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Atlanta- Bobby Petrino, who calls the offensive plays, pulled out just about every ploy in head coaching 101 handbook to help protect his young tackles.
With left tackle Wayne Gandy (torn anterior cruicate ligament, left knee) and Todd Weiner (knee surgery) out, the Falcons started rookie Renardo Foster and second-year player Tyson Clabo against New York’s rugged defensive ends Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora.
The young tackles fared well, but the New York Giants won the Monday night football matchup 31-10 by sending relentless pressure at quarterback Joey Harrington. They registered four sacks as the Falcons offensive unit turned in another anemic performance.
“They did a good job,” running back Warrick Dunn said. “They came out and played hard. I don’t think those guys had a big night.”
Foster, an undrafted rookie free agent from Louisville, was making his first start in the NFL. Clabo started 10 games last season at left and right guard. He was making his first NFL start at right tackle.
The Falcons used double tight end formations with Alge Crumpler and Dwayne Blakley to help the tackles. To open the game they threw short and quick passes.
Petrino kept his running backs, Dunn and Jerious Norwood, in to help with protection. That helped, but Norwood whiffed one pickup that allowed middle linebacker Antonio Pierce to get a sack.
When the Falcons went to pass, Harrington threw quick passes off short dropbacks so that the tackles would not be left in one-on-one blocking situations for long periods.
In the third quarter, the team ran routes with just two receivers in order to give Harrington maximum protection.
The Falcons also used some draw plays to help slow down the Giants rush.
Foster and Clabo held up well in pass protection.
When the offense needed to convert third down situations and have the tackles hold up, the unit could not come through.
The offense converted on only 3 of 13 (23 percent).
Foster was stout against Umenyiora, who recorded six sacks early this season against Philadelphia. Umenyiora came close on a couple rushes and flushed Harrington into a Justin Tuck for his sack.
Clabo held up against Strahan, the Giants all-time sack leader, while blocking one-on-one although he would give up some ground. Strahan was credited with a half of a sack, with cornerback Aaron Ross also getting half of a sack.
“I gave him everything I had,” Clabo said. “He had me back there a couple of times and I just tried to sit down on him.”
On the Falcons most electric play of the season, Jerious Norwood’s 67-yard touchdown run, Clabo had a key block. It was offense’s only touchdown in the last 10 quarters of play.
“I got great help from Crumpler,” Clabo said. “Crump gave him a little bump on his way to the linebacker and I got some position on him. Then I went low on him late. I cut him late and it was just enough to spring J-Rock. We all know that J-Rock can fly once he gets going.”
Norwood picked up a downfield block from wide receiver Laurent Robinson and went in for the team’s sixth offensive touchdown of the season and first since Michael Jenkins scored on a 7-yard touchdown in the second quarter two games ago against Houston.
“They opened up some holes for the backs,” Norwood said. “They did the best they could and that’s all you can ask of him.”
In the fourth quarter, with under six minutes to play, the Falcons in obvious passing situations, Foster and Clabo did not allow a sack.
Gandy was placed on injured reserve and is out of the season. Weiner, who had surgery on his left knee last Wednesday, is expected to miss at least two more games and could be out for up to six weeks.