has had a good night tonight, too. you see the elite quickness of devonta freeman and some of the speed of tevin coleman out of the backfield. both excellent receiving running backs. now, it comes down to, can they create a little space? because you want to throw it, but be relatively safe in how you do that. and throws to the backs, usually a pretty good option here. >> al: 11-point game. this one is certainly not over. for some of our friends, it is over. you get my drift. 5:46 left. 34-23. and they start this drive with freeman on the ground. gain of three up to the 24 yard line. julio jones had a red-hot start. early in the game. meanwhile, green bay is going to use a time-out right here. they want to stop them, if they can, three and out, obviously, is what they want to do. take their time-out, at this particular point.

and hope to get the ball back. and they need, obviously, a touchdown, a two-point conversion and a field goal, somewhere along the line. >> cris: dean lowry coming slowly off the field, their defensive end. they're getting thin on that defensive line, now, with mike daniels already out. >> al: and there is lowry, being worked on on the sideline. >> cris: they have quinton dial in there, who basically has been there for a week or so. >> al: he was a healthy scratch last week against seattle. former 49er. >> cris: interesting. they're staying with the nitro formation, with morgan burnett as the linebacker position. just will assume they will start throwing it here. >> al: there's matthews saying that was a mals start the and it was. >> referee: number 81, offense.

>> al: austin hooper. >> cris: give it a little -- matt ryan got his own guy. see aaron rodgers hit a couple of his own guys tonight. now, it starts to get a little interesting, doesn't it? >> al: i'll say. >> cris: you throw it, incomplete, you stop the clock and you are saving time-outs. >> al: second down and 13. and over the middle. that's caught. and is it a first down or not? as taylor gabriel is stopped a little short. just across the 30 yard line. third and a short one. >> cris: watch alert coverage come down in here. and hue owe julio is going to c that way. and draw the attention. but matt ryan throws to that

side. with the safety coming down, you have two different slants coming inside, you have to cover julio. and that creates opportunities for the other receivers. that was a big play. >> al: here's another big play in this, a wildcat here. sanu -- mohamed sanu will take the snap. and they run the option instead. pick up a first down with freeman on the ground up to the 39. i would have been shocked if he had thrown it there on third and inches. freeman takes it for the first down. now, they can chew up more of the clock. >> cris: nicely done over here on this side of the line. pure power down. remember, the defensive linemen out for the green bay packers. and that was just a huge first down, after that penalty. >> cris: after the penalty and the pass completion. that procolluded green bay taking a time-out.

had they taken one. now, you have action. and flags come in. >> referee: false start, 67, offense. five-yard penalty. still first down. >> al: andy levitre been around for nine years. former bill and titan. >> cris: he's been a huge addition. talk about good trades. now, they got him for a sixth-round pick and little other compensation, whatever that means. coming in here, he was the 13th-ranked guard in the league. >> al: first down and 15 at the 33. ryan is going to throw. and hits jones on the slant. that's a gain of nine to the 47 yard line, damarious randall. green bay pressing the line that time. came up to the line of scrimmage. arthur and mrs. blank on the

sideline. >> cris: the great equalizer, isn't he? julio jones, you want to begin to go play the run, right? you have no choice. you're behind. you have to make a play. that means you have to play man coverage on the outside. and the minute you do that, the mvp raises up. finds number 11. and you're back pedaling again. >> al: it's second down and two at the 46 yard line. jones' first catch of the second half. strongside right. sanu comes in, on the wing. freeman tries to get to the outside and he gets bounced down. now, the 45 yard line, the green bay packers are going to take a time-out. third down and three. big play coming up. we go to michele.

