Negatives first.
Orlovsky is no good. He may be a serviceable backup for us, but we payed way too much for a guy who has no chance of becoming a good starter. He is clumsy. He struggles with his back pedal, with rolling out, with handoffs, etc... His arm is fine, and he can be coached about throws like the pick he threw, but he is just plain clumsy.
And yes our Safeties suck in all facets and we are soft against the run right now. Hopefully TJ and Cushing can help in that area. Right now we are very small at LB. And Fred Bennett has a Jekyl and Hyde thing going.
As for positives, the offense looked very good besides penalties. I am not too concerned about that in the preseason. Jacoby looked very good. Barwin has fantastic hands and seems to have learned more pass rush moves in one year at DE then most guys do in a career. Okoye was active. Really the whole DL looked good if we can get a LB to fill. And all of our WRs looked good. And we appear to have finally learned how to run a screen.
Next week will tell far more. I hope we see Molden.
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08-22-2009, 11:43 PM
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