Exhibition Week 2, 2023

played in New England, MA

82 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	3	3	7	14	-	27
New England Patriots	7	10	3	0	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:54 NED - Jesse Marshall 10 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
1Q: 08:10 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 51 field goal
2Q: 08:58 NED - Ken Stone 2 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 05:12 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 29 field goal
2Q: 00:34 NED - Charlie Flannery 41 field goal
3Q: 10:28 ATL - Shawn Rehberg 6 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
3Q: 04:18 NED - Charlie Flannery 38 field goal
4Q: 07:29 ATL - Broderick Darquea 5 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
4Q: 03:17 ATL - Shawn Rehberg 13 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:54 NED - Jesse Marshall 10 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
1Q: 08:10 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 51 field goal
2Q: 08:58 NED - Ken Stone 2 pass from Bernard Escalante (Charlie Flannery extra point)
2Q: 05:12 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 29 field goal
2Q: 00:34 NED - Charlie Flannery 41 field goal
3Q: 10:28 ATL - Shawn Rehberg 6 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
3Q: 04:18 NED - Charlie Flannery 38 field goal
4Q: 07:29 ATL - Broderick Darquea 5 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
4Q: 03:17 ATL - Shawn Rehberg 13 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)

Team Statistics ATL NED
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 25 22
- by Rushing 7 6
- by Passing 12 15
- by Penalty 6 1
Total Net Yards 333 414
- Offensive Plays 63 71
- Yards per Play 5.29 5.83
Net Rushing Yards 125 103
- Rushing Attempts 27 16
- Yards per Rush 4.63 6.44
Net Passing Yards 208 311
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 23 - 1 52 - 33 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 217 327
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/9 3/16
- Yards per Pass Play 5.78 5.65
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.1 9.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/48 16/129
Punt Returns/Yards 2/10 3/23
Kick Returns/Yards 2/43 4/93
Interception Ret./Yards 1/13 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 30
Time of Possession 30:41 29:19

Team Statistics	ATL	NED
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	25	22
- by Rushing	7	6
- by Passing	12	15
- by Penalty	6	1
Total Net Yards	333	414
- Offensive Plays	63	71
- Yards per Play	5.29	5.83
Net Rushing Yards	125	103
- Rushing Attempts	27	16
- Yards per Rush	4.63	6.44
Net Passing Yards	208	311
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 23 - 1	52 - 33 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	217	327
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/9	3/16
- Yards per Pass Play	5.78	5.65
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	8/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.1	9.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/48	16/129
Punt Returns/Yards	2/10	3/23
Kick Returns/Yards	2/43	4/93
Interception Ret./Yards	1/13	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 30
Time of Possession	30:41	29:19

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:47	3:43	OWN 40	5	26	Field Goal
1	5:12	3:31	OWN 30	8	40	Fumble
2	14:42	2:08	OWN 6	3	4	Punt
2	8:51	3:45	OWN 20	9	68	Field Goal
2	2:59	0:37	OWN 38	3	11	Interception
2	0:26	0:26	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	1:01	OWN 12	3	0	Punt
3	13:01	2:42	OWN 45	7	55	Touchdown
3	4:12	2:34	OWN 8	3	9	Punt
4	14:14	6:52	OWN 1	15	99	Touchdown
4	5:03	1:54	OPP 38	6	38	Touchdown
4	1:43	0:37	OWN 27	3	3	Punt

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:13	OWN 29	8	71	Touchdown
1	8:04	2:52	OWN 25	4	9	Punt
1	1:41	1:59	OWN 30	6	28	Punt
2	12:34	3:43	OWN 40	9	60	Touchdown
2	5:06	2:07	OWN 30	3	3	Punt
2	2:22	1:56	OWN 38	7	38	Field Goal
3	13:59	0:58	OWN 26	3	-10	Punt
3	10:19	6:07	OWN 23	9	56	Field Goal
3	1:38	2:24	OWN 36	5	16	Punt
4	7:22	2:19	OWN 34	4	10	Interception
4	3:09	1:26	OWN 20	8	53	Downs
4	1:06	1:06	OWN 38	6	30	Game

