Falcons postgame positives and negatives

Well very tough game today and it hurt to lose that way but let's look at some good and bad.

Good= defense (outstanding all day regarding points and turnovers)

Oline was solid once again.

Kirk was awesome in the 4th Qtr.

Crowder showing he's legit.

Negative= run defense was bad today real bad.

Bad miss on the FG. Came back to hurt us.

Kc OT int was just bad and he's got to change that inconsistent play.

Garçon sucked today.

Run game was bad for the first time

Reed and Djax need to play next week.

Good:
Cousins
Crowder
Carrier
Breeland (he's the best CB on the team)
Young CB's
Kerrigan
OL

Bad:
Cousins bad pass at the end (even with Grant falling it was wide)
Garcon (many dropped balls)
D not adjusting to stopping Freeman running to the left
Soft prevent D on final regulation drive
No running game
Penalties
Officials

Garcon is catching a lot of heat. Every ball he didn't catch was a shitty pass by Cousins. He fired high a couple times and way behind him on the interception.

If you touch it you should catch it is so false.

Cousins is just not very accurate a lot of the times. There were at least 5 open receivers he missed with bad passes. Including the game ender. That was wide by like 2 yards.

The thing that makes me nervous is accuracy is not necessarily a fixable thing at this point.

He might just not be a very accurate passer.

Good:
Defense played pretty well, considering the opponent.
Breeland showed up.
Crowder is amazeballs, as is Thompson.
We finally have a kicker. I don't blame Hopkins for that long miss, he had the leg, just pushed it a little bit too much. Plus that was like what, a 52 yard kick or something?

Bad:
No running game, whatsoever hurts. As much as I dig Alfmo, I think even Thompson is outplaying him at this point.
Garcon is inconsistent at best.
Grant fell down on the route. How are you falling? You aren't even playing on real grass.
Ross still isn't above Grant on the depth chart. :Smoker:

I was watching ESPN game cast here in Connecticut cause we didn't get it...tough to see the line for int for td game over come up as previous play.

Gotta say, I see progress. With take them to ot, but always in the back of my mind it's like what if?

We are clearly a better team than last year. We went from a bottom 5 team to somewhere around the 20 range. And we could have won vs Miami and Atlanta. But that's why we aren't there yet. Just keep improving.I feel like if we have another good draft and pick up a couple free agents this offseason we are legitimately fighting for a playoff spot next year. That's a positive.

Negative= run defense was bad today real bad.

Garçon sucked today.

I think we played a lot of nickle.

The passes on Garcon's drops were way off target. I agree with the other posters' observations.

Positives:
-The secondary, great effort with so many starters out
-The D line pressuring with only 4 down lineman

Negatives:
-D against the zone running scheme, haven't these guys seen this in practice for years?
-Lack of blitz on the Falcons last drive, dial up something special when the game is on the line.
2-3 Redskins 2015 :( I didn't have much hope for 2015, everytime I get my hopes up.... heartbroken.

Garçon had that td yes it was a bit high but he had 2 hands on it. I love the guy but still has to make those plays to beat atlanta.

It is interesting I didn't get to watch the game only listened to it so I don't have a visual opinion on Garcon's drops, but Cooley on the color said that Garcon should've had those balls, he also question Garcon during the first interception. Being a former TE with shall we say less than elite QBs he might have higher standards for receivers than he does QBs.