ATL: Week 2

[LUKE23]

We were also missing two of our top 4 coverage players that game, Hayward and Burnett. The dropoff at this point to our bench at those spots is monumentally big, and I like Hyde.

[WiscSports1]

I would feel so much more comfortable facing Sea it's not even funny. I mean, we did beat them last year, in THEIR place.

[raysbookclub]

it would be tough to win at seattle, with that pass rush in that field and their secondary. and russell wilson is good, even if there's still a book being written on defending him. if percy harvin is able to come back and play, that offense is harder to play. kinda like the vikings from a few years ago, with lynch/peterson and harvin as dual running threats. we do match up better with them, though, than with sf.

but while sf is good, i don't see them as good down the stretch this year. they had a big injury to their d-line, broken ankle on their NT, from a cheap cut block by the Seattle guard. (That Seattle line is borderline dirty, esp that guy, feel like I noticed him doing more than just playing when we had them for the preseason game too.) gore's not getting younger, neither is boldin, and their secondary is pretty thin.

all to say, it's a long season. let's see how it goes and where teams are at in December.

Atl, SF, Sea, GB all are good, and maybe NO; it wouldn't be wild to predict any of those teams going all the way.

[Bucksfans1and2]

it would be tough to win at seattle, with that pass rush in that field and their secondary. and russell wilson is good, even if there's still a book being written on defending him. if percy harvin is able to come back and play, that offense is harder to play. kinda like the vikings from a few years ago, with lynch/peterson and harvin as dual running threats. we do match up better with them, though, than with sf.

but while sf is good, i don't see them as good down the stretch this year. they had a big injury to their d-line, broken ankle on their NT, from a cheap cut block by the Seattle guard. (That Seattle line is borderline dirty, esp that guy, feel like I noticed him doing more than just playing when we had them for the preseason game too.) gore's not getting younger, neither is boldin, and their secondary is pretty thin.

all to say, it's a long season. let's see how it goes and where teams are at in December.

Atl, SF, Sea, GB all are good, and maybe NO; it wouldn't be wild to predict any of those teams going all the way.

The Seahawk line is very average and Wilson isn't half the running threat that Kaepernick is. You can get after Wilson, like you really can't Kaepernick

[FAH1223]

I miss Woodson.

OAKLAND -- Maurice Jones-Drew was four yards away from tying the game.

Jacksonville’s diminutive running back had a clear path to the end zone down the left sideline when, seemingly out of nowhere, Charles Woodson literally flew into the picture and wrestled Jones-Drew down, hooking him around the helmet and shoulders.

Not only did the tackle prevent a touchdown -- the Jacksonville Jaguars had to settle for a field goal to creep within 7-3 -- Woodson’s reckless abandon stoppage knocked Jones-Drew out of the game with an ankle injury.

“Sometimes you have to leave your feet,” Woodson said with a grin. “He was trying to stretch the play outside and it looked like he was slowing down and wasn’t going to be able to get the corner and I just wanted to get to him."

“It was like flying over a building in a single bound."

No, the Oakland Raiders were not like Superman in their 19-9 defeat of Jacksonville, but neither did the Jaguars have any kryptonite for Woodson, who made the play despite having to come off the field three snaps earlier after getting banged up.

The Raiders’ 36-year-old future Hall of Famer was all over the field Sunday, leading Oakland with six tackles. He was playing with the energy of a man several years younger, and setting an example for an impressionable secondary.

“Any time you see a guy like Charles Woodson play as long as he has in the league and play with the level he’s played, for him to make an effort play like that really gives the whole team, and the defense in particular, a lot of momentum,” said Raiders coach Dennis Allen.

“I thought it was a great play. We were able to hold them to a field goal. We were able to keep the game, for most of the game, we were able to keep it as a two-score game, which I thought was critical.”

To wit, a 7-3 lead rather than a 7-7 tie in the second quarter was huge for Oakland.

It’s a small sample size, no doubt, but Woodson, who dealt with a humbling free-agent experience this offseason, seems re-energized by his return to the franchise that drafted him fourth overall in 1998.

He had the Canton-worthy talent with the Raiders, but became evolved into a Hall of Famer with Green Bay.

Sunday, Woodson was introduced last to the home crowd during pregame introductions and he was given a raucous welcome. He repaid the crowd with the defensive play of the game.

“God’s gift to me was to be able to play football, and I can play football,” he said. “I’m at the age where as long as my body feels good, I can go out there and play football. I don’t think it’s really about showing anybody anything, it’s just going out there and trying to help the team win in any way I can.”

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[Turk Nowitzki]

I miss him too

[MikeIsGood]

I do and I don't.

[whatthe_buck!?]

I love him and he is one of my fav packers ever in addition to being IMO the second most important player on the team behind Godgers in the Super Bowl season, that said I don't miss him because i dont miss what he would have been for us this season, a subpar starter taking minutes and cap space that are critical to developing and maintaining this teams present and future potential. I miss Prime Woody, but hell I miss prime Reggie White too, TT made the correct and necessary choice as hard as it must have been for him to do...

[xTitan]

I miss the great CB Woodson, not the poor tackling safety Woodson

[whatthe_buck!?]

I miss the great CB Woodson, not the poor tackling safety Woodson

This team showing u enough toughness and physicality yet xTitan? Specifically referring to Starks knocking Meriweather out of the game...

[FAH1223]

I miss the great CB Woodson, not the poor tackling safety Woodson

He's looking spry to open the season.

[KidA24]

I miss the great CB Woodson, not the poor tackling safety Woodson

He's looking spry to open the season.

"Dirty play. Wrapped his arms around his neck to tackle him." - Jim Harbaugh

[FAH1223]