My frustrations with Maclin has nearly reached it's boiling point. I also wanted to note that his routes have not only been sloppy but he's quiting on his routes over the middle or where ever there's a safety at. I think Joe needs to hit Maclin more often in space where there's not a safety or LB in sight because Maclin seems to be bugged by injuries.
He ran away with Perriman's job and I agree, I like Chris Moore a lot. He should be in our plans going forward.
Lee Evans reincarnated.
That sequence of 2 plays at the end are the worst of what has been a bunch of inexplicable poor play. Don’t see how they can put him back on the field.
Obviously not as much impact, but I think Maclin’s brain dead screw ups were tons worse than the Evans gaff.
I disagree with the assessment against Bryant. Bryant saw most of his receptions on the opposite side. He only saw three targets and two completions against Young. One was on a 9 yard curl route. Bryant got away with a shove, but the coverage was relatively tight in spite of it. The other was on a three-step slat on the 16 yard TD. That was largely a byproduct of the ill-advised off-man coverage that we ran throughout the better part of the day, which was routinely and unsurprisingly exposed to that point. On that play alone, Young was 6 yards away from the break point of the route. He did meet Bryant at the 4 yard line, but I would wager that Bryant would take any CB into the end zone after gaining momentum against no resistance, especially when said CB is approaching the point of contact at a lateral angle. Young could very well lose some against the larger WRs, especially if tested repeatedly, and especially when playing in significantly off-coverage. But I personally don't recall seeing much on tape to consider it an outright liability moving forward.
lol It almost might have been even worse, which is almost incomprehensible to say out loud. In Evans' case, I could at least somewhat soothe the pain by telling myself that Sterling Moore made an excellent play. It obviously doesn't erase the fact that Evans could've very easily held on. In Maclin's case, I struggle to find an outside factor to rationalize either of the two plays. The recency bias does play an effect. But dare I say that this one is possibly even more difficult to swallow?
Wallace has the moxie, the want to. I like his competitiveness.
Imagine if we took Byron jones... we would handle the loss of jimmy with ease, we wouldn't have needed to shell out money for a bust signing in Jefferson, we probably win against the steelers last year, we probably win last night.
You do realize AB is possibly the absolute best WR in the league right?
no question that lost timeout and stepping out of bonds were crucial. I don't remember where we were if he had made that catch, but those two moments were crucial, to say the least.
