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Visiting Falcons, led by strong quarterbacks Matt Ryan and Julio Jones, took a 16-14 halftime lead over the Panthers The Falcons started the game with two successes from Ryan to Jones who gained 51 yards After stalling in the red zone, Atlanta scored the game’s first points on Younghoe Koo’s 20-yard basket On their first possession, Carolina , courtesy of running backs Mike Davis and Curtis Samuel, took the lead after Samuel’s 12-yard touchdown
Ryan’s 13 and 20-yard add-ins at Jones helped Koo score a 37-yard basket on Falcons possession After a Panthers punt, an interception of Ryan by Carolina cornerback Donte Jackson gave Teddy Bridgewater a 29-yard touchdown pass to Samuel two minutes into the second quarter. Ryan responded with his 10th career touchdown run, a 13-yard run that gave the Falcons a point lead The Falcons, after stuffing Bridgewater on a fourth and a play on Carolina’s next possession, have once again entered Panthers territory before Koo drilled a 36-yard basket just before half-time
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Punting fourth and second from the 42-yard line would have been a bad idea Of course the Panthers for changing their minds
Bridgewater sets up a screen for Mike Davis, who makes the catch but is hit hard and he initially ruled a fumble recovered by ATL This one will be seen again but clearly a huge game
Teddy Bridgewater isn’t generally a big scrambler – his 67 yards per scrambling is below par for a QB this season But he’s already made two big wins early in the second period
The Panthers get the ball back to start the second half Let’s see how the weather affects things after the half It was raining early, but it’s falling harder now and there’s also a stronger wind mixed in
Carolina’s red zone defense has been vastly excellent Atlanta has been in the 20s four times now, and has just 13 points to show so far If the Panthers can force another basket here, this would be huge
Donte Jackson has been a busy man tonight It seems every Falcons throw at the perimeter has gone to whatever Jackson is covering It’s just that and a couple throws in the middle at Hurst and running backs
Bridgewater continues to read an area, but is forced to go out of bounds clearly before the sticks on the straight sideline by ATL LB Foyesade Oluokun Falcons take over at CAR 35
Calvin Ridley is back in the locker room and Russell Gage and Olamide Zaccheus / Christian Blake are there for Atlanta with 11 people, along with Gurley, Jones and Hurst
It’s only the 13th (!) goal of the season Ian Thomas Atlanta has been vulnerable to tough ends all year, so maybe he’ll get involved a bit more the rest of the season. evening
As we all expected, tonight’s three touchdowns belong to Curtis Samuel (rushing), Curtis Samuel (receiving) and Matt Ryan (rushing)
Ridley has essentially worked as Julio Jones’ 1A vs 1G this season, a surprising development considering how good Julio is He still gets his foot watched on the sideline, although he does appear to be changing his shoe, which could be a decent sign of his potential to return to this game
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