scar988 527 Posted September 15 (edited) The 0-1 Atlanta Falcons take on the 0-1 Dallas Cowboys. Atlanta is going to be trying for their first win of the season against a talented Cowboys squad in Dallas. Key Injuries on both sides: Atlanta Starting DE Dante Fowler - Ankle Injury - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Full Participation/Thursday: Full Participation/Friday: Full Participation Starting RG Chris Lindstrom - Thumb Injury - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Not on report/Thursday: Full Participation/Friday: Full Participation Starting WR Julio Jones - Hamstring Injury - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Limited Participation/Thursday: Limited Participation/Friday: Limited Participation Starting LT Jake Matthews - Knee Injury - Projection: Questionable, Will Play Wednesday: Did Not Practice/Thursday: Limited Participation/Friday: Limited Participation Rotational DT Marlon Davidson - Knee Injury - Projection: Doubtful, will likely not play Wednesday: Limited Participation/Thursday: Limited Participation/Friday: Limited Participation Rotational DT Deadrin Senat - Ankle Injury - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Not on report/Thursday: Limited Participation/Friday: Limited Participation Starting CB Kendall Sheffield - Foot Injury - Projection: OUT Wednesday: Did Not Practice/Thursday: Did Not Practice/Friday: Did Not Practice Starting C Alex Mack - Old Man - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Not on report/Thursday: Did Not Practice as his weekly "Old Man Day"/Friday: Not on report Rotational DE Charles Harris - Ankle Injury - Projection: OUT Wednesday: Did Not Practice/Thursday: Did Not Practice/Friday: Did Not Practice Starting LG James Carpenter - Old Man - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Not on report/Thursday: Not on report/Friday: Did Not Practice as his weekly "Old Man Day" Starting RB Todd Gurley - Old Man - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Not on report/Thursday: Not on report/Friday: Did Not Practice as his weekly "Old Man Day" Atlanta has no one currently on injured reserve Dallas Starting CB Jourdan Lewis- Ankle Injury - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Full Participation/Thursday: Full Participation/Friday: Full Participation Starting WR Amari Cooper - Ankle Injury - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Not on Report/Thursday: Limited Participation/Friday: Full Participation Rotational DE Aldon Smith - Tooth - Projection: Will Play Wednesday: Not on Report/Thursday: Did Not Practice/Friday: Did Not Practice Starting LT Tyron Smith - Neck Injury - Projection: Questionable, Will not Play Wednesday: Not on Report/Thursday: Did Not Practice/Friday: Did Not Practice Injured reserve players for Dallas: Starting RT La'El Collins Starting TE Blake Jarwin Starting WLB Leighton Vander Esch Starting SLB Sean Lee Reserve WR Ventell Bryant Reserve OL Cameron Erving Reserve OL Mitch Hyatt Reserve LB Azur Kamara Refs for this week: Brad Rogers Network: Fox single game coverage. Atlanta and Dallas markets guaranteed to get it. The rest of the map shown here. Announcers for the game: Kevin Burkhardt and Darryl Johnston AMA about the Falcons, Cowboys fans. I'm here to help. Also @GSUeagles14, @FalconFan13, @swoosh, let's get some discussion back in here. Edited September 18 by scar988 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swoosh 923 Posted September 15 (edited) I tend to be an optimist to a fault, but I thought week one was encouraging. Run game, offensive line, and pass rush all looked improved. Seattle is tough team and Atlanta would've been in it til the end if it wasn't for a few key plays (i.e. PI on 3rd and forever against Ricardo Allen, fourth and five to DK, and the fumble on the fake punt to name a few). Ryan and company had no issues driving on Seattle, but finishing was an issue. Not much new there, I suppose. Adams was all over the field. Unfortunately for us, it doesn't get much easier with Dallas. Another playoff team. Need to find a way to win the turnover battle and do a better job of finishing drives. Good news is we're fully healthy - Gurley too. Rams had success running the football against Dallas. Run early, get out to a lead or keep it close, and continue to run the ball in the second half. Can't fall behind again and abandon the run. Ryan is so much better when pass rushers aren't pinning their ears back. Edited September 15 by swoosh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scar988 527 Posted September 15 42 minutes ago, swoosh said: I tend to be an optimist to a fault, but I thought week one was encouraging. Run game, offensive line, and pass rush all looked improved. Seattle is tough team and Atlanta would've been in it til the end if it wasn't for a few key plays (i.e. PI on 3rd and forever against Ricardo Allen, fourth and five to DK, and the fumble on the fake punt to name a few). Ryan and company had no issues driving on Seattle, but finishing was an issue. Not much new there, I suppose. Adams was all over the field. Unfortunately for us, it doesn't get much easier with Dallas. Another playoff team. Need to find a way to win the