I know the Cowboys are going to figure out a way to slow down Jones and not be beat by him. “Unfortunately today, I guess it was him”.
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He showed as much while the first half was unraveling Sunday at Dallas. Darren Sproles sparked the Eagles with an 89-yard punt return for a score and added a 1-yard touchdown run while Philly was building a 24-0 lead in the first half.
This Falcons defense has that stinging feeling in the back of their necks.
PANTHERS 27, SAINTS 22: Cam Newton threw for 315 yards and a pair of touchdowns to tight end Greg Olsen and also ran for a score. Playaction proved effective, and Weeden largely kept things simple with crossing patterns or short throws to his running backs. So I thought he saw the field well, threw it to the right guy. However, something happened. The Falcons scored. Unfortunately that didn’t continue into the second half.
Martin Prado drove in three runs and Miguel Ozuna also homered for Miami, which has won a franchise-best seven consecutive games against the Braves. Weeden only connected to one wide receiver in this game despite his shiny numbers. Joining them are Indiana’s Briann January, Atlanta’s Angel McCoughtry and Los Angeles’ Nneka Ogwumike.
It appeared that DiMarco had made more of an impression in the last two games than the two previous seasons combined. LD (Lance Dunbar) and those backs coming out of the backfield are big weapons for us.
Now the Cowboys have to try and regroup while they wait for injured and suspended players to get back to the field.
Utah surged eight spots to No. 10 after beating the Ducks and received one first-place vote. There were opportunities for him to get the ball to the outside receivers, but Weeden continually chose to check the ball down. That sent the Falcons into the locker room with momentum and they capitalized on it in the second half. They are 27-23 in the stadium that opened in 2009…. I repeatedly utter his mantras of the team becoming “fast and physical” and at the opening stages of his tenure, the team has bought into that philosophy. The 3-0 Bengals blew a 14-0 lead and twice trailed in the fourth quarter before Dalton brought them back by repeatedly picking apart the Baltimore pass defense. In the second half, Atlanta adjusted, and the Cowboys never came close to scoring again. That is not going to cut it. He says it all the time. The two teams play Thursday, and the Steelers will have to go with backup Michael Vick, who was signed in preseason. Their secondary has been surprisingly effective thus far for a supposed weakness, so the Falcons probably won’t be able to just toss the football all up day and find success.
Wideout Jones told reporters during training camp that he’d dropped four pounds in the offseason and found an extra gear.
“We didn’t make any adjustments”. That was the mindset. I felt like we did that for the most part in the first half. That one was completely on me.
One of these guys is a great NFL quarterback, the other once played minor league baseball in the Yankees system, which is something, we guess. We didn’t get the job done.
The game this evening has the Lions playing host to the Broncos. “We have to look at the tape and get better”.
Weeden started 9 of 9 to push his streak of completions to 16 to start the season.
“He drove the ball throughout, he made good decisions, and ultimately this is the style of play”, Garrett said.
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Jones has 34 receptions for 440 yards and four touchdowns in 2015 as the Falcons head toward Sunday’s home game against the Houston Texans, when Jones will likely square off with a former Alabama teammate, cornerback Kareem Jackson. That’s what they do., that’s how they want to play.
