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OFFENSIVE NEWS AND NOTES In 2012, the Falcons unveiled a potent quick strike offense, posting 56 points on drives lasting four or fewer plays, including a one-play drive in Atlanta’s Week 12 win at Tampa Bay when QB Matt Ryan hit WR Julio Jones for an 80-yard touchdown. The Falcons ranked tied for sixth QUICK STRIKE QUICK STRIKE DRIVES Team Pos.
DEFENSIVE NEWS AND NOTES PASSING GRADES Last season, the Falcons defense produced 31 takeaways, including 20 interceptions and 11 fumble recoveries. Atlanta’s 31 takeaways are tied for the most the club has produced under Head Coach Mike Smith (31 in 2010). The Falcons faced three FALCONS VS. SB WINNERS Super Bowl winning quarterbacks at the Georgia Drew Brees NO 0 5 Player Team TD INT Dome in 2012, including Peyton Manning Den 1 3 Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Eli Manning NYG 0 2 and Peyton Manning. These three signal-callers combined for 10 interceptions, one touchdown pass and a 58.0 completion percentage (65-of-112). In its Week 15 win over New York, the Falcons held QB Eli Manning to a 52 percent completion percentage on 13 of 25 passing for 161 yards with no touchdowns, two interceptions and a 38.9 passer rating. Atlanta held opponents without a passing touchdown in four of its last six games. • CB Asante Samuel and S Thomas DeCoud each intercepted Manning in Week 15. The Falcons posted six multi-interception games last year. Atlanta posted a 6-0 record in those games and since 2008, the Falcons are 34-2 when they win the turnover battle. PRO BOWL STOPPERS In 2012, the Falcons faced 11 quarterbacks who have been named to Team QBs PRO BOWL QBs at least one Pro Bowl during their Atlanta 11 career. The New Orleans Saints New Orleans 11 were the only other team in the NFL Tampa Bay 10 that faced as many Pro Bowl signalcallers in Five teams 9 2012. Including its two games against Pro Bowlers Drew Brees and Cam Newton, Atlanta posted a 11-2 record against Pro Bowl quarterbacks. Against this stiff competition, the Falcons defense allowed just 12 passing touchdowns while intercepting 17 passes and registered 25 sacks. Atlanta also held eight of these QBs to a passer rating below 85 and intercepted multiple passes against five of them. PRO BOWL QBs vs. FALCONS DEFENSE Player Att. Cmp. Yds. TD INT Rate Drew Brees 50 28 341 0 5 37.6 Eli Manning 25 13 161 0 2 38.9 Philip Rivers 38 21 173 0 2 45.2 Peyton Manning 37 24 241 1 3 58.5 Matt Cassell 33 21 258 1 2 72.5 Matthew Stafford 56 37 443 0 1 82.7 Robert Griffin III 15 10 91 0 0 82.9 Michael Vick 35 21 191 1 0 84.3 Carson Palmer 33 23 353 1 1 102.2 Tony Romo 35 25 321 1 0 109.3 Cam Newton 35 23 287 2 0 110.1 Drew Brees 32 21 298 3 1 113.8 Cam Newton 24 15 215 2 0 119.3 TAKE IT AWAY CB Asante Samuel posted interceptions in back-to-back -to-back games for the second time in his career when he intercepted QB Eli Manning in Week 15 QB Matthew Stafford in Week 16, and QB Josh Freeman in Week 17. In 2012, Samuel recorded five interceptions and trailed only S Thomas DeCoud for the team lead. Last season, the Falcons boasted three players with at least four interceptions for the first time since 1989 and the fifth time in team history. FALCONS WITH FOUR-PLUS INTERCEPTIONS 2012 1977 Players INT Thomas DeCoud 6 Asante Samuel 5 William Moore 4 1989 Players INT Deion Sanders 5 Evan Cooper 4 Tim Gordon 4 1988 Players INT Scott Case 10 Robert Moore 5 Bret Clark 4 Players INT Rolland Lawrence 7 Ray Brown 5 Ray Easterling 4 Ralph Ortega 4 1975 Players INT Greg Brezina 4 Ray Brown 4 Tom Hayes 4 SAFETY NET Atlanta’s safety tandem of Thomas DeCoud and William Moore paced the Falcons ball-hawking defense in 2012 and enjoyed breakout seasons. In Atlanta’s Week 3 win over San Diego, DeCoud picked off QB Philip Rivers and recovered a fumble, setting up 14 Falcon points. In 2012, the fifth-year safety out of California led one of the NFL’s top defensive units as the Falcons posted 31 takeaways and a +13 turnover differential. • DeCoud also intercepted both of the Manning brothers last year, picking off Broncos QB Peyton Manning in Atlanta’s Monday Night win over the Denver in Week 2 and intercepting Giants QB Eli Manning in the Falcons Week 15 win over New York. Additionally, DeCoud sealed Atlanta’s Week 5 win at Washington when he picked off QB Kirk Cousins with 1:21 remaining in the game. Moore’s play in the defensive backfield was also key to Atlanta’s success. The former Missouri standout had one of his best games as a Falcon when he collared 13 tackles (nine solo) with two interceptions in Atlanta’s Week 13 win over New Orleans. The duo of DeCoud and Moore combined for 11 takeaways, including 10 INTs & one fumble recovery, which resulted in 33 points.
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