New Orleans Saints (1-3): The Saints got their first win of the season on Sunday, and did so in dramatic fashion.
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But just as importantly, the offense isn’t giving the ball away. Even with Arian Foster back, the offense was incredibly inept. In his first start in place of Tevin Coleman (ribs), Freeman erupted for 141 yards on 30 carries with three touchdowns and also had five catches for 52 yards.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – Aaron Rodgers passed for 224 yards and a touchdown, ran 17 yards to set up a key second-half score, and the Packers are off to their first 4-0 start in four years.
The Falcons are 4-0 for only the fourth time in franchise history.
As a quick aside, the fact that the other quarterbacks in this division are youngsters Andrew Luck, Blake Bortles and Marcus Mariota – while Houston possesses a pair of unproven vets in Mallett and Hoyer – shows a different blueprint for possible sustained success from the Texans’ main competition. The Falcons routed the Texans on Sunday, 48-21.
Atlanta gets more love from the press due to their exceptional offense.
Often when coming to an organization that has been at the bottom of the standings, a new coach can seize on his players’ hunger for improvement and willingness to work just a little bit harder than they did before. These last two series of scoring drives left the game at 42-0 Atlanta with 2:56 remaining in the third quarter. I also don’t remember any national media predicting either the Falcons or Panthers would be undefeated a quarter of the way into the 2015 NFL season. Atlanta came into the game well prepared to counteract the devastating pass rush that those two can generate. “The defense is out there making plays”.
“For me, at the end of the day, I want to catch passes”, White told ESPN.com in an article published Tuesday. Fiedorowicz, a 1-yard run from running back Chris Polk and an 8-yard pass to Cecil Shorts III.
Atlanta Falcons linebacker Nate Stupar returns a turnover for a…
“All units, we improved from the week before that’s really our goal as we are going through it”, Quinn said. Nobody knows if any of those guys would fare better than Mallett/Hoyer in Houston, but it’s worth pondering. White had four receptions for 84 yards in the season-opener but had no catches on one target in Week 2 against the Giants, breaking his streak of 130 games with a reception.
Matt Ryan (Quarterback): Ryan should be in for a great game this week.
What is Coach Bill O’Brien thinking? If Durant is sidelined for any amount of time, it will hurt the defense. The 23-year-old sophomore, who was sparingly used during his rookie year and did not play in the whole preseason with a hamstring injury, said that he is just enjoying the opportunity to play and he is successful at it so far. “Both of them are real physical backs”. Last week, they did well establishing a solid running game to compliment the passing attack. “It always bothers me when I go out and don’t catch any balls in a game because it hasn’t happened in so long”, White said.
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On defense, the Falcons employed more Cover One than they had the past three weeks. It will be a Homecoming for former great Texans wideout Andre Johnson as well.
