As we celebrate a return to football and semi-normalcy, let’s check out this game day hype video the Atlanta Falcons released for their season-opening matchup with the Seattle Seahawks.
For football fans, the NFL offseason always feels longer than it really is. In 2020, though, it’s been challenging for all kinds of other reasons.
As we celebrate a return to football and semi-normalcy, let’s check out this game day hype video the Atlanta Falcons released for their season-opening matchup with the Seattle Seahawks.
Playing the entire first half plus one drive in the second half, Ehlinger set a career-high in passing yards and passing touchdowns. His final stats sit at 25 of 33, with 426 yards and five touchdowns. Backup quarterbacks Casey Thompson and Hudson Card played the majority of the second half.
Wide receiver was a major question entering the season and Joshua Moore answered them. The redshirt sophomore opened the game with a 78-yard touchdown. Ehlinger found him five more times for a total of 127 yards.
Tarik Black also had a solid debut, securing five receptions for 80 yards. No other Longhorn receiver had more than three receptions.
Moving to the defensive side of the ball, Texas only gave up three points, the fewest since 2017’s matchup against San Jose State. UTEP’s offense only produced 240 yards. Josh Thompson stood out as the defensive player of the game, emerging as the top cornerback.
With UTEP handled, Texas will now turn its attention to Texas Tech for its Big 12 opener. Traveling to Lubbock, the Longhorns have its last five games on the road against the Red Raiders.
FINAL STATS
Sam Ehlinger: 25 of 33, 426 yards and five touchdowns
Keaontay Ingram: Nine carries for 44 yards
Joshua Moore: Six receptions for 127 yards, one touchdown
Casey Thompson: Four of seven, 55 yards and two touchdowns
The Atlanta Falcons finished trimming their roster down to 53 players on Saturday and will look to fill out their 16-man practice squad this afternoon.
The Atlanta Falcons finished trimming their roster down to 53 players on Saturday and will look to fill out their 16-man practice squad this afternoon. As training camp winds down, the team is ramping things up for next week’s opener against the Seattle Seahawks.
Before we get there, though, let’s take a look back at the best plays from Falcons training camp. The team’s Twitter shared a video with the top five camp highlights. Check it out below.
The press wasn’t allowed to watch practice, but the team’s Twitter account released a highlight video from last night’s action at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Check it out below.
Chris Paul scored eight of his team’s last 12 points to take the Rockets-Thunder series to a Game 7.
Chris Paul has been around this league so long that it’s easy to kind of forget how unbelievably good he is. His willingness to be a distributor, and his ignominious exit from the Houston Rockets, have pushed him to the edges of superstardom.
He remains a superstar, though. He reminded us of that again on Monday night, when he willed the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-100 Game 6 victory over his former team, the Houston Rockets.
We’re heading to a Game 7, and Chris Paul is a big reason why.
In Game 6, Paul finished with a team-leading 28 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and the team was a preposterous +20 with him on the floor.
But no points were more important than those that Paul scored in the closing minutes of the game. With the Rockets locked down and trying to finish off the series, Paul took over, scoring eight of his team’s 12 final points to earn the Thunder a 4-point win and force a Game 7.
While other point guards in this league may be pure better shooters, or have more speed than the 35-year-old Paul, I’m not sure there’s a guard I’d rather have with the ball in his hands in the final minutes of a game. (Dame Lillard as the possible exception.)
Nobody handles close games better than Paul, who led the NBA with 150 points in clutch situations, defined as the last five minutes of a game in which the point differential is five or fewer points.
Paul has built a career on being a pure point guard early in games — facilitating, getting teammates their points, then taking over games when it matters. He did it in New Orleans, he did it in LA, he sometimes did it in Houston (Harden had some issues with that), but in OKC he gets to play that way.
He facilitated early, and got Danilo Gallinari going (25 points), but then come crunch time, he did what he does. Two step-back jumpers, a three-pointer, and a charging drive that earned him two free-throws were what his team needed, and he got them. Now we’ve got a Game 7.
With 17 touchdown receptions in less than two full seasons of work, Falcons receiver Calvin Ridley appears to have a bright future in Atlanta.
With 17 touchdown receptions in less than two full seasons of work, Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley appears to have a bright future in Atlanta.
Ridley has been praised by his coaches, teammates and NFL peers, including MVP Lamar Jackson, for his route-running ability. As training camp continues, Ridley continues to stand out.
Check out this one-handed grab by the former Alabama star from Monday’s practice, as shared by the team’s Twitter account below.
Click here to watch highlights of new Broncos linebacker Mark Barron.
The Denver Broncos have agreed to terms with coverage linebacker Mark Barron on a one-year contract. Here are highlights from Barron’s time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and St. Loius/Los Angeles Rams:
Barron spent last season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Here are highlights from his time with the Steelers. (Warning: Music is NSFW.)
In his career, Barron has totaled 710 tackles, 42 pass breakups, 12 sacks, nine interceptions and 21 quarterback hits in 119 games (102 starts). He is expected to serve as the Broncos’ third-down coverage linebacker.
Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay was mic’d up at the team’s stadium practice on Saturday.
After the Denver Broncos held a training camp practice at Empower Field at Mile High on Saturday, the team posted a one-minute highlight clip of the practice on their official Twitter page on Sunday.
