September 9th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
Man, that offense was ugly to watch. I'd love to bench Speight, but are the options behind him better? O'Korn?...no. Peters?...I honestly don't know because I haven't seen him play much.
Either way, Speight can NOT continue to play like shit and expect to beat the good teams on our schedule.
The O-line also needs to block much better and establish a more consistent run game so that they can put games away in the 4th quarter. That was painful to watch.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:19 PM ^
Young team, not surprising we played a total shit game. This is why people talked about replacing all these players. The more shoes to fill, the greater the chances of a failure to replace effectively. Anyway, whatever. People will probably overreact a bit negative like they did on the positive side after Florida. It's one game. We're still headed towards ~10-3. And maybe no better anytime soon.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:20 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 5:25 PM ^
"One thing that still I'm wondering about is the lack of McDoom jet sweeps, what is up with that?"
I'll take a stab at that one. It was very effective at the beginning of last year. But by the end of the year defenses had it figured out. "McDoom's in the game! Jet sweep!" It's too predictable.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:07 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 8:48 PM ^
Yep, makes sense. I guess I just miss it.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:19 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 8:26 PM ^
I think they probably were sleepwalking through a solid portion of this game which shouldn't happen but when you have a young team it can. The playcalling, though, is on the coaches who should be awake and prepared. I haven't gotten the sense that they can RPS an opponent to death.
September 9th, 2017 at 9:19 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 5:27 PM ^
Harbaugh has had two spring practices, two fall practices, and one full season to coach up Wilton. The current product is not very good, despite all of this coaching. And if your argument is that Wilton is the best we've got, that limitation is on Harbaugh as well, as he's had two years to find a better QB candidate.
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September 9th, 2017 at 6:00 PM ^
How can our offense be this bad after going up against our D every single day in practice? It just doesn't make sense.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:23 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 6:08 PM ^
I appreciate and will continue to root for Wilton to have a great year. Seems like a great kid. However, this team will only go as far as he can take us. The box score stats don't look bad, but there is more to it than that. The continual drive killing plays is what kills us. Speight continues to overthrow open receivers, fumble the ball, struggle with clean handoffs,
From watching him throw, it looks like he is aiming the ball instead of throwing it. I think he is truly afraid to make a mistake, which makes him make more mistakes. I believe he reads the defense well, but a slow release wrecks his timing of getting it to the receiver while they are still open. Speight will be fine if he ever gets the confidence and plays without fear. Hopefullly that happens sooner than later.
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September 9th, 2017 at 6:08 PM ^
is really poor. We had one base play that worked well. Out number them wide and toss the ball that way. Lots of work to do up front.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:10 PM ^
Offense not inspiring.
- I am most concerned about the OL. And mostly about the right side. I'm wondering how much better they are going to get.
- I think Speight is still sailing too many throws. Although, I trust Harbaugh in not giving the keys to O'Korn or Peters.
- Did any RB besides Ty do anything? I'll have to look up the yardage totals, but I don't think it was very pretty for anyone else. Again, not inspired.
- Perry seemed decent, and I think he got robbed on the one overturned pass. But the rest of the WR? Meh.
- Don't know what to think with TE group. They weren't terrible. But did they help protect Speight? Were they consistently open? Dunno.
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September 9th, 2017 at 7:48 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 8:03 PM ^
I don't think anyone, coaches included, took this game seriously.
Speight's not anywhere near the quality of the rest of his teammates.
Could he improve? Sure. But other than Harbaugh's reputation, I see no reason to believe that Speigh will improve. In fact the data point the other way right now.
Onwenu looked like the weakest OL link out there on my first watch. He picked up one stunt well in the early second quarter, and then he seemed to fall asleep and have a very confusing dream that involved flailing at ethereal pinatas.
I'm not decrementing my season expectations, but that's only because I already did that last week after Speight did what he did vs Fla. Seems clear to me that if Speight doesn't improve we're not going to have the type of season we were hoping for.
September 9th, 2017 at 8:38 PM ^
September 9th, 2017 at 9:21 PM ^
He was there. He was in with O'Korn, Samuels, et al. at the end.
September 9th, 2017 at 8:52 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 9:59 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 11:07 PM ^
I see a lot of O-line criticism, but the play calling was disjointed. Being multiple is great when it works, but when you don't establish anything or aren't great at anything, at what point do you start to rep specific things more? When Rudock was QB it seemed like they had more checks to take advantage of free yardage based on defensive alignment. This year has felt like a return to Borges and Hoke on multiple levels. I don't know what combination of Speight, youth and lack of trust is contributing to this, but it is ugly.
September 9th, 2017 at 11:23 PM ^
At least the o-line and wrs will improve as the season goes on because they are young. I am hoping Speight can make some improvement
September 10th, 2017 at 12:23 AM ^
I'm done with speight. Maybe you don't start O'Korn, but at least be willing to put him in if speight horrible like he was today. If you want a QB competition then let there be a competition. Harbaugh better not choke again this season. Buddy needs to make the right calls.