(08-05-2022, 11:20 AM)Bullseye Wrote: 3.  We may be good back there, especially if they get some help from the pass rush and the offense.  If they could play with more leads, I think they'll create more turnovers.

5.  I am hoping a full starting lineup will help us with running the ball.  Physically, a guy like Scherff should be able to win some matchups, which should make running a little easier.  With Trevor at QB and the other skill players in the lineup, maybe opposing defenses can't load the bo to stop the run.

7 A.  Emphasizing roughing the passer in the preseason is one thing, but my thought is that paranoia was ridiculous.  Of course, my eyesight isn't what it was, and readily cede I simply may have missed it.  If anyone else has another perspective, I welcome the correction.

H.  I actually think the holding call was legit based n the replay.  I don't think 35 needed to hold the guy, TBH.

I.  For all the talk about his speed, in most of the college footage of him I saw, he didn't get much separation.

To the extent our poor performance was attributable to Pederson and co holding their cards close to the vest because we play the Raiders later in the year and don't want to tip their hands, I'm okay with it.  But to the extent the performance was a function of personnel limitations, I don't like it.

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(08-05-2022, 10:31 AM)RicoTx Wrote: I can’t draw any conclusions when so few starters are playing.

That is fair and understandable.  You can't judge the overall strength of a team based upon the first preseason game of the season.

I think that's just one of those plays that going to get called a lot of the time, and maybe more often during preseason.  While I think his arm did stay below the head and neck area, the angle of Walker and Stidham kind of leaning back did give the look of Walker hitting him high, probably even moreso from the refs angle.  It's probably a bad call, but I don't think it was egregious.

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