Bear Hands

Imagine we'll get exam results today/tomorrow for him.

A report came out through Coach Reich today. He said Hubbard is dealing with an ankle problem. Unsure exactly the extent. Could be minor but a RB's ankles aren't a good one to even deal with on the minor side.

I'm usually not overly critical at one or two particular guys but both Eric Rowe and Spencer Brown bring very little to the squad. And it's not like Brown is a particularly awesome pass blocking RB either. They seem a notch slower than everyone on the field on their respective sides. Given Hubbard's ankle injury, I think we need to start monitoring other team's RB cuts come next week. Blackshear looks great but it would serve us well to look for a viable guy that has strengths as a pass blocker.

No one likes a fan judge. That’s pointless and wastes everyone’s time. Don’t qualify who is a “fan” and who is not. That’s when the poo comes. Everyone coming online, consistently to a teams’s forum is obviously invested. — anyways… Our partial 1st team offense has had what, like, 4 total drives? The defense was missing 3 of its most important starters in the front 7 so of course they got gashed. Not to mention we still have another preseason game to work some kinks out. Jeeeeezus people.

Appreciate the focused player chat and just not general "we suck" meme-ish stuff. They were definitely testing the interior OL's run blocking and it seemed Zavala held his own. He didn't push but he was pretty resilient and didn't get blown back much at all. Seemed to win more than he lost. Mingo seems like he could be getting a lot more snaps than expected early on. He looked very comfortable.

Yes, the rando that just threw 2 of the most dud INT passes directly into the Giants hands.

Luton with some zip

Funny thing I was thinking is that he reminds me a better run blocking version of Khalil Herbert..and what do you know, they were teammates. Can pass catch and seems to have bulked up and improved at blocking. He plays a lot quicker and with better burst than he tested in 2020. I'd just love to find a toolsy guy in the mold of Pollard/Herbert/etc. I think that type of dude is critical these days. Sanders doesn't have top end burst, Hubbard is just slow, and Brown is just not worth having. Would love to just keep Sanders, Blackshear, and maybe peruse other team's cuts for a smash mouth type. If no ones pops up of interest, just retain Hubbard one more year.

I know it's a worse defense but Blackshear has so much more value than Brown. We need more home run hitters and he just has such good quickness.

We are also clearly looking to see what type of percentages can be deployed in a RB committee if Miles misses time. Blackshear really seems to have a quick first step. He gets to the line of scrimmage quicker than Chubba (slowest) and Brown.

He almost gave up that 3rd and 13 as well. He got lucky there.

Wright and Franklin (continues to) look like more than adequate depth and ST studs.

Clearest takeaway -- Rowe is likely not making this squad. He is slow and lacks some awareness. They've kept him out there for a bit now to keep feeling him out and he keeps losing his man by a few steps.

#64 is not a hip mover.

It's fair to be a bit anxious looking at the team's overall vibe and performance right now, but good lord people. At least this gives them obvious corrections and assessments to make from a personnel standpoint. It's not fun not being able to push the ball at all though, so I get it. We have too many proven experienced coaches, from recent SB winning teams, to think this is the playbook and structure. We're just running draws and triangle patterns in the passing game. This is super basic. We haven't done anything expansive into the playbook by what I'm seeing. A legit concern is that a lot of player are simply losing at the point of attack. Position coaches need to get on that this next week.

Dang, we've made it to the Matt Corral/Shi Smith/Ian Thomas show. Tune off time.

He's very well known as a stoic/unemotional sideline type. If you didn't know that then that's kind of on you. But also not a reason to get riled up about...at all.

That was a floater, it seemed Rowe didn't even want to try at that one. That was admittedly rough.

Oof. Eric Rowe..buddy

Good Run D

I hope we get one more drive from Bryce. We need some momentum with our first team, even if the Giants start benching guys. Let's figure out some rhythm out there. Positives - Boze, Mingo, Luvu, Chinn

Icky with a mental hiccup.

Brown has like 2 and Chubba has 6 right up the gut. They seem intent on reviewing those two and the OLs run ability. You know what you get with Hayden, Chark and Thielen. They've given Mingo shots. Good redzone chance to test out Tremble or Sullivan.

You typically are looking at outside corner pairings when referring to duos/tandems. I view Horn/Jackson as a top-16 duo but I’m also accounting for availability. As a DB unit, we’re definitely one of the most interesting with Bell, Woods, Chinn, Horn, Jackson and Rowe. Far from the best though. Re: Chinn talk…I believe what we’re going to see is pretty clear from the Evero last year and our personnel. We’re going to see a 3-3-5 Penny Front. It’s different from Snow bc there’s no silly undisguised blitzing and Evero isn’t going to pin Chinn deep 30% of the time. Shaq is the offball LB, Luvu is onball outside (he thrives in this and has since college, he’s basically a hybrid EDGE at times), Burns standing strong side, 3 down linemen. Chinn fits perfectly in the big nickel role more tightly aligned with Shaq. Jackson and Horn outside CBs, Bell/Woods 2 high safeties. That’s a personnel grouping I foresee a ton.

It's pretty annoying we kept him around from a fan's perspective--stemming not only from the lack of production, but his off the field issue and that 2022 contract as well (now restructured, but still..) Sure, he became a better blocker and has always sounded like a good practice dude per reports, but his raw athleticism never translated to Sundays. You have to show something, at some point. Who knows ha, I have no expectations for him.