Mike Mularkey: Falcons won’t force deep passes
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) fires a pass against the Chicago Bears in the second half. He's been ordered not to force the deep ball. AP
FLOWERY BRANCH — Fox analyst Jimmy Johnson, in a column on foxsports.com, called for the Falcons to open up their offensive attack.
“I don’t think the Falcons can keep throwing the ball underneath like they did against the Bears and expect to win in the long run,” Johnson wrote. “They have to find a way to get Roddy White deep and find more ways to create something big.”
The Falcons also made a big 5-for-1 draft-day trade to move up 21 spots to draft the fleet Julio Jones with the hopes of adding more explosive plays to the offense. In the 30-12 defeat against the Chicago Bears, the Falcons did not challenge the Bears
Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey.
cover-two zone defense deep down the field.
The tried to attack by throwing underneath. The Falcons were hoping their receivers could take the short passes and then beat defenders up the field. The Bears did a good job of tackling and keeping the Falcons in front of them.
Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey defended his attack. He clearly doesn’t want quarterback Matt Ryan forcing the ball into coverage.
Falcons offensive coordiantor Mike Mularkey and quarterback Matt Ryan opened the game against the Bears in the no-huddle attack. (CURTIS COMPTON/AJC).
“I don’t know what that means,” Mularkey said when asked if the offense could be more aggressive. “When they’ve got guys down there and they are taking away the deep ball; you throw it underneath. You can force it down there and turn the ball over more possibly; which we obviously don’t want to do.”
Mularkey did say he was surprised about the number of check-down passes that Ryan threw.
“There were a number of times where we tried to get the ball deep, but that’s Tampa-2,” Mularkey said. “That’s the scheme of things and that’s probably the most check downs that I can remember that I’ve ever been involved with.”
Mularkey thought running back Michael Turner, who caught three passes for 40 yards did a job when he was the check-down receiver.
The Falcons are going to remain selective when throwing deep passes.
“We are trying to get them down there, but we are not going to force the issue,” Mularkey said.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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SeenThisB4
September 14th, 2011
7:05 am
Only way eagles don’t win this week is if M. # I c K goes down.
@king_of_peons
September 14th, 2011
7:10 am
Expect a loss but wish we could get this monkey off our back. BTW we are the only fans who can say “that’s a bunch of Mularkey” and mean it.
Concerned Fan
September 14th, 2011
7:10 am
Who is designing the middle/deep routes? Either poorly conceived or poorly executed (in the cases of White and Jones, got to give them a chance with better routes). We’ve got some of the most capable receivers, need to send them for the kill, not for a 10 yard gain.
gadawgs
September 14th, 2011
7:10 am
Mike..you are full of Mularkey. Just tell every team on our schedule that we WON’T force it deep. That way they can all play Tampa 2 and do the exact same thing Chicago did to us. You have to take chances to be explosive.
Yo mama
September 14th, 2011
7:40 am
DOL, please for the love of god copy edit your material. Your mistakes are carrying over into the falcons play. C’mon man it’s your job to get it right. Read it out loud! You will find your mistakes are rampant. This is not Twitter or FB! You get paid to do this brother. It’s really annoying that don’t seem to care or do anything about. Get snappy!
Ease
September 14th, 2011
7:43 am
If the season goes awry, here is the beginning of the blame…
“I don’t know what that means,” Mularkey said when asked if the offense could be more aggressive.
Michael M.
September 14th, 2011
7:43 am
Thats the Gameplan, you tell one thing and do the complete opposite, they better play Hayden and Sanders in that game whether they feel like they ready or not simply because it don’t take much to replace what they already have. I thought Ryans head came off Sunday when he got hit over at the sidelines trying to run for a play. If he gets hurt then they are done because they have not got a QB better than him. Why on Earth did they let Matt go to Houston Texans, they never really gave him a chance, grrrrrrrrr!
Ease
September 14th, 2011
7:45 am
Mularkey thought running back Michael Turner, who caught three passes for 40 yards did a job when he was the check-down receiver.
How cool is it that Turner has a job, and did it!
I usually just read but....
September 14th, 2011
7:50 am
News Flash, Mularkey. Unconverted 3rd downs turn the ball over also. I can’t decide if our punter’s booming kicks or an interception would leave us with a better position. For me, I think force it a little if that’s all you got!!
jrh1971
September 14th, 2011
7:51 am
#firemikemularkey….Ease has it correct above in reposting the “I don’t know what that means” quote. This guy has NO CLUE. This season is going to be 8-8 at best because of Mularkey’s offense. And unfortunately, it’s too late to do anything about it.
MonkDaddy
September 14th, 2011
7:53 am
It looked like he Ryan was running for his life more than usual. Got to fix the O line….. and grow a pair. Throw it dowin field….. It’s not THAT complicated Mularkey
MonkDaddy
September 14th, 2011
7:56 am
And how about stopping them on the occasional third and long? Are we really having conversations about TACKLING in team meetings? Does that come before or after the conversation about breathing? Some things should be natural at this level.
Shady
September 14th, 2011
8:01 am
Mularkey is in denial, we got out played, out coached and Ryan looked like Joey Harrington out there.
Mikefalcon63
September 14th, 2011
8:08 am
Ryan looked like Joey Harrington for sure. Mularkey has to go if he is afraid to let our athletes challenge deep coverage. He is holding Ryan back for sure. Peyton Manning is not scared to challenge coverage. Teams pick a part our deep zones, but we are scared to pick others a part?
Greg Moundine
September 14th, 2011
8:11 am
I agree with Coach Mularkey. The problem was with the O line. When four D linemen can put pressure on a team and then be allowed to drop seven in coverage then any QB will have a problem and have to check-down. If Ryan would have had a lot of interceptions throwing deep against seven, then people would have had a problem with that.
ATL needs to fix the O line problem, run more screens (because Philly will), use the edge more, and use two tight ends to block to prevent pressure.
Jay Cool 4daBirds
September 14th, 2011
8:15 am
47 yds on 9 carries add the 53 yds on 1 carry =100 yds on 10carries sounds like Turner should’ve gotten the ball more.
HJones
September 14th, 2011
8:15 am
It is as suspected! Mike Mularkey doesn’t have a single CLUE! We heard it from the HORSES MOUTH. If he doesn’t know what aggressive means, he needs to be replaced.
Jay Cool 4daBirds
September 14th, 2011
8:17 am
The O-Line didn’t play their best but it wasn’t their worst. But if we show 5WR sets then duhh who isn’t going to drop 7 into coverage and dare Ryan to throw.
