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Old 08-19-2007, 09:41 PM
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Tough night for Grove, Huff
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Old 08-19-2007, 09:58 PM
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Vernon Davis and Smith will be abusing corners for years to come. Smith has taken a step forward. That ball thrown to 46 was perfect. a 4.4 250 TE is hard for anyone to handle one on one. We'll see if Huff steps up but don't discount the players on the other side.
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Old 08-19-2007, 10:02 PM
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Every night is tough for Grove.I keep hoping he will show something but time is running out for him to show he can make it in the NFL.Too bad Newberry knees are shot
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Grove has BUST written all over him. If he can't find another position to play, he's done. Center is not for him in the NFL. It's sad, but we wasted a 2nd round pick on this chump. I'm sick of him not living up to expectations. At least Gallery is looking good at LG. Granted, we should not have wasted a 1st round pick on him either, at least he's serviceable. Grove is useless...
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Grove has BUST written all over him. If he can't find another position to play, he's done. Center is not for him in the NFL. It's sad, but we wasted a 2nd round pick on this chump. I'm sick of him not living up to expectations. At least Gallery is looking good at LG. Granted, we should not have wasted a 1st round pick on him either, at least he's serviceable. Grove is useless...

couldent have said it better myself. Grove is a bust and there is nothing to salvage at this point.
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Vernon Davis and Smith will be abusing corners for years to come. Smith has taken a step forward. That ball thrown to 46 was perfect. a 4.4 250 TE is hard for anyone to handle one on one. We'll see if Huff steps up but don't discount the players on the other side.
And you bases this off of one pass Davis caught? He leaves a lot to be desire and he is a big, big mouth.
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On one play, it appears Grove was assigned to block the Niners nose tackle Sopoaga one-on-one. There's no way in Hell Grove can take on Sopoaga. Especially when it's a running play between the guard/center gap. That was the play that ended up being a long gainer, but was called back on a hold by Grove.

I've posted about Huff's lack of tackling technique before. He's fast, a big hitter, but he lacks technique when it comes to tackling in the open field IMHO. He's defensive skills seem to be okay. Covering someone one-on-one is tough for any defender IMHO. You win some. You lose some.
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Right on the money!

The biggest dissappointment was the TD on Huff. I would figure him to be more conscious and turn around as soon as he was in the endzone because he was running after a defender at almost full speed. The missed tackle on Davis irritated me because Davis, who has no room to talk sh#t, taunted the sideline and hyped the crowd. Davis is still a rookie if you ask me because of his injury last season. He needs to shut the F#ck up and play.

Both teams seemed to play pretty sloppy in certain areas. But, it was an exciting game and the offensive woes of last seasona are behind us for the most part.
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The 3 long, sustained scoring TD drives were with Newberry. Grove should be a backup center & backup guard. He lacks the sheer power & strength to take on physical NTs.

I'm still a firm believer that Huff's best position is FS whether that change is made in 2007 or 2008.
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On one play, it appears Grove was assigned to block the Niners nose tackle Sopoaga one-on-one. There's no way in Hell Grove can take on Sopoaga. Especially when it's a running play between the guard/center gap. That was the play that ended up being a long gainer, but was called back on a hold by Grove.

I've posted about Huff's lack of tackling technique before. He's fast, a big hitter, but he lacks technique when it comes to tackling in the open field IMHO. He's defensive skills seem to be okay. Covering someone one-on-one is tough for any defender IMHO. You win some. You lose some.
Good to see SOPOAGA (University Of HAWAII Aulum) doing it big in the NFL
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But yes I too don't think too highly on Grove... HellI'll take back Adam Treu over Grove
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