This year seems a lot like the Giants Super Bowl year and all the pieces just seem to be falling in the right place at the right time. Now if only they didn’t have to overcome that pesky 15-1 Green Bay team next week. The Giants played them tough the first time they met this [...]
Falcons vs. Giants preview
January 6, 2012 By
On Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons will square off against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium in this exciting NFC wild-card battle. Will Eli Manning lead the Giants to a victory in the playoffs again, or will Matt Ryan get his playoff demons exorcised? The Falcons have yet to win a postseason game with Ryan [...]
Drew Brees breaks Marino’s record on national TV… Falcons fans and players whine
December 27, 2011 By
Falcons fans and players are whining that the Saints ran up the score on them just so Drew Brees could set his record on national television. So what. This is the NFL, not Pop Warner. If the Falcons didn’t want to be embarrassed maybe they should have considered tackling someone… or pretty much anyone last [...]
Ryan, Abraham lead Falcons to 41-14 rout of Jags
December 15, 2011 By
Putting together their most complete effort of the season, the Falcons clinched a fourth straight winning record with a 41-14 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night. Matt Ryan had another big game, throwing three touchdown passes in less than three quarters of work, and John Abraham terrorized rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert with 3 [...]
NFL Preview: Falcons try to stay in playoff position Thursday night against the Jaguars
December 14, 2011 By
Can the Falcons stay ahead of the rest of the NFC teams in the playoff hunt with a win against the Jaguars on Thursday night after a spectacular comeback helped put the Atlanta Falcons in position for their third playoff berth in four years. With coach Mike Smith expected to be on the sideline after [...]
Falcons storm back to defeat Falcons 31-23 and avert disaster
December 11, 2011 By
Matt Ryan threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to rookie Julio Jones, and the Atlanta Falcons erased a 16-point deficit to defeat the Carolina Panthers 31-23 on Sunday. Ryan threw for 318 yards and tied a career high with four touchdowns passing. Atlanta (8-5) avoided a costly loss to stay alive in the NFC wild card [...]
Texans hold off Falcons 17-10 despite Andre Johnson’s hamstring injury
December 5, 2011 By
Gary Kubiak would’ve told anyone who asked that the Texans were going to be fine with rookie T.J. Yates playing quarterback. He was right. Yates threw a touchdown pass in his first NFL start, Arian Foster rushed for 111 yards and Houston overcame another injury to Andre Johnson to beat Atlanta 17-10 on Sunday. The [...]
Falcons vs. Texans Preview
December 2, 2011 By
Falcons hold off Titans 23-17
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Titans vs. Falcons Preview
November 19, 2011 By
This Sunday, the Tennessee Titans will travel to the Georgia Dome to take on Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons. The Titans are still only a game behind the Texans, who now might be without their starting quarterback for a while so this game is very important to the Titans and CJ2K comes in off [...]
