My Musings...

[Seamonk]

For everything good I said about Clausen, there is one thing that sticks in the back of my head... I think he has a little bit of Jake in him too... in a good and bad way...

He is super competitive and wants to be fiery I think, but he also might be prone to forcing things, which got Jake into a lot of trouble...

One thing that lessens my fear of that point is that he threw it away a few times when there was nothing there or the pocket collapsed too much (which it did too often)... Cantwell did not, and there was one obvious play where he should have done so...

I know exactly which play you're talking about.. the one where the lineman had his leg and he was still upright for like 3 seconds.. should have thrown it away instead of an 8 yard sack.

[Seamonk]

That was the one... the guy had him by the feet for a second or two, he pump faked (I think?) and then went to the ground... Should have chunked it to the sideline...

What was the deal with Pike getting pulled out in favor of Cantwell at the end? I haven't heard much about that... Just wanted to put Cantwell in that situation?

They probably wanted Cantwell to get more snaps in a hurry up. Pike needs a lot more work, and PS will do him good. Cantwell will need to make the team as the #3

[blackcatgrowl]

I know exactly which play you're talking about.. the one where the lineman had his leg and he was still upright for like 3 seconds.. should have thrown it away instead of an 8 yard sack.

If I'm thinking of the same play, I think he was still in the pocket. He couldn't have thrown it away, as that would have been IG. He might have tried for a receiver, but if they were all covered up, it could have been an Int.

I wasn't impressed with Cantwell either, but sometimes you do have to take a sack.