Tag Archives: Chevis Jackson

Halftime: Scratching and Clawing

By John Manasso | Published: December 13, 2009
First the bad news on the first half. The Falcons’ defense had no stops, no sacks and generated no turnovers against the NFL’s top offense. A missed extra point by Saints’ kicker Garrett Hartley in the final minute of the half represented some of the Falcons’ best luck in the half, keeping the Falcons’ deficit to 10 [...]
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First Quarter: Falcons Moving the Ball

By John Manasso | Published: December 13, 2009
On Monday when Falcons Head Coach Mike Smith addressed the media he said as part of his opening statement that he wanted to correct something he said the day before after the team’s 34-7 loss to the Eagles. The Falcons did not get beat in all three phases of the game against the Eagles — offense, defense [...]
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First Quarter: Falcons Making Big Plays

By John Manasso | Published: November 2, 2009
Wow, how’s that for some scheming? For all of those who question the Falcons’ personnel in the secondary, the Falcons coaches do a great job of finding ways to give up a lot of yards (they rank 25th in the NFL) but not a lot of points (they rank eighth) and to hide whatever weakness [...]
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Pregame Blog: Coordinator Fridays

By John Manasso | Published: October 25, 2009
Fridays are the quietest days, media-wise, at the Falcons’ practice facility in Flowery Branch. Usually by then all of your reporting and writing are done for the week and the team’s practice is the shortest. However, the highlight is that Friday is the one day of the week when Offensive Coordinator Mike Mularkey and Defensive Coordinator [...]
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Secondary Competition Takes Shape

By John Manasso | Published: October 21, 2009
In the Falcons’ first practice since starting cornerback and nickel back Brian Williams was lost for the season to a knee injury, Head Coach Mike Smith said the team was trying to develop a rotation on Wednesday. Chevis Jackson, who started all of last season, worked out at nickelback and safety Jamaal Fudge, who went through [...]
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Testing the Falcons’ Depth

By John Manasso | Published: October 19, 2009
First it was wide receiver/kick returner Harry Douglas. Then it was defensive tackle Peria Jerry. Now in defensive back Brian Williams, the Falcons have lost a third key player for the season — all to knee injuries. In last season’s miracle turnaround, the Falcons didn’t really face a test of their depth like this. They [...]
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Williams Out for the Season

By John Manasso | Published: October 19, 2009
Falcons Head Coach Mike Smith said today that defensive back Brian Williams, who has arguably been the team’s best since the Falcons signed him on Sept. 6 after he was waived by Jacksonville, was placed on injured reserve and will miss the remainder of the season because of a knee injury. Smith said Williams tore his anterior [...]
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Final: Falcons Survive with Victory

By John Manasso | Published: October 18, 2009
For all the talk of the Chicago Bears’ special teams – and they are very good – it was the Falcons’ Eric Weems who helped power them to a 21-14 victory on Sunday at the Georgia Dome. It’s a huge win for the Falcons who improve to 4-1 and remain close behind NFC South-leading New [...]
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