JSS
September 14th, 2011
8:18 am
“That’s the scheme of things and that’s probably the most check downs that I can remember that I’ve ever been involved with.”
– Mike Mularkey –
I still haven’t stopped laughing yet! He’s not holding Ryan back, he’s not the one checking down. Matt Ryan needs to stop being Employee Z from ACME and actually lead. He stands over the line and sees the defense. I thought he was this great student and film study prodigy. Does he not know his playbook and know how to audible to another play when he’s not in the 2-min or hurry-up?
punjabiinatl
September 14th, 2011
8:20 am
can mike smith handle def. duty, bring someone from greenbay to run new off. !
HJones
September 14th, 2011
8:20 am
On NFL Network, the Chicago Bears was the ONLY team in WEEK1 to prevent opponent from scoring OFFENSIVE touchdown.
That means the ATLANTA FALCONS were the only team not to score an offensive touchdown out of 32 teams.
Greg Moundine
September 14th, 2011
8:24 am
@Jay Cool 4daBirds, I agree to a point. But if they are getting to our QB with four and we would have shown 5 WR, then that would have made it easier for them because they were getting to us when we had the blockers in.
I think I think
September 14th, 2011
8:29 am
It’s Matt Ryan folks!!! Mularkey just stated that he was calling for the deep passes and Ryan was checking down!!! We can’t blame the coaching staff for player shortcomings just because we LIKE this particular player!!! Geesh!!!
I think I think
September 14th, 2011
8:30 am
Mularkey was SUPRISED by the number of checkdowns by Ryan!!!
Gumbo
September 14th, 2011
8:30 am
When Michael Jordan was at UNC, people said the only one that could hold him under 30 pts was Dean Smith (his coach for you youngsters).. The only one who can hold this offense under 30 is Mike Mularkey. What an awful game from an awful coach. Its like driving a corvette 25 miles an hour.
SCFalcon
September 14th, 2011
8:34 am
Calling Jeff Jagodzinski!
MGD
September 14th, 2011
8:38 am
Shouldn’t the team be training, and training hard instead of having fun with the firefighters? Who makes their schedule? I could do better for the millions they make. Mr Blank, any openings?
tyron shustrings
September 14th, 2011
8:40 am
Jay Cool 4daBirds
September 14th, 2011
8:17 am
The O-Line didn’t play their best but it wasn’t their worst. But if we show 5WR sets then duhh who isn’t going to drop 7 into coverage and dare Ryan to throw.
1,000,000,000% agree!! For once put the FREAKIN DEFENSE ON THEIR HEELS instead of playing what they give us. Let them play to what we give them!! White, Jones, HD, Weems, and Meire(sp)……one of them will be open.
SealT2
September 14th, 2011
8:49 am
QUOTE: The Falcons are going to remain selective when throwing deep passes.
“We are trying to get them down there, but we are not going to force the issue,” Mularkey said.
NO GUTS, NO GLORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Patriots, Packers, Eagles, Ravens forced deep balls and won Week 1. Falcons, played safe and did not come close to winning, COULD IT BE UUUUHHHH COACHING????
lombardi
September 14th, 2011
9:05 am
Mark my words. This coaching staff will never make it to the big dance. That’s the super bowl for all you idiots out there.
Mitch (the one in Rome)
September 14th, 2011
9:06 am
You know, the truth is that if the deep ball is defended, and the Bears were doing that well, then it’s not smart to force it. Bottom line is that turnovers killed us. It was not failing to “throw it deep”. Turnovers. We clean up turnovers and make the picks Cutler threw to our safety, we win, and it’s a different story.
JSS
September 14th, 2011
9:08 am
Typical Falcons fan call to a psychic…
“I see a check down in your future!”
Bear
September 14th, 2011
9:20 am
throw it deep and let Roddy and Jones make a play. They have the hands to go and get it.
joe white
September 14th, 2011
9:24 am
Sounds like we need a new offensive mind if you cant figure out how to get the ball down field and other coachs with half the talent we have get big plays. Time for MM to go as the OC and BV as the DC.
ctfalconsfan
September 14th, 2011
9:30 am
Mike Mularkey:
“I don’t know what that means,” Mularkey said when asked if the offense could be more aggressive.
Is he playing dumb or is he dumb? He doesn’t know what being aggressive means!
DOL u need to flat out ask him how does our hyped-up offense, with all these weapons, now sit at DEAD LAST, 32nd, in offensive TD’s with 0 after 1 game? How is this possible?
RED ZONE 1
September 14th, 2011
9:31 am
Everybody’s coming down on M. Murlarkey, and I’m definitely not defending him either, but he’s not all to blame. If you read between the lines, said that was an unusual amount of check downs (that’s on Mat Ryan), also the OC knows or should know the strengths and weakness of his players. Mat Ryan coming out of college threw a large amount of INT’s (lack of arm strength and deep ball accuracy). Ryan himself shows a lack of confidents in stretching the field as he prefers to take a knee or throw it out of bounds when plays break down versus extending the play by having 1 or 2 of the WR’s break off their routes for something deep, i.e. Ben Roethlisberger.
AJC Should Do Better
September 14th, 2011
9:37 am
You know why the deep ball wasn’t open all day, because the play calling was so predictable. Where was the screen all day, why was Rogers running up the middle on every touch he had, where were the slants, where was the reverse, and why on God’s green earth do you keep running that bootleg, it doesn’t work and Ryan doesn’t like it, the no huddle works go to it more than twice a game. Start out with it and use it the whole game, come up with some better routes for our recievers to run, it’s to vanilla, and the rest of the league has figured it out, that come back route is going to get picked off on 3rd down to many times this year. We need to use the pass to set up the run, because our o line sucks this year, maybe it will get better when Mcclure gets back but right now it is bad. In 4 years I have seen one creative game plan and that was last year when Baltimore came to town, we knew ahead of time that we would not be able to run the ball. Bottom Line Ryan made some mistakes, but the play calling was horrible and put him in a position to make those mistakes. The play calling on offense and defense is holding this team back, and BVG you need to find out how wide recievers can get so open on third and long and fix it, or don’t let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out.
