Falcons: Steven Jackson is a Falcon

[mdrake34]

(03-15-2013 09:53 AM)keithbrooking56 Wrote:  The Rams O line last year was significantly worse than ours. If you watched any Rams games you could see how few holes they opened up for Jackson or protected Bradford. While our O line wasn't great it was about average on run schemes. What killed us was Turner having zero burst to the hole or any lateral ability to stretch to the outside.

That and the instability at C and RG. Hopefully Konz at C and whoever at RG will give us a better push in the middle next year.

SJax is going to flat out run over folks though.

[Jesus]

One thing no one seems to be talking about:
Turner in Atlanta 5 years 60 rushing TDs
Jackson's entire career in St. Louis 56 TDs

He is going to get the opportunity to score a lot of touchdowns. I predict he will lead the league in TD runs.

[mdrake34]

(03-15-2013 10:24 AM)Jesus Wrote:  One thing no one seems to be talking about:
Turner in Atlanta 5 years 60 rushing TDs
Jackson's entire career in St. Louis 58 TDs

He is going to get the opportunity to score a lot of touchdowns. I predict he will lead the league in TD runs.

Yeah he has never scored a lot of TD's, they either vultured them or they collapsed in the red zone. I had him in fantasy one year and it was so frustrating.

[ATLBound]

(01-02-1970 09:52 AM)AUTiger7222. 19' Wrote:  I just want the defense fixed. Ever since TD has been here his focus has been 65/35 in favor of the offense. The Falcons offense has been great every year. But the Falcons still haven't won the Super Bowl because TD has yet to put a Super Bowl winning defense on the field and I for one am sick of it.

Not true at all. Its been 50/50. The offense has been better because it had more stability. We picked up a good addition for RB in FA and got a good QB on the first try with Matt Ryan

Our defensive pickups on the other hand havent worked out as well. Here are some of the defensive pickup. Some worked out and sone havent:

Weatherspoon
Asante
Moore
Dunta
Edwards
Peters
Jerry
Walker
Lofton

Here is some of the offense:
Ryan
Julio
Quizz
S Jax
Tony G
Baker
Turner

Matter of fact now that Im thinking about it TD has probably focused more on defense than offense.

[RFlagg]

(03-15-2013 10:37 AM)ATLBound Wrote:  Not true at all. Its been 50/50. The offense has been better because it had more stability. We picked up a good addition for RB in FA and got a good QB on the first try with Matt Ryan

Our defensive pickups on the other hand havent worked out as well. Here are some of the defensive pickup. Some worked out and sone havent:

Weatherspoon
Asante
Moore
Dunta
Edwards
Peters
Jerry
Walker
Lofton

Here is some of the offense:
Ryan
Julio
Quizz
S Jax
Tony G
Baker
Turner

Matter of fact now that Im thinking about it TD has probably focused more on defense than offense.

This is true, and I'm really starting to think TD might need some help finding defensive players. Of course of the players listed, all but one was done while BVG was here, that may have also had something to do with it.

[Beef]

[papachaz]

(03-14-2013 07:45 PM)Jesus Wrote:  Our D was the 5th best scoring D. We didn't get to the super bowl because of our D but because we couldn't score inside the 10 in 4 plays. Consider that problem fixed.

yeah, and giving up 3 score leads in both playoff games didn't have anything to do with it huh.......

Like I said, I'd not impressed with this move. The one thing I said in my first post that I stick to, is we damn sure better fix the defense. Ok, if signing SJ means we can and do focus the first 4 rounds on D, then great. But we almost lost the seachickens game, and DID lose the niners game because we couldn't stop the passes to the TE. It really is that plain and simple. 5th in scoring didn't mean squat once we showed we couldn't stop the TE from catching the ball and running all over us. THAT'S what ultimately cost us. Not failing to score from 10 yards out. They'd have gotten the ball back, and we couldn't stop em, they would have pulled out the miracle comeback win.

[Jesus]

(03-17-2013 07:24 PM)papachaz Wrote:  yeah, and giving up 3 score leads in both playoff games didn't have anything to do with it huh.......

Like I said, I'd not impressed with this move. The one thing I said in my first post that I stick to, is we damn sure better fix the defense. Ok, if signing SJ means we can and do focus the first 4 rounds on D, then great. But we almost lost the seachickens game, and DID lose the niners game because we couldn't stop the passes to the TE. It really is that plain and simple. 5th in scoring didn't mean squat once we showed we couldn't stop the TE from catching the ball and running all over us. THAT'S what ultimately cost us. Not failing to score from 10 yards out. They'd have gotten the ball back, and we couldn't stop em, they would have pulled out the miracle comeback win.

We beat seattle so no need to get to that one. How did we lose vs SF? Their TE had a a good game but their run game gashed all over us. Yes we had trouble stopping them but we failed to score when we had to. The fumble took away at least a field goal attempt. Why are we deep in their territory with a lead and running a shotgun? Had Turner not been hurt, remember he left hurt, we could have ground out the clock and the yards. What if we had Jackson pounding over them? Our offense eats the clock we get the yards we score. All we needed was one more touchdown.

Look at the playoffs all over again no team had a stout defense. It was nothing but offenses and close games. Penalties were not called and scoring was rampant. It wasn't normal think back on the regular season. The playoffs were an anomaly not the norm. We didn't make the super bowl because the defense wasn't good enough. Neither was theirs.

[phocis850]

We were playing QB spy.

It worked.

Their TE's killed us but we didn't give yards to the QB's.

Pick your poison.

[Anomaly]

Quote:The contract free-agent running back Steve Jackson recently signed is salary-cap friendly for the Atlanta Falcons it its first year.

According to contract details obtained by ESPN.com, Jackson’s first-year cap figure will be only $2.916 million. His three-year deal is worth at least $12 million and included a $3.5 million signing bonus.

Jackson’s base salary in 2013 will be $1.75 million, with $500,000 of that guaranteed.

In 2014, Jackson’s base salary jumps to $3 million and his cap figure rises to $4.166 million. In 2015, Jackson’s base salary increases to $3.75 million and his cap figure is scheduled to be $4.916 million.

The deal also includes unspecified escalator clauses that could increase Jackson’s base salary in 2014 and 2015.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/...s-contract