Its Falcons week....

[Zod]

Looks like the Falcon bandwagon is full again thanks to their good start to the season.

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[DirtyMagic97]

A long week for us to prepare combined with Atlanta barely having to lift a finger to win yesterday could possibly make for an interesting game this weekend. We need to find some way to throw off their rhythm early. Easier said than done, I guess.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

the game in charlotte that we just gave away to them still burns. i can still taste that loss and i hope they can too.

[Guest fug]

Please do not feed the trolls.

[Chaos]

When I watched the Falcons - Broncos on MNF last week, what I noticed play after play is that Matt Ryan doesn't stand in the pocket. He has quick reads every pass play. Even on the play action when his back is to the WR's, as soon as he pulls that ball back in, he is turning and firing almost in one motion to the spot where he knows his WR will be.

Maybe this is to offset his supposed weak arm for the deep ball, but a defense without a pass rush against a dink and dunk style passing attack with slants and short crossing routes, it feels like we could run into the same buzz saw as last Thursday night.

I would be interested to know what our defensive game plan will focus on.

[Jackofalltrades]

Atl is firing on all cylinders and we're a mess, I don't see a good outcome for us on the road.

[SOJA]

if the Vikings can beat the 49ers, we can beat the Falcons. Can't spot them an easy 7 or 10 points like we have been everyone else.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

at this point i'm just hoping we'll be competitive and get something of a bounceback game from cam to build some momentum. an actual win would be great but with the way things are going we'd need a near perfect game on offense and a lot of falcons mistakes.

[Jase]

Any mention of Matt Ryan that isn't:

1) about him being a dump off artist, or,

2) making fun of the Gillette commercial he did talking about his sensitive skin,

Will be deleted immediately courtesy of yours truly.

[Falcons1stPanthers2nd]

When I watched the Falcons - Broncos on MNF last week, what I noticed play after play is that Matt Ryan doesn't stand in the pocket. He has quick reads every pass play. Even on the play action when his back is to the WR's, as soon as he pulls that ball back in, he is turning and firing almost in one motion to the spot where he knows his WR will be.

Maybe this is to offset his supposed weak arm for the deep ball, but a defense without a pass rush against a dink and dunk style passing attack with slants and short crossing routes, it feels like we could run into the same buzz saw as last Thursday night.

I would be interested to know what our defensive game plan will focus on.

We have a run TON of intermediate routes which is Ryans strength. We've been taking probably 3-4 shots downfield a game. We are weak against the run so far. I expect to see a lot of running by Carolina.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

When I watched the Falcons - Broncos on MNF last week, what I noticed play after play is that Matt Ryan doesn't stand in the pocket. He has quick reads every pass play. Even on the play action when his back is to the WR's, as soon as he pulls that ball back in, he is turning and firing almost in one motion to the spot where he knows his WR will be.

Maybe this is to offset his supposed weak arm for the deep ball, but a defense without a pass rush against a dink and dunk style passing attack with slants and short crossing routes, it feels like we could run into the same buzz saw as last Thursday night.

I would be interested to know what our defensive game plan will focus on.

i'm not sure what we could do to stop that really.

we'd probably be better off just trying to play coverage with a four man rush/a bunch of nickle looks and crossing our fingers that we can pick up some sacks by forcing ryan to hold on to the ball rather than trying to blitz. maybe try dropping our LBs in shallow zones to make things too busy between the sticks and disrupt the short passing game.

there's so many ways they can hurt us on offense that we'd almost need them to beat themselves really.

[bigdog10]

The Panthers have to play a perfect game next Sunday to get a win and win the turnover battle.

Atlanta, under Mike Smith and Matt Ryan, have been Dominant in that dome. (and now, with a 2-0 road record, it looks like they may have something figured out outside the dome as well)

[DaCityKats]

this team has given up a TD drive to start the game 3 weeks in a row. dont expect that to change, and our weakness plays into what their offense wants to do. not good for the panthers.

[SCP]

We don't have much of a chance Sunday. Bad thing is our schedule doesn't get any easier.