Impressed by?...Not Impressed by?.....(early on)

bucsfan67 · Sep 12, 2004

so far, early in the day, who or what team has surprised you the most? or the least?

So far i would say that Arizona is playing much better than i would have thought...their qb can throw, and obviously Green has them playing hard against a more talented team...

Also impressed by the Steelers....they are making my Raiders look bad in this game, dont think (+4) is gonna be enough...

Not impressed by the Ravens offense...i know they are a defensive team, but damn, u have to score sometime to win...

Not impressed by the Lions, and their new look, "hungry" team....they havent done squat against a sad bears team...

what are your "early" impressions?

go2guy · Sep 12, 2004

I'm surprised teams aren't taking advantage of the new defensive holding/P.I. rule and going downfield enough. I'm extremely impressed with Baltimore's defense. Boy, if they ever had a halfway decent passing game, they would rule the NFL for years to come!

TheGeneral+ · Sep 12, 2004

Keep in mind that in the NFL, the teams widely play "not to lose" instead of "playing to win".

go2guy · Sep 12, 2004

That's the type of play I'm seeing General, playing not to lose (and it bores the hell out of me). I'm generally a offense lover outside of seeing B-more play defense, boy can they hit and fly to the ball! I loved the Rams of years ago with Vermeil at the helm or the 49ers of old where they wanted to score every possession. Now I'm seeing field position. Running on 3rd and 8 from your 30 yard line and other nonsense. Playing it safe I guess is what wins games now

RobFunk · Sep 12, 2004

im impressed by the bucs and their resiliance to tie this thing back up

winkyduck · Sep 12, 2004

impressed by:

Domanick Davis: 70+ rush AND rec and 2 tds.

arizona: in a situation where they could get smoked - as of now - not happening.

UNimpressed by:

ravens SPECIAl teams - which might end up costing them this game - they are pathetic - as well as the offense which is just that - offensive!

Chargers: for what was thought to be one of the worst teams in the NFL to be right there with a team "on the rise" in houston - impressed.

Emmitt Smith: 11 carries - 64 yards. i know it is against the Rams, and it is only week 1, but still, not bad. i still think he is washed up - but this week - very solid.

winkyduck · Sep 12, 2004

one more:

IMpressed that the NFL invested some money into a top-notch server so that its site could stay up all day and what has to be a huge amount of traffic flowing its way while some 2-bit gambling site with a fraction of the traffic crashes every few hours - if that long.

wilheim · Sep 12, 2004

Jets' Chad Pennington 16 of 20 for two TDs (no pics) so far - impressive.

wil.

wilheim · Sep 12, 2004

Not to mention Jets' RB Curtis Martin and the rest of the Offense.

wil.

lander · Sep 12, 2004

Not impressed with the Zebra crew on Buffalo's last drive that should have sealed it. Different year, same ol' shit.

wilheim · Sep 12, 2004

Hats off to Jags' Bryon Leftwich for taking his team 80 yards in 14 plays to defeat Bills 13-10 in final seconds with 7 yard TD pass.

wil.

Dante · Sep 12, 2004

NOT impressed by Steeler DB's and CB's just like last year total BULLSHIT they are pathetic

VaultedTreehouse · Sep 12, 2004

I was at the JETS game. Their offense is sick. Their defense is not good though.

lander · Sep 12, 2004

Yeah,
There was alot of skill involved in throwing two fouth down jump balls

And even more skill having the geriatrics penalize the Bills out of FG range that would have stretched it to 7

That Leftwich clown actually makes Bledsoe look good.

Guest · Sep 12, 2004

So far:

Westbrook, Owens, Pinkston, McNabb and Lewis look good.

Our defense needs to be smarter (no more stupid penalties)...and tackle better.

sb

wilheim · Sep 12, 2004

Lander, I did not see the game, only followed scoring on Sportsline. Blame it on refs if you want, but when you score 10 points at home don't expect to win many games. Sounds like the same old Bills, Bledsoe is not the answer..

wil.

bucsfan67 · Sep 12, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by wilheim:
Hats off to Jags' Bryon Leftwich for taking his team 80 yards in 14 plays to defeat Bills 13-10 in final seconds with 7 yard TD pass.

wil.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I saw on cbssportsline wehre they completed a 4th and 14 to keep it alive.....bet they dont do that when i bet them...

HacheMan · Sep 12, 2004

I truly belive in about one more year Leftwich will be the elite QB in the league......
Bucsfan, looks like a long year for our Bucs......

SHAWN GOTTI · Sep 12, 2004

IM IMPRESSED BY SHRINKS HANDICAPPING!!

Matt24 · Sep 12, 2004

impressed: Palmer- looked way better than I expected. Was pressured all day but stood in strong and made one bad play at the end, but besides that put the ball on target everytime.

Unimpressed: Bengals O Line-this group should be one of the best in the league and they didn't look good at all.