Who is the primary blame for today's loss to the Dolphins?

[jlrfalcon]

Just curious who everyone considers the biggest person to blame for today's loss.  It seems a lot are mad at Sark for his playcalling, but others indicate it was not his fault but the people executing his work.  Others blame Ryan but question if he really had any control.  Jarrett and Alford had big penalties but can you blame them for the game?  Hooper didn't catch the big pass that became an interception but was it too difficult to catch?

[RYNE]

For me it’s the dline. Where was the pass rush? Just pathetic 

Then I would say play calling. Idk how Freeman doesn’t just keep getting fed the rock all game. 

Third would be stupid penalties 

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4 minutes ago, RYNE said:

For me it’s the dline. Where was the pass rush? Just pathetic 

Then I would say play calling. Idk how Freeman doesn’t just keep getting fed the rock all game. 

Third would be stupid penalties 

Cutler was completing passes at will. Zero sacks.

[BCEagleATLFalcon]

When ALL three phases look so sloppy and uninspired, at home, after a bye, Quinn is pretty high on my list ...

[Falcons Fan MVP]

Cutler TORCHED our defense! Too many penalties.

[falconticket]

Jarrett turned the game around with that deliberate penalty.

[lostnmexico]

3 minutes ago, BCEagleATLFalcon said:

When ALL three phases look so sloppy and uninspired, at home, after a bye, Quinn is pretty high on my list ...

Agree!  It all falls on the coaches shoulders!  We need less coachspeak and more accountability from the players.

[Jesus]

The fans. Looked like a preseason game out there. The defending NFC Champs should not play before empty seats.

[Shooter Says]

1 minute ago, Jesus said:

The fans. Looked like a preseason game out there. The defending NFC Champs should not play before empty seats.

Yeah cause it was the fans who were caught roughing the passer, gave up a 17 point lead, couldn't score in the second half, and threw the interception at the end when we were already in FG range. 

[Malachore]

The Atlanta Falcons.

[crimsonhawk]

5 minutes ago, falconticket said:

Jarrett turned the game around with that deliberate penalty.

Which of course would not have been the case had they not shat all over Alford with that bogus PI call....not excusing Jarrett in the least. but we were out of that series if not for another bone headed call by the refs. Still doesn't begin to excuse the overall sloppy play by the entire team in general.

[falconticket]

4 minutes ago, Jesus said:

The fans. Looked like a preseason game out there. The defending NFC Champs should not play before empty seats.

Well they should have left Club level in the 200s so that fans could fill the lower bowl for a reasonable price. Just like the Dome.  $1000 seats for the dallas game, no way.

[ParanoidAndroid]

Dan Quinn. Gotta put the lack of discipline on the head coach. 

[Jesus]

10 minutes ago, Shooter Says said:

Yeah cause it was the fans who were caught roughing the passer, gave up a 17 point lead, couldn't score in the second half, and threw the interception at the end when we were already in FG range. 

Guess the team couldn’t hear over the noise of the visiting teams fans.

[IndiscreetGeek]

I want to lean into Grady Jarrett for that bonehead personal foul but I can't completely blame him when the lack of offense put us in that position to begin with so I'm going with Sarkesian.

[FalconFanSince1970]

I voted for Other which means coaching staff got out coached after halftime adjustments they had absolutely no answer for.

Kinda like that schooling Andy Reid put on us last year.

[Fernando C.]

Voted for other, cause I think its the entire team, they need to get back to basics and play humble, they think they can get win games easily and get to the superbowl every year.. I don't see the hunger in them as last year..  this will be the toughest task DQ and staff will have this year... get the urgency and hunger back in the players..

[red2play]

Our problem is that we don't have a road grader on the O-line and we lack a power back.  If we could have sign Adrian Peterson, that would have been perfect.  We can't hold leads because we can't generate push with the O-line and we have scat backs and no power backs after we get a lead.  Of course our defense is undisciplined too.  DQ needs to take over for the defensive plays (like he did last yr). 

[SkerFalcon8710]

39 minutes ago, Falcons Fan MVP said:

Cutler TORCHED our defense! Too many penalties.

Torched to the tune of 151 yards?

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1 hour ago, SkerFalcon8710 said:

Torched to the tune of 151 yards?

Granted he didn't have to throw a lot because the Dolphins running backs were gouging our defense. Even one of the announcers said the running backs were still getting 4 to 5 yards when we stacked the box against the run.

[mattyicefalcon]

3 hours ago, RYNE said:

For me it’s the dline. Where was the pass rush? Just pathetic 

Then I would say play calling. Idk how Freeman doesn’t just keep getting fed the rock all game. 

Third would be stupid penalties 

they are in preseason for 2018-19

[classic city falcon]

The officials were the worst reason. I’m still fuming about that pass interference. I’ve seen too much contact on our receivers to understand that penalty on Alford. The officials were flag happy against us especially when Miami was coming back.

[kiwifalcon]

3 hours ago, Malachore said:

The Atlanta Falcons.

The idea that your going to single out one guy **** why not blame the long snapper while your at it lol.

You win and lose as a team you don't single out 1 guy Jesus is this what this place drops down to when we lose good god.

I thought crap like this was behind us obviously not.

[etherdome]

I am pretty sure that Quinn is the guy people are thinking of when they vote Other.  

[Kayoh]

Honestly this was a team loss, no one person. Trufant had some bad plays, Alford, Vellano, Grady had the roughing the passer on the Debo INT, Debo had some bad plays himself, Duke had some bad ones, Brooks Reed had some sloppy tackles, the only guys on our defense who didn't make any bad mistakes were Vic and Takk tbh. Offensively our OL outside of Mack just had a really inconsistent game and with the OL if one guy loses it's a blown play. Julio didn't play particularly well either tbh. This was just bad across the board.