(09-11-2022 05:20 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote: Almost everybody is blaming Wilcox (or I guess Huber for one in the case of this poster) for the two misses but I'm not so sure either was the real problem. I'm no special teams guru, but on the blocked XP, Fitzpatrick was basically unblocked. And on the FG, yeah the snap was high, but Huber handled it fine and it mostly falls on Mac for shanking it in my opinion.
The Minkah block was the softest lob of a snap I've ever seen. Could a better block have been made? Sure but they scheme to block for a specific period and the pace of the snap being noticably off wrecked the timing
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Maybe you had a better view. I only saw the broadcast with no DVR to double-check things. I recall the announcers blaming the snap as unusually slow or whatever but that was far from being actually visually evident from what I recall seeing. Minka coming in (while not on the far exterior mind you) virtually untouched was what I saw. So I guess I take the opposite perspective: Could a faster snap have been made? Sure but you can't let a guy come in unblocked especially when he's not the far outside guy and expect him not to impact the kick no matter who you have snapping, holding or kicking.
Edit: found this (watch #39 on the right)):
Anyway, there's an OT Bengals/Steelers thread where this should probably be discussed although I'm not sure I have anything else to add pending further review.
(This post was last modified: 09-11-2022 08:27 PM by Bearhawkeye.)
What was Sauce's overall grade? Did Coby play well against the Falcons yesterday?
Looks like Coby he had a tackle and a sack
Saw Pierce caught a few passes for the Colts
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(09-26-2022 10:21 AM)BearcatDave Wrote: What was Sauce's overall grade? Did Coby play well against the Falcons yesterday?
Looks like Coby he had a tackle and a sack
Saw Pierce caught a few passes for the Colts
Sauce graded out at a 70.2 against the Bengals, and sits just shy of that at a 69.2 for the season on PFF, which puts him in the Top 25 or so CBs in the league.
Coby on the other hand has been getting picked on pretty consistently...only at a 37.7 PFF grade which puts him near the bottom of starting CBs in the league so far. A lot of that is affected by the long TD he gave up in Week 1 though.
Pierce played well, but his catch rate is still bad based on his Week 1 performance...my guess is he will settle in right around league average based on the struggles Indy has had in general.
Higgins got the better of him on the deep ball. He recovered well on deep ball to Chase but didn't have his head turned around and got pretty lucky on the timing of the play. Saw this in one of the first games as well. Dude's a stud for sure but needs to be careful on the over the top plays.
(This post was last modified: 09-26-2022 03:57 PM by bcat1997.)
Coby got burned early in week 1 and didn't play the rest of the game. Yesterday when I tuned in he was back rotating into the lineup. Somewhere in between he came back I guess
Hudson filled in really well for RT Jack Conklin who was out recovering from offseason knee surgery. Conklin started last week but I like Hudson's continued development as a key backup and potential starter for the Browns.