yea the team looked really great tonight for the most part. yes, yes, yes we all know it was Western Carolina but still...
John Parker Wilson looked solid. he seemed to be a little hyper early and overthrew DJ in the redzone pretty badly. but he settled down and looked good overall.
Terry Grant looked AWESOME. if they left him in the game he prolly would've shattered Shaun Alexander's single game touchdown record. easily. Jimmy Johns looked really good tonight too, pound the ball and catches passes out of the backfield. Roy Upchurch & Glen Coffee also both looked very solid. that backfield is REALLY loaded. i wanna see some split back formations with Johns & Grant tho.
ALL the receivers looked very good. DJ played great and threw JPW a VICIOUS block. Stover looked solid in his time, McCoy was solid, Nick Walker was VERY good, and Earl Alexander looked GREAT and made some nice catches. this position is just as loaded as the backfield and will be even better when Keith Brown is back.
The O-Line was awesome. they opened some gaping holes for the backs and gave JPW & McElroy plenty of time to get rid of the ball. Andre Smith was dominating again.
The D-Line surprised me tonight because Lorenzo Washington played very well and seemed to be getting alot of penetration. Gillberry looked solid as well and got double teamed several times it looked like. and it looked like we had 4 down lineman for the most part but i couldnt tell if it was just Saunders or Knight with their hands in the dirt.
The Linebackers looked very solid too. all 4 starters, McClain, Mustin, Knight, & Saunders made some tackles and had some nice hits. that hit Mustin & McClain laid on the WC RB after that TD got called back was vicious. this group is gonna get even better next week when Prince Hall comes back.
now to the DB's and they looked really great. after that almost TD that called back, they woke up and really smothered the WC receivers. Simeon was a BEAST tonight laying the wood to everybody and i dont believe he allowed a catch the whole night (i might be wrong). Mitchell played very well and that Pass Interference that got called on him was BS imo. both Carter & Johnson at Safety's looked solid to me too. especially Johnson.
Special Teams was hit and miss. Tiffin looked bad again to me. i just dont see a starter here and i would much rather have Jamie kicking. his kickoffs were not impressive either. the return game was a different thing. Javier Arenas proved how good he is with his long kickoff and punt returns. he looked GREAT and so did Jonathan Lowe when he finally got a chance to return a punt.
over the team looked very solid and i think they'll only get better next week against Vandy.