…but I thought I’d mention it. I’m no expert on what it takes to be a long-snapper in the league, or how the ball’s supposed to come into the punter’s hands, but could J.J. Jansen share some of the blame in the blocked punt? Is it possible Jason Baker had to turn the ball around and take extra time because it didn’t come to him “right”…or the way he’s used to handling it? I don’t know if that’s the case. But Triple-J is a new part of the equation in that whole mix-up. And he made some questionable snaps (even to Baker) during the preseason games, too.

Food for thought,
—Neil

- It was bizarre not to see Barnidge out there.
- As for Goodson, why even use him when your 2 RB are both averaging over 6 ypc? They were carving up the defense, there wasn’t really a good reason to try Goodson.
- I would like to see Moore involved in the offense, I think there’s alot of untapped potential there.
- Jarrett caught a pass… that’s more than he does most weeks. I think the offense needs to focus on Moore as our third threat.
- Jake was 6th in the NFL is passing yards this week. More than an admirable performance by him. Was there a QB in the league with more pressure on him than Jake this week?

300+ yards passing and 140 rushing is more than another.

Oh well, he should have enough money if we don’t pursue Pep to resign Will Witherspoon the second.

He’s plenty good, but the defenders have all but admitted this defense drives most of the plays towards the ROLB spot Davis plays in. A few less tackles and a few more PDs would have made for a far better game.

We have a ‘good Jake’ on the roster, we have a ‘dominant Peppers’ and if they both play like that we have another 12-4 season.

There are no vast deficiencies in our roster (sans the ST and patchwork D-line) we have everything a team needs to make a big time playoff run, but those players need to play to their potential and go hard every down.

I know this is easier said than done, but I think the fact we do have that potential on the roster is the definition of ‘having all the pieces’.

What should Jake have done on that 4th and 10?

No one was open. If he throws it away the Falcons get better field position, if he takes a sack the Falcons get better field position. He had no options.

How is it propaganda to state the absolute 100% truth? I said before the INT he had a QB rating over 100… which is 100% accurate. He finished with 82.2 but that INT was on 4th and 10… he had no other options… none.

Jake was 6th in the NFL is passing yards, there were also some key drops by the recieving corps. What should he have done better?

No one was open, 4th and 10, you have to throw it up to try and make something happen. Look beyond the stat sheet.

Why is that a knock on Delhomme? Why should we take all the good that he did earlier nad discount it because he threw an INT in that situation? Should he take the sack or incompletion to protect his QB rating? Delhomme did nothing wrong on that play and to bash him over it seems a little rash.

Delhomme played pretty good the whole game and that INT should not have any effect on his perceived performance.

What other team needs to justify their pro-bowl DE’s play? Do the Vikings need to say “You know, Jared Allen does so much more than the box score”? do the Giants say “Well, Tuck brings it every game”?

That is what Peppers is paid to do… and he can’t do it. He is moving from the territory of ‘most overrated DE in the NFL’ to ‘Most overrated player’. He’s the player we’re always looking for and never turns up when it matters. Yesterday he was shut down by Sam Baker… a decent tackle, but certaintly not an all pro.

But no…. ‘He gets held on every play’ because he is the only DL in the league this happens too. Nobody else gets held, ever… they only do it to Pep. I’m sure no-body pushes off except when they face Gamble too.

As for the comments regarding Jake… again… it doesn’t matter that he threw it 41 times, or what that has meant in the past. You sir, are the king of ‘It doesn’t matter what Jake has done for us in the past’ but magically when you find a stat that matters to you, then it’s applicable? That is called hypocrisy. He threw for 6th most in the NFL yesterday.

Yes, Matt Ryan had an amazing day… but we allowed Tony Gonzalez and the WRs to have free reign all day long. One of the maing reasons he was able to go 20-24 was the complete lack of pass rush, alot of which needs to be attributed to Peppers who you so vehemently defend.

Should I give Julius a pass for poor performance because he wanted to leave? The decision to leave was not up to him until we decided to franchise him or not. He had no leverage in that situation and it was WELL WITHIN our right to franchise him. Those are the rules. The guy does bring alot to the table but he brings so much that it should show up in the stat sheet (hurries, sacks) every single week. He barely even gets double teamed anymore and I don’t buy the notion that he is being held every play. His effort and performance are lacking.

Delhomme threw the ball 41 times because we were down for the entire 2nd half. Turner carried the ball alot because they were winning. If the scores were reversed, we would have been running alot more and they would have been passing alot more. And of course when Delhomme throws it 40+ times we usually lose…..because when we throw it that much that means we are down in the game, usually by 2+ scores. Simple stuff really.

And I’ll feel optimistic if I want to, thank you. I don’t tell you to not feel pessimistic and you shouldn’t be considered the law on our opinions either.

There are a bunch of professional employees of the NFL who are paid more than you to know what the difference is between a hold and proper blocking. They also make those decisions with a much better view in much closer proximity than do you.

As for the run/pass divide, that’s an inevitable outcome of playing most of the game from more than on score down. You’ve pointed out the correlation between Delhomme’s high pass attempts and our losses. However, you have not proven causation. Most QBs are going to put up that many attempts in losing efforts, because they are required to throw as they attempt to catch up. In a rushing offense like ours, that’s going to be an even more obvious divide.

Also as to the “playmaking QB” on the other side, congrats to him. For the first time in his career, he had 3 TDs in a game. He did this in his 18th regular season game. That’s once every 18 games. Delhomme’s done it 6 times in 81 starts for the Panthers, or once every 13.5 games. Further, he did it in his very first game for us. In just a half of football!

The way I look at it we all assumed that Turner was going to have a historic day, we held him to 3.75 ypc… I’ll take that. They were still on my ‘somewhat pessimistic’ rating.

That with our lack of a pass rush, if we don’t at least try and take away the deep ball, we will be getting burned. Alot.

If no one is getting to the QB, we’re going to get beat through the air when playing against a decent QB (Ryan is alot better than decent obviously). He picked us apart, took what he was given (the underneath stuff alot of the time) and I would venture to guess that if we gave him a chance to beat us with the deep ball then he probably would have done that too.

Delhomme’s throws accounted for 3/4 of the Panther’s offense. I think it’s a little much to say ‘he cost us the game’ I think he’s the least accountable for us losing yesterday, he did exactly what was needed and more.

Panthers were moving the chains better yesterday than they have in a long, long time… they just struggled in the red zone.

The hit on D-will could have been a season ender? That is a HUGE stretch, especially considering he just got up fine and wasn’t even injured. I’m sorry, but I hate that logic.

Jake has pretty much exemplified leadership (team captain, leading us on comebacks) so I don’t think he has the job based on his personality. I don’t think he would still be playing if he didn’t have the rest of his teammates confidence.

I love my Grandma…but I wouldn’t put her on 2nd base.

But there were alot more times they brought a stiff pass rush, after looking at the tape there were numerous big time blitzes that he moved around in the pocket for.

While they didn’t blitz nearly as much as Philly, they definately did blitz.

They blitzed on numerous occasions, including the flea flicker..

I’ll take over OC for Davidson and institute a 10 man rugby option offense. You think it’s hard bringing down DeAngelo… wait till Jordan Gross is coming down field with a full head of steam.

Kasay, among the top kickers in the league (although an aging one), is paid as such. He was 10th last year in cap value.