HELLO AGAIN: The Falcons opened their preseason with a 31-24 win over the Titans.
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Marcus Mariota will not play Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons as he recovers from a sprained MCL in his left knee.
Hankerson said he began thinking in the middle of the week it might be possible to have all players on the active roster available for the game at Tennessee. They failed twice on fourth-and-1. The Titans held the NFL’s third-best scoring offense to a season-low in points, forced Atlanta to turn it over twice on fourth down and intercepted two passes – and still came up short.
Zach Mettenberger did not get a lot of help.
Falcons running back Devonta Freeman finds a few running room against Titans safety Da’ Norris Searcy during the first half in a football game on Sunday, October 25, 2015, in Nashville. Three short completions brought Tennessee to the Falcons’ 42 with 1:39 remaining – nearly within sight of a tying field goal, ample time to conjure up a winning touchdown – whereupon the UGA washout threw the ball to Robenson Therezie, who plays for the Falcons.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt said Friday that Mariota has been ruled out after missing practice all week and the rookie’s knee has not quite healed up. “It’s really an important day for us with the whole team each week”.
“Once it happened, we had to go through and talk about why it happened, and then past that we get right to the present moment, which is seeing how good we can get this week”, Quinn said.
Falcons coach Dan Quinn lauded Freeman’s consistency.
Matt Ryan threw two interceptions in his worst performance of the season, but a pass from the Falcons quarterback to favourite target Julio Jones proved the difference between the sides. The other doesn’t and is 1-5. Our team is going to get out and make a few plays. Guess they’d seen Mettenberger before. Allen suffered the injury in his first game with the Panthers against Tampa Bay prior to the bye week…
The Miami Dolphins scored 41 unanswered points in the first-half before beating the Houston Texans 44-26 for their second straight victory. The Falcons (6-1) overcame two interceptions and outgained Tennessee 378-256.
Despite having a few of the most productive offensive targets in the National Football League, the team has had issues with ball security, losing three fumbles and a blocked punt against the New Orleans Saints that was returned for a touchdown. You’ll have a handful of those per game, but the Falcons still need to try to clean it up before it kills them. “On the last one we thought we had a good shot on the fullback play to get it. On the last one, we were expecting a certain coverage, and let’s give them credit, they took the coverage away that they had”. The Vikings have gone under the total in all five games, so under 44½ is the way to go. Atlanta Falcons recorded 277.3 passing yards and 130.0 rushing yards while allowed 290.7 passing yards and 78.8 russhing yards with turnover differential of -0.3. They just haven’t gotten enough touches.
Will the Falcons get back in the win column or will the Titans earn their second win of the season?
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They’re 6-1, and that’s great.