SirReal
September 14th, 2011
9:38 am
This interview confirms my thoughts. For the longest I wondered if it was MM holding Ryan back with his super conservative basic vanilla offense…or what it a noodle-armed qb who is smart but makes dumb decisions sometimes. Now I know its a bit of both. Ryan cant grow bc the coordinator’s lack of creativity and restraint of him and MM cant execute some of his plays b/c of what Ryan does or doesnt do. Seems like their chemistry isnt what it should be for guys who’ve been together FOUR years now. I’m just gonna wait and see what happens.
ctfalconsfan
September 14th, 2011
9:38 am
Hi Red Zone agree with the check downs and that also goes back to the poor OL play we had. If Matt doesn’t have that extra second to look down field because a DL is in his face he is going to have to hurry his decision and just settle on the underneth stuff..
SirReal
September 14th, 2011
9:40 am
Too conservative. Guess that lets me know we’ll be boring and drab once again.
ctfalconsfan
September 14th, 2011
9:43 am
Just thinking here, if a defense is swarming all over the QB and your receivers are going deep wouldn’t that open up the draw play or screen pass?? I don’t think Mularkey has those types of plays???
Angelo
September 14th, 2011
9:44 am
It would not shock me to see the Atlanta Falcons 0-16 this season. Mike Smith needs to step it up and take control of their game planning . Watchout because here comes Carolina!
Da Birds
September 14th, 2011
9:47 am
MULARKEY HAS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE TD – GET RID OF HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iceBIRDcold11
September 14th, 2011
9:51 am
Rather have a 50 yard interception than a two yard one. You MUST take shots down the field so you can RUN/PLAY ACTION/PASS……………………….Win a game!
nateslice
September 14th, 2011
9:51 am
i agree they have six five months off a year
Bama Falcon Fan
September 14th, 2011
9:52 am
Agree, Mullarkey is in over his head. I wonder if Smith has the balls to dump him and Van Gordon. We may have another incarnation of Norv Turner as coach.
Snake Doc
September 14th, 2011
9:58 am
Red Zone 1 hit the nail on the head. And that is why this team will never be a Superbowl champion!
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
September 14th, 2011
9:59 am
I totally agree with those who have stated that Mularkey needs to go!!!!! Any OC that would have a play that tries to run Rogers up the middle is outright DUMB!!!! What about a screen pass to get Rogers into open space with the football……..MULARKEY THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE DUDE!!!!!!
No NFL QB will be able to survive the entire season playing behind our offensive line. Sam Baker….I mean really??????
D Money
September 14th, 2011
10:00 am
Ryan is now Check down Charlie. I’ve given up on seeing the deep ball. Though it’s one game Chicago has shown everybody how to play against us. Philly, TB, and Greenbay has that ability. Looks like a 1-4 start to the season with the only win coming in Seattle.
Bob
September 14th, 2011
10:05 am
Chicago was taking away the deep passes and Matt had to dump the ball off on check downs, so why didn’t we bring in J.Rogers and Snelling to make some plsys on check downs. I know Turner had 40 yards receiving, but I thought that is why we drafted J.Rogers for his playmaking abality out of the backfield and on check down passes. I am not sure if he had any catches in the game. Go Falcons and win this Sunday and no one will be remember the Chicago game and everything will be fine and looking up.
Shady
September 14th, 2011
10:08 am
@JSS & I think I think
YEP!!! I was screaming check-down Joey from soldier field….We never tried to throw a vertical pass, it was pathetic quarterback play.
Gatorzone
September 14th, 2011
10:09 am
Why not line up 3 WR, keep 1 back in and send at least one WR deep? Who says you have to go 5 wide to go deep?
Season Ticker Holder
September 14th, 2011
10:09 am
Everybody chant with me! FIRE MIKE MULARKEY! FIRE MIKE MULARKEY! FIRE MIKE MULARKEY! FIRE MIKE MULARKEY! FIRE MIKE MULARKEY! FIRE MIKE MULARKEY! FIRE MIKE MULARKEY! FIRE MIKE MULARKEY! FIRE MIKE MULARKEY!
Season Ticker Holder
September 14th, 2011
10:12 am
Mike Mularkey is coaching Matt Ryan on how not to lose a game. Playing not to lose is not Playing TO WIN!
Season Ticker Holder
September 14th, 2011
10:13 am
Mike Mularkey, the only thing that beats failure is not trying!
ctfalconsfan
September 14th, 2011
10:16 am
Nice comment Gumbo, completely agree with the Dean Smith and corvette analogy…
Last year our offense struggled as well so this is nothing new and should have been corrected in the offseason by firing Mularkey.
If you are TD and Smitty how do you agree to trade all these picks to get Jones when you are just installing him in this pro-wishbone style offense we have?? It’ s a waste of talent and a waste of 5 picks! Maybe draft a fullback or TE with the first pick as those seem to be the play makers in this offense..
We need a Mike Martz type of OC to install a fresh and creative offense. With all the talent we have we should score 24++ points per game, every game..
JR
September 14th, 2011
10:18 am
chris: some features allow comments while others don’t what’s up with that?
Milt Olsen
September 14th, 2011
10:22 am
Remember that old guy the Redskins found at a nursing home to call plays when Zorn was their HC. He would be an upgrade over Mike.
honest_abe
September 14th, 2011
10:22 am
the atl fan base takes the cake for being the most ignorant bunch in the nfl. you should’ve known better than to buy into the hype. the falcons are what i always said they were. slightly better than avg. just look at the talent. the coaching is subpar yes but just switching offensive coordinators isn’t going to transform matt ryan into aaron rodgers. give me a break. the falcons were built in a certain manner. run the ball, control the clock and bend but don’t break on d. they needed to keep harvey dahl, they needed desperately to add a pass rusher, they needed to improve their secondary, they needed to upgrade at te… dimitroff needs to go.
Vinny Diamonds
September 14th, 2011
10:24 am
There is a saying in life, if u do not take chances u will be stuck in the same place. Matt Ryan needs to get that killer instinct in him like Tom Brady. The other day Brady stated that he loves to score points while Ryan loves to check down to Snelling. I guess we gave up the house for Julio Jones to be a decoy.
Th
September 14th, 2011
10:25 am
Even HS coaches know that once a quarter or so, on a throw-away down, you call a GO on the outside. The QB takes a short drop, finds the deep defender and throws it just beyond his reach. If your guy gets there, great. If not, no harm done and you remind the safety not to come up too close to the line of scrimmage. Even Paul Johnson knows to call that play and he runs the wishbone.
Kyle
September 14th, 2011
10:26 am
Coming out and saying you going to keep a “wimpy” offense going after last week with these check down passes is so brilliant. Mike needs to go join June Jones at SMU because he would fit right in with that run and shoot garbage that went for 50 yards East/West but where it counted you gained about 2 yards North/South.
