Five Observations on the Falcons

Published Sep. 19, 2010 5:34 p.m. ET

foxsports

By John Manasso
Foxsportssouth.com
September 20, 2010

1. The running game worked. See, not every defense is the Pittsburgh Steelers' (as Tennessee learned on Sunday), even if they use a 3-4 alignment. From the Falcons' first snap from scrimmage, they showed they could run the ball against Arizona.

They finished with a monstrous 221 rushing yards on 45 carries for a 4.9-yards-per-carry average after finishing under 100 yards and under three yards per carry last week in their 15-9 overtime loss. Even with Michael Turner out