The Good
Oline play has been excellent on pass protection and much improved in the running game (admittedly UA arm tackling made it look better than it was but still....)
Perkins is still far better than he gets credit for.
Rosen is already better than Hundley (amazing how much better the offense looks when a QB can read the field and throw over the middle)
Starks looks like a very solid back with upside.
Jamambo looks better (still needs to not go down on the first hit but that could be a weight room thing)
Special teams have looked good across the board.
Reduction in penalties...so far...
The Bad
The defense. Yikes! Almost nothing nice you can say. They survived because of terrible snaps and a QB that literally couldn't throw the ball.
Adams had a a pick but also wiped one (or two) out with holding calls. Going to bet there's more where that came from, the holds no the picks sadly.
Kenny Young. Maybe he will look better against a bigger mauler team, but wow did he look bad.
Hollins. As long as the QB stays in the pocket he's fine. If not he opens up massive running lanes with his one upfield speed move. Still has issues with the read option.
Bradley has to take some flack too. Not adjusting to UA's backup qb is on him. He never spied him or seemed to switch up anything to deal with the greater running ability and zero passing ability.
Currently, I would slow the offense down to keep the defense off the field. They weren't really dominant when they were healthy now it's bordering on a bad defense.
Oline play has been excellent on pass protection and much improved in the running game (admittedly UA arm tackling made it look better than it was but still....)
Perkins is still far better than he gets credit for.
Rosen is already better than Hundley (amazing how much better the offense looks when a QB can read the field and throw over the middle)
Starks looks like a very solid back with upside.
Jamambo looks better (still needs to not go down on the first hit but that could be a weight room thing)
Special teams have looked good across the board.
Reduction in penalties...so far...
The Bad
The defense. Yikes! Almost nothing nice you can say. They survived because of terrible snaps and a QB that literally couldn't throw the ball.
Adams had a a pick but also wiped one (or two) out with holding calls. Going to bet there's more where that came from, the holds no the picks sadly.
Kenny Young. Maybe he will look better against a bigger mauler team, but wow did he look bad.
Hollins. As long as the QB stays in the pocket he's fine. If not he opens up massive running lanes with his one upfield speed move. Still has issues with the read option.
Bradley has to take some flack too. Not adjusting to UA's backup qb is on him. He never spied him or seemed to switch up anything to deal with the greater running ability and zero passing ability.
Currently, I would slow the offense down to keep the defense off the field. They weren't really dominant when they were healthy now it's bordering on a bad defense.