The Real Falcon
September 14th, 2011
10:26 am
Yeah that idea worked wonders with the pick he threw anyway
Shady
September 14th, 2011
10:27 am
MM & Ryan are easy targets of our outrage but let’s not forget that we can’t block or tackle either and the head coach thought he had his team ready?
U MAN
September 14th, 2011
10:29 am
Does anybody realize that Mularkey was The Defensive coordinator when the Steelers won the Super Bowl with the Steelers?……he just needs to go back to his Inspector Gadget mode thast why they are big on Meier they see him as a budding HINES ward esque player
U MAN
September 14th, 2011
10:29 am
OFFENSIVE co I MEAN
J_ATL
September 14th, 2011
10:31 am
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U MAN
September 14th, 2011
10:36 am
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Say It Aint So
September 14th, 2011
10:38 am
Unbelieveable, with the mindset of Murlarkey and BVD, the Falcons are in trouble. We don’t have any hidden geniuses as coordinators for sure. We’re in trouble.
JSS
September 14th, 2011
10:39 am
U MAN
September 14th, 2011
10:29 am
“Does anybody realize that Mularkey was The Defensive coordinator when the Steelers won the Super Bowl with the Steelers?……he just needs to go back to his Inspector Gadget mode thast why they are big on Meier they see him as a budding HINES ward esque player”
Mularkey was not the offensive coordinator on the 1995, 2006, or the 2009 Steelers Super Bowl championship teams…
J.J.M.
September 14th, 2011
10:40 am
Well keep being a boring team then. this is why they only get one monday night game…and I guess this team doesnt think roddy white is a superstar and wont get a pass inteference on the defense smh. you have to take chances falcons. I want to be able to stand up out my seat as I see a “deep” ball go down the fied
Get real!
September 14th, 2011
10:42 am
“It would not shock me to see the Atlanta Falcons 0-16 this season. Mike Smith needs to step it up and take control of their game planning . Watchout because here comes Carolina!”
Hahahaha …This has got to be the best comment i’ve read in days! … Following your logic, then I’ll take the Falcons, Steelers, Dolphins and Chiefs going 0-16 this week because they all lost in a horrible way (actually, KC would fit in that category)
J_ATL
September 14th, 2011
10:45 am
If you listen to the the Steelers head coach, he owns their loss and didn’t make excuses for not winning the game and was clearly upset during his post game interview. The one thing you don’t hear is them saying “It’s one game”. We know it’s one game and not only did we lose, we got smacked in the mouth. What concerns me is that it sounds like our staff has accepted the fact that a particular scheme on defense will take away everything that we try to do on offense, and without the ability to adjust during the game we will see more games like this in the weeks ahead. I find it hard to believe that no other team will test the tampa 2 defense because they are afraid to get picked off. If we continue to have that mentality, then this season is lost already. It’s funny to me how if a player doesn’t perform well, then he’s cut. If our coaches don’t perform well, we keep him, give him more weapons, and still have the same outcome….smh
ctfalconsfan
September 14th, 2011
10:53 am
Honest Abe, I would disagree with you regarding our talent on offense. We have a lot of weapons!
Just go back to last year’s Pro Bowl when half the offensive huddle were Falcons! Add Julio Jones and we should take off. Except we have good old Mike Mularkey holding us back..
- To Mike Smith! History could repeat itself fairly quickly as Mora should have replaced Gregg Knapp as OC but he stood with him and was fired for putting a 9-7, then 7-9 season together after high expectations after a great 2004 season. We had a great 2008 and 10′ but Mr. Black wants to take the next step and you going 8-8, 9-7 this season ain’t going to get it done!!!
duronimo
September 14th, 2011
11:01 am
Matt seems to have been affected by the cumulative beatings he has absorbed. He does look more tentative. Even his throwing motion seems different. Not many quarterbacks can work effectively under constant pressure. Chandler was the best of the ones that come to mind.
honest_abe
September 14th, 2011
11:02 am
blah blah blah. some were pro bowl alternates. you can’t argue with me that tyson clabo is an elite right tackle because he isn’t. nobody on that offensive line is. they are solid with mclure and dahl, not so much without them. tony g gets the nod based on his past. roddy is the man. but other than him who? burner turner? 4.4 speed? maybe two years ago. matt ryan? he’s good. he’d dedicated. he studies. but he’s not one of the elite and he never will be.
mountain_jim
September 14th, 2011
11:09 am
Mularkey just proved why he needs to be FIRED.
His route-design, lack of screens, and totally predictable scheme and play-calling kills the chance of getting one-on-one coverage deep, or long gains on underneath throws.
HE JUST DOES NOT GET THE DIFFERANCE BETWEEN HIM AND AN IMAGINATIVE OC and had NO CLUE of how to exploit the GB or Chi defenses.
HARRY FALCON
September 14th, 2011
11:09 am
CHECK DOWN CHARLIE, MATTY ICE MY ASS MIKE MULARKEY WILL KILL THIS KIDS CAREER HE DID THE SAME THING IN PITTSBURG WHAT A FREAKING JOKE SCARED MONEY DOESNT MAKE MONEY YOU HAVE TO TAKE CHANCES DOWN FIELD I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH FALCONS GO 7-9 THIS YEARS AND THE GRUMBLING ABOUT MALARKEY WILL GET HIM OUT OF HERE………WHO’S NEXT IN LINE TO OFFENSIVE CORRDINATOR
Say It Aint So
September 14th, 2011
11:10 am
Carolina and Detroit will be tough games for everyone. These youg teams are getting better.
Birdthethird
September 14th, 2011
11:20 am
Ryan has no confidence in his deep pass. He needs to just throw the damn ball deep and if he gets a turnover eat and move on. He’s not accurate deep and he knows it. We could have kept those draft picks and just picked up one of those stray wide receivers and gotten just as much out of them if Ryan can’t get it deep. I’m beginning to think Moss would been a good pickup (at least he can grab it in the vincinity). This choir boy teams lacks attitude! I can say that but you can’t. LOVE MY FALCONS!!
butter bean
September 14th, 2011
11:25 am
hmmmmm. can’t throw the deep ball against the bears because of their cover two…. isnt this the same bears cover two defense that – a couple of years ago – ryan threw a 20+ yard down and out to jenkins – to set up the game winning field goal?….just a thought!…… Am I remembering it wrong – because I swear I remember Ryan throwing 20+ yard balls regularly during his rookie season!
