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Inimical

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1. The O line has been great, but if they can pick up blitzes better as the year goes on Carr will be unstoppable. Carr has been amazing at avoiding sacks and making plays. I mean, real amazing, hes ahead of schedule.

2. Defensively the guys are finishing tackles, which was a huge problem last year. So thats a plus, but coverage has been blown in close games and that needs to be nipped in the butt, that leads into...

3. The D line has to get more pressure on opposing QB's. Sacks are needed to stump drives and the D line can give the Defense as a whole more room for mistakes and more time to rest. They are out there for long drives and as games wear on it shows.
 

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1. The O line has been great, but if they can pick up blitzes better as the year goes on Carr will be unstoppable. Carr has been amazing at avoiding sacks and making plays. I mean, real amazing, hes ahead of schedule.

2. Defensively the guys are finishing tackles, which was a huge problem last year. So thats a plus, but coverage has been blown in close games and that needs to be nipped in the butt, that leads into...

3. The D line has to get more pressure on opposing QB's. Sacks are needed to stump drives and the D line can give the Defense as a whole more room for mistakes and more time to rest. They are out there for long drives and as games wear on it shows.
Good post..

The OL is really good, like top 3 good.. The bad news is it's beat up.. We have to start a raw rookie in Vadal Alexander who has MORE than held his own.. But Watson or Howard are even better than the rookie as of now.. But man, Vandal is looking like a monster steal in the 7th round!! A huge massive RT/RG from LSU!! Truth be told im good with him starting.. Carr has only had like 2 or so sacks this year?? But i agree, they NEED to gel some more..

The D is still a work in progress as we can see.. But as soon as we started Joseph who is looking fantastic and the other rookie badazz MLB Cory James against the Titans, the D as a whole started playing better.
Sean Smith and Nelson are starting to turn it up!! Now this unit has a lot of new moving parts, and it seems like they are starting to gel as a whole.. They swarming, playing fast, tackling, and hitting hard!!
But again, it needs more work just like you said.. The players are there, they just need more time playing together
 

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Good post..

The OL is really good, like top 3 good.. The bad news is it's beat up.. We have to start a raw rookie in Vadal Alexander who has MORE than held his own.. But Watson or Howard are even better than the rookie as of now.. But man, Vandal is looking like a monster steal in the 7th round!! A huge massive RT/RG from LSU!! Truth be told im good with him starting.. Carr has only had like 2 or so sacks this year?? But i agree, they NEED to gel some more..

The D is still a work in progress as we can see.. But as soon as we started Joseph who is looking fantastic and the other rookie badazz MLB Cory James against the Titans, the D as a whole started playing better.
Sean Smith and Nelson are starting to turn it up!! Now this unit has a lot of new moving parts, and it seems like they are starting to gel as a whole.. They swarming, playing fast, tackling, and hitting hard!!
But again, it needs more work just like you said.. The players are there, they just need more time playing together

I really have no problems with the offense. It seems like this year they are unstoppable, especially if Carr holds the ball for longer than 3 seconds guys just cant keep up with at the very least Cooper. Murray has been underused but its a long season so that might not be a bad thing. Walford and Roberts have been pleasant in their usefulness this year.

Far as the D is concerned it needs to improve. If our O line is as good as you say it is then we can expect very, Brady, results with that much time. Hopefully.
 

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I really have no problems with the offense. It seems like this year they are unstoppable, especially if Carr holds the ball for longer than 3 seconds guys just cant keep up with at the very least Cooper. Murray has been underused but its a long season so that might not be a bad thing. Walford and Roberts have been pleasant in their usefulness this year.

Far as the D is concerned it needs to improve. If our O line is as good as you say it is then we can expect very, Brady, results with that much time. Hopefully.
Yeah, the good thing about the OL is, it's getting better as they play together.. It's ready for division play..
There's some good Ds in the AFCW and the RAIDERS have a monster OL!! Props to the OL as Carr is playing at an MVP level as of now..

And i agree with Coop and Murray being underused as of right now anyways.. Carr just spreads that ball to everybody.. You ain't playing 2 or 3 guys when you play us.. You playing ALL our weapons, everybody gets the rock.. But look for Coop to get more involved in the game plan, elite talent..

And agreed on the D, it needs to improve to it's talent level.. The last few games gave us a glimpse of what they can do, it just needs to continue to play like and we good.. Good post dude
 

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So the RAIDERS sign Riley from the Skins eh?? He could be a major score for us.. Not at the level of Amerson, but good.. Dude knows how to play, let's see what he does for us
 
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