We lead the NFL in 1st qtr points

[bossFALCON™]

hopefully we can add to that this week.

dallas and washington are tied for 2nd w/ 41.

[iloxygenil]

Going to be VERY important. I think we almost get too comfortable in the 2nd half and don't push nearly as hard as we do in the first. So, lets hope that's something we can work on, it's going to take 4 quarters and some patience this week.

[formul8or]

Going to be VERY important. I think we almost get too comfortable in the 2nd half and don't push nearly as hard as we do in the first. So, lets hope that's something we can work on, it's going to take 4 quarters and some patience this week.

I agree we strike fast but kinda daze off. I thought that Detroit game was gonna be at least 45 or 50 points.

[norbendon]

This is a young team that's still learning how to win. They will learn to play for four quarters, and when they do, watch out!!!!!! Heads are gonna roll around this league.

[KiLLmETwO]

hmm...wonder where we stand on 3rd qtr. points...

[wook21]

start fast and try to hold on is not going to work every week we have to be consientent for 4 quarters. Teams always catch fire when the second half starts don't know why

[ATLBrave]

That's great to hear, after we couldn't buy points in the 1st quarter last year.

[Farmer (The 2nd)]

Everyone of coach smitty's pressers he's talking about the importance of starting fast. Obviously he's preaching that to the team and it's working. Being that we're a run first team and having a rookie QB, it's important to build and early lead to be able to milk the clock later.

[falconchef]

Falcons lead league in:

First quarter points

Rushing as a team

Turner leads league in rushing AND touchdown scoring

Abraham leads league in sacks.

IMO, if we can keep up with high rushing totals and sack totals, like in 2004, we will see the playoffs!

[Falcons Ace]

If we can start off with a couple of scores quick then that allows us to start eating the clock with our run game. We eat the clock with our run game, and the opponen'ts offense has to start throwing more. We make the other team one dimensional, we should win.

[CollegePark4life]

What a change from the past few years. I remember we couldn't buy steal points in the first quarter for years. Man so much has changed.

GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!

[130load]

if you guys lead the league in first quarter points god help you. The Bears have to be close to leading the league in not giving up first quarter points with only 17 allowed.2 td's to Phily and Tampa and a fg.

[FalconFanForLife]

Somebody just posted an article where it said the Bears are also way up there in first quarter points. I can't remember exactly, but I believe it was in top 5. Wow these teams have so many similarities it is kinda creepy.

This should be a very good and close game. I think the winner will be decided by a FG myself. But who knows :P

[pzummo]

We start out fast on offense and defense. Against KC we started out stopping them on 6 straight drives. And than we play prevent for the rest of the day allowing them to pick up tons of yards and scores. It seems as though we attack for one quarter, and than get overly conservative for the rest of the game.

One thing to note, we do always seem to come out pretty strong after halftime adjustments. But we roll over and play prevent all over again after the first couple of drives.

[SWIFT HITTER]

YEA cause we get the ball first in every SINGLE game...geez can we kick off for once and get the ball at half..Like to get our defense on the field and cause a 3 and out