News: DMN: Falcons explain what changed in second half in win over Cowboys

[northernvacowboysfan]

Michael Florek

Falcons explain what changed in second half in win over Cowboys: 'We had to respect the speed and start cheating up'

"Let me feel that energy," Falcons safety William Moore told his teammates. "We just did something!"

"It's all about that finish!" another one of yelled.

The finish is what gave the Falcons a 39-28 a win. Or, to be more specific, the second half is what gave the Falcons a 39-28 win.

The Falcons trailed 28-17 at halftime after gaining just 52 rushing yards.

"Clearly they punched us in the mouth," Falcons coach Dan Quinn said. "We were looking to respond."

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[dallasdave]

Michael Florek

Falcons explain what changed in second half in win over Cowboys: 'We had to respect the speed and start cheating up'

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden (20) is tackled by Atlanta Falcons inside linebacker Paul Worrilow (55) and teammates during the first half of play at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Sunday, September 27, 2015. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)

ARLINGTON -- After the Falcons dispatched the Cowboys on Sunday a crowd of them walked back to their locker room together.

"Let me feel that energy," Falcons safety William Moore told his teammates. "We just did something!"

"It's all about that finish!" another one of yelled.

The finish is what gave the Falcons a 39-28 a win. Or, to be more specific, the second half is what gave the Falcons a 39-28 win.

The Falcons trailed 28-17 at halftime after gaining just 52 rushing yards.

"Clearly they punched us in the mouth," Falcons coach Dan Quinn said. "We were looking to respond."

They did, shutting out the Cowboys in the second half and scoring 25 unanswered points. Atlanta finished with 158 rushing yards, including 141 yards and three touchdowns from Devonta Freeman, who started in place of Tevin Coleman.

The Falcons said they didn't change anything in the second half defensively.

"We were misfitting it," Falcons linebacker Justin Durant said of stopping the Cowboys run game. "We weren't fitting right and we weren't tackling."

Safeties Ricardo Allen and William Moore both said it was more of a matter of realizing what the Cowboys were doing and challenging them to do something else.

The two biggest things the Cowboys were doing well: running the football and dumping it to Lance Dunbar out of the backfield.

Falcons defensive lineman Jonathan Babineaux said stopping the run was just a matter of realizing what run plays the Cowboys were using. Moore said stopping the short passes to Dunbar was a matter of cheating up.

"With Dunbar, his speed, we knew what we were facing," Moore said. "Once he gets out of the backfield, they like to bubble him a lot and most of the time matchup him up against linebackers. We had to respect the speed and start cheating up on him a lot."

That cheating up made the Falcons susceptible to a deep pass, but Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden rarely took the opportunity and never connected. His only completion of more than 20 yards came on a catch-and-run by Dunbar.

"They weren't trying to beat us down the field at all," Allen said

Well we can hope Dallas learns something from this, makes changes and beats the Saints next week.

 

[Zman5]

So why couldn't our coaches see what they were doing and try to adjust?
Even Aikman was seeing it saying that the Falcons were playing single safety high which is susceptible to big play down field.

SMH.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

So why couldn't our coaches see what they were doing and try to adjust?
Even Aikman was seeing it saying that the Falcons were playing single safety high which is susceptible to big play down field.

SMH.

I'm sure Romo was on the sideline just wishing he got that look from them. He would have absolutely torched them. Bleh.

 

[Tabascocat]

From the horses mouth.........................

"They weren't trying to beat us down the field at all," Allen said

 

[Corso]

Michael Florek

"They weren't trying to beat us down the field at all," Allen said

You know what? They did at the very beginning of the game and they got a penalty off it.
Success if I ever saw it and then those tries kind of disappeared and I partially blame that on the early success of the dumpoffs.
Weeden got too comfortable with it and felt too easy just looking down instead of letting the WR's try to get separation in their routes.

It bit him, and Linehan in the tookus who probably was encouraging the check down and safe plays.

The running game failed in the 2nd half and penalties once again (you notice how smooth the offense runs when Witten and the OL aren't getting false starts and holding penalties?) reared it's ugly head.

I hope they adjust before they face Rob Ryan's doofus, I mean defense on the field.

 

[Staubacher]

Out. Coached. Yet another area Tony Romo covered up.

