Falcons missing 3 starters for Sunday’s game at Eagles

The Eagles have been ideal at home this season and will need some more Lincoln Financial Field magic to prevail against Atlanta and move to 5-4 this weekend. The team likely would have been happy if Jones and Campbell earned a share of playing time. This might be the game, even if he still lacks weapons and has seen the offense hiccup badly since their hot start. You’ve got it, Matty Ice.

Atlanta’s success can be directly reflected by the play of their quarterback, Matt Ryan. We’ve been spreading the ball around in the passing game and a lot of people are getting involved. He can threaten deep down the field; he can catch the ball over the middle; he can take a short pass and he can run.

“I think that’s something that I noticed when Tony was here”.

“He’s a guy we want to feature”, Reich said.

“I like pingpong”, Ryan said. When Jones returned in 2014, he surpassed 100 catches for the first time.

Wentz’s best rating in the past four weeks was a 91.7 in a 29-23 overtime loss to the Cowboys. “He’s done a great job this season”. Often times the offense has looked stagnant with poor receiver talent and a rookie QB in Carson Wentz, who came back down to earth. Mohamed Sanu and Taylor Gabriel each had 5 receptions, with Sanu putting up 74 yards and Gabriel putting up 52 right behind him, however it was Gabriel that got on the scoresheet with a 9 yard rushing score. The 27-year-old Jones also found the end zone versus the Buccaneers on a 3-yard fade and faces an Eagles’ secondary that yielded four touchdowns to the Giants’ wideouts.

Such was the case this week, and such will be the case Sunday when the Atlanta Falcons (6-3) visit the Eagles (4-4) at Lincoln Financial Field for a 1 p.m. kickoff. He averages 19 yards per grab.

He’s expecting a much stiffer challenge from the Eagles, who’ve since traded Maxwell and are under a new coaching regime. Jenkins remembers how effective Ryan was with running back Michael Turner in the backfield.

There might be two things in the Eagles’ favor. Play action passes. They’re doing a lot of the same stuff now. “No one has a ideal game”. Most importantly, he’s only thrown four interceptions. Dorial Green-Beckham continues to look like a risky, potentially season-changing receiver, but has yet to play like one.

The Falcons (6-3) lead the NFC South heading into the contest against the Eagles (4-4).

The Atlanta Falcons have had 10 days off since an impressive win over Tampa Bay and are certainly one of the surprise teams in the National Football League this year at 6-3 with a game and a half lead over New Orleans and 2 ½ games over Carolina. The Falcons finished 8-8.

The Atlanta Falcons play the Eagles this weekend in Philadelphia, and as good as they’ve been at the Georgia Dome, they’ve been even better on the road.

What needs to happen for me personally from this point forward, I need to feel like the Eagles are learning from their mistakes; that includes both the players and the entire coaching staff. Defensive tackle Fletcher Cox is just 25 years-old and already looks like one of the NFL’s best defensive tackles. “Other than that I think we’ve been comfortable, we’ve been confident and we’ve been making plays”. The Eagles also own a slight 2-1 edge in the playoffs.

Armed with a ground game, he’s back. “The workload really hasn’t had me sore or anything like that”, said the 33-year-old Sproles.

“I keep sounding like a broken record, but it’s just executing and finishing down the wire”.