lots of the good seems obvious so ill tip my cap to some less obvious contributors who i think showed some things and maybe deserved more snaps:
- Gus Edwards - i didnt think in the preseason he showed much that would translate vs 1st teamers but his running style is exactly what we're missing with kenneth dixon on i/r and he ran really well on his carries - id like to see him get more carries i think
- bradley bozeman - im not sure whose fault it was on the near sack of flacco by byard (didnt see the LoS on that snap or who allowed the unblocked blitzer) but he looked good in the running game which is promising
- tim williams (on this forum at least he's well known but not sure he's got the recognition yet elsewhere - he terrorised 2 of the best tackles in football at times today and showed some serious wheels to force mariota out of the pocket a couple of times
- chuck clark - around the ball and its clear we trust him all over the field on this defence (at LB, at safety, at nickel, at dime)
To the Bozeman point it was Buck’s fault. He wasn’t patient enough on the delayed blitz and crashed down to help Bozeman instead of staying in the gap and picking up Byard. Flacco could’ve helped him out with a hot read though.