Falcons ST coach should be fired

[Carson]

Not his fault.

Perfect kick by Zuerlein
Perfect job by Goodwin

0% chance that happens again. Imagine if their guy touches the ball early

 

[cern]

How did nobody on the Falcon hands team not know they could touch the ball????


Wow. Thanks!

divine providence, my friend. just like lambo being there when we drafted number one pick.

 

[Bullflop]

The epic brain fart that the Atlanta special teams committed at games end by hesitating to recover the ball was a gift from God. We're blessed.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Fassel had a rough game on special teams himself. 2 fake punts inside your own 50, bad decisions by Pollard to run kickoffs out of the endzone. And it still wasn't the worst coached special teams moment of the game

 

[pupulehaole]

If Atlanta had a full training camp, I don't think that happens. No time for special teams details like this.

you need a training camp to know basic football rules?

 

[zerofill]

How did nobody on the Falcon hands team not know they could touch the ball????


Wow. Thanks!

Jerry made a bank transfer during commercial break....

 

[J817]

Yes, I'm sure he told them to stand 11 yards away and don't contest a recovery.

My point is, why isn’t the ST coach reminding his players of the rules of the game in that situation? It clearly appears that did not happen.

 

[Virginia-Dave]

Falcons gonna Falcon!

 

[snadler]

The Falcons lost a game they had no reason to lose..by making such dumb mistakes especially the onside kick not going after the ball..I thought I couldn’t see a team dumber than the Boys..and Fortunately found 1

 

[amuze]

The way it looked to me was that the players somehow thought they were not supposed to touch the ball until it went 10 yards. Poor coaching IMO. Players only acted the way they were coached.

 

[endersdragon]

The only thing I can figure is they were afraid of it bouncing out of their arms and into the Cowboys.... but yea... was a stupid play, but hey I will take it.

 

[Eanwen]

Yeah I just don't get it. Even with new players, it's the same old crap. The good news is, it didn't take 3 quarters for the DE's to start playing the PA rollout. Also T. Hill flashed a bit; really good news if he turns out to be worth the 2nd round pick.

 

[Virginia-Dave]

It was a crazy kick, and I didn't think it had a chance of making it 10 yards, but how does nobody from ATL jump on it when it starts getting close? It was such a freak play, and I loved it!

 

[TheCoolFan]

Falcons deserved to lose...they had plenty of chances to put the game away but couldn't do it. They won the turnover battle 3-0 (and it can even be 5-0 if you count the failed fake punts) and had great field position after each of those. This should have been a blowout after all of that.

 

[VaqueroTD]

Bad coaching.

Some of our fans were quick to jump on the bandwagon and label Big Mike a bad coach.

Blowing that type of lead. And not making sure your Special Teams know how to handle that situation... THAT is bad coaching!

 

[guag]

I just couldn’t imagine how pissed I’d be if it were the cowboys who lost in that way. Whew

Seriously, I truly feel bad for the Falcons fans for having to watch that horrendous, unacceptable display on the onside kick. What a huge break for us, we should not have won this game.

 

[aria]

If Atlanta had a full training camp, I don't think that happens. No time for special teams details like this.

Details?! I was aware of the 10 yard rule when I first stared playing in 4th grade and I’m not even exaggerating.

 

[guag]

you need a training camp to know basic football rules?

I know right? Middle school kids know what to do in that situation.

edit: see post right above this one ^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[btcutter]

Falcon player should have just batted the ball out of bounds!

 

[kwcool619]

It was almost like they were being coached by Jason Garrett.

Dan Quinn is like Jason Garrett. Some of his decisions.....