This is one of those times where we have to say: fuck you, New York. Of all things ridiculous...
Sepulveda is amazing. He had 4 more punts at an average clip of 49 yards per kick. On top of that he made a fantastic drag-down tackle when his coverage unit bailed on him. Tomlin had him kicking off instead of Reed in the second half: this is good. This is what we want in the future. Skippy = accurate leg, not much power.
"I'm going to continue to do what I've been doing and everything will play itself out."Here's how everything is going to play out: you're going to lose your job to Maurky Maurk. That's how it's going to play out.
—C Justin Hartwig on his competition with rookie Maurkice Pouncey.
Pouncey was at center for some of the first team's plays, and he looked like he knew what he was doing. I didn't get a chance to see him lay any pull blocks, but he held up in pass protection, which is really all we ever asked.
The Leftwich bomb to Wallace was really, really cool. It was basically the "go outrun everyone, Mike!" play. And he executed it, and Leftwich threw the ball, literally about 50 yards, where Wallace caught it and carried it an additional 20, untouched. Now to be fair, he was probably against a scrub DB in single coverage. But what this play keeps telling us is that Mike Wallace may actually be really good. We saw it last year, but weren't sure if it was sheer talent, or just favorable matchups. It may well be that we have a real talent in #17.
The word on the street regarding the two WRs we got in this year's draft is that they're also lightning fast. We'll see about hands once they start taking hits.
Lefty played a much better game. He played like he wanted it, which is really all we want to see. Nothing would be worse than seeing one of our QBs phone it in because he knows he doesn't have competition. Leftwich had some nice, deep passes and he also, shockingly, fought off some tackles and waddled upfield for some gains.
This next week is in Denver. I'm thinking about maybe taking off work and driving 13 hours to see it. Anyone want to come?
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