Falcons Leadup: Bakhtiari/Bulaga/Daniels Questionable, pg 6.

Post #1 » by **humanrefutation** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:20 pm

Sunday Night Football. A chance for revenge after the NFCC.

This also features the opening of the Mercedes-Benz stadium, featuring a retractable roof that looks like Megatron's anus. I don't even get the point of these stadiums that have tiny "retractable" roofs. It's like having a sunroof in your car and claiming that it makes your car a convertible. It doesn't really serve its stated purpose.

Anyway, they didn't look that great against the Bears. We should have a good shot at taking them out.

Post #2 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:52 pm

We definitely have a shot. Good test for the defense. Julio/Devanta will be a challenge. Hope to God Bulaga is back and 100% or at least 90%. And hope we are looking at OL this week.

crkone · Post #3 » by **crkone** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:59 pm

Hicks destroyed Schweitzer so expect the same with Daniels.

Post #4 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:01 pm

I always worry that a guy will step off the gas once he gets paid. Sure didn't happen with Daniels. Nor with Perry (one game sample).

Ron Swanson · Post #5 » by **Ron Swanson** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:28 pm

This'll be a true test on how much the secondary has improved. Not completely sold on what they did against an underwhelming Seahawks offense. Bears defense did a surprisingly good job of keeping ATL's offense in check save for that one 80+ yard bomb. It's gonna be an intense environment in the first game in their new stadium though. I think the offense is gonna need to put up 30+ for me to comfortably predict a win. Can't stall on drives and put up an egg in the 1st half like we did against Seattle.

RRyder823 · Post #6 » by **RRyder823** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:39 pm

This will be a better test for the D. They will get beat a few times but assuming complete health this D will be solid at the very least.

The true test will come when injuries start to pile up

Curious on who gets cut to make room for Allison

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crkone · Post #7 » by **crkone** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:46 pm

RRyder823 wrote:This will be a better test for the D. They will get beat a few times but assuming complete health this D will be solid at the very least.

The true test will come when injuries start to pile up

Curious on who gets cut to make room for Allison

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He was concussed in the last preseason game too so I'm wondering if they stash him on the IR.

Profound23 · Post #8 » by **Profound23** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:48 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:This'll be a true test on how much the secondary has improved. Not completely sold on what they did against an underwhelming Seahawks offense. Bears defense did a surprisingly good job of keeping ATL's offense in check save for that one 80+ yard bomb. It's gonna be an intense environment in the first game in their new stadium though. I think the offense is gonna need to put up 30+ for me to comfortably predict a win. Can't stall on drives and put up an egg in the 1st half like we did against Seattle.

Austin Hooper had a few nice plays and has been evolving since game 1 of last season. Our linebackers and safeties have to be ready.
Julio is going to get his 100+ and a TD no matter what, just have to limit him to that and hold everyone else in check for the most part.

Either way, The Falcons are going to be pumped for this game and I won't be too down if we lose as long as we come out healthy and at least put up a fight.

MickeyDavis wrote:I always worry that a guy will step off the gas once he gets paid. Sure didn't happen with Daniels. Nor with Perry (one game sample).

So true!

Ron Swanson · Post #9 » by **Ron Swanson** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:57 pm

Perry's issues have never been about motivation or effort, so I didn't ever have any worries there once he got paid. His health and durability on the other hand...

neiLz · Post #10 » by **neiLz** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:44 pm

I think the packers score 30 easily. Seattle's D-Line is ridiculous. Kept rodgers moving all game. The packers adjusted well in the second half and scored 17. Bulaga coming back would be big. Rodgers should have more time and be able pick apart the defense. Nervous about the packers defense, hopefully they can get pressure and matty lite. Expecting a shootout. If clay/perry bring it like Sunday they should be able to get pressure on an immobile Ryan.

GBPackers47 · Post #11 » by **GBPackers47** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:46 pm

Profound23 wrote:
Ron Swanson wrote:This'll be a true test on how much the secondary has improved. Not completely sold on what they did against an underwhelming Seahawks offense. Bears defense did a surprisingly good job of keeping ATL's offense in check save for that one 80+ yard bomb. It's gonna be an intense environment in the first game in their new stadium though. I think the offense is gonna need to put up 30+ for me to comfortably predict a win. Can't stall on drives and put up an egg in the 1st half like we did against Seattle.

Austin Hooper had a few nice plays and has been evolving since game 1 of last season. Our linebackers and safeties have to be ready.
Julio is going to get his 100+ and a TD no matter what, just have to limit him to that and hold everyone else in check for the most part.

I thought Burnett did a solid job with Graham yesterday. He dropped the one pass that should have been caught, but he was pretty quiet the rest of the game. As long as Hooper doesn't get into open space with the ball in his hands, I'm not too worried.

