With the 2nd round of preseason games starting tonight (Browns vs. Eagles) there is a lot of attention being paid to how long the starters will play. Bills HC Seam McDermott says his starters, including QB Josh Allen, will play into the second quarter, but the Falcons may not necessarily do the same on Friday night against the Bengals.
Essentially none of the Falcons first team played in the opening preseason game, a win against the Dolphins, and 92.9 The Game Atlanta Falcons Reporter Joe Patrick details why the Falcons won't have a cut-and-dried game-plan the way the Bills do.
Arthur Smith is going away from an archaic way of going about the preseason, a regimented schedule for starters," explains Joe Patrick. "What the Falcons are doing now is being more targeted with snaps. You're going to limit (starters) to some extend, the thing with Ridder is you're not going to keep him in behind ANY backup lineman. It's about how long he wants to keep the starting offensive line in"
