childofpudding Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, BayRaider said: Didn't really get a chance to watch as I was at work. Can someone tell me how this was 23-7 and 23-0 at one point? Looking at the final stats, almost everything is even. Pats had only like 55 more total yards, both teams had two punts, no turnovers for either team, penalties are about the same. Actually worse for New England. The only noticeable difference I see is Pats ToP 34 to 26. Pats finished drives with TDs, Falcons drives stalled and then they missed two FGs. Falcons also failed to convert one key 4th down that gave Pats good field position. Then the Pats had a goalline stand on a different 4th down. Then garbage time yards by Falcons evened up the yards some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just now, BayRaider said: Didn't really get a chance to watch as I was at work. Can someone tell me how this was 23-7 and 23-0 at one point? Looking at the final stats, almost everything is even. Pats had only like 55 more total yards, both teams had two punts, no turnovers for either team, penalties are about the same. Actually worse for New England. The only noticeable difference I see is Pats ToP 34 to 26. Falcons had a blocked field goal, a missed field goal, and the Patriots had a goal line stand. Also the Patriots had better time of possession since they were able to effectively run the ball and gas out the Falcons D. The Game probably should have been closer to 23-13. But it was still pretty one sided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 minute ago, tonyto36 said: Contrary to what some people would like to tell you, situational football and context matters to to evaluating box score stats. 1. The Falcons couldn't convert on important situations (FGs, 3rd down, 4th down) 2. Patriots played two deep safety to end the game and gave up some yards in garbage time. They only had two punts though. Did they make some massive coaching fails in the red zone? Sounds like the Super Bowl all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 17 minutes ago, BayRaider said: They only had two punts though. Did they make some massive coaching fails in the red zone? Sounds like the Super Bowl all over again. Not really. The first missed field goal was just a great play by the Patriots. The second was blindluck. The goal line stand was interesting. You could have run it up the gut or tried a sneak. But the Patriots made an incredible play on a pass and then their was a sweep that was just covered really well. Maybe you could question the playcall on the last play but it wasn't anything egregious. It really wasn't like the Super Bowl. It was just a typical Patriots bend but don't break type game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 6 hours ago, BlaqOptic said: Welp, I was wrong... Looks like Home Field Advantage for New England because this was the only remaining game they had where I could truly envision them losing minus some sort of fluke. Nah, you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 29 minutes ago, Hunter2_1 said: Nah, you guys. And Denver. They can always lose @Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 minute ago, ChazStandard said: And Denver. They can always lose @Denver. Yeah, we are 1-3 there in recent years. They're the two, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iothar Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 8 hours ago, marshawn lynch said: Jones grabbed twice with no call. One face guarding. One the DB just getting there to early Face Guarding is not a penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzane Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 What happened..........? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 13 minutes ago, bzane said: What happened..........? You ok hun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 2 hours ago, bzane said: What happened..........? What happened? what happened is that Stefon Diggs doesn't play for the Falcons. that's what happened! I'm surprised that Dion Lewis is getting more carries than Mike Gillislee. why is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 27 minutes ago, SteelKing728 said: What happened? what happened is that Stefon Diggs doesn't play for the Falcons. that's what happened! I'm surprised that Dion Lewis is getting more carries than Mike Gillislee. why is this? The Patriots always have a seemingly arbitrary distribution of touches for their backs - some of it is match-up based, some of it is just riding the hot hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmart128 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 3 hours ago, iothar said: Face Guarding is not a penalty. It is there is contact and having front of jersey tugged on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crickett Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I have to mention: After last night's game, the Falcons' scoring offense has regressed to 16th in the NFL. They were #1 in that department. An offense with 2016 MVP Matt Ryan, D'onta Foreman, Tevin Coleman, Jones, Sanu and Gabriel are putting up 21 points a game. I'd like to say the problem is Steve Sarkessian and to a major extent, it is. But it's more than that. For as talented as they are, Atlanta needed Kyle Shanahan to have that kind of success and he's gone. He has been a much much bigger loss for the Falcons than he was a gain for the 49ers. I fully expect him to be fired in two years. Half the league should pray their team hires him to be offensive coordinator if that happens, because he's really good at that. There are a lot of coaches out there that are great as offensive coordinators but not so good at being head coaches. Romeo Crennell, Josh McDaniels, Wade Phillips and Hue Jackson are good examples of that. I think Kyle Shanahan is too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 29 minutes ago, Crickett said: I have to mention: After last night's game, the Falcons' scoring offense has regressed to 16th in the NFL. They were #1 in that department. An offense with 2016 MVP Matt Ryan, D'onta Foreman, Tevin Coleman, Jones, Sanu and Gabriel are putting up 21 points a game. I'd like to say the problem is Steve Sarkessian and to a major extent, it is. But it's more than that. For as talented as they are, Atlanta needed Kyle Shanahan to have that kind of success and he's gone. He has been a much much bigger loss for the Falcons than he was a gain for the 49ers. I fully expect him to be fired in two years. Half the league should pray their team hires him to be offensive coordinator if that happens, because he's really good at that. There are a lot of coaches out there that are great as offensive coordinators but not so good at being head coaches. Romeo Crennell, Josh McDaniels, Wade Phillips and Hue Jackson are good examples of that. I think Kyle Shanahan is too. I called this at the start of the season, that Matt would miss Shanahan. Sark's resume isn't all that, is it? Offensive stuff and head coach at USC, where the opposition isn't going to gear you up for NFL. He's WCO, has worked with coordinators who run similar systems to Shanahan, but he's also used more power-run schemes at times in his offense, which will be a bit of an adjustment. "It's not my job to maintain it, but to improve it," Sarkisian said. "I wouldn't be a competitor if I didn't feel that way." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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