- After two joint practices prior in the week, the Falcons and Jets went head to head on Monday night. The Falcons lost 24-16.
Arthur Smith expressed before in the week to accept everything all through this seven day stretch of joint practices with some hesitancy. What’s more, that is the means by which the Falcons second preseason game ought to be taken, as well. The Jets didn’t play barely any of their starters whatsoever on Monday night. The Falcons did all through the principal quarter. However, the last quarter and a portion of the game? That time was essentially utilized for all stores of the two crews.
Anyway, in view of all of this, who stood apart for the Falcons and how might their restricted assessments affect the general extent of where this group is in the preseason?
Marcus Mariota
Against Detroit last week, we saw Mariota for a solitary drive. On Monday night against the Jets, we saw significantly more of the Falcons starter. He completed the primary quarter interfacing on 6-of-10 passes for 132 yards. He looked well taken care of the offense, interfacing with Kyle Pitts for a 52-yard look and up some other time Olamide Zaccheaus for a 13-yard score gathering that saw Zaccheaus run a lovely idea of a course.
On the off chance that we’re criticizing Mariota’s presentation, it would be that a couple of his passes were under tossed. His 53-yard pass to Pitts had the tight end dialing back in his course to time up his catch. In the subsequent drive, Mariota accomplished something almost identical with a pass to Anthony Firkser that went for a 39-yard get. Assuming that these tosses are out before Pitts and Firkser we might be talking scores. Mariota’s last drive of the principal quarter wasn’t generally so useful as the initial two. He tossed a ball into the ground planned for Qadree Ollison on second down, and followed it up by missing Zaccheaus on third down, as well.
It’s the preseason, so timing will come, and it’s not something worth talking about to be excessively worried about, only something to note. Yet, hello, 132 yards for Mariota in one quarter isn’t really awful of an evening. There are only a few things timing-wise to tidy up for the veteran quarterback pushing ahead.
Desmond Ridder
How about we talk the freshman at this point.
Something Arthur Smith has talked for a long time about all through instructional course and the preseason is needing to perceive how players answer disappointment. He needs to see players return quickly when things separate, and in the second quarter of Monday night’s down, things separated.
Punishments descended upon the Falcons offense in the subsequent quarter. Jalen Mayfield was required a premature move when the Falcons were taking a gander at a fourth down circumstance from the Jets one yard line. It was a second that saw Smith heatedly get after Ridder and the hostile line as they advanced toward the sideline subsequently.
The Falcons guard got a stop, however, and the second-group offense got the ball back with two minutes left in the half. Ridder returned from the past drive well. He looked fresh with his passes and saw a positive outcome tracking down Jared Bernhardt for three passes for 67 yards. However, once more, punishments gathered. Hostile possessions and an unlawful shift kept the Falcons out of the endzone, and they made due with a short field objective from Younghoe Koo to end the half.
Notwithstanding the blunders, it ought to be noticed that Ridder kept on answering with the punishments by getting something going for move the ball downfield. Feleipe Franks came in at quarterback partially through the second from last quarter, so Ridder’s night finished with the freshman quarterback going 10-for-13 through the air with 143 yards. Not a terrible detail line in general.
Ade Ogundeji
Quite possibly of the greatest commendation I could give somebody is that I notice when they’re not on the field. I felt as such with Ogundeji on Monday night. He just had two handles, one for a misfortune, in his appearance, however he got things going when he was in. Ogundeji was generally around the ball all through the three series he was in for.
He got strong entrance a couple of times, and put a touch of squeeze on the Jets handles. Ogundeji was required a roughing the passer call as he fell forward into Mike White’s legs on third down. He – and Smith – could have done without the call, however the protection held up a short time later, and Ogundeji completed his late evening cementing – to me at any rate – that he’s a significant piece of this ongoing safeguard as well as what the external linebacker position is effectively attempting to develop into.
Tyler Allgeier
We saw a lot of Allgeier right on time against the Jets on Monday. He played late against Detroit, with Ollison getting greater part of the primary group reps. Be that as it may, Allgeier got much more work with Mariota and the remainder of the main group offense. He remained in all through Ridder’s reps in the subsequent quarter, as well.
Allgeier ran hard, acquiring observable yards after introductory contact on a couple of his six runs. He just had 17 surging yards, however they were by all accounts yards all around procured and very much planned. Smith likewise made them get a couple of drops of the backfield, as well. He had three gets on four focuses for 12 yards. On the whole, it was a pleasant presentation by the tenderfoot running back.
Not one individual, yet all the same the whole guarded inside
Grady Jarrett was kept down on Monday night following two useful long periods of work during the Falcons and Jets joint practices prior in the week. This was great for two reasons: 1) nobody expected to see Jarrett. He’s Jarrett. Save him sound and prepared for Week 1. What’s more, 2) we want as numerous assessments of the profundity of the protective inside as we can get.
Wounds have contracted this position bunch fundamentally all through instructional course and the preseason. The Falcons are searching for players to step into additional noticeable jobs as a result of it. On Monday, we saw a plenty of cautious linemen take the field. Ta’Quon Graham and Anthony Rush keep on feeling like the ones the most ideal to space in adjacent to Jarrett come Week 1 of the time, however the Falcons first group protection additionally saw players like Jalen Dalton, Abdullah Anderson and Timothy Horne pivot in on occasion all through the primary half. They reliably remained in all through the final part, as well. There were a ton of reps given to these folks on Monday.
There’s a 53-man program cut down that is not far off. Do the Falcons have the required profundity at this situation to lead them into the normal prepare? Or on the other hand do they have to raise a ruckus around town office market to get more fortifications? Apparently the Falcons training staff is taking care of business during these initial two preseason games to find out.
