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Preseason Game Observations (2 Viewers)

Nother rookie sighting, this time Browns rookie LBer Barkevious Mingo.

Their was a rookie who had a name and Mingo was his name-O

M-I N-G-O

M-I N-G-O

M-I N-G-O

And Mingo was his name-O

Browns rookie LB Barkevious Mingo getting off to a nice start. He just beat the back-up OLT he was facing for a sack.

To add insult to injury the beaten OLT got flagged for kicking Mingo when Bark was stepping over him.

Add, Mingo nearly got his second sack the next play..

Have to confess he's looking good but don't get all excited for his IDP prospects because he's currently a backup and likely won't be starting but should see work in on sub packages.

 
Nother rookie sighting, this time Browns rookie LBer Barkevious Mingo.

Their was a rookie who had a name and Mingo was his name-O

M-I N-G-O

M-I N-G-O

M-I N-G-O

And Mingo was his name-O

Browns rookie LB Barkevious Mingo getting off to a nice start. He just beat the back-up OLT he was facing for a sack.

To add insult to injury the beaten OLT got flagged for kicking Mingo when Bark was stepping over him.

Add, Mingo nearly got his second sack the next play..

Have to confess he's looking good but don't get all excited for his IDP prospects because he's currently a backup and likely won't be starting but should see work in on sub packages.
Lmao. if his motor is turning he could be special.
 
givens had a 59 yd reception early (later 3 yd TD reception)...

sustaining a trend from 2012... he broke NFL record (held by bears willie gault?) last year with a 50+ yard reception in five straight games...

i like both givens and austin in redraft and dynasty... but givens more in redraft this year, austin more in dynasty...

the rams passing offense could support few receiving weapons, and jared cook will definitely play a big role...

givens could get a lot of big plays (especially with defenses distracted by cook and austin)...

cook and austin could get a boost in PPR leagues...

* nice grab by greg little on a tipped ball contested by several STL DBs...

 
ESPN needs to put Gerry Austin out to pasture. He just doesn't know what he's talking about...

 
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Laquon Williams with a punt block TD and a recieving TD for the Ravens.

Whoever this guy is, he's probably quickly earning some more looks from his coaches.

 
Kenny Britt looks healthy. I'm behind thanks to the DVR, but I'm happy to see him running routes with explosion.

 
Gonna be another long year for Rivers back there unless one of Allen/Brown really step up in the quick pass offense.

Gates does look quite slimmed down. I question how great of fit both he and Floyd are playing together in this offense.

 
Ryan Mathews looked good.... If the dude stays healthy, might be a steal in the early 5th round.

 
Sanzenbacher may be filling in for Hawkins on Sundays. Hawkins had some startable games in PPR.

 
Broncos Offense was awful in 1st H

Montee Ball - did not look good

Hillman - limited carries

Moreno - the same spazz

at WR/TE

Julius Thomas the best performer - nothing elsewhere

Ossweiler scrambling too much - O Line looks out of sync

Bronco D is looking good

D-Line is getting inside - Malik Jackson and Shaun Phillips

Mike Adams and Duke Inenacho look good in the back

Nate Irving at LB causes fumble that is returned for TD

 
LMJ looked very solid, running for 5+ per carry against the first team D for DEN. Given Hunter is returning from a torn Achilles, and Gore is 30, ill likely own LMJ in a lot of places.

ETA - also saw him split out into the slot and run routes.

 
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So has there been 2 celebration penalties so far in the preseason? I know Fred Davis got one that was crap but did they call one on the Ravens TD

 
49ers

Kapernick is good - a couple of good throws and scrambles

Colt McCoy not much good to report

At RB

Some fumble and exchange issues - James not looking all that good

At WR

Boldin could be a good link up with Kaepernick

Jenkins with a fumble

Defense with lots of pressure from all over the field

Asomugha looked decent

 
at WR/TE

Julius Thomas the best performer - nothing elsewhere
I find this interesting. He started and ran quite a few routes. It's being dismissed due to Thomas, Welker, and Decker, but lets not forget Peyton made a TE viable in Dallas Clark when he still had Wayne, Harrison, and Stokeley to throw to.

Interesting guy to watch in Thomas. TE feels really, really deep.

 
Yeah I know its just the first preseason game but I'm not too impressed by him. Was high on him this year...we'll see what happens in the next couple weeks.
People just seem to forget the massive amount of carries this dude has gotten in the last 4 years. its insane

There is no way on Gods green Earth i would sniff him in the first 3 rounds

 
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At RB

Some fumble and exchange issues - James not looking all that good
Guessing you missed the first drive where James was getting 5+ per carry against the Broncos top D with only one play going for no yardage. The exchange looked more on Colt than James IMO.

 
at WR/TE

Julius Thomas the best performer - nothing elsewhere
I find this interesting. He started and ran quite a few routes. It's being dismissed due to Thomas, Welker, and Decker, but lets not forget Peyton made a TE viable in Dallas Clark when he still had Wayne, Harrison, and Stokeley to throw to.

