Looking Ahead: 10 days to prepare for the Falcons!

"HULKFish wrote:

My guess:
We try to stop Turner and force them to pass with constant pressure from JT, JP, Wake, Starks and whoever else they throw at Ryan!

I love the fact we've got such depth that we can just keep throwing bodies at them. The QB and Oline are going to get tired of the pressure long before our backs get tired. This should be a pretty fun year, and I can't wait for it to kick off with Atlanta.

We only need to stop them once, because we're gonna score everytime.

To me, the key is our safeties matching up with Gonzo, Roddy White is going to catch some passes, that is a given, but keeping Gonzo and Jenkins from torching us in our new Qtrs Coverage is probably our biggest issue.

I'm sitting club level 50yrd line row 2. I'm not flying all the way there to see us lose. GO PHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Aqua4Ever04 wrote:

Matt Ryan is a play-action whiz. He carries out his fakes as well as any one, can throw on the move, and the Falcons won't hesitate to roll him away from any pressure. The best way to stop this is precisely how you mentioned, stopping Michael Turner. They way we do this is by cutting down Justin Blaylock and Harvey Dahl and their tendencies to get outside or down on the linebackers. It's imparative that Randy Starks, Jason Ferguson, Kendal Langford, Tony McDaniel and Phillip Merling control those gaps and occupy those blockers. If we can keep Crowder and Ayodele free to fill gaps, we will be fine.

In the passing game, I'd prefer to see someone physical (Vontae Davis) get on Roddy White. Disrupt his routes, don't let him stride with those long legs and get deep into our secondary. Without Harry Douglass, the Falcons won't be able to spread teams out like they could last year.

That's my key defensively. Control the guards and be physical with Roddy White.

I think Sean Smith is more physical in coverage than Davis is. He's also better at being physical and not getting called for it.

Yeah, after the Tampa game these issues look to be tougher... I think Sparano will have them ready though. I can't picture any complacency after that showing!

I doubt Smith will have any trouble with T-Gonzo. The way he burned Torry Holt in the Jags game was AWESOME.

"TNooga wrote:

I doubt Smith will have any trouble with T-Gonzo. The way he burned Torry Holt in the Jags game was AWESOME.

Why would Smith would be on Gonzo?
Gonzo TE, Sean is a corner, no?))

should be an interesting game