In the Nest
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As previously stated, the Falcons are running into some inconsistency issues. No other entity of the game exemplifies this best than the run game, both getting it going offensively and stopping it defensively. Terrin Waack spent all week reporting on those two facets of the game.
Morris said earlier in the week the Falcons run game is its offensive lifeline.
"And if we don't play well up front, those games can get ugly and that's how it'll look," Morris said.
Offensive coordinator Zac Robinson said Wednesday the Falcons are having "identification" issues upfront, a problem only made more frustrating based on the fact Atlanta isn't really seeing defenses do anything super creative to stop them.
"In the run game, obviously, we want to account for everybody that's down in the box," Robinson said. "When you don't identify those players correctly, or you don't get the right calls correctly, then that's where you can have some free hitters and things like that. Ultimately that's our job to make sure that everybody is on the same page with what the right calls are, making sure we're getting the right looks. A lot of those things (from the Dolphins) were anticipated looks. So, we'll get to the bottom of it, but it's just making sure that we account for the bodies that we're supposed to be going to, obviously, otherwise you have negative plays in the run game and negative plays in the run game can kill you."
Asked about the offensive line's primary role in this, right guard Chris Lindstrom said the blame is "deservingly so."
"The staff's preparation for us, there wasn't a look that the Dolphins presented that we didn't see, that we didn't know and that I couldn't draw out. We just need to communicate it for ourselves, and we take ownership for that loss."