His 53 yard pass reception was a thing of beauty, but my favorite of the night was his run play where he stiff-armed Rodgers-Cromartie. He basically just took his left arm and threw the guy off of him and never broke stride. Anyone else like that one?

Garcon playing with a chip on his shoulder….Where did he get that pile driver stiff arm? Carrying plates out to the table one handed?

Powers, a rookie who plays like a vet.

I miss Brackett, but I hope Keiaho plays out of his mind and quiets his critics.

to know what this defense is, yet. I can’t say they are weak against the run. They had one average day against a superstar RB. They had one horrible game against a gimmick offense they have never played against before (practice and film study only goes so far) and they had one great game against a team that doesn’t run the ball well/a lot.

However, they have been without, at some point this year: Their starting safety, their starting MIKE, their starting DT, their starting CBs. Now, the earliest possible chance that the defense will be whole is whenever Freeney comes back. Impossible to tell what they could be.

Here’s what I will say, though: against Airzona, the starting corners were Powers and Jennings. Both of them, for reasons known only to God, decided to be more physical than we had seen from them (specifically Jennings). If they are going to beat WRs up and be successful, especially when its Jackson and Hayden on the outside, and you are going to have Freeney and Mathis coming off the edges, and you’re going to have Johnson&Johnson clogging up the middle, and you’re going to have The Erase stopping the run, I think this defense could easily be well above average in all areas, including run stopping.

Its a lot of wishful thinking, though, since I don’t think all 11 starters can be healthy at the same time :p