2015 NFL Week #3: TNF | Atlanta Falcons (2-0) @ Dallas Cowboys (2-0)

[Scot]

He was killing it until he made the bad decision and threw the INT

the game was all downhill after that

 

[bbgun]

Weeden is too scared to play QB in this league

he looked terrified to throw a ball more than 10 yards down field. a super conservative offense will only work with an elite defense

 

[LAZARUS_LOGAN]

Yeah. You cannot win consistently with check downs as your entire gameplan, especially when they do not respect the run.

 

[Scot]

We lost which sucks

But Weeden looked better than I expected by far

I just don't know what happened to our D today

 

[Bob Sacamano]

We did jack shit in the 2nd half.

 

[cockstrong]

Dblair saying Julio jones is a fag

Lol

 

[bbgun]

He was killing it

not really. a lot of short, high percentage throws and receivers making runs after the catch. no running game in the second half didn't help his cause.

 

[LAZARUS_LOGAN]

Fuck them damn Browns for drafting that son-of-a-bitch.

 

[Mr.Po]

Teams won't respect the passing game at all and stack the line from here on out daring the Weeden experiment to beat them.

Until the this team gets healthy it's gonna get ugly before before things improve if its not to late to salvage anything by then.

 

[dbair1967]

Well its a disappointing loss for sure. I really thought if we somehow scored 28-30 pts we'd have a good chance to win, but the defense got worked bad in the 2nd half.

The saving grace there is help is on the way. Greg Hardy, Rolando McClain and Randy Gregory are all coming back, and they'll be a big boost to the pass rush and how physical they can play vs the run. Jack Crawford and Ryan Russell are decent back up guys, but they are awful vs the run and cant rush the passer. They were on the field too much today. Kyle Wilbur is a try hard guy who has some position flex, but he isn't a starting quality LB and he will head back to the bench. R McClain will definitely help the run D be more physical. You usually cant win many games in the NFL when you cant rush the passer and the other team has a good QB and good receivers. I think Sean Lee had the only hit on Matt Ryan the entire game, and that was his sack on the 3rd play of the game.

Offensively, Weeden had two pretty bad plays but otherwise played pretty well. The OL was dominant in the first half and all 3 RB's looked great then. We miss Romo and Dez Bryant badly, but they are coming back. if they can beat the Saints we can be no worse than 3-2 after the bye, and there are winnable games coming up then with much needed defensive help returning.

 

[dbair1967]

Dblair saying Julio jones is a fag

Lol

I wasn't kidding. I live here in Atlanta. I know someone who went to Alabama and knew him. She says he is gay.

You being someone that plays for the other team, I thought you would have known that.

He is a great player now though.

 

[dbair1967]

They won't win a game with Weeden.

We'll beat the Saints next Sunday night.

 

[Mr.Po]

Considering he starts again that defense that was out there today will make Luke McCown look like HOFer.

 

[dbair1967]

Just looked at the boxscore. No Cowboy DL credited with a hit (forget about sack) on the QB today.

Lee had the only sack and got two hits. Hitchens was credited with one hit but I don't recall when that was.

 

[yimyammer]

offense shit the bed in the 2nd half, 0 points, 9:53 of possesion, 4 drives, horrid:

 

[dbair1967]

offense shit the bed in the 2nd half, 0 points, 9:53 of possesion, 4 drives, horrid:

True, and it started with that bad opening drive.

That said, you cant give up 440 yds and 39 pts at home and expect to win games in the NFL.

They played great last week in Philly, but the defense was overwhelmed today. Just don't have the horses out there up front right now.

 

[bbgun]

secondary was raped worse than Jodie Foster on a pinball machine, while we got gashed on the ground by a backup to a rookie. you can't automatically count on Hardy and Gregory to atone for so many deficiencies.

 

[dbair1967]

secondary was raped worse than Jodie Foster on a pinball machine, while we got gashed on the ground by a backup to a rookie. you can't automatically count on Hardy and Gregory to atone for so many deficiencies.

Hardy, R McClain, Mincey and Gregory

Mincey isn't great by any sense of the imagination, but he is a high effort guy who is good vs the run and gets some effort sacks on occasion.

Jack Crawford and Ryan Russell had bad games. They were on the field for too many plays. I thought Wilbur was bad and so was Church.

Demarcus Lawrence had another disappointing game too. That's three in a row to start the season where he didn't do a lot.

 

[bbgun]

that Jones TD where Patmon was covering (and I use that word lightly) in the slot was ridiculous. he got no jam and had no help behind him.

 

[dbair1967]

that Jones TD where Patmon was covering (and I use that word lightly) in the slot was ridiculous. he got no jam and had no help behind him.

Was that the long one on the deep crossing route?

If so it was Church underneath who didn't get anywhere near deep enough on the drop, making it an easy throw & catch.