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Felt like the best game from the defense in a long time, especially first half wise. Despite the muff the D didn't fold like they have after previous turnovers.

Ehh. Allen can and does go deep when he needs to. Bryce Young can't seem to regularly this year. I don't care about him throwing 40 yards like Allen can, I just want him to push the ball past the sticks more. I don't think deep bombs are all that necessary (nor do they predict success ultimately). Its also not one passing chart but 100 passes this year I go by, and his overall history as a passer. If you look at Allen's play through his career you don't wonder if he can threaten a defense at different levels.

All this rationalizing about this game doesn't change the fact Bryce had 3 completions in 70+ attempts at or beyond 15 yards coming into this game. Bryce hasn't threatened past the sticks consistently this season. It's quite different from his good games last year imo.

Didn't lose us the game. Made a couple decent throws. Wish he was better, but that is what he is.

We played the rush very well in the first half. We had some great play calls on both sides of the ball. Bryce didn't make mistakes, which is great and all but I expect more from him overall.

We kept him contained and Penix struggled mightily. But the D also capitalized on his mistakes in a way I haven't really seen them do in a while. The D really did step up even if Penix was atrocious.

He had some great receptions too tbf. They were getting him involved. But yeah, he basically had half his yards on two carries and did relatively little the other carries. Our D was clearly keyed in to him.

I don't see how Canales was the problem today. He had some great play calls I think

He touched the ball 12 times or something in the first half... He was definitely involved. But the majority of his runs were for 2 or 3 yards. He was still the best player out there.

Their second series was a run run pass. They had a couple others in the first half and others in the second. Throughout the first half their first down runs were yielding 2-3 yards, so it's difficult to go run run pass. Definitely Penix made a ton of mistakes but the run D was pretty good in the first half.

Again, stats out of context. In the first half, the Falcons had 19 yards on 2 rushes and only 25 on 8 others. Edit: missed Penixs scramble so I think it's actually 28 yards on 9 other carries. 47 total in the half.

Stats out of context imo.

Both. Defense was playing better than it has in years. They capitalized on mistakes and there were a lot of em. But they played the run surprisingly well too. Edit: Bijan was still effective but we put them in enough third and longs in the first half our D was able to play well.

In the longer term it will benefit us to get TMac red zone touches early so he and Bryce can ideally build some chemistry. But we were effective in the red zone this week, thankfully.

No question. All Bryce had to do was protect the ball and make a couple plays early

Hats off to the D and Oline

Defense showing up today. Penix may suck but the way they're containing Bijan is so impressive given last year

Been saying all along consistency is the problem.

Been saying all along consistency is the problem.

Offense has been bad this half so far. Good thing the D showed up today.

Bryce can finish them this drive

Great play call and setup. It was a little low but TMac has to catch that...

Third and long and don't even bother trying to pass it, yuck.

I know, making the right reads but just not placing the ball right yet. Still sooooo much better than early game last couple weeks, so if he settles down, you never know.

Missed the first series but Canales seems to be calling a good game.