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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Horn: Offense making fixes
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Flowery Branch - Claiming the offensive players were [ticked] off at their performance in last weekend’s season-opening loss at Minnesota, Falcons wide receiver Joe Horn said members of the unit were dialed in at practice Wednesday to fix what went wrong.
Horn said intensity, focus and cohesion led to shortcomings during the game, in which the offense moved the ball but failed to score a touchdown or venture into the red zone until the next to last play of the game.
As good as the players’ approach to practice was, coach Bobby Petrino said it won’t mean anything unless it translates into a victory Sunday at Jacksonville.
In other news, safety Chris Crocker (bone bruise, knee) did not practice again and Jimmy Williams appears to be on track to make his second start at free safety.
Offensively, Petrino said the Falcons have not closed the door on possibly bringing in a quarterback to compete with Casey Bramlet for the No. 3 job. The Falcons do not appear poised to make a trade for a player at this point and could wait to see if someone like Oakland’s Andrew Walter gets cut in the near future.
The Raiders figure to release one of their three quarterbacks within the next few weeks with the signing of first-round pick Jamarcus Russell.
