starting defense...

[eViL jEsTeR]

as expected, we're in trouble.

secondary is just plain soft and other than on a few plays, our D line all but disappears on screen plays.

the captain is playing more like a private.

[Jangler]

pre season game one

[CRA]

only 1 preseason game. doesn't mean anything. If they look horrible preseason game 3 then it might be a slight concern.

the last drive by Moore looked pretty decent (Gross just screwed it up).

[Cyclonus]

I'm still not sold on moving Beason. Moving an all-pro just seems wrong.

[brandon_87]

we were fine with brayton, but if he is out long term, hardy hade a real nice play and I would be fine with him in there

[Baschski]

Calm down there chicken little. Brayton had two sacks in the first quarter. We still don't know who is going to start at DT. The LB core needs time to gel. Our best corner isn't even playing...we had Munnerlyn matched up on Boldin. We'll be fine.

[pantherfan49]

Defense is having trouble gripping the field today too.

[Jackofalltrades]

Wow- overreact much?

[rico6]

Gotta shake the rust out bro.

From what I saw I was thoroughly impressed. Although Captain needs to work on his technique before thinking he's starter material.

And hopefully Fox realizes that Beason needs to be in the middle, getting lost on basic level plays is something were not accustomed to seeing from Beast.

[CRA]

Gotta shake the rust out bro.

From what I saw I was thoroughly impressed. Although Captain needs to work on his technique before thinking he's starter material.

And hopefully Fox realizes that Beason needs to be in the middle, getting lost on basic level plays is something were not accustomed to seeing from Beast.

on the TD Captain actually had pretty good coverage considering he didn't have help. I think it was more of a slip than anything.

[Seltzer]

I was actually pretty impressed with D-line. Do need Gamble back, but I don't put too much stock in a bunch of cheap screen plays. Nice throw by Flacco, but wouldn't have happened with Gamble.

Only thing that really concerns me is O-Line... Matt Moore did pretty well given the time he had to throw and penalties. And while Duke Robinson might be a beast in the running game, he's going to get Matt killed on passing downs...

[AnalyzeThIs#28]

Where the heck is E. Brown at? He just looked to little competing against those big left tackles. Greg Hardy did look very nice IMO. And Brayton was looking really nice until the angle problems. But Overall I thought we looked pretty well, besides messing Gamble in the secondary.

[Dpantherman]

no Chris Gamble, 1st preseason game, etc

[The Don]

I dunno, I thought the first string defense looked ok. I don't like Beason playing outside, it's just wrong. It should be a rule in the NFL that if you're a pro-bowler in a certain position, you can never play outside that position. Unless you're used in different packages in those different positions. And our secondary was minus Gamble, but they shouldn't have been that bad though. They need a bit of work. Our offense needs more work at this point, but being minus 3 pro-bowl caliber players does kind of limit the amount of skill level on the field.