Preseason Week 2: vs. Falcons

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Good blitz from V-Will... Flushed the QB from the pocket. 3rd down.

 

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Huge gain for ATL... 45yds. Cockrell in man coverage.

 

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Woot CHICKILLO!!!! My man! 13yd loss!

 

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ATL QBs are picking on Cockrell. 1st & goal

 

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Good coverage by V-Will in the RZ. Thought he looked good earlier on the 3rd down conversion as well. He was standing a bit tall but his change of direction was quick and almost got the receiver down before the 1st down line.

 

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1st O series...

1st & 10: WR screen to Bryant. Complete but tackled behind LOS.
2nd & 13: Quick pass to the left to Toussaint. Complete but limited gain.
3rd & 5: Pressure from behind. Ball knocked from Dobbs. Matt Feiler starting at LG. He & Villanueva had a bad block pass-off (twist).

Result: 3 & out.

2nd O-series...

1st & 10: Run up the middle to Toussaint. Gain of 3.
2nd & 7: Run up the middle again to Toussaint. Gain of 2. Finney got owned.
3rd & 4: Pass dumped off to Rodgers for 2yds.

3 & out again.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

3rd O series:

1st & 10: Run delay up the middle for Conner. Tripped up for a gain of 3.
2nd & 7: Play-action, incomplete to DHB. Ball bounced off his hip (could have had that). Pass Interference penalty on the defense. 1st down.

1st & 10: Reverse to Bryant. Bryant tripped but it was snuffed out. Fumbled the ball out of bounds.
2nd & 11: Run up the middle for Conner. Good cuts inside. Gain of 5.
3rd & 6: Shotgun formation. Pass to Bryant, underthrown but good recovery by Bryant. Complete.

1st & 10: Low pass to DHB running a post formation. DHB didn't go after it? He limped off the field.
2nd & 10: Run to the left for Conner. Swallowed up immediately in the backfield. Loss of 6.
3rd & 16: Shotgun. Dump to Jesse James. Gain of 12. Penalty on PIT for ineligible man downfield (DeCastro).
3rd & 16: Draw to Conner. Gain of 11.

42yd FG by Boswell. Drilled it.

Summary: 1 gifted 1st down, and 1 legit 1st down. Drive stalled midway to the RZ. FG good.

4th O series...

1st & 10: Run to the left for Conner. Almost gets outside. Good block by Nix, but the safety crashed. No gain.
2nd & 10: Complete pass to D-Johnson. Easy pass, uncontested. 1st down

1st & 10: Incomplete pass to Justin Hunter. Badly overthrown.
2nd & 10: Complete pass to Jesse James in the flat. Stiff arms for YAC. 6yd gain.
3rd & 4: Incomplete flip pass to Conner. Dobbs flushed from pocket, Conner dropped an easy 1st down.

Summary: 1 1st down.

 

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Hagen & Dangerfield in the secondary.

 

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Well the ST units look decent today... lol

 

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5th O series

1st & 10: Complete pass to James in the flat. Gets OB, Gain of 2.
2nd & 8: Complete quick pass to Coates. Gets OB, gain of 6.
3rd & 2: Incomplete pass to Conner. Overthrown an easy throw.

3 & out

 

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Dobbs is concerning me with his short passing game... lacks touch. Showed the same errant throws in PG1.

 

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Hilton with a break-up before the half!

 

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Tomlin calling TO so his punt return unit can get another shot. Rogers to return.

edit: BLOCKED! Nix!!

 

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What a play by Nix... Gets the blocked punt, recovers and then plows the punter trying to fall on the ball which springs it loose to Chickillo. That's what I call effort!

edit: I think they ruled it a recovery by ATL. Not that it mattered since time had expired.

 

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Saw Gay operating out of the slot exclusively in the 1st half. Meaning he still has the leg up on Sensabaugh/Hilton/etc.

 

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Sensabaugh, Ducre & Hilton are the 2nd-half starters at CB. Not a good sign for Brian Allen.

 

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CHICKILLO!!! 2nd sack of the game.

 

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Trey Williams fielding punts in the 2nd half?

 

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6th O series...

1st & 10: Run up the middle to Conner. 11yd gain.

1st & 10: Conner up the middle for 2yds.
2nd & 8: Complete quick pass to Conner in the flat. CB snuffed it out for 3yd gain.
3rd & 5: Dobbs flushed from pocket, fumbles the ball OB. Penalty on ATL, lined up in neutral zone. 1st down.

1st & 10: Pass over middle to Grimble. Dropped (good play by defender, but still need to hang on). Penalty on ATL, holding. Auto 1st down.

1st & 10: Incomplete deep pass to Coates. Didn't fight for it. Tried to pad catch it & the defender knocked it away.
2nd & 10: Conner up the middle. No lanes, bounced around. Gain of 2.
3rd & 8: Incomplete pass to Bryant. Contested. Looked like DPI to me. Good blitz pickup from Conner.

2 gifted 1st downs... Punt

 

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Injury updates... Hargrave (concussion) & S-Johnson (hamstring) out for the remainder of the game.

Ducre shaken up after the last punt. Looks like he rolled his ankle. That could put Brian Allen into the secondary on this upcoming series.

 

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Another good ST play. Berry pins the ball deep inside the 5yd line, Ducre keeps it from going into the EZ. Holba downs it.