03-12-2020, 08:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-13-2020, 08:06 AM by yonggarius.)
Hello everyone! I'm here to answer questions about our week 1 and 2 games that just happened. Feel free to ask me anything!
2. All things considered. I think I did quite alright. I got a tad more than 150 yards in the course of those two games and about 13 catches. So that's about 11 yards for each catch, per average. I think those are decent numbers as I got some first downs in the progress. Of course, I would've been delighted to have a touchdown or two, but I'll make do without them for now. However, I'll try to snag as much touchdown catches as possible for the rest of the season.
3. I'm definitely going to make myself faster, for starters. I almost had a long touchdown at the Grey Ducks game, but the corner caught up with me and tackled me after some 20 yards. I'm not letting anything like that happening again in the future. Also, I'm quite pissed that I had some drops in the Grey Ducks game. As you know, catching is my strong suit as a receiver. So I think I'll be hitting the jug machine more often to be more reliable target for Monty.
4. Well, that coronavirus is quite widespread in my home country of South Korea, and I was almost denied entrance to United States because of that, so I am being extra careful. I'm wearing masks, sanitizing my hands and everything. Also, I've been drinking some vodka lately as my GM told me that vodka can be quite effective against coronavirus as it is almost pure alchohol. And that vodka helped me to calm the nerves before the games, so thank you Mr. GM.
And Gimmy got us out of that. He called a meeting and told us to get over the loss and "don't be a goddamn crybaby for one L and go do some more training or something else productive". He then gathered the linemen and told them something that made them pumped up. O line started to do a lot better the very next practice. Gimmy's a real veteran, you know. He's been through all kinds of tough situations and that experience helped us immensely in getting over that week 1 L and making ourselves better for the next game.
Xaq Schiaparelli and Benson Bayley Jr. played really well, especially in the Grey Ducks game. Xaq played like a legend that game and snagged a really crucial interception when we were down at by 3 points early in the second quarter. Plus he defended two passes which would have resulted in a first down otherwise. And Benson really surprised me, as he just joined the squad via waivers and recorded a sack(ending that drive with a three and out, if my memory is correct) along with 8 tackles and 4 pass deflections. That was very surprising as Benson did not had much time to adjust to our defensive scheme, or even participate in practices at the training camp. I look forward to what Benson will show us when he fully adjusts to the team.
Among DSFL corners, I'm least confident against Alexander Hamilton II because he is the fastest in the group. As you know, I'm not really that fast for a wide receiver. So speedy corners can be somewhat difficult for me to handle sometimes. However, I'm going to give him a tough match when I get to meet him, as I plan to be faster. Plus, I won't be the only cause of concern for them as I'm not the only talent in this offence.
Quote:As a teammate,1. For the first game, all of us could have done a better job. Offensive line had some trouble especially early into the game, so poor Monty didn't have enough time to do anything with the ball. And the o-line problem also seriously hindered our run game. I think we might be partly accountable for the blames about our defense's struggles(especially against the run) as we wasn't able to hold on to the ball for a long time. For the Grey Ducks game, however, everyone did a whole lot better. Offensive line improved a lot and gave Monty some time to make some plays and show everyone how good of a quarterback he is. Running game also went smoothly. And I want to shout out my buddies at defense as they snagged some crucial turnovers and gave us great field positions.
1) How do you think the team played?
2) How do you think you did?
3) How are you trying to improve?
4) How are you avoiding the coronavirus?
2. All things considered. I think I did quite alright. I got a tad more than 150 yards in the course of those two games and about 13 catches. So that's about 11 yards for each catch, per average. I think those are decent numbers as I got some first downs in the progress. Of course, I would've been delighted to have a touchdown or two, but I'll make do without them for now. However, I'll try to snag as much touchdown catches as possible for the rest of the season.
3. I'm definitely going to make myself faster, for starters. I almost had a long touchdown at the Grey Ducks game, but the corner caught up with me and tackled me after some 20 yards. I'm not letting anything like that happening again in the future. Also, I'm quite pissed that I had some drops in the Grey Ducks game. As you know, catching is my strong suit as a receiver. So I think I'll be hitting the jug machine more often to be more reliable target for Monty.
4. Well, that coronavirus is quite widespread in my home country of South Korea, and I was almost denied entrance to United States because of that, so I am being extra careful. I'm wearing masks, sanitizing my hands and everything. Also, I've been drinking some vodka lately as my GM told me that vodka can be quite effective against coronavirus as it is almost pure alchohol. And that vodka helped me to calm the nerves before the games, so thank you Mr. GM.
Quote:What was different between your week 1 and week 2 game? Performance wise it looked like a completely different team was up there.Our performance at the Grey Ducks game was exactly what we were supposed to do. Everything worked alright and we were able to manage the game with our pace. At the Royals game, however, I think there was some problem within the offensive line. I'm not a lineman, so I don't know exactly what problem it was, but there definately was one and from what I gather, it was something like a missed blocking assignment. Most of us are new guys and that kind of mistake happenes, you know. So because of that problem, Monty didn't had any time to make decisions or even throw the ball, and our running backs got stuffed, and we were depressed.
And Gimmy got us out of that. He called a meeting and told us to get over the loss and "don't be a goddamn crybaby for one L and go do some more training or something else productive". He then gathered the linemen and told them something that made them pumped up. O line started to do a lot better the very next practice. Gimmy's a real veteran, you know. He's been through all kinds of tough situations and that experience helped us immensely in getting over that week 1 L and making ourselves better for the next game.
Quote:How have these first two games changed your mindset going into future games?Those games didn't changed my mindset that much. Before the season started, my mindset was "do my best in what I can do, and have trust in my teammates to do the same". I still think the same way after those two games. I'm still going to do my absolute best in what I can do, and I still trust all my teammates to do the same. The trust I have in our linemen had even increased quite much after I saw them step up their efforts so much in the second game. However, those games helped me see what my weaknesses were, and I'm going to inprove on those points to perform better and be a better teammate going into future games.
Quote:Which of your teammates has surprised you the most with their level of play in weeks 1 and 2?
Which DSFL cornerback are you the least confident about facing?
Xaq Schiaparelli and Benson Bayley Jr. played really well, especially in the Grey Ducks game. Xaq played like a legend that game and snagged a really crucial interception when we were down at by 3 points early in the second quarter. Plus he defended two passes which would have resulted in a first down otherwise. And Benson really surprised me, as he just joined the squad via waivers and recorded a sack(ending that drive with a three and out, if my memory is correct) along with 8 tackles and 4 pass deflections. That was very surprising as Benson did not had much time to adjust to our defensive scheme, or even participate in practices at the training camp. I look forward to what Benson will show us when he fully adjusts to the team.
Among DSFL corners, I'm least confident against Alexander Hamilton II because he is the fastest in the group. As you know, I'm not really that fast for a wide receiver. So speedy corners can be somewhat difficult for me to handle sometimes. However, I'm going to give him a tough match when I get to meet him, as I plan to be faster. Plus, I won't be the only cause of concern for them as I'm not the only talent in this offence.