The winnable game in this first part of the schedule seemed to be Sunday’s clash with the Buccaneers.
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Back to Shanahan. He dialed up some neat stuff in this game – the inside handoffs, the shovel passes, the dual deployment of Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman as virtual wingbacks.
Shorts, who also played for new Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter in Jacksonville, was signed following his release last week from the Texans. This was the Falcons’ first loss in a home opener during the Matt Ryan era in Atlanta (2008-present). The fourth went 92 yards following a punt and a penalty. It’s only one game. Jameis Winston stole the show, throwing for 281 yards and four touchdowns, as the Bucs ran out winners over their division rivals. After one game, they don’t look much different than the team that faltered at the end of last season. The first was defensive holding on Kemal Ishmael. On the 11 plays he was in on run defense, the Bucs offense gained a total of just 1 yard…6 of the plays resulted in no gain or negative yards.
The exclusive chat came on a day the Bucs learned they will be without defensive end, Jacquies Smith, for the remainder of the season.
Country music performer Billy Ray Cyrus, second from left, talks with members of the military before an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. They were 1-for-4, touchdown-wise, in the red zone.
Count those missed tackles.
“Obviously we know coming into games that people are going to have plans to adjust to Julio”. The other one just happened to be another Jameis Winston special, as he directed TD drives of 75, 85, 80 and 80 in a 45-17 win at Philadelphia past year on November 22 (he threw in a ho-hum 59-yard TD drive in that game for good measure). The Falcons corners were torched by Jameis Winston in the 2nd half, and will need a bounce back game.
The Falcons grabbed a 10-3 lead late in the first quarter after Winston’s pass for Vincent Jackson was picked off by Desmond Trufant, who returned it 13 yards to the Tampa Bay 9.
Sanu had a touchdown catch of his own in the first quarter on a 5-yard pass. This was the only turnover for either team. Quinn defended not going to it more in the fourth quarter on Sunday, saying, “We didn’t feel it was necessary at the time”. We’ll have to wait and see how the young corner holds up. Matt Ryan, who threw 16 interceptions last season, did not throw any interceptions Sunday.
“I certainly do, for a number of reasons”, he said. It would’ve been nice to gain any ground they could on Carolina with them losing to the Denver Broncos Thursday night. “We’ve got to be much better”.
Fantasy Impact The Falcons defense hasn’t exactly been the normal Dan Quinn defense that he had in Seattle but that is still a work in progress. Eagles coach Doug Pederson stood next to Biden while a trumpeter player the anthem. The Raiders offensive line is one of the best in football, so the Falcons have a tall task.
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On second-and-3 at the Atlanta 23, all of the Falcons’ linebackers dropped into coverage, creating a huge opening for Sims.
