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Fisher #1 pick, UDFA Bell playing better


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To be fair, Eric Fisher was matched 1 on 1 with a full speed Greg Hardy. He's going to get beat. Bell was facing a 3-4 defense, that honestly didn't show a lot after the first two series.

when players are doing bad, people always say it's just preseason, it'll get better. Think about it the other way, too. Bell is playing well now. Wait until Michael Johnson or someone is screaming off the edge at him at full go.

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To be fair, Eric Fisher was matched 1 on 1 with a full speed Greg Hardy. He's going to get beat. Bell was facing a 3-4 defense, that honestly didn't show a lot after the first two series.

when players are doing bad, people always say it's just preseason, it'll get better. Think about it the other way, too. Bell is playing well now. Wait until Michael Johnson or someone is screaming off the edge at him at full go.

Bell Faces Hardy every single day. 

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I was reading the game thread last night during one of Cam's early pass attempts.  I thought the Oline held up pretty well, Cam had some time, but eventually no one came open, or if they did Cam didn't see them, and he had to scramble and ended up throwing the ball away.  A couple of people criticized Bell on that particular play.  I remember thinking geez, how much time do you want him to give the quarterback?  From what I have heard coaches say, they expect 3 seconds or so, after that the pocket will usually begin to break down regardless of how good the Oline is. 

 

 

Point is, I think that for some people, criticism of certain players just becomes automatic, without taking into account the circumstances of a particular play. 

 

 

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The line protected well. My main concern remains why are we running up the gut on 1st and 2nd and then throwing on 3rd? Did John Fox ghost write our playbook?

I assume it's preseason play calling. Who knows, though.

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