{"id":1649,"date":"2009-08-22T08:01:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T13:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/22\/falcons-impressive-on-offense-against-the-rams\/"},"modified":"2010-06-05T09:58:03","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T14:58:03","slug":"falcons-impressive-on-offense-against-the-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/22\/falcons-impressive-on-offense-against-the-rams\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons impressive on offense against the Rams."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Falcons held on to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter?game_id=54743&season=2008&displayPage=tab_gamecenter\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter?game_id=54743&amp;season=2008&amp;displayPage=tab_gamecenter', '20-13 win');\" target=\"new\">20-13 win<\/a> over the Rams.  Yes it is preseason, so no one cares.  Ah, but no so true for many fans because the preseason is where depth charts are set, young guys get to make or break their careers with first impressions, and if nothing else the preseason tides us over until the real gridiron action starts.  It is a tasty morsel of sorts.  As a season ticket holder, the preseason is a small investment for the upcoming season.  Observations now for the season ahead.<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Offense is ready<\/b><\/em><br \/>\nThe Falcons starting offense looked like they were ready for the season to start; first two drives were productive and ended with a rushing TD by Turner and a TD catch by Gonzalez.  Hell, I will go so far and say they looked damn near stellar \u2013 have to get the homer out of me.  The Falcons even managed to work some on their no-huddle offense, with fairly efficient results.  Matt Ryan at the line was shades of that QB with the Colts.<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Backup QB unsettled<\/b><\/em><br \/>\nOr maybe it is not, but D.J. Shockley looked nowhere near ready to step in for Ryan.  I assume Redman will get the call (if needed).<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Secondary is scary \u2026<\/b><\/em><br \/>\nbut not in a good way.  This unit will not put fear in the heart of opposing teams, and unless the d-line can figure out how to put constant and consistent pressure on opposing QBs, the upcoming season may be merciless for the secondary.  I know the Falcons have a lot of faith in CB Brent Grimes; he was around the ball a lot, but what will he do against a quality WR?<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Falcons held on to a 20-13 win over the Rams. Yes it is preseason, so no one cares. Ah, but no so true for many fans because the preseason is where depth charts are set, young guys get to make or break their careers with first impressions, and if nothing else the preseason &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/08\/22\/falcons-impressive-on-offense-against-the-rams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Falcons impressive on offense against the Rams.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,29],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2774,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions\/2774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}