- In typical deflating fashion, the Atlanta Falcons get the doors blown off 48-21 last night to Aaron Rodgers and the Packers... first of all, big ups to Rodgers who was unbelievable from the jump last night... 31 of 36 for 366 and 4 total TDs... there was really no answer for him at any point... the game started pretty promising with the forced turnover on the Jennings fumble followed by the Turner TD, and, after the Pack evened it up, Eric Weems took a kickoff 102 yards to the house... 14-7... that was a nice spot... until the Packers scored 28 unanswered... Numerous opportunities to get Rodgers on the ground were missed, and no one was exempt from Abraham down... Matt Ryan was underwhelming with 2 INTs (although I maintain the first one wasn't his fault), Turner was held to sub-40 yards, and it seemed to me that Ryan was forcing the ball to Jenkins in an effort to avoid Charles Woodson... oh... I still haven't mentioned the pick-6?... Well, the clear turning point of the night was Matt Ryan's pick-6 to end the 1st half... I understand the skepticism on Mike Smith's choice to not kick the 53-yarder, but Matt Bryant isn't a guy with a huge leg, so I understood it... this one is on Ryan... you can't force that long of an out route after staring down the receiver all the way... 28-14 going to the half, and when Aaron Rodgers got the ball and converted on 3rd and 13 on the first 2nd half drive, it was all over..... Such a brutal night overall... Huge disappointment to get blown out in your own backyard....
- Pittsburgh 31, Baltimore 24 - Remember when I wrote that I didn't trust Joe Flacco on the road in my preview column?.... uh... that stands... his general implosion pretty much murdered Baltimore... in his defense, Ray Rice was held to under 40 yards rushing, and Big Ben made plays when he needed to in the 2nd half, but I put this one on Flacco... I have to say that Big Ben just seems to win these games...
Short on time this morning... but had to get a few comments in on the Falcons... Enjoy the day, folks...
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