XXVIII-III Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Year after year, we always play not to lose when closing out games. This is why our victories are usually almost so close in point margins. Even with two new coordinators, we still reverted to this mentality in the second half of the Seattle game. This is an obvious trait of Coach Smith. In the San Fran game, do you think we will yet again play not to lose, or will Coach have finally learned and be aggressive for all four quarters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcanuck Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 If the Falcons are up by 20 at half, they will run the ball A LOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProFalconFan Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 If the Falcons are up by 20 at half, they will run the ball A LOT.Just a long as they are getting 1st downs, I dont mind this at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaigle Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I only saw 1 series that I felt they were playing not to lose --- that 3 down series with about 13 minutes left in the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXVIII-III Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 If the Falcons are up by 20 at half, they will run the ball A LOT.I agree, and they should as long as it's working. But playing not to lose goes on both sides of the ball, offense and defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtjackets1729 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Ryan threw an interception early in one of the drives in the 4th. We also threw the ball many other times as well. I'd hardly call that running the ball/playing not to lose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy5prings Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 The Defense was playing not to lose it would seem. If you see teams winning big, they keep pressuring even with a 15-20 point lead and the pressure combined with the trailing team trying to press leads to turnovers, Pick-6s etc. Against Seattle, the D in the second half was letting Wilson get time and find the open man the intermediate area for 15-20 yards in every drive. We only started pressuring when they got to the red zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXVIII-III Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Ryan threw an interception early in one of the drives in the 4th. We also threw the ball many other times as well. I'd hardly call that running the ball/playing not to losePlaying not to lose on offense and defense, don't just focus on offense. But as far as offense, there were a few drives in that second-half where we could've put them away but we ran real conservative playcalling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockSpyder Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I'd beg to differ there as well, didn't look like the offense was playing to lose in the second half in fact maybe they were a tad TOO aggressive by taking shots downfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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