





Sorry this one took so long to get out. As I said in the last post, I was travelling during and after the game. I had to watch this game at the airport, and wasn't able to get my first rewatch in until a couple days ago. Luckily the bye coincided with my travel time and I was able to get this post before the next game. With these time constraints, I wasn't able to add the new features I was planning (frame by frame breakdown for plays of note). The Week 6 analysis should be done by the normal time, either Wednesday or Thursday, hopefully with pictures.

As always: I'm not the most knowledgeable on the subject so I may be wrong at times. I played a little and use what I learned from those days to analyze the film. If you see anything wrong or would like to corroborate my point, I appreciate any and all comments.

Explanation of the grades: I'm just looking to see if any guys made a glaring error that leads to ruining the play or said player just clearly misses their block. If they do that, they get a "0" on the play. If not, they get a "1," which get added together and are then divided by the total number of plays said player plays. I can't get too deep into knocking everyone on the line for certain mistakes because I do not know what the coaches are asking for on a given play.

Grades:

Bolles:

Game: Total: 52/61 (85.25%) Run: 26/29 (89.66%) Pass: 26/32 (81.25%)

1st Quarter: Total: 15/18 (83.33%) Run: 6/7 (85.71%) Pass: 9/11 (81.82%)

2nd Quarter: Total: 16/19 (84.21%) Run: 9/10 (90%) Pass: 7/9 (77.78%)

3rd Quarter: Total: 13/13 (100%) Run 8/8 (100%) Pass: 5/5 (100%)

4th Quarter: Total: 8/11 (72.73%) Run: 3/4 (75%) Pass: 5/7 (71.43%)

Garcia:

Game: Total: 24/27 (88.89%) Run: 12/13 (92.31%) Pass: 12/14 (85.71%)

1st Quarter: Total 8/11 (72.73%) Run: 4/5 (80%) Pass: 4/6 (66.67%)

2nd Quarter: Total: 5/5 (100%) Run: 3/3 (100%) Pass: 2/2 (100%)

3rd Quarter: Total: 9/9 (100%) Run: 5/5 (100%) Pass: 4/4 (100%)

4th Quarter: Total: 2/2 (100%) Run: 0/0 (N/A) Pass: 2/2 (100%)

Barbre:

Game: Total: 31/34 (91.18%) Run: 15/16 (93.75%) Pass: 16/18 (88.89%)

1st Quarter: Total: 6/7 (85.71%) Run: 2/2 (100%) Pass: 4/5 (80%)

2nd Quarter: Total: 13/14 (92.86%) Run: 6/7 (85.71%) Pass: 7/7 (100%)

3rd Quarter: Total: 4/4 (100%) Run: 3/3 (100%) Pass: 1/1 (100%)

4th Quarter: Total: 8/9 (88.89%) Run: 4/4 (100%) Pass: 4/5 (80%)

Paradis:

Game: Total: 57/61 (93.44%) Run: 25/29 (86.20%) Pass: 32/32 (100%)

1st Quarter: Total: 16/18 (88.89%) Run: 5/7 (71.43%) Pass: 11/11( 100%)

2nd Quarter: Total: 18/19 (94.74%) Run: 9/10 (90%) Pass: 9/9 (100%)

3rd Quarter: Total: 12/13 (92.31%) Run: 7/8 (87.5%) Pass: 5/5 (100%)

4th Quarter: Total: 11/11 (100%) Run: 4/4 (100%) Pass: 7/7 (100%)

Leary:

Game: Total: 59/61 (96.72%) Run: 28/29 (96.55%) Pass: 31/32 (96.88%)

1st Quarter: Total: 18/18 (100%) Run: 7/7 (100%) Pass: 11/11 (100%)

2nd Quarter: Total: 18/19 (94.74%) Run: 9/10 (90%) Pass: 9/9 (100%)

3rd Quarter: Total: 13/13 (100%) Run: 8/8 (100%) Pass: 5/5 (100%)