BucksPackers · Post #12 » by **BucksPackers** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:52 pm

I wish the Falcons didn't struggle vs the bears. Now they are going to change things up and be even more ready for us. This is going to be a shoot out. But our defense does look better than last year and we barely lost to them during the season. I would say Pack 41- Falcons- 38 .

MM needs to use Monty in the screen game to prevent that great pass rush the falcons have.

Our def needs to make sure players like Sanu and Hooper don't have monster games. Freeman and Julio will get there yards and stats but we can't let the third or fourth best players beat us.

Our O-line will be fine as soon as Buluga is back. But this will be a true test of pass protection for them.

If we stop the run we will win this game...........

Post #13 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:11 pm

It was good to hear some Seattle players talking about how we did things on offense they hadn't seen before. Such as Ty's touchdown run (to the left with 2 pulling OL). You have to have some new wrinkles from time to time.

While our OL certainly struggled in protection it was a bit disconcerting to have our receivers not getting open. Sometimes AR didn't have time to find them but often he did and they just weren't open. We had that problem last year from time to time. Give them a mulligan due to the talent Seattle has back there.

Turk Nowitzki · Post #14 » by **Turk Nowitzki** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:13 pm

crkone wrote:
RRyder823 wrote:This will be a better test for the D. They will get beat a few times but assuming complete health this D will be solid at the very least.

The true test will come when injuries start to pile up

Curious on who gets cut to make room for Allison

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He was concussed in the last preseason game too so I'm wondering if they stash him on the IR.

If Allison is healthy I would cut one of the running backs, probably Aaron Jones. I think they could get him to the PS without any trouble if they desired.

BUCKnation · Post #15 » by **BUCKnation** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:55 pm

GBPackers47 wrote:
Profound23 wrote:
Ron Swanson wrote:This'll be a true test on how much the secondary has improved. Not completely sold on what they did against an underwhelming Seahawks offense. Bears defense did a surprisingly good job of keeping ATL's offense in check save for that one 80+ yard bomb. It's gonna be an intense environment in the first game in their new stadium though. I think the offense is gonna need to put up 30+ for me to comfortably predict a win. Can't stall on drives and put up an egg in the 1st half like we did against Seattle.

Austin Hooper had a few nice plays and has been evolving since game 1 of last season. Our linebackers and safeties have to be ready.
Julio is going to get his 100+ and a TD no matter what, just have to limit him to that and hold everyone else in check for the most part.

I thought Burnett did a solid job with Graham yesterday. He dropped the one pass that should have been caught, but he was pretty quiet the rest of the game. As long as Hooper doesn't get into open space with the ball in his hands, I'm not too worried.

Yeah, Hooper had two huge plays where he was left wide open and made some great plays in the open field once he had the ball.

M-C-G · Post #16 » by **M-C-G** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:04 pm

BUCKnation wrote:
GBPackers47 wrote:
Profound23 wrote:

Austin Hooper had a few nice plays and has been evolving since game 1 of last season. Our linebackers and safeties have to be ready.
Julio is going to get his 100+ and a TD no matter what, just have to limit him to that and hold everyone else in check for the most part.

I thought Burnett did a solid job with Graham yesterday. He dropped the one pass that should have been caught, but he was pretty quiet the rest of the game. As long as Hooper doesn't get into open space with the ball in his hands, I'm not too worried.

Yeah, Hooper had two huge plays where he was left wide open and made some great plays in the open field once he had the ball.

It was a completed busted coverage an no one was within 20 yards of him. That said, he did squash that one DB with a nice stiff arm

WeekapaugGroove · Post #17 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:25 pm

Such a different matchup for the defense from last week. Julio will kill them but **** he kills everyone. Key will be keeping the rbs in check. Atlanta will score no matter how the d plays so Rodgers and co will need to keep up.

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trwi7 · Post #18 » by **trwi7** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:33 pm

I'll consider this game a win if Davis doesn't fair catch a punt at the 5 yard line.

FAH1223 · Post #19 » by **FAH1223** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:28 pm

WeekapaugGroove wrote:Such a different matchup for the defense from last week. Julio will kill them but **** he kills everyone. Key will be keeping the rbs in check. Atlanta will score no matter how the d plays so Rodgers and co will need to keep up.

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House on Julio is a lot better than Gunter... I guess

rilamann · Post #20 » by **rilamann** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:08 pm

FAH1223 wrote:
WeekapaugGroove wrote:Such a different matchup for the defense from last week. Julio will kill them but **** he kills everyone. Key will be keeping the rbs in check. Atlanta will score no matter how the d plays so Rodgers and co will need to keep up.

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House on Julio is a lot better than Gunter... I guess

You might be better on Juilo than Gunter.