Week 8 Game Ball Thread
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AVP for not being his usual horrible self.
Brissett
Henry for actually catching the ball a few times.
Brissett
Henry for actually catching the ball a few times.
Lowe and AVP really stood out on offense. And Henry was by far their most reliable pass catcher in a game with like 5 drops.
Jacoby has to get one, right? In addition to his usual toughness and no turnovers, he actually moved the ball down the field.
Also:
AVP – great creative play calls for most of the game. Other than the first drive which was terrible he wasn’t predictable.
OL also did well. Starting to give guys time.
Also:
AVP – great creative play calls for most of the game. Other than the first drive which was terrible he wasn’t predictable.
OL also did well. Starting to give guys time.
Also, and this may be unpopular here, but I think Mayo deserves one. This team a few weeks ago would’ve folded after a gut punch like Maye going down. Instead, they came out in the second half, got a stop and then scored a TD. And then won a game they could’ve lost.
I think you have to give one to Mayo. If his "soft" comment cost him the locker room, as some here and in the media had speculated, this team could not have put forth the effort they did today. We may not be all in on him, but it looks like his team is.
Sauce for getting turned around by Bouttee.
Brissett
The maligned D for being just decent enough
Brissett
The maligned D for being just decent enough
Brissett is decent when not getting clocked on every play. The defense played well. These WRs were awful for 90% of this game.
Rham and the interior OL for picking up 2-4 yards even when they KNEW we were running post concussion
Marcus Jones (Special Teamer)
Gonzo quietly having an All-Pro sophomore campaign
Started strong and finished strong but damn we SUCKED between those times
Marcus Jones (Special Teamer)
Gonzo quietly having an All-Pro sophomore campaign
Started strong and finished strong but damn we SUCKED between those times
Jacoby Brissett may well be washed and looked like it for large swaths of today's game but that throw to Boutte, while about to get merc'd, was sick.
Brissett
Henry
Boutte (redemption)
White
Jones
Gonzo
Elliss (also redemption)
Stevenson
Brissett
Henry
Boutte (redemption)
White
Jones
Gonzo
Elliss (also redemption)
Stevenson
Game ball to the Jets, the biggest joke of a franchise in sports.
What a hilarious season it's been for them.
What a hilarious season it's been for them.
Brissett - made the plays we needed
Christian Ellis - that sack to force the missed FG attempt was huge
Henry - only reliable receiver of the day
Mayo - team didn’t quit when it could have
Christian Ellis - that sack to force the missed FG attempt was huge
Henry - only reliable receiver of the day
Mayo - team didn’t quit when it could have
I'm surprised he was concussed with that, but maybe the slow mo doesn't do it justice. Was it a bang/bang play? Jets player def lowered his head, but seems like he started to tackle before Maye slid?
That sucks either way
Jacoby, maybe even two for a bit of redemption today. Don't get me wrong, Jacoby is not a good quarterback. But given just a bit a protection from the OL, he was able to make some plays and would have made more if his WRs could catch.
Henry
Rham
OL for holding it together
Henry
Rham
OL for holding it together
Regarding the hit on Maye, the geometry of the play and where the officials are positioned increased the odds that it would get missed at full speed. It's possible that only the deepest official and one side judge had a view at all.
Oddly, if he had done the "reckless" thing and dove head first, he would have been fine.
Game ball today for Polk. 0 drops on the day.
Game ball today for Polk. 0 drops on the day.
Actually, just want to point out, this did not cost him in the locker room according to Phil Perry. Perry spoke to players and said none of them took issue with the comments. Most saw the comments as fair and they wanted to be held accountable.
The league is just completely stubborn in its refusal to use its eye-on-the-sky to quickly correct or catch the player safety stuff on the field. God forbid, tho, they miss a potential catch or first down.
That's good to hear, because some of the national media guys roasted Mayo for it. It shows he knows his team better than they do.
It's just stupid to have the technology to correct these things and not use it.
