"Josh is well ahead of where I thought he'd be. He will decide what we become as a team. He is our future.''
--Tampa Bay coach Raheem Morris, after the first start of first-round pick Josh Freeman's NFL career resulted in a 38-28 upset of the Packers at Raymond James Stadium.
No pressure, kid.

Against Miami, Atlanta's top three tacklers were linebackers, a change from the safeties making most of the tackles in 2008. "Well, we want tackles to happen in front of the safeties," coach Mike Smith said.

"The Falcons are trimming their playbook to help quarterback Matt Ryan build on his rookie success."

"Have you seen his legs? They look like tree trunks. I would never want to tackle that guy."
-- Falcons wide receiver Roddy White on Michael Turner's legs

Just wondering if anyone has info on how Sam Baker is doing

good luck this year

Roddy White, WR, Falcons

White was the most talked-about player on our recent list of the NFL's most irreplaceable players, but we stand by our high opinion of the guy. Again, no receiver -- not even Andre Johnson -- caught a higher percentage of his quarterback's passes than White. He did this despite having little help around him, and while some will say that he benefits from Matt Ryan, we point to White's 2007 season. It's a virtual mirror image of his 2008 campaign, and it came catching passes from Joey Harrington, Byron Leftwich and Chris Redman. In reality, it's Ryan who has White to thank; the rookie had a DVOA of 57.6 percent on passes to White, and 17.7 percent on passes to everyone else.

The strange thing is, that's only the second time I've ever touched the ball in a football game. At Texas once, I recovered a fumbled snap late one game. But that's it. This one is probably a little bigger."

[E]very time we lose to the Bucs, an angel gets punched in the balls."

If anything, it's the rest of the league that needs to be scared of how good the Falcons and Ravens might become.