Just Reviewed the CIN@ATL 10/24/10 Game

[FalconFanSince1970]

THE GOOD

-we win almost every coin toss

-Roddy 46 yard catch on a drag route

-Turner had some big runs on the outside

-Fin still has some juice. Nice TD catch

-Grimes had his 2nd straight good tackling game

-Chauncey with a good TFL

-One hand catch over Pac Man by Roddy

-Bryant makes another FG

-Grimes made a great PD on T.O.

-3rd and one bomb to Roddy

-Vance Walker was livin in the back field

-Nic pummeled T.O.

-Roddy 23 100 yard games in 45 starts

-BWill gets a sack on Palmer

-We are #1 in pts scored from 2Q through OT

-Gartrell Who? for 23 yards

-Snelling ran over Pac Man and hurt him

-Turner TD to go up 24-3

-We kick butt in the Dome

-Grimes pops Shipley

-Vance sticks Benson

-Abe gets a PD on Palmer in the back field

-Vance gets another TFL on Benson

-Oline played a good game

-Run defense was good in the second half

-Weems gets a 55 yard kick return

-Shut down both CIN two point conversions

-Ryan is doing a good job of buying time

-Turner is making catches

-Ryan had a couple good scrambles

-We threw deep quite a bit

-crucial 3rd down reception by TonyG

-Roddy goes high for 2 pt conversion

-Weems B slapped Pac Man & put him out of game

-BWill gets fumble recovery on Benson fumble

-three pump fakes by Ryan

-Nine yard slip screen to Roddy

-Lofton forced a fumble

-Abe with two sacks in 4Q

-Fin recovers another onside kick

THE BAD

-another empty building to start the game

-Owens got owned

-Benson ran over us in the first half

-Owens gets pass interference

-Ryan was behind the receiver a lot

-Grimes TD reversal was BS

-Snelling was shut down

-TonyG drop was ugly

-No pressure on Palmer in 3Q

-BWill beat by Shipley

-T.O. stiff arm on Coleman was embarrassing

-Ryan under threw long ball that Hall picked

-Moore burned by Shipley for 64y TD

-QBs are throwing on Lofton

-TO almost had 2 more TDs on Owens

-53 can't cover and missed several tackles

-Bengals got ball back down 7 with 32 secs left

-Roddy let Pac Man strip him

THE UGLY

-Palmer had 300 pass yards in the second half

-Baker is a QB killa

-defense gives up 19 pts in 7 minutes

[kjc34]

great post, lots of good stuff and lots of room for improvement!!

were good with potential to get a lot better!! o line issues concern me though!! :unsure:

[dmite]

-Ryan under threw long ball that Hall picked

It wasn't under thrown, DB made a good play catching it at the peak of his jump. It was actually a perfectly thrown ball and if the DB misses it, it's a TD. Good play by Hall is all.

-defense gives up 19 pts in 7 minutes

Technically, the defense only gave up 12 points in 7 minutes. Fumble return isn't the defense's fault.

[GANDI]

I really like Ryan going deep more and him pump faking, I just wish the pump fakes didn't all come on the same play lol, Great Job on the Review as usual. 70

[FalconFanSince1970]

-Ryan under threw long ball that Hall pickedIt wasn't under thrown, DB made a good play catching it at the peak of his jump. It was actually a perfectly thrown ball and if the DB misses it, it's a TD. Good play by Hall is all.

Look again. Hall was beat. If the ball is a yard longer it's a TD

Technically, the defense only gave up 12 points in 7 minutes...

That's bad

[sporkdevil]

QB's are throwing on Lofton. Let's be honest, he is an elite run stuffer, and has Brooking-esque coverage skills. His lack of speed was actually the only reason we even had a shot to draft him.

I'm so happy Ryan has been pump faking. I was wondering if he would just never do it?

[hawkeye]

It wasn't under thrown, DB made a good play catching it at the peak of his jump. It was actually a perfectly thrown ball and if the DB misses it, it's a TD. Good play by Hall is all.

You gotta be kidding me. That ball was underthrown. And to make it worse, Jenkins saw that and didn't even try

to knock it down. Instead he let him intercept it and then weakly tackle him down.

[GANDI]

You gotta be kidding me. That ball was underthrown. And to make it worse, Jenkins saw that and didn't even try

to knock it down. Instead he let him intercept it and then weakly tackle him down.

YEAH THAT WAS A JOKE , I almost jumped through my flat screen to swing on Mr. Jenkins for that.

[Dem Birds]

Look again. Hall was beat. If the ball is a yard longer it's a TD

That's bad

Hall went up to the highest point and got that ball. If that ball was underthrown, then so was Drew Brees' against Grimes last year. If you look at the trajectory, the ball was going to fall right in Jenkin's hands. If it was underthrown at all, it was just barely. just a great play by Hall, I think.

[Falconsfan567]

I finally got to see the game on NFL Replay and I've got to say the pass defense was a lot better than Palmer's final numbers show. 75% of Palmer's yards and completions where inside of 10 yards. We didn't give up but a couple of deep passing plays. Also Palmer was throwing on nearly every single play in the 2nd half. It was a huge improvement over the Philly game. Also anytime Palmer held the ball for any length of time at all he was getting hit. We hit him quite a bit.

I loved the amount of times we threw deep or attempted to throw deep.

[dmite]

You gotta be kidding me. That ball was underthrown. And to make it worse, Jenkins saw that and didn't even try

to knock it down. Instead he let him intercept it and then weakly tackle him down.

It was perfectly thrown for Jenkins and it was going to hit him about shoulder high on the outside right in front of his chest. Hall makes a great play on it at the top of his jump. You have to give the defense some credit some times, I know it's hard for some of you to do. Most defenders, the best they're going to do is tip it. Hall read the route, ran with Jenkins, actually in front of him, turned and found the ball and sprung up fully stretched to grab it. It was a really good play by him.

