Falcons

Also my beloved Birds return to face the upstart Falcons. The Skins should have an easy day against Detroit but we all now what happened against the Rams. NY faces the Steelers in what sets up to be a great game to determine if the Giants are for real.

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t week here, I'll cover the games that were the more 'exciting on the weeks' slate'.

Falcons 22 Bears 20

The Bears took the lead with a half minute left. Falcons

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The kicking game hasn't improved after one preseason game. The Falcons lost to the Jaguars last season due to missed field goals, and true was the case last Saturday. Yes, Jason Elam is a dynamic kicker, and his resume illustrates that. Maybe it was partly due to penalties by the offense, because both of Elam's misses came after negative yard plays. Hopefully the remainder of the preseason and into the regular season the kicking game will become 'just put up three on the scoreboad' because Elam will become automatic between the posts.

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, there are always a lot of question marks for a team in a rebuilding phase.  The 2008 Atlanta Falcons are no exception.  Will Matt Ryan start week 1?  Is Sam Baker an elite (or even starting) left tackle at the NFL level?  Looking beyond these common questions, however, lies another set of questions, the resolution to which will go as far as any other in determining the

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