4th Quarter: Total: 10/11 (90.91%) Run: 4/4 (100%) Pass: 6/7 (85.71%)

Watson:

Game: Total: 56/60 (93.33%) Run: 28/29 (96.55%) Pass: 28/31 (90.33%)

1st Quarter: Total: 17/18 (94.44%) Run: 6/7 (85.71%) Pass: 11/11 (100%)

2nd Quarter: Total: 18/19 (94.74%) Run: 10/10 (100%) Pass: 8/9 (88.89%)

3rd Quarter: Total: 11/12 (91.67%) Run: 8/8 (100%) Pass: 3/4 (75%)

4th Quarter: Total: 10/11 (90.91%) Run: 4/4 (100%) Pass: 6/7 (85.71%)

Stephenson:

Game: Total: 4/5 (80%) Run: 4/4 (100%) Pass: 0/1 (0%)

Analysis

-Starting with the good first, it was hard not to notice how well Leary played, even from the USO TV at the airport. The first play Leary gets a "0" for is his holding call in the 2nd quarter (2nd Q, 2:02). I thought the call was ticky tacky, especially considering it was a short yardage scrum where all sorts of illegal actions are taken by both sides, but costing us a 3rd down conversion earns you a "0" every time. The 2nd and final zero he got was on a safety blitz where Watson correctly picks up the Safety coming off the edge while Leary takes on Irvin too late, giving him a path to the QB (4th Q, 12:06). On 61 plays, if your OL messes up on only 2 of those plays, that's as good of a job as you can ask for.

-Continuing on with the good, I have to go to Watson next. Yes he received a lot of help, but I ask you to name one RT in this league you're not going to funnel help to against the Von's/Houston's/Mack's. You'd be lucky to find 3 of them.

-His lone running play "0" occurred in the 1st quarter, where he, along with Paradis and Bolles, lets his man get into the backfield barely touched (1st Q, 11:28). His 1st pass blocking error comes when he gives Mack a path to the QB off the edge (2nd Q, 7:10). It looked as though he may have been expecting some help from Derby who lined up in the backfield.

-In the 3rd, Watson engages Mack well enough, but Charles comes in with the chip and actually knocks Mack off of Watson's block, right into Siemian (3rd Q, 11:28). I also thought on this play Siemian tries to step up earlier then he needed to, but Watson still gets the "0" as his man gets the sack. Keeping up the trend of one error per quarter, Watson gets a holding call on an oddly designed play that ends up looking like a screen (even though it clearly wasn't meant to be one) (4th Q, 4:31). All in all, a very solid game from MHR's whipping boy, especially considering who he was matched up against.

-While certainly not a terrible game, Paradis turned in a sub par performance compared to the normally dominant ones we've become accustomed to from him. As always, he was as close to perfect as you can get in pass protection, but he had more running play "0's" then I normally give him.

-Starting with the first play of the game, Paradis does well helping Garcia work his way on to his man, but is too slow to pick up the LB who fills his gap, resulting in a run stopped at the line (1st Q, 15:00). On the first play of the 2nd drive, Paradis let's his man cross his face. He is able to engage on him, but his man gets a solid 3-4 yards into the backfield and joins 3 other Raiders who win their matchups and are in the backfield (1st Q, 11:28).

-His lone "0" of the 2nd quarter comes once again at the start of the quarter (2nd Q, 15:00). He gets completely stonewalled at the line by a DT lined up on him and gets no push, allowing his man to make the play for a minimal gain. His final error happens in the 3rd Quarter (3rd Q, 6:33), where he can never get on his man who's chipped by Leary and the back is stopped for a loss.

-I want to stress that this was not a bad game for Paradis, just not the level we've come to expect from him. No need to hit the panic button.

