Cowboys-Falcons: Playing Dallas at Home after a Bye Week Isn’t Much Fun

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Published: October 28, 2009

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... a stellar day for any Falcons faithful expecting to see the franchise continue its path to back-to-back winning seasons.

"We did some very uncharacteristic things on Sunday," said coach Mike Smith. "In most games if you turn the ball over three times, have your quarterback get sacked four times, give them two explosive touchdowns and have a punt returned..."

"You're not going to get positive results."

Yeah, I believe that to be accurate. We witnessed it Sunday and it wasn't a pretty sight.

So what went wrong? What happened? When the game started, the Falcons marched downfield and scored with little effort. Roddy White caught an 11-yard pass from Ryan and the Birds were up 7-0 on their first drive.

What happened to the Falcons after that? In all honesty, they just got physically beaten up.

With five minutes left in the first quarter, Matt Ryan faced a second and 25 thanks to a chop block by center Todd McClure. He was sacked twice aft...

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