Pre-Season, week 1. CLE v JAX 7PM: NFL Network
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Gotta be encouraged with backups on defense. Shut down Jacksonville’s starters for the most part
Gotta be encouraged with backups on defense. Shut down Jacksonville’s starters for the most part
Do yourself a favor and evaluate individual players. Preseason is sooooooo vanilla. How many times has a team gone undefeated in the preseason to go on and lose most of their games? I guess I’m being a buzzkill but that’s how I view all the Steeler preseason games.
AKA SNATCH98 or Rorbotron. The boards glorious admins decided to get cute and change my name to "homotron" Classy group of people. (Lost a bet with Columbus king and got banned for a month) -
To point this out because I mentioned it early the start of last year - Woods with some different front in our "base" looks with our upgraded personnel.
Hitting it with some blended gap looks in that 4 man under front ala what he did in Denver. Looking forward to breaking those down.
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Tommy Togai put on some weight. No way is he 295.
Joe Jackson might make this team over Curtis Weaver.
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I have to say that despite all the hype that the homer announcers are doing, the Browns have played very well with so many starters both sides of the ball just watching the game. JO-K looks like the real speedy LB we were expecting to see shooting gaps.
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Overall it is nice to see the depth of this team on display against a team trying to determine it's own starters.
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I have to say that despite all the hype that the homer announcers are doing, the Browns have played very well with so many starters both sides of the ball just watching the game. JO-K looks like the real speedy LB we were expecting to see shooting gaps.
despite all the hype that the homer announcers are doing
Yup. All Jacksonville, all the time. All game long they called FB Stanton, Staley.
How many times did we pass it to the FB? How many times did we HAND it to the FB? #37 Taylor musta' been saying, WTF, why can't I be in there running the ball. - Finally, he did get in. But our OL could not give the RB's much room.
#28 JOK seemed small to me out there. (maybe it's the # he wears)
#18 Davis represented himself well today. He's got an uphill battle. D'E did well. Felton did fairly well. I wonder if they'll let him carry the ball. DPJ did well.
A 20 play, 10+ minute drive for a TD in the 4th quarter. That was pretty cool.
BEING A BROWNS FAN IS A TEST TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN TAKE -
I liked the kid coming out.. He's got some talent...
same here...watched a lot of his Richmond games cause it's a 2 hour drive from me. Lot's of local TV games. Pat Shurmur did him no favors coaching him at giants when he got drafted..
This staff looks to have him back to trusting a playcall spot.. get the ball out & trust your players..
What's crazy is? Philly/Atlanta had him last...Both teams need better back-ups..
Only 1 preseason game.. and Kyle did play well... it was good to see that Kyle again.. Command/Confident in offense/knows the playbook, with getting few camp reps..
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Gotta be encouraged with backups on defense. Shut down Jacksonville’s starters for the most part
Do yourself a favor and evaluate individual players. Preseason is sooooooo vanilla. How many times has a team gone undefeated in the preseason to go on and lose most of their games? I guess I’m being a buzzkill but that’s how I view all the Steeler preseason games.
Do yourself a favor and evaluate individual players. Preseason is sooooooo vanilla. How many times has a team gone undefeated in the preseason to go on and lose most of their games? I guess I’m being a buzzkill but that’s how I view all the Steeler preseason games.
Noticeable Depth.
and yes, your always a buzzkill
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despite all the hype that the homer announcers are doing
Yup. All Jacksonville, all the time. All game long they called FB Stanton, Staley.
How many times did we pass it to the FB? How many times did we HAND it to the FB? #37 Taylor musta' been saying, WTF, why can't I be in there running the ball. - Finally, he did get in. But our OL could not give the RB's much room.
#28 JOK seemed small to me out there. (maybe it's the # he wears)
#18 Davis represented himself well today. He's got an uphill battle. D'E did well. Felton did fairly well. I wonder if they'll let him carry the ball. DPJ did well.
A 20 play, 10+ minute drive for a TD in the 4th quarter. That was pretty cool.
