The Skins...
BuddyLee said:
Some of you folks who have been following football for a long while now, please reassure me.
Should I be worried about the Skins? Two crappy preseason games in a row, of course only the first two. They are meaningless but shouldn't we have 'something' after all the acquisitions this offseason?
I don't think I'll get worried until next week, I just want to see them win one or at least put up a good fight.
1982 - Lost all preseason games and went to the Super Bowl. I hear this is our SB trend, to lose a lot of preseason games.
...are in trouble.
All things considered, the D has a chance at being one of the leagues best. This is year three and most of the key guys are still here plus two additions, Carter and Archuletta that should be big improvements at their position.
Special teams are obviously in disarray, terrible. Hall can't kick off for fear of injury tackling people. Maybe he is the only one on teams that can tackle? Anyone think of that?
The offense is in a new system; the zone blocking is MUCH different than the man blocking this unit just got used to. Learning Coach Al's 700 plays is gonna take time. Portis' shoulder is likely to bother him all year. It's going to be hard to get 4 big time weapons involved, Lloyd, Randl El, Cooley and Moss, when the QB can't buy an extra second and has been trained for two years to throw it away on a 3 count.
And that brings us to the biggie; QB.
The plan is for Mark to make it the whole season and still have enough left for the playoffs. That's very unlikely. That means the plan is for Campbell and Collins to be there at the end. Now, it would seem to be a good idea to go ahead and work Campbell to death now and try and get the first 3-5 games out of him. If it ain't working, there sits a fresh Brunnel who only has to survive maybe 13 games or so.
What's better; Brunnel starts then, when he goes down, a still green Campbell comes in? Or, Get Campbell all the work you can now, knowing the vet will be far better coming in for him than the other way around?
As for preseason, the first team should be going out there, playing a crisp series or two, and get out. They're not. There is reason to worry.
As for QB's, the Steelers and Patriots have had some pretty good luck hitching up to the young guy and sticking with him.
I'm getting nervous.
Hopefull, we'll just suffocate teams on D and simply having so many weapons will make the difference as all of this comes together.
