Falcons: PFW: Way we hear it

[atljbo]

Quote:Falcons WR White's play lacking discipline

Falcons WR Roddy White's struggles with drops and maintaining his composure in moments of frustration have extended into the second half of the season. He's still on pace for a fifth consecutive 80-catch, 1,000-yard season, but he has scored only three touchdowns — he had at least 10 TDs in each of the past two seasons — and is doing a poor job of managing his emotions, resulting in costly penalties for a team trying to dig out of a hole and fight its way into the playoffs. Some league observers expected White's production to dip following the offseason addition of rookie WR Julio Jones. Seeing White's numbers fall a bit comes as no surprise. The mental errors, including his three personal-foul penalties, are the more concerning development for the Falcons. We hear White has indicated using more four- and five-receiver sets could be beneficial for the offense and make it harder for defenses to key on him, but right now it appears White is his own worst enemy.

[cooperbh]

For elite receivers, double teams come with the territory. It seems pretty clear that Roddy is frustrated because he has lost a step or two and can't beat double coverage anymore, either due to age, conditioning or some injury we don't know about.

Whatever the case, he needs to suck it up, pull his head out of his ass and start making plays when those opportunities present themselves. No excuse for dropping game-winning TD passes when they hit you squarely in the hands.

[The Don™]

Roddy's his own worst enemy(see first few years of his career). He lacked the work ethic and determination to get better at that time.

Right now, he lacks focus and he's letting the drops, penalties, and opinions of him pile up and it's affecting his play. Dude needs to go to an intense meditation session and get back to a state of equilibrium and focus.

[Knight of God]

(11-19-2011 01:34 AM)cooperbh Wrote:  For elite receivers, double teams come with the territory. It seems pretty clear that Roddy is frustrated because he has lost a step or two and can't beat double coverage anymore, either due to age, conditioning or some injury we don't know about.

Whatever the case, he needs to suck it up, pull his head out of his ass and start making plays when those opportunities present themselves. No excuse for dropping game-winning TD passes when they hit you squarely in the hands.

(11-19-2011 01:48 AM)The Don™ Wrote:  Roddy's his own worst enemy(see first few years of his career). He lacked the work ethic and determination to get better at that time.

Right now, he lacks focus and he's letting the drops, penalties, and opinions of him pile up and it's affecting his play. Dude needs to go to an intense mediation session and get back to a state of equilibrium and focus.

I agree with both posts.

[atljbo]

I dont think Roddy has slowed down.... I think last year we basically schemed for him... We moved him around to get him open... This year... We have a healthier HD, Julio Jones, and Tony looking a little fresher... We cant just focus on how to get Roddy open.. We have more weapons...

Yes i think his knee injury has something to do with his production but i think the main reason is the guy is being doubled teamed and he is dropping passes... He is flat out dropping important passes... 2 potential TD's....

I dont want to hear any crying... Just go out there and play

[Knight of God]

As coop said he needs to suck it and Don said he lacks focus. Either way, its almost as if there is something else distracting him.

[cnasty]

If somebody on here uses the twitter, they need to bomb his page with remarks about how he needs to quit acting like a female and step up and play some ball.

[Knight of God]

(11-19-2011 11:13 AM)cnasty Wrote:  If somebody on here uses the twitter, they need to bomb his page with remarks about how he needs to quit acting like a female and step up and play some ball.

I don't twitter...not at all.

[nativefalcon]

And the one catch Roddy makes for a TD goes down in science as one of the hardest catches to make. Roddy is his worst enemy, I think his mom needs to whip his ass again.

[phocis850]

With Roddy, last year everything between him and Matt were pretty much timing routes. The first half of the season, the oline caused these timing routes to be less available. I also haven't seen as many sideline patterns that he would run like he did last year. So, it MAY be that this year is just not gonna come together till the end for him. That is fine for me. He just needs to get his frustration out, but only when the ball is in his hands.