what a joke

pro football evaluators must be on crack. http://www.steelersdepot.com/2014/08/steelers-2014-preseason-giants-pro-football-focus-grades/

 

I haven't re-watched it yet, but I thought Gilbert and Nick Williams both played very well. Given the lackluster camp reports about Nick Williams, he was a very pleasant surprise for me. Looked strong!

That said, I've been known to disagree with PFF and they need to be taken with a few grains of salt. I'll re-watch at some point.

 

overall, the grades seem pretty fair, although i would disagree with the grades for mauro and mike adams.........
Mauro was active and controlled his area well, while adams was far too inconsistent for me to feel comfortable with him on the field at this time

 

It's not about feeling comfortable. It's about one game's performance. I didn't pay much attention to him, to be honest, but I didn't really notice him much either, which is a big plus for an OT, and a big deal for Adams in particular.

 

I still haven't really examined the tape, but on one viewing, I noticed him mess up a draw-block or two, a little bit. Nothing major, just something he could have done better. But I don't remember seeing him let his guy go to the QB at all... and THAT'S what matters. The rest of the stuff he either has or can get. If he didn't allow any pressure last night, why are we on his case at all? We should be celebrating!

 

gilbert I don't have a problem with. I thought he had a good game overall.

adams struggled at first and was doing the same thing as before in pass protection. bending at the waist, reaching, off balance, getting himself twisted around. then we started giving him a lot of help on his side. they had him graded as our best lineman. no way.

next was arnfelt as our worst D-lineman. I watched him intently and I know he had 4 tackles in the short time he played. cam Thomas also. he was coming down the line and making tackles where most NT's don't. several of them.

it has nothing to do with what they have done in previous games or years.

 

Agree 100% mac. I though Adams looked pretty bad myself until they gave him help on his side. I know the Giants played their first string D longer than we did and because of that Adams faced some good competition but I didn't see much of anything promising from him and i've been a fan of his since we drafted him. Not happy with what I saw from Adams at all.

 

correct, my bad adams was the 2nd rated behind gilbert. I don't see it. he had tons of help and was not nearly as good without that help to start with. I really don't think he played terrible either when he had that help but 2nd highest rating, uh uh, not buying that.

I really didn't think beachum played badly. he seemed to be after it in the run game and I thought played pretty well for all the time he had out there. foster looked slow, but he's missed a lot of practice. not meals, practice.

 

who ever said beachum was all pro blast? let me ask you this, how much did you like gradkowski? enough said about our LT being beachum and not adams.

 

I don't pay attention to PFF and their subjective grades, I'm sure the teams don't either.

 

it's all good. I'm just glad we do have him. one heck of an overachiever. we are not talking just a 7th rounder, but the 3rd and last of the 7th rounders that we picked that year.

 

today? LOL just kidding.

I know, we all want that my friend.