Falcons at Commanders game recap: 2nd quarter summary – Falcons lead 17-7 at the half

Second Quarter

On the next play, Brian Robinson finally broke loose with a 12-yard run right up the middle, followed by a 7-yard gain to the right after a taking a direct snap.

The Commanders had a fresh set of downs at the Falcons 39-yard line, close to field goal range. Two plays later, was 3rd & 3 at the 33-yard line, with chants of “Terry…Terry…Terry” clearly audible on the broadcast.

The pass instead went to Jamison Crowder for 9 yards and a first down.

Two plays later, a similar play went to OZ for another 13 yards and another 1st down at the 12-yard line.

After a holding call, on 1st & 20, Jayden Daniels threw an interception directly to LB Kaden Ellis (his 4th in 4 games) for a brutal turnover.

What had felt like a sure scoring drive was killed by a penalty and a turnover. Another huge momentum swing.

The Falcons offense took the field with the ball at the Atlanta 29-yard line with 10:37 left in the half.

The Falcons changed backs, and Tyler Algier gained 8 yards right up the gut on 1st down, and then another 5 yards on the next play to earn a fresh set of downs.

Penix overthrew Hodge again on a deep ball down the left sideline on 1st down, but completed to Drake London for 14 yards to the Washington 45-yard line on 2nd down.

Bijan Robinson returned, and got 17 yards on the next two carries for 1st & 10 at the 28-yard line. The defense needs to stiffen here.

The Falcons went back to Algiers, who went straight ahead for 5 yards. On second down, Penix was under heavy pressure from Dante Fowler, who was called for roughing the passer for pushing him to the ground and touching his helmet. We’ve seen this before.

Two plays later, Bijan Robinson went wide to the right and walked into the end zone — apparently giving his team the lead, but replay took the points off the board and put the ball at the half-yard line.

The Falcons were stopped on a QB sneak on 1st down.

On 2nd down, Robinson strolled into the end zone; this time, the TD counted. Following the PAT, the score was 14-7. The scoring drive covered 72 yards in 11 plays.

Atlanta kicked off with 04:24 left in the half. The Commanders started their 4th offensive drive of the game at the 30-yard line following a touchback. Washington needs to score before halftime.

It started out great, with Daniels faking the handoff to Robinson and keeping the ball around the left side for a 25-yard gain to the Atlanta 46-yard line.

On the next play, offensive holding by Brandon Coleman pushed the ball back to Washington territory, 1st & 20. Tyler Biadasz was being looked at by trainers on the field as the broadcast went to commercial. He went to the medical tent and Michael Deiter came on to play center.

The effect was felt immediately, as Matthew Judon came off the left side of the offense for a 10-yard sack on Jayden Daniels in combo with an interior blitz.

On 2nd & 30, Kliff Kingsbury looked at his play sheet to find a play. What he found was an incomplete pass by Daniels, rolling right under pressure, to bring up 3rd & 30. After a 10-yard catch & run by Zaccheaus,

Before Tress Way punted, the two-minute warning was given.

Facing 4th & 20 at Washington’s 45-yard line, Way punted after the timeout. A holding call against Washington was enforced at the end of the kick — the Commanders’ 6th penalty of the half.

Atlanta’s fifth offensive drive started at the 28-yard line with 01:53 left in the half.

The Falcons gave the ball to Robinson on two plays, and then hit Drake London at the Washington 36-yard line to put themselves into field goal range with less than a minute to play.

Darnell Mooney caught a pass and ran for a 1st down at the 24 yard line. After a catch by Kyle Pitts, it was 2nd & 7 with 20 seconds left; Atlanta had 3 timeouts in hand.

On the next play, the ball was well-defended and bounced up in the air by Bobby Wagner in the middle of the field and ALMOST picked off by Noah Igniboghene.

On 3rd & 7, Penix missed Drake London on the left side of the end zone to force the field goal attempt.

Patterson hooked the ball, but it went through the uprights to pad the Falcons’ lead.

The score was 17-7 with 2 seconds left in the half. The scoring drive lasted 8 plays and covered 51 yards.

Jayden Daniels kneeled down to end the half.