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Originally Posted by Boomer
Yeah even though Jerry is a rookie he was still giving us a better look than his replacements. Jamaal Anderson is terrible and everybody knows it, but Biermann and Babineaux are awesome in tandem with Abraham. Our defense needs extensive work. Brent Grimes (5'8") was covering Moss (6'4") on way too many plays.
The defense overachieved in the first game, and has played about how I expected them to since. Keep the Falcons offense off the field, and you'll win the game. Matt Ryan looked way better than Brady the entire game though. Made some beautiful passes and had a ton of passes dropped by Roddy White circa 2007.
But why the hell did the Falcons not blitz at all? Bringing four against the Pats is just stupid if you don't have the personnel to do so (a la NYG).
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yeah, I was surprised they didn't blitz more. the DL of ATL was getting blown off the ball on running plays and everyone knows the Pats love to run the screen... seemed ATL couldn't handle it... think you'd prepare for that a little more.
I don't think Ryan looked "way better" then Brady all game. I think both looked good but not great, Brady had his best game so far, not as many bad timing plays and over/under throws... most of his problems were drops or guys not finishing routes. (Galloway, Aiken, Edelman) christ, they're still saying Galloway doesn't know the plays... and WTF with that out of bounds in the end zone... not knowing plays is one thing, but had the endzone changed size recently?
I'm a big Ryan fan, I think he's going to be an NFL star down the road as long as they can keep a decent offense around him.