TIME TO BE CONCERNED ?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Is McMillan a corner or safey or both? He did look quick.

[Joemailman]

Is McMillan a corner or safey or both? He did look quick.

Safety. I think he played both safety positions with the 2's last night.

[Packers4Glory]

Defense still concerns me a great deal, as well as special teams coverage. I only caught some of the 1st and 2nd last night but nothing I saw changed my concerns coming in. I saw them give up a good return after the Nelson TD.

[pbmax]

Special Teams are still a disaster except when Cobb can shake loose on a return. Francois along can't fix that.

Maybe this is all part of Thompson's plan to start slow again like 2010 and then get hot late. Put everyone on DL who has a bruise and just pretend its been a bad injury year early.

[Smidgeon]

Is McMillan a corner or safey or both? He did look quick.

He was drafted as a safety but has played mostly dime in the slot in camp. Last night, he played both. Dime back first, then deep back after.

[rbaloha1]

Nah. Many starters are out and there is little game planning.

A poor performance against the niners would be an issue.

[rbaloha1]

I'd be concerned if I were Graham Harrell and M.D. Jennings.

Agree. Harrell better improve play. Jennings plays deeps safety but is continually late.

IMO McMillian and Ross are better.

[red]

i'm not all that concerned about the offense, except that it doesn't look like our backup qb has "it"

the defense is another story. we're still seeing the exact same problems that plagued us all last year. wed can not get off the field on 3rd down, and we can not stop any play over the middle, run or pass. so it sure looks to me like that one massive problem from last year still to this point, has not gotten that fixed

[HarveyWallbangers]

I didn't see the game. Did the defense show anything or was it the normal vanilla scheme that we generally play in the preseason? We've lost to Cleveland three straight years in the preseason.

[cheesner]

Panic? Am I the only one to have a somewhat positive reaction to the game?

I thought the weakest part of the game was our offense. Since I anticipate the offense being better than last year, I think we are fine. I was actually encouraged by a few things during the game: McMillan, Hayward, and Perry all three rookies looked good. Worthy and Daniels looked solid - should get better. Muir looked impressive and Raji and Tramon looked more like the 2010 versions. On offense, I think much better of Newhouse. I thought he was solid late last season and didn't think he had much upside. Now I think he may actually step up this season and become a pretty good player. I didn't like the overall team play or the result, but there were some strong individual performances in that game. I'm not worried about the 'team play' because it was only a preseason game with limited planning, scheming and the absence of so many players.

[RashanGary]

I didn't see the game. Did the defense show anything or was it the normal vanilla scheme that we generally play in the preseason? We've lost to Cleveland three straight years in the preseason.

Vanilla, but the run defense legitmately sucked. 5 yards every time. Guys getting pushed around badly.

[smuggler]

I think Brandian Ross is getting cut, so if Jennings is worse....

[Freak Out]

I take it Saturday is looking as consistent as usual?

[sheepshead]

I wonder who TT has on his short list of veteran QB's to look at?

[Joemailman]

I wonder who TT has on his short list of veteran QB's to look at?