turnover battle and do a better job of finishing drives. Good news is we're fully healthy - Gurley too. Rams had success running the football against Dallas. Run early, get out to a lead or keep it close, and continue to run the ball in the second half. Can't fall behind again and abandon the run. Ryan is so much better when pass rushers aren't pinning their ears back. The good news is, they don't have anyone like Jamal Adams on that roster. Dude changed the game. Also, I think Quinn will be smarter with his 4th and goes. If he kicks 2 FGs instead of goes for it twice in the red zone, it's a 1 score game near the end. Small changes could have made a big difference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matts4313 7,117 Posted September 16 20 hours ago, swoosh said: I tend to be an optimist to a fault, but I thought week one was encouraging. Run game, offensive line, and pass rush all looked improved. Seattle is tough team and Atlanta would've been in it til the end if it wasn't for a few key plays (i.e. PI on 3rd and forever against Ricardo Allen, fourth and five to DK, and the fumble on the fake punt to name a few). Ryan and company had no issues driving on Seattle, but finishing was an issue. Not much new there, I suppose. Adams was all over the field. Unfortunately for us, it doesn't get much easier with Dallas. Another playoff team. Need to find a way to win the turnover battle and do a better job of finishing drives. Good news is we're fully healthy - Gurley too. Rams had success running the football against Dallas. Run early, get out to a lead or keep it close, and continue to run the ball in the second half. Can't fall behind again and abandon the run. Ryan is so much better when pass rushers aren't pinning their ears back. We meet again.. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swoosh 923 Posted September 16 3 minutes ago, Matts4313 said: We meet again.. this is a good sign then 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scar988 527 Posted September 16 Refs and Announcers and TV map added to the thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GSUeagles14 595 Posted September 16 21 hours ago, scar988 said: The good news is, they don't have anyone like Jamal Adams on that roster. Dude changed the game. Also, I think Quinn will be smarter with his 4th and goes. If he kicks 2 FGs instead of goes for it twice in the red zone, it's a 1 score game near the end. Small changes could have made a big difference. Dallas' D should be pretty bad, although i still worry about their pass rush. seattle got decent pressure and they dont really have any great pass rushers. Julio and ridley should have big games agaon, and likely one of hurst or gage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scar988 527 Posted September 16 37 minutes ago, GSUeagles14 said: Dallas' D should be pretty bad, although i still worry about their pass rush. seattle got decent pressure and they dont really have any great pass rushers. Julio and ridley should have big games agaon, and likely one of hurst or gage. True. I'm more worried about the Falcons defense. This is going to be a rough one for them unless they can start communicating better on the back end. Rico should be starting at FS and Neal should play more of a WLB role than his current role. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scar988 527 Posted September 18 updated injury situation on the first page. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HDsportsfan 475 Posted September 20 Good game guys. Beside us just kind of lingering and hanging around we had no business winning that game.Not sure Quinn should get scorched this. At some point the players need to play the game themselves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scar988 527 Posted September 21 15 hours ago, HDsportsfan said: Good game guys. Beside us just kind of lingering and hanging around we had no business winning that game.Not sure Quinn should get scorched this. At some point the players need to play the game themselves. And at some point, the coach needs to learn how to run down the clock and have his team force the opponent waste more time on offense than he did. Almsot every scoring drive y'all had was under 3 minutes. That's unacceptable for an NFL team to continually get walked down that quickly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cutler06 230 Posted September 21 Epic collapse, bummed (and surprised) you didn't win this. Matt Ryan had a good game, are you dealing with some injuries ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scar988 527 Posted September 22 23 hours ago, Cutler06 said: Epic collapse, bummed (and surprised) you didn't win this. Matt Ryan had a good game, are you dealing with some injuries ? Defensive injuries after the first quarter really hurt the team. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cutler06 230 Posted September 22 2 hours ago, scar988 said: Defensive injuries after the first quarter really hurt the team. Yeah, this whole season shows methe value of a true training camp, WAAY to many injuries so far. Denver's season decimated and it's only the 2nd week Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
