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JJ was the man tonight. On all of his long runs except one, he had to run through an arm tackle. His offseason work is showing off as he is consistently running through arm/jersey grabs this season and then walking off and leaving people.

Sani should have been 4-6 for 3 TD's. I'm sure Messer wouldn't even say otherwise. Ball was put right on the money. The pick was a poor throw however. Messer was open on that play but the ball needed some air and needed to lead Tony. Will improve with experience. On a bright note, it looks like Belfry will be able to play #4 Taylor ALOT on offense at WR - which lets Cam Johnson focus on safety. The more guys settling into roles, especially where it allows a two platoon situation is a positive IMO.

Belfry still had #54 Taylor (OG), #44 Ghormley (ILB), and #10 Fransico (OLB) in street clothes in this game. Timmy May played well IMO at OLB. He is constantly being coached up, but is active and agressive. I thought A. Hatfield looked good at ILB, but when Ghormley comes back and Hatfield can move back to the D-line, the defense only gets better. It appears Haywood plans to use Barnes at NOSE on 50/50 or running plays, while using a quicker nose on obvious passing downs. H. Hatfield, #16, and #56 all got after the QB fromt their D-line spots.

Belfry's o-line has very good size, and look to be developing some nice depth. At this point, you have Jude, Taylor, May, Francis, Willis -- and Barnes, J. Duty, and even #73 and #67 who look like are solid. That is a nice 8 man rotation. BUT, have to cut down on the drive killing false starts. That is something that just takes time and practice.

Overall, Belfry reminded me tonight why we all had such high expectations. PLENTY of work to do in all facets of the game, but a positive night IMO.