Atl offense 27th 80.3 rush - [15th] / 122.3 pass - [27th]
defense 8th 76.7 rush - [9th] / 163.0 pass - [12th]
scoring 7.0 for - [26th] / 13.0 against - [10th]
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Dall offense 11th 94.0 rush - [13th] / 186.3 pass - [11th]
defense 14th 70.7 rush - [8th] / 198.0 pass - [18th]
scoring 19.7 for - [12th] / 11.0 against - [5th]
key matchups:
DT Steve George (4 sacks) vs. G Burton Lawless
prediction:
Atlanta 9, Dallas 19
defense 8th 76.7 rush - [9th] / 163.0 pass - [12th]
scoring 7.0 for - [26th] / 13.0 against - [10th]
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Dall offense 11th 94.0 rush - [13th] / 186.3 pass - [11th]
defense 14th 70.7 rush - [8th] / 198.0 pass - [18th]
scoring 19.7 for - [12th] / 11.0 against - [5th]
key matchups:
DT Steve George (4 sacks) vs. G Burton Lawless
prediction:
Atlanta 9, Dallas 19
The Cowboys' first-round draft choice out of UCLA is a leading rookie-of-the-year candidate ...
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Atlanta's ball on their 45 yard line. Second and less than 3 to go. 2:34 left in the third quarter. The score is Atlanta 21, Dallas 21.
Atlanta's QB1 #1 Guy Benjamin gives to HB1 #34 Bubba Bean. Bean runs for a gain of almost 1 yard. Bean fumbles the ball. The ball is recovered by Dallas's S2 #21 Kenny Easley. Easley runs for a gain of just over 44 yards. Touchdown, Dallas! That was P23lead1 (179) against SB1drop3 (179).
Whom will the Falcon fans so quick to boo Bubba naysay now?
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Atlanta's ball on Dallas's 43 yard line. First and 10 to go. 10:47 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Atlanta 21, Dallas 28.
Atlanta's QB1 #1 Guy Benjamin gives to HB1 #34 Bubba Bean. Bean runs for a gain of just over 9 yards. Bean is tackled by Dallas's CB1 #31 Lester Hayes. Bean is seriously injured, and is being taken to the locker room for X-rays. Second and less than 1 to go. That was P23lead1 (83) against SO0base4 (79).
Bean's injury opens the door for Albert of Madisonville, Ky.!
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Atlanta's ball on Dallas's 2 yard line. First and goal. 7:06 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Atlanta 21, Dallas 28.
The pass from Atlanta's QB1 #1 Guy Benjamin is caught by HB3 #38 Sonny Collins for a gain of just over 2 yards. Touchdown, Atlanta! That was O1Hscrn (41) against Dallas's EN1hit0 (37).
Atlanta's ball on Dallas's 2 yard line. First and goal. 6:52 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Atlanta 27, Dallas 28.
Atlanta's K1 #9 Nick Mike-Mayer kicks for the extra point. The kick is good. That was FGPAT (9) against Dallas's FGPATD (7).
OH, MY!
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Dallas's ball on their 39 yard line. First and 20 to go. 5:17 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Atlanta 28, Dallas 28.
Dallas's QB1 #12 Roger Staubach gives to HB1 #20 Earl Campbell. Campbell runs for a gain of almost 28 yards. Campbell is tackled by Atlanta's CB1 #21 Rolland Lawrence. First down, Dallas! First and 10 to go. That was A20gut1 (109) against EN2wing2 (109).
Doug remembers how to run, too!
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Dallas's ball on Atlanta's 17 yard line. Second and less than 6 to go. 4:06 left in the fourth quarter. The score is Atlanta 28, Dallas 28.
Dallas's QB1 #12 Roger Staubach gives to HB2 #22 Doug Dennison. Dennison runs for a gain of just over 17 yards. Touchdown, Dallas! That was O28toss1 (704) against Atlanta's EW1KNIF1 (704).
It's becoming a cruel joke to Atlanta fans to remind that the Falcons were in the Super Bowl as recently as NFL78.
ReplyDeleteCoach Marion Campbell's seat was hot BEFORE this 0-4 start to NFL81. If the Falcons appeared to have a plan, there might be fewer calls for Campbell's head.
Consider the NFL81 draft. The first round brought Washington quarterback Tom Flick; the second, East Carolina halfback Tony Collins. Neither remains on Atlanta's roster.
Quarterback has been a problem for the Falcons pretty much since the inception of the franchise. It appeared to be solved with the first-overall selection of Steve Bartkowski in NFL75. The former Cal great appeared to be on his way to stardom when an injury late in NFL78 ended his career.
Kim McQuilken subbed aptly in the Super Bowl run, but he gradually fell out of favor and, in this, his eighth, season, the starting job. So the Falcons drafted Flick--though they had drafted Brigham Young star Marc Wilson in the first round just one season ago. And now guess who is Campbell's QB1? Fourth-year Guy Benjamin.
Huh?
The story of Tony Collins is less vexing only because there's less history and fewer names involved. Instead of keeping and developing their second-round draft choice, the Falcons instead decided a better bet for their future at the position was Sidney Thornton, a free-agent pickup the Saints drafted in the second round out of Northwest Louisiana way back in NFL77. In his fifth year, "Thunder" is all of ONE year younger than incumbent HB1 Bubba Bean.
And now Bubba's hurt!
Alas, the only two changes Campbell has made to his starting lineup since last season's 6-9-1 performance are Benjamin in place of McQuilken and Dennis Harrison, a fourth-year pro, in place of Rudy Sims at DE2.