Checklist: Start fast? Yes
I was excited about yesterday's win. Anytime you can get out in front early and stay on top you have to be happy. I said it before, we need to start fast and finish strong and yesterday we did that.
What I liked best was that we were able to stay aggressive, convert on 3rd downs, and have success in the Red Zone. We worked hard on those things as a team and it paid off. What bothered me was that when we started with good field position, we weren't able to take better advantage of it.
Last season we struggled to get good starting position on offense. Yesterday, we were given a few opportunities by the special teams who had a great day. On those possessions that we started off with a short field, we had just one TD and when DeSean Jackson put us at the 10 with a great punt return, we added just a field goal. Fortunately it didn't hurt us yesterday but we have to get better at that.
I have to give props to my O-line - Tra, Todd, Jamal, Shawn and Jon. They did an outstanding job of providing protection and giving me time to get the ball out.
You might think that I only get excited about offense. That's not true. All three phases played well. The defense forced the Rams to punt on 10 of 11 drives, including seven 3-and-outs. I don't remember the Rams converting on any 3rd downs. Our coverage units put the Rams in poor position all day and conversely our return units provided us with a few good chances.
Overall, a lot of guys played well. Some of the guys that have been around and some getting their first taste real here - - I'll include Asante Samuel and Stewart Bradley with the rookies DeSean and Quintin Demps. We started fast yesterday, see need to continue building so that we can finish strong.



