Best players in Preseason???

[wppete]

Shaq has to be the most impressive player this preseason. He’s the Shaq we all remember with a massive chip on his shoulder and has been wrecking havoc... Khalil Shakir is a close second with his precision routes, toughness and yards after contact. The rookie CBs gave also been impressive. 
 

Who else do you got? 

[CNYfan]

  Just last night

Duke Johnson looked very good.  Better than Cook. 

The entire OLine was very bad except for Alec Andreson (PS) and S. Brown. 

 

Morris was good.  Shakir was good. 

 

Elam was good, Bernard was bad.  Benford was a work in progress.

 

Shaq was good.  Boogie not so much.  

[Draconator]

Shakir is my top player in the pre-season. The rookie DB's also impressed. 

 

Josh for only playing 6 plays made me comfortable that he'll be spot on for the opener. The whole 1st team did. 

[MJS]

Elam and Benford both showed flashes of excellence, in my opinion.

[Solomon Grundy]

Blackshear has to be on the list

[Forlorn hope]

Tenuta impressed and improved over each preseason game. He looks ahead of where Doyle was last year. I think he makes it

[MJS]

1 minute ago, RunJoshRun said:

But can they be NFL starters

Yes. Do you have doubts?

[Forlorn hope]

1 minute ago, RunJoshRun said:

But can they be NFL starters

Absolutely yes. Only thing is I think Elam is awesome in man, but meh in zone. But I don't think they picked Elam to play much zone regardless 

[Big Blitz]

Johnson

Elam

Benford 

Moss

Shakir 

Giles-Harris 

Blackshear 

[Rc2catch]

I’m gonna go with Shakir as well. Receiving and the ability to return kicks if needed. I feel a lot more comfortable if he has to play meaningful snaps early in the season. Plus he’s wearing #10 and I’m still a big Robert woods fan (even though he didn’t wear 10 after he left) 

[DallasMac]

Brandin Bryant seemed to stick out a bunch when watching.  Played extremely well and I won't be the least bit surprised when he is picked up by another team.

[NickelCity]

I'm ready to give Shakir the punt return duties right now. And I can't wait to see him as a WR with Josh.

[K D]

The punter had that 1 amazing punt. What was his name? Oh yeah...Matt Barkley

[Alphadawg7]

Josh and Davis showing the KC game was just the beginning all camp long and the one brief drive stands out and hasn't been mentioned yet.

 

But I get, its more about the lesser knows...best of the preseason has to be Shakir who really had about as good a camp and preseason you could ask for in a rookie WR.  

 

Like others have said, both young corners showed a lot of potential.  

 

I know he won't get mentioned because he got a little dinged up, but I really liked what I saw from Tim Settle early and in camp.  I said it when we signed him, I think he could be one of those over under the radar moves that really pans out.  

 

I do also think Shaq, especially in this last game, really went from unlikely to make the team, to making a case to stick around.  I am not sold he still does, we are just deep at DE, but his last game he was a stand out against Car starters.  

[Southern bills]

1 hour ago, MJS said:

Elam and Benford both showed flashes of excellence, in my opinion.

Agreed, Carolina was not even looking Elam way most of the time no matter who he was lined up against 

[LabattBlue]

Araiza.  His one punt was a bomb, and all the worries about his ability to hold amounted to nothing. 😈

[PolishPrince]

 

1 hour ago, Forlorn hope said:

Tenuta impressed and improved over each preseason game. He looks ahead of where Doyle was last year. I think he makes it

I'll bite... is this sarcasm lol. I've noticed him negatively a ton. Doyle was like Spencer Brown, super high upside athletically but raw. I believe Tenuta has one of the worst athleticism scores on our team

[Freddie's Dead]

BaaBaaBlackshear.

[Locomark]

2 hours ago, Forlorn hope said:

Tenuta impressed and improved over each preseason game. He looks ahead of where Doyle was last year. I think he makes it

IMO, You must have seen a different group of games than what I saw. He is a PS squad guy at best. He had zero ability to handle the edge. I thought he was outplayed by the undrafted kid Anderson. 

Edited August 28, 2022 by Locomark

[John from Riverside]

3 hours ago, CNYfan said:

  Just last night

Duke Johnson looked very good.  Better than Cook. 

The entire OLine was very bad except for Alec Andreson (PS) and S. Brown. 

 

Morris was good.  Shakir was good. 

 

Elam was good, Bernard was bad.  Benford was a work in progress.

 

Shaq was good.  Boogie not so much.  

Benard was bad?