{"id":1813,"date":"2009-11-02T23:35:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T04:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/11\/02\/falcons-saints-first-half-notes\/"},"modified":"2010-02-27T14:20:18","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T19:20:18","slug":"falcons-saints-first-half-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/11\/02\/falcons-saints-first-half-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons-Saints (first half notes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saints are up 28-14 at the half.  ATL should have gone into the half trailing by a respectable seven points, but Ryan threw a pick-six with less than a minute to go.  Too bad because the game was even at 14 a few minutes ago when I started putting this article together!  For what it is worth (absolutely nothing) the replay showed that Roddy White was knocked out of the play on your basic version of a football pick and roll.  Not sure how illegal contact (or some other pass interference penalty) was not called on that one!<\/p>\n<p>Win or lose, maybe Turner is back, which will only mean good things for the Falcons the rest of the way.  Turner has broken a couple of long ones including a nice 35+ yarder, netting a solid 90\u2019ish yards in the first half.  Turner looks like he is on fresh legs tonight; he does not look like he is running in mud.  I have to wonder if the Falcons will stick with Turner in the second half, or if ATL will panic now that they are down by two TDs.<\/p>\n<p>Grimes hasn\u2019t done it for me (or the Falcons) this year.  I keep reading that he is athletic, but that has not really paid off until he made an amazing high jump type interception.  It should make highlight reels; it was very impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins dropped an easy pass that would have given the Falcons a nice first down inside of the 15 yard line.  Instead of getting a new set of downs, and a shot at going up 21-14, ATL had to settle for a 34 yard field goal.  Too bad Elam hit the left post, which sucks because 17-14 would have been better than 14-14.  Right now 28-17 would have been helpful.  Elam also missed a 51 yarder at the end of the half.  Not sure you could call it a miss; that is being too generous.<\/p>\n<p>When does Abraham start getting some sacks?  The defense is getting decent pressure on Brees, including a nasty sack, resulting in a fumble returned for a TD.  Can the Falcons sustain the pressure, without exposing the secondary? <\/p>\n<p>Saints get the ball first to open the third quarter, so things will go down in a hurry if the Falcons do not pick up a quick stop or two.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saints are up 28-14 at the half. ATL should have gone into the half trailing by a respectable seven points, but Ryan threw a pick-six with less than a minute to go. Too bad because the game was even at 14 a few minutes ago when I started putting this article together! 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