Oct 12th 2008 9:19PM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, Falcons, NFC North, NFC South
Falcons fans you deserve to enjoy a win like this one.
For a team that has more bad news during 2007 than most teams face in a decade, today’s win over the Bears is the official sign that the team can forget about Michael Vick and flush away any memory of the disaster that was Bobby Petrino.
Now new coach Mike Smith has already won as many games as the Falcons won all last year. Matt Ryan has already showed that he gives the team a very bright future, and now, both of them have a signature win.
When the Falcons beat the Lions and Chiefs, it could be explained away as the Falcons beating two of the worst teams in the league. Even last week’s win over the Packers was a surprise win against a banged-up team who
But there’s no doubt that Sunday’s win proves something. The Bears may not be a likely Super Bowl team, but they are a potential playoff team. Atlanta had dominated most of the game, but when Jason Elam missed a 33-yard field goal with just under three minutes to go, you could almost see the end result.
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