Interesting guy to watch in Thomas. TE feels really, really deep.
4 decent guys - I don't know how they can keep them all - Green is going to have to step up

 
Broncos go 90 yards and get 0 points

CJ Anderson sparked that drive with some very good runs - until 4th and 1 at the 5 and he gets stopped about an inch short

 
Chris Johnson with a 58 yard TD.
My observation of that run...nice move...good speed.

But the old CJ would have been a minimum of 5 yards ahead of everyone else by the time he hit the endzone.

Nitpick to be sure...but he was not pulling away like he used to.

 
Chris Johnson with a 58 yard TD.
My observation of that run...nice move...good speed.

But the old CJ would have been a minimum of 5 yards ahead of everyone else by the time he hit the endzone.

Nitpick to be sure...but he was not pulling away like he used to.
I'm not convinced he wasn't running barely as fast as he had to to score there, rather than going all out.
I agree, he seemed to be slowing down once he knew he was going to score.

 
givens had a 59 yd reception early (later 3 yd TD reception)...

sustaining a trend from 2012... he broke NFL record (held by bears willie gault?) last year with a 50+ yard reception in five straight games...

i like both givens and austin in redraft and dynasty... but givens more in redraft this year, austin more in dynasty...

the rams passing offense could support few receiving weapons, and jared cook will definitely play a big role...

givens could get a lot of big plays (especially with defenses distracted by cook and austin)...

cook and austin could get a boost in PPR leagues...

* nice grab by greg little on a tipped ball contested by several STL DBs...
The long grab and TD were early in the 2nd Q iirc....and Haden/Browns secondary, probably more, was out I believe. Still think Givens has redraft value as you mentioned.

 
at WR/TE

Julius Thomas the best performer - nothing elsewhere
I find this interesting. He started and ran quite a few routes. It's being dismissed due to Thomas, Welker, and Decker, but lets not forget Peyton made a TE viable in Dallas Clark when he still had Wayne, Harrison, and Stokeley to throw to.

Interesting guy to watch in Thomas. TE feels really, really deep.
4 decent guys - I don't know how they can keep them all - Green is going to have to step up
fwiw, they kept those same 4 TEs last year

ETA: I think Green was suspended the 1st few games and Thomas sat out the year so maybe they only had 3 TEs as part of the 53 man rooster for the year.

 
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at WR/TE

Julius Thomas the best performer - nothing elsewhere
I find this interesting. He started and ran quite a few routes. It's being dismissed due to Thomas, Welker, and Decker, but lets not forget Peyton made a TE viable in Dallas Clark when he still had Wayne, Harrison, and Stokeley to throw to.

Interesting guy to watch in Thomas. TE feels really, really deep.
Thomas is a name that has stood out to me reading some of camp reports. Seems like a good player to pick up despite all the competition for targets he has.

 
Vance McDonald (TE) for San Fran looked good last night 4 catches for 66 yards. Now how much that will carry into the regular season with Davis there will need to be seen, but just something I came away from the game with last night.

 
Tyler Eifert's name is out there a lot ... Hard Knocks will likely inflate his value ... The guy you want here is Zach Ertz ... My in-laws are related to him, so I've had an eye on him for 2+ years ... Chip Kelly watched Zach Ertz score the game-winning touchdown in Stanford v. Oregon last year ... Chip Kelly knows what he's about and will use him right outta the gate

 
Vance McDonald (TE) for San Fran looked good last night 4 catches for 66 yards. Now how much that will carry into the regular season with Davis there will need to be seen, but just something I came away from the game with last night.
Harbaugh loves this guy and gave him Mike Ditka's number. Good buzz about him from camp seems to have carried over into the pre season. Great target in dynasty and I think he will get targets as a rookie as well making him a decent flyer TE in redraft leagues.

 
Don't be fooled by RW's box score reporting on James:


LaMichael James rushed eight times for 27 yards in the 49ers' preseason opener against Denver.
James got the start for Frank Gore (rest), and averaged 3.34 yards per carry while failing to catch a pass. The 49ers' primary kickoff and punt returner, James is San Francisco's No. 3 running back behind Gore and Kendall Hunter.
In the first series with Kaepernick, James had 5 carries for 5, 5, 6, 9 , and -1 yards against the first team defense for the Broncos. Interestingly enough, the only negative carry was a designed outside run that was poorly blocked.

Still - that's 5 carries at 4.8 per against a first team defense that was pretty stout last year.
 
Don't be fooled by RW's box score reporting on James:

LaMichael James rushed eight times for 27 yards in the 49ers' preseason opener against Denver.

James got the start for Frank Gore (rest), and averaged 3.34 yards per carry while failing to catch a pass. The 49ers' primary kickoff and punt returner, James is San Francisco's No. 3 running back behind Gore and Kendall Hunter.
In the first series with Kaepernick, James had 5 carries for 5, 5, 6, 9 , and -1 yards against the first team defense for the Broncos. Interestingly enough, the only negative carry was a designed outside run that was poorly blocked.

Still - that's 5 carries at 4.8 per against a first team defense that was pretty stout last year.
You both left out his fumble

 

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