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Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith ready to turn tables on former team in opener

TAMPA — Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith will take the elevator up to the coach's box at the Georgia Dome on Sunday, a perch from which he can get the best look at what formation the Falcons plan to utilize in their attack.

"You see so much more when you have that view,'' Smith said.

In the teams' season opener, it will be a different vantage point from the one Smith had from 2008-14 as the Falcons' coach. He was fired after the 2014 season.

Smith has intimate knowledge of the Falcons' personnel, particularly the nuances of quarterback Matt Ryan, receiver Julio Jones and running back Devonta Freeman, three of the most dangerous offensive players in the NFL.