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The defensive 2nd wave:

Thumbs up:

Jalil Brown - started for Davis, gave up nothing, moved to nickel when Smith went down, tackled everything and did it against the 1' & 2's

Colt Anderson - he cleaned up messes everywhere that the youngsters surrounding him made, or that game could have been 71-10

Armarlo Herrera - played a bunch, got in on a ton of action and tackled well made some mistakes but held up well against 2's & 3's

David Parry - he was all over the field and wreaking havoc inside with some quality gap play against 2's & 3's

Okine & Quarles - made a lot of plays later in the game

Clayton Geathers - Real solid play, good tackling, good coverage, good awareness against 1's, 2's & 3's

Thumbs down:

Henoc Muamba & Cam Johnson - went against the 2's and looked like rookies, missed tackles, reads, assignments, everything important.

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He sustained a concussion.  And I didn't go into a detailed analysis of his snaps because of how little he did play.  But despite the small sample size, I was able to generate a few impressions.  Just like I was able to come up with an assessment of Toler after he got absolutely torched by a rookie. 

 

Judging by the little I did see, Smith (#30) looked a little slow and tentative.  The caveat is, it's still early and he's a rookie. 

 

Also . . . It's more difficult to evaluate players during a regular TV broadcast.  I like using the "all-22" film for detailed analysis.

 

It seems most of the team was slow, tentative and unprepared (what I term "dazed and confused" by the speed of the game). This is probably the result of having a training camp whose main objective is to avoid serious injuries. Guess we'll have to see how it all plays out over the next three preseason games ...

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Josh Robinson had a good game

Varga had a good game

Toure had a good game

 

All on limited touches of course

 

Sylvestre had a good game 2 sacks 2 TFL's 2 QB hits

Okine had a pretty good game 2 of his 3 tackles were for loss and he had 1 sack

The O Line(1st, 2nd and 3rd stringers) held up in pass protection well with the exception of a coverage sack which he had plenty of time to avoid and 2 lanes to run through......Yes I know the run blocking was not good, Also the O Line only allowed 1 QB hit

Herrera had a solid game including a int

 

We had some bright spots. We had 4 turnovers....3 of which were on a QB who might be lucky to make the PS....especially if he has another game like the 1st one, we shot ourselves in the foot

 

 

I really want to see some more of Toure.  I'm hoping they give him some more carries against Chicago. I didn't have the same opinion on Varga. Thought he was just okay. Was very impressed with Okine and I liked what Quarles was doing out there as well. Ditto on Sylvestre and Herrera.

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