#28 JOK seemed small to me out there. (maybe it's the # he wears)
I care not about that. What I saw was a player so quick at shooting gaps that I can hardly wait to see him when the opposing OL is occupied trying to stop the twin terrors wandering around the DL. I am betting that if he sees a lot of playing time JOK will rival those two for total season sacks. The opportunities to utilize his abilities will be innumerable. This is going to be a fun Defense to watch this year barring too many key injuries.
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#28 JOK seemed small to me out there. (maybe it's the # he wears)
I care not about that. What I saw was a player so quick at shooting gaps that I can hardly wait to see him when the opposing OL is occupied trying to stop the twin terrors wandering around the DL. I am betting that if he sees a lot of playing time JOK will rival those two for total season sacks. The opportunities to utilize his abilities will be innumerable. This is going to be a fun Defense to watch this year barring too many key injuries.
I care not about that. What I saw was a player so quick at shooting gaps that I can hardly wait to see him when the opposing OL is occupied trying to stop the twin terrors wandering around the DL. I am betting that if he sees a lot of playing time JOK will rival those two for total season sacks. The opportunities to utilize his abilities will be innumerable. This is going to be a fun Defense to watch this year barring too many key injuries.
Something @bjh2130 and myself were talking about in Discord while watching the game that has carried over from JOK's Notre Dame tape - the downhill trigger, the willingness to attack gaps, was never really an issue. Doing it consistently with discipline and within the context of scheme needed some improvement, but flying to the ball carrier isn't an issue with him. What is an issue and literally happened not 2 plays after we were talking about it - throwing any type of misdirection involved with the passing game at him. He voided his underneath hook curl on a bootleg chasing too hard on a stretch flow with his eyes on the back and forgetting where his "home" was.
If I'm KC, I'm going to watch that further. It speaks to what I mentioned when I say how he processes more than just the running game as a more "traditional" WILL backer. That part of his game needs considerable improvement. But in terms of 'see ball, get ball'... ZERO concern there.
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I care not about that. What I saw was a player so quick at shooting gaps that I can hardly wait to see him when the opposing OL is occupied trying to stop the twin terrors wandering around the DL. I am betting that if he sees a lot of playing time JOK will rival those two for total season sacks. The opportunities to utilize his abilities will be innumerable. This is going to be a fun Defense to watch this year barring too many key injuries.
Something @bjh2130 and myself were talking about in Discord while watching the game that has carried over from JOK's Notre Dame tape - the downhill trigger, the willingness to attack gaps, was never really an issue. Doing it consistently with discipline and within the context of scheme needed some improvement, but flying to the ball carrier isn't an issue with him. What is an issue and literally happened not 2 plays after we were talking about it - throwing any type of misdirection involved with the passing game at him. He voided his underneath hook curl on a bootleg chasing too hard on a stretch flow with his eyes on the back and forgetting where his "home" was.
If I'm KC, I'm going to watch that further. It speaks to what I mentioned when I say how he processes more than just the running game as a more "traditional" WILL backer. That part of his game needs considerable improvement. But in terms of 'see ball, get ball'... ZERO concern there.
Something @bjh2130 and myself were talking about in Discord while watching the game that has carried over from JOK's Notre Dame tape - the downhill trigger, the willingness to attack gaps, was never really an issue. Doing it consistently with discipline and within the context of scheme needed some improvement, but flying to the ball carrier isn't an issue with him. What is an issue and literally happened not 2 plays after we were talking about it - throwing any type of misdirection involved with the passing game at him. He voided his underneath hook curl on a bootleg chasing too hard on a stretch flow with his eyes on the back and forgetting where his "home" was.
If I'm KC, I'm going to watch that further. It speaks to what I mentioned when I say how he processes more than just the running game as a more "traditional" WILL backer. That part of his game needs considerable improvement. But in terms of 'see ball, get ball'... ZERO concern there.
He is an amazing player - but there is still a lot to learn. These coaches will fix it - and JOK is a very, very smart player. He'll learn. Pretty impressive for his first preseason game, I think. I'm a big fan - and was still surprised at his speed getting the sack...
