Steelers/Bucs: My two and a half Nichols.

[slashsteel]

* Well skip to my Lew..is Nichols trying to stick or what?

* A reminder that turnovers still often sway outcomes. Each QB thought enough to put their hand in the pile. Although Skylar‘s wasn’t on him.

* Roman Wilson continues to stack plays and the light is starting to come on.

* Harmon gets his first sack , although not official. Still that arrow is pointing up. He looked like a bulldozer on that play. Safe to say there is nothing wrong with his bull rush.

* Kaleb with some nice runs and a healthy 4.5 average per carry. Johnson is settling in after a rough first outing. (that’s what she said) This is more indicative of his capable.

* Scotty doesn’t know Scotty doesn’t know, don’t tell Scotty… well perhaps he does know that he is all but a lock for the 4th or 5th receiver roster spot? Which number in the pecking order ? I don’t know

* Brandon Johnson - the kid just makes plays. Another sleeper to make the roster… if the team doesn’t add another WR post cutdowns.

* Holcomb and Harrison: The depth at ILBer is solid.



Feel free to add your own game thoughts, the more the merrier.

 

[SteelerFan448]

QB play settled more toward the norm tonight.

Wilson, Miller, and Johnson, agreed, they looked good. Roc Taylor was up and down. His positives were pretty basic plays, but his misses showed zero awareness of tracking the ball on what could've been big plays. Hurleman had a rough day.

I thought the starting OL was solid. Not much effort by the coaching staff to establish the running game. I honestly don't think they put enough effort to do so in training camp either, which is why the team struggles in this area. At least that's my assessment watching this team prep in recent years versus years they were an effective running team.

Johnson improved as the game went along and Nichols played quite well. The types of plays he made stood out, even though it was against lesser competition.

Harmon and Benton are a nice duo already showing improvement working together. The run defense has been real nice.

The backup ILB duo of Holcomb and Harrison played very well. One of the greatest cover ILBs on earth struggled tracking the ball twice in coverage, both completions in which he probably could've made plays.

Jack Sawyer is going to need to get a bit stronger or more explosive before he can become a decent pass rush threat, as well as some set of moves, which we all knew. I do like the effort, but he's going to need awhile to develop in this area.

Overall, it's tough to take too much away from any of these games because there are way too many key players sitting.

 

[DesertSteel]

Kaleb looked good against 4th stringers. There's something about his running style and frame that leave me questioning if he'll stack up against the varsity.