FALCONS @ SAINTS...NFL Week 1 Early Slate "TOP-SHELF" Part 2...Welcome to the NFC South Grudge Match featuring the #DirtyBIRDS and #GEAUXsaints ...MATTY Ice vs BREES...Mr. SMITH vs Air PAYTON...A QB DRIVEN League no doubt as we have some "ELITE" Dudes right here! the 404 vs the 504...#AngryBIRDS404 #WhoDAT

Its doesn't get any better than this as this might be the number one game on Sunday after all the dust settles after even Monday Night's Games. The Story Lines in this one Matty Ice a play away from going to the Big Easy to not play the Saints but for All the Marbles. Saints Lead-Man Sean Payton aka Play-Calling is my Game and Wrigley's Juicy-Fruit is my Name is back in the saddle. Brees looks to be back having Tight End Jimmy Graham back as well as Bolts Cast Off and Ex-Saints Castoff in WR Robert Meachem...what!

Keys for ANGRY Birds 404

Matty Ice and the "Peach Drop 3" Roddy, Julio, and Tony have a new toy behind QB Ryan...RB Steven Jackson from the Fighting Beavers of Corvallis, Oregon. Feed Him Falcons to make the Saints stop that run.

The Falcons O-Line needs to keep Falcons QB Matty Ice clean and when he is clean so is the Falcons Record! Center Peter Konz is the Key...making the calls.

The Falcons Front Seven led by Backer Sean Weatherspoon has to make plays and get Brees in some Hurries. Can DTs Jonathan Babineaux and Corey Peters create havoc on the Saints O-Line?

The Falcons Safeties are two of the best on Sunday in Thomas DeCoud and Will Moore but the Rookie Corners in 2013 Top Picks in Bloodline CB Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford have to play beyond their years right away as the Falcons drafted them with a notion of "Plug n Play".  Watch for Alford in Nickel Packages. Big-Play Ashante Samuels is the Ball-Hawk/Riverboat Gambler on the Opposite Side.

Keys for WHO DAT!

Keep Drew Brees upright and clean as he has all those Weapons at his disposal. The Running Backs are a two-headed monster instead of three as Chris Ivory is a Jet. Can Mark Ingram and Pierre Thomas dominate or give the Saints a more than credible run game?

Tight End Jimmy Graham is back and that is huge for the Saints Offense and Passing Game.

Young WRs Kenny Still and Nick Toon have come along and they will be a facto in that Saints Passing game.

The Saints D-Line is average at best and they have to play bigger than what they look on paper. Losing backers Victor Butler (ACL) and Jonathan Vilma to Knee Surgery (out 8 Weeks) will take its toll. Can the Saints just outscore everyone as that "D" doesn't look like it would hold up in the SEC West?

The Saints strength is those Safeties with Roland Harper, Malcolm Jenkins, and 2013 Top Pick Kenny Vaccaro. Don't be surprised if New D-Coordinator Rob Ryan takes a page out of G-Men D-Coordinator Perry Fewell and slide Jenkins a converted Safety, who played All-American CB at The Ohio State University, to Corner to allow Harp and the Rook Vaccarro to play Safety.

Winner: Falcons 38-34 in a shootout as neither "D" can stop the Offensive Production in this one....