Your “Last Call For Boarding Flight #11 On Air Julio” NFC Division Round Open Thread

Okay, for sure this’ll be a keeper of a game, right? Haven’t we suffered enough, Goodell? We want marginally entertaining football and we want it now. Because we sure as hell didn’t get it the week previous. I must admit to myself (in that dark place that I don’t visit very often) that the law of averages is increasingly in our favour as fans of quality football. It just might happen. TO THE GAME!!!

Sea/Atl– The most significant fellas missing from this game on both sides occupy positions in the secondary. The ‘Hawks D can’t quite play up to their full capability without The Earl of Bennett. The gap in talent with respect to replacement safety Steven Terrell is a large as you think it is. Opponents run/passing numbers are up since the catastrophe. Still, as Paul Simon once trilled, “Sherman and Julio down at the goal line” will be one hell of an interesting encounter.

On the other end, cb Trufant won’t be seeing any Baldwins, Richardsons or [curses!]  Kearses. Another wonderful plus-100 yard running day by rb Rawls will certainly make it that much more difficult to keep a better-than-average Seattle O below 25-30 points. Speaking of 30-the Falcons are 1-5 when they’ve achieved the under. By the by, a scented candle to all those that were aware that Falc’s lb Vic Beasley led the league in sacks with 15 and a half.

All in all, it looks as though the ‘Hawks need a few turnovers (“Turnovers? I like apple!” -Andy Reid) to keep up with them Atlantans but the Falcons have only turned the ball over more than one time only the one time. Possible regular season MVP and post-season Andy Dalton wanna-be (1-5) Matt Ryan-it’s all on you. As a football in New England would say, “No Pressure”.

Done. SEND IN THE SQUIBS!!!