{"id":3773,"date":"2011-12-10T07:17:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T11:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2011-12-10T07:17:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T11:17:06","slug":"well-duh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/12\/10\/well-duh\/","title":{"rendered":"Well duh &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey is not exactly creative, and let\u2019s be realistic \u2013 100% unimaginative.  I have been critical of him and his play calling all year, so it was rather amusing to see that he could be made the <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nfcsouth\/post\/_\/id\/28484\/nfc-south-stock-watch-17\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nfcsouth\/post\/_\/id\/28484\/nfc-south-stock-watch-17', 'scapegoat');\" target=\"_blank\">scapegoat<\/a> if ATL crashes and burns its way out of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>3. Mike Mularkey, Falcons offensive coordinator. Atlanta came out very aggressively, throwing a couple of quick deep passes against Houston. That didn\u2019t work. Didn\u2019t the Falcons learn anything early in the year when they were trying to force things downfield? Their offensive line isn\u2019t really good enough to block for the deep ball, unless Michael Turner and the running game have softened up a defense first. If the Falcons somehow don\u2019t make the playoffs or have an early exit, there\u2019s probably going to be a scapegoat because expectations were so high at the start of the season. Mularkey\u2019s looking like the leader in the scapegoat clubhouse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course if ATL didn\u2019t drop so many passes things could be a little different.  Having another win or two at this point in the season would have held off the scapegoat comments.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons have to change directions this offseason.  I\u2019m convinced that Mularkey\u2019s system and play calling is holding back Ryan.  While Ryan has success in the hurry up offense, he is constrained by what is in the playbook.  i.e. WTF is the screen?<\/p>\n<p>Next season the Falcons need to go all in with a Buffalo Bills <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KellJi00.htm\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KellJi00.htm', 'Jim');\" target=\"_blank\">Jim<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profootballhof.com\/hof\/member.aspx?PLAYER_ID=112\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.profootballhof.com\/hof\/member.aspx?PLAYER_ID=112', 'Kelly');\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly<\/a> style hurry up offense.  Of course the Falcons have to get past the next few weeks \u2013 at Carolina, Thursday night Dome date with Jacksonville, MNF at New Orleans, and a New Year\u2019s Day Dome game hosting Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons <em>should<\/em> win three out of four, which will be enough to get them in the playoffs, however if they play like they did last week against Houston, they are toast.<\/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>Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey is not exactly creative, and let\u2019s be realistic \u2013 100% unimaginative. I have been critical of him and his play calling all year, so it was rather amusing to see that he could be made the scapegoat if ATL crashes and burns its way out of the playoffs. 3. Mike &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/12\/10\/well-duh\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Well duh &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><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><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,29],"class_list":["post-3773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3774,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773\/revisions\/3774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}