Another not so great game but it was an inferior opponent, so the mistakes were okay. As long as we get better each week, I'm okay with that. Don't really care how we get the Ws... just get the Ws.
Lamar was a little off on throwing the ball. Put a few of those in a better position and we probably don't have too many negatives today. Still seems to be a disconnect between Lamar and Boykin, but Boykin is out there busting his ass on running downs so it's hard to take him off the field. Duvernay still needs to be more involved.
Running game wasn't too bad but still didn't look like 2019. Felt like Brown and Fluker held up reasonably well. Bozeman honestly might be our best OL so far this season.
DL definitely missed Wolfe at times. Saw Washington get pushed around quite a bit today. Secondary has a few minor gaffes but nothing major. Queen had his best game by far and we should be excited to see him continue to progress. Pass rush did it's job today and Judon finally showed up.
Biggest issue on D was getting gashed by the screens. Seems the recognition is just a hair too late. Hopefully some film study can help to correct that because we've been beat by the RB in the passing game two games in a row now.
there are lots of positives looking towards what this team will look like when it clicks - we're seeing progress from players that we wanted to see progress from:
patrick queen had his best game as a raven so far
tyre phillips is getting steadier and steadier
orlando brown possibly had his best game this season despite being at LT
Duvernay had the most snaps he's had all year and looks lightning fast but I still want to see him more involved
Deshon Elliott made some nice plays
Anthony Averett quietly had his 2nd nice start in a row (was not an issue during the chiefs game at all)
will have to check out washington - didnt pay much attention to him live (noticed brandon williams and justin ellis getting a lot of push which is good to see though)
but we still have some guys who will get more involved as the season progresses - james proche had his 1st offensive snap (not in garbage time), Justin Madubuike is still waiting to get on the field and has practiced on a limited basis for 2 weeks now so probably not far away and Malik Harrison has more to offer
for me the running game is the biggest concern - they're not having much success at all before the 4th quarter - ingram and gus were both going at around 3 ypc until the 4th quarter and it's similar to what happened in the texans game
but the lack of running efficiency early in games is what's forcing us to get pass happy early which is what's sometimes putting us behind the 8-ball - at the moment this isnt a chunk passing game which means that 1 incompletion can sometimes completely disrupt the offensive rhythm which is not sustainable - the passing concepts in general have been pretty uninspiring but Lamar's not been as efficient as last year - my hope is that as the OL settles in he'll get more comfortable and find his rhythm again but he seems very much out of rhythm
sidenote: was nice to see Justice Hill immediately make plays on special teams (i think he immediately came in as a gunner but could be mistaken)