 

[Zman5]

I'm sure Romo was on the sideline just wishing he got that look from them. He would have absolutely torched them. Bleh.

Dez also .

 

[CowboyStar88]

2 words Brandon Weeden


The dude is limited like Troy kept saying there is more to playing the positions outside of throwing a nice pass. The dude doesn't have it upstairs and it's painfully obvious. I think the staff knows and realizes it and that's why there wasn't many if any adjustments. He isn't very accurate you can't win in this league playing QB the way he does. The Falcons challenged and he folded like a cheap suit and just kept throwing the same pass over and over again.

 

[mattjames2010]

From the horses mouth.........................

"They weren't trying to beat us down the field at all," Allen said

Shh, Weedumb is the man!

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Dez also .

I have a feeling we're going to be spending a lot of the next few weeks talking about how different things would be with Romo and Dez playing. This is going to be a frustrating season for a while.

 

[Staubacher]

Weeden missed a wide open Witten in the 3rd when we still held a slim lead.

 

[HoustonSucks]

Michael Florek

Falcons explain what changed in second half in win over Cowboys: 'We had to respect the speed and start cheating up'

"Let me feel that energy," Falcons safety William Moore told his teammates. "We just did something!"

"It's all about that finish!" another one of yelled.

The finish is what gave the Falcons a 39-28 a win. Or, to be more specific, the second half is what gave the Falcons a 39-28 win.

The Falcons trailed 28-17 at halftime after gaining just 52 rushing yards.

"Clearly they punched us in the mouth," Falcons coach Dan Quinn said. "We were looking to respond."

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@JDSmith .... they adjusted....b/c they could....

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Weeden missed a wide open Witten in the 3rd when we still held a slim lead.

I read in another thread that he had missed that throw routinely in practice this week. So, at least he's consistent?

 

[Floatyworm]

So why couldn't our coaches see what they were doing and try to adjust?
Even Aikman was seeing it saying that the Falcons were playing single safety high which is susceptible to big play down field.

SMH.

When a D plays that's single high safety over the top...man under,,,,that is just begging to get beat deep. Look the safety off one way....throw back to the other side. It's 1 on 1 coverage. you just got to be able to hit it. I have my doubts about Weeden's accuracy down field. You saw how he struggled to get Witten the ball on a simple seam pattern.

 

[DandyDon52]

Out. Coached. Yet another area Tony Romo covered up.

yeah this loss is on JG and linehan and marinelli, they had a horrible simple vanilla game plan, which worked ok till atlanta realized they were
not going to throw to wr at all !
They also ran less in 2nd half ?

 

[CowboyStar88]

Shh, Weedumb is the man!

Seems KJJ is a fan of his

 

[DandyDon52]

2 words Brandon Weeden


The dude is limited like Troy kept saying there is more to playing the positions outside of throwing a nice pass. The dude doesn't have it upstairs and it's painfully obvious. I think the staff knows and realizes it and that's why there wasn't many if any adjustments. He isn't very accurate you can't win in this league playing QB the way he does. The Falcons challenged and he folded like a cheap suit and just kept throwing the same pass over and over again.

I think it was the game plan, not weedon, they wanted to play it safe.
And also JG is the one who got weedon and kept him as the backup, so it is on him if weedon cant throw more than 10 yards.
Thing is we dont know because he wasnt throwing any downfield.

 

[mattjames2010]

Seems KJJ is a fan of his

Haha, he's experienced.

 

[CowboyStar88]

I think it was the game plan, not weedon, they wanted to play it safe.
And also JG is the one who got weedon and kept him as the backup, so it is on him if weedon cant throw more than 10 yards.
Thing is we dont know because he wasnt throwing any downfield.

We haven't seen the all 22. I can't buy the fact we didn't run WR down field. You can't sell me on the fact that JG told his QB not to throw it more then 10 yards sorry. They were playing single high safety. QBs love that! I mean QBs with a brain. He isn't accurate enough he doesn't trust what he sees. He isn't very good. The Cowboys rolled the dice on him and it's going to be the undoing of trying to salvage this season. If reports were right and they wanted Hundley in the draft And got him I highly doubt Weedbum would be on this team. Vaughn had every chance to beat him out and sucked so bad it made Weedbum look serviceable.