{"id":1810,"date":"2009-11-02T02:32:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T07:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/11\/02\/falcons-%e2%80%93-saints-predictions\/"},"modified":"2010-02-27T14:20:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T19:20:29","slug":"falcons-%e2%80%93-saints-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/11\/02\/falcons-%e2%80%93-saints-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons \u2013 Saints Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Schultz of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/jeff-schultz-blog\/2009\/10\/29\/predictions-i-see-dead-people-also-dogs-and-falcons\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/jeff-schultz-blog\/2009\/10\/29\/predictions-i-see-dead-people-also-dogs-and-falcons\/', 'AJC');\" target=\"new\">AJC<\/a> predicts that the Saints will win by 10.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Falcons at Saints: The problem isn\u2019t just that Matt Ryan has looked ordinary the last two weeks, or that Michael Turner has looked ordinary all season. The problem is that what the Saints do best (pass) exposes what the Falcons can\u2019t do at all (stop the pass). The Birds will be fine \u2014 until Drew Brees gets out of his car. Saints cover 10.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, the Falcons don\u2019t have a chance.  On paper I would agree.  ATL has not been able to get a running game started, the defense is injured and maligned, and the Saints have been just about perfect.  Ah, but this is a rivalry game, and I think (hope) the Falcons have something to prove after getting thrashed in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Peter King of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fannation.com\/peter_king_challenge\/peter_king?eref=fromSI\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.fannation.com\/peter_king_challenge\/peter_king?eref=fromSI', 'SI');\" target=\"new\">SI<\/a> predicts a 23-20 Saints win, which while very respectable for the Falcons, means that the Saints would not cover the line (New Orleans is giving up 8.5 pts).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here\u2019s a sports quiz for you. True or false: The Saints\u2019 running game is ranked higher in the NFL than the Saints\u2019 passing game. True. New Orleans is second in the league with 154.5 rushing yards per game. The Saints are sixth in passing yards. Now that is one unexpected little factoid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No doubt; the Saints are a damn good football team.  This is really one of those games where I do not expect a win, but want to at least get out with a respectable showing.  While there are no moral victories (a loss will set ATL back to 4-3), I do not want to see the Falcons get embarrassed on Monday Night football.<\/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>Jeff Schultz of the AJC predicts that the Saints will win by 10. Falcons at Saints: The problem isn\u2019t just that Matt Ryan has looked ordinary the last two weeks, or that Michael Turner has looked ordinary all season. The problem is that what the Saints do best (pass) exposes what the Falcons can\u2019t do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/11\/02\/falcons-%e2%80%93-saints-predictions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Falcons \u2013 Saints Predictions<\/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-1810","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\/1810","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=1810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}