Another good team win overall. Plenty of mistakes that can be cleaned up, but this was a against a darn good team, on the road in prime time. I feel a little sense of pride over what those kids did.
First, i'm giving it to the entire DL, but specifically Lowry, Clark, Preston, and Gary. Consistent pressure all night, squeezing pocket down. Murry had guys in his face when trying to go down field and when he tried to break contain, they contained him pretty much all night. That was no small task and they did it very well.
Campbell again just plays a solid game, he's a stud just for his consistency in run and pass game, every play, every game.
I know Douglas had the game winning pick, so he makes it for that. I think overall, the 2ndary played well, had some lapses, but largely played acceptable coverage and came up and tackled well, that's so important. It doesn't get a stud rating from me, but it's nice to see that consistency again and from a bunch of guys that maybe you wouldn't expect it from.
Our Punter can flip a field.
on offense, Rodgers, Dillon. Jones had some good plays and that TD was a nice power run, but I expect that and more from him. He didn't have a bad game, but i'm not giving him stud either. Dillon I felt was consistently more effective and that one run on 4th where he got nailed 2-3 yards deep in the backfield and got the first anyway. He took a heck of a shot and powered thru for enough. But all night long he was a battering ram. definite stud.
and Rodgers just orchestrates the whole thing. I thought he ran a pretty good offense, other than redzone. They're trying all sorts of things, but they need to figure out what is going to work.
The oline played adequately. Helped a lot by playcalling and considering all the shuffle and new guys it was pretty good, but I expect at least that level of line play so no stud rating from me.
Other than Dillon and Rodgers I think everyone else was just playing a part. They did some nice things at times, but no real "stud" performances for me. Maybe Cobb with big catches in the endzone, but otherwise very quiet.
Duds?
Injuries. I fear Tonyan is done. His knee got whipped and if it was just a strain, great, but I think he has multiple tears.
Fumbles. Young guys and we didn't lose any but those could have been bad LOL Hang on to that ball and Winfree I think would have had a TD had he secured that thing. Can't have those types of plays too many times against good teams, especially later in the year.
Not really a dud category, but I thought EQ, Amari, Malik had an opportunity to step up and none really did. EQ had a nice 4th down catch, he was definitely adequate, but was kind of hoping for a breakout game like Lazard has had, let me see 5-8 catches and bunch of yards one of these days please.
