MantyWrestler Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 8 hours ago, TheOnlyThing said: Rob Demovsky ✔@RobDemovsky I don't think Capers was deciding who got promoted from the practice squad. That was Russ Ball's job. Tai@tweetless21 While the team was fighting for their playoff lives, Dom Capers kept Reggie Gilbert on the practice squad and gave Kyle Fackrell consistent snaps. The FBI should be looking into why that happened 7:36 PM - Aug 16, 2018 If the DC doesn’t get to bring up the guy he wants from the practice, and who he watches every day in practice, then something is terribly wrong here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollino14 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 8 hours ago, TheOnlyThing said: Rob Demovsky ✔@RobDemovsky I don't think Capers was deciding who got promoted from the practice squad. That was Russ Ball's job. Tai@tweetless21 While the team was fighting for their playoff lives, Dom Capers kept Reggie Gilbert on the practice squad and gave Kyle Fackrell consistent snaps. The FBI should be looking into why that happened 7:36 PM - Aug 16, 2018 The gift of Dom keeps on giving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Penske Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Burks, Jackson, and Gilbert (TT) look to be players so far this preseason. Same with the young WRs and Free agents and Jaire has reportedly looked impressive. Love that. Its very early, but Gutey's first offseason is looking very encouraging and still has another 1st rounder to deliver value on. Wish Biegel would turn the corner too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 hour ago, MantyWrestler said: If the DC doesn’t get to bring up the guy he wants from the practice, and who he watches every day in practice, then something is terribly wrong here. Dom couldn't see practice from the booth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfanfb Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Norm said: Dom couldn't see practice from the booth I mean let's be real, he couldn't see because he was sleeping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, packfanfb said: I mean let's be real, he couldn't see because he was sleeping... I was going to use that first actually lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfanfb Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Given the state of our backup OTs right now, and conversely, our stable depth at OG, what would you do Week 1 right now if Bak/Buluga leave the game: 1. Go with Spriggs/Murphy and leave the other 4 guys where they are; or 2. Kick out Taylor or McCray to the open tackle position and plug the OG spot. You could make the argument right now our top 2 backup tackles are Taylor and McCray based on last year performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 18 minutes ago, Arthur Penske said: Burks, Jackson, and Gilbert (TT) look to be players so far this preseason. Same with the young WRs and Free agents and Jaire has reportedly looked impressive. Love that. Its very early, but Gutey's first offseason is looking very encouraging and still has another 1st rounder to deliver value on. Wish Biegel would turn the corner too. I was thinking the same thing this morning. Add in Kizer, Wilkerson, and Graham and it really looks like he's made a lot of the right moves. Now, if he would go out and sign Eric Reid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 11 minutes ago, packfanfb said: Given the state of our backup OTs right now, and conversely, our stable depth at OG, what would you do Week 1 right now if Bak/Buluga leave the game: 1. Go with Spriggs/Murphy and leave the other 4 guys where they are; or 2. Kick out Taylor or McCray to the open tackle position and plug the OG spot. You could make the argument right now our top 2 backup tackles are Taylor and McCray based on last year performances. Murphy + Mercedes Lewis = one good tackle. Neither of the guards have the feet to handle speed off of the edge. Spriggs is the only backup T with enough athleticism to handle speed, but he lacks the anchor. Maybe Spriggs + Rip shaded to his side would make for a decent tackle as well. I'd prefer to let the guards play their position. Edit: I'll add - with Lewis lining up next to Murphy, you can still field an explosive offense. Since he's such an elite blocker you can run the ball with success and still have 3 WR on the field at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Murphy and Spriggs are just fine to get you out of a game or even a handful of them. Not like McCray is gonna be better out there plus then you have to find a guard Also, Spriggs is now coming off two very good games? What's the issue with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfanfb Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Cheech said: Murphy + Mercedes Lewis = one good tackle. Neither of the guards have the feet to handle speed off of the edge. Spriggs is the only backup T with enough athleticism to handle speed, but he lacks the anchor. Maybe Spriggs + Rip shaded to his side would make for a decent tackle as well. I'd prefer to let the guards play their position. I generally prefer not moving starters around as well, however, it may be the case that Taylor-Murphy/Bell-Linsley-McCray-Bulaga is a better "overall" product than Murphy/Spriggs-Taylor-Linsley-McCray-Bulaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfanfb Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, AlexGreen#20 said: Murphy and Spriggs are just fine to get you out of a game or even a handful of them. Not like McCray is gonna be better out there plus then you have to find a guard Also, Spriggs is now coming off two very good games? What's the issue with him? I'd definitely lean Spriggs if Bulaga goes down at RT. But what about LT? Think Spriggs-Taylor is better than Taylor-Murphy/Bell there? I think it's probably close. Taylor held down LT in limited action last year pretty well from what I remember. *Also, have we seen Spriggs at LT at all this preseason before the 4th quarter? One, it says something that Murphy is still ahead of him there given Murphy's inconsistent performances and two, hard to gauge how well Spriggs is performing there given the competition by that part in the game. I'd like to see him get some 1st/2nd team reps at LT early against Oakland to see how he holds up (but with Hundley in the game, not 12 ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, packfanfb said: I'd definitely lean Spriggs if Bulaga goes down at RT. But what about LT? Think Spriggs-Taylor is better than Taylor-Murphy/Bell there? I think it's probably close. Taylor held down LT in limited action last year pretty well from what I remember. Not really, Taylor would need to be protected hardcore at LT. That's not a guy like Lang who was a real good athlete at Guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJerkDave Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/15/2018 at 9:08 PM, Greg C. said: I thought Josh Jackson looked very good playing man-to-man coverage in the first preseason game, but there didn't seem to be much discussion about him afterwards. He did get a holding penalty, but it looked like a bad call on the replay. IIRC, that was a pretty light hold on Jackson, but he did pull the jersey, which will get called. Overall he has had a good couple of games. I was very much against drafting him when he was rumored to be our first round pick. That subsequently made me not want to draft him at all, just out of spite. So far, it looks like I was wrong about Mr. Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, packfanfb said: I'd definitely lean Spriggs if Bulaga goes down at RT. But what about LT? Think Spriggs-Taylor is better than Taylor-Murphy/Bell there? I think it's probably close. Taylor held down LT in limited action last year pretty well from what I remember. See, I thought Murphy played better at RT last night. Maybe MM just has to let Spriggs play on the left and Murphy on the right. I know edge rushers can switch sides, but we still see speed on the left and power on the right for the majority of the defenses in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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