>> michele: green bay has had to deal with a boat load of injuries tonight. we know now, they came in without their two starting offensive tackles. jordy nelson downgraded to out. daniels, out with the hamstring. kentrell brice, a big special teams contributor, out with a groin injury. randall cobb, still questioning with his shoulder. add davon house to the mix. >> al: that's a full house. i'm telling you. a lot of guys will be in therapy this week, as they get ready for a game against senate ifcincinn. aren't the bengals thrilled about that? at lambeau. and a thursday night game against chicago at home. third down and three. >> cris: the man coverage is there again, if they want him. >> al: matthews blitzes. it's caught, at the 45 yard line by mohamed sanu. i don't want to say that's the kill shot, but pretty close.

you had green bay using their time-outs. and now, matt ryan can just milk it for all its worth. >> cris: sanu's really proven himself to be a first class third down receiver. watch his patience here go up, fake out, come in. just enough space to complete it. big, strong hands. he has been a great complementary receiver to julio jones on the outside. >> al: the ball at the 45 yard line. and ryan can take the clock all the way down. going to take it down to the point where he takes a time-out, with 3:13 remaining in the fourth quarter. atlanta up by 11. of course, next sunday night, you got derek carr, you got kirk cousins. you got the raiders who are 2-0, against the redskins, who lost last week to philly, but

rebounded out in los angeles against the rams, on sunday night. a fun game. i love when you have match-ups, cris, once in a while, when you don't see the teams play that often. oakland and washington, you don't think of them as meeting -- you can't think of too many confrontations through the years. >> cris: but two nationally known teams. >> al: right. remember one in the super bowl many moons ago. marcus allen. and freeman takes the ball to the 43 yard line. >> cris: i don't think there will be many questions about steve sarkisian at the end of this game, do you? >> al: not for a week. you know the national football league. you're the greatest or the biggest bum. >> cris: sarkisian went and played baseball, missed football too much. went to a junior college. had success. went to byu, had huge success. was undrafted. went to the canadian football league to prove everybody wrong that he was that kind of quarterback. didn't work out. got into coaching. been a head coach twice.

this guy has been around for a relatively young guy. >> al: second and eight. keep it on the ground again. if i'm not mistaken, when the raiders are making a change in the middle of the decade, i think sarkisian was the first choice of al davis. and he passed. he pulled himself out. and wound up going to lane kiff kiffin. that didn't work out. he went to s.c. sarkisian went to washington and then s.c. and that didn't work out. >> cris: no. it didn't. >> al: all is good on the eastern front for tonight. two-minute warning. falcons on their way to a win, 34-23. ♪ oh, sunday night sunday night ♪

>> al: volkswagen postgame report, coming up. michele on the field, stars of the game. mike, tony, mike florio break it down. preview look at raiders and skins sunday night. there's the old georgia dome in front of the mercedes-benz stadium. that was a short shelf life for that georgia dome, 25 years. 37 million people go through there there the year.

three super bowls, two final fours and the olympics. >> cris: no freebies this time. >> al: third and nine. don't pick up the first down or come close to it. that will take another 40 seconds off the clock. the three games against green bay over the last 12 months, 111 points, over 400 yards per game, over 340 yards passing per game. 74 first downs and 13 touchdowns against a team. and tonight, on the board against the team that last week, did not allow a touchdown, to the seattle seahawks at lambeau. >> cris: it's going to the an interesting sequence here assuming the packers handle the ball on this punt. we're back to the old thing, al, where you may want to go get your three points, and then try

your onside kick. and we have seen aaron rodgers so many hail marys i can't even name them all anymore. the one or two against arizona in the playoffs. i'll never forget it. 104 yards passing because of a drive and two hail marys. one of the most unbelievable endings to a game i've ever seen. >> al: and jeff janis, who might have seen action with all of the injuries, but hasn't but for special teams. bosher, able to get it away. a little contact made. but not enough for a flag. that's perfect. takes a little time off the clock, to the 12 yard line. they down it there. atlanta, if they win this one, hold on, they'll be 2-0. go to detroit. detroit, 1-0. the monday nighter tomorrow against the giants. then, buffalo comes down here. and then, they have the bye week, early bye.

and miami comes down here. >> cris: how about this one? >> al: how about that one? and i believe that's a sunday night game. let me check our schedule here. >> cris: yes, indeed. >> al: let me check it, son. that's our game. >> cris: that will be pretty exciting. >> al: what do you think the storyline might be going into that game? >> cris: i don't think the falcons are going to have much fun that week. >> al: the ball at the 12 yard line. the patriots rebounding the loss to kansas city, beating the saints. rodgers throws. pass incomplete. intended for geronimo allison. second down. >> cris: it's good to see brian poole back in the game healthy again. that's good that worked out. got over that cramp or whatever that was. happy to see that. >> al: oh, yeah. yeah. we thought it might be surgery at first. it was just a cramp. >> cris: yeah.

