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The Falcons signed 46 year old kicker Morten Andersen today.  Andersen will kick all of the short field goals, and Michael Koenen will kick the long ones, punt and kick-off.  This is a very interesting move by the Falcons.

That is what the coaching staff is trying to figure out after Koenen missed all 4 of the field-goals that he attempted against the Bucs on Sunday.  If they can’t figure it out soon, they will sign a new kicker and let Koenen concentrate on his punting.

The score doesn’t indicate the beating that the Falcons applied to the Bucs.  Michael Vick had a super game!  Vick completed 10 of 15 passes (66.7%) for 92 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT.  Vick carried the ball 14 times for 127 yards rushing (9.1 ypc) and a TD!  RB Warrick Dunn carried the ball 21 times for 134 yards (6.4 ypc).  Rookie Jerious Norwood carried the ball 9 times for 45 yards (5.0 ypc).  FB Fred McCrary caught Vick’s TD pass (4 yarder).

The Falcons defense played another strong game.  The Bucs only could muster 40 yards rushing on 2.5 yards per carry.  The Bucs did throw for 311 net yards, but only completed 52.8% of their passes and the Falcons picked off three Chris Simms passes.  LB Keith Brooking had 9 tackles.  CB DeAngelo Hall picked off 2 passes and returned them for 75 yards.

The Falcons are dominating.  Two big division wins already, with the Saints on deck.

The Buccaneers swept the series against the Falcons last season, but so did the Panthers….and the Falcons kicked their butt all over the field.  The Buccaneers would like to establish a running game with Cadillac Williams, so it will make it easier to throw the ball.  QB Chris Simms was absolutely terrible last week, and he needs to get the ball to Michael Clayton and Joey Galloway.  It could be another rough day for the offense against a physical Falcons defense that only allowed the Panthers to get 215 yards of total offense.

The Falcons just line-up on offense and try to punch you in the mouth with their running game.  They rolled up 252 yards rushing against a usually tough Carolina Panther defense.  The Bucs played a good game on defense last week, only allowing the Ravens 271 total yards.  The Bucs have the speed on defense to match up with the Falcons offense, and they will try to take the Falcons out of their running offense and force them to pass.  If the Bucs can do that, they can stay close in the game……but if not, this game will get ugly quick.

The thought here is that the Falcons will win this game, because Chris Simms is awful!