It’s still a wait and see approach with Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons.  Can they make a deep run in the playoffs?  That question will be on hold for now as the Falcons offense is transitioning from a run oriented offense to a similar one being run in Green Bay.  And why shouldn’t they pass more?  Ryan has Roddy White, Julio Jones, Harry Douglas and Tony Gonzalez to throw the ball to.  The Falcons still have a reliable running back in Michael Turner and their defense has looked better this season. Time will tell if they will falter come playoff time, but for now they are right near the top of the elite in not just the NFC, but the entire NFL.

No one gave any thought that the Arizona Cardinals would be in this situation.  4-0 and ahead of the San Francisco 49ers in the division.  Granted it’s only through 4 games, but once their starting QB John Skelton went down with an injury in Week 1, who thought Kevin Kolb would step up to the plate?  Certainly not me.  Arizona hasn’t had any consistent rushing attack, but they do have Larry Fitzgerald to throw the ball to.  Also their defense has been stellar early in the season.  Similar to the Pittsburgh Steelers type of defense.  Which is no surprise considering where their head coach Ken Whisenhunt came from.  Can this last?  Sure, why not?  There are many teams that we thought would contend that are faltering early.  Arizona’s true test will come when they play the 49ers.

Can we all agree that NFL coaches need to stop calling a timeout to ice the kicker?  It almost cost Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid a win on Sunday night.  The Eagles went ahead with less than 2 minutes in the game for Giants QB Eli Manning to get them within field goal range.  A lot of questionable penalties along way put the Giants in a 50+ yard field goal attempt for their kicker Lawrence Tynes.  His first kick is wide left, but Eagles head coach Andy Reid called timeout.  Of course Tynes is going to drill it now. Well as luck would have it Tynes was short by a few feet.  It was good if he had put more into it.  Two things came out of that game. The Eagles have to give the ball to their RB LeSean McCoy more often and this icing the kicker crap needs to stop.  It doesn’t work more often than it does.