Friday Night Preseason Football Thread

[Chief Brody]

Weeks 2 and 3 are the only time the starters see any real time, and there's some decent matchups tonight:

Vikings-Bills
49ers-Chiefs (Alex Smith Bowl)
Bucs-Pats
Raiders-Saints

[DPG21920]

Det Bills Defense!

[lefty]

Is Chibane playing?

[Chief Brody]

Not sure if Zach is playing, lefty. Couple of observations:

-Kolb's last 2 drives were great, but he was horrendous before then.
-Hard to gauge the defense against an AP-less Vikings, but they were dominant
-Jerry Hughes had 2 sacks (thanks, J.T.), beating Kalil on at least one of them.
-I'm liking Hackett's play-calling

[Chief Brody]

The Raiders look unbelievably horrible.

Tom Brady is clearly not injured.

[Chief Brody]

49ers 3 QB's have a combined -8 passing yds:tu

[Chief Brody]

Come on Nate, have him throw a bomb

[DPG21920]

EJ Manuel smooth

[Chief Brody]

That's gotta be one of the fastest multi-play drives I've ever seen:lol Marrone/Hackett's system is fucking blitzkrieg. Hope they open it up and take some deep shots next drive--the quick hit slants and draw plays are certainly setting up for it.

[Chief Brody]

Dear God Oakland:lmao

[lefty]

Not sure if Zach is playing, lefty. Couple of observations:


ah ok, thanks

[Darth_Pelican]

I'm at the Saints-Raiders game and good god Flynn looks terrible.

[Chief Brody]

Nice drive by Flynn...he got crushed on a couple of those throws, though

[Chief Brody]

EJ Manuel final statline: 10-12, 92 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT. 1 rush for 1 yd. Sacked once, though. Would've liked to see him take a couple deep shots, but I'm also happy that Hackett doesn't have him monkey-balling it and exposing him to unnecessary hits in the preseason. He NEEDS to start next week at Washington and play 2.5 quarters imo.

[benefactor]

Tebow time.

[Chief Brody]

Offense: Overall, meh. Not bad, but inconsistent. Stevie should be returning next week and it'll be interesting having our #1 WR back. Manuel was solid but they've yet to take the training wheels off. The line played well. It sucks that we'll have to let some of these WR's go--honestly wish we could keep them all:lol. It's disconcerting that Rogers isn't getting more run. Hogan has started both games and I gotta think he's earned a spot on this roster--a poor man's Wayne Chrebet.

Defense: No AP for the Vikings (must be said), but they were flying all over the place and blitzing like crazy. Front 7 was dominant, and this is w/o Mario and Kiko Alonso. Pettine put his stamp on this one.

ST: Powell and Hopkins were good, but our punt coverage was BRUTAL, and we had way too many penalties on KO returns. Too many penalties period.

Against Washington, Buffalo needs to start Manuel for 2+ quarters. Seeing him, CJ, and Stevie in the starting line-up will be exciting--especially with Woods and Goodwin flanking them.

You ready for next week, Lincoln?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj3h-57AJvY

[Lincoln]

Offense: Overall, meh. Not bad, but inconsistent. Stevie should be returning next week and it'll be interesting having our #1 WR back. Manuel was solid but they've yet to take the training wheels off. The line played well. It sucks that we'll have to let some of these WR's go--honestly wish we could keep them all:lol. It's disconcerting that Rogers isn't getting more run. Hogan has started both games and I gotta think he's earned a spot on this roster--a poor man's Wayne Chrebet.

Defense: No AP for the Vikings (must be said), but they were flying all over the place and blitzing like crazy. Front 7 was dominant, and this is w/o Mario and Kiko Alonso. Pettine put his stamp on this one.

ST: Powell and Hopkins were good, but our punt coverage was BRUTAL, and we had way too many penalties on KO returns. Too many penalties period.

Against Washington, Buffalo needs to start Manuel for 2+ quarters. Seeing him, CJ, and Stevie in the starting line-up will be exciting--especially with Woods and Goodwin flanking them.

You ready for next week, Lincoln?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj3h-57AJvY

I wish it was a preseason monkeyball matchup but cousins is suffice. Interested to see how our rookies in the defense play against spiller. CJ raped us week 1 as did his backup shonne greene

[Chief Brody]

Fortson (Tha U) blew that shit up

[Chief Brody]

Mike Glennon had one of the better arms in the draft, but has limited mobility. Still, he'll take the Bucs farther than Freeman ever will. This year is JF's last chance

[Chris]

Beautiful spiral pass to the secondary by Timothy Tebow.

[Bill_Brasky]

Tebow with -1 passing yards, how the fuck does that happen??

[Bill_Brasky]

I had more passing yards than Tebow :lol

[Chief Brody]

Tebow with -1 passing yards, how the fuck does that happen??
He was beyond brutal. Lost between Brady's brilliance and Tebow's shittiness was Mallett's solid outing. Kind of curious how long NE holds onto him.

[Trill Clinton]

that tebow INThttp://i39.tinypic.com/4h44jk.png

[RGMCSE]

that tebow INThttp://i39.tinypic.com/4h44jk.png

It was a spiral at least. Dude's a beast.

[Chief Brody]

It was a spiral at least. Dude's a beast.
Your defense must be frothing at the mouth knowing Sanchez awaits them tomorrow.

[Pelicans78]

Hey Darth, how did Ryan Griffin look? His stat line was good.

[Darth_Pelican]

Hey Darth, how did Ryan Griffin look? His stat line was good.

He looked a helluva lot better than Seneca Wallace did. However I think Luke McCown last week looks most like a solid backup QB. But lets be honest, neither of the 3 are going to be our starting QB in the future and if Brees goes down, we're fucked regardless.

[RGMCSE]

Your defense must be frothing at the mouth knowing Sanchez awaits them tomorrow.

Honestly who knows. There are so many new payers on defense that it's hard to tell what they will be good at. Sen Derrick Marks was a nice surprise. Big dude with a motor and applies pressure on the QB. Only thing is that it was against a below average Dolphins O-line. The secondary is mostly all Rooks and 1-2 year guys. But their is some nice talent though. Cyprien will get his first start. Gratz got a pick last week.

I think Rex Ryan is banking on torching that young secondary to make Sanchez look good. It will be fun to watch if the Rooks stand up to that.

[RGMCSE]

Mike Glennon looks like a nice QB prospect. It's the type of QB that I wish my team would draft and develop.

[J.T.]

-Jerry Hughes had 2 sacks (thanks, J.T.), beating Kalil on at least one of them.

Det jerry hughes, always playing well in camp and preseason and never in the regular season...smh