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Jacksonville 13, Atlanta 7

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September 17, 2007 |

Jaguars score TDThe Falcons dropped their second of the season against the Jaguars.  A glance at the score might lead one to the conclusion that it was more of the same from Week 1. 

But that really wasn’t the case.  Harrington played much better.  At times, the offense looked beautiful.  We scored our first TD of the year.  Harrington had 200 yards and no interceptions.

But then there’s Matt Prater.  He missed two field goals.  The six points alone would have led to a tie game and perhaps the ability to squeak out a victory.  But it’s more than the points.  Both misses came after long, impressive drives from deep in the Falcons’ own territory.  We ate up huge chunks of the clock.  Scores in each case would have been demoralizing for the Jaguars.  Instead the missed field goals were demoralizing for the Falcons.  Momentum clearly shifted to the Jaguars after each miss.  I credit Prater with single-handedly losing this game for the Falcons.

Why? Why is Prater our kicker?  I realize Billy Cundiff is old, and maybe the Falcons didn’t want to do the short kicker/long kicker thing again this year with Koenen.  But I just can’t see what they saw in Prater.  He is 1 for 4, and I mean he has really missed those 3 misses.  They weren’t close.  It looked like my golf swing.

I’m calling shenanigans if Prater isn’t cut this week.

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Box Score [Source: Yahoo!]


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  1. NFC South Update : Atlanta Falcons on September 21, 2007 4:21 pm

    [...] - My positive spin on the Falcons going 0-2 is that they are still only 1 game out of the division lead.  We get a chance to catch one of [...]

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