E's Dirty Birds
September 14th, 2011
11:26 am
Falcons Fans are the biggest WHINERS in the world. We lose 1 game and we all want to jump ship. Atlanta should be ashamed of itself… MOST PATHETIC SPORTS CITY IN THE COUNTRY!
Hey Coach!
September 14th, 2011
11:29 am
Dude…you’re ALREADY turning the ball over!
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
September 14th, 2011
11:31 am
When UGA fires BooBoo, the Falcons will hire him.
JR
September 14th, 2011
11:36 am
i guess that i should have asked my question of orlando. why do some features allow for comments while others do not?
thanks
PMC
September 14th, 2011
11:41 am
I don’t need to see them throw it up for the sake of throwing it up, I need to see if Matt Ryan can or is willing to throw the ball into a tight window 25 yards down the field like the best QB’s in the league can. We need to find out whether he can put the team on his back or not.
PMC
September 14th, 2011
11:42 am
E. clearly you’ve never been to Miami. This state in general not too good for sports fandom. We have nothing on Miami.
Rod Paradise
September 14th, 2011
11:44 am
Does anyone here remember a guy that did not have the world’s strongest deep throws, but found a way to win? Yes his name was Joe Montana. Gimme a flipping break this guy (Mularkey) needs to go. You HAVE to throw it every now then to keep the defense honest. Thus a cut back route or a bootleg may then work for a cut up and additional yardage.
Also throw it deep, and use Julio and Roddey to go up and get the ball. Use Eric Weems more, he can run reverses, use him on some slants. As an offense you CANNOT allow the other team to out scheme you, not in the NFL. It may also be important to note, tell the guys out there hey man we are down by 10, let if fly. You can lose by one point or 18 points and a loss is a loss. No BS bowl picking in the NFL win or lose thats is the name of the game.
PMC
September 14th, 2011
11:47 am
One thing is certain, the offense has been very effective in the no huddle with Ryan working on the fly. He knows how to get them in the right plays. I hope they do this more often.
George Bailey
September 14th, 2011
11:51 am
Mr. Blank should put the people on this blog in charge of the Falcons. We’d go undefeated and win the super bowl every year!
Jersey Falcon
September 14th, 2011
11:52 am
Don’t force the deep-ball. Fine. But, maybe try a little harder to create favorable situations so you can throw the deep-ball. This league is about matchups. Mularkey needs to CREATE them. That’s why coaches watch so much tape. It’s not because they’re figuring out new innovative offensive schemes. The league runs most of the same offensive plays. The real genius comes in when you figure out how to create favorable matchups.
Ivan
September 14th, 2011
12:00 pm
What happened when Ryan tried to force the pass to Gonzalez?
hint: It involved Urlacher
BUCKO
September 14th, 2011
12:11 pm
We falcons fans do not have to worry to much about the OF it is the D that is stinking it up
Blank Stare
September 14th, 2011
12:15 pm
So let me get this straight. Mike Mularkey will not force deep passes and not force passes in coverage but rolling out and forcing a 5 yard pass in coverage is okay? As long as the interception is made on a short pass is okay. That explains it. Thanks for giving away draft picks for nothing.
Bird E
September 14th, 2011
12:30 pm
Oh Mikey boy best get this team up on running screesn, flats, and drags across the middle – something he stinks at putting in.
ctfalconsfan
September 14th, 2011
12:32 pm
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…
Against overly agressive defenses like CHI , Aints and Philly we need to run draw plays, screen passes and a reverse to keep the defense honest..
This run turner into a pile on first down and then a throw a 3 yard pass or incomplete pass on 2nd setting up 3rd and long situations was old in the 80’s and is certainly unimaginative now..
Also is Robinson just plain bad as a CB or is it over soft man, zone coverage we like to use?
Speaking of DB’s why is Christopher Owen still on the team?
Ivan
September 14th, 2011
12:36 pm
So everyone on here thinks Ryan should just heave the ball away, regardless if it’s intercepted or not. Forget there’s double coverage on your #1 and #2 and someone is wide open 10 yards away. Just throw it deep!
How’s the water in Atlanta these days?
Pete
September 14th, 2011
12:53 pm
The Falcons should change their name to the Atlanta Vanilla.
They are Vanilla in their attitude, their approach to the game, their level of intensity, their coaching schemes………….virtually EVERYTHING is Vanilla.
Sunday night they play the most un-vanilla team in the NFL.
It will be an absolute blowout bloodbath.
A complete embarrassment.
honest_abe
September 14th, 2011
1:01 pm
ugh. all these calls for screens. have you seen the personnel? turner isn’t much a receiver out of the backfield.
KEEPING IT REAL
September 14th, 2011
1:09 pm
Lets be honest, the real reason for not going deep is Ryan can throw a good deep ball. We waisted all of those draft picks to throw underneath… thats BS
ATL Observer
September 14th, 2011
1:11 pm
First of all, when Mularkey hears “screen pass,” he thinks free movie ticket, he hears “draw” and thinks about powerball.
Second, @honest_abe, who says that Turner has to always be the one receiving the screen passes?
Third (and I’ve already said it in other threads): don’t fear the damn INT when the game is 0-0. OK, fine, they’ve got “guys down there.” It’s a scoreless game (or 3-0 in this case of the first offensive drive vs. Chicago), dial up a good deep play to keep ‘em honest. Doesn’t work? Just make sure it ain’t a pick six. Get back to the drawing board and do some running, some screens, etc., and try to design plays that will open things up. In the case of Philly, their line is their weakness: get everyone else confused so that you can take advantage of the matchup you know you can win.
D. Clay
September 14th, 2011
1:20 pm
Dear Mr. Arthur Blank, PLEASE FIRE MIKE MULARKEY NOW!!!!! HE IS A LOSER!!!!! HE HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN HIS QUARTERBACK, SO HOW CAN HE RALLY THE OFFENSE WHEN HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN HIS OWN OFFENSIVE SCHEME!!!! HE’S AFRAID OF THE DEEP BALL…..PLEASE GET RID OF THIS GUY!!!!! HIRE SOMEONE INNOVATIVE LIKE MIKE MARTZ!!!!!! I LOVE THE ATLANTA FALCONS, AND THIS IS NOT FAIR FOR REAL SUPPORTERS WHO STAND WITH THE FALCONS YEAR IN- AND YEAR OUT. WE ARE TIRED OF THIS SIR.
