QB Ward spent much of the year on the bench. I'm not sure that wasn't a good thing. His backup performed better...
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Front Office Football 2007
2010 Summary for Atlanta Falcons
Year 2010
Record 7-9
Winning Pct. .437
All-Time 7-9
Winning Pct. .437
Playoffs 0-0
Playoff Visits 0
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Phil Carpenter
Record 7-9
Winning Pct. .437
Off. Coord. C. Johnstone
Def. Coord. T. Lavigne
Atlanta Falcons Team Rank
Rushes per Game 29.4 7
Rushing Yards 127.2 14
Yards Per Carry 4.32 21
Pass Attempts 31.6 23 (T)
Completions 19.9 21
Completion Pct. 63.0 7
Passing Yards 172.4 29
Yards Per Attempt 5.46 30
Yards Per Catch 8.68 32
Total Yardage Gained 288.9 25 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 39.7 7 (T)
Points Per Game 16.8 22
Pass Rush Pct. 21.2 4
Pass Defense Pct. 52.6 12 (T)
Turnovers 23 9 (T)
Turnover Margin +5 10
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.6 22
Rushing Yards 125.5 17
Yards Per Carry 4.39 16
Pass Attempts 30.8 3
Completions 18.4 3
Completion Pct. 59.8 14
Passing Yards 204.1 13
Yards Per Attempt 6.64 25
Yards Per Catch 11.11 29 (T)
Total Yardage Gained 316.8 16
3rd Down Conversions 38.9 20
Points Per Game 17.5 10 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 16.4 2
Pass Defense Pct. 53.9 19
Turnovers 28 13 (T)
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 17 at PIT 9
2 13 ARI 30
3 7 at NOS 20
4 21 SFO 20
5 13 at CLE 17
6 9 at PHI 10
7 23 CIN 20
9 24 TBY 31
10 36 BAL 24
11 23 at STL 7
12 28 GBY 26
13 6 at TBY 10
14 13 at CAR 14
15 13 at SEA 16
16 0 NOS 9
17 22 CAR 17
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
1 J. Kriner QB 287 179 1575 5.49 10 5 81.2
17 B. Ward QB 218 139 1184 5.43 2 8 65.6
**Team --- 505 318 2759 5.46 12 13 74.5
$$Opp --- 492 294 3265 6.64 18 14 79.8
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
23 D. Watson RB 295 1172 3.97 7 3
33 J. Cornell RB 142 731 5.15 3 2
**Team --- 471 2035 4.32 10 21
$$Opp --- 457 2008 4.39 9 25
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
85 R. Wicker WR 106 60 593 9.88 5.59 4 4
87 R. Rodgers WR 94 55 521 9.47 5.54 6 5
88 D. Fulcher WR 68 41 388 9.46 5.71 8 0
83 D. Morris TE 61 40 354 8.85 5.80 2 1
23 D. Watson RB 45 33 186 5.64 4.13 1 0
21 M. Ostwald FB 38 30 202 6.73 5.32 1 0
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
26 T. Banks S 112 35 0.0 0 6 10 83.9
55 F. Quick OLB 63 13 3.0 7 0 2 72.8
93 B. Royster ILB 58 22 2.5 1 1 6 78.4
99 R. Spolane OLB 53 12 11.0 19 0 2 80.4
27 T. Messbauer CB 51 14 0.0 0 0 12 78.1
46 J. Conley S 48 21 0.5 0 3 8 81.9
24 G. Covert CB 47 14 0.0 0 3 4 77.3
92 R. Beyer ILB 39 11 0.0 0 1 1 75.1
98 M. Barnes ILB 34 8 0.0 0 0 1 71.3
95 G. McArthur DE 32 11 2.0 7 0 0 81.0
71 I. Bratzke DE 30 12 4.0 8 0 0 81.0
41 S. Sham S 26 6 0.0 0 0 2 77.2
51 N. Goulet ILB 25 5 0.0 0 0 0 69.6
94 N. Copeland OLB 22 13 2.0 5 0 0 77.1
70 E. Umphenour DT 22 10 2.5 3 0 0 81.7
Other thoughts...
- We were really bad throwing the ball. (Thanks, draft lottery!)
- I'm quite surprised that RB Watson only had 3.97 ypc. I would have expected better from him.
- Good to see that we generated a solid pass rush.
AWARDS
S Thomas Banks: 1st-Team All Pro.
G Bart McIntyre: 2nd Team All Pro