Atlanta Falcons: Super Bowl Rematch Preview and Prediction
By Kit Anderson
The Atlanta Falcons have dropped two games in a row and are now going to have to face Tom Brady at home in a Super Bowl re-match. Are the Falcons going to drop their third straight game?
The Atlanta Falcons are going to have to deal with a lot of collapse questions again this week after not finishing against the Miami Dolphins. Plenty of 28-3 references should be expected this week as well as a fair amount of trolling from the Patriots and their fans.
If the Falcons had been able to finish against the Miami Dolphins when they were up 17-0 last week it may have been slightly less painful for the Falcons but headed from one collapse they will be forced to talk about another.
The Super Bowl rematch has two teams that are in the middle of a Super Bowl hangover not just one. The Patriots cannot play defense consistently and are especially challenged in the secondary.
That paired with the fact that the Falcons have made it known they are going to get Julio Jones more involved sets the Julio up for a big game on the road.
Matt Ryan is going to have to take care of the football as well and get back to being Matty Ice even if he cannot re-capture MVP status he needs to find the ability to finish clutch drives like he did early on in his career.
The Patriots on offense match up very well against a young Falcons defense that Tom Brady victimized in the second half of last season’s Super Bowl.
Overall this is going to be a shoot out that the Falcons are going to find a way to finish in the end. With the motivation of last year’s awful finish and last week’s struggles if the Falcons cannot find the motivation to finish this game against a weak Patriot’s defense their season may well be in trouble .
Julio Jones is going to carry the Falcons past the Patriots in this one hauling in over 150 yards receiving with a touchdown catch and the Falcons pull this one out winning 38-35 . Sunday’s game will kick-off on NBC at 8:30 .