All the things we were looking forward to from the offense in the first preseason game did not materialize. Some of the things we didn’t dare hope from the defense did materialize. The starters were parked on the bench throughout. That’s preseason in a nutshell.
Atlanta decided not to put a single presumptive starter in the game on offense with the exception of Josh Andrews at left guard, who struggled. The result was truly putrid play, with A.J. McCarron being harried, sacked and generally struggling as a result, without much in the way of positive plays from anyone around him.