Ahead of tomorrow’s recap and other roundups, I thought we’d take a quick look at what did and did not work for the Falcons against the Seahawks.
The short answer is that the team found they could pass their way to some considerable success, especially later in the game, and the pass rush was somewhere between good and stellar. The coaching, execution and secondary play, meanwhile, were between questionable and abysmal.
What worked
The passing game...mostly
The Falcons had little trouble passing the ball throughout the game. Early on, Matt Ryan had an inexplicable intentional grounding and was consistently ineffective when throwing the ball to his running backs, but he was sterling silver when targeting his receivers against a largely overmatched Seattle secondary.