Category: First Impressions
Panthers @ Jets: Week 3 Preseason
In the game that pitted the most over-hyped quarterback duel of all time against one of the most talked about sophomore signal callers ever there was no doubt about which of these two favorite media items came closer to matching reality. While Mark Sanchez showed himself to be head and shoulders above Tim Tebow and, [...]
49ers @ Broncos: Week 3 Preseason
Peyton Manning may have caught the eye, but what about the rest? Nathan Jahnke offers his thoughts on what went down with the Broncos and 49ers.
Texans @ Saints: Week 3 Preseason
Two teams tipped to contend squared off in Week 3 of the Preseason. Who stood out? Rick Drummond investigates.
Steelers @ Bills: Week 3 Preseason
The final score was not indicative of the battle between the first team units in the Pittsburgh Steelers 38-7 win over the Buffalo Bills. It was actually a closely contested first half as the Steelers went into the break with a 14-7 lead on the strength of a Bills turnover deep in their territory that [...]
Rams @ Cowboys: Week 3 Preseason
Against a Dallas team missing a lot of quality in its starting line-up (DeMarcus Ware, Dez Bryant, Miles Austin and Jason Witten) Rams fans probably expected a closely contested game. However, don’t be fooled by the final score here. When the seconds and thirds put a little gloss on the scoreboard the end result was [...]
Lions @ Raiders: Week 3 Preseason
With a massive rebuild underway in Oakland, there’s a lot of speculating to do. Who makes the roster? Who gets the start? Who will step up? We got a tease of what to expect when they hosted the Detroit Lions in Week 3 of the NFL preseason. As is to be expected, there was a [...]
Colts @ Redskins: Week 3 Preseason
While a highly anticipated preseason game sounds like an oxymoron, this game got as close as it gets. It featured the top two picks of the draft, who happen to be two highly anticipated quarterbacks, going head to head. Both played well in a relatively exciting preseason matchup. Outside of the quarterback position, both teams [...]
Eagles @ Browns: Week 3 Preseason
Although this was the third preseason game both teams approached it differently than they normally would. The Browns and Eagles meet in just over two weeks on opening weekend so both coaches were understandably reluctant to show their hand. Reid decided to play his starters for an extended period last week against the Patriots and [...]
Seahawks @ Chiefs: Week 3 Preseason
When Seattle completed their draft in April this year there was a queue of people lining up to rip them for a lot of their decisions. Now that the real action has started, and the intellectuals who grade drafts before the players have even turned up for OTA’s have scuttled back into their holes, there [...]
Bears @ Giants: Week 3 Preseason
With the New York Giants hosting the Chicago Bears in Week 3 of the NFL preseason, you could be sure there’d be some offensive line issues to talk about. In this match-up of our two lowest ranked lines from 2011, something had to give right? Well something did give, but given what we’ve come to [...]
