“Take whatever they give us”, said Weeden, who was 22 of 26 for 232 yards.
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“Nobody plays as well as they’re capable of playing”.
It is just one game.
Quinn also lauded offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan for having the offense clicking in the passing and run games.
“I don’t know if they’d be surprised, you’d have to ask them”, Quinn said. Your New Orleans Saints looked like a team that could bounce back to save their season. Atlanta’s Devonta Freeman had a career game on the ground against the Cowboys, so a heavy dose of Mark Ingram and Khiry Robinson could do the job even if Brees returns.
The Dirty-Birds started off slow offensively and defensively against Dallas before picking it up in the second half. Former Pro Bowler Roddy White has not caught a pass in the past two games.
McCown is 2-8 as a starter since his rookie 2004 season.
The team, of course, is going to try and figure out how to correct the errors and move on.
After a fast start fueled by the running game, Weeden’s first bad decision was an interception that turned the game in the Falcons’ favor in the second quarter, before the Dallas defense quit making stops. They do have to try and fix the many problems that Atlanta laid bare.
All that happened on Sunday is a perfectly adequate RB couldn’t adjust to the Falcons’ realization that they didn’t have to defend much past the line of scrimmage when it came to how far Weeden was going to throw the ball. He completed nearly all his passes, but they were short and generally in the middle of the field.
The rotational plan worked to near perfection in the second half against Dallas. Freeman earns the league minimum for a second-year player ($510,000) and has a cap charge of just $631,106 – essentially the contract of a third-string running back. “We can’t go play this game quick enough and because, listen, there is that sense of urgency to get a win”. But for whatever the reason, we just haven’t pulled the trigger and felt like there was a bigger need.
Dallas’ defense simply crumbled. At $204 per yard, Freeman provided tremendous value. “Our best football is right out in front of us as a team from the start all the way through the finish”. The several missing players obviously hurt them.
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Things will nearly certainly be better this week. He’s very much improved from his days in Cleveland and was actually almost flawless for the first half of the game, but he’s still a backup that needs a few type of support system to fall back on. Another loss, and Dallas may be in trouble, especially given that the New England Patriots are next up.
