Saturday Night Special
The fantasy playoffs continue here in the NFL's Week 15. Special Saturday night game brought to you by the NFL Network...unless you're one of the millions of subscribers to Time Warner Cable or Cablevision, that is. But that's another story for another time. Let's go to tonight's game...
Dallas @ Atlanta
The fight for the playoffs in the mediocre NFC continues as the Cowboys look to pull away in the East and the Falcons make a push for the wild card. I'm guessing the former happens rather than the latter. After last week's embarrassment at the hand of the Saints, Bill Parcells and his Boys are looking for a big statement game. The Atlanta defense has been pretty vulnerable all year with their pass defense ranking 31st in the league. But does that mean Tony Romo is going to be pass crazy? Not from the start atleast. After the whipping, Parcells is going to go back to the basics. He's going to try and run the ball down the Falcons' throats and allow the passing game to open up naturally. This could mean strong days for both Julius Jones and Marion Barber. Of course with such a poor pass defense, it's only fitting that Terrell Owens, Terry Glenn and even Jason Witten get to produce. I'm just not sold on Romo (look at his points in 3 of the last 4 weeks) and I can't put my full confidence in him.
For the Falcons, it could be a tougher road regardless of the home field advantage. Not only are Warrick Dunn and Jerrious Norwood still banged up, but the Dallas D wants to prove that 42 points allowed was nothing but a fluke. I don't see strong rushing numbers from the aforementioned backs, and Justin Griffith will probably steal some carries too making any of the Atlanta RBs a sketchy play. Without a solid rushing attack, I see Michael Vick trying to do a little too much. He'll end up rushing for decent yardage, but he's also prone to the INT when he tries to force things. His main targets, Alge Crumpler and Michael Jenkins should put up some average numbers, but don't expect the Falcons to return to those Week 7 or 8 numbers that had Vick's owners salivating.
If I had to pick, I'd say it looks like Dallas 34 Atlanta 17
Dallas @ Atlanta
The fight for the playoffs in the mediocre NFC continues as the Cowboys look to pull away in the East and the Falcons make a push for the wild card. I'm guessing the former happens rather than the latter. After last week's embarrassment at the hand of the Saints, Bill Parcells and his Boys are looking for a big statement game. The Atlanta defense has been pretty vulnerable all year with their pass defense ranking 31st in the league. But does that mean Tony Romo is going to be pass crazy? Not from the start atleast. After the whipping, Parcells is going to go back to the basics. He's going to try and run the ball down the Falcons' throats and allow the passing game to open up naturally. This could mean strong days for both Julius Jones and Marion Barber. Of course with such a poor pass defense, it's only fitting that Terrell Owens, Terry Glenn and even Jason Witten get to produce. I'm just not sold on Romo (look at his points in 3 of the last 4 weeks) and I can't put my full confidence in him.
For the Falcons, it could be a tougher road regardless of the home field advantage. Not only are Warrick Dunn and Jerrious Norwood still banged up, but the Dallas D wants to prove that 42 points allowed was nothing but a fluke. I don't see strong rushing numbers from the aforementioned backs, and Justin Griffith will probably steal some carries too making any of the Atlanta RBs a sketchy play. Without a solid rushing attack, I see Michael Vick trying to do a little too much. He'll end up rushing for decent yardage, but he's also prone to the INT when he tries to force things. His main targets, Alge Crumpler and Michael Jenkins should put up some average numbers, but don't expect the Falcons to return to those Week 7 or 8 numbers that had Vick's owners salivating.
If I had to pick, I'd say it looks like Dallas 34 Atlanta 17
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