Atlanta Falcons Need a Youth Movement to Right the Ship

October 18, 2014   ·   Scott Carasik   ·   Jump to comments


With the Atlanta Falcons currently having a losing record, it doesn't make sense to play the same aging and slow players for the majority of the snap counts. The veterans need to stay fresh for the fourth quarter when their experience is needed.
Atlanta has been competitive in five of the six games they played, as they either led heading into the fourth quarter or were down by only a single score when the fourth quarter started. The Falcons are 2-3 in these competitive games, with the losses resulting from fourth-quarter collapses.
When breaking down what the real issue is behind these fourth quarter woes, it comes out that the Falcons play guys like Steven Jackson or Paul Soliai over the younger, stronger, faster players on the roster who perform better earlier in games when they are inserted in lower-pressure situations.
If the Falcons kept their veterans from taking the majority of the snaps, they would have fresher players in the fourth quarter when they really...

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