Here we are, 11 days before the real thing, and 22 players away from our final roster. And stop me if you[ve heard this before, but the O line seems unsettled. Devens, our RG picked up from NE seems to have put himself into the roster based on practices, because he didn’t leave a lot of film on game days.
We’ll let that go, but my issue is still with Eric Pears and his lack of ability. He has graded out miserably, yet they seem to be sticking to their guns with this guy. Maybe they are hoping for a surprise cut come September 5th, but this usually isn’t how Baalke rolls.
As this is the 4th preseason game, there may not be a lot to look for, other than the turf conditions, and the defensive backfield play. Ken Acker has risen to the top of the heap pretty quickly, but Tramaine Brock remains a mystery as Jim Tomsula channeled his predecessor by saying,”We’re not going to talk as in-depth there.”
Brock tweaked his hammy at some point in the joint practices with Denver last week, and hasn’t been seen on the field since. Behind him we have Keith Reaser, who has shown some good and some bad. Dontae Johnson, forced into a starting role as a rookie last year due to injuries, has been solid, if not spectacular. Jimmie Ward is battling injuries himself, and Shareece Wright has been relegated to backup status.
Kind of a mixed bag there. Brock is very good when healthy. He needs to GET healthy. He won’t be out there. Other than the giant suckhole that was the offseason, at least we have dodged the injury bug. Let’s hope this continues. Ahmad Brooks’ status remains a mystery as well as his buddy RayMac appears to have thrown him under the bus trying to defend himself. Boys boys boys . . .
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Dennis, wherever you are, CRAIG DAHL IS GONE!!!
He actually didn’t play too badly this preseason.
Buwwit’s pouting because Big Tuna beat us a few times, and Baalke is from the Tuna tree.
You can’t make this shit up.
And you, Chuck, like so many others, ignore what Tebow did as an NFL STARTER.
He took over a 1-4 team which had not made the playoffs in five years. He led that same team to a 7-4 closing record, backing into the playoffs. In the playoffs, he threw for over 300 yds and 3 TDs with 0 INTS against the AFC team which had been in the SUPER BOWL the year before, the Steelers.
Note that was his only real time as a starter.
You have ragged on him consistently over his religious beliefs. Kappy has Bible tats over his body. Dozens of NFL players publicly pray onfield after each game. Why not rag on them. Oh yeah, football is what matters. Except for Tebow. He’s crappy because he’s religious.
Whatevs, RTF. I don’t rag on them because they don’t make it an overarching point every time they are in from of the media and talk about how wonderful and devout they are. They don’t say things like, “I’m saving myself for marriage” when no one is asking. Or spend $1 million on a Super Bowl ad before ever setting for on the gridiron. Steph Curry (and thousands of others) thank God for their privilege of playing sports (or acting, or rapping, or whatever). Cool. Then they move on to other things. It isn’t a sermon. Him singing on the sidelines “My God is an awesome God” is cute and all, but it is al very exclusionary if you read into what he’s saying.
That’s my point. Being a religious person is great. I don’t begrudge anyone their faith. I get annoyed when it is shoveled into my consciousness at every turn. I get annoyed when the Mormons knock on my door and try to teach me things about Tralfamador. I get annoyed when the Watchtower people think they can preach Bible philosophy to me. I’ve read and studied the Bible as part of my upbringing, and while it is a great book, it is a story. It is full of parables, not a factual accounting of life BCE. After? Well, that depends on your faith. To take it literally is nonsense because they knew not of what they wrote. Unless you think people really lived 800 years and fathered 4,000 children. Hello Methuselah.
I still don’t think Tebow’s very good. He had a few good games scattered among a lot of bad ones. If he does fine, I’ll be as happy as a priest in day care.
Beyond that, if God is so shallow as to exclude other religions at the behest of his own, then he’s a petty little fucker.
God is great…….lets all pray for a decent OL. Of course there’s greater needs like migrants flooding Europe from the Mideast. Now that’s a problem!
What made him so interesting to me was the manner in which he would win for the Broncs. He’d stink up the joint for three quarters, catch fire in the fourth and pull off some weird kind of voodoo magic. Bottom line=win. That’s how I saw last night’s game. It was ugly, Billick was ripping on his successful passes, but the bottom line is 2 TDs and over 200 yds offense for an otherwise anemic Eagles team. It wasn’t a win, but you can pin that on Barkley’s two quarters or the pathetic run defense.
He’s just fun to watch. His limited history is winning, even though after the fact you scratch your head and say, “How’d he do dat?”
And you can’t go one single post with mentioning Tebow’s religious beliefs along with your hatred of him. That’s so retarded it’s laughable.
Frank Gore scored an 11 on the Wunderlic. That shows me he had a non-football IQ of a toad. I never heard you talk about his off field life. Yeah, I know coloring books are boring material.
How can you not talk about Tebow with out talking religion? HE throws it into everyone’s face. It’s the reason so many people are on his bandwagon. And believe the conspiracy theories around him. You couldn’t miss the point any harder.
And WTF does Gore have anything to do with this?
As a football player, he’s mediocre.This is why he’s fighting for a 3rd string spot. I’m just not at thrilled as you are about him. The rest is what it is.
He draws attention to himself. He built his brand just like Dennis Rodman.
Meanwhile on “the other blog” someone is doing Chuck probably V.
I guess Skeebers doesn’t like V. Gone.
Musta missed ’em, Nipper.
8-6 as a starter. 17 TDs 9 picks. 75.3 QBR 47.9% completion %age.
1-1 in the playoffs. 2 TDs 0 picks 90.0 QBR 40.4% (!) completion %age.
My point is was and will be if he wasn’t so outspoken about his religiosity he wouldn’t be given the time of day. He certainly wouldn’t be getting the attention he gets as a 3rd string guy fighting for a job. Plenty of Heismann winners quickly faded from sight without the frenzy that Tebow routinely draws.
Which seems to me to be his strategy.
New thready thread is up.