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Going back and watching that drive again, I am very impressed with Van Demark. I'll be watching him the next two weeks.

Ryan Van Demark looks the part to me, albeit against depth DL. I like Jordan Mims for the PS.

Agreed. Epenesa on the other hand has been nowhere to be found.

He was the 2nd LT in before Quessenberry or Doyle. That is certainly something to watch.

Dorian Williams has made a couple nice tackles. You can tell he's still thinking and hesitating a bit but not a bad start I think.

Wow Isabella was impressive there. I think he has a PS spot locked up.

Okay Shakir has made a couple really nice grabs. If it's for real that's a great development. Aaaaaand he drops one as I say that. Focus drops on easy catches has been his problem.

I think even Murray could end up being at worst equal to Singetary. I have to imagine he has completely passed Harris on the depth chart at this point.

What is Kyle Allen doing??

He tugged on Pierce's shoulder pads. That is an easy call every time, and a killer on 3rd down. Pierce isn't exactly an elite WR either.

Elam isn't going to be able to start in this league if he can't stop being grabby. It's plays like that that make the coaching staff gravitate towards Dane Jackson, at least they know what they're getting from him from play to play.

If Houston is amenable to trading Davis Mills I would do that right now. Kyle Allen is awful.

Okay take Cook out of the game please

Richardson doesn't look ready.

I try not to get on rookies too much for interceptions but his was really bad. Throwing an interception because you try to do too much or thought you could squeeze one into a tight window or misread a disguised coverage, those are acceptable or even necessary rookie mistakes. His interception however he clearly just didn't see the defender at all, he had a clean pocket and was facing a vanilla preseason defense. That combined with his awful S2 score, you can't help but wonder.

The advantage he has, similar to Josh Allen as a rookie, is that he can use his pure athletic ability to cover for gaps in his skill set while he figures out how to play QB in the pros. It's going to be a wild ride throughout his rookie season and likely continuing into next year. Beyond that it's all up to how hard he works and how well the coaching staff and front office build the team around him. If I were him I would hire Jordan Palmer yesterday, if he didn't already.

I love what I'm hearing about him at training camp, but let's wait and see if he can keep over a 60% catch percentage through the first 5 games or so before we think about extending him. Even then I might be inclined to let him walk next year. We're going to be tight against the cap for the next few years so we need to reserve our big money contracts for true proven difference makers. If Kincaid makes a big impact from day one, that lessens the need to pay a WR2 big money. So let's just wait and see where it goes from here.

They didn't have much of a chance. Burrow had the ball out of his hands in 2 seconds because of our pitiful defensive scheme and coverage. We gave him easy answers and he took them. No DL can get pressure that fast.

Updates from Matt Parrino and Ryan Talbot:

Those kinds of difficult concentration catches have been totally missing from our offense the past couple years. We finally have a guy that can make those. It's going to make a huge difference.

Can't wait to see Kincaid's first action on Saturday. Too bad it will be with the lesser Allen throwing the ball but I'm sure his skill set will still pop off the screen.

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