How many of you knew the second of these Falcon coordinators?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...e-quarterbacksQuote:
New Falcons coordinators Steve Sarkisian (offense) and Marquand Manuel (defense)
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How many of you knew the second of these Falcon coordinators?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...e-quarterbacksQuote:
New Falcons coordinators Steve Sarkisian (offense) and Marquand Manuel (defense)
Speaking of that, did anyone see a perplexed back end yesterday? Its almost as if they knew where to be. The only time it looked weird was that Baldwin crossing pattern.
I noticed that, too. How many years, after a big play by the opposing team, did we see Packer corners and safeties shrugging and eye-rolling at each other?
Of the d-backs, in my limited viewing, I thought House played the worst of the bunch. He seemed to get turned around a lot.
Think at some point we'll have 8 defensive backs on the field?
The reported weakness in the Seahawks game is their Receiving Core.
Did that make our DB's look good?
Also the 'D' upfront (led by Daniels) placed a lot of heat on Russell Wilson.
I can already hear it if we beat the Falcons this week Sunday:
"Well, the Bears almost beat the Falcons they aren't that good."
You play the teams they put on the schedule.
Falcons are favored by 2.5 points.
Isn't this one Thursday night? And did the Falcones play their first game at home or in Chicago?
Not much turnaround time if this is a Thursday nighter. And any word on Brooks's concussion? Or SPRIGGS's hamstring?
I know it's cliche, but I truly believe the Falcons/Bears game was a trap game for the Falcons, and they barely (pun intended) survived. Atlanta was looking forward a week to the Packers.
Brand spankin' new shiny stadium, NFC Champs, norrowly escaping in the regular season to Green Bay in Atlanta last year (I was there.). Wanting to disprove the "Super Bowl Hangover".
Packers are in for a real tanglement this week.
a much better O than sea. this will be a tough one.
Falcons win by 24.
OK here it is:
Sunday Night Football: 9/17 8:30 ET At Atlanta -2.5 ( Road Dog Green Bay ) with an OVER/UNDER of 53.5
GO PACK GO !
Think the Packers are a draw? They've opened new stadiums in week 2 the last 2 seasons.
I question whether the Falcons are better than the Seahawks. True, they have better receivers and better RBs and probably a better O Line. However, I don't see Ryan escaping the pass rush as Wilson was able to do so many times, and I sure don't see him running for yardage like Wilson.
Also, our Offense had a lot of near misses against the Seahawks. Some of that type of play should be successful against a slightly lesser D.
I think we go down there and beat them.
Atlanta had the NFL's #1 offense last year, and there's no reason to think they'll decline this year. The Packers offense, which seemed to figure some things out in the 2nd half yesterday will need to play a good 4 quarters to have a chance Sunday. I expect them to play better offensively than they did yesterday.
Packers have 5th ranked defense in ypg right now. They'll go down now with Atlanta in atlanta. But damn, we're looking good right now!
And our offense wasn't as good, but Seattle is tough as nails so that will get better.
We'll see. It's a tough two games to start a season. I was excited going in to this season, but f we win in Atlanta I'll be ecstatic!!
Who gets cut this week with Geronimo coming back?
Mebbe Geronimo!
Seriously, they will have to look at Brooks or any of the guys that are last in their personnel group.
Apparently Gunter AND Francois.
Atlanta presents some different challenges from Seattle . The greatest of these will be faced by the CB's .
Seattle was a good first test for the Packers , but I never grade on less than 4 games . I'm very pleased with what I see so far , but I'm not ready to start handing out any medals yet. Although Murphy filling in for Bulaga played his guts out against the Seahawks . "At a Boy" !
GB's offense will continue to get even better as the season rolls along. I hope the Defense will be doing so as well .
Bakh on the Injury Report
Here it is (and this explains Pankey):
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Anyone get an update on Brooks' noggin?
Packer Report @PackerReport 7h7 hours ago
McCarthy on Spriggs: Too early to tell but will be out at least a couple weeks, MM says.
10 lineman, 7 of which are healthy
Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 5h5 hours ago
OLB Ahmad Brooks (concussion) was allowed to watch practice, which means he may be close to returning. #packers
Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde 5h5 hours ago
#Packers veteran OLB Ahmad Brooks (concussion) not practicing.
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I suppose it doesn't matter,but how did Brooks get that concussion?