Jared Feinberg's Falcons v Panthers film breakdown

[kungfoodude]

Just now, CRA said:

Yeah, I just think Penix had one of those nightmare games that had more to do with himself than our D.   Then the whole team around him sort of imploded too.  

but we were due for one of those going our way for a change vs us being the one gifting games to an opponent.  

100%. A chunk of our victories over the past few years have been opponents having "those games." Hey, take em where you can get them, especially in the division.

Definitely glad to see that ATL also suffers from poor coaching issues, as well.

While we have been a dumpster fire,  it has been nice to see most of the division also experience this fate, as well.

[fanpanther]

1 hour ago, Icege said:

Penix was awful because the defense bottled up their run game and was finally getting pressure. It clearly rattled him, as it would most QBs.

they didnt have a sack all game did they?  Penix is bryce young level bad neither is going to pan out.  falcons should try cousins again and move on to a new qb next season.  panthers should also but they will most likely just pick up fifth on bryce

[Jay Roosevelt]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Eh.....I tend to disagree on the run defense but that's whatever.

The thing that struck me immediately was that they DID have ample opportunities to get yards on our pass defense but Penix was so frequently off target with the ball that it was nuts. Late, behind, too high, too short, etc. He was spraying throws everywhere but where they were intended to go.

I am a little reticent to give TOO much credit to our defense for that reason. They did generate a lot more pressure on the QB so that was great. 

It's a one game sample so I don't want to reset the expectations just yet. Hopefully it's a trend and not a statistical outlier.

 

What surprised me was that they didn't seem to really commit to the run early and then couldn't once they got behind. I did notice the tackling seemed to be much better than we've seen, however.

[Icege]

idk how the three Mooney drops and two missed field goals can be chalked up to Penix being horrible, but he definitely fell apart later in the game when down two scores and having to be one dimensional on offense. There was a couple of passes too that were affected by the rush to force them off topic. Once Penix was uncomfortable, he unraveled further.

Then again, if folks are looking for a reason to not hope yet by finding reasons to dismiss the performance, carry on I suppose?

[jtm]

I don't get the Moore hate either.  He's reliable and is a solid special teams contributor.  We have lots of young talent on offense and sometimes you need a vet to make a vet play.  

[Carolina Cajun]

4 hours ago, Icege said:

Penix was awful because the defense bottled up their run game and was finally getting pressure. It clearly rattled him, as it would most QBs.

For the first time ALL season, it looked like we blitzed.  Honestly, I dont think Atlanta was prepared for it since we literally didnt do it ALL season long.  

[WUnderhill]

15 hours ago, ClawOn said:

That was the game plan.  It worked.  

I never planned to be the resident David Moore advocate but the guy went 32 for 351 and 3 TDs last year as the 5th option.  19 of the 32 went for 1st downs.  He's not restricted to blocking.  He's not elite.  He's a solid contributor as demonstrated above. 

On the huddle, you’re either Jerry Rice or you’re worthless. He came into the season as the #4/5 receiver but Coker got injured and XL shat the bed. Could be a lot worse than David Moore.

[ForJimmy]

Penix struggles under pressure.  This dates back to college.  He looked great against his Pac-12 defense and then when they made the playoffs against a good defense he looked erratic like he did last Sunday.  If you can force the Falcons to pass and get pressure on him you should have a good day.  Their strength will always been the running game with Bijan as long as he is there.  

The David Moore hate confuses me too.  Depth vet who can play special teams and do the dirty work like blocking.  He is on a pretty reasonable contract as well.  

[Jon Snow]

5 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Penix struggles under pressure.  This dates back to college.  He looked great against his Pac-12 defense and then when they made the playoffs against a good defense he looked erratic like he did last Sunday.  If you can force the Falcons to pass and get pressure on him you should have a good day.  Their strength will always been the running game with Bijan as long as he is there.  

The David Moore hate confuses me too.  Depth vet who can play special teams and do the dirty work like blocking.  He is on a pretty reasonable contract as well.  

Every qb struggles under pressure. That's why they pay pass rushers so much.

[electro's horse]

This was a pick six

 

[uncfan888]

6 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

This was a pick six

 

We could post the same type of picture for Bryce and his bad decisions haha

[electro's horse]

3 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

We could post the same type of picture for Bryce and his bad decisions haha

No you see here it’s the panthers pressure.

with Bryce it’s the rest of the team failing him. 

[ForJimmy]

10 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Every qb struggles under pressure. That's why they pay pass rushers so much.

The good ones make you pay.  Now if you can pressure without blitzing then year that changes things.

[TheSpecialJuan]

9 hours ago, Icege said:

Penix was awful because the defense bottled up their run game and was finally getting pressure. It clearly rattled him, as it would most QBs.

This was a one-off performance everything went right. I fully expect us to lose this Sunday