ZinoDawg
September 14th, 2011
1:24 pm
Matty Overthrow is the problem guys. He will never take us to the promised land.
old falcon fan
September 14th, 2011
1:25 pm
same old falcons: same old plays
Falcon Fanatic
September 14th, 2011
1:38 pm
After watching numerous practice sessions and live games I am now sadly of the opinion Ryan has no confidence in his ability to make the long ball part of his game. At some point he has to make the throw and let White and Jones make the play even if covered well. They are big physical players who can make things happen, but not without the ball in the air.
Z-man
September 14th, 2011
1:38 pm
I will not be watching this dink and dunk offense for the 4th straight year under Mularkey. Lets find out if Ryan is an elite qb by OPENING IT UP!!. We got Julio to do that. And where was Harry D? He has just as much talent Welker. He needs to be used in that manner.
Falcfan
September 14th, 2011
1:42 pm
I thought the coaches said they were going to open up the offense during the preseason. That was one justification for signing Julio.
thouhtful
September 14th, 2011
1:47 pm
We miss Dahl, a mean nasty type. Too soft on OL, we have to make a trade or sign a free agent to improve this OL to be a SUPER BOWL calibre team. The Falcons have to STOP think about last year, that was then, this now. I agree the Birds don’t need to be something they are not.
MistaGamer
September 14th, 2011
1:58 pm
Hold on… Wait, wait, wait…
On the one hand MM implied that Ryan was simply taking what the defense gave him and the said he was surprised about the number of check-down passes that Ryan threw??
Something doesn’t add up!
sonia
September 14th, 2011
2:09 pm
The bottom line to all these comments is THE 2011 ATLANTA FALCONS NEEDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM ..
Atlanta falcons tickets…60.00.
Listening to Mike Mularkey 2.50
HAVING YOUR ATLANTA FALCONS WIN THE SUPERBOWL…….PRICELESS
Wombat9195
September 14th, 2011
2:14 pm
Mike Smith is becoming like Mark Richt…too loyal to bad OC/DC.
Sahara
September 14th, 2011
2:28 pm
honest_abe thank goodness we have more personnel than Turner.
RNew
September 14th, 2011
2:33 pm
Mularkey is the joke that will make the Falcons the laughing stock of the league! They have to get rid of this guy. ASAP!
ctfalconsfan
September 14th, 2011
2:36 pm
AJ HAWK JUST RELEASED BY GREEN BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- They want to try to restructure contract!
Let’s go ATL he could easily play for Nichols or Spoon…
ctfalconsfan
September 14th, 2011
2:44 pm
SORRY GUYS USATODAY HAD OLD ARTICLE ON AJ HAWK… MY BAD..
OC/DC Dinosaurs
September 14th, 2011
2:57 pm
Sahara, honest_abe is right. We may have other backs but we refuse to use them in a passing situation. We are living Jarasic Park football. One of our backs main job is blocking for the other one who can hardly catch a pass. If there was a desire to have a running back make lots of yardage passing we would put the faster backs on the first team.
Ichabod
September 14th, 2011
2:59 pm
DOL my comments have ben on subject, why do you not post them?
Reggie
September 14th, 2011
3:02 pm
Brian VanGorder and Mike Mularkey need to be fired. Neither have intensity, desire, or enthusiasm to win. Therefore we will always be an over-hyped team. Arthur Blank here’s a public announcement, “GET RID OF YOUR DEAD WEIGHT NOW”!!!
Mr. Panic Button
September 14th, 2011
3:06 pm
DLed, can u release my post? This is getting old.
Robert
September 14th, 2011
3:15 pm
So lets get this straight, they wont force the deep ball, but we WILL force the intermediate pass like on out-routes(GB) and curl routes(Chicago), off your back foot???
Robert
September 14th, 2011
3:17 pm
I think ESPN did a stat sum up last year, and it shows that when Ryan is running the no-huddle(basically he calls the plays) compared to not running the NH(Mularkey calling the plays) Ryan was way better…
Also saw this today, when Ryan plays an away game on natural grass….. he’s NEVER had a QB Rating better than 80!!!!!
who dat dude
September 14th, 2011
3:20 pm
Were laughing at you on the Bayou. Silly little title less dirty birds…p.s. WHO DAT!
EXCUSES A PLENTY
September 14th, 2011
3:21 pm
LOL!! ROBERT @ 3:15 PM,MY EXACT THOUGHTS!!! HELL I DON’T WANT THEM TO FORCE DEEP THROWS I JUST WANT THEM TO TRY IT JUST TO STRETCH THE FIELD & MAKE OPPOSING DEFENSES BACK OFF!!!
BEARS2DASB
September 14th, 2011
3:28 pm
All of you fake FALCANT fans are all the same, u go to other sites and talk major crap and when your backs are against the wall, you have nothing to say. But yall losers betta watch out for Cam Newton cause that rookie aint no joke! Cant wait to see that disaster!!!
BEARS2DASB
September 14th, 2011
3:29 pm
RNew
September 14th, 2011
2:33 pm
Mularkey is the joke that will make the Falcons the laughing stock of the league! They have to get rid of this guy. ASAP!
I AGREE KID!!!..LOL
Ichabod
September 14th, 2011
3:30 pm
When the OL starts pass-blocking Ryan will throw deep. When our kickoffs and punts go farther we will have better field position that we allow the other team. When the coaches start communicating with the players our tackling, lack of penalties and overall play will resemble last years. We will get better!
Sahara
September 14th, 2011
3:30 pm
OC/DC Dinosaurs that was actually suppose to be tongue in cheek. I know we have personnel other than Turner that can get the job done, but like you said we aren’t utilizing them. Why not…is the pressing question. I mean…we had Julio Jones running reverses in one of the preseason games for heaven’s sake!!
old qb
September 14th, 2011
3:47 pm
Mularky’s philosphy might not go far enough. Why even take a chance of throwing underneath the coverage. Maybe we’ll fumble if we try and hand off to a running back. The safe route is for Ryan to run quarterback sneaks all day. Better to be safe than sorry. Let’s not do anything to screw up the stats or worse, possibly win the game.
warfalcons
September 14th, 2011
3:54 pm
Off.consist of setting thinks up,you ran on play to see what the def. does and later on you run a counter play to the last play to keep the def. guessing.M.M does not do that,he just picks the same old plays and hope they work.For example on the slant pass the CB was all over the receiver and he never ran slant and go play.If this contiue we will not be a good off. team.Have to keep the def. guessing.
Dwayne C
September 14th, 2011
3:58 pm
Philadelphia Eagles 31 – Atlanta Falcons 17
Falcons are 0-2 after this weekend.
