Offline
Showdown set with NFL's top offense
Friday - 10/30/09, 10:00AM
by John Manasso, Special to AtlantaFalcons.com
http://www.atlantafalcons.com/News/Articles/2009/10/22-31/Preview_Falcons_Saints_10-30-09.aspx
Friday - 10/30/09, 10:00AM
by John Manasso, Special to AtlantaFalcons.com
Read more...FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- With quarterback Drew Brees at the top of his game and offensive-minded head coach Sean Payton spinning his wizardry, the New Orleans Saints have scored 40 points or more this season against some of the better defenses in the NFL.
Enter the Falcons with their bend-but-don’t-break defense -- ranking eighth in the NFL in scoring but 25th in yards per game -- which broke in last Sunday’s 37-21 loss to the Cowboys.
In Monday night’s significance-laden NFC South tilt at the Superdome, the Falcons (4-2) will have to hold their own against the 6-0 Saints and all of their weapons, which have helped to produce the NFL’s third-ranked running offense and sixth-ranked passing offense for the top overall spot.
A Falcons’ secondary that took a battering against Tony Romo in surrendering 299 passing yards will have to rebound. Falcons safety Erik Coleman said that while the Saints’ offense is complex, it’s the execution of defending it that is most nettlesome.
"I don’t know if it’s hard to make the right calls, it makes it hard to play them with so much speed out there on the field," Coleman said. "They have great match-ups everywhere on the field and they do a great job of getting the ball to their playmakers." ...
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