Game MVP: Shawn Rehberg, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Shawn Rehberg	18	93	5.17	27	3	2
Broderick Darquea	4	11	2.75	5	0	1
Frankie Blincoe	3	6	2.00	4	0	0
Ike Perez	2	15	7.50	12	1	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Rickey Whalen	7	19	2.71	9	0
Cory Blackburn	6	66	11.00	28	3
Bernard Escalante	2	16	8.00	13	1
Brian Thompson	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Frankie Blincoe	31	21	195	2/9	0	31	1	71.3
Doug Doane	3	2	22	0/0	0	11	0	88.2

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernard Escalante	52	33	327	3/16	2	38	1	85.9

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Bryan Dennis	7	9	50	7.14	12	13
TE Kirk Gardner	4	5	29	7.25	6	16
WR Gerald Buchanan	4	6	62	15.50	34	29
WR Claude Adams	2	2	34	17.00	17	31
WR Will Tanner	2	4	25	12.50	5	18
RB Byron Aiken	2	2	2	1.00	0	4
FB Ike Perez	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
RB Shawn Rehberg	1	2	11	11.00	12	11
WR Casey Fairbairn	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jesse Marshall	6	7	66	11.00	13	19	1
WR Ricardo Burns	5	6	44	8.80	1	16	0
TE Ken Stone	4	6	11	2.75	0	5	1
RB Rickey Whalen	4	4	38	9.50	24	20	0
WR Mark Rhoads	4	6	61	15.25	0	38	0
WR Leslie Hicks	4	11	36	9.00	0	19	0
RB Cory Blackburn	3	4	26	8.67	4	15	0
WR Terrell Boyd	2	3	40	20.00	15	30	0
FB Jerome Alexander	1	3	5	5.00	0	5	0
TE Harry Torres	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Marlon Paswater	1	13	13.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Donnell Arnold	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Frankie Blincoe	1	0	0	0
Brett Cobb	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bernard Escalante	1	0	0
Vernon Garrett	0	1	0
Cole Robles	0	1	0
Gus Bensen	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Nicky Bodenhemer	4	206	51.5	45.8	61	0

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lester Laxdal	5	197	39.4	37.4	47	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Mattingly	2/2	1/1	1/1	51	3/3

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Flannery	2/2	1/1	0/0	41	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Amos Hawkins	2	10	5.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Leslie Hicks	2	13	6.5	0
Mark Rhoads	1	10	10.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Amos Hawkins	1	27	27.0	0
Casey Fairbairn	1	16	16.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Leslie Hicks	3	62	20.7	0
John Van Meter	1	31	31.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Brett Cobb	5	0	1.0	13	29
S Marlon Paswater	5	1	0.0	13	49
S Grant Morton	4	1	0.0	10	34
S Nate Accimus	4	0	0.0	5	25
CB Louie Podbevsek	3	1	0.0	8	33
CB Gus Barrett	3	1	0.0	11	45
OLB Darryl Harts	3	0	0.0	2	3
OLB Oliver Hanson	3	0	0.0	13	30
DT Louis Nieves	2	0	1.0	4	27
DE Kris Mathis	2	2	0.5	14	47
DE Jamie Lincoln	2	0	0.5	8	31
OLB Craig Lyon	2	2	0.0	5	10
CB Amos Hawkins	2	0	0.0	5	18
S Bryant Andrew	2	0	0.0	6	30
CB Winfred Cooley	2	0	0.0	5	11
ILB Norm Sapia	1	0	0.0	3	24
DT Omar Blackburn	1	0	0.0	9	7
OLB Randall Osborne	1	0	0.0	3	25
WR Casey Fairbairn	1	0	---	---	---
DT Emmanuel Lyon	1	0	0.0	8	25
DE Donny Weadock	1	0	0.0	10	32

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Cris Farr	5	1	0.0	14	22
OLB Reuben Lester	5	0	0.0	8	15
DT Gus Bensen	4	0	2.0	22	24
OLB Warren Stewart	4	0	0.0	11	13
S John Van Meter	4	0	0.0	16	16
ILB Quentin Davidson	3	1	0.0	18	16
CB Donnell Arnold	3	1	0.0	21	23
CB Gene Levine	3	0	0.0	14	24
CB Kelly Franz	3	0	0.0	15	14
S David Tynik	3	0	0.0	13	20
DE Alan Woodard	2	0	0.0	12	8
S Kirk McCarthy	2	0	0.0	15	22
CB Marshall Fairley	1	2	0.0	15	26
OLB Kirk Bobro	1	1	0.0	9	20
DT T.K.O. Schofer	1	1	0.0	11	16
OLB Jackie Bard	1	1	0.0	17	20
FB Jerome Alexander	1	0	---	---	---
DE Ernie Sturgeon	1	0	0.0	16	14
DE Kelvin Harbert	0	1	0.0	15	28
OLB Alfred Cooley	0	1	0.0	6	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Brett Cobb	1.0	0	0	0	29
DT Louis Nieves	1.0	0	0	0	27
DE Jamie Lincoln	0.5	1	1	2	31
DE Kris Mathis	0.5	1	1	0	47
DE Donny Weadock	0.0	2	0	0	32
ILB Norm Sapia	0.0	0	1	0	24

