Deine Login Box-
 
Kniffel Tagessieg
Heute wurde noch kein Spiel beendet
|
|
|
|
| 56147 Beiträge & 42173 Themen in 26 Foren |
Keine neuen Beiträge, seit Ihrem letzten Besuch am 23.01.2026 - 21:58.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Autor |
|
|
|
|
| 142 Beiträge - Gelegenheitsposter
|
|
|
Ricardo Allen remembers when the Falconsâ defense ranked among the worst in the NFL.
Thatâs not difficult. It was only one year ago when the Falcons ranked near the bottom of the league in total defense and dead last in red-zone stops.
Those memories made Allen smile on Wednesday Vontaze Burfict Jersey , because defense has become a point of pride for the Falcons, who play at the Los Angeles Rams in a wild-card game on Saturday.
For the first time since Atlantaâs first Super Bowl season in 1998, the Falcons (10-6) finished the regular season ranked in the top 10 in scoring defense (19.7) and total defense.
Allen was especially proud to note the Falcons have climbed to No. 5 in the league in red-zone defense.
Unlike 2016, when the Falcons leaned heavily on the NFLâs top-scoring offense for their Super Bowl run, Atlanta takes better balance into the postseason.
âGoing from being one of the bottom defenses in the league last year ⦠itâs big growth,â Allen said, adding the improvement has come âmuch faster than I thought it would be.â
The Falcons have emphasized defense in recent drafts, and that commitment has produced results. Defensive starters added in the last three drafts include linebackers Vic Beasley Jr., Deion Jones and DeVondre Campbell and safety Keanu Neal.
Six defensive starters on last yearâs defense were first- and second-year players.
Coach Dan Quinn said he has seen second-year players Jones, Campbell and Neal âtake a big step from year one to year two just as you hoped it would happen.â
Jones, Neal and Campbell are Atlantaâs top three leaders in tackles.
Quinn said he sees better communication on the field through âhand signals, just sometimes an eye contact.â
Allen says thereâs room for more improvement.
âOh man, if we keep growing and we stay humble and we keep enjoying the process, the sky is the limit,â he said. âI think we can be one of the best defenses in the league for sure.â
Quinn, the former Seattle defensive coordinator Rashaan Gaulden Jersey , enjoys seeing the young starters play lead roles. He also sees more improvement to come.
âI think this group can take another jump,â Quinn said. âTheyâre athletic, theyâre tackling well, the communication piece is there, so Iâm very hopeful for where that group can go.â
The defensive upswing has been important, because the Atlanta offense that led the league in scoring in 2016 has struggled at times this season . The Falconsâ scoring has dropped from 33.8 to 22.1 points per game.
Atlanta has been held under 30 points in five straight games, including last weekâs 22-10 win over Carolina to clinch a playoff spot.
NOTES: Special teams coach Keith Armstrong will interview with the Cardinals next week as a candidate to replace coach Bruce Arians. âTo me itâs a sign of respect,â Armstrong said after Wednesdayâs practice. âIâve been doing this 24 years now. Thatâs quite a long time in this league. Itâs good to have someone recognize you for what youâve done.â ⦠Return specialist Andre Roberts (knee, ankle) did not practice. A long list of players were limited, including RB Devonta Freeman (knee), WR Julio Jones (ankle, ribs), DE Adrian Clayborn (calf), WR Taylor Gabriel (hamstring), C Alex Mack (calf) and TE Levine Toilolo (knee).
â
Americaâs space agency wants you to head for the mountains with a smartphone and a measuring stick.
NASAâs earth science arm is funding research that recruits citizen scientists on skis, snowshoes and snowmobiles to measure snow depth in backcountry locations of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Their measurements will be incorporated into computer models that calculate how much water will end up in the regionâs rivers and reservoirs.
Early results have been promising.
âOur initial model runs show that citizen science measurements are doing an amazing job of improving our simulations DJ Moore Jersey ,â said David Hill, an Oregon State University professor of civil engineering, who is collaborating with Alaska and University of Washington researchers. They received one of 16 NASA citizen science grants for the project.
The snowpack measurements are incorporated into computer models estimating âsnow-water equivalent,â the amount of liquid water contained in snow cover, of a watershed.
In western states, according to NASA, nearly three-fourths of annual stream flow that provides drinking water comes from spring and summer melt.
NASA in February began a multiyear research project to improve the accuracy of its snow measurements with partners in Europe and Canada, trying to solve challenges such as detecting snow through trees.
The grant awarded to Hill, Anthony Arendt of the University of Washington and Gabriel Wolken, a research geologist with the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, is not directly connected to that project but has a mutual interest, said Kevin Murphy, a program executive for science data systems at NASA headquarters.
âWe decided about two years ago to start this program, which really looks at how can we harness the creativity and the capabilities of citizens to augment a lot of our satellite or aircraft measurements,â Murphy said.
Snow telemetry stations maintained by the U.S. Agriculture Department are another important tool for measuring snow in high-elevation and other hard-to-access places, Hill said. The unmanned stations collect data using a system of automated sensors.
But too few of them exist JC Tretter Jersey , Hill said. âTheyâre expensive to install, theyâre expensive to maintain, so there just arenât that many.â
The citizen snow-measuring program, Community Snow Observations , aims to supplement that with people.
âWe want to turn the public into these mobile snow telemetry stations,â he said. âYou just need a probe to do it.â
The measuring device can be as rudimentary as a yardstick, Hill said, but most people venturing into mountains already carry an avalanche probe, a 5- to 6-meter stick that folds down like a tent pole. After an avalanche, the probes are used to feel for buried people. Probes typically carry measurement markings.
âYou want to know when you actually find that person how deep they are,â Hill said. âTheyâre really just a big, long ruler.â
For the citizen science program, an online tutorial tells participants to find undisturbed snow, push the probe firmly to the ground, read the depth in centimeters and enter the data onto a smartphone app. Participants are asked to repeat that several times and average the measurements.
The app records the location and time of the measurement and uploads the information. The program accounts for measurements in continental climate locations with light, dry snow or the wet Andy Dalton Jersey , dense snow of maritime climates.
Initial measurements were made last winter in Alaskaâs Thompson Pass north of Valdez, where other snow research was being conducted.
âI recruited some of the folks from Valdez Avalanche Center. They brought friends along,â said Wolken, the Alaska research geologist. âThat was our first go at getting sort of a grassroots, citizen science team.â
The hundreds of measurements collected far outpaced what the scientists could gather themselves. When NASA announced grants for citizen scientist projects, the researchers jumped to apply, Wolken said.
Preliminary calculations have been âstriking,â Hill said, and the subject of a paper written by a doctoral student.
âHe has results that basically show that the errors in our modeled snow-water equivalent are cut by about 90 percent with this input from public,â Hill said. âWeâre thrilled about that.â
Other NASA grants in the program will use citizen scientists to collect data on mosquito populations and their breeding environments around the world, water depths in lakes in North Carolina and elsewhere, moisture in soil at various locations, changes in giant kelp across the globe, and images of clouds from the ground in Colorado.
Mohamed Bamba Jersey ,
|
| Beitrag vom 04.09.2018 - 08:29 |
|
|
Bilder Galerie-
User: onkelpeter
Hits: 5
Kommentare: 0
Wertung: 0
Laberecke-
| Bitte einloggen um hier schreiben zu kφnnen. |
|
| |
| © by Lucky |
Event Counter
| Muttertag |
| Countdown abgelaufen! |
|
Usermap
Seitenanfang: