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1st Drive : Complete dominance.

* Strief illegal use of hands call was supremely questionable. Looks like a textbook example of how to kick a** during pass protection.

Anyways , stopped the drive 3 points on the board. That situation 9/10 is 7 on the board.

Defense Held well forcing a 3 and out.

2nd Drive

SOS , however I had a reoccurring thought during this Drive. Perhaps we should only pass the ball when needed. This drive stopped basically when SP freaked we didn't get any real yards by running the ball on 1st down , so he threw it on 2nd and missed which forces you to throw it on 3rd and long and are likely to miss again.

Anyways 3 Points on the board. Play calling was suspect in the red zone. You run it to get in the red zone then go all arena league once you get there.

This is where the defense started to unravel a bit here. Nothing real long , just couldn't get off the field. Byrd makes what should've been the game winning play ( yes in the first quarter ).


3rd Drive was in essence how the first two should've ended. 18 yards , 17 , 21 yards and the body shot that is Kyrie Robinson taking it in for 6.

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At this point the game is 13-0. Here is where we should've turned it on. Here is where Seattle breaks teams. Here is where lost the game.

*Mental note Jon Jenkins should've been in a few snaps here , there was no pressure up the middle which allowed space for Ryan to step up. If he is forced back deeper into the pocket to buy time he is essentially putting himself on a direct path with Cam and Galette.

3rd and 15 , Cory White pass interference. That's it there. The play that let them back in the game. 9/10 we get off the field.


4th Drive Cooks TD

20-7. Should be 24 - 3.

Then Ingram does this disappearing act , why wasn't he put In , if I'm not mistaken wasn't there a quarrel on the sidelines about this ? Anyways , he was right , we should've kept feeding him.

You know the story from here , KV missing tackles , Prob is the worst corner on either roster. No pass rush.

ATL gets a FG 20 - 10. Still sticking it to them. Sorta

Then the unthinkable happens , our defense returns to 2012 form. Our offense goes pass happy putting that defense back on the field for even more embarrassment.

Up to a point if we don't throw that interception , the game is essentially over.

Play calling must improve. That would've put us up 27 - 17. Instead it became 20 - 24 almost instantly.

Here on out Ingram goes on a tear , but our defense cannot get off of the field.

*thought of the game. Some of those drives in the 2nd half we should've ran the ball more often. Even if the pass worked if left too much time on the clock. When your defense is on par to give up 600 yards you have to think about protecting them. I'm not talking about scoring here , but had one of those quick 3 and out Drives been extended just ONE MINUTE , Ingrams last TD would've been all she wrote.

Anyways Falcons Tie it up.

OT

We should've run the ball to take the edge off their pass rush then went to the air , NOPE !! Two passes straight out the gate and we still won't learn our lesson.

Colston fumbles , loss.


Overall notes , This offense has great power. And with great power comes great responsibility. We barely used Robinson or Ingram and they performed off the charts , we knew they would.

If that's what it takes for us to lose week in and out then we're In for a great season. On the road , Shooting ourselves in the foot repeatedly , Defense is a no show , Overtime , Shooting ourselves I'm the foot again , Drew throwing an unnecessary Pic and we still should've won.

Not many teams can make half that many mistakes and still hope to be the game let alone win it.

We could've put up 50 on the road if not for a few mistakes. And remember Atlanta is one season removed of being 13-3 themselves. Bad , but not all that bad.


Prediction 12-4. 2nd seed , we go to San Francisco.

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