I think you're right warhawk, and as a Falcons fan I'm anxious to see how our offense will react if and when the Packers' defense takes away all of the short and intermediate passing plays.

I expect we'll see a lot of no-huddle from the Falcons. This will allow Matt Ryan to call plays based on how the defense is lined up pre-snap, which prevents us from being as predictable as many people like to claim we are.

"Ice2White" wrote:

My guess is you guys are wishing this was Chicago and not the Pack. No?

"warhawk" wrote:

"warhawk" wrote:

as you can see from the various threads we are doing plenty of bitching around here about our team, lol

"dfosterf" wrote:

The Falcons game plan is simple. They are a simple team.

Put together long clock eating drives and keep the other teams offense off the field. They don't turn the ball over because they take few risks. This is evident in a stat that clearly shows what they are about:

6.5

That is 6.5 Yards Per Attempt by Ryan. The lowest of any starting QB in the Playoffs.

The challenge is that the Falcons are technically sound and perform well in an unspectacular way. In that first game Atlanta had three drives of 10, 14, and 14 plays that took up over 20 minutes of clock and produced 17 points. They did much of nothing the other times they had the ball.

The way I see it is the challenge for our defense is they have been a bend but not break type D that allows yards in the middle of the field but tightens up near the redzone. This kind of has us walking right into what Atlanta wants to do.

They need to prevent long drives by stopping Turner and forcing Ryan to throw further downfield than he likes. When Turner gets the ball I hope to see our safeties up quickly helping bring that big bozo to the ground.

I don't see Woodson blitzing much because they don't ask Ryan to hold the ball long enough. I can see him bouncing around guarding Gonzo and other WR's that they want to work the ball too not far past the LOS.

Rodgers has shown he can get to the Falcons D for plenty of yards. We just need the D to prevent long drives so we can get him the ball. I will be surprised if I don't see 11 players closer to the line then we may normally see.

"warhawk" wrote:

+1 WH for your analysis ...
And this makes sense - if you think about how the falcons have one of the best Olines in the league 3rd(and this is probably due to the fact that like you said if ryan looks to get rid of the ball early and fast and they run the ball alot then there isnt much time for the QB to get hit or sacked).

Like you said we stop the run and their short yardage plays then it will make ryan and company play in a way they are not used too.

I hope we get Green back in the lineup this game; need a big blocker up there to clog up the space.

"Dulak" wrote: