Let’s go Bucs. Hope Vea is playing and this is just precautionary not practicing today. Ebuka and Parrish are going to shine!
im going up to Atlanta to catch the game in person, LFG!!!
RHB have a great time, it will be a great feeling leaving the stadium after TB lights up Atlanta's rookies in their secondary.
We'll be taking in the game with friends at a sports bar. GO BUCS!
Hopefully vea and izien can go. Already down Godwin and wirfs.
gotta protect the ball. We are the better team. Atl has been our Achilles heal.
would give us an early leg up on the division.
egbukas time to shine. Hopefully the o line is able to hold up down wirfs.
This is good news, all I’ve heard about his injury was it had to do with his foot. Hope he’s back close to full strength.Hopefully vea and izien can go
Looks like Vea is a go.
Will be there in the nose bleeds! Should be a great atmosphere to ruin.
Living locally, Atlanta is super hyped on this team.
Atlanta Falcons are always hyped for their team while Saints fans tend to be more grounded in reality. Panthers fans hate Tepper but of course.
On defense the Falcons plan on starting Dorlus over Orhorhoro because he has looked better overall. The Falcons are going to need Orhorhoro and Harrison to rotate with Dorlus and Onyemata or else the Bucs OL will wear them down sooner or later. They do not have Jarrett anymore to command double teams on the inside so the Bucs will double up on Onyemata to open up running lanes.
Ebiketie vs Heck is a mismatch nightmare as Ebiketie is going to overwhelm which is why Grizzard is going to help Heck as much as possible with Otton and Durham. Walker and Pearce Jr will be rotating in but Ebiketie and Floyd are the ones to be be more concerned about.
That is why running the ball consistently straight at Ellis and Deablo will wear those LBs down and eventually use play action against them with White or Irving.
The strength of the Falcons defense is in their secondary but they will have two rookies starting and that is where you can have miscommunication breakdowns in zone or off play action. Bowman Jr is going to have to find a way to contain Tez, M. Evans or Egbuka when either of the three line up inside.
Mayfield has to identity Bates pre snap because he is the key to beating the Falcons over the top and avoiding turnovers downfield.
On offense they return a similar cast for the most part but there are differences.
It is well known that they are hurting at RT and that Reddick has a chance to cause havoc on Penix blindside. The Falcons will probably try to roll away from Reddick but that is where Diaby has to slam the door shut on the other side. Also, Atl interior OL could struggle with Vea and Kancey which is why pressure up the middle would make it hard on Penix to do anything on offense.
With tighter coverage the Bucs have the DBs to stop the Falcons WR room. But they key is to neutralize London from being able to use his strengths in short yardage and red zone situations. London thrives with red zone opportunities so the Bucs defense has to slam the door shut early and often forcing the Falcons to grind out yards. No easy yards.
Will be there in the nose bleeds! Should be a great atmosphere to ruin.
Living locally, Atlanta is super hyped on this team.
nice have fun. I was shocked to see tickets are so cheap $70-90. Unheard of for almost any nfl game.
I am looking for Egbuka and Tez to be x factors in this game. Also excited to see what Parrish and Roberts can do to bring an extra spark and some juice to a defense that needs some splash plays.