A lot of things changed after the Bye week. Ridders avoiding sacks instead of getting dropped (Thank God!), we finally got to see the run game we’ve wanted, and Bijan finally got going. But what didn’t changed was the refusal to use Kyle Pitts and shitty play calls. Do y’all think despite the win this game acts as yet another reason for why Smith should be fired? Or did Arthur fix some of his own problems?

  • AtlMasterRoshi@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If anything, we won in spite of Ridder.

    In the second half, when we needed to salt the game away took the ball out of his hands and kept it on the ground, that’s a coach that chose to put the ball in the hands of his best players instead of making 9 the lynchpin of the offense and our team got in rhythm when they removed Ridder from the equation. He threw a good ball to Bijan form the the TD, but he’s still the same QB from week 3. Stares down his receivers and terrible decision-making with the ball. He doesn’t hold the ball as much but he’s due for two TOs a game.

    • Motor_Rub_4848@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      He’s really not staring down receivers like he used to though. He’s been getting to his second or third read even but generally runs after his 2nd isn’t there which wasn’t a bad thing. That throw to Bijan was not his first read and if it was he completely fooled the defense by looking the complete opposite way as he should have. They took the ball out of his hands because that’s literally what our team is built to do. If we have the lead at halftime and we’re receiving we’d better be running the ball heavy or we have an even bigger playcalling issue than any of us thought.

      You also say they took it out of his hands at the end of the game as if he hasn’t led multiple game winning drives. Taking it out of his hands at the end of the game is the least of our concerns. Keep the clock moving and kick a field goal is all we needed to do.

      • Opening_Knowledge868@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I also want to add to this a comment I saw a while ago on Twitter by a Falcons fan. It’s kind of hard not to stare down your receiver when they are running in the same vicinity, and basically the same route.

        I saw this comment on that Kurt Warner video, and it makes a lot of sense. It appears Ridder is “staring down receivers”, when in reality the receivers are running their routes on the same side of the field in the same exact spots.

        That’s difficult…