My thoughts and responses:
Pryor - He's complete garbage, or at least he is now. He played ok last year at RG so if the FO/CS insists on playing him then it should be there. Of course he also played ok at his 1 start at LT, but I'm guessing he got A LOT of help from Doyle. Ballard should be absolutely ashamed of himself for handing over the most important spot on the OL to Pryor.
Ryan - if he wasn't broken when he got here he sure as shit is now. Don't know if it's b/c he's shell shocked from getting the shit beat out of him every game, but he's way too indecisive, holds onto the ball way too long, and is always double and triple clutching with the ball hanging out to the side. And both of his picks were horrible, especially the first one where he threw into quadruple coverage. As others mentioned he does look much better when we go up tempo, which if I'm not mistaken is a consistent theme under Reich.
Pierce - looked really good and made some great catches.
Raimann - settled in as the game went on. 2/3 of the holding calls were BS IMHO (although one of them didn't matter b/c Den declined it).
Jackson and Phillips - Both looked good running the ball, especially Jackson late. Hope the OL can provide JT with some running room when he gets back.
Gilmore - Total badass performance. No idea why Denver went for a TD at the end of regulation, but glad they did.
DL - Pass rush was the best it's been for a long time and they did a good job in stuffing the run until late after Paye went down. Is that b/c they're getting better or b/c Den's OL sucks? Guessing a little of both.
Paye - Glad to see his X-rays were negative. Hope he's back soon b/c we need him in there.
Thomas II - Dude looks like a player. Hope he keeps it up. Too bad he tripped over his own feet on his int return b/c I think he may have been able to take it to the house.
Refs - I didn't here them announce the San Diego TO, but it wouldn't surprise me b/c they were fucking terrible last night. As mentioned above 2/3 holds they called on Raimann were BS, the PI call on McCleod is one of the worst calls I've ever seen, and Ryan was hit in the helmet multiple times w/ no flag. Also, they need to stay the fuck out of our safeties way.
|