My 12 Armon Binns Steven Clarke Tony Hills Tevin Mims D'Aundre Reed Andrew Wilson Evan Wilson Demetrius Wright Ryan Spagola Rakim Cox David Arkin Evan Finkenburg Josh Potter will probably be cut but another kicker will probably be signed so I didn't count him.
1. WR 19 A.Binns 2. CB 37 K.Fogg, 3. DB 38 S.Clarke 4. S 41 D.Wright 5. DE 46 T.Mims 6. DE 48 D.Reed 7. DE 58 R.Cox 8. TE 81 E.Wilson 9. WR 87 R.Spadola 10.QB 4 S.Lobato 11. G 62 E.Finkenberg 12. T 63 S.Baker
There's a couple of surprises at this stage of the cuts... the first cutdown... we might have already seen it with Egnew getting the axe, but I think Brady Quinn will be released with this next group. I think Lobato will get some reps in the next game as they decide whether to put him on the PS or not.
Two players I would love to see in this first cut, but probably won't are, Dallas Thomas and Daniel Thomas. Neither of them have earned a spot in the top 53 and I would rather see their positions filled by players who can actually contribute during the 2014 season.
The game hasn't yet been shown here in Hawaii, so I'll take your word for it. I guess he must have looked decent against the third and fourth stringers for the Cowboys, who will be out of a job in the next 10 days.
he was beat one play, that was really bad. However other than that, he was pretty good both run and pass blocking. Against first and second team.
Shelly Smith was beat more times in the passing game than Thomas. I do not agree that in this game Smith looked, "much better." He did look better, but not by a huge stretch.
Well that's his forte...run blocking (Smith). He's always been average/slightly below average at pass pro, so if you expect him to stonewall in the passing game, you'll be disappointed. Last year he was a very good to great run blocker. Whereas Thomas excels in neither.
I have not rewatched the game yet, so maybe I'll come around to your way of thinking when I do. However it seemed to me, on initial viewing, our best running plays early, came when running right behind Smith. Never seen him get beaten on a run block.
I do, and Smith played more snaps against Dallas' first teamers. Thomas's problem to me is he looks like a Tackle trying to play guard, he plays "Tall" and loses leverage to easily to ever be consistent at this point. I also disagree with you about Satele, for ONCE the offensive line looked like they all were on the same page, there were none of those inexplicable "whose guy was that" as Tannehill got lit up PFF actually devoted a article to the RG position on our team https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/08/24/miami-right-guards-in-focus/ Tho the 7:55 "Fall to the Ground" deal on Smith is one of my issues with PFF's grading, he did not whiff on the block all on his own, if one notices the DT he was not blocking picked him off via pushing him when he was coming down the line of scrimmage to pick up his man. They are kinda missing that Dlineman do things like that, including holding the OL men to free up a man for penetration
All I am saying is Thomas had a good game. I didn't say he should start in front of Shelly Smith. I didn't say he was better than Shelly Smith. I said, he did well. There is a huge difference between Gerald McCoy and the J.a.G.s on the Dallas Cowboy defenses, however Dallas Thomas did a fine job against them.
Satale can't run or pass block. All he can do is snap the ball consistently. Plus that, "whose guy was that" is rarely the centers. How many noseguards are good pass rushers?
Especially in the run game. Smith made some very good plays that helped to create bigger holes than we have been seeing. Now granted it was against Dallas' defensive line which isn't very good anymore but it is what it is. The protection seemed better as well. The line just had the look and feel of a pro o-line. I think if you put Smith and Colledge next to Pouncey when he's healthy I think you have enough to produce throughout the season.
Also, the play where Shelly Smith was completely beaten, was against the 2's. Moore passed the ball quickly to Darkwa.
I wonder if they try and get Billy Turner into the lineup as a starter once Pouncey is back...as long as his turf toe doesn't prove problematic.
