Here’s the game plan.
The run and gun, pass-happy New Orleans Saints are coming to the Georgia Dome. They can’t stop the run, and we’ve got Michael Turner whom they’ve never been able to tackle. Teams fare best against the Saints when they keep the ball out of Drew Brees’ hands, by grinding the clock.
So, naturally we’ll throw the ball 52 times, abandon the run quickly even though we’re having success, and to top things off we’ll Belicheck it and go for it on 4th down in our own territory with the game on the line.
Gotta love the Falcons.
In a critical NFC South game, the Falcons blinked and the Saints took advantage. While the Saints were getting out-gained by over 100 yards, they played a mistake free field-position game. The Saints couldn’t run the ball, but Marques Colston was snatching missiles out of the air at critical times. Jimmy Graham dropped a few before he became the Tight End No One Can Cover. The defense slowed the Falcons just enough to turn it into a field goal kicking contest. They snuck out of town with a 26-23 overtime win and took control of the division, with 6 games to go. The last 2 games of the year are Atlanta and Carolina, and hopefully by then the Saints will have the division locked up.
Now it’s a much needed bye week. For me – not the Saints. The Giants come on the Monday night after Thanksgiving, and let’s hope by then the Falcons have come up with another screwy game plan and lost another one.
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