Porktown
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I'm happy that they picked up Leftwich. He's about as legitimate of a starter as the bottom 1/4 of teams are putting on the field at this point. He's no Ben, but not a bad #2 guy. If Ben goes down, the season is over though. Especially with the line they have. Leftwich may be able to squeak out a few wins if he is called upon. Dixon is not ready to be #2, Batch may not be ready for a while, so for the options they had, it wasn't a bad move at all. He is very similar to Batch as a QB, which is completely different than Ben. It is nice knowing they have a similar guy in Dixon that may be able to take on the #2 position next year. I can't imagine that it is an easy task for the O line to make this change, as they are very inconsistant as it is. Mendenhall is making me worry. I know that drop was likely a drop by about 90% of the RBs out there. But, if their D was stripping at the ball more than they showed, he would have likely dropped a few others prior. Hopefully Lesean McCoy is running into Mendenhall at the practice facility. That kid is a fumble waiting to happen every time he touches the ball. Pretty sick moves for a youngster, but is not bringing home a Heisman, and NFL draft stock lowers every time his arm swings out with the ball in it. It's one thing to do it in the open field to make one person miss, but doing it in the middle of the field, 5 yards from the line is just dumb.
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