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The D played awful, and Hawk was completely to blame. He was totally exposed a few times and looked like a 3rd stringer. It’s time to either trade or release him. He’s useless.

Past that, its the first preseason game so I wasnt too disappointed, espcially bc woodson was not playing as a number 1 CB (mostly nickel, from what I saw); and we have some early injuries.

Special teams played well, punting was pretty good. I liked the aussie better, but the other guy almost put one inside the five on the second punt of the game. It was about a yard long before it bounced back for him.

O-line looked good, not just in protection but in creating lanes in the rush game. If the O-line is above average this is a scary offense. I am not convinced yet, because it mostly looked good in last years preseason too, but there is reason to hope that they will take the step up.

Flynn looked sharp, he has improved and I feel confident he could be a placeholder if Rodgers went down.

Rodgers looks ready to join the elite QBs, or should I say solidify his place in the elite. still so accurate and seemingly more comfortable and confident. the sky is the limit for him.

Nice to see Harrell have a pulse. someone in the DL rotation besides the starters is going to have to emerge to replace Jolly, Harrell has as good a shot as anyone.

LBs were unimpressive. still concerned that this group could be the weak link holding this team back.

DBs were pretty good, and it was great to see Al Harris on the sidelines in good spirits. If he, bigby and blackmon can contribute at all this could be the surprise strength of this team and maybe one of the surprise groups in the league. TT has quietly assembled a very athletic group back there and maybe the light flicks on for some of the young guys this year.

Looks like we may actually have a punter this year, which would be a welcome change.

Kickoff coverage still seems to be below avg . . . amazing because they seemed to put so much emphasis on special teams for the last few years. I don’t get it.

Overall, I think the D getting beat up a little bit isn’t the worst thing for the first preseason game. they need to be reminded how much work they need to do; in some ways if they had come out and shut down a bad-to-mediocre Cle. team I fear they might have gotten complacent. I think we will see a much better performance next time out.

I thought the first team offense played extremely well apart from Grant’s fumble. Excited about this team offensively this year. Quinn Johnson is a wrecking ball. When they ask him to run full speed and blow up a LB he does really well. Not sure he can catch, hit the right hole, or if he can pick up blitzes but man does he knock people backward.

We are going to see a whole bunch of spread this year. AZ gave the league the blueprint and until Capers proves they can stop it the league is going to give us big doses of it. I liked Burnett’s willingness to stick his nose into a tackle. I also thought Poppinga (gasp!) had some nice plays. He was sure more productive then Jones.

I’m thinking, why was he a 5th pick? He repeatedly gets exposed in coverage – that’s been repeatedly pointed out. But if he cannot shed / avoid blockers on opponent’s run plays, what is he out there for? I’m just amazed and disgusted that he did not try to avoid the Brown’s FB. It seems to be such a fundamental mental error.

Anyone else happen to notice whether or not Bulaga played well?

Disappointed to hear that about Hawk. If he is going to be marginal in coverage then you might as well get Bishop on the field more.

I was at family night and saw both punters live also. I thought they both punted really well at family night especially when they both kicked out of the back of the end zone. Both kicked the crap out of the ball. During war-ups Bryan just kicked the ball. Masthay spent a good deal of time on footwork and ball drops. Bryan seems to be more fluid and gets the ball out quicker. Masthay has the leg but not as fluid with his feet and ball drops. I’m guessing Bryan sticks for that reason unless holding for Crosby is an issue or something.

How’d Bulaga look at guard?