Review: Skins vs. Steelers (Live)

Holdman, Marshall and Prioleau missed some tackles. It coould be that at the LB position guys aren't trusting each other yet. Did we get any sacks? :oink:
nope
2 great D's no sacks the whole game?

Good o-lines though.
Yes as you and Vishsskins said we need to get the darn tackles and stop letting them break them. I have felt that we are not tackling, i saw it in the scrimmage and in all of the preseason so far. i might just be noticing the little itty bitty things but it really looks like we are not getting the easy tackles.

worst broken tackle. The 50 yarder started by stoudmire.
THe best Tackle. The 50 yarder that was stopped by springs.

i know i'm looking at the gift horse in the mouth here, but did anyone notice how super open Mike Sellers was on that Cooley TD play? don't get me wrong, i'm super glad we have someone Patrick can trust heavily like Cooley, but Cooley was fairly well-covered that play; by now every team knows he's the person Ramsey will be looking for.

Cooley's great, mobile, tall and has that receiver's sense of when to jump, but I would have felt alot better if Ramsey made the read on Sellers, who was left completely alone with no defenders in the area. To me the Cooley pass was another example of Ramsey telegraphing and trying to force a completion, only this time it worked . i wonder if the coaches saw it that way too.

Yes Sellers was open but in all likelihood Cooley was first in Ramsey's progression of reads, so once he broke free he tossed it up for him.

Sellers isn't exactly known for his hands, and Ramsey and Cooley obviously have a nice connection.

i know i'm looking at the gift horse in the mouth here, but did anyone notice how super open Mike Sellers was on that Cooley TD play? don't get me wrong, i'm super glad we have someone Patrick can trust heavily like Cooley, but Cooley was fairly well-covered that play; by now every team knows he's the person Ramsey will be looking for.

Cooley's great, mobile, tall and has that receiver's sense of when to jump, but I would have felt alot better if Ramsey made the read on Sellers, who was left completely alone with no defenders in the area. To me the Cooley pass was another example of Ramsey telegraphing and trying to force a completion, only this time it worked . i wonder if the coaches saw it that way too.

I don't know how much you watch the panthers, but if it weren't for catches like that, there'd be quite a few QB's that wouldn't have jobs in the NFL. Jake Delhomme being the most predominant off the top of my head. But if he had thrown it to sellers, and sellers missed the ball, or we got stopped and settled for a field goal, we'd be saying, "man, hes gotta throw that ball up there and give his reciever a chance to make a play." ya know? I think that's the reason we keep McCants if he proves he can catch with a better healed hand. They, too have a natural endzone chemistry. Having another vertical threat in the redzone would probably not be a bad Idea.

Cooley hadn't broken free though, he had a defensive back draped all over him. Cooley didn't even have position on him, he was just bigger and taller. an advantage yes, but still a risk he didn't have to take with Sellers in the flat with no defensive pressure on him at all.

if i'm not mistaken, this was Cooley's first outing in 2005, expect teams' best coverage linebackers to be pinned onto him all season, and double covered in the red zone.

I don't know how much you watch the panthers, but if it weren't for catches like that, there'd be quite a few QB's that wouldn't have jobs in the NFL. Jake Delhomme being the most predominant off the top of my head. But if he had thrown it to sellers, and sellers missed the ball, or we got stopped and settled for a field goal, we'd be saying, "man, hes gotta throw that ball up there and give his reciever a chance to make a play." ya know? I think that's the reason we keep McCants if he proves he can catch with a better healed hand. They, too have a natural endzone chemistry. Having another vertical threat in the redzone would probably not be a bad Idea.

yeah that kind of trust and chemistry for Ramsey is important, which is why i'm hoping McCants gets to stay on the roster. but so far, that seems like a very outside chance.

i'd like Ramsey to rely less on individual trust and more on reading the entire field.

Down near the endzone as a QB you have to make a quick decision, reading the entire field really isn't an option. It was a bang-bang play.

Cooley was well covered, but he still had position as long as the throw was accurate, which it was. Then you just leave it up to Cooley to out-muscle the defender.

I think that's a play we could see alot of this year.

Hey--you put the ball anywhere NEAR that kid Cooley, and he sucks it in. It was a great play: it was a TD. And the more Ramsey and Cooley get their chemistry on, the better.

PS I think we did get a sack. Didn't we smash the third-string guy with a safety blitz?

Cooley's definitely the best Red Zone target we have, especially now with McCants gone. but every team in the league knows that now, so what happens when they all gameplan for him? he'll be just as valuable a decoy as a target.