Naselle Player Post - Some improvements made, some still needed

Last week we beat the Ilwaco Fishermen 24-0 in a less than perfect showing of comet football. This week we beat the Warrenton Warriors 26-12 and we did play a lot closer to our potential. However, we were still far from the outcome that we were hoping for.

On offense, we improved our blocking assignments throughout the week and throughout the game and it showed when we gained almost 375 yards pretty evenly between 3 ball carriers. We played a much better team this week and gained around 50 more yards than last week. Our backs did a much better job running, especially FB/DT Robert Eaton who led with 152yds and 3tds. We still have yet to complete a pass this year however. Although we are definitely a run-first team, we must be able to develop at least some sort of passing attack. The biggest concern that still remains to be fixed is our turnovers. Our team as very high goals for ourselves as a team and as individuals and to accomplish those goals we must be perfect. Turning the ball over is unacceptable.

On defense we didn't do quite as well as last week. Holding a team to 60 yards and 4 first downs like we did to Ilwaco is amazing. Letting a team gain 229 yards (most of which came in only a few plays) and a kick returned for a touchdown isn't as impressive. Warrenton was quite a bit tougher than Ilwaco, but once again the final score failed to show our full capabilities. Our defensive line, for the most part, is where a lot of our strength lies. According to our stat keepers, I led the team with 10 tackles (including 2 sacks), DE/C Nick Zimmerman had 9 tackles (plus a deflected pass), and Robert Eaton had 8 tackles. When our defensive line averages as many, or more, tackles as our line backers then you know were doing our jobs. However, we are not doing our absolute best yet. I know I am as guilty as anybody for missed tackles but we can not do that and expect to accomplish our goals.

On a side note it seemed like we reached the endzone BEFORE fumbling the ball on the last play of the game.. Kinda like when QB/LOLB Dustin took the ball from Robert on a veer play and ran into the endzone in the first quarter. Too bad the officials saw robert get tackled and blew the whistle. We did score on the same series but it was still irritating.

Comet LE/RT #71 Ryley Queener