O-line - Max Jean-Gilles did a good job filling in for Andrews.  Still didn't think the run blocking was that great, but it also didn't seem to be emphasized as much as getting a chance to look at a QB and pass blocking.

Tight Ends - Celek continues to impress, Schobel did great.

Wideouts - Reggie Brown was almost invisible.  Not sure if that was by plan though.  Baskett and Avant both made great catches.  Bloom is very impressive in holding onto the football.  Bloom may make Lewis expendable.

Running Backs - good show by Westbrook, Buck, Hunt, and Ilaoa.  The Fullbacks Tapeh and Davis both showed they should not be given the football.  Davis definitely made the challenged first down - boo refs you suck! - but why couldn't he get another few feet so it was obvious?

Special teams - kicking, punting, returning all seem to be in good hands.  Coverage units and blocking units need to really step up their play.  Too many yards are being given up to opponents in returns, and Bloom is not being given many holes.

Defensive Line - excellent showing in the absence of Kearse.  Big plays made all up and down the depth chart.  I'd like to see more of Reagor and Scott though.

Linebackers - Gocong was invisible.  Trotter and Spikes made plays, but all of them were on the wrong side of the line scrimmage.  I don't see the downhill attack Trotter was famous for in 2004 and 2005.  McCoy, Bradley, and Gaither playing like second teamers giving up plays.  Akeem Jordan needs to learn to tackle, but is definitely putting himself in the right places.  Tank Daniels - invisible - can't make the team if you don't make plays.

Secondary - Sheppard shows why he is the #1 corner by not only getting the interception Brown and James just missed, but also returning it for 6.  Good show by Barksdale.  Safeties all played well - didn't notice any mistakes.  Graham played well except for giving up one long completion where he should have reacted to the ball.

The beautiful part bout Kolb's play is that you would never know he's a rookie. He's out there playing with a lot of guys who will not make the team, and it's wonderful to see he's clearly a cut above the rest. At no point in any of the quarters have I doubted that he was the best player on the field.

1. His passes are very tight, on good projectiles, with excellent velocity and rotation. Maybe he can't throw 100 yards on his knees like JaMarcus Russell, but this guy has the velocity of Roethlisberger. He can hit any window, his passes = bullets.
2. He is athletic. He's not the burner McNabb is, but he is plenty fast to scramble for a first down. His rollouts have been solid, he's thrown very well off-balance. Today, after being hit on the shoulder after calmly avoiding another rusher, offbalance and already falling as another defender careened into his midsection, Kolb threw a perfect bullet right to Ilaoa. If that was Westbrook on the receiving end, he would have caught it and sprinted up an open field. As it happened, Ilaoa let it hit just in front of his fingertips.
3. He doesn't have happy feet. In any QB, happy feet is a bad sign. Eli had it, Ramsey had it, Delhomme had it today, Vick usually has it. QBs that dance in the pocket when they're basically alone are QBs that have no idea what's going on. Kolb never danced, every step he took in the pocket had a purpose and either avoided the rush or added velocity/accuracy to his passes. The guy has good footwork from where I was watching. He always had his head up, he was always looking to make a good pass, he knew where people were and where they were supposed to be.

Of course, the playbook is still easy on him, but it's always a good sign that your future QB gets into camp on time, handles what he's given with aplomb, and shows up on gametime and carries inferior talent. I hope he doesn't see a snap for the next half decade, but if/when he does get regular playing time, I'm completely confident that he'll be able to win football games. In 4 quarters of football, he's exhibited to me confidence in what he knows, ability to read the defense, mobility, a bullet arm with good accuracy, and a calm exterior that is a lot like what Mike McMahon had, only the exact opposite.