Brad Jones

[SkinBasket]

Didn't look retarded out there last night. Kudos.

Hawk played in a motivated fashion. Barnett limited his retardocity, which I think is very difficult for him, especially since he's never been asked to do that as a matter of team policy. Matthews continues to play well. Fabio Chillar stayed off the field, which is a good thing. Maybe the defense isn't in trouble when Kampman cries like an emo and runs away after this season.

[Scott Campbell]

Re: Brad Jones

Didn't look retarded out there last night. Kudos.

Hawk played in a motivated fashion. Barnett limited his retardocity, which I think is very difficult for him, especially since he's never been asked to do that as a matter of team policy. Matthews continues to play well. Fabio Chillar stayed off the field, which is a good thing. Maybe the defense isn't in trouble when Kampman cries like an emo and runs away after this season.

I didn't get to see Jones much, but the one time I keyed on him he struggled shedding a block. I thought Hawk played pretty well, and Mathews keeps looking like the best LB on our team.

[Fritz]

And Rodgers only got skinbasketed about three or four times, right?

[Partial]

Hawk played a very good game. Barnett was playing downhill and fast. He also was hitting hard. Matthews and Barnett are the two playmakers there and Hawk has surprised me and made me eat crow with his solid, solid play as of lately.

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Hawk played a very good game. Barnett was playing downhill and fast. He also was hitting hard. Matthews and Barnett are the two playmakers there and Hawk has surprised me and made me eat crow with his solid, solid play as of lately.

I like how it's just double solid play ... but still solid.

Solid.

Matthews is a beast... he's the Woodson of our LBs core... always around the ball.

I think we're better with Kampman out. Not nearly as big of a liability in flat coverage.

[Smidgeon]

Hawk has surprised me and made me eat crow with his solid, solid play as of lately.

Kudos for owning up to it.

[Cheesehead Craig]

I think Kampy took a poor attitude when he was going to be switched to OLB and thus didn't put all the work in that he could have. I know I'm dissing a fan favorite and I'm questioning his work ethic. He became a very good DE by hustle and desire and I just didn't see that out of him when the switch was made.

If Jones can play just as well and has a better attitude about it, I say ship out Kampy for whatever we can get and move on with life this offseason.

It was only one game, but Jones looked real good.

There's no way Kampy will resign this offseason if he's going to stay an OLB.

The one thing Jones doesn't have is the proper hairdo for the position. Hawk and Matthews got the locks flowing and Barnett has his 15" fro going on. Jones needs to at least shave some goofy symbols or words into his hair to properly fit in.

[hoosier]

Kampman is expected to return to practice this week. If, after reviewing the film and all that stuff, the coaching staff really feels that Jones played better yesterday than AK had been playing, would MM and Capers have the guts to bench a healthy Kampman? Judging from the way McCarthy has approached other performance problems this year, my guess is that Kampman will get his starter spot back regardless of how Jones grades out. But just maybe the loss to TB created enough of a sense of desparation that MM is now rethinking his approach.

[bobblehead]

Hawk has surprised me and made me eat crow with his solid, solid play as of lately.

Kudos for owning up to it.

I'll join in on this, Hawk has been surprising. He is looking very good, and is part of the reason we are looking better. Also, they are blitzing him more instead of trying to use him in coverage...playing to his strength.

Also props to skin for the huge complement of "Didn't look retarded out there last night. Kudos. " Yes folks thats our team motto...don't look retarded for a shout out.

[Bossman641]

I thought Hawk and Barnett both played very well. And of course Matthews was all over the field too.

[MadScientist]

Does anyone have the breakdown of how many times Jones and Clay rushed, compared to Kampman and Clay last week? I'm wondering if having Jones in there allow Capers to call the defense more of the way it should be called, instead of a 3-4 with Kampman usually being the 4th rusher.

Jones may not be a stud in and of himself, but did his presence allow the whole defense to improve?

[sharpe1027]

Does anyone have the breakdown of how many times Jones and Clay rushed, compared to Kampman and Clay last week? I'm wondering if having Jones in there allow Capers to call the defense more of the way it should be called, instead of a 3-4 with Kampman usually being the 4th rusher.

Jones may not be a stud in and of himself, but did his presence allow the whole defense to improve?

There was also a J. Thompson sighting. I noticed that he made the field late in the game. Didn't do much, but he was on the field. Anyone know if that was the only time he was in?

[Fritz]

I was wondering the same as both of you above. Did Jones's presence allow Capers to call the 3-4 in more creative ways? Did Thompson play more than one or two plays at the end?

[3irty1]

You've got to be happy with Jones. He seemed to hold down his side well in run defense although he was definitely tested. He's got great speed and seems quick to recognize where the play is going. His pass rush looked so-so and even the backup RT seemed to smother him sometimes but I'd be shocked to see anything more out of a rookie.

With the way personnel has evolved, shrimps at OLB and monsters at DE by 3-4 standards, I wonder if Capers will keep the ILB a staple of the pass rush.

[Smidgeon]

Does anyone have the breakdown of how many times Jones and Clay rushed, compared to Kampman and Clay last week? I'm wondering if having Jones in there allow Capers to call the defense more of the way it should be called, instead of a 3-4 with Kampman usually being the 4th rusher.

Jones may not be a stud in and of himself, but did his presence allow the whole defense to improve?

There was also a J. Thompson sighting. I noticed that he made the field late in the game. Didn't do much, but he was on the field. Anyone know if that was the only time he was in?

And other special teams plays.