him the more good plays you see.

Our best O lineman this year so far in my opinion, perfect? no but dang good

[Superman]

Great write up as always Superman. About the only thing I would add would be to give the ST gameball to Sergio Brown, he had quite the game on special teams, getting down there quickly to stop the punts before they went into the endzone, he stripped the ball on the kick return that should have been a TD had the refs not blew the whistle too quickly and really helped contain one of the mist explosive returners in the NFL this year.

Havili actually stripped it, Brown recovered it. But Brown did have some good gunner play.

[Danfish98]

Great breakdown as usual Super.  It's a testament to how explosive Denver's offense is that we gave up 33 points and everyone is singing the praises of the defense and talking about how much they shut down Peyton and the rest of the offense.  I was a bit disappointed in Toler, but he didn't play long enough to give a good assessment.  Butler was superb and Vontae was superhuman.  Please lock him up long term yesterday Grigson!  Would like to know how many points we would have given up without the injuries.  The 1 play Vontae went out on DT scored.  Welker got a few catches when Butler went out with cramps as well.  The pressure was excellent and I disagree that Denver doesn't have a good running game.  They struggled early in the year but since they've gone almost exclusively with Moreno they've run extremely effectively.  They had a few decent runs but overall the run D was great.  

 

This is an instance where I'd separate the RB and WR/TE grades.  Running backs weren't great.  I think the coaching staff is beginning to have some of the doubts about Richardson being expressed on the board given the break down of playing time.  Brown didn't do any better (actually a bit worse) in the primary role though.  Run blocking needs to get better but I'm skeptical of Richardson's ability to be elite.  Didn't like giving up a first round pick for him at the time and I've seen nothing to change my mind.  Much rather we still had that pick to maybe pick up Josh Gordon instead now.  

 

Receivers all redeemed themselves from a horrific showing in San Diego.  DHB will need to continue the momentum from this game with Reggie being gone.  Seeing Reggie's injury was the worst thing I ever remember watching on the football field.  Devastating, heartbreaking injury that a class act like Reggie didn't deserve. 

[Superman]

My favorite thread of the week and one I look forward to reading.  Well done Supe.

 

Thank you. Been busy and missed the last two weeks, but that should be better from now on.

[Superman]

I felt the same way.  I wonder if we keep Reed at this rate.  We didn't do anything special without him, but we certainly weren't missing anything either.  Do we need the luxury of a return specialist if he's nothing special at this point?  Open question, coaches must see something in him that we haven't seen yet?

 

Yeah, if he's not an option in the passing game, Reed is kind of wasted space. Especially with Brazill back now.