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The o-line was horrible about 90% of the time. Cassel is becoming a master of the one-step drop. Speaking of Cassel, it wasn't his best day. He was consistently behind his receivers.
The defense was almost as bad. Parts of the game were reminiscent of the beating the Ravens put on KC.
As far as anybody playing well, I would say the corners played well for the most part after getting smoked for the first 20 minutes of the game (which is a real good sign for Flowers - he's a guy where giving up one play doesn't screw up his whole day), Hali looked mostly competent and Dorsey looked okay, while the middle linebackers and safeties were about what you'd expect.
There were no bright spots on offense. People will try to tell you the running game was better, but it really wasn't, outside of a single series in the first quarter where they were able to gain yardage on three consecutive plays (8, 7 and 5 yards) and the occasional random long run in the middle of a veritable sea of 0-3 yard carries. The passing game was abysmal. Cassel had no semblence of a pocket, the timing (and his accuracy) in the short passing game was off, screen passes didn't work. It was pretty brutal.
The only reason the score was as close as it was was Manning taking himself out of the game by tripping over his own feet and bruising his heel. If he plays more in the second half, they probably end up over 30. He was just rolling us.
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