Preseason Game 1 vs. Bills

OK, one game under our belt. What did we learn? About as much as can be expected after one preseason game after a loooong layoff.


OLine – I saw Garza on his butt more than one time. I was hoping that we would come away with a decent number of sacks – didn’t happen. What I was glad to see was very few egregious mental mistakes (holding, false starts, snap infraction, etc). Some of the sacks could most definitely be attributed to Hanie’s slow decision making. We sure are going to miss Kreutz this year.

DLine – Toeina looked good picking up the “I’m going to command a double team every time the ball is snapped” usually reserved for Anthony Adams, freeing up Melton and others to make plays. Peppers should watch film of Alex Brown batting down passes, he just seems one half second short of knocking down 3-4 passes a game.

RBs – Barber is what we thought he was – a beast that will get those much needed 2.4 yards. Surprised to see Khalil Bell do as well as he did, he may make the team over Chester Taylor because Bell is a special teams ace.

Lovie didn’t do a horrific job of managing the clock. Count that as one game in a row that has happened, I am sure that streak will not last.