Well, the 2015 season is underway. Let’s check in on the doings around the league. One thing I noticed is the Rams have a very fast defense. Foles looked pretty good against a fairly weak Seattle secondary. AZ looked very good on defense as well. Their O? Well, as previously noted, they live and die by Palmer. If they can keep him upright, they are solid. Seattle Looks a little discombobulated. Their O line looks horrible as Wilson got sacked 6 times, and they couldn’t give Lynch enough room to get a 1st on 4th and one to keep their last drive alive. And no, this wasn’t the Super Bowl. This was a different team with a different line. Same outcome though. Hah!
Other than that, Denver looks shakey as Manning looked pretty frail out there. He threw a lot of ducks. Then again so did Flacco. 2 good D’s in a FG fest. Greg Roman had an auspicious debut, scoring 27 points against a VERY soft indy defense. 150 on the ground, and 195 in the air is the usual recipe for Greg. Buff has a stout defense, so Tyrod (Straight Outta Nowhere!) Taylor and Co. look like a legit team at this point. The Bears came up short yet again to the Packers. Maybe GB improved their pass defense. Or maybe it was just Cutler.
The Cowboys reffed their way to an improbable comeback win, Alex and KC beat the Houstons, the Bolts scored 23 2nd half points to blow past Detroit, and in the battle of first 2 draft picks, Marcus Mariota annihilated Jameis Winston as the Titans smoked the Buccos.
Aaaand, stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Browns and the Raiders were both obliterated to start their seasons. David Carr was hurt trying to stiff-arm a defender (doh!), and McCown was hurt trying to score on a one yard plunge. Instead he fumbled out of the end zone and suffered a concussion. Johnny Football made a nice toss to give Cleve a 7 point lead, but a pick and 2 4th quarter fumbles sealed Cleve’s fate.
The Niners? Well, who knows? I feel we will be able to stop a rusty AP. However, if he gets to the 2nd level consistently we are in trouble. Teddy Bridgewater? He’s an unknown to me. 6-6 as a starter last year, 14 TDs 12 INTs. 224 ypg? Decent numbers for a rook. For us, its all about the O. Move the chains and sustain drives, and we should be good. One thing I noticed this preseason was a LOT of TE drag routes. Love it. As much as we like to use VD deep, teams easily took that away last year and that seemed to clog up the rest of the passing game. Torrey Smith will keep defenses honest (that’s the hope) and the underneath passes to Hyde/VD/Boldin should flourish.
Run blocking looked solid, pass pro not so much. The line was a work-in-progress all preseason. We’ll see the real thing tonight…
Forty Niners Forever 
Mark my words: Kelly is going to regret trading Foles and dumping Tebow. So far, it’s been all Falcons except the score: 10-3
20-3 TEEBOW! TEEBOW! Seriously, Kelly’s going to start missing Foles real soon.
This looks nothing like the preseason Eagles, like they used it all up already.
The bad thing about all this is that the FLOCKiNG COWPUKES are going to alone in first. Good thing for my sanity it’s early in the season.
Looks like the Aussie made the 46 man roster for the game.
Good! I told an Aussie friend that absolutely he would play. LOL, I was guessing.
Why doesn’t Chris Berman just retire already? I’m so sick of hearing his schtick. He’s become nothing more than a caricature of himself. And to add insult to injury, ESPN has decided to pair him with Trent Dilfer. Yikes.
We’re finally getting an extended look at Carlos Hyde. So far, so good.
Hochuli can be put out to pasture along with Berman.
Everything looked perfect until MMartin’s holding.
Nice so far. Like the patience and blocking. Hyde looks solid.
That got ugly fast,
Lets return rhe favor
Miss!!
Dodged a bullet. Battle of the Ugly so far.
Yeah, I said the same thing, RTF> The Rams got the better end of the Foles/Bradford trade.
It was weird, though. Bradford looked good in the second half. But only 8 carries for DeMarco? Most of those I saw in the second half when they started clicking. Maybe I missed something. I saw two swing passes to DeMarco early????? Matthew dropped another big pass early, not just the last O play. Just ugly, but Foles would have found a way.
Love the fast paced offense. If we can keep up the run, we’ll get Smith open deep.
Fucking Hochuli.
Bridgewater has a funky looking delivery, to me. 2 of his first 3 throws were way off the mark.
Mostly good so far
Took Bush, what, 3 plays to go out?
What a concept! A blitz! Tartt can fly!
That was The Blitz of the Year. Too bad on Hayne’s first ever play.