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Raheem Morris on Kirk Cousins' health, offensive play-calling decisions after Week 1 loss
“Everything is going to be situational to the game plan for who you’re playing against,” Morris said in response to a question about whether Cousins’ health affected play-calling decisions. “When you go out and you put those guys in what we do and how we want to play and try to put those guys in good positions to get those guys blocked, the aliens the Pittsburgh Steelers have, you gotta try to figure those things out.”
Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt was a force to be reckoned with. He technically had only one sack recorded in the game book. But that’s because his two others were negated due to Pittsburgh penalties.
Defensive tackle Montravius Adams also had a sack for the Steelers.
In total, Pittsburgh had two sacks and seven quarterback hits.
“It exposed some things inside for us,” Morris said. “We had a tough day inside, and then it also activated those guys out there a little bit and those guys got going. That’s a good football team, and I don’t want to take away any credit from what they were able to do, but with our plan to go out there, we have to execute it better in order to get (Kirk) protected a little bit better. Think he had seven hits and he got hurried a bunch. … They definitely hit us too much when it came to some of the drop-back passes.”
Of the Falcons’ 226 net offensive yards, 89 were rushing and 137 were passing. The Falcons ran 50 total offensive plays. Of those plays, 44% were rushing and 52% were passing. The two plays unaccounted for were the sacks.
Running back Bijan Robinson carried the ground game with 18 carries for 68 yards. Wide receivers Drake London and Darnell Mooney had three receptions for 30 yards between the two of them, while Ray-Ray McCloud III was the leader with four receptions for 52 yards.
It was tight end Kyle Pitts who scored the Falcons’ sole touchdown on a 12-yard reception in the first half.
“We want to get better,” Morris said. “But we got to play better at the (quarterback) position, we got to play better around him.”
Sen. Raphael Warnock and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens celebrated the 21st Century Road to Housing Act on Monday. The new law aims to make housing construction easier and to prevent corporations from buying large amounts of single-family homes.
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The Atlanta Hawks are now 3-0 in Las Vegas.
Despite being down some of their most talented players, such as Kingston Flemings,Asa Newell, and Zuby Ejiofor, the Hawks notched another win in Summer League, this time taking down the Boston Celtics. Overall, it was the Hawks 5th straight win in Summer League.
What are the biggest takeaways from today’s game?
1. Kobe Johnson Continues to Impress
Kobe Johnson has been impressive all Summer long and is making his case to be the last two-way contract for the Hawks. Atlanta already has Keshon Gilbert and RayJ Dennis in two of the two-way spots for next season and are looking for a third player who they can continue to develop.
With the Hawks being very shorthanded today against the Celtics, Johnson stepped up and played very well. In 13 first half minutes, Johnson scored 19 points on 7-10 shooting and 3-4 from three-point range, which is the most encouraging part of his performance. He continued that into the second half and was arguably the best player on the floor today for the Hawks.
Johnson finished today’s game with 30 points, seven rebounds, and four assists.
Johnson has high-level defensive skills, but he has shown offensive growth over the course of the past week and he is making a real case to be a part of the roster as a two-way player.
2. Henri Veesaar takes advantage of his opportunity
With so many bigs out today, it was going to be the Henri Veesaar show for Atlanta.
He did not disappoint. Veesaar was able to score 20 points on 7-12 shooting (4-6 from three), as well as pulling in four rebounds, and three assists.
As a scorer, Veesaar was at his best today, stretching the floor and scoring the ball off the pick and roll. He showed why the Hawks moved up to take him in the second round of the draft and if he can continue this development into the season, perhaps he can be closer to playing than initially thought.
3. Hawks win short-handed
Atlanta has one of the most talented rosters in Vegas this summer and despite missing their two first round picks from this year’s draft (Flemings and Ejiofor) and their first round pick from last year’s draft (Newell), Atlanta did not have much of a problem today with Boston.
The Celtics were missing a couple of important players today as well, but the Hawks had no trouble in this game, nearly leading by 30 points in the second half. The three-point shooting was strong, the defense forced turnovers, and they kept the Celtics cool from three.
It was an impressive all-around victory for the Hawks and one of their better victories from start to finish.
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