Atlanta's take on Brandon Cooks
 

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some interesting dialog on Brandon Cooks potential impact from Atlanta's perspective

and to think Payton held him out from the only game with Drew in the preseason

Atlanta has no film on him
Bellicheck, but not Atlanta

you just know Sean has schemes for him
and Drew can't wait to hit his new target in stride to the house

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The stuff about the 40 time was complete an utter BS. Cooks has an incredibly fast 40 time, but that's not why he's so hard to keep up with. He's hard to keep up with because of his shiftiness and his lateral quickness along with his ability to turn on the after burners. The idea that Trufont can keep up with him is laughable.

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That poster hit the nail on the head.

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Both sides of the ball they're outmatched. Kicking is the only area they have an edge and that's only because we don't have one on the official roster yet.

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FIFY

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Eh, I wouldn't worry about him if I were the Falcons. What can a rookie do??? ;-)

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Good stuff... reality hits soon for the FailClowns!

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yawn.

atlanta has a team? no ****. didn't notice.

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see now i expected the perspective to be cook's back side because that is all they will see over and over again as he leaves them in the dust.

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a lot of Jimmy love \ fear

Colston will have a field day

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I really like that game plan of 'just put Tru on him'.
Who are you going to cover Colston and Graham with... 5'10 Alford or 5'9 Josh Wilson?

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We'll see soon enough.

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We are now going under the assumption that Atlanta has a clue?

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Well, lets see, if they concentrate too much on Cooks, they'll free up Graham, and if they clamp down on Graham, they'll free up Colston and Stills and Morgan and.....well, you get my drift.

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i have a gut feeling Colston returns to form and once again lights up defenses. cover Jimmy - chase cook - leaves Colston one on one baby.

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This will be a proper introduction to Stills and his speed. The failcons literally have no idea what is about to hit them. :bng:

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isn't Stills out for a while? hamstring?

Wonder what our packages will look like

Would like to see Morgan out there in 4 receiver packages

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I enjoyed reading the initial post by "I Even Bleed Red". In case you haven't read it yet, I'll save you the time. IEBR did a pretty good job of breaking down the Saints offense strengths and the fact that Atlanta won't be able to hang with our receivers. That Atlanta's O can't win in a shootout with the Saints. Our skill player set and head coach is just that much better.

His conclusion------Atlanta is f...ed, any way you look at it.

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our third string could beat those chumps.

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I respect Atlanta

we have to hold down Roddy, Julio, Hester and Harry
if Matt gets time he might find an open speedster
and we have to limit the yac
no missed tackles like Harper and Jenkins were famous for

that said Junior, Cam and Hakeem are going to feast on their "much improved" offensive line

This game will be won in the trenches which will result in big aerial strikes

our o and d lines will dominate
allowing our skill players to thrive

watching Byrd's closing speed in pre-season along with Kenny V and Bush
those Falcon receivers better watch out

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I've been predicting since we drafted Cooks that he puts up numbers this year similar to Julio Jones and wins rookie of the year in a landslide. Julio will get a lot more looks because the Saints have so many weapons but we have Payton and Brees so it will be close.

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The poster was reasonable. Something I'm not used too from Clown fan sites.

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I feel opposite this year that I did about our WRs last year. We've got top notch talent at the WR position. Last year I felt like even our better receivers suffered because we couldn't spread the field, succumbed to double teams, couldn't get seperation etc. I don't see that happening this year.

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The best defense against us has always been a soft zone to keep all the plays in front of the defense. They hope we get impatient with all the short stuff and make a mistake. It works if the opposing team has a decent pass rush, especially up the gut, which Atlanta doesn't. Fast LB's also cause us problems because we can't get our RB's outside and the screen doesn't work as well.

But of course if you're Seattle, you just mug and hold all game.

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A soft zone worked best before the arrival of Cooks. With his speed and moves, a short pass under coverage can turn into 6 from anywhere on the field, with one move. St. Louis can attest to that.