bad cramp. >> al: he was able to give the defense a little time to rest up. right now, rodgers, needs a minimiracle, on second and ten, from the 12 yard line. rolling to his left. trying to get deep downfield. and he gets smothered at the 2 yard line by adrian clayborn. >> cris: that was a different kind of hail mary. when he saw clayborn coming at him, oh, my goodness. let me get rid of this. outside the pocket. got hit back to the line of scrimmage. >> al: yeah. that was a prayer. it was coming from his lips. >> cris: yeah.

>> al: third and ten now. rogers, has thrown the ball 45 times tonight. completed 30. not sure what that was. but there's a flag on the play. >> cris: montgomery trying to get out on the screen. >> al: now, what was that again? are you sure? and now, you have a full-blown conference. you have four officials here. >> referee: illegal shift, number 11, of the offense. was never set.

that penalty is declined. >> al: walt's got to figure out what the down and distance is here. >> cris: i think it's fourth down. >> al: yep. fourth and ten. >> referee: illegal shift penalty is declined. fourth down. >> al: fourth and ten. say it comes down to this. but it will come down to a lot more than this, even if they convert. >> cris: in ordinary times with the starting tackles, this is where you see aaron rodgers move around, buy time, let somebody work down the field and work a little magic like he did against the cowboys last year. we'll see how they handle it. one back in the backfield. >> al: and rodgers, trying to keep the drive at least alive. winds up getting the first down. that's bennett up to the 30 yard line. clock keeps rolling. and rodgers getting them up to the line of scrimmage as fast as he can. you can go field goal first, if you get there. taking a ton of time off the

clock right now. 26, 25, counting down. aaron looking downfield. that's caught, trevor davis, but with only 17 seconds left on the clock, he gets out of bounds. >> cris: and you almost have to do the math now. you almost have to have this play be the one that gets you in field goal range, kick the field goal, to have time for an onside kick and another play. >> al: correct. >> cris: at this point, you have to start looking at about the 35 yard line to make this one happen. sometimes you can get those deep crossing routes in in this situation because there's only going to be four-man rush, looks like. >> al: no time-outs. i'm taking the odds of all this happ

happening, 2640/1. rodgers throws. and incomplete. and now, you have ten seconds. >> cris: now, it's tough. >> al: you think? oh, man. well, the packers, come in her., falcons were favored by what the home field is normally worth, about 3 1/2. >> cris: you think of all the things, though, that play before the half and that call on the pick play. >> al: the pick play and what about the fumble return, too? >> cris: had a touchdown called back on another pick play. pick play is the story of the night for the green bay packers. >> al: brought by allison. taken down inbounds. and that's going to take us to the finish line. atlanta wins the game, 34-23. coming up next, the volkswagen postgame report, after these messages.

welcome to the volkswagen suvw postgame report. >> a nice way for the falcons to celebrate their first regular game in the new stadium. they beat the packers, a rematch

of the last year's nfc championship game. if we go to last year and the pain for atlanta at the super bowl, another step in that direction, here was a lead, they were threatening to whittle away. but a solid close to the game. a complete good game for matt ryan. matt ryan will be on the sunday night football bus, as we travel around the country to remember their good performances. ryan, 252 yards and a touchdown. devonte, 140 total yards. interception. f true front and matt ryan with michele tafoya. >> how was this win? >> the defense came up with huge turnovers. desmond standing right here, with the interception before the half, gave us life on offense to be able to score there. it was a great first night here in this mercedes-benz stadium. we're excited to walk away with the win.

