Originally Posted by el borracho:
Have they asked Pacheco to return any kicks in the preseason? Or is he now too valuable to risk on kick return duties?
I think he's had several returns?? Including today? Did you watch the game? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Simply Red:
I don't love him TBH. I don't get a warm fuzzy off of his reps. I just don't see it I guess -maybe I need to watch more of the game first, but so far from what I've seen, anyway.
Yeah, same. BUT. It's better than what I feel about RoJo or CEH. [Reply]
Originally Posted by el borracho:
Wasn't able to watch tonight's game... only the highlights on youtube. How has he looked returning kicks?
He was doing the Dale Carter thing returning kicks that he should have downed. BUT he looked like speed and potential. It's the preseason after all. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
I think we saw a lot more of what the coaches were seeing in practice tonight. He gives them a threat off tackle and on outside zone that they haven’t had the past 2 years.
Me likey.
Absolutely. Nice to see some of that come together. I don't think this guy is likely to be the perfect RB but this team has been fine with good, competent play at the position and if he can give you that with some more explosion, we're in great shape.
Definitely excited about his performance in this game. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Kiimosabi:
He was doing the Dale Carter thing returning kicks that he should have downed. BUT he looked like speed and potential. It's the preseason after all.
Its preseason, you can't evaluate the players on kick return if you kneel it in the endzone eveytime [Reply]
Originally Posted by Simply Red:
no Marc I mean he bobs his body every ten steps or so - like he's pumping or something. It's sort of hard to explain but you can see it if you really watch him straight line run.
If you’re watching and hoping to see Jonathan Taylor or something like that, yeah, I understand being a little disappointed.
I’m watching and hoping to see Damian Williams with better run game efficiency. Saw that last night.
He also had several runs that put the “he has no vision” complaints to bed.
He doesn’t have GREAT vision. He’s a little inconsistent with it (as you might expect of a guy whose OL was severely outmatched in 80 percent of the games he played in college). But it also isn’t completely nonexistent. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
If you’re watching and hoping to see Jonathan Taylor or something like that, yeah, I understand being a little disappointed.
I’m watching and hoping to see Damian Williams with better run game efficiency. Saw that last night.
He also had several runs that put the “he has no vision” complaints to bed.
He doesn’t have GREAT vision. He’s a little inconsistent with it (as you might expect of a guy whose OL was severely outmatched in 80 percent of the games he played in college). But it also isn’t completely nonexistent.
Yeah, certainly better last night, although he's done it playing against scrubs.
Hopefully he can contribute something, and with Gore gone he'll certainly make the team. I'm sure an opportunity will be there down the line. [Reply]