Are the Falcons ready for Prime Time again?
The NFL is set to release the week-by-week schedule for the 2009 season at 7 p.m. tomorrow
Who is going to bring the popcorn when Terrell Owens and the Buffalo Bills come to the Georgia Dome in 2009?
The Falcons already know their opponents.
Home games include: Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Carolina, Philadelphia, Washington, Buffalo, Miami and Chicago.
Away games include: Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Carolina, Dallas, New York Giants, New England, New York Jets and San Francisco.
The Falcons should get at least one Monday night game and possibly a Sunday night game. The away game at New England with Matt Ryan returning to the Boston area should get prime time consideration.
The Falcons will get a chance to see some of the players who left during free agency. Keith Brooking will get a shot at his old team when the Falcons go to Dallas. Linebacker Michael Boley is now with the New York Giants and will host the Falcons in Giants Stadium.
This offseason’s bad boy, Jay Culter, will lead the Chicago Bears into the Georgia Dome. Miami running back Ronnie Brown of Cartersville will get a chance to play in front of some of his hometown folks.
Cartersville's Ronnie Brown.
Also, the Falcons organized team activity schedule was released by the league. Each team is permitted to conduct up to 14 organized training sessions as part of their offseason workout programs
The sessions are supposed to be non-contact, but let’s just say that the big guys get “tangled” up from time to time.
The Falcons’ OTAs are sent for May 20-21, May 26-28, June 2-4, June 9-11 and June 16-18.
Wonder if Keith Brooking will be this fired up when the Falcons roll into Dallas?
How many prime time games do you think the Falcons should get? How tough does that road schedule look? Excited about the teams coming to play in the Georgia Dome? How important are the OTA’s to getting ready for training camp?
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marko
April 15th, 2009
9:57 am
Does anyone get the impression that Adam Teicher annoys me? Sorry about the diatribe, but there just seems to be something about sticking a camera in some people’s face that really brings out the stupid in them.
I liked the way JJ broke the season down all in all, his win loss scenario seems pretty realistic. If anything I’m a bit more optimistic. I see real turmoil for Tampa next year. I predict we sweep the series. Football being football, we’ll lose to a team we shouldn’t lose to and beat one that most folks had figured a sure loss. Don’t get to cocky New England. We have a general manager and a quarterback that would love to show you that there doing pretty well for themselves these days. September 27 might not be a day that you want to wake up with a serious case of big head.
Strig did a really great blog a while back about defensive linemen and demonstrated pretty effectively that they take a few years to develop. If his numbers are correct, they looked pretty good to me; we’re likely to be pleasantly surprised by our own roster. Babineaux in particular was beginning to show signs that he about to become a serious force up the middle
I was sorry to see the fans dump on Anderson the way they did. It’s not totally surprising considering the fact that he was drafted as an elite pass rusher, and he has two sacks to show for two years on the clock. The fans might have given up on him, but I’m not sure that the coaches have. I think that they’re really sold on the idea of using him as an end on running downs and sliding him inside on passing downs. It’s consistent with what Smitty said when he took the job. He’d find what the players did well, and ask only that they do those things. Anyway if he has the pride I think he has, he’s going to read those poll numbers and come back with a serious chip on his shoulder.
I’m curious to see how big Beirman’s going to be this year. I think that he can easily carry another ten pounds of muscle. If so, He’ll be close to Abraham size. Trust me on this the last thing the bad guys want to see is kid from Montana that thinks he’s John Abraham.
Ken Srickland says that Kindall Moorehead has been penciled in as starter next to Babineaux. I had all but forgotten about him, but I remember him from his days at Alabama. He was a major load back then. Just a thought, but maybe Dimitroff had something in mind when he signed him.
We’ve all come to trust Thomas on all matters concerning personnel. He himself considers himself some thing of an expert on defensive backs. Asante Samuel was one of his guys. He takes justifiable pride in his abilities to spot quality DB’s in the mid rounds. I don’t see any reason to suspect that he’s lost his touch.
I see our defense is still very much a work in progress, but I’m confident that we didn’t cut Brooking, Milloy, Jackson, Boley and Foxworth without a solid plan to replace them. While we look to the draft, we shouldn’t forget the roster. Some of the no-names we signed last year might not be so anonymous next year.
WR
April 15th, 2009
10:13 am
Anyone notice that the Saints, Panthers, and the Bucs have almost the same tough schedule if not worse, that the Falcons have. I don’t think it will come down to it but win your division and your in the playoffs, once in anything is possible just ask Arizona. Lets see the Panthers are stuck with Jake the flake at QB and their best defensive player wants out, Tampa just strapped a top ten defense and their QB will be either Mcnown or Leftwich, the same once again will be potent on offense but also once again their defense will stink, I think I like the Falcons chances.
WR
April 15th, 2009
10:15 am
same should be saints
VICK SUPPORTER 2
April 15th, 2009
3:00 pm
“FALCONS LOST IN SPACE” & VICK SUPPORTER – EXCELLENT POSTS.
THAT “4-ROAD GAME” STRETCH HAS GOT TO HURT
WELCOME BACK 2007
CONSIDER THIS
April 16th, 2009
8:42 pm
The Falcons schedule is even tougher than it looks on the surface. The Cowboys, Giants, Bears, and Redskins all have bye weeks before they face the Falcons giving them two weeks to prepare and rest their players! We’re also stuck with a fourth week bye. What other NFL team has ever had to face this kind of scheduling disadvantage? It is flat out unfair.