Why did we lose?

[Peyton]

(09-14-2010 09:28 AM)NCFalconfan Wrote:  As someone who has only been able to see the Mendenhall run, and thats it from the game, can someone please fill me in on the following details:

1. Are we still playing everything "underneath" on offense? I.E. shallow routes and not stretching of the field..

2. Is our offense still easy to I.D. based on personnel packages? Pretty bad when even the fans know what play is coming...

3. Are we still playing the candyass brand of defense where the CB lines up 10 yards off the ball?

1. Yes, for the most part. Something amazing happened Sunday. The Falcons threw 44 passes, 23 of which were directed at Roddy White, without throwing any fly patters, or deep posts, or deep corners, or screen passes, or deep crosses, or shallow crosses. Everything was a deep comeback, deep out, or hook, or dump off to the running backs. The lack of diversity in the passing game is startling.

2. I didn't study that aspect as closely watching the game live, but with us running the same plays over and over again, I don't imagine that the personnel groupings mattered much to the Steelers.

3. Yes, sort of, but they got away with it, because Dixon, while completing a good percentage of his passes, made a number of really bad throws in crucial situations.