BillyCarpenter1

After the first preseason game against the Eagles I said that I wasn't too concerned about the lack luster effort. I looked for improvement by the defense in the second game and I did see a big impovement against the run. The pass defense looked terrible though.

I wasn't too concerned about the pass defense though, because it usually takes the secondary more time to get on the same page and it was after all only the second preseason game.

You can contribute a lot of the defensive short comings on palyers not being on the same page and the games only being evaluation games, but tonights match up should provide us with SOME answers to what kind of defense we can expect in the regular season.

Dale Carter will be back and he will be matched up against Terrell Owens and this should give us some kind of idea as to if Dale is going to sure up the secondary.

Ashley Ambrose is suppose to start and I have no idea why. This guy has looked terrible to me. I will be keeping a close eye on him. If he doesn't look better tonight I think this is going to be a problem for us the entire year.

The front four has generated next to nothing as fas as a pass rush goes. They need to step it up tonight.

The run defense looked good up the middle against the Jets, but weak on runs to the outside. The linebackers need to do a better job of getting to the edge and shutting this down.

I said I wasn't concerned about the first preseason game, but if they don't play well tonight I will have some major concerns.

This is the way I see it and I would like nothing better than to destroy the 49'ers. I don't care if it's in a game of marbles.












[Edited on 23/8/2003 by BillyCarpenter1]

[Edited on 23/8/2003 by BillyCarpenter1]