A Look At The Falcons Red Zone Performance, Week 6

by Dave Choate on Oct 23, 2009 8:04 AM EDT in Editorial

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When we last joined our heroes in the red zone, they were courageously converting about 92% of their scoring chances inside the 20 yard line. Which is, well, sweet. So we've got that going for us.

But how did we fare against the Chicago Bears? This wasn't our most impressive offensive performance all the way around, so perhaps the red zone excellence suffered as a result? Good guess, friends. But once again, the answer is no.

Somehow, we managed to convert both of our red zone chances for touchdowns, bringing our success rate on the season up even further. The only conclusion you can possibly draw at this point is that everyone on this team becomes possessed when they get within 20 yards. Our offense is like night and day times this season, and it's never more glaring than it is here. If the Falcons can drag themselves down the field and get that close a few times on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, I really like our chances.

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You should do another %

How many times do we actually make it to the red zone on each drive?

by Chaos7 on Oct 23, 2009 8:11 AM EDT reply actions

I'd be interested in researching that for next week

But I guarantee you it’s not a lot better than half the percentage of times we score in the red zone.

by Dave Choate on Oct 23, 2009 8:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Last year, Red Zone was a problem.

Lots of settling for FGs, particularly early in the year. So, this is good news. The coaching staff must be focusing on it, and having Tony G in the lineup helps. Now, if we could just get the deep passing game back in sync.

by vanb on Oct 23, 2009 10:36 AM EDT reply actions

One thing I've noticed, especially in the Chicago game...

…is that since last year, Matty seems to have greatly improved at very quickly recognizing and completing short passes that either set up the first down or give them just enough yardage for the first. Seems like when the deep game is struggling, he’s quick to fall back to a slow drive with a lot of succesful short plays. In a sense this is a good thing, whatever gets them down the field, but I am hoping the deep pass shows up in time to give N.O. a taste of their own medicine.

by Mountvillainy on Oct 24, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions