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The Falcons could ground the Eagles
By Dave Mangels@Southern_Philly Sep 14, 2024, 12:42pm EDT
Kirk Cousins and the Falcons passing offense are wounded. The Falcons best, and perhaps only, way to upset the Eagles is to run the hell out of the ball. They are well equipped to do so with Bijan Robinson. The Eagles defense was not up to the task against the Packers, allowing an embarrassing 7.8 yards per rush against the Packers.
It is too early to hit the panic button but the run defense being the Eagles’ Achilles heel is a very real possibility.
Small Sample Size Alert!
-Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis were on the field together for 7 running plays. One of them was a 32 yard run where Davis as aligned over the right side A gap and Carter over the right side B gap and the Packers ran off tackle to the left. Not much they can do there. But the other six were for an average of 1.2 yards per carry. You can’t run up the middle on these two, but they can’t play every down together.
-The Packers ran on 1st or 2nd and 10 16 times and averaged 8.8 yards per carry. The Falcons would be wise to run in passing downs.
-The Packers had five rushing attempts that went for 10+ yards, three were off tackle. All of them used motion. The Falcons had three rushing attempts that went for 10+ yards, all were off tackle. All of them used motion.
Big Contract, Small Role
Vic Fangio’s words indicated that he doesn’t think much of prized free agent signing Bryce Huff as an all around player. His actions against the Packers confirmed it. The Packers ran 27 plays on 1st down. Brandon Graham and Nolan Smith played on 18 of them, Josh Sweat on 16, and Huff on just 8. He also played the fewest snaps where the down distance was 5 yards or fewer: Sweat 9, Graham 7, Smith 6, Huff 5.
While Fangio doesn’t think much of Huff as a three down player, Fangio did think highly of him as a third down player. The Packers ran 11 plays on 3rd down, and Huff played in all of them.
By Dave Mangels@Southern_Philly Sep 14, 2024, 12:42pm EDT
Kirk Cousins and the Falcons passing offense are wounded. The Falcons best, and perhaps only, way to upset the Eagles is to run the hell out of the ball. They are well equipped to do so with Bijan Robinson. The Eagles defense was not up to the task against the Packers, allowing an embarrassing 7.8 yards per rush against the Packers.
It is too early to hit the panic button but the run defense being the Eagles’ Achilles heel is a very real possibility.
Small Sample Size Alert!
-Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis were on the field together for 7 running plays. One of them was a 32 yard run where Davis as aligned over the right side A gap and Carter over the right side B gap and the Packers ran off tackle to the left. Not much they can do there. But the other six were for an average of 1.2 yards per carry. You can’t run up the middle on these two, but they can’t play every down together.
-The Packers ran on 1st or 2nd and 10 16 times and averaged 8.8 yards per carry. The Falcons would be wise to run in passing downs.
-The Packers had five rushing attempts that went for 10+ yards, three were off tackle. All of them used motion. The Falcons had three rushing attempts that went for 10+ yards, all were off tackle. All of them used motion.
Big Contract, Small Role
Vic Fangio’s words indicated that he doesn’t think much of prized free agent signing Bryce Huff as an all around player. His actions against the Packers confirmed it. The Packers ran 27 plays on 1st down. Brandon Graham and Nolan Smith played on 18 of them, Josh Sweat on 16, and Huff on just 8. He also played the fewest snaps where the down distance was 5 yards or fewer: Sweat 9, Graham 7, Smith 6, Huff 5.
While Fangio doesn’t think much of Huff as a three down player, Fangio did think highly of him as a third down player. The Packers ran 11 plays on 3rd down, and Huff played in all of them.