My biggest concern after watching last night is the offense. I did not see much difference at all between Clawson and Cutcliffe. The biggest problem is that Clawson is not letting Crompton play his game. Crompton is not a guy like Ainge thats going to sit in the pocket and pick apart a defense. Crompton sees the field and makes better decisions when he is on the run outside of the pocket. Clawson only rolled out Crompton a couple of times and they were all to his left. Stupid.
Also where was the play action pass last night? A bootleg would have been nice if our O-line could give him a little time. Clawson also abandoned the run. We would run for 4 yards on 1st down, have a 2nd and 6 and he would throw it 2 more times usually to no avail. I don't know but I thought 4+4+4=12? I thought Clawson was timid and tried to do to much at times. He called plays like any run less than 6 yards was a failure, and forced us to pass. Ridiculolus.
On defense I thought the pass rush was absolutely awful especially considering the caliber of O-line we were facing. The run defense was good, but should have been going against that group. The thing that pissed me off the most was that Chavis was playing the Safeties way too deep against that offense. Also our CB's were giving way too much cushion, especially on third and short. Just like last year. Other than Mckenzie's INT the LB's pass coverage was awful. They flat out looked lost most of the time. And that is very dissappointing seeing how 3 of the guys in the rotation are former DB's. The defense played good until the 4th quarter which happened a lot last year as well. Very concerning.
Overall the only guys who I thought played decent were Hardesty, Berry, G Jones, Dan Williams, Fisher, Bolden (at times), Morley, K Cooper.
The offensive line was awful and had no discipline. McNeil got torn up all game. He is too small. Crompton didn't play well either but its hard to get into a rythm with shotty protection and eratic play calling. Clawson is not utilizing JC strengths at all. Let him run and create a little more! Also Hardesty showed why he was ahead of Foster before he got hurt in 2005. He is a very good back when healthy, takes care of the ball, and hits the hold hard. Most complete back on the team right now.
Also where was the play action pass last night? A bootleg would have been nice if our O-line could give him a little time. Clawson also abandoned the run. We would run for 4 yards on 1st down, have a 2nd and 6 and he would throw it 2 more times usually to no avail. I don't know but I thought 4+4+4=12? I thought Clawson was timid and tried to do to much at times. He called plays like any run less than 6 yards was a failure, and forced us to pass. Ridiculolus.
On defense I thought the pass rush was absolutely awful especially considering the caliber of O-line we were facing. The run defense was good, but should have been going against that group. The thing that pissed me off the most was that Chavis was playing the Safeties way too deep against that offense. Also our CB's were giving way too much cushion, especially on third and short. Just like last year. Other than Mckenzie's INT the LB's pass coverage was awful. They flat out looked lost most of the time. And that is very dissappointing seeing how 3 of the guys in the rotation are former DB's. The defense played good until the 4th quarter which happened a lot last year as well. Very concerning.
Overall the only guys who I thought played decent were Hardesty, Berry, G Jones, Dan Williams, Fisher, Bolden (at times), Morley, K Cooper.
The offensive line was awful and had no discipline. McNeil got torn up all game. He is too small. Crompton didn't play well either but its hard to get into a rythm with shotty protection and eratic play calling. Clawson is not utilizing JC strengths at all. Let him run and create a little more! Also Hardesty showed why he was ahead of Foster before he got hurt in 2005. He is a very good back when healthy, takes care of the ball, and hits the hold hard. Most complete back on the team right now.
