Two guys that had a great game, that no one has yet to mention

[Tarheels23]

Tony Fiammetta & Mackenzy Bernadeau

I've been pretty hard on these guys in the past, and after going back and watching the game, I notice they both had a great game.

Tony was excellent in his blitz pick ups, and sealed off his man perfectly on a couple of running plays.

Bernadeau showed great energy, and got at it all night. He was really aggressive, and stayed on his blocks pretty well. He also gets down field in the screen game pretty nicely. He did get beat inside by Tuck on one play, which was a great play by Tuck. It'll be interesting to see who comes up with the starting job between him and Schwartz.

[jaPAN fan]

Agreed. Tony looked great in pass protection.

[Munch4455]

Sione Fua had a pretty good game as well. That play he busted into the backfield and broke up looked like it was supposed to be a WR screen. VERY impressive that he was able to force a bad throw on a 3 step drop. Shades of Kris Jenkins perhaps the way he is timing the snap count...hopefully without all the offsides and encroachments.

[Tarheels23]

Sione Fua had a pretty good game as well. That play he busted into the backfield and broke up looked like it was supposed to be a WR screen. VERY impressive that he was able to force a bad throw on a 3 step drop. Shades of Kris Jenkins perhaps the way he is timing the snap count...hopefully without all the offsides and encroachments.

Fua, did look good, and yeah it was a WR screen.

[bleys]

and the DT position isn't nearly as bad as I expected..

a few weeks ago I would have told you we should have made a serious grab at Cofield.. even with Edwards out, there is reason to be optimistic..

[Mvp2014]

Sione Fua had a pretty good game as well. That play he busted into the backfield and broke up looked like it was supposed to be a WR screen. VERY impressive that he was able to force a bad throw on a 3 step drop. Shades of Kris Jenkins perhaps the way he is timing the snap count...hopefully without all the offsides and encroachments.

and problems pushing his plate away at the dinner table

[chknwing]

it all starts with coaching

[Ruff]

Fua did have a good game, but, a large percent of rookie DTs end up getting hurt, because of how physical the NFL is + the extra games they have to play. Maybe having the lock-out helped Fua and McClain out, letting them rest up before the bulk of the work.

I was also incredibly impressed with Mack. He actually looked like he has made strides to be where he needs to be to play in the NFL. Apparently, he took the starting job from Geoff Schwartz. Maybe the competition fired him up?

[bleys]

wasn't Schwartz hurt?

but I agree, hopefully our guys at DT stay healthy.. they are showing tremendous promise..

[Tarheels23]

wasn't Schwartz hurt?

but I agree, hopefully our guys at DT stay healthy.. they are showing tremendous promise..

Yeah Schwartz had some inflammation in his Hip.

[Ruff]

Mack was already taking the snaps away from Schwartz before the injury, iirc.

[Crixtala]

i noticed tony several times saturday night in pass protection. i've always thought that he was underrated, glad to see him still doing well and other fans appreciating it

[bleys]

oh.. I hadn't heard that.. as promising as Schwartz as sounded, then good news for Mack..

[MadHatter]

Sione Fua had a pretty good game as well. That play he busted into the backfield and broke up looked like it was supposed to be a WR screen. VERY impressive that he was able to force a bad throw on a 3 step drop. Shades of Kris Jenkins perhaps the way he is timing the snap count...hopefully without all the offsides and encroachments.

Fua is awesome. Gotta give mad props to "The Big fat Guy".

I am gonna go out to get a Fua jersey....will be the only one sporting one.