For the city of Atlanta, the fans of the Falcons, players and coaches, beating the Philadelphia Eagles is easily atop their priorities after last year’s playoff loss. Today, I’m breaking down the aspects of our emotional loss and how we can improve on that and beat the Eagles week one.
Yes, I am going to add to the heat of Steve Sarkisian. I simply don’t believe he watched any film leading up to the game, as tough as that sounds.
If he had, he would’ve abused Philadelphia’s overly aggressive secondary play, lack of defense against “picks” or “rubs” in their own man coverage, and simply would’ve used his personnel’s explosiveness on offense.