Monday, September 9, 2013

Skins vs. Eagles: The Great, the Good, and the Not-So-Good

The game was a mess, and I'm ready to move on, so let's get this over with.

The Great
  • Ryan Kerrigan.  7 tackles, a sack, and a huge forced fumble that translated to 7 points.  Hopefully he passes his concussion test and stays healthy.
  • Kai Forbath's Kickoffs.  Forbath, who struggled on kickoffs all of last year and all of pre-season, kicked 3 touchbacks on 4 tries.  Touchbacks are each worth an average of more than 10 yards on field position, so this is important long-term.
  • Perry Riley.  Riley had a sack, a fumble recovery, and a thousand tackles.  

The Good
  • Bacarri Rambo.  He had some missed tackles, but he also had some nice tackles and a sack -- not bad for a rookie's first game.  
  • Leonard Hankerson.  Several catches and two TDs, but he still let the ball bounce off his hands way more than necessary.

The Not-So-Good
  • RGIII.  He had no reps in the pre-season and is coming off a major injury, so we shouldn't be too surprised.  But RGIII was inaccurate, tentative, slow, and made poor decisions.  His stats only improved after the Eagles started playing safer and soft on defense.
  • Alfred Morris. I love the guy, but he lost a fumble, combined with RGIII to hand the Eagles 2 points on a safety, and often looked indecisive about when and where to make his cuts.
  • Chris Thompson.  Poor game mentally and physically returning kicks and punts.

2 comments:

  1. Looks like you can just repeat your first sentence this week... and maybe for every week after this for the rest of the season!

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