SHOW NOTES
AJ McCarron
26/34, 222 yds, 3 TD, 3 sacks for 12 yards
Q4, 9/9, 77 yds, 1 TD
Season 37% yards, 33% completions
Issues
Very Nitpicky
All but one incompletion in 1st half
And that one incompletion was an earned miss
Pressure in his face
Missing high in/around the red zone
1st TD drive
Missed an open Darius Shepherd from the 26-yard line
Marcell Ateman’s catch that got called back on the goal line
Could be better placement
Hurt going down
Strengthen your ligaments
He’s doing so well, that I expect him to keep playing well
We’re getting soft
He doesn’t have more pass yards than Ben DiNucci
Good Stuff
Literally everything else
Sidearm-esque TD pass to Gary Jennings
Only one incompletion in the second half
8/11 for 85 yards on the first drive
Hit 9 different guys
Took what defense gave him
Called the play to ice the game
Wide Receivers
Darius Shepherd
7/8 for 70 yards, 1 TD, Long 14
10 yards on a screen
12 yards on a 3rd and short
TD on fade
When he can Bee Line to corner of EZ
Chef’s kiss
Hakeem Butler
4/6 for 27 yards, 1 TD, Long 16
Amazing TD grab
Slows his body down mid air
Makes the DB go too far
Snatches it
Wide open for a sneaky acrobatic 2ptc catch
Sets up the Donny Hageman 59 yard field goal
He got DPI’d
And Dean Blandino sucks
JAKE SUTHERLAND
FINALLY
4/4 for 26 yards, long 15 yards
15 yards came on 3rd and 17 before the “failed challenge”
So consistent
They hit him twice in a row
He doesn’t have to be a gimmick
Gary Jennings
2/2 for 26, 1 TD, long 14
Great route on TD fade
Great ball too
Never slowed down and won in a race
Marcell Ateman
2/5 for 18
Great 3rd down target
1st scoring drive, 9 yards on 3rd and short
They targeted him early
Drew attention throughout the game
Good for him to be back
Austin Proehl
2/4 for 17
Notable play was when he got hit and didn’t go down
Not a big tackle breaker
Kind of a big hit too
They hit him in space as well
Steven Mitchell had a couple catches for 10 yards
Jovani Haskins (TE) caught a pass and didn’t fall down on his route
Running backs
Brian Hill
Rushing
11 carries for 53 yards long 15 yards
Meh kind of production
2 fumbles
Not good
4 fumbles/near fumbles in 2 games for
Receiving
3/3 for 28 yards, long 16
3rd and 14 after Scoop and score, 16 yard catch and run
You see what makes him good
Out runs linebackers
Mateo Durant
4 carries for 8 yards
Huge difference between Durant and Hill
Becomes more apparent every week.
Offensive Line
You know how I flame the offensive line every week?
Not this week
Another good game from this team.
Against a good defensive front
They lead the league in sacks and only got 2 real sacks
One of the sacks was great, defensively.
Rather than terrible offensively
Gave AJ time to throw
Gave routes time to develop
Run blocking could be better, but I’m not gonna touch on that
Pass protection was good
Only one of the tackles got thrown one time
Steven Gonzalez went out with an ankle, but came back in
Offense as a Whole
Another good offensive game
Kind of a lul in the 3rd quarter
I would like to see more plays that schemed the big guys (Butler, Ateman, Sutherland) getting the ball
Especially when the match up favors their size over the DBs
Seemed like they were trying to get the smaller guys (Mitchell, Shepherd, Proehl, Jennings) the ball and it wasn’t working.
Just switch it up a tille bit
Took what the defense gave them
Defense didn’t really allow any deep bombs
AJ had protection to go through his progressions
Hit short/intermediate stuff
When they got moving, they stayed moving
3 scoring drives
13 plays, 97 yards, 8 ish minutes
After a turnover
8 plays, 45 yards, 5 minutes
11 plays, 73 yards, 7 ish minutes
Again, great to have the tight end get in there
Other things before defense
Dean Blandino
The drive after the failed Challenge he slows down the Marcell Ateman catch on the goal line and reverses the call
I like their idea, but Dean is so inconsistent and he sucks
Ted from Nothern Wisconsin and Jerry from Hazelwood, who grew up in Granite City
Play the clip
Jerry first said he was a fan when the cardinals and rams left
Timeline doesn’t add up, but who am I to flame someone for their allegiances
Shout out to the guys who brought baby prosthetic legs to the game in support of their friend who was hanging his amputated leg over the wall
Defensive Line
Didn’t have the greatest 1st half
Got ran on for a few big plays
136 rushing yards
Over half were from the big plays
We know those can hurt, need to limit those
Luckily Cole McDonald was sensing pressure that wasn’t there
Did things you don’t want a run first QB to do
Drop his eyes
Drop and roll out VERY deep
10 or 15 yards sometimes
Last play was 15 yards back
Everything kind of changed in the 3rd quarter when they got their first sack
None of the D linemen got on the ground
Just all ran straight forward for a group bull rush
At some point AJ Smith told Cole to stay in the pocket
He paid for it
Freedom Akinmoladun sack
D line came alive and started actually physically imposing their will
They all had a quite day statistically
LaCale London
Bull rush sack on extra point
Put left guard on skates
Stopped it from being a tie game
Line Backers and DBs
Had the better game today
Cole McDonald
15/32, 106 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, sacked twice for 14 yards
Cole McDonald interception
Forced to roll out to his right
Throws from outside the right hash, across the field to outside the left hash
Brendan Sebastion has about 2 hours to get to the ball and picks it off
Brendan Sebastian
Sideline interview
Tattoo sleeve
Family slogan is dominate the day
That’s aggressive
Mike Hampton
DPI on HOU only scoring drive
Would’ve been able to stop them if he didn’t do that
Moved the ball to the 1 yd line
Just a matter of time until they score
Nate Meadors
11 tackles
One of them he came inside tackle at the the line
8 solo
59 offensive plays
About 20% of the tackles
Travis Feeney
2 TFL
1 sack
On the season
18 tackles, 13 solo,
3.5 sacks, 5 TFLs
About 50% of his tackles are going backwards
Defense as a Whole
Some teams they plan on a heavy run game and they get beat throwing the ball
This game they planned on being thrown on, but they got beat running
They did great against the passing game
One guy got 50 rec. Yards, and that was on 7 receptions
Better than they do when they are planning on stopping the run
Hopefully they can take this performance and use it going down the stretch
DBs and LBs did great against screens
Seemed like they were always getting first contact behind or right at the L.o.S.
Did a good job stopping big QB runs
Longest was 10 yards and it only happened one time
Quick to respond
Q4, the D line forced McDonald to run on 3rd and long
DBs were in prevent
Came down and got him for only a 4 yard gain
They took a team that averages 27 points a game
To 6 offensive points
Special teams
Shepherd hasn’t gotten any huge returns in a couple games
Maybe that changes at home
Donnie Hageman
Good from 59 yards before the half
Now 8/12
Worst percentage in the league
Longest field goal in the league
So suck our dicks
Awards
Ka KAW of the week
Donnie Hageman
59 yards in the wind is special
Uh UH of the week
DEAN BLINDUMBO
Fuck you buddy
You stupid bitch of the week
Wade Phillips
Used all his timeouts at the end of the first half so the Battlehawks could kick a field goal
Ka KAWord of the week
Coach Becht
Not doing the fake punt
I’m sorry I trusted you of the week
Cole McDonald
My bad on that one, he’s better than that
Maybe stop showing that please
Camera guy who kept zooming in on the leg nub