[Defense!]

Brandon London had 0 receptions & 1 PI call for 16 yards that game... my understanding is that London is Jovon's responsibility most of the time - Sound like a pretty decent game to me (1 pass for 16 yards)

 

1 Tackle for 1 yard & an INT other than that - Perfect stats for a CB (if a Corner doesn't have a single tackle in a game he probably did his job unless they got beat deep or had to have the safety make a tackle for them - Cauchy had one tackle on D and it was on Whitaker) - Sounds like a near perfect game for a CB to me... His only tackle was coming up to make a play on an RB and his only pass allowed was for 16 yards (the Penalty)

You conveniently forgot about the two fumbles

[I Understand This Topic Has Been Beaten To Death But....]

My only concern with bringing Glenn in is that we would have to cut our playbook WAY DOWN for at least 4-5 games while Glenn learnt the system and plays.

I'm not saying we should bring Glenn in...but we're cutting down the playbook now to try and protect Buck...and it is still not working, he hangs onto the ball too long, and often looks like a deer in headlights.

[Defense!]

Our defence was very good but we have to consider that Montreal seems to be heading to self-destruct mode...  in the last two minutes, it sure seemed like Calvillo called his own plays and it worked - all too well.  I think it will be a mess in Mtl with Calvillo forcing himself to listen to newbies all season long...

 

That being said, Anderson is a monster (possibly better than Gilmore), Parker has shown way better than I thought, Washington is excellent and Dunn I am not convinced.  He ends up with some big plays but to be honest, he is not all that involved.

 

JJ had a strong game I thought, same with BStew and Suber, Henoc was huge as usual...

 

Difference makes:

1. Anderson

2. Henoc

3. Suber

Yup...JJ was great...two fumbles on special teams...the last one had the ball in the wrong hand and carrying it like a loaf of bread...could have lost us the game...

Also another pass interference to keep a drive going for Montreal

Yes he was marvelous!

[Buck Pierce......should Goltz Start?]

Goltz isn't ready to play.

hehe...neither is Buck

[Burke Unhappy With Work Of Veterans]

Good discussion, I agree.

 

Anyways, Pierce did ride Garrett to that victory.  And Elliott probably would have turned the ball over on a stupid play trying to be a hero and lost it for us.

 

Like I said though, I'm not even a big Pierce fan.  I was just really unimpressed with Elliott and I'm glad we moved on.  Hopefully we can get enough mileage out of Pierce that one of our backups has enough time to learn and rise to the occasion because honestly that's our only hope.

Kind of sounds to me like you're basing the greater percentage of your opinion about Elliott on one game only.