Falcons Pregame

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Originally Posted by RedskinJake

To me I always look at yards per carry.. I think the Falcons haven't given up too many total rushing yards largely because their passing defense is so bad there's no point in rushing against them and their passing offense is so good that everyone ends up playing from behind most of the game and can't commit to the run.

We should be able to move the ball more like the Rams and Dolphins games. If Kirk is on point then the offense should look terrific. In this game, our offense might actually be our best defense.

Of course, injuries will play a factor as well..

It's fine to look at yards per carry, but the other side of the equation is true too. If a team is far behind that rushing is not going to win the game Atlanta can give up more rushing yardage per play comfortably. You can bend all day if you know your quick strikes will score easily.

Bottom line, stats give a perspective, but their team has 4 wins, ours has 2, and they average 34 points a game, we average 19. Our best outing is 24, their worst outing is 24. In other words in their worst game we still at best play to a tie playing our best one.