Heads up, 9er fans.
Trent Dilfer still
sucks.
The offensive line still sucks.
The players are turning on offensive coordinator
Jim Hostler. But there's one beacon of light.
Ashley Lelie.
After promising to take more shots downfield and utlilize the player so fast he fell from grace in the blink of an eye, the team actually followed through, targeting Lelie six times. The results? Two catches, 52 yards. Marvel at the gaudiness.
Lelie was so excited after his first catch of the
millenium season, a 47-yarder down the sideline, that he spiked the ball and moved the team back five yards. In all fairness, he was just obeying team policy of pairing every good play with an undisciplined penalty. It's a 49er specialty. Later, Dilfer tried to hit Lelie deep in the endzone on 3rd-and-21, and not only could the speedy guy not beat his man downfield, he had to commit offensive pass interference to prevent
Kevin Dockery from getting to the ball. Luckily, the Giants declined the penalty, because those 10 yards made all the difference in the battle for field position.
I guess what I'm trying to say is: it's nice to have Lelie back in vintage form.