Pardon, but I don't get the outrage. As pointed out earlier, it was a bang-bang play. The refs missed it as a penalty but the play itself would not have been avoided. Finding a good replay angle might help inflict punishment but it won't prevent the crime.. The crime is football.
It was clear on the TV broadcast he was hit in the head almost right away – as was last week’s face mask on which Gibson’s head was almost totally turned around. We’ve seen tons of hits on QBs immediately dissected and adjudicated by the announcers and Gene Steratores in less time that it takes to ball a play, line the team up and snap the ball.
This is very easy stuff the eye in the sky guys could call in and flag to fix immediately. And it would send a clear message that the league is serious about player safety. But they don’t because they aren’t.
As far as game balls
1) O-Line: this includes O-line coaches. Held up well all game.
2) QB play: Maye was awesome before he had to leave. Brissett filled in well.
3) Defense including defensive coaches: after getting scalded by media and fans this was a needed bounce-back towards respectability.
1) O-Line: this includes O-line coaches. Held up well all game.
2) QB play: Maye was awesome before he had to leave. Brissett filled in well.
3) Defense including defensive coaches: after getting scalded by media and fans this was a needed bounce-back towards respectability.
Agreed. He had the team playing hard today, which was a noticeable change from the past 4 or 5 weeks. Some of his strategic decisions were once again just odd, but credit where credit is due.
Give it to anybody you want...just not to any member of the semi-professional receiver corps. More drops than a tropical rainstorm
I had to listen to the second half in the car. At one point even Bob Sochi lit into the WR corps. He said something to the effect of they hold their phones but drop the ball.
Mayo- I’ve killed him this year, but his team played hard today, and he and his staff seemed to make a couple of good halftime adjustments.
Aaron Rodgers’ personality disorder.
Aaron Rodgers’ personality disorder.
The effort was there. The coaching staff still looked lost at times. (Probably should have challenged the Hall catch on the Jets last scoring drive?). They won a close game today and have lost several others. I'll give Mayo credit when this team gets more consistent. Until then he's still getting an INC.
Just finished on the DVR. It's really hard to find a legit game ball recipient besides Rham. The WRs couldn't catch herpes at Hef's grotto. Boutte gets credit for the clutch sliding catch and near slant TD on the final drive, but was awful otherwise. I'd love to give one to Marcus Jones, but 2 killer PIs outweighs his awesome punt return. *
And yet...they won. This felt much like the Steeler win last year, where they pull it off despite poor play, mostly thanks to worse dysfunction on the Jets' sideline. I bet they win today with Saleh running the show. But they fired him, so lol Jets.
* Hunter Henry is a good TE
And yet...they won. This felt much like the Steeler win last year, where they pull it off despite poor play, mostly thanks to worse dysfunction on the Jets' sideline. I bet they win today with Saleh running the show. But they fired him, so lol Jets.
* Hunter Henry is a good TE
Finally got the end, well after y'all-- what an fun and incredibly satisfying win!
Game balls to
Also: the argument that you can't tell how good a WR corp is if the OLine and QB play is bad... is not looking as convincing after the last couple of weeks. Earlier this season I was thinking both sides were making reasonably compelling cases. Was.
Game balls to
- Mayo & AVP for getting the team ready and steering things to an upset over a much more talented team. Two of AVP's play calls I really liked: the flea flicker with a dump-out option; lining Rham up as a wide X-receiver inside the ten yard line and then letting him bowl over defensive backs
- Hunter Henry, Lowe, Onwenu and Brissett for competently doing their jobs in situations where for the love of god we needed someone to
- The linebackers for digging far enough down through the foulness in the dumpster out back that they finally found what was left of their pride, and then giving it a hard three-hour cleaning
Also: the argument that you can't tell how good a WR corp is if the OLine and QB play is bad... is not looking as convincing after the last couple of weeks. Earlier this season I was thinking both sides were making reasonably compelling cases. Was.