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It was great to see our depth go against higher level guys, and it gives more context to Booker's sacks too. Hopefully that can project to the regular season. Sewell and Monangai - yup. Sewell is our 3rd LB for when we need it, and good depth. Monangai sure does run hard - love those style of runners. There was one play, when Trapilo was in the there where Monangai chipped the DE that Trapilo had, and Monanagai hit him so hard you could hear the crack on the broadcast. Nice. Your point about special teams is a real issue. It needs to be much better. And youre right they have some time to get that fixed. Usually its mostly about desire and tackling, and you can coach that and lean on it. Yeah Braxton looks like a real liability out there, and to be honest Triplo didnt exactly take the job with any confidence either. They are both not up to par, and I hope Trapilo can grow fast. He did look better after a minute out there, but we were giving him help and rolling away from his side too. He really has to grow fast. No matter how good our offense is, it's going nowhere if the LT is sieve. It's a real issue. I'm not hitting alarm bells yet, but it needs to be fixed for sure. The best answer would be if Trapilo develops quickly under fire and becomes trustworthy.

cool - look forward to what you see

he looked like he was setting too deep expecting a bull rush. so his over correction of his weakness put him a bad position with an open gap to the inside. Thats one thing you never want to see. Get beat outside? it happens. Inside? Thats a crime.

This is brutal. to the inside too. Yuck.

Hmm Trapilo is back in now - maybe he had an equipment issue?

I feel like our roster has some pretty decent depth.

not his fault, but by the time he got in at LT, he was looking at 3rd and 4th stringers, so i dunno what to take from it - you can judge whether he knows who to block, but probably not his level. But yeah, he will stick around. With 3 options at LT in Jones, Trapilo and Amagadje, to be looking at Benedet sounds like Jones might be trade bait at some point.

Hopefully nothing. They probably had a number of snaps in mind, I dont think they necessarily pulled him for his performance. Right now both Jones and Trapilo tried to give the gig to the other one LOL

for sure, its way early

Trapilo is really moving people in the run game, but as Ben Johnson said, the competition will come down to pass protection. Dammit, Trapilo blocked the wrong guy and let a rusher free on that pressure on 4th down at the goalline.

I wasnt sure if it was sarcastic. Glad we agree. unfortunately,. Ozzy got beaten a couple times too. Sure hope someone steps up.

Im watching it now (rewinded) and honestly the first two reps he got beat.

crap! I missed it! I'll have to go back and look at the first series he was in during half time. Thank you for saying that.

I thought you were saying Braxton wasnt at fault? Im saying he got beaten - if you agree, and I misunderstood, then cool we agree.

I havent scouted him - let's just say they want the #1 pick.

hes been beaten a few times today that I saw? And while youre right that the pressure also came from the middle, if Bagent hadnt been on the move, Braxtons guy would have gotten him. He DID get beat to the outside and his rusher was coming free.

for sure, if their goal is to win a few more games this year - but I think they have Fields to sell tickets and get a shot at Arch Manning.

Booker works thru for a sack nice, ha and almost just had another one.

I think he will play the second half, meanwhile Jones just gave ups a sack. Nice catch by Alexander!

Keep in mind that it's our 2nd stringers vs the Dolphins starters. In that case all you can look for is individual performances and flashes. Sewell making plays, for example. I did hope to see Bagent look better than he did in the first quarter. Jones got beat a few times at LT. And I think these games are pretty vanilla for scheme etc on offense - but we are getting a view of the more man calls from Allen. But nothing exotic - saving that for the Vikings!

I guess if we are the more athletic team, and we are coached with more desire this will be an advantage for us.

F*ck yes. "grown-man, in-your-face, physical football" YES.

thats how I feel too - but last year a touchback was to the 25, now theyre bringing it out to the 35. At first glance that seems too much to me.

So I guess it is official that this year a touchback comes out to the 35 yard line instead of the 25. This is a huge incentive to kick the ball in play. Right now I dont like it, but Ill give it time. I was very concerned about the dynamic kickoff when it was first introduced, but it has turned out fine, and I havent seen too many cheap touchdowns, so cool. Thoughts about a 35 yard touchback?

maybe he has cancer and hes having it treated, or maybe he had a drug relapse. We have no idea whether its a good reason or a bad one, and Im not guessing at it either. Im just saying, the team has to go on, and I hope he comes back and can play himself on to the practice squad or something, but until he does, the team has to go on. I would view this very differently if Im his family member than if i am the GM. Its not being cold hearted, its just realistic. Of course I hope the young man is OK, but not everyone gets to play NFL football either.