Edited October 28, 2010 by dmite

[raysnill1]

-Ryan under threw long ball that Hall picked

It wasn't under thrown, DB made a good play catching it at the peak of his jump. It was actually a perfectly thrown ball and if the DB misses it, it's a TD. Good play by Hall is all.

it could have been thrown longer but it wasn't under-thrown, if that makes sense. the problem I have with the play is Jenkins advertised the pass. one thing i like about Roddy is that he knows how to look off the DB, but then again he and Ryan have their timing worked out to a tee

[dmite]

it could have been thrown longer but it wasn't under-thrown, if that makes sense. the problem I have with the play is Jenkins advertised the pass. one thing i like about Roddy is that he knows how to look off the DB, but then again he and Ryan have their timing worked out to a tee

I can see that. Hall seemed to know what was coming. Not to mention that they had a very similar play to Jenkins the play before that missed.

Edited October 28, 2010 by dmite

[BenB321]

Good thread, FFS1970. The two main things that stick out in my mind from these game are: 1. We are a physical team, the Bengals got beat up the whole game by the Falcons, I thought for sure either Lofton or Nic was going to knock out TO, too bad they didn't. 2. Roddy White, the dude is balling and is either the best or the second best receiver in the NFL. At this point defenses just can't stop him.

I thought Hall just made an outstanding INT nothing you can do there, also the play calling and game plan was much better than it was during the Philly massacre.

FFS1970 where is Gazoo? We're having a tremendous season and he is MIA.

[BruceReville]

My favorite part of the game was the sack at the end of regulation - What a way to end it!

[Dr. Billings]

You gotta be kidding me. That ball was underthrown. And to make it worse, Jenkins saw that and didn't even try

to knock it down. Instead he let him intercept it and then weakly tackle him down.

I disagree with you. The db made an excellent play on the ball. I would like to remind you of the Grimes pick on Drew Brees last year. Brees never believed Grimes could have jumped that high to make that play.

Hall made a Grimes like jump for that ball. No blame on Ryan, no blame on Jenkins, it was a professional athlete that made an excellent play.

[cyofish]

-Ryan under threw long ball that Hall picked

It wasn't under thrown, DB made a good play catching it at the peak of his jump. It was actually a perfectly thrown ball and if the DB misses it, it's a TD. Good play by Hall is all.

-defense gives up 19 pts in 7 minutes

Technically, the defense only gave up 12 points in 7 minutes. Fumble return isn't the defense's fault.

Yep, DB got vertical on that play. If the DB wasn't in position the ball would have hit Jenkins in the hand above his head. IMO Jenkins should have been more aware of the DB and jumped for the ball himself. At 6'4" he would have easily out jumped the DB.

[don00045]

It was not Snelling that knocked Jones out of the game. It was Harry Douglas, truth is stranger than fiction.

[Duff_Man]

-defense gives up 19 pts in 7 minutes

Actually 12. One TD was a fumble return for TD. Can't hang that on the defense.

[Duff_Man]

It was not Snelling that knocked Jones out of the game. It was Harry Douglas, truth is stranger than fiction.

According to what I just watched it was Weems. It happened on the Falcons' two-point conversion. Weems trucked him and he just went down.

[don00045]

According to what I just watched it was Weems. It happened on the Falcons' two-point conversion. Weems trucked him and he just went down.

Dadgumit, I meant to say Weems.

My point was that it was a small wide reciever, not a large punnishing running back.

Don't mess with our recievers, they will light you up.

[falcons faithful]

Good post my friend.

I find it very interesting how this year Owens is not the golden child. Last year after several games people were almost making him the second coming of Deion and how he was so much better then Grimes. I posted several times that he was being given to much credit. Well while I hope he does become the CB that everyone last year though he was I have to wonder where all of them are so far this year.

Great post hope all is well.

[FalconFanSince1970]

I disagree with you. The db made an excellent play on the ball. I would like to remind you of the Grimes pick on Drew Brees last year. Brees never believed Grimes could have jumped that high to make that play. Hall made a Grimes like jump for that ball. No blame on Ryan, no blame on Jenkins, it was a professional athlete that made an excellent play.

OK I just looked at it again. It was close but check out the last two steps of the two players. Both of em broke stride. I still say if that ball is laid out another yard it's a TD cause Jenkins was gaining position on Hall when he pushed off on his lower back. We went back to Roddy on the same route at 13:49 of the 4th and Hall was in position (actually ahead of Roddy). Let's agree to disagree on this one.

It was not Snelling that knocked Jones out of the game. It was Harry Douglas, truth is stranger than fiction.

Snelling hurt Pac man earlier in the game but it was Weems that knocked him out, not HD. It happened on the 2 pt conversion. When Weems hit him he dropped to the ground and Weems was standing there wide open. Unfortunately Ryan didn't see him but we still converted. I don't like Pac Man very much but I'm sorry to hear about the injury. It sounds like he might need neck surgery.

[Peyton]

THE BAD

-TO almost had 2 more TDs on Owens

Great review dude.

The Falcons got some good fortune on that second one. Just completely flukey luck for the Falcons that TOs second foot came down out of bounds on that second bomb. Really was a huuuuuuge play in the football game.

It's a game of inches baby.

[Peyton]

I find it very interesting how this year Owens is not the golden child.

PFF said he gave up 17 catches in that game.

17 catches

That's a number that would make even Jason Webster go.............Daaaaayyyyyyuuuuuuuummmmmmmmm!!!!!!

So I think the best support you are going to hear for the guy is going to be "he's young, and he was going against two of the best".