SHOW NOTES
Special Teams
The kicking is bad, but could be worse
Most attempts, tied with most misses
At least we’re not 0/3 like the Vipers
McCarron
The 32-year-old quarterback in the XFL might take a second to get locked in
1st play: sack
2nd drive: Overthrows Proehl on out-route. 3rd & 2.
Underthrew Ateman in EZ
2nd Q:
72 yd, 14 play drive
Significantly fewer miss communications, but still a lot (presnap)
He had time to throw the ball
Passing: 22/36, 184 yards, 1 TD
8/12, 112 yards, 1TD in 4th Q
19/26, 256, 3TDs. Total 4th Q
14/24, 72 yards. rest of game
21/36, 108 yards. rest of game
70% of passing yards and 47% of completions
There’s no way this is what they planned
Rushing: 5/41 yards, 1 TD
2/23 yards
Big-time scrambles on the last drive (10 and 11 yds)
Wide Receivers
Hakeem Butler
4/7, 61 yds, 1 TD (44yds)
Concentration drops
EZ
Poster
End of 3rd Q
2 bad routes
3rd and 9, ran an 8 yd route
Extra point incompletion
Marcell Ateman
3/6, 23 yds
2 drops
$ on out-routes
Finds a way to get past the sticks (twice)
Austin Proehl
4/6, 37 yds
Both were overthrows
Clutch catch and T.O. at the end of the game
Especially with a shaky kicker
Shaken up immediately
Fix the returner issues
Darius Shepherd
3/3, 12 yds
Screen for negative yards (good D)
Great effort on the Fumble Recovery at the end of 2nd Q
OPI
Gary Jennings
0/3
“Oh BROTHER, this guy STINKS”
Took eyes off the ball in a contested catch for a long gain
No-reason jump ball
3rd and 11 after OPI in the 4th Q
Running Backs
No Brian Hill
Mateo Durant
Rushing 13/44 yds
Started off shaky
Got some power
Receiving 3/4, 21 yds
Overthrown
THEY GOT HIM IN SPACE AND IT WORKED
Kareem Walker
Rushing 7/27 yds
Receiving 2/2, 13 yds
HUGE block on the last drive
Still doesn’t know the whole playbook
Get out on Screens
Offensive Line
Played MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH better
The Interior got great blocks
Tackles
Holy christ they’re bad
Bushell-Beatty
B-B
Baby Boy
Jones-Smith
3 sacks
all from the edge
Strip sack was their fault
First place McCarron goes to on sideline
Or Walker, but whatever
Offense as a Whole
Took advantage of what the defense gave them for the most part
CATCH YOUR PASSES
West coast offense relies on that
Shoot the tackles into the Sun
Defensive Line
Lacale London
2 Forced fumbles
Pressure all day long
Kevin Atkins
2 Fumble Recoveries
Pressure all day long
LaCale London + Kevin Atkins = KAKALE (works better saying it)
Carson Wells
Got two tackles, but missed a lot
Had trouble wrapping up
Did everything they could to force Dinuch out
At least 5 scrambles
That’s the plan
Linebackers
Had trouble making tackles in 1st half
Kept Jahcour Pearson to 4 catches
3 catches for 24 yards
Didn’t give DiNuch room in the middle
Blitzes were effective
Defensive Backs
Play well for the most part
Played very physically from the start
Share credit for Pearson production
Smashed him on the first drive
54 yd TD
Linebacker had to cover
safety got lost in the middle of the field
Josh Gordon with 2 receptions
Extra Point
34 yards in 4th Q
Safety Covered his zone deep
Gordon found the seam
Brandon Sebastian
5 tackles
Good covering
Mike Hampton
Great weird coverage on J. Gordon
Flying Bear hug
Nate Meadors
7 man rush
Covered Pearson
T.O.D.
Elijah Hamilton
Veasy Touchdown in 4Q
Got beat inside and tried to correct
Defense as a Whole
This was a good offense
2 good receivers
Good running backs
Kept RBs to 13 carries for 65 yards
DiNuch
Good on his legs
Could be exposed
Designed runs for good yardage
Butts for hands
They force long drives
Make the offense make mistakes
Force QBs to get impatient
They can play deep into games
On the field for a long time (40 minutes)
Becht
First Time HC’s are gonna do first time HC things
Bad use of a 2nd half timeout
Bad Challenge
Go for 3
Ka KAW of the Week
KaKAle
2 forced Fumbles
2 Fumble recoveries
Uh UH of the Week
The Hyphens
Going to get McCarron Killed