Falcons: Crowd noise in Detroit - its a problem now

[RedRamage]

(10-18-2011 07:53 PM)The Falcon Jedi Wrote:  The past few games there have been almost double-digit False Start Penalties for opposing offenses playing there. The crowd noise there is insane. Whoever designed that stadium did it very well, but no-one knew how loud it could be until this season.

I think it's a combination of the noise AND the reputation of the DL. OLs are rightly concerned about getting a good jump and not letting a fast and powerful DL get through them. This makes them "twitchy." Add in a lot of noise and it makes it more difficult.