Falcons: Grantland on The Loss

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I agree with this post. Dont get me wrong Im happy to have Coach Smith but it's these rare situations like this that will come up in the playoffs and possibly cripple us.

He doesn't understand the wrong or right times to be aggressive. Ultimately we could have won with the touchdown and execution was the ultimate reason for
the loss, but as the head coach in this instance he failed to put us in the best position to win the game.

That quote doesn't scream adjustment or change coming soon so we have to hope for the best and not make it a close game. I know though that the Saints are one of the few teams that can do this against us.

I think our defense is good enough this year to handle any other team in the NFC. The Saints will always give us fits and I'm not sure why we didnt use the 3 DT look. Maybe we were nervous about the impact it would have on the passing defense, but that balanced approach killed our defense.