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Oh, no! Expectations! Two biggest things that need to go our way relate to injuries. Bryce's ankle doesn't flare up and Wallace can come back. Have to keep scoring and have to limit the damage CMC will do for us.

Raw speed is the one thing that can't be taught. That said, we used to have Ted Ginn, a guy who had wheels for days. But, man oh man would Ginn drop the easiest of catches. Still, super fast guy with cannon arm QB was the ideal pairing. T-Mac isn't going to pull away like Ginn but he does all the other things well, especially for a rookie. It's looking like a great pick so far although we really needed to draft someone like him earlier.

It's almost like deciding not to run Marshawn Lynch at the goalline in the Super Bowl.

Takeaways: 1. Falcons pass d had their share of miscues. Whether we confused them or they did it to themselves... 2. T-Mac doesn't have elite speed but when Bryce throws with good anticipation, it doesn't matter. They complement each other well. 3. Considering his ankle got reinjured, Bryce was moving around a lot better than expected. Very much a necessity because... 4. What the pass pro? I know we have a lot of injuries but there's far too many miscues. Zavala should not be on this roster next season. All our QB's going forward cannot be statues because they'll get crushed behind this line. 5. I feel Canales went full Canales with his playcalling... and it worked for once since we had been going heavy with tons of running and short passing. All those positive chunk plays were worth all the negative plays.

This game is gonna be godawful. Oh, we're not talking about Raiders vs Cowboys?

Definitely getting more mileage out of Bryce than someone like Richardson. Stroud's currently in concussion protocol as well. McCarthy missed his whole rookie year. Penix is out. Purdy is perpetually out with something.

Makes me wonder. Yesterday was a rare day when our receivers didn't just get open and make catches but also get YAC. Was part of that reason because we were rather static on where we lined up our guys until now, especially with who is effectively our best receiver? In other words, we surprised the Falcons by exploiting matchups far more than we had before?

I'll let the clip be the judge. I tend to be cynical about these things.

Whoops. Well, sucks for Penix. Then again, saw a clip out there of an Falcons defender that seemed to step on Bryce's ankle on purpose, so not feeling as sorry for the Falcons.

I can say with certainty that I endured an entire season of Clausen and never ever want to go through that again. In fairness to Clausen, he came into an impossible situation with a lame duck coach and an owner who deliberately gutted the team to save money for the upcoming lockout. But man, oh, man. At least Bryce has had his fair share of moments. I can't recall a single positive play from Clausen at all. And that’s from someone that remembered this one play from Brian St Pierre, a third string journeyman. That's how much I want to not remember Clausen. https://youtu.be/whpT0sClXD0?si=DSP4c__hMiHlnlTo

How many attempts the Lions will need in order to convert a 4th down?

It's almost like many Panthers teams of old that we decried as mediocre for not being able to rise above an average record.

I get to use this again? Don't mind if I do!

Rodgers? Screw that guy but ill will towards the Packers? Not really. Guys like Tom Grossi makes it nearly impossible to have a dislike. I'll mention the Seahawks as a former hated team, mainly when they had Russell Wilson. Utterly hated around here because of how they kept finding ways to beat us. That's why our win against them in 2015 was huge. Broncos still not forgiven because of the SB50 screwjob. Cowboys will likely never come off the hated list. Weirdly, Bucs are not hated as much around here. Wasn't the case in the John Fox era, though. Whether to hate the Falcons or Saints more? Probably the Saints thanks to Sean Payton. But any 28-3 Falcons joke never gets old.