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Falcons Proving to Be Complete Team with Help of Freeman, Coleman and Defense

October 10, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

If the Denver Broncos defense is the league’s largest and most heavily reinforced wall, then the Atlanta Falcons offense is a piercing laser that can cut through the core of any immovable object.
Or that’s how it seemed, at least, with the Falcons doing more each week to cast aside whatever doubts remain about them, highlighted by Sunday's 23-16 win over the Broncos.
The Falcons had scored 45-plus points in two straight games heading into Week 5, which included pummeling the Carolina Panthers in Week 4. That's when wide receiver Julio Jones became one of just six players ever at his position to eclipse the 300 receiving yards mark in a single game.
There may have been some who still reacted with a quiet indifference after that trouncing. Those naysayers could have noted the Panthers defense without cornerback Josh Norman isn’t the same unit from 2015, the one that ranked sixth in yards allowed per game. And throttling the injury-riddled New Orleans Sain...

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