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I love his mentality!
I love his mentality!
@Simba
poor dude goes up against one of the most dominant receivers in nfl history through his first 18 games in the league
Not anything against Dorsey because that's a no win situation for him, but gotta wonder if Bonds gets the elevation this week and they decide on who goes to the 53 (if either of them) after that. Need to add a CB to the 53 at some point (or rotate bodies on the PS).
I'm wondering why Harrison didn't get much playing time, even when Queen went out.
Good to see Lamar shake off the funk he was in last week. I think it's time to give duvernay a chance, Boykin just isn't developing a connection with Lamar. Run game needs to get going, I don't know why we can't get any big runs until the 4th. Defense played well but could have been better I felt. Overall good win and on to the bengals
should be our backup qb
Been saying this about Gus, he looks like he should be the 1 given how Ingram has played. We need to get him caught up on how to pass protect.
I think they treated him like the 1 (or maybe 1a) yesterday. Led the team in carries, led RBs in snaps (Ricard technically had more, but he's a FB, and he lined up at TE at least 3 times). Ingram got the start, but they immediately put Edwards in for the next 4 snaps.
Bounce back week.
Lots of stuff to work on. No signature game yet for this team but well ground out win.
Running game is a problem - the texans 4th quarter and the 4th quarter this week against washington have massaged our running totals but through the vast majority of this season, the running game has not been working efficiently outside of the occasional Lamar chunk play.
Queen was everywhere. Good sign of things to come
dont agree with this at all... not seen anyone run on this front since the browns in week 1
Pernell McPhee has been the unsung hero so far - hasnt had much in the way of pass rush but has consistently dominated in the run game - ive seen him lose contain maybe once all year and has collapsed running plays consistently all year
idk what his playing time split between running downs and passing downs is but my guess is it leans towards running downs a bit more this year - he's been playing less than 50% of the snaps which is a good sign - in only 1 game did he see more than 50% which is also good in terms of his usage
Gus can pass protect - last year especially he did a lot of pass pro - he's such a big physical back that he has more of a chance of neutralising blitzing defenders too but he's clearly 3rd choice on 3rd down right now
what gus doesnt really offer is a receiving aspect to his game but all 4 of our RBs offer a useful skillset on 3rd down
but gus is clearly also our best RB (of the 2 that are actually getting carries right now) between the tackles and we know he's great on zone-read plays because even if the defender doesn't get fully taken out of the play by the mesh point he likely breaks the arm tackle
so maybe a bit like the brandon carr starter streak that we kept alive last year despite the fact he was most definitely not the starter
Makes sense that you don't want 2 rookies out there. Maybe they felt Board was more prepared than Harrison when Queen went out?In the D article, Ken speculates that Queen is struggling to line up properly, so they need Fort out there to help him.
Maybe they wanted to sub Board because Harrison hasn't played mlb yet?Makes sense that you don't want 2 rookies out there. Maybe they felt Board was more prepared than Harrison when Queen went out?
Didn't he play week 1? Thought I remembered seeing more of him earlier this season and it just stood out to me that he didn't replace Queen.Maybe they wanted to sub Board because Harrison hasn't played mlb yet?
I don't know which linebacker combinations we've seen so far, but Harrison (in our scheme) hasn't played the same exact position as Queen.Didn't he play week 1? Thought I remembered seeing more of him earlier this season and it just stood out to me that he didn't replace Queen.
Or are you saying he and Fort play the same linebacker position? I don't really know the difference between those 2 spots.
I don't know which linebacker combinations we've seen so far, but Harrison (in our scheme) hasn't played the same exact position as Queen.
Or maybe it could also be that this depended on the formations we used when Queens went out.
Harrison+Queen snaps have dropped consistently
I second this comment of the highest order. Winning a Super Bowl isn't enough, I want him to play well in it too. I will then gleefully watch his critics, haters, and Chiefs fans alike squirm and reach and make the lamest excuses possible.Son has the mentality of a winner. You have no idea how bad I want this kid to win and it isn't because he is a Raven.
He and queen both looked particularly bad against the chiefs, but it seems as if half of Reid’s gameplan was to have those guys flailing about with no clue where to go, other than that I haven’t seen anything suggesting Harrison needs a reduction, i mean LJ Fort has certainly outplayed him as that classic mike type, but Harrison wasn’t necessarily bad at any point outside of week 3this is what ive noticed and my guess is you'll see that even more after the week 4 game
it's the first game where Harrison was outsnapped by Board at ILB
unless it's purely about having some vet experience on the field to help line up the middle of the defence (and Queen in particular) as Ken postulates, I have to say it's trending in the wrong direction for Harrison and I can't say I've noticed anything particularly glaring from him that would suggest he has earned a reduction in snaps - especially in week 1 he was showing everything that we could have predicted - coming downhill like a freight train, crushing pullers and having a decent feel in zone coverage and using his wingspan to his advantage in that aspect to make up for being less quick than Queen