Welcome to the 2018 version of scouting the enemy! The Atlanta Falcons start the season on Thursday Night Football against the Philadelphia Eagles, the team that narrowly beat them and went on to become the eventual Super Bowl champion. Although the Eagles’ team has made some changes on both sides of the ball, this is still a highly physical and imposing team. To beat this team, there’s one key place where this game has to be won: the trenches.
The Falcons’ defense is by far one of the fastest, if not the fastest, in the NFL. However, teams have learned to attack them with the run game and force them to stop that first.