The Falcons got plenty of snaps on Sunday. Some players rose to the occasion and others faltered, and we’re going to take a bit of a closer look at the counts and how they impacted the game right here.
Offense
I leveled some criticism at the offensive line for a couple of miscues—mostly Fusco’s penalties and some failures to hold the Bengals back on obvious passing situations—but they’re still enabling this offense to do some good things. They were better in run blocking situations this week, while Ortiz chipped in his best game of the year, the team’s receiving options did their jobs in that regard, and Ito Smith turned in a nice game in pass protection.