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Greg Mancz ! Yikes, there's a blast from the past !
Fisher won't slide down much because the guys behind him aren't good. On the flip side, I'm for keeping Ersery at LT until I see he can't handle it. Let the coaches figure out who should play at RT.
Anytime a ball carrier is brought down from behind we will hear claims of hip drop tackle. That's why it doesn't work as a penalty. I think fining hip drop tacklers after the fact does work, because the league has a chance to determine if it was actually a hip drop tackle.
When you see a hip drop tackle, you know you saw one. When you have to talk about "elements of a hip drop tackle," it's probably not a hip drop tackle.
Bingo
I missed first quarter, so had to go back to review. Ersery is massively large LT but has good body control & balance. Tends to reach and get weight forward on his skies but collects and redistributes body weight just in time to maintain contact in the moment. He is a developing NFL LT, who will struggle against speed, needs to quicken footwork technique but uses reach to keep rushers from beating him. Like his mental make-up too. Think he was excellent pick @ dire positional need.
Good tackle from behind. The players themselves imo probably doesn’t even know what a proper hip drop tackle is.
Damn, I liked being able to keep players safely stashed.
Did Fred and Ethyl play pro football? Otherwise what does him being related to TV show characters have to do with the kind of player Graham Mertz is or will be, I am being contrary when it comes to your comment, I know you were just kidding around.
Are you basing your opinion off of when we took out our starters and second string players, because if you are you and being foolish. This is the first of three preseason games and there are instances of teams struggling in the preseason who overcame those struggles in the regular season. It is especially misguided to base your prediction on the success or failure of our Texans based on what we saw in limited first string action in preseason game one! Come back down to earth and give our team a fair chance to improve and play the way we expect them to play!It’s not as much about results as it is about execution & fundamentals. Another rookie OC is definition of insanity if you expect different results. Watching other games just to get a feel for they’re progress with both schematic and player changes.iy
Jacksonville offense looks completely different and promising. Steelers also look better, have a suffocating defense and smash T a score on this to emphasize point, I don’t care, it’s not enjoyable product which is sad.
Dude it’s been an issue for 23 years.
I thought Jordan looked fast and somewhat shifty. I don’t know about the secondary. They seemed more late than great. I hoped for more out of Mertz. Mertz looked like a TC Hertz.
Yep, Ersery took a positive step. He exited his chrysalis and his wings started to dry. Hope he becomes a Monarch.
Agree but not while in that Eagles uniform.
I hope he becomes a Rhino!
That's what I saw and I am glad you voice your opinion.
Wonder what it will look like with CJ?
Mills is a very competent backup QB. Which is why they've kept him around, despite what some on the MB think about him.
I think he could start for a QB needy team. He has come a long way from the early days.
Hopefully Robinson and Brown make it back so Fisher never sees the field.
Good review. The only things that I would disagree with is that the DL allowed too many up the middle runs and there were distinct problems setting the edges. I am also not too confident in the center position............those that have looked halfway decent have a terrible time staying healthy.
Fishers looking like a bust
A lot more talent around him
I don't disagree with your statement for sure. But they've said that about Mills and now I'm not sure that Mills could not hold his own as a starter in this scheme.
Robinson should be back, though I've seen no updates. I'm not counting on Brown.
Also on the completion to Metchie.
I would love to understand how a player like Fisher regresses so rapidly. He looks nothing like the player I saw last preseason nor in those chunks of time the first half of the season when he got playing time as the swing tackle... Late in the season, as the starter at RT, he certainly got exposed. However, he just had some bad snaps. He wasn't getting beat every play!... Now, he looks like a guy that doesn't have the strength, quickness, or fundamental skills to play in the NFL... WTF happened?!
Has to be an injury. Only thing that would make sense.
I think its the "smartest man in the room" syndrome and sometimes he outsmarts himself.
Bottom line is for whatever reason he doesn't have the feet to keep up with avg speed rushers off the edge. Put a Miles Garret/Max Crosby/Hunter/WA over him and Fisher looks like a 7th grader going against a Sr. who will be playing for the Longhorns next season. His feet are this biggest reason for his getting beat/false starts etc... If I had to guess he's got a slight unreported knee injury.
Nick listens to the doctors/ scouts/coaches and drafts accordingly.
? He started his ND freshman season 2021 and was injured game one but returned to play in the playoff. In 22 and 2023 he started all games at right tackle for Notre Dame If I remember correctly. He did get a concussion his first year with Houston.
