Falcons Keep Bears Winless, 35-16

by BigRegDaCommish | 4 years ago | 0 Comments

J Garoppolo's 1st pass of the game was intercepted.  He was nearly perfect from that point forward. He ended the game going 14-17 for 272 yards and 2 td along with that lone pick.  J Jones injury fill in R Gage had 5 catches for 114 yards while TE H Hurst had 3 grabs for 70 yards and 1 td. T Gurley ran hard for 76 yards but added 2 touchdowns.

The defense stepped up, getting 4 interceptions (D Jones 2, A Terrell 1, F Oluokon 1 for pick 6) while the front 4 got 2 sacks and help the Bears running game to just 47 yards total.

Due to a mixup in uniform code, top CB K Sheffield missed the 1st half.  Once the training staff was able to correct the error, he was inserted back into the starting lineup.

Next up, the Falcons travel to Philly to face the likewise 4-5 Eagles who rank 7th in total defense.

Big Reg