Anthony Davis needs to pick up the intensity IMO. Letting the pass rusher into his body too much and not keeping his hands up. That was the same issues he had with the Rutgers. Mike Iupati has looked pretty good so far. If he can pick up technique, him and Chilo Rachal are going to be a nasty Guard combo. I like Delanie Walker. Always have. A true tweener but he has stuck around.
Dixon on the touchdown. He doesn't have great lateral quickness but he has enough. You either have enough or don't. He does IMO. He's a good tailback and moves his feet well for his size.
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Ginn has got to start making those catches. Those throws that are off the mark but catchable he seems to never make. If he can start making those tough catches he could be a good WR.
That's more Nate Davis than Ted Ginn. If you saw the replay, Ginn bobbled it as he caught it. I'm not hating on the guy but you can tell he's not much of a player, unfortunately. I wish him well. Speaking of Nate Davis though, I think everyone loved him at Ball State. He slid because of two reasons IMO; the learning disability and the non traditionalists disliking his hands not being on the laces. However, he's always had talent. If he can develop, I think he'll be a starter there and a good one. I still don't know if he has the agility and COD to be a quality tailback.
I love how Singletary gives his thoughts to his players. He's dead on with Anthony Davis IMO. Same issues as in college and as Singletary said, in practice.
It was a pretty easy catch to make Pad, don't ya think? Looked more like a fair catch to me. And, Ted sure as hell knows how to make those. Point is, he took the easy way out...as always. A leopard don't change his spots. Just sayin'.
Which is... Don't intend to be mean here but I don't get how anyone can give him any kind of credit on that catch. It was placed exactly where he could catch it and he still managed to bobble it.
Davis, the Ball State QB, has a really nice arm....we never draft guys like this, we find guys like Pat White. =(
He doesn't get credit for getting open and making the play? Doesn't matter that he bobbled it. He caught it and it was a big play for the 49ers.
Nate Davis was definitely one of my guys in that draft. Liked him as one of the best QBs in that draft. Showing all the reasons why. Just look at his natural playing ability. It's Marino-like. Elway-like. I don't toss those names around lightly. He fell for more than just the learning disability and the grip. I honestly don't even think the coaches cared that much about the grip in the end. They knew he could talk a big game about the grip but in the end when he's in your training camp you come to him one day and say "Ok from now on you hold by the laces" and "Yessir" is the only answer you'll hear. I see him gripping the laces now. The fumble issues he displayed weren't about grip, it was about ability to handle duress and bad weather. That was a legit concern. And it wasn't just the learning disability, it's the fact that he can't speak without sounding like an idiot. The fact that he has other people around him trying to protect him when it comes to dealing with hard things. Hard to be a leader when you have to fight through that. Then on top of that you toss in his being under 6'2" and having come from a squirt gun offense, that's a big red flag for scouts and coaches. Can he see over the line? Can he read the field while dropping back? The one positive there was despite the squirt gun he turned his back to the defense a lot in that offense on play-action. Kid has STAR ability. Just pure go out there and play football, it's star ability. But it's everything else. Manage the clock. Play situational football. Get your teammates on the same page.
To each his own I suppose. Me? I'm not impressed. Moreover, I'm just just glad he ain't wearin' aqua and orange anymore. I'll just let it go at that. Indeed.
Typical Ted Ginn day. He does four things wrong and one thing VERY right. That's not an easy catch there, locating a ball that's just been javelined at you from 70 yards back, on the run, running under it. It's a little like fielding a punt as a flyer, not quite that bad but you get it. So he drops two balls that were fully catchable, he runs the wrong route in the end zone, he goes out of bounds unnecessarily after that 60 yard catch...but it's all barely outweighed by the one great thing he did.
I'm not "impressed" as he dropped two other passes that were easy catches. What I am saying is "that" is Ted Ginn, he can make plays down the field but he just is not a go to Wr and never will be.
I tell you what though this is two weeks now I've been impressed with Joe Webb's work as a quarterback. A worthy project.
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