After the first half of this one, I
got a bit too invested in the game to keep up the tablet notation out at a bar,
but here is some of my thought process throughout watching the first half and some general takeaways about the team after the brutally close loss to
Philadelphia.
-The team looks more fired up than
I've seen in a long time. Unsurprisingly, DeSean Jackson looks particularly
amped.
-We're finally going to Garcon
early, it will be interesting to see if it keeps up, and how much it has to do
with Jackson playing injured.
-The DB was rightly penalized there,
despite what the announcers are crying for, but Jackson should have been as
well. It's odd that the initial action is caught, but the retaliation isn't,
but both were guilty.
-Aaaaand, there's the make-up call.
No one did anything wrong on that play, it was a clear apology to Philadelphia
for the previous play.
-Morris isn't getting a lot of room
to run. Paulsen failed to seal the edge on this particular run, making him
fight in the backfield.
-They lined up with Jackson in the
backfield, faked a deep pitch to him before turning and tossing a bubble screen
to Garcon. I like the creativity, but that was a terribly conceived play.
There's no way the team was going to throw it 8 yards into the backfield to get
it to Jackson, so the fooled no one regardless of execution and was a waste of
time.
-Back in the red zone, once again
going to Young. I don't know when opposing defenses will start realizing how much
the team loves going to the fullback in the red zone.
-This isn't the first time I've had
this revelation, but Niles Paul would be a really good receiving option if he
could reliably catch the ball.
