Week 3 Thoughts

Matt Bryant is the hero of the hour after his clutch kick in OT. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

“It’s just one game out of 16.”

That’s the cliché. And it’s bullshit. Not every game in an NFL season is equal.

Not when you are playing in your divisional rivals’ yard. Not when that team is the defending champions, and swept the series the previous year.

Add all that to the equation, and it’s more than one game out of 16. The Falcons didn’t need to win this game, not any more than they need to win any other week, but coach Mike Smith would be lying if he told you that his team didn’t want this one a little more.

Week 2 Thoughts

Jason Snelling's shined in the home-opener in place of an injured Michael Turner. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

(My thoughts on this week will be brief since I didn’t see much of any football.)

Great to see the huge offensive output, especially with Michael Turner out of the game. Good teams are supposed to blow out bad teams at home.

And after two weeks, it’s pretty clear that the Cardinals are bad, and the Falcons are very good.*

*At home.

Week 1 Thoughts

Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall runs away from the Falcons defense for the game winner in overtime. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Football, it’s so good to have you back. Don’t ever leave us again.

That’s all I can say after the NFL’s first weekend. Football is back and we’re all better off. Welcome back football, and really, welcome back happiness.

The Falcs’ supposedly high-powered offense faltered against the Steelers, who were sans rapist but not sans defense.