Game Two: Impressions From Section 456

Before I start off let me just say a few things unrelated to the game. First off thank you so much to this website, I wouldn't have been able to attend this game without this great site. Also thank you no-one else for entering that contest, thumbs up. Second off wow food is expensive. A hot dog, two large drinks, a cheeseburger and fries for $26? Woah, that's crazy. Third and last we need to get a few more "songs" played throughout the game. The whole thing just kind of lost its passion by the 30th time the same song came on.

Annnyway.

My first few quick impressions before I write a bit more in depth.

1) Is it too early to say this secondary really missed Smith? I know he's a rookie but you could tell something was missing.

2) Are Channing Crowder and Vontae Davis joined by the hip? Every time one made a tackle the others name was in there as well.

3) Why do our WR's have the dropsies all of a sudden this season? There were a few bad ones in there.

4) Williams scares me as a punt returner and not in a good way.

5) Our offensive line was better at the point of attack

6) Our offensive line was still terrible at the second level

7) I have a feeling Chad Henne is sometimes going to make us shake our heads and ask why.

8) Other times he is going to make us thankful we drafted him.

9) Pat White....he did a few things I liked. I'll explain later.

10) Paul Soliai did a nice job at the point of attack stuffing some runs.

11) G. Wilson is getting paid a lot of money to do not a lot. Was very unimpressed with his game.

12) Vontae got beat on some short passes but he was locking guys up down the field.

13) Hartline isn't a kick returner.

14) Pass protection didn't seem bad. I'd like to watch the game on replay to really tell though.

15) Boy am I excited about Wake.
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16) Bess needs to catch that ball down the field. It was right in his bread basket and he let it get knocked out.

17) Chris Williams....COME ON MAN. The ball hit in straight in his damn facemask.

18) One REALLY bad special teams play almost resulted in a Pathers TD return. Horrible play no-one kept their lanes.

Okay now more in depth:

I don't know Pat White's stat line but he did something that calmed my nerves a bit. When he dropped back he didn't just make one read and run. His head was moving around the field looking for receivers. Trust me when I say he ran a couple times because absolutely no-one was open. The next step for him is to stay calm in the pocket when the pressure isn't intense, he takes off a bit too soon but I like that he IS looking for receivers before he takes off.

The first touchdown to Ronnie Brown was a thing of absolute beauty. Perfect play design allowed Ronnie to be wide open down the sideline. The stadium, my section anyway, starting cheering before the ball was even thrown. What an absolutely amazing viewpoint to watch that play unfold. We all knew he was gone for a TD the second he broke open.
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I was disappointed with our offensive line at the second level. There were initial holes but after the first three yards they seemed to close up. No-one was really at the second level creating more room on most of our runs.

Lex Hilliard may be a keeper. I'm really impressed with what he brings to the table. I like Cobbs experience and versatility but boy is it going to be hard to watch this kid get away. Someone will snatch him off our practice squad.

Cameron Wake almost got another sack, I though the QB was "in the grasp" from my seat. He was falling backwards and just winged it where he thought someone might have been. On a somewhat related note, our defense needed to finish that sack in the endzone and get a safety. Can't let the QB get away like that.

The secondary flashed good and bad. It's not that anyone really got burned but there were too many guys streaking down the field wide open for my liking. I really like Smith, I wish he played tonight and I could just tell something was "missing" in our secondary. On this same note Vontae Davis coverage down the field was usually very good. He got beat short but I can't remember him getting beat intermediate to deep. He also broke down and made a nice open field tackle on a screen pass early on.

Back on the subject of pressure and defensive play, boy am I excited to see our first team defense this year. I think there are going to be games where we simply shut teams down. The way they have played these first two games reminds me of the great defenses lead by ZT and JT. All we need is solid corner play.

Still on the defense, too many cutback lanes open on runs. We need to keep containment on the backside or else we will get beat for a few long TD by the more elusive backs in the league. The special teams needs to make better open field tackles as well.

I don't think Ginn had a catch but he did get open and run a few nice routes. Pennington was flushed away from him a few times so we couldnt capitolize on those plays however. No worries about Teddy he did a nice job. Also was that pass to Wilford catchable? They didnt show it on replay but in game it looked like he messed up.

Henne has an absolute gun but I was just uncomfortable with him for the most part. He doesn't seem to have much awareness in the pocket, or feel pressure extremely well. I need to see the game on NFL Network replay to confirm this but that was my in game feeling.

That first muffed punt by Carolina was recovered by us absolutely no doubt. We got ripped. The same played who fell on it was the one with it at the bottom of the pile. I dont see how or why they kept possession.

Lastly I have a theory as to why we used the wildcat. Because we play Carolina in the regular season. If you notice we only ran plays we used last season. As if to bait them a bit, get them used to seeing one hand so it's a surprise when we flash another in our regular season game.

All I know was that it was great being at the game. And great to see us get a victory. Go Phins!

 

I'm sure I saw a couple things wrong. I mean they only show each replay once at the stadium and a few not at all. But those were my initial thoughts as everything occured.

I didnt see CW selling peanuts but I DID see a guy that looked exactly like Tupac. More celebrity involvement?

 

It bothered me that they showed all of the Black Eyed Peas except Will I Am who is the only semi-cool one. Cheech and Chong was really funny. Tommy Lee was kind of WTF. Pretty interesting overall


Yeah all of those plays were terrible calls. It was tough to watch. Thankfully Carolina muffed/fumbled a few too though to make up for the bad calls.

 

She kinda looks manly to me.

 

Point taken.