This game last Friday Night was a perfect example of Falcons’ football.  They ran the ball and played good defense.  Matt Ryan started the game and he was very efficient completing 7 of 8 passes for 81 yards with 1 TD pass.  D.J. Shockley followed Ryan in the game and he was simply awful.  He completed 5 of 12 passes for 63 yards and he threw 2 interceptions.  Shockley also lost a fumble.  Undrafted rookie John Parker Wilson finished up the game completing 3 of 5 passes for 33 yards.  Michael Turner was outstanding as usual with 65 yards rushing on 7 carries (9.3 ypc) with 1 TD run.  Jason Snelling was also busy in this game with 61 yards rushing on 12 carries (5.1 ypc).  Roddy White led the way in the passing game for the Falcons with 3 catches for 38 yards (12.7 avg).  TE Tony Gonzalez pitched in with 2 catches for 32 yards (16.0 avg) including a TD grab.  The Falcons finished up with 162 yards rushing (5.6 ypc) and 169 yards passing in his game.

The defense played well for the Falcons in this game as they were led by DE Kory Biermann with 7 tackles.  The Rams only rushed for 79 yards on 30 carries (2.6 ypc) but the Rams did pass for 204 yards playing all backup QBs with Marc Bulger out due to injury.  Regardless, it was nice for the Falcons to get a win under their belts.