Falcons postgame positives and negatives

Im a Cousins fan but the 2 interceptions were on him to varying degrees. i didnt expect this level of inaccuracy from him. the inside post route was his money route but he seems to be off time, throwing it behind guys. i dont think he is throwing it late, just not leading guys enough.

with desean out, that intermediate middle area is not cleared out like it used to be. tighter windows but cousins has to improve his mid passing game. i did not expect this coming into week 1.

1st int - inaccurate ball, unfortunate bounce, nothing more to it imo.

2nd int - cousins makes a blind throw. Im guessing pre-snap he reads pressure and reads Grant as his hot route. But .... post-snap, cousins just throws it out there. i dont think he got to read the play post snap, i dont think he saw anything expect some big guys coming free towards him and he just throws it out there and hopes for the best. He just threw it out there hoping his pre-snap coverage read was accurate and Grant would be where he was supposed to be.

I know I am asking a lot, but it was 2nd and 8, not 4th down.

you just dont make a blind throw like that.

when live bullets are flying, im sure its hard to make proper split second decisions but kirk didnt have to treat that down like the game was on the line. it wasnt.
So fawking true.This was a painful lost. We really would have been on the NFL map with a win yesterday.

Whenever it's first down for the Skins the defense knows it's a run.They gotta sit down and get some honest self scouting going....identify and break their own tendencies.

One tendency I've been saying for awhile is too heavy with the 1st down runs and 2nd down pass.

I finally looked up the 2nd downs from (markbullock's spreadsheet) 339 2nd down plays.

235 passes
104 runs

If my math is correct thats 31% run vs 69% pass on 2nd down.

I dare say it's Litchenessitgieriietiger that needs a look in the off-season. Reading how good he is at making line calls but how poorly he's been graded each week. If we get pressure it IS often up the gut.

We need a bigger, stronger center in the mold of Mack, Frederick, and Mangold but center is not at the top of our list of needs, IMO.

I dare say it's Litchenessitgieriietiger that needs a look in the off-season. Reading how good he is at making line calls but how poorly he's been graded each week. If we get pressure it IS often up the gut.


Couldnt agree more. Everytime the floodgates open it is rite up the middle. We need to draft a C this offseason. Its very high up there on my team needs list.

They gotta sit down and get some honest self scouting going....identify and break their own tendencies.

One tendency I've been saying for awhile is too heavy with the 1st down runs and 2nd down pass.

I finally looked up the 2nd downs from (markbullock's spreadsheet) 339 2nd down plays.

235 passes
104 runs

If my math is correct thats 31% run vs 69% pass on 2nd down.

We are way too predictable. Atlanta was running two big, fat defensive linemen onto the field for first down and right back off the field, replaced by pass rushers, on second down all game long until the 4th Qtr.

Im a Cousins fan but the 2 interceptions were on him to varying degrees. i didnt expect this level of inaccuracy from him. the inside post route was his money route but he seems to be off time, throwing it behind guys. i dont think he is throwing it late, just not leading guys enough.

with desean out, that intermediate middle area is not cleared out like it used to be. tighter windows but cousins has to improve his mid passing game. i did not expect this coming into week 1.

1st int - inaccurate ball, unfortunate bounce, nothing more to it imo.

2nd int - cousins makes a blind throw. Im guessing pre-snap he reads pressure and reads Grant as his hot route. But .... post-snap, cousins just throws it out there. i dont think he got to read the play post snap, i dont think he saw anything expect some big guys coming free towards him and he just throws it out there and hopes for the best. He just threw it out there hoping his pre-snap coverage read was accurate and Grant would be where he was supposed to be.

I know I am asking a lot, but it was 2nd and 8, not 4th down.

you just dont make a blind throw like that.

when live bullets are flying, im sure its hard to make proper split second decisions but kirk didnt have to treat that down like the game was on the line. it wasnt.

I agree with this 100%. His 2 biggest issues are his inaccuracy and not knowing when to just take a sack or throw it away. On the pick 6 he just chucked it there but is getting a bit of a reprieve because Grant fell. He should've just took the sack and lived to fight another day.

I agree with this 100%. His 2 biggest issues are his inaccuracy and not knowing when to just take a sack or throw it away. On the pick 6 he just chucked it there but is getting a bit of a reprieve because Grant fell. He should've just took the sack and lived to fight another day.

Throw it away, yes, but he shouldn't have taken a sack in that situation.

One thing that's alarming about kirk is his 10+ yard passing accuracy. It seems like he misses alot of throws downfield. Let's just remember this is an audition for him it's not like he's guaranteed the spot for the future.

Throw it away, yes, but he shouldn't have taken a sack in that situation.

Throwing it away is always more ideal, I don't think he was outside of the pocket though on that play. Maybe he could have just fired it over both their heads on the sideline. Either option was better than the actual end result.

How about we judge him on the last 5 games of the season not the first 5?