-Moving on to the LG's, Garcia obviously becomes the whipping boy in this game, and for good reason. All his errors occur in the 1st quarter, and afterwards he appears to settle in for the remainder of the game. But the problem with this is when you're a guy splitting snaps with another player, you can not afford to mess up so many times in limited action. I obviously gave him a zero for letting up a sack to Mario Edwards on a basic rip move (1st Q, 14:28). Edwards takes Garcia's lunch money again on a run play, who stops CJ for a minimal gain (1st Q, 2:56). And finally, Edwards pushes Garcia right into Siemian (Bolles also got blown back into Siemian on this play), who has to escape the pocket and throw it away (1st Q, 1:21).

- Barbre didn't fare too much better then his competition, as he had the same amount of errors on more grade eligible plays. But what helped him was that his mistakes were far less notable then Garcia's. Barbre's 1st Quarter "0" comes on Derby's TD catch (1st Q, 8:19). He helps Bolles with his man, but is late to react to a delayed blitz from the LB. He gets away with what should have been a holding call, but luckily enough for us doesn't take the day's only TD off the board.

- In the 2nd Quarter, Barbre can't even get a hand on Edwards, who can't get CJ down in the backfield (2nd Q, 14:21). What might have been a loss to our own 3 becomes an 8 yard run setting up a manageable 3rd & 1. Barbre's final "0" on the day comes in the 4th Quarter (4th Q, 12:06), where he, as well as Leary and Bolles, give their men paths to the QB, who is able to get rid of it for an incompletion.

-If I had to judge who was better, I would lean towards Barbre. I just found it worthy to point out they both got the same amount of "0's," Barbre was just lucky enough his errors were covered up, where as Garcia's were easier to see.

-Finally, we get to Bolles. I'm not hitting the panic button on him, but he clearly had the worst day of all the regulars. He got some chips early and was holding up well with them, but once protection started shifting to Watson, Bolles struggled.

-Unlike the other guys, I'm not going to go through each "0," as this post might double in size if I did. I'll just list them on one bullet point (so you can watch them and see if you disagree with me) and give an overview of his day another.

-Errors: 1st Q: 11:28, 9:35, 1:21. 2nd Q: 7:51, 1:24, 1:19. 4th Q: 14:56, 12:06, 5:13

-Similar to Barbre, some of his mistakes weren't noticeable because while he made a pretty glaring error, either the QB got rid of the ball or in the case of some run plays, someone also messed up. On the rewatch, however, his errors were pretty noticeable. On passing plays, he routinely got beat by Irvin, who used a mix of bull rushes and speed rushes to get by Bolles. On one of the few plays Mack lined up on his side, he also allowed an easy pressure (although 2 others did as well, 4th Q: 12:06). He also missed one X stunt on my eyes, allowing Edwards to have another easy path into our backfield. In the running game, he only had a couple errors, but Edwards was routinely the culprit for them.

-Having gotten all the negatives out of the way, I'm not ready to sound the alarm on Bolles. I still think long term he can become a great LT, and he should be at the least serviceable for the rest of the season. Anyone who expected him to dominate throughout his rookie campaign just has unrealistic expectations. Let's hope Bolles learns from his errors and has a good bounce back game coming off the bye.

-Not really much to say on Stephenson, besides the fact that anyone who was calling for Watson to be benched should probably stop. He had 4 Tackle eligible run plays and didn't do much, good or bad. His lone error was probably the worst play any of our OL have had all season, and could have been incredibly disastrous if that fumble stood as called.

Parting Words

Again, sorry this is so late and close to the next game. Hopefully we can have some good discussion before the late kickoff!

And also sorry for not having the pictures as promised. As I said at the top, it's been a pretty hectic week. I should hopefully have them for the Week 6 Analysis.

Looking forward to the Giants, it seems to me to be a favorable matchup for our guys. Olivier Vernon is out at the time I'm posting this, so there goes the biggest headache of a pass rusher they have. JPP is obviously talented, but if he lines up on our right as he often does, I'm not too worried about Watson. He doesn't possess the speed that troubles Menelik, so I'm hopeful he should hold his own. According to my friends who are Giants fans, Damon Harrison isn't his usual elite self against the run, but is still pretty dang good. Watching Paradis battle against him should be fun, even considering how much of a weight advantage Harrison has over him.