One (maybe two) bright spots from Sunday

[PromoTheRobot]

If Marcus Murphy didn't earn a roster spot with his performance yesterday I don't know what would. And Jason Croom played well too. Certainly had a better game than Charles Clay.

 

 

[oldmanfan]

I think it's possible they keep Croom, Lee and O'Leary and cut Clay.

[qwksilver]

Agree with both of those calls. I'd say Edmunds looks improved from last game as well. Hopefully that is a trend going forward.

[mannc]

Ivory ran hard. So there’s that...

[John from Riverside]

Our running backs looked good....in a real game we would have ran them a lot more to slow down the Bengals pass rush

[yungmack]

25 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

If Marcus Murphy didn't earn a roster spot with his performance yesterday I don't know what would. And Jason Croom played well too. Certainly had a better game than Charles Clay.

 

 

RBs were great, particularly with this line. But the one area that really caught my attention was the massive improvement against the run. Of course, this was offset by the equally massive drop off in pass defense.

[ngbills]

Great that we know our 3rd string RB and 4th string TE are ready to play...

[Jay_Fixit]

WE DIDN’T EVEN PUNT WELL!

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

If Marcus Murphy didn't earn a roster spot with his performance yesterday I don't know what would. And Jason Croom played well too. Certainly had a better game than Charles Clay.

 

 

 

....even Logan Thomas had three nice grabs....Gunner Bill will pull his hair out.......

[fridge]

1 hour ago, oldmanfan said:

I think it's possible they keep Croom, Lee and O'Leary and cut Clay.

 

I don’t know for sure, but it feels like there’s a zero percent chance that they cut Clay.

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

1 minute ago, fridge said:

 

I don’t know for sure, but it feels like there’s a zero percent chance that they cut Clay.

 

works better cap wise next year............

[oldmanfan]

3 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

works better cap wise next year............

Good point.  Maybe we trade him for a G?

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

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Not really.

 

Nice post!

 

[Mango]

I thought Milano had a nice game for us yesterday. If there is any bright spots on the defensive side of the ball, I thought he was it. 

[LABILLBACKER]

1 hour ago, oldmanfan said:

I think it's possible they keep Croom, Lee and O'Leary and cut Clay.

I'd cut Clay, he's playing awful. Love Croom and Murphy who should have locked down spots.

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

3 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Good point.  Maybe we trade him for a G?

 

...what would be his value?......

[TheBrownBear]

Murphy, Ivory, Edmunds, Croom and Peterman all showed well.

 

Our O-Line, Vontae Davis and Colton Schmidt all stuck out like sore thumbs for their miserable performances.  Mediocrity from most everyone else.

[LABILLBACKER]

2 hours ago, Jay_Fixit said:

WE DIDN’T EVEN PUNT WELL!

Schmidt punted poorly, the oline did their Charger game impersonation, zero pass rush led to wide open crossing routes. I do love Murphy and Croom and can't see them 3rd string very long. Temper your expectations all, it's a rebuilding year.

[CLTbills]

The run game definitely was a bright spot, and that’s without Shady. It’s crazy to me how an O-Line can run block so well and pass block SO terrible. It doesn’t make sense to me.

[purple haze]

5 hours ago, oldmanfan said:

I think it's possible they keep Croom, Lee and O'Leary and cut Clay.

Charles Clay will be starting week 1.