Wait for it....thats right another offensive bonanza on MNF (plus some defense)
Look forward to the impending matchup on Monday night it is blindingly obvious that both teams have offenses that can light up a scoreboard. Equally important is to realize that both also have defenses that can be big-play defenses, so lets venture down the predictive yellow brick road all through the land of all that is unholy (the superdome) and attempt to see what will be at the end of the tunnel.
Hello Patrick Robinson, meet your father, Julio
In the first saints matchup, julio (due to injury if i remember correctly) was not able to be featured. He accounted for only 2 receptions for 9 yards, hardly an impact. However, that edition of the falcons offense does not exist anymore. The improved offense showcases Julio's speed and breakaway ability. Most of what Julio ran against the saints in the previous meetings were simple go routs or curls and one slant. Even before his injury last time out against Patrick Robinson, he showed the ability to completely demolish Robinson off the line of scrimmage. History dictates that Saints would rather double Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez and take chances with man coverage on Julio Jones. This will prove to be, in the early quarters of the game, the biggest flaw in Saints coverage. Look for Julio Jones to utilize double moves, crossing routes and a couple of end arounds to gain more than a 100 total yards before the half. Only when Julio scores his first TD in the game will the Saints roll coverage back over to him, and when they do...
He is Tony Gonzalez??
Yes, he in fact is Tony Gonzalez. This is the beauty of Julio Jones in full effect. Once the saints double Roddy White and Jones, this leaves Tony Gonzalez one on one with any number of saints LB's that will have the unfortunate task of covering him, and do i really need to explain what happens when Tony goes one on one? C'mon Man!
I Snell a PopQuizz coming!
For all those who complain about underutilization of the backfield committee, well here is your christmas present. Jason Snelling, and Jacquizz Rodgers will have a greater role because of the pass happy way in which we are going to attack the saints. Early on look for lots of power style runs to Snelling and toss and counter runs to Quizz. These runs early on will open up the door for those Mularkey-esque fake pitch rollout plays, and some end-around action, especially from the power set.
El aumento de la tiempocuchara (The Rise of Weatherspoon)
Sean Weatherspoon has quickly turned into a Pro-Bowl caliber LB. This will be a game where he become evident on a national stage. The Saints run screens better than anyone in this league, and to run those screens they use a bionic man known around the league as Darren Sproles. Spoon is not only extremely athletic but he also tends to read and diagnose plays extremely effectively. At first the Saints screen game will be in full effect gaining them good yardage, but once, perhaps as early as the second quarter, Spoon has seen the 7-8 looks they can run screen out of, the next screen they run, he will be right there to cause a turnover (fumble or INT).
So what does all this mean for the Falcons? Well, look for us to gain some serious bandwagoners after this weekend folks, not only because we will win but we will do it on both sides of the ball. The offense will be explosive, look for Matt Ryan & Co. to put up 30+ and the defense will be stifling giving up less than 24.
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I hope you are right...
though I have never seen such an unhealthy dose of optomism in a while…
I do look forward to hinesight on this post
know what you believe in and why you believe in it
I like this Hypo..... but i just hope it's accurate!
i would say dispite the history Falcons win 35-20 on MNF sweet—-uums!
Atlanta Superbowls
by Atlanta Superbowls on Dec 20, 2011 6:19 PM EST reply actions
Seven to eight screen "looks"??
Have you watched a Sean Payton offense? The only formation that they won’t run a screen from is the victory formation. Give you props for last week but MM and CMS play too safely (yeah I remember) in games like this. The first game shouldn’t have come down to that overtime play. Generally we play it safe and you have to keep the pressure on. Passing explosion….ha.
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
In that first game
We had about 3 dropped TD passes. The CS put us in position to win that game. And what’s to mock about the “passing explosion”? This team is no longer the 2008 Falcons where most things hinged on Turner and whatever you got from Ryan was a plus. Things are almost the exact opposite now with things starting and ending with Matty Ice.
"NLDS or bust" - Bobby Cox
And the first game was in Atl. this one is in The Thunderdome
Gonna be kind of hard for Matty Ice to run that no huddle offense I keep reading about
by mississippisaintsfan on Dec 21, 2011 7:56 AM EST up reply actions
Lol Minn is the snow dome I see where you can get confused
And last year is completely irrelevent this is a new year a healthy team and a much better team
by mississippisaintsfan on Dec 21, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
You are correct about winning last year at NO. It was one of the two wins you’ve had against the Saints in the past six years.
You guys are sad and sick
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
by FrozenFinger on Dec 26, 2011 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
I think you want Canal Street "Carnivals"
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
by FrozenFinger on Dec 23, 2011 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
Jaguars game as turning point
I know the Jaguars are a woeful team, but that has more to do with their pathetic offense than the defense. Up until the Falcons decimation, the Jaguars were considered one of the top defenses in the league.
The only reason Matt didn’t have over 300 yards in that game was due to him taking a seat in the stands for most of the second half. Had he pulled a Payton/Brees and gone for the record books, he probably could have eclipsed 350 with the way the offense was rolling.
I think Smitty has realized you can’t take your foot off the gas, and the Jaguars game was the first real proof of that. I think the Falcons will be in attack mode often. Not to mention, games against the Saints always seem to bring the best (and worst) out of both teams.
I hope it doesn't bring the worse
If you can put some pressure on Brees, I would look to see Spoon keeping an eye on Sproles on the screen dump. If he can jump on it, your looking at a good pick 6. The key I see is putting pressure on Brees. You need to bring more than 3 guys cause if you give Brees time, he can find the open man. Your talking about double teaming 4 people if you only rush 3. That would be Colston, Meecham, Graham, and whomever the RB is in the situation. The problem is if the wideouts go deep and leave the middle open, something bad is gonna happen. You need to send pressure to Brees and make him make mistakes. Look at the lambs game. There was someone in Drew’s face all the time, and he made the mistakes. That should be your game plan. The bend don’t break attitude works if you are a scoring machine, but I think that the Saints are a bigger scoring machine than the Falcons, so I think you guys need a different plan.

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