One Falcon To Watch: Chris Owens
by Dave Choate on Aug 19, 2010 4:01 PM EDT
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PrintEvery week before the game, I'll be selecting one player to keep an especially close eye on. This week, it's cornerback Chris Owens.
Opportunity isn't just knocking on Chris Owens' door. It's hiding in the bushes, sending love letters and playing love songs on a boombox outside his window. This is a big moment for Owens.
I'm referring to the plight of one Brent "Air" Grimes, who is suffering through a groin injury at the moment and may not play tonight. It's unfortunate, but we know Grimes is good enough to at least lock up a nickel role with this team. What we may find out tonight is whether Owens can lock up a starting job.
He's got zero competition playing tonight, and he'll have every opportunity to match up with the Patriots best receivers for a short time. If Grimes doesn't play, Chevis Jackson and Dominique Franks will take time at his spot, and we already know Dunta Robinson is out. If ever there was a chance to capitalize, Owens is looking at it.
And to be fair, he's going to have to separate himself soon. Jackson is playing extremely well during camp, Grimes has been his usual quality self and you can't dislodge Robinson from his starting job with a crowbar. There are few people who believe in Owens' ability as strongly as I do, but he's got to prove it. Doing some damage against Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Julian Edelman and the rest of the Patriots' deep receiving corps would go a long way.
So there's one to watch.
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Oh Lord...
I can just hear the headlines tomorrow.I’m hoping for a miracle cause that secondary against Brady, umm well you know we need some CB juju.
Rule #1: Double tap.
by Ball Hawk on Aug 19, 2010 4:08 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
maybe I;m wrong never been psychic
I dvr’d both falcons games so far so i could watch them closely, rewind etc and I swear I’m only seeing the most basic schemes and plays. are they trying to keep thier real schemes secret? what do you think post your answers or theories.
Tell me...
how are you DVRing the games with Digital Cable? or DTV?
Perhaps, I must go through Hell to get to Heaven......................if there is one.
by brotherbrown on Aug 20, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm really pulling for Owens.
He is one of my favorites.
by redfalcon2 on Aug 19, 2010 4:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
With Meh gone, I like all our corners.
Owens has good size and athleticisor .. athlicetis …he’s a fine athlete. I’m looking forward to the game tonight.
GO BIRDS!!!
How many more days, Lord, must I walk through the wilderness?
Athleticisor?
Isn’t that one of Brett Favre’s teeth?
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Attack of the smurfs
Randy Moss 6-4, Chris Owens 5-9 w/cleats and helmet on,standing on my old world history book. Thank god its preseason. Our boys can jump though…real high too! The best remedy to help our very undersize db’s is PRESSURE!!!! We need to get some good push. You hear that JA98???
Keep in mind what Owens did to Terrell Owens last season
The height difference is mitigated if your guys get good position, jump high and can extend to at least knock the ball out of the way.
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Very true
But remeber who was tossing that ball for Buffalo. And we did get some pressure in that game. But its true our guys,escpecially Grimey can get up there.
Pressure needed, indeed
I like Owens myself, but we have to stop giving the other QB all day to throw. Pressure is an integral part of a good pass defense, I hope the Falcons know that (sometimes I wonder).
That said, TD & Smitty have done a nice job ramping up the athletimacism of our CBs. The NFL is increasingly a passing league. If your D can’t stop the pass, no soup Super Bowl for you!
by tom slick on Aug 19, 2010 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pressure
Solid bunch of atheletes, but then again so are most #1 recievers. We need pressure,none of this zone blitz crap where our blitzer gets swallowed up and JA98 is running after a TE. Is it just me or do ur blitzers seem to get picked up more often than not?
by aces666high on Aug 19, 2010 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Get the "George of the Jungle" DVD
The entire original animated series (it only ran 17 episodes) from the 1960s is only about $15.
Thanks
Will do. Only 17 episodes? Wow, guess since i was a kid those 17 episodes seemed like 100 when i watched them on channel 5
does anyone know of a website to watch tonights game on??????
I am at work- got internet, no TV. Can anyone help a poor lonely falcon fan???
I pray unto thee, oh Lords of football, please let the Atlanta Falcons WIN THE DAMN SUPERBOWL THIS YEAR!!!....Amen
try adthe.net
it will hopefully at least work for a little bit
not sure if this helps
But to add to the pot this site could aide
http://www.firstrow.net/sports/american-football.html
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by brotherbrown on Aug 20, 2010 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
THANX!!
I pray unto thee, oh Lords of football, please let the Atlanta Falcons WIN THE DAMN SUPERBOWL THIS YEAR!!!....Amen
Good selection (in theory)
But nothing much came of it. Brady threw toward Chevis’ side of the field much more often last night. Owens had the one great read/hit on the bubble screen to Welker, he seemed to give an OK effort on runs headed his way, but most of his action happened off the screen. One thing that I thought was a little interesting was the fact that he slid inside to “cover” the slot when Franks came on the field in Nickle packages. I say “cover” because I remember him only blitzing in this set-up (2 or 3 times, I’d have to watch again to be sure).
The one Falcon to not watch last night was Weatherspoon. I thought he was cover-your-eyes awful for most of the first half. Not just the TD to Hernandez (when he had no idea where the ball was), but he also got juked pretty good once or twice (again, I think it was Hernandez) and was pretty bad stopping the run – took several bad angles (trying to slide under blocks), which left him unable to make a play because he got caught up in the trash when he tried to double back. Hopefully, he just had the jitters or was too anxious to make a play, because we need him to be much better than that when the games start counting (because Peterson looked pretty bad to me, too).
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein
Weatherspoon
on that TD was actually in good position, but didn’t use his instincts to make a play, (that’s going to happen as a rookie) so I don’t think he was that bad.
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by brotherbrown on Aug 20, 2010 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
worried
I am a little worried about the enitre defense after that performance. They actually looked worse than last year. I thought the Beirmann looked great but one player cannot define a team.
by VA Dirty Bird on Aug 23, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
a question to considor
is the injury situation alot worse than the Falcons are letting on or are the Falcons “sandbagging” I haven’t seen a complete first string offense or defence on the field together once. I hope it’s the latter and they’re just “protecting” the recovering players till the games count. GO FALCONS
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