This is an advantage of being retired. Here are a few of my perceptions after watching the games for a second time. When you know the outcome of the game – you watch for different things.
– Someone on here posted a while back that Jackson was not good after contact. I would ask, what games did you watch? He was a beast after contact and broke many tackles. I am excited about what he can do this season.
– Yassmin is a monster and very difficult to bring down when he is in the open field. I hope we get him the ball a lot this season. He is the best YAC guy we have.
– We had some creative blitz packages. I know we aren’t sacking the QBs as much as we did 4-5 years ago, but we did lead the league in sacks and sacked Williams 8 times last season. I think he was only sacked 12 times the entire year.
– Hubert was out of position way too often.
– Rising was a much better QB when running was part of his game. (No surprise here.) His passing stats also show this.
– Our rushing defense was simply bad until after the USC game. The worst game was against UCLA IMO. We did well against ASU early in the season, but I am not sure they had much of a running game.
– We will miss Gabe Reid.
– The inconsistency of Tavion Thomas hurt us badly. He had a great season in 2021, but he hurt the team in 2022.
– Our special teams sucked, especially in kickoff coverage.
– Oh, Kincaid was a complete stud. I hope he has a great NFL career!
Arizona @ 
Utah 
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