Fanever
September 14th, 2011
3:59 pm
As bad as we played, Chicago scored on 3 fieldgoals, a fumble return for a touchdown by the Defense, and two offensive TD’s. The offensive TD’s were because of the inability to tackle Forte by Weatherspoon and poor tackling of Hester on a screen. We beat ourselves Sunday.
Georgia Tee
September 14th, 2011
4:15 pm
I think it’s real clear now, Mike needs to coach little league…We have a coach that doesn’t watch film, or nolonger has the ability to design plays for this team..We don’t need this type of coach with the talent we now have….
Season sell out
September 14th, 2011
4:15 pm
Come on Mike, use some creativity in running some passing routes over and under. If you could figure out how to take advantage of the secondary zones you’d gain more yardage on the catch and thereafter. The mark of a good coordinator is someone who keeps the other team guessing. I felt like I wrote your playbook last week. If I can determine your play calling as an amateur, it isn’t too hard to figure out whats next as a professional. Why you can’t expose a defense with a pass play 20 – 30 yards down the field is absolutely beyond my comprehension. Here’s another suggestion. IF IT AIN’T WORKIN IN THE FIRST HALF, IT WON’T WORK IN THE SECOND EITHER. LEARN HOW TO ADJUST. BVG, THAT GOES FOR YOU TOO.
R Brown
September 14th, 2011
4:30 pm
Odd Mularkey uses the word “force”. If that were the case any pass that requires a precise and timely placement would be considered a “force”. Out of all the blogs, I have yet to read any of us WANT him to force the ball down field. What Mularkey is really saying is we won’t throw downfield unless the receiver is at least 5 steps in front of the defender. We will not even attempt a pass downfield unless the receiver is wide open. Wow. No wonder Ryan seems to have no confidence to hum it.
His own coordinator says in one breath
“When they’ve got guys down there and they are taking away the deep ball; you throw it underneath.”
And in the next breath, he’s rolling his All-Pro QB under the bus with
“That’s the scheme of things and that’s probably the most check downs that I can remember that I’ve ever been involved with.”
When a former coach the caliber of Jimmie Johnson points out what we all see that the Falcons have to stretch the field to be successful, then why does Mularkey equate those sentiments to forcing the ball. Its 101 Mularkey. You have to keep the safeties honest so they don’t cheat up and blitz or stuff the running game. Our running backs rarely get past the second level because the safeties don’t have to worry about over the head stuff.
goldwing388
September 14th, 2011
4:33 pm
Can someone tell me why so many of our guys run a pattern that is not past the line to gain, as on many third downs, so you do catch the ball, but get smothered short. Harvey Dahl was mean and nasty and we should have done whatever it took to keep him, I was his biggest fan. Little mighty mouse Rogers up the middle is going to get him killed, use him out in the flat and let him scat, he can do that well. If Ryan is getting mugged, then do some rollouts to keep him safe. Live to play another down. He is smart and he can see if the play is developing as designed. But if he is getting hit before he can set his feet, then it is not his failure. We can fix what is wrong by not being so predictable.
falconfan
September 14th, 2011
4:35 pm
THROW THE DAMN THING DEEP!!!
We are better than that
September 14th, 2011
4:37 pm
We played crappy but 3 turnovers are hard to overcome. We NEED McClure, Peters, and Babineaux!
mgm
September 14th, 2011
4:37 pm
The problem isn’t Ryan or the receivers or the backs or the scheme of Mularky. The problem with the offense is the O line. Great offense and denfense starts with the line. With all the emphasis on the Falcons new weapons, the neglect of O line will be the downfall of this team this year.
Boo Boo
September 14th, 2011
4:40 pm
Dwayne C
You think the Falcon D can score 2 TDs? I see the O kicking a field goal.
FromDayOne
September 14th, 2011
4:40 pm
Q. What does Mularky call a flat route?
A. A bomb
Q.What does Mularky call a 10 yard sideline route?
A. A Hail Mary
Circle R
September 14th, 2011
5:01 pm
This team has way too many weapons for Mularkey to keep them holstered! We have a Super Bowl capable team but not if the conservative play calling continues. I just don’t get it. Mr. Dimitroff, please RISE UP and get this fixed!
Big Man
September 14th, 2011
5:15 pm
Title should be changed to Falcons won’t win. Fire Mularkey and send Van Gorder back to UGA.
hiramsaint
September 14th, 2011
5:17 pm
what do you think ken strickland?
Th
September 14th, 2011
5:34 pm
Why do people think the QB is calling plays when they run the no-huddle? There are earphones in the QB’s helmet for the coach to tell him what play to run.
Just looking
September 14th, 2011
5:55 pm
Circle,
How do you figure this is a superbowl calibur team?
Chandler going Deep..
September 14th, 2011
6:20 pm
Read between the lines Einstein..
Coach is saying my guy does not have the arm/talent to go Deep with accuracy so we’ll just dink,duck,drool.. Just Brutal man……
He has no confidence in the #4, Joey Harrington Jr.
Eagles 48 Falcant’s 16
AlanFalcon
September 14th, 2011
6:42 pm
Mike its very clear that you feel your OC & DC understand todays pro game, I hate to tell you this but every OC & DC in the league know exactly what you are going to do on both sides of the ball and its killing the teams opportunities to be sucessful- COM’ON, LETS GET IT GOING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
paulitik
September 14th, 2011
7:33 pm
God this is the most depressing article I’ve read this week. Complete denial on Mularkey’s part. I just hope he hasn’t poisoned Matt.
Tell it like it is
September 14th, 2011
7:57 pm
Its going to be the year of the birds,the eagles!
(cursed) rott0n roddy white
September 14th, 2011
8:58 pm
cursed / Is upon your team / U SEE U ALL WILL SEE!!!
Dirty Bird 1
September 14th, 2011
8:59 pm
when the falcons finally got rid of michael jenkins and gave up the farm to get jj that ended all of mat ryans excuses. there have always been questions about matt ryans arm strength. maybe the coaches wont let him throw it downfield b/c he cant. he doesnt have the velocity to get the ball in the air downfield and beat the safety to a spot. ryan has no more excuses and pretty soon people will just have to call it what it is. this guy might be the next chad pennington.
hiramsaint
September 14th, 2011
9:31 pm
it should read “failcans CAN’T force deep passes”
I think
September 14th, 2011
9:47 pm
You don’t have to FORCE deep passes, just THROW deep passes, idiot!
