Thoughts on everything

As all of you have probably noticed, many people have been putting up weekly posts, and Iike that idea, so I'm gonna make one of my own: "Thoughts on everything". I have done this a couple times, but never really thought of it as a wekly post until now.

I have a basic format that I have followed when I do these posts; I pretty much go through every section of this team (O-line, QB, RB, WR, TE, D-line, LBs, the secondary, maybe some quick-hits, and add a poll or something) and just write what I think about it. So, here goes:

HENNE: Chad Henne had a great game. Even though a lot of people have disagreed with me, for reasons I will explain in a moment, I think he had a huge day. Now, some people tell me to look at some of those final drives that we had where he made some inaccurate throws, such as the one to Lousaka Polite when he was wide open in the flat for a potential touchdown. Although he did make a sloppy throw by floating it over the Monster's head, you have to look at it from both perspectives. Pessimist's perspective: He made a bad throw in a crucial time in a game; that could have ruined the game for us. And while that is very true, lets take a look at the optimist's POV: first of all, he is a rookie, he will make these mistakes, there is no way around it, but through these mistakes is where he can become a potential star. Also, if anyone noticed, he was being pressured on that ply, which could have forced him to make an inaccurate throw. I think the good outweighs the bad in that situation...

O-LINE: I am in love with our offensive line. Week in and week out they protect Mr. Henne and create holes for our RBs. As banged up as they are, they are still producing on the field for us. I don't think that they have allowed 2 or more sacks in one game since October! We really got our money's worth out of our O-line.

RBs: Although Ricky "only" got 75 yards on the ground, he also only ran the ball 18 times, thats a solid 4.2 yards per carry. Also, although Lex Hilliard didn't have the best of games Sunday, I still believe that this guy is a playmaker, in the passing game as well. Lex Hilliard is very fast for his size, he will surprise you if you don't know who he is. I think that throwing some screens to this guy might be effective.

WRs: I have been saying it for a long time, Davone Bess in the best (no pun intended) receiver that we have. He runs excellent routes, he catches nearly everything, he is CLUTCH, and he gets YACs (yards after the catch), and he demonstrated that for us yesterday. However we end up building up this receiving corpse I want him at slot and Hartline opposite to the #1 guy that we get. Which brings me to the next player; Brian Hartline. Boy, is this guy good. He has great concentration, will catch the ball, and although he isn't the fastest guy out there, he is a big guy. He, I think should be our #2 guy for many years to come. Next, I don't know why we don't ever throw it to Greg Camarillo. I have never seen him drop a pass, which is one of the problems that we have been having with our receivers lately. He will catch it with every part of his body, from his calf, to his head, and even with his HANDS! We should definitely utilize him more often. And Teddy. Good ol' Teddy. He made two catches on Sunday. Two pretty good catches. Does that change my opinion on him? No.

TEs: 2008's Anthony Fasano showed up on Sunday for a second game in a row. If he can continue to play this way, I will regain confidence in him; but I still don't trust him fully... I haven't seen much of Haynos or Speary lately, so, yea.

D-line: Our Ferg-less defensive line is still performing up to par, for the most part. I like the direction that this group is headed in. Merling, Soliai, and Langford all show great promise, and how about Randy Starks? Pass-rushing monster! And he is only 25! That makes me happy :)

LBs: I wanna see more of Cameron Wake, he put pressure on Tommy at the most important time; crunch time, do-or-die time. He will be a great player, he just has to work on his coverage. Peezy, continues to steadily improve since the first game vs the Pats. JT, solid, but isn't getting any younger. I also like Charlie Anderson and Reggie Torbor, but I still think that getting a star LB is an offseason need this year.

Secondary: Vontae Davis is the man. "Thats two!" I'm never gonna get tired of that. He and Sean have very good potential to be a nasty shutdown duo in the future. Sean Smith gave Welker some problems at times, but shutting down Wes Welker just isn't possible, but I still like Sean Smith. He continues to grow, especially in his tackling he isn't a big guy, but he is making big guy tackles, and some solid coverage. We have a safety problem. Gibril Sucks, Bell is old. We need to get Gibril out of Miami, and Bell only has a few years left. I see us replacing Gibril in the draft this year, and Bell in a draft in the near future, but he can still be effective for a couple more years.

QUICK HITS (Playoffs edition):

-Baltimore lost, that puts us one game closer to the wild card lead.

-Winning the division looks more and more possible now with the apparent falling of the great empire that was the New England Patriots, if we can finish strong like last year, we might repeat as division champs.

-Don't count the Jets out either. As much as I hat to say this, any team can go on a winning streak at any given time. They have as much of a chance at the postseason as we do.

-That loss to the Bills really bit us in the @$$, didn't it? If we would have beaten them, which could have easily taken place, we would be in the lead in the AFC East (by tiebreaker; division record).

-Also, all these close games that we had in the bag but didn't go our way is really haunting us right now. Like the Colts game, Saints game, or the sloppy Chargers or Falcons game.

-I believe that if we win-out, which is a slight possibility, we will make the playoffs, because the Ravens AND the Pats seem bound to slip, so IF we win out, we will make the playoffs. Now, can we do that? We will have to wait and find out.