Hillis 5.7 YPC.
Charles 4.9 YPC.
Elite numbers.
Way to try and skew in Draughn's 3.9 YPC to try and support your argument.

FAIL!!

Well, whatever.

Charles and Hillis did not average 5 YPC against Seattle and St. Louis.

This running attack has not looked like a top running attack.

And in our most important preseason game it didn't even look good.

LOL at you.

You're the one calling this an "elite" running attack when it looked like SHIT in TWO preseason games. The two MOST important preseason games.

LOL at you, homer.

Spinning like a top

BS!

Hillis was running all over the Fn Pack.

Neither Hillis nor Charles looked like shit at any point during the PS. Keep spinning. LOL.

Love how you tried to throw in Draughn who has the lowest ypc of any back on the roster. Hilarious.

Do you want me to take out Draughn's 1st-team carries against Seattle and St. Louis?

If so, you get this:

16 carries, 59 yards.

Yes, the average IS ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME when you take out Draughn's carries with the first team.

This was not close to an elite running game this preseason. It looked real good against Arizona. Other than that you're grasping at straws.

NFC West stats don't count anyway. Can't believe someone who follows football like you do takes any of those preseason games with more than a grain of salt.

Hillis had SEVEN CARRIES FOR 10 YARDS in two of the preseason games.

I like what he did in the 1st and 4th games but...come on.

It is a real stretch to say this running attack is elite.

They might be...but no evidence for it yet.

Can't wait till the team takes Charles off the field in a crucial 3rd and 5 to run a draw with Draughn just to get him work!!!

In "the most important Pre-season game" Hillis had 6 carries for 46 yards for a 7.7 ypc average. That's grasping at straws Huh? No, That's elite numbers.

game 4 is the LEAST important game.

The reality with this team is that the running game looked pretty good in two games, but they were the least important preseason games, that indicate less towards the regular season.

In games two and three, which ALWAYS correlate more closely to regular season games, the team looked really average running the ball.

I would say right now the best read on the running game is that it will be decent. There is certainly no way you can look at preseason and say we were an elite running team.

Part of the problem with our offense in game three, and why Cassel looked so shitty, was because we weren't running the ball well. That's not a good sign in the MOST IMPORTANT PRESEASON GAME.

Whether we win or lose, Charles and Hillis are going to piss pound Atlanta on the ground.
Who do you believe are the top rushing attacks in the NFL?

Atlanta has one of the top run defenses in football, or at least they did last season. #6

I'd be surprised if we had much over 100 yards rushing Sunday. We're gonna be passing trying to catch up.

Didn't Atlanta lose one of, if not their best defensive player?

They've won 43 games in 4 years.

Losing Curtis Lofton isn't going to kill them.

Got it.


Losing arguably your best defensive player and leading tackler won't hurt your defense?

did everyone forget this is a pessimistic thread. Clay seems to be the only one following the format now. LMAO

Only if it's the Chiefs

They lost at Pittsburgh in their opener with Charlie Batch at QB.

They lost in Chicago in their opener the year before that.

They lose in the playoffs every year. They choke in big games.

Mike Smith and matt Ryan choke on the road quite a bit.

The Falcons are not as good outside.

They have never won at Arrowhead.

They played an easy schedule last year.

They lost to Chicago, Tampa, and Houston - all were running teams last year

They fired their defensive coordinator

Their third string LB is starting and he has already had a concussion.

They run the nickel package 75% of the time.

Curtis Lofton was not their best player.

Hell, he was the 16th rated ILB on PFF.

The facts have defeated your weak troll.

Who is their best defensive player then?


Not their leading tackler?

If you put any stock in PFF, the best players on Atlanta's defense last year:

John Abraham
Sean Weatherspoon
Brent Grimes
Jonathan Babineaux
William Moore
Stephen Nicholas
Curtis Lofton

Adding Samuel, who was one of the highest-rated corners, was a good addition.

Oooh I do like Spoon, he's a good player. William Moore too.

No sarcasm actually.

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I bet Spoon shadows Charles in this game. Gonna be interesting to see if Cassel starts dumping him the ball blindly when shit goes south, or actually reads the D.

Moore isn't a coverage guy, IIRC, more of a box SS?

Falcons were worst against the run this preseason than the Chiefs.

Then maybe he should stop sucking.

Charles and McCluster will wear him out. Spoon got better last year but now he has to run the defense. He's just not Curtis Lofton. I think their defense will be soft.

No but he was definately their best player in run defense. Essentially, they traded him for Samuel, who is not good in run defense. Lofton is underrated.

You gotta be careful with PFF. They are flawed in alot of ways.

Speaking of which, has Cassel had his tubes tied yet?

BlackBob telling me PFF is flawed. That's rich.

According to them, their best run defender was Sean Weatherspoon.

Lofton was good, but hardly elite or anything.

I think we will own him. He has been a huge disappointment. He has hardly seen the field. Especially if we can get him lined up with a TE or McCluster.

He's still playing OLB you mental midget.

I'm not saying they aren't useful. However, not everything can be based on stats. Also, who is recording their stats???? Because they aren't official by any means.

Lofton was elite and he was good. I would be suprised if a Falcon fan told you Spoon was better in run defense than Lofton was. It just doesn't seem that way at all. People down here were much higher on Lofton than Spoon. However, perception isn't reality.

Moore is the starting SS, how does he hardly see the field.

I know but he's calling the plays and is the captain of the defense. He has the speaker in his helmet this season. Like I said, they will be running the nickel most of the time.

Spoon is a sideline to sideline guy, but I don't see him as a big run stuffer.

Until now. He couldn't get past some sorry safeties on the depth chart over the past few years. They signed Chris Hope because they don't have much faith in him.

We obviously are gonna run the ball and go with the PA pass for the most part. Who should we run at? Where are they week on D?

Not according to the world's foremost NFL ratings site.

BOTH of Atlanta's safeties are fine in run support. They're gonna be fine.

Well, Peria Jerry was not good against the run last year.

But I read something the other day from Falcons fan, on falcoholic.com I think, about him being improved this preseason.

He's a young player who didn't play much until last season.

The rest of their D is pretty good against the run. Both DEs, both OLB. Safeties are fine.

Akeem Dent is unproven at MLB so we'll see.

Some here say the same thing about Baldwin.

Looking at the Falcons roster, they don't have alot of depth. But they have alot of really good starters, and a really good qb to make up for it.

Yes, well, not so much based on preseason.

Falcons got run all over during the preseason.

I'm wondering without Hali, how we rush the passer. We can't just continuously drop 8 into coverage.

That's what Romeo has always done.

Especially against explosive offenses.

IF we are actually healthy, with this group we could possibly get away with doing that, especially with Berry. But with the Falcons skill guys it will be tough.


It might actually be a good idea to drop 8, try to force the Falcons hand into throwing the ball underneath, come up and make the tackle and hope to get stops.

Let Powe and Poe 1 gap and penetrate.

It would be great if Poe, Powe, and Jackson (just a bit isn't too much to ask) could rush the hell out of Ryan.

I'm sorry. "I was trying to say he wasn't elite and he was good." That was a typo.

Well, they looked like shit at training camp on the day I was there. I guess we'll see.

Jerry did look good and he has improved.

Best thing I saw was Jones vs. Gimes in one on ones. They split about 50/50. Grimes is amazing and can cover big guys.

Harry Douglas was very good. He was beating all three of their best corners. I think he will be a mismatch for Arenas.

Dent was very good at Georgia but he's a special teamer.

It was a fun day. We went for family day. Everything was free... I'm not really a Falcons fan but it was fun.

The Falcons defense has been soft all preseason. They are not playing the run well.