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Gus Bensen	2.0	0	0	24
DE Ernie Sturgeon	0.0	2	0	14
DE Kelvin Harbert	0.0	1	2	28
DE Kendrick Fox	0.0	0	3	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Marlon Paswater	4	2	1	49
CB Gus Barrett	4	2	0	45
OLB Oliver Hanson	3	0	0	30
S Nate Accimus	2	1	0	25
S Bryant Andrew	2	1	0	30
OLB Darryl Harts	2	0	0	3
ILB Brett Cobb	2	0	0	29
CB Amos Hawkins	2	0	0	18
CB Winfred Cooley	2	0	0	11
S Grant Morton	1	1	0	34
CB Louie Podbevsek	1	1	0	33
DE Jamie Lincoln	1	0	0	31
ILB Norm Sapia	1	0	0	24
DT Louis Nieves	1	0	0	27
OLB Randall Osborne	1	0	0	25
OLB Craig Lyon	1	0	0	10
DE Kris Mathis	1	0	0	47
DT Emmanuel Lyon	1	0	0	25
CB Max Midget	1	0	0	40

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kelly Franz	3	1	0	14
OLB Warren Stewart	3	0	0	13
OLB Reuben Lester	3	0	0	15
CB Donnell Arnold	2	1	1	23
OLB Kirk Bobro	2	0	0	20
CB Gene Levine	2	0	0	24
S David Tynik	2	0	0	20
S John Van Meter	2	0	0	16
S Cris Farr	1	2	0	22
OLB Jackie Bard	1	1	0	20
S Kirk McCarthy	1	0	0	22
CB Marshall Fairley	1	0	0	26

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Danny McClendon	2	4	18	0	30
Kirk Chapman	2	2	17	0	22
Mario Sanford	1	4	21	1	30
Troy Branch	1	3	15	0	12
Bill Wright	1	3	15	0	22
Roger Thornton	1	1	8	1	12
Junior Roush	1	1	18	0	23
Leroy Keith	0	5	23	0	29
Edgar Owens	0	1	14	0	6

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Van Perry	2	4	12	0	37
Clay Wallenbrock	2	2	9	0	33
Darren Smith	1	2	7	1	22
Jerome Alexander	1	1	8	0	22
Otis Porter	0	2	10	0	23
Cole Robles	0	1	7	1	20
Leland Roundy	0	1	9	1	35
Lenny Spindler	0	1	10	0	41
Charlie Andrade	0	1	7	0	35

Special Teams Statistics

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Norm Sapia	2	15
Darryl Harts	2	15
Byron Aiken	1	22
Nate Accimus	1	12
Kirk Gardner	1	5
Edgar Owens	0	17
Will Tanner	0	16
Claude Adams	0	13
Louie Podbevsek	0	13
Ike Perez	0	10
Gus Barrett	0	10
Randall Osborne	0	9
Brett Cobb	0	8
Charlie Mattingly	0	8
Broderick Darquea	0	7
Nicky Bodenhemer	0	6
Leroy Keith	0	6
Troy Branch	0	6
Danny McClendon	0	6
Bill Wright	0	6
Amos Hawkins	0	5
Casey Fairbairn	0	5
Jamie Lincoln	0	4
Junior Roush	0	4
Craig Lyon	0	4
Donny Weadock	0	4
Oliver Hanson	0	4
Roy Magana	0	3
Louis Nieves	0	3
Grant Morton	0	3
Gerald Buchanan	0	3
Bryant Andrew	0	3
Marlon Paswater	0	2
Roger Thornton	0	2
Kris Mathis	0	2
Omar Blackburn	0	1
Emmanuel Lyon	0	1
Max Midget	0	1

