- Our defense allowed a single touchdown, the entirety of the second half. After a rocky start in the first half, the defense looked outstanding in the second half. If we can get our offense fixed, we definitely have a championship worthy defense.
- Dee Eskeridge looked insane in kick returns. He had four returns for 140 yards. I hope he can continue this form, we have a solid kick returner for years to come.
- JSN looked legit this game. He only had two catches for 41 yards, but one of those catches was that insane one hand snag down the sideline. In addition he most likely would have had a TD, if it was not for that very blatant PI.
- Jordyn Brooks and Bobby Wagner have been looking great as that one two punch at MLB. It seemed like they both involved themselves in every play, and Brooks had that outstanding pick 6 to give us some semblance of hope.
- Witherspoon continues to be worth that top 5 pick. Aside from that one allowed catch which led to the touchdown, Witherspoon was pretty lock down all game. He probably would have stopped Jennings (or at least slowed him for someone else to pick up the tackle) if Woolen and Love hadn’t run into each other.
Those are my five positive takeaways. There are probably more but those are the outstanding ones I noticed.
Sorry I should have been more specific. When I say get our offense fixed I don’t mean just this year. I think replacing Geno, who love the guy but he hasn’t played that well this season, and firing Waldron fixes a lot of problems from the jump. Then we sure up the o-line. The skill positions are there, we just need to fix the aforementioned problems, and I believe we have a fixed offense.
I do fully believe we have a championship level defense, but our offense sucked this game. A defense can’t really do much when they constantly have to be on the field because the offense keeps going 3 and out.
Bobby has definitely looked slower, but that’s why I think Brooks and him have been a good tandem this year. I feel Brooks more than picks up Bobby’s slack, and Bobby has been an invaluable mentor to Brooks this year. I also believe Bobby wasn’t signed to be a fast player. He was signed because he adds great leadership, and sure tackling to a defense that needs that.