Thoughts of the game (long)

[Boyceofsummer]

Our GM sucks. Our coaches (excluding defense & special teams) suck. Our talent for the most part has passed over the hill. We have a FEW good young players with no idea how to utilize them. It's depressing. I hope the next ownership has a serious hard-on for CP. I'm sorry Mr. Hunt has to watch this. Reference the autograph post earlier this week.

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by go bo

yes, our d did some good things today...

even flashed a few times...

but they screwed up more often than not, it seemed...

the really bad plays cancelled out the good ones...

You have to take into consideration two key points however -

1. They are still trying to learn and gel under a new system.

2. The _ffense left them with a short field and short breathers on a very regular basis.


If the _ffense is sustaining drives and allowing them to rest, and if they are scoring, the defense looks a lot better than it has the past two games. Considering point #1 the _ffense needs to be doing every thing they can to help the defense out early on in the season, and they have not been.

[go bo]

Originally Posted by raiderhader

You have to take into consideration two key points however -

1. They are still trying to learn and gel under a new system.

2. The _ffense left them with a short field and short breathers on a very regular basis.


If the _ffense is sustaining drives and allowing them to rest, and if they are scoring, the defense looks a lot better than it has the past two games. Considering point #1 the _ffense needs to be doing every thing they can to help the defense out early on in the season, and they have not been.

those are valid points, but even more damaging was the poor tackling, imo...

many times it looked like we had stopped them for no gain or even a loss, but the rb was able to break tackles and take off down the field...

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by raiderhader

You have to take into consideration two key points however -

1. They are still trying to learn and gel under a new system.

2. The _ffense left them with a short field and short breathers on a very regular basis.

If the _ffense is sustaining drives and allowing them to rest, and if they are scoring, the defense looks a lot better than it has the past two games. Considering point #1 the _ffense needs to be doing every thing they can to help the defense out early on in the season, and they have not been.

It may have seemed that way but in reality it was not.

1st Quarter
Start

10:01 1:45 KC 46
6:30 5:20 CAR 34

2nd Quarter

12:34 0:51 CAR 20
10:51 1:42 CAR 22
7:39 3:43 CAR 24
0:49 0:49 CAR 37

3rd Quarter

15:00 8:13 CAR 20 16 80 TD
5:02 0:58 CAR 31
3:28 3:33 CAR 44

4th Quarter

11:27 0:52 CAR 26 2 74 TD
10:35 1:05 KC 40 3 -4 Punt
6:45 1:54 CAR 27 3 1 Punt
4:18 3:57 CAR 46 5 15 Punt


Of their 13 drives 2, started in Chiefs territory. Two at or near the Carolina 40. One of those was due to the shiot 'excessive display' penalty.

No, the defense got their hats handed to them. They played a great half. Then they tanked.\

And just to be fair, yes, the O was dogspit.

[Lord Bestyle]

My $0.02...

D: There's improvement, definitely. One series, they force a three-and-out with a bunch of stops in the backfield. The next series, a missed tackle results in a 63-yard run. This is improvement because GRob's imitation-D never forced three-and-outs. Gun should skip game plan and devote this week's practices to tackling drills.

O: We drafted Kris Wilson to be a big change in our O for this season. But, now that he's injured, our O is essentially the same (or arguably worse) than last year. It looks like opposing teams have figured out how to stop our offense. And with nothing new to show, the O is going to continue to suck. Every team with a good D is going to look at what DEN and CAR have done and duplicate it. That is scary.

ST: Less important than the previous two, but does anyone (other than Donx fans) think that Dante's four returns last year would have happened if the refs were enforcing "block-in-the-back" as much as they are now?

[TEX]

My thoughts are the offense looks old and slow, much like the Raiders of las year. And the _efense is as $hitty as ever, especially at DE, MLB, and whoever plays CB opposite Warfield. This team is heading for an 8-8 train wreck of a season. You stand pat - you fall behind, pretty simple math...

[LVNHACK]

Originally Posted by Lord Bestyle

My $0.02...

D: There's improvement, definitely. One series, they force a three-and-out with a bunch of stops in the backfield. The next series, a missed tackle results in a 63-yard run. This is improvement because GRob's imitation-D never forced three-and-outs. Gun should skip game plan and devote this week's practices to tackling drills.

O: We drafted Kris Wilson to be a big change in our O for this season. But, now that he's injured, our O is essentially the same (or arguably worse) than last year. It looks like opposing teams have figured out how to stop our offense. And with nothing new to show, the O is going to continue to suck. Every team with a good D is going to look at what DEN and CAR have done and duplicate it. That is scary.

ST: Less important than the previous two, but does anyone (other than Donx fans) think that Dante's four returns last year would have happened if the refs were enforcing "block-in-the-back" as much as they are now?

While I agree on your take, IMO Al Saunders need to realize what he has and use his RB's more.......

[Inspector]

I'm nrevous about Houston now. I remember last year before the playing the Bengals, thinking we would kick their butts....

But hey, Cheeks seems like a good pick up. Looks like we'll really need a good punter this year.