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Something @bjh2130 and myself were talking about in Discord while watching the game that has carried over from JOK's Notre Dame tape - the downhill trigger, the willingness to attack gaps, was never really an issue. Doing it consistently with discipline and within the context of scheme needed some improvement, but flying to the ball carrier isn't an issue with him. What is an issue and literally happened not 2 plays after we were talking about it - throwing any type of misdirection involved with the passing game at him. He voided his underneath hook curl on a bootleg chasing too hard on a stretch flow with his eyes on the back and forgetting where his "home" was.
If I'm KC, I'm going to watch that further. It speaks to what I mentioned when I say how he processes more than just the running game as a more "traditional" WILL backer. That part of his game needs considerable improvement. But in terms of 'see ball, get ball'... ZERO concern there.
He is an amazing player - but there is still a lot to learn. These coaches will fix it - and JOK is a very, very smart player. He'll learn. Pretty impressive for his first preseason game, I think. I'm a big fan - and was still surprised at his speed getting the sack...
He is an amazing player - but there is still a lot to learn. These coaches will fix it - and JOK is a very, very smart player. He'll learn. Pretty impressive for his first preseason game, I think. I'm a big fan - and was still surprised at his speed getting the sack...
The speed wasn't surprising. Remember I did that film piece on him where NoD brought him off the slot in their 5 and 6 man pressures... He has a great first step quickness.
Him being sent on the sack however, given the choice of either A gap, was the surprise for me. I saw man coverage (which it was) and figured he might drop into a low middle hole and play a sort of Rat like a Cover 1. Except instead of your middle robber being a DB, it's just JOK dropping. Nope, Woods dialed up a zero blitz which I don't remember seeing really much of any last season. JOK picked his lane well, got small and got home. DB's held up rather nicely too.
Very encouraging all around play in terms of the intensity everyone (especially JOK) played with.
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Great design by Woods, actually. It is a bit of a Rat design, instead the underneath robber is Malcom on the delayed drop. His alignment and first step ties up the RG before he drops. But lets give credit to Joe Jackson as well for the pressure and getting a hand on Minshew so he couldn't climb and run. That allowed JOK to clean it up.
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I care not about that. What I saw was a player so quick at shooting gaps that I can hardly wait to see him when the opposing OL is occupied trying to stop the twin terrors wandering around the DL. I am betting that if he sees a lot of playing time JOK will rival those two for total season sacks. The opportunities to utilize his abilities will be innumerable. This is going to be a fun Defense to watch this year barring too many key injuries.
Something @bjh2130 and myself were talking about in Discord while watching the game that has carried over from JOK's Notre Dame tape - the downhill trigger, the willingness to attack gaps, was never really an issue. Doing it consistently with discipline and within the context of scheme needed some improvement, but flying to the ball carrier isn't an issue with him. What is an issue and literally happened not 2 plays after we were talking about it - throwing any type of misdirection involved with the passing game at him. He voided his underneath hook curl on a bootleg chasing too hard on a stretch flow with his eyes on the back and forgetting where his "home" was.
If I'm KC, I'm going to watch that further. It speaks to what I mentioned when I say how he processes more than just the running game as a more "traditional" WILL backer. That part of his game needs considerable improvement. But in terms of 'see ball, get ball'... ZERO concern there.
Something @bjh2130 and myself were talking about in Discord while watching the game that has carried over from JOK's Notre Dame tape - the downhill trigger, the willingness to attack gaps, was never really an issue. Doing it consistently with discipline and within the context of scheme needed some improvement, but flying to the ball carrier isn't an issue with him. What is an issue and literally happened not 2 plays after we were talking about it - throwing any type of misdirection involved with the passing game at him. He voided his underneath hook curl on a bootleg chasing too hard on a stretch flow with his eyes on the back and forgetting where his "home" was.
If I'm KC, I'm going to watch that further. It speaks to what I mentioned when I say how he processes more than just the running game as a more "traditional" WILL backer. That part of his game needs considerable improvement. But in terms of 'see ball, get ball'... ZERO concern there.
In Listening to JOK (interviews since being drafted) I think he will clean up the assignment issues over the next month. The athletic ability seems to match the football intellect.
and Maybe it’s a product of considerable missed time at Training Camp too. You need mental and physical reps as a new guy.
I Loved the pursuit, tackling and his ability to slip blocks last night.
We’ve got a good one here
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