This is a game that should have the team licking its chops. John Abraham, Jon Babineaux and even Jamal Anderson should be salivating over the oppurtunity to terrorize a rookie quarterback. The secondary (which looked much better against tampa – was i the only one who was incredibly frustrated watching griese throw 5 and 6 yard passes off his back foot) should also be looking forward to defending a vanilla passing attack.

Finally, with Jared Allen gone, this game should serve as a positive learning experience for Matt Ryan, and should give the O-Line a chance to furhter gel (assuming Baker is back in the lineup.)

Of course Turner and Norwood will poop on everyone in a cheifs jersey.

This should be a very winnable game for the Falcons but they have to play the game to win it. It will not be handed to them and as bad as the Chiefs looked against the Raiders, they still gave the Patriots all they could handle. Thigpen is an unproven QB but so is Ryan! Last week did not give him a bye this week and our O-line has a lot to prove after Tampa ran around them and stopped our running game!