Falcons running back Antone Smith's playing time increased by five percent against the Bears.
He played 11 of 56 snaps (20 percent). He played 11 of 72 of the offensive snaps (15 percent) against the Giants.
Prince Shembo, who started the two previous games, didn’t play from scrimmage. Apparently, the Falcons thought Joplo Bartu was a better matchup against Chicago running back Matt Forte.
The Falcons have started to cut Kroy Biermann’s snaps. He played 42 of 73 snaps (58 percent) against the Bears. He played 68 percent against the Giants and 75 percent against the Vikings.
Justin Blalock returned after missing a game with a back injury. He played all 56 of the offensive snaps.
Moving forward, the Falcons need to scrap this multiple 3-4/4-3/4-2-5 defense. It hasn’t worked.
They need to get in one defense that they can execute.
“We’ve played very inconsistently on defense throughout the entire season, and we haven’t played nearly up to our potential on the offensive side of the football either,” Falcons coach Mike Smith said. “I don’t think anything is off the table in terms of what we’ve got to get done. These are the guys that we have on our football team. We have to coach them better. They have to play better. We’re all in this together.”
Credit: D. Orlando Ledbetter
Credit: D. Orlando Ledbetter
Percent of playtime per player on offense, defense and special teams
OFFENSE
PLAYER OFFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS
G Carimi 100% 56 3 11%
T J Matthews 100% 56 3 11%
T J Asamoah 100% 56 2 7%
G J Blalock 100% 56 1 4%
QB M Ryan 100% 56
C P Konz 100% 56
TE L Toilolo 98% 55 7 25%
WR R White 96% 54
WR J Jones 91% 51
WR D Hester 52% 29 11 39%
WR S Jackson 36% 20
RB J Rodgers 30% 17 11 39%
WR E Weems 27% 15 21 75%
FB P DiMarco 21% 12 16 57%
RB A Smith 20% 11 21 75%
RB D Freeman 18% 10 5 18%
T R Schraeder 9% 5 9 32%
TE B Pascoe 2% 1 4 14%
DEFENSE
PLAYER DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS
CB D Trufant 73 100% 5 18%
SS K Ishmael 73 100% 4 14%
LB P Worrilow 73 100% 4 14%
FS D Lowery 73 100%
CB R Alford 72 99% 9 32%
LB J Bartu 56 77% 4 14%
DE J Babineaux 52 71% 4 14%
CB J Wilson 51 70% 14 50%
DE J Massaquoi 43 59% 4 14%
DE K Biermann 42 58% 4 14%
DT P Soliai 39 53% 3 11%
DT T Jackson 35 48% 7 25%
DT C Peters 34 47% 4 14%
DT M Goodman 27 37%
DE O Umenyiora 20 27% 2 7%
DE R Hageman 18 25% 4 14%
FS D Southward 17 23% 16 57%
CB R McClain 5 7% 14 50%
SS S Baker 19 68%
LB N Stupar 19 68%
P M Bosher 13 46%
LB P Shembo 12 43%
LS J Harris 9 32%
DE S Maponga 9 32%
G J Stone 8 29%
PK M Bryant 3 11%
NEXT UP: The Falcons (2-4) play the Baltimore Ravens (4-2) at 1 p.m. Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium.
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