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Remember this from last year? When the undefeated Atlanta Falcons came to the Mercedes Benz Superdome to beat up on the rudderless New Orleans Saints? The Saints with no head coach? The Saints with the prolifically woeful defense? The Saints who had discovered a formula for losing games in spectacular fashion that normally would have been won? You remember. How could you possibly forget?
Well, get ready for more of the same.
As for the game this Sunday, Vegas lists it as a push with the Saints -3 at home. The Falcons come into the season opener as the favorite to win the NFC South. Vegas also has decent odds on them to be Super Bowl Champions. Just like they did last year. And the year before that.
This has become a recurring theme with the Dirty Birds. They just cannot get it done.
The Falcons have made one legitimate off-season acquisition that should cause some Saints fans to worry. #39. Steven Jackson. Even though he is 72 years old (football years, RB) there is no denying that this man had been kryptonite to the Saints when playing in St Louis. Jackson has faced the Saints 5 times and averaged 5.1 ypc and a rushing TD per game (22 carries/112ypg). Tack on another 5 catches for 32 ypg and there is no denying that this is the man to stop. The Saints are 2-3 against the Steven Jackson led Rams while they are 6-3 against the Falcons with Michael Turner (who is filling up his newly-found free time eating by Cheetos and playing Sega Dreamcast, as I was told by a source) as the team’s primary rusher.
The good news in all of this?
by: Mark Laxman - Who Dat Dish/Who Dat Indig-Nation
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Remember this from last year? When the undefeated Atlanta Falcons came to the Mercedes Benz Superdome to beat up on the rudderless New Orleans Saints? The Saints with no head coach? The Saints with the prolifically woeful defense? The Saints who had discovered a formula for losing games in spectacular fashion that normally would have been won? You remember. How could you possibly forget?
Well, get ready for more of the same.
As for the game this Sunday, Vegas lists it as a push with the Saints -3 at home. The Falcons come into the season opener as the favorite to win the NFC South. Vegas also has decent odds on them to be Super Bowl Champions. Just like they did last year. And the year before that.
This has become a recurring theme with the Dirty Birds. They just cannot get it done.
The Falcons have made one legitimate off-season acquisition that should cause some Saints fans to worry. #39. Steven Jackson. Even though he is 72 years old (football years, RB) there is no denying that this man had been kryptonite to the Saints when playing in St Louis. Jackson has faced the Saints 5 times and averaged 5.1 ypc and a rushing TD per game (22 carries/112ypg). Tack on another 5 catches for 32 ypg and there is no denying that this is the man to stop. The Saints are 2-3 against the Steven Jackson led Rams while they are 6-3 against the Falcons with Michael Turner (who is filling up his newly-found free time eating by Cheetos and playing Sega Dreamcast, as I was told by a source) as the team’s primary rusher.
The good news in all of this?
by: Mark Laxman - Who Dat Dish/Who Dat Indig-Nation
Read The Whole Story Here