This team is Good, this team is VERY good...

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Brylok

... preseason

Yeah I am normally right beside you on that bus, PS is generally shit. Normally though I watch it and just see a bunch of meh out there doing stupid shit and raising their hands asking if they can please be cut, this year it has been different. A high # of guys have looked like real NFL caliber players. Not a ton of penalties, execution of routes, real man coverage, etc...

No the Hart kid with his 2 botched punts last night, that's exactly what I expect out of PS play. That was hard to watch.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Yeah I am normally right beside you on that bus, PS is generally shit. Normally though I watch it and just see a bunch of meh out there doing stupid shit and raising their hands asking if they can please be cut, this year it has been different. A high # of guys have looked like real NFL caliber players. Not a ton of penalties, execution of routes, real man coverage, etc...

No the Hart kid with his 2 botched punts last night, that's exactly what I expect out of PS play. That was hard to watch.

If you asked the guy trying to catch those punts, he would probably agree with you.

It's really hard, just in practice. Does anyone remember when Marvin was returning punts? He would have been great,, except for the fact that teams would have a clear run on him to knock him into next week.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by JAFF

If you asked the guy trying to catch those punts, he would probably agree with you.

It's really hard, just in practice. Does anyone remember when Marvin was returning punts? He would have been great,, except for the fact that teams would have a clear run on him to knock him into next week.

I felt bad for that dude. First one, yeah ok trying to make something happen, took his eyes off... it happens. Man that 2nd one, you gotta know to throw the hand up and fight another day. Trying to make the team, trying to prove he could make something happen... bad situation for him.

[Maniac]

Originally Posted by albany ed

This might be the week to trade a few players and maybe get some OL depth

Looks like we traded away some OL depth. We sent Boehm to the Dolphins for an undisclosed pick per rotoworld

I'm guessing Ballard and the scouts have their eyes on some other team's possible cut downs to bring in.

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Venturi said early on in camp that he thought this was the best lineup we had had since the 09 SB season.

Those that know that I've been around for a long time (Puck for sure), while I might bitch about a lot, I can't be ridiculed for not following this team pretty damn closely.

That undefeated team, that was the very best team I have ever watched play football period. BUT, I will say, that team also had the absolute sickest QB play that anyone will ever witness- that was a machine and he made EVERYTHING a notch better than it was.

I've watched and loved this team since the seventies. I can say I have never seen a team this talented top to bottom. We have players at every level and we have then 2-3 deep at some positions.

The only real concern I have is the Oline backups, they don't seem physical enough and they don't stay on their blocks. That to me is the only real weakness on this squad.

Ballard is a wizard!

The 09 team was not the best team you watched.

[Luck4Reich]

Originally Posted by omahacolt

The 09 team was not the best team you watched.

The team that lost to the Steelers that year Dungy son died was for me. 2005 team?

[Brylok]

Originally Posted by Luck4Reich

The team that lost to the Steelers that year Dungy son died was for me. 2005 team?

2005 for me, too. Still gut-wrenching whenever I think about it. Roethlisberger flat on his back. Nick Harper and his stab wound from his wife the day before the game. Vandershank's shank right...
Thanks for reminding me about it again.

[ChoppedWood]

Yeah 2005 was absurdity, that was a team that could score on every single play. Still, 2009, that team was going to run the table and become the only team to go wire to wire... until Polian got scared of his own shadow and F'd everyone over.

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Brylok

2005 for me, too. Still gut-wrenching whenever I think about it. Roethlisberger flat on his back. Nick Harper and his stab wound from his wife the day before the game. Vandershank's shank right...
Thanks for reminding me about it again.

Still, to this day, have not watched that replay and if it comes on, I turn away. Most revolting series of events in sports history.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Yeah 2005 was absurdity, that was a team that could score on every single play. Still, 2009, that team was going to run the table and become the only team to go wire to wire... until Polian got scared of his own shadow and F'd everyone over.

I heard Polian defend that decision again the other day. Stubborn SOB.