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Ok while my opinions this week may not be as accurate as I would like because I listened to the game on the radio I will give them anyway. Here goes:
OFFENSE:
We put up 41 points so not too much concern here. Sanders continues to amaze and play pretty much flawless football. The biggest factor I like about Sanders is his decision making, he seems to find the right person make the right reads and most importantly not try to force throws. Doesn't turn the ball over and now that we know he is an olympic sprinter
this will give defenses something extra to worry about. Freeney from what I could hear was running more like the freeney of old with authority lowering shoulder, running hard. I feel we are still learning how to use Horne efficiently and as Gateway season progresses he will be a vital cog in our offensive machine. Jaime Goodwin and Patrick Hunter have both played well as have all of our receivers this year. Surrency has sort of been the odd man out so far but I know he will be doing great things this year before it is all said and done. Seems he had big block on Sanders touchdown run so his head is in the game he will be there this year. Great problem we have too many weapons on offense. One minor note of concern on "O" ability to run the ball consistantly when we were trying to run the ball in the 2nd half take time off the clock we couldn't this is why we had a few 3 and outs we still need to run the ball better we are getting there but still need some work in this department.
DEFENSE:
Well hard to tell without me seeing but here goes again. I heard Koebcke and heidemans name mentioned alot on the radio broadcast so they were making plays. I am not sure why we opened game with an extra safety if this is because we knew they were going to try and use the short pass or is it because we really are that thin at the OLB position. Seems Hermann was in a stance the whole game pretty much. If this was the 4-3 than one of the safetys would be an olb/rover as we used to call that position in high school. Either way you slice it we will have to get better here. Trust me as I say again and again defense wins games always has always will. We did force a few turnovers which looking back probably won the game for us because they were in scoring position when ball turned over at least once. I am not sure what we have at linebacker this year after the starters but I feel coach had better start developing them in practice real quick if not at least to push those starters who may be underachieving so far, complacency is not a good thing if this is the case. I did not hear Garretts name mentioned alot except once for running off the field once for losing coverage on WIU's tailback and missing the tackle after. Garrett I have seen a few times this year and he is tough and strong but looks very much like a DE, not too agile or lateral as they say. He will have a tough time covering any starting tailback in the Gateway this season he will get better against the run I feel. Hermann is real good pass rusher as his DE days help him well here but he allows the perimeter a little too much at times he hustles and makes plays but some of them after good gains. We have work to do here on defense if we will win Gateway and as i hope go far in the playoffs this season. One backseat coaching thought here what of possibly some of the backup inside guys getting a few reps inside with either Heideman or Koebcke sliding outside for a series or two. This keeps the our 2 best backers on the field and if in pass rushing situation allows Heideman to rush off the edge seems he is good at it. Now again I don't know what the backup inside guys play like or do in practice so this may be moot point if coach feels they are not ready or good enough. I do know if play is missed by middle guys the safetys will clean up right away which they have been doing alot of this year anyway but a play on the perimeter that is missed is usually a big play.I thought possibly our "D" got a little tired when we had a few 3 and outs in 2nd half also, yes we will need a few more 2's to play a little before it is all said and done this year. Just a thought.
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OFFENSE:
We put up 41 points so not too much concern here. Sanders continues to amaze and play pretty much flawless football. The biggest factor I like about Sanders is his decision making, he seems to find the right person make the right reads and most importantly not try to force throws. Doesn't turn the ball over and now that we know he is an olympic sprinter
this will give defenses something extra to worry about. Freeney from what I could hear was running more like the freeney of old with authority lowering shoulder, running hard. I feel we are still learning how to use Horne efficiently and as Gateway season progresses he will be a vital cog in our offensive machine. Jaime Goodwin and Patrick Hunter have both played well as have all of our receivers this year. Surrency has sort of been the odd man out so far but I know he will be doing great things this year before it is all said and done. Seems he had big block on Sanders touchdown run so his head is in the game he will be there this year. Great problem we have too many weapons on offense. One minor note of concern on "O" ability to run the ball consistantly when we were trying to run the ball in the 2nd half take time off the clock we couldn't this is why we had a few 3 and outs we still need to run the ball better we are getting there but still need some work in this department.DEFENSE:
Well hard to tell without me seeing but here goes again. I heard Koebcke and heidemans name mentioned alot on the radio broadcast so they were making plays. I am not sure why we opened game with an extra safety if this is because we knew they were going to try and use the short pass or is it because we really are that thin at the OLB position. Seems Hermann was in a stance the whole game pretty much. If this was the 4-3 than one of the safetys would be an olb/rover as we used to call that position in high school. Either way you slice it we will have to get better here. Trust me as I say again and again defense wins games always has always will. We did force a few turnovers which looking back probably won the game for us because they were in scoring position when ball turned over at least once. I am not sure what we have at linebacker this year after the starters but I feel coach had better start developing them in practice real quick if not at least to push those starters who may be underachieving so far, complacency is not a good thing if this is the case. I did not hear Garretts name mentioned alot except once for running off the field once for losing coverage on WIU's tailback and missing the tackle after. Garrett I have seen a few times this year and he is tough and strong but looks very much like a DE, not too agile or lateral as they say. He will have a tough time covering any starting tailback in the Gateway this season he will get better against the run I feel. Hermann is real good pass rusher as his DE days help him well here but he allows the perimeter a little too much at times he hustles and makes plays but some of them after good gains. We have work to do here on defense if we will win Gateway and as i hope go far in the playoffs this season. One backseat coaching thought here what of possibly some of the backup inside guys getting a few reps inside with either Heideman or Koebcke sliding outside for a series or two. This keeps the our 2 best backers on the field and if in pass rushing situation allows Heideman to rush off the edge seems he is good at it. Now again I don't know what the backup inside guys play like or do in practice so this may be moot point if coach feels they are not ready or good enough. I do know if play is missed by middle guys the safetys will clean up right away which they have been doing alot of this year anyway but a play on the perimeter that is missed is usually a big play.I thought possibly our "D" got a little tired when we had a few 3 and outs in 2nd half also, yes we will need a few more 2's to play a little before it is all said and done this year. Just a thought.
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