Thursday Night Football: New Orleans at Atlanta

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--7:30 PM (CT)/8:30 PM (ET), NFL Network

--in the last five games in Atlanta, best the Saints have done is win by 3
2012 Saints L 23-13
2011 Saints W 26-23 , OT
2010 Saints W 17-14
2009 Saints W 26-23
2008 Saints L 34-20

--Falcons head coach Mike Smith: "Our fans, I think, are the best in the NFL."

 

[The Derski]

Saints by 30

 

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--Falcons beat reporter Vaughn McClure: "If the Falcons start fast, they can be competitive, but Brees is bound to hit for a big play or two. Saints 31, Falcons 21"

--Saints favored by 7.5

--the Saints lost cornerback Jabari Greer for the season with a torn ACL. Saints beat reporter Mike Triplett say to replace him, the Saints are "going to be counting on second-year cornerback Corey White, who will likely face a few growing pains. His performance will be worth watching, because I'm sure the Falcons will test him out."

he also says:

"The best news for Atlanta is that Jimmy Graham and Darren Sproles are both a little banged up."

"A few Saints players compared (Falcons-Saints) it to a college rivalry, like Stanford-Cal, insisting that the records don't matter when they square off."

 

[The Derski]

"--Falcons head coach Mike Smith: "Our fans, I think, are the best in the NFL."


Every time the Packers visit Atlanta half the stadium has cheeseheads on.

 

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a look at the home team:

WR Harry Douglas -- 754 yards recieving thru 10 games this season

WR Roddy White -- 4-time Pro Bowl (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

TE Tony Gonzales -- 13-time Pro Bowl (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), 6-time First-Team All-Pro (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012)

QB Matt Ryan -- 2-time Pro Bowl (2010, 2012)

RB Steven Jackson -- 3-time Pro Bowl (2006, 2009, 2010)

RB Jacquizz Rodgers -- 500 yards from scrimmage thru 10 games this season


RT Jeremy Trueblood -- 6-year starter for the Bucs before joining Falcons, including the 10-6 team in 2010)

RG Garrett Reynolds -- 3rd year starter for the Falcons, including the 10-6 team in 2011 and last year's 2012 team)

C Peter Konz -- 2nd year starter for the Falcons, including last year's 2012 team

LG Justin Blalock -- 7th year starter for the Falcons

LT Lamar Holmes -- 9th start this season, replacing 7th-year starter Sam Baker




DE Jonathan Massaquoi -- 2nd year with Falcons

DT Jonathan Babineaux -- 9th year with Falcons, 2009 1st Team All-Pro by Pro Football Focus

DT Corey Peters -- 4th year with Falcons

DE Osi Umenyiora -- two-time Pro Bowl (2005, 2007), 1st Team All-Pro (2005), 2nd Team All-Pro (2010)


LB Akeem Dent -- 3rd year with Falcons

LB Sean Weatherspoon -- 4th year with Falcons, 2011 2nd Team All-Pro by Pro Football Focus

LB Paul Worrilow -- rookie (Falcons fan: "Paul Worrilow is out there playing like his life is on the line and nobody knew who he was a few months ago. They need more surprise deals like him to build confidence in consistency.")


CB Asante Samuel -- 4-time Pro Bowl (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

SS William Moore -- 1-time Pro Bowl (2012)

FS Thomas DeCoud -- 1-time Pro Bowl (2012)

CB Desmond Trufant -- rookie

 

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eye candy

 

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Brees needs just 38 passing yards to move past Warren Moon into fifth place on the all-time passing yards list.

 

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Brees is nowhere near as effective away from the Superdome. This season, his Total QBR at home is 78.5, but on the road, that number drops to 58.5. His completion percentage also drops from 73.5 percent to 60.7 percent.

 

[ugafan6612]

we're gonna get raped so hard

 

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thread on Falcons forum

Saints Game Is Our Super Bowl Game This Year..

I dont care if we lose every game from here on out but if we beat the saints, you can bet there will be a lot of fans optimistic about this team again going into next year and alot of angry aint fans..this is the biggest game we have left on the schedule and need to show the rest of the nfl, we coming back strong next year..

Agreed. I would love to win this game and the Niners game but if it's only one this is the one

If there was a game to at least try and show up, it would be this one. Our biggest rival on national television.

I just want them to at least compete for this game win or lose! A win would definitely go along way against our most disliked rival!

Falcons need to pull together. Put aside all the crap that has given them their current record...and beat the Saints. This is for pride and the slight chance that this win may help take the division away from the Saints.

**** the Saints

Agreed, my office is sandwiched between two Saints fans' office who has been talking smack to me all season long, I've already told them, don't care if we are 2-8, as long we beat them, I'm a happy camper... sure would like for them to shut the h*** up, at least for a week.

My girlfriend is a saints fan. I've had to deal with constant talk about how the saints are better than the "falcants" all year. We BETTER when this game!

I don't care if we get another win this season as long as we beat the Saints tonight.

I'm with you...beating (or at least giving them a battle they won't forget) the aints would take the bad taste away until next year. We haven't been the best prime time team even with a winning record but nothing to loose tomorrow. Extend the talons and open up a can of Cajun whoop azz!

 

[R.J. MacReady]

Brees needs just 38 passing yards to move past Warren Moon into fifth place on the all-time passing yards list.

And knowing Moon ...he will probably blame it on racism.

 

[Taz_Hokie]

Looking at the review, that looked like a TD.

 

[ugafan6612]

nice thread here t shirt

 

[TheDman875]

eye candy

 

[tabascojet]

atlanta breaks up their own int...

 

[fearthepelicans]

That should have been a flag.

 

[ugafan6612]

idiot ref

 

[Breaker99]

Bullshit. But the hit against brees was a big penalty last week?

Fuck you NFL.

Protect your little bitches Brady and Brees as usual. Dilfer hit the nail on the head, this is not an even product we watch.

 

[Breaker99]

sorry, i am a little drunk.

 

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Falcons up 10-7 in 2nd. Falcons went up 7-0 originally