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Brian Thompson	1	22
Jerome Alexander	1	18
Kirk Bobro	1	17
David Tynik	1	13
Harry Torres	0	18
Gene Levine	0	13
Terrell Boyd	0	13
Mark Rhoads	0	13
Cory Blackburn	0	10
Alfred Cooley	0	9
Leslie Hicks	0	9
Reuben Lester	0	8
Charlie Flannery	0	7
Otis Porter	0	7
Kelvin Harbert	0	7
Jesse O'Neill	0	7
Marshall Fairley	0	7
Cole Robles	0	7
Charlie Andrade	0	7
John Van Meter	0	6
Lester Laxdal	0	5
Clay Wallenbrock	0	4
Quentin Davidson	0	4
Ken Stone	0	4
Vernon Garrett	0	3
Jesse Marshall	0	3
Kelly Franz	0	3
Kendrick Fox	0	2
Bobby McMichael	0	2
Kirk McCarthy	0	2
Warren Stewart	0	2
Donnell Arnold	0	2
Darren Smith	0	2
Jackie Bard	0	2
Alan Woodard	0	1
Ernie Sturgeon	0	1
Gus Bensen	0	1
Cris Farr	0	1
T.K.O. Schofer	0	1
Leland Roundy	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	42	6.0
Middle	14	70	5.0
Right	5	14	2.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	44	11.0
Middle	11	56	5.1
Right	1	3	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Frankie Blincoe	31	21	2	2	0	4	3	5	1
Doug Doane	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernard Escalante	52	33	3	0	2	8	3	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	22	4.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	10	65	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	8	130	10.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	49	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	12	47	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	23	14	193	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	38	7.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bryan Dennis	9	7	50	0	20
WR Gerald Buchanan	6	4	62	1	22
TE Kirk Gardner	5	4	29	0	30
WR Will Tanner	4	2	25	0	15
WR Casey Fairbairn	3	0	0	0	18
WR Claude Adams	2	2	34	1	2
RB Byron Aiken	2	2	2	0	24
RB Shawn Rehberg	2	1	11	0	21
FB Ike Perez	1	1	4	0	11

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Leslie Hicks	11	4	1	36	0	39
WR Jesse Marshall	7	6	0	66	0	30
TE Ken Stone	6	4	0	11	0	33
WR Ricardo Burns	6	5	0	44	0	29
WR Mark Rhoads	6	4	1	61	1	28
RB Rickey Whalen	4	4	0	38	1	16
RB Cory Blackburn	4	3	0	26	0	29
FB Jerome Alexander	3	1	0	5	0	22
WR Terrell Boyd	3	2	0	40	1	18
TE Harry Torres	1	0	0	0	0	26

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Shawn Rehberg	3	20	6.67	5.17
Frankie Blincoe	2	7	3.50	2.00
Broderick Darquea	1	5	5.00	2.75

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rickey Whalen	1	1	1.00	2.71
Cory Blackburn	1	2	2.00	11.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Doug Doane	3	2	22	7.33	7.33

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernard Escalante	4	2	12	3.00	6.29

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Will Tanner	1	0	0	0.00	6.25
RB Shawn Rehberg	1	1	11	11.00	5.50
WR Bryan Dennis	1	1	11	11.00	5.56

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jesse Marshall	1	1	10	10.00	9.43
TE Ken Stone	1	1	2	2.00	1.83
RB Cory Blackburn	1	0	0	0.00	6.50
WR Leslie Hicks	1	0	0	0.00	3.27

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Broderick Darquea	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Frankie Blincoe	10	9	5

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernard Escalante	15	12	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Gerald Buchanan	3	3	1
WR Claude Adams	2	2	1
WR Will Tanner	2	2	2
WR Bryan Dennis	2	1	1
RB Byron Aiken	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jesse Marshall	4	3	3
WR Mark Rhoads	3	2	1
TE Ken Stone	2	2	2
WR Ricardo Burns	2	2	1
WR Leslie Hicks	2	1	0
WR Terrell Boyd	1	1	1
RB Cory Blackburn	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 59,100 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,300 (21,600)
End Zone 14,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine 8,400 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (13,800)
Club Seats 5,900 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,700 (2,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	59,100 (68,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,300 (21,600)
End Zone	14,500 (15,600)
Mezzanine	8,400 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (13,800)
Club Seats	5,900 (6,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,700 (2,000)