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Arkaign on 27 September 2015
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Tyritorious said:

So the Cowboys were able to score 28 points in the first half, then weren't able to score anything in the 2nd half.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta offense was on a tear in the 2nd half. This is usually a sign of good adjustments and coaching, as they were able to completely dominate the 2nd half of this game. I really liked the hire of Dan Quinn and he seems to be doing a pretty good job as first year head coach. To be fair, almost anyone would have been better than Mike Smith (if anyone watched 4th quarter one possession Falcons games last year, you know exactly what I mean). After reviewing the Falcons remaining schedule, it looks relatively easy. They have games against the AFC South (nothing's a given in the NFL but it's the weakest division in football); their toughest games from a glance are 2 against CAR, vsMIN, and @SF.

The Eagles weren't the dumpster fire I thought they were. [spoiler]I let 'em off the hook[spoiler]

Yeah I think the Falcons should be favorites in their division at this point.

The second half domination came primiarly from the Cowboys lack of depth thanks to incredible injuries. Hardy was the #1 DE, but he is suspended until game 5. Gregory was our starting DE, he got knocked out in game 1. Mincey replaced him, and was ruled out for todays game due to concussion, and then Hayden got banged up during this game, but they had nobody to rotate or replace him with. The defense got gassed trying to keep up with a very fast and physical Atlanta O, and with no starting-caliber DEs even to start the game, they couldn't really do anything to pressure Matt Ryan.

I know Julio Jones had some hamstring issues, which makes his play all the more impressive imho.