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Mikefalcon63
September 14th, 2011
10:07 pm
AJC is all about censoring comments that would ruin their opportunity to kiss up to the Falcons. So readers, please google Mularkey play calling conservative and you will see articles from when he was OC in Miami and Pitt. The complaint? Conservative play calling,,, Mularkey’s response? Same as what he is saying now…. Why should we be surprised?
TCCB
September 14th, 2011
10:22 pm
WHO IS GOING TO THROW THE DEEP PASS?
Mystikal
September 14th, 2011
11:01 pm
Okay, so what would be acceptable outcome for Sunday? If the falcons play much better than last week, but still lose or must they win lights out running away with it?
tidog
September 14th, 2011
11:10 pm
The Falcons need to be about the business of being the best team playing the best ball in January and Febuary. These early first quarter of the season games mean about as much as preseason. Rise Up and dominate January and Febuary.
swatguy
September 15th, 2011
12:01 am
The QB can’t throw Deep.
Chandler going Deep..
September 15th, 2011
12:14 am
Chandler can throw Deep…….lol
THE TRuth
September 15th, 2011
12:32 am
MATT RYAN IS NOT ACCURATE THROWING DEEP BALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thats why he throws out routes, comebacks, slants, and screens.
MB
September 15th, 2011
5:57 am
Man. This city has waited too long for more another Champion. It’s time to Play Like a Pro NFL baller. Mularkey may be in the way of something great. If something is not working, PLEASE do somethng Coach Smith. These Men are too talented and Fit to be cut short of what what you and I sit back and watch. Turn them loose Man!!!!! Let them Fly Like the Falcon Bird they are designed and Named after. What is a Falcon that short jumps on the ground??? Ans>> One that has a broken wing or a babe. In order to Rise up, the Ball has to Rise up, Go deep and Dare to be great!!! This City deserves the Best. Coach or get out of the way Man. I say bring Jimmy Johnson here, he is a Man that has won and wants to WIN!!! RISE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MB
September 15th, 2011
5:59 am
MULARKEY IS A PUNK BITC#!!!!!
MB
September 15th, 2011
6:00 am
This city has waited too long for more another Champion. It’s time to Play Like a Pro NFL baller. Mularkey may be in the way of something great. If something is not working, PLEASE do somethng Coach Smith. These Men are too talented and Fit to be cut short of what what you and I sit back and watch. Turn them loose Man!! Let them Fly Like the Falcon Bird they are designed and Named after. What is a Falcon that short jumps on the ground??? Ans>> One that has a broken wing or a babe. In order to Rise up, the Ball has to Rise up, Go deep and Dare to be great!!! This City deserves the Best. Coach or get out of the way Man. I say bring Jimmy Johnson here, he is a Man that has won and wants to WIN!! RISE UP!!
MB
September 15th, 2011
6:02 am
This city has waited too long for more another Champion. It’s time to Play Like a Pro NFL baller. Mularkey may be in the way of something great. If something is not working, PLEASE do somethng Coach Smith. These Men are too talented and Fit to be cut short of what what you and I sit back and watch. Turn them loose Man!!!!! Let them Fly Like the Falcon Bird they are designed and Named after. What is a Falcon that short jumps on the ground?? Ans>> One that has a broken wing or a babe. In order to Rise up, the Ball has to Rise up, Go deep and Dare to be great!!! This City deserves the Best. Coach or get out of the way Man. I say bring Jimmy Johnson here, he is a Man that has won and wants to WIN!!! RISE UP!
MB
September 15th, 2011
6:04 am
This city has waited too long for more another Champion. PLEASE do somethng Coach Smith. These Men are too talented and Fit to be cut short of what what you and I sit back and watch. Turn them loose Man!!!!! Let them Fly Like the Falcon Bird they are designed and Named after. What is a Falcon that short jumps on the ground??? Ans>> One that has a broken wing or a babe. In order to Rise up, the Ball has to Rise up, Go deep and Dare to be great!!!
darkfalconcw
September 15th, 2011
6:13 am
Sounds like the oc going to call the same game plan all season long. Wow!!! Can someone please tell blank to fire this coaching staff because they don’t have a clue on how to game plan for defenses or offenses. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
charg
September 15th, 2011
7:17 am
most predictable and boring offense in america. thx mularkey.
Savannah Seer
September 15th, 2011
7:31 am
The “process” has evolved into becoming a “recess”. We are predictable, and that in the NFL MEANS THAT THE OPPOSITION KNOWS WHAT IS COMING AND KNOWS HOW TO STOP IT!!! For the record, we have lost 6 games in a row now! Last year’s playoff loss, 4 pre-season no-shows, and now this poor exhibition against the Bears, who were/are completely BEATABLE!!! Our QB isn’t mobile, which says he can’t evade rushes nor buy time in the pocket. The O-line was inept, and was out-muscled, thus making the predictable happen. Either check down, throw it away, or take a beating. DUH!!! Wide outs have to be in motion so that they aren’t bumped off their routes. We NEVER put people in motion, watch and see. How often do we pull Tony G and go with 5 wideouts??? NEVER. This is a league where you can lose 5 times a year and still be called a champion at the end of it all. We had better get things turned around this week or there will be major changes, namely, Coach Mularkey had better get in touch with his travel agent. Add one more soon to the list of the unemployed!!
Chop Buster
September 15th, 2011
12:12 pm
Mularkey is a has been whose time has passed him by. He’s still using 1970s offensive philosophies. What’s even more troubling is this the type of offense Smitty wants (very conservative and outdated).
atlfalconfan
September 15th, 2011
12:46 pm
Really? He doesn’t know what “being more aggressive” means? Then he is an uneducated idiot. Fire him.
LT
September 15th, 2011
8:40 pm
The Red State Gets it now… You don’t draft a Quarterback in the first round who threw 21 interception his final year in College, where is the growth in four Years…This is year Four has a Pro-QB.. can the Red State say he has Regressed… I have seen Mularkeys, offense when he was in Pitt., with Bettis finish in the top Three of the League…This OC has to close his playbook (DUMB DOWN his playbook) for this weak armed Quarterback to survive in the NFL, guess what folks, the league knows he can’t throw the Deep Out…with Accuracy… The league knows he can’t throw the Deep Down…with Accuracy… He has trouble throwing Slants…A rush to Forget, is now your Worse nightmare. This Kid can’t Will this team to win like some QB’s can.
Bill
September 18th, 2011
12:43 pm
As much as we would all like to see a more explosive offense, if Atlanta is going to beat the Eagles, it will be with the run. They are susceptible to the run, we have the weapons, and it will keep MV off the field.
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