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Sep 8, 2019
9:41:52pm
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After re-watching the game - here are some good and bad thoughts
In no Particular order

1. Our secondary seemed to miscalculate the speed of Tenn. Each of them took wrong angles at times.
2. Anderson, Ghanwoloku, Lee, and Powell are sure tacklers when they can get their shoulders or hands on someone. Neither are good at one on one coverage though.
3. Chaz Ah You is going to be great one day. He didn't have a great game but he showed flashes.
4. We need a pass rushing DE. We just don't have one.
5. We have really good depth and talent at DT. Tonga was double and tripled teamed all night long (they certainly prepared for him) but others stepped up.
6.I'm not sure I like Anderson at safety. I'm hoping for a day when Ghanwoloku can move back to safety. Hoping some CB's recover soon.
7. I like Anderson, Kaufusi, Fonua as the first three - with Kaufusi, Wilger, Ah You, and Pili rotating in.
8. Tuiaki gets a lot of crap on this board but his defense is not the reason we lost to utah and almost lost to Tenn. The offense has been the problem.
9. Ty'son Williams is the clear #1. But he needs to be subbed when he's clearly woozy or tired. Wilson pulled the ball away from him on that crucial 3 and 1 miss because I'm guessing he noticed Williams head wasn't right after getting clocked on the previous play. We get that first down if Katoa or Esupka is in.
10. Speaking of Esupka - I wonder if he should be RB2.
11. Does Bushman take plays off? It doesn't seem like he plays at 100% all the time. For example on that long pass to Simon he stops running for a second and watches. Then he speeds up and misses what could have been a key block. If he keeps running he get's that block and Simon scores.
13. Micah Simon where have you been? Hopefully this is a sign of things to come this season. Bushman needs a WR to develop so he doesn't get all the attention. Bushman, Hifo, and Simon could be a good Trio.
14. Tenn D coordinator was obviously concerned about Wilson's legs. They defended him really good actually.
15. Who the heck is Mason Wake? I've never heard of him before. Did he play against Utah? He got some good run blocks in.
16. I'd like to see Katoa play some Fullback. That could create some nice play-action pass to the FB scenarios
17. I'm not sure what we're trying to do with Jaren Hall. I don't like it. It seems like Kafentzis all over again. I wish we had a FCS game early in the season to get a backup QB some reps.
18. Grimes calls some good plays and then out of left field he brings in a really bad idea when it's obvious something else would work instead. I did love the flea-flicker though.
19. Tenn fans were a bugaboo to our team. Threw us out of rhythm and impacted multiple plays.

I'm optimistic about the season. I hope we can get one out of the next two. That would be amazing.
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