Atlanta Falcons Fantasy Football Analysis – Week 6

Week 6 – @ NO – L 21-31

QB: Ryan a rough game despite good numbers.  Accuracy wasn’t great and got hit and sacked a ton.  Receivers weren’t doing him any favors either.

RB: Freeman another monster game and they keep feeding him a ton.  Looks awesome and no reason it won’t continue.  Showing phenomenal vision right now and allowing his blockers to set him up nicely.

WR: Jones a good game and looks great when healthy but might not be totally there right now.  White got a TD but little else.  Hankerson below-average and looked shaky.  Have to hope consistency is better than this.

TE: Tamme did little and was just overshadowed by the rest.  If White gets more looks, he’ll suffer.

OL: Run blocking continues to be great but pass protection was rough in this one.  Has to learn to handle pressure better.

Def: Run D continues to be strong and might have to go away from playing against them.  Coverage on WRs also solid here.  Still gave up a lot through the air.  Got torched for huge game by aged TE.  Gave up big game to RB due to short TDs.

Atlanta Falcons Fantasy Football Analysis – Week 5

Week 5 – vs Washington – W 25-19

QB: Ryan had uncharacteristically bad game.  Just wasn’t on target at all and missed open receivers with bad throws.  Should be fine but this one was really ugly.

RB: Freeman another monster game and just looks great.  Running so well and showing great vision when he has the ball.  Also doing an amazing job catching the ball.  He’s a must-start until things change but I don’t see that happening.

WR: Jones a good game because of FRTD.  Suffered from bad throws.  He’ll get back on track soon enough.  Hankerson injured but stayed in.  Did little but QB missed him on long TD where he easily beat D.  Was targeted 2 more times in end zone but bad throws on both as well.  Should be fine.

TE: Tamme a big game and is in the conversation now as a play.  Probably benefited from QB inaccuracy to WRs so have to temper it a bit.  Still worth noting.

OL: Excellent run blocking against a tough run D.  A+ game for them in that area.  Wasn’t great against pass rush.  Wasn’t terrible but a little sloppy.

Def: Stout against a decent run game.  Gave up nearly nothing on the ground.  Pass rush was negated.  Coverage was good on #1 WR but not elsewhere.  Gave up good games to #2 WR and backup TE.

Atlanta Falcons Fantasy Football Analysis – Week 4

Week 4 – vs Houston – W 48-21

QB: Game was never close.  Run game dominated.  Ryan was okay.  Only thing that hurt him was how quickly they got a big lead.

RB: Freeman another monster game doing plenty of receiving damage along with the rushing.  No reason this should be a committee when Coleman gets healthy.  Ward a good game in garbage time but not overly impressive.  A few more pounds and he would be Mike Tolbert.

WR: Hankerson a big game and is the no-doubt #2 on this team.  White appears to be done.  Hankerson is making great plays and no reason not to trust him now.  Jones held to little but only because of game flow.  Nothing to worry about.

TE: Nada.  Move on.

OL: Pretty strong game against a tough D line.  Was great for running game and protected reasonably well.  Continues to play better than last season.

Def: Gave up a lot because of prevent and reserves playing early.  Was pretty stout against the run.  Solid against the pass and was covering elite #1 WR well until Trufant wasn’t playing.  Gave up good games to WRs.