>> and when guys like julio jones and mohamed sanu are drawing so much attention, what do your running backs do for you? >> they're huge. our offensive line. credit to ty for stepping up for us with ryan going down. our backs are special. both those guys are special. did a great job for us tonight. >> congratulations on the win. >> thanks, michele. >> let's turn to desmond trufant. just before the half, you had the big interception that led to the touchdown. and to open the second half. the fumble recovery for a touchdown. how would you describe the way you played tonight? >> first, i want to thank god and i want to dedicate this to my grandpa who passed. rest in peace, pa. i played my heart out, man. my teammates have my back. and i'm just thankful. >> ha >> last year it was week nine when you injured your shoulder and you weren't able tory turn for the rest of the season. what does it mean to you to hope this building with your guys tonight?

>> i fell like i left my teammates down because i couldn't play last year. this year, i'm trying to come back. be an elite player. that's my goal. i'm happy we got the "w" tonight. >> congratulations, desmond. >> thank you. >> mike? >> michele, thank you. atlanta gets the lions. lions play the giants on monday night. tony dungy, we know the green bay offense was compromised starting the game with the tackles out. more injuries built as we went along. what about the green bay defense. they looked so good last week against seattle. why did they struggle with the falcons here tonight? >> mike, you heard matt ryan talk about his offensive line. i think they were the key. last week, green bay was able to pressure russell wilson, get pressure on him, just rushing four men. they couldn't do that tonight. and matt ryan was able to pick apart that man-to-man coverage. running backs ran for over 140 yards. but it was that offensive line play, really neutralizing green

bay's rush that i think made the difference. >> we'll see how they go, with cincinnati coming into lambeau. and bears, a short week after that on thursday night. tony, thank you. bring in mike florio right now, profootballtalk.com. some injuries to key players across the league today. carolina, they beat buffalo. but what is going on with cam newton? >> cam newton twisted his angle today. the same ankle he had surgery on in 2014. he said after the game he's final. he is expected to be sore on monday morning. but they're hoping he'll be able to practice this week. the news, not nearly as good for tight end, greg olsen. he broke his foot. he's going to miss a lot of games. >> that's a guy that's barely missed games in his career. let's talk about new england. a dominant performance against new orleans. a bunch of injuries for the patriots. what about gronk? what's the latest on rob gronkowski? >> well, gronk left the game

with a groin injury. he said, i'm good. we'll have to see that injury report come wednesday. maybe we'll get an indication of where we stand. if gronkowski can't play, more moving pars and shifting around of player like james white to the slot. more involvement of phillip dorsett and gadwayne allen, the received from the colts via trade. injuries for the patriots. they find a way to adjust. >> the gronk difference, 6 catches, 116 yards and a touchdown. mike, thank you. mike will join you were five-straight hours of football talk tomorrow morning on nbcsn. "pro football talk live" followed by "the dan patrick show." al and cris back to wrap it up, after this. ♪ "zorba the greek" by mikis theodorakis ♪ ♪

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volkswagen suvw postgame report." >> a lob on the right side. crabtree comeback pitch. he's in the end zone again. touchdown, raiders. >> from the shotgun. give to chris thompson up the middle. weaving through traffic. up the field, to the 30, the 40. touchdown, what a play. >> so, the two teams that won today, out west, will match up next week on "sunday night football." you got derek carr. he ended last season hurt. and they got beat in the playoffs, did the raiders. three touchdown passes today. a lot of good match-ups next week. marshawn lynch, josh norman. >> amari cooper, michael crabtree, absolutely. what would happen to the raiders if derek carr didn't get hurt? this looked like a team that were ready to go on a run. then, they got in the playoffs without them and claollapsed in houston.

didn't work out. who is the next team that could complete with the new england patriots in the nfc? you have to include them. and josh norman, it will be fun watching him chase those wide receivers arnold, as well. >> people were talking about dallas and the giants and the two teams in the nfc east. philadelphia get beat by kansas city today. and washington wins. so, a lot of interesting stuff happening early in the season. >> let the drama begin. >> next week, nation's capital. it's oakland at washington. that's your final score here tonight. 34-21, as the falcons go to 2-1. coming up next expect on the west coast, your local news. this is al michaels for chris c collinsworth, michele, our crew, saying good night from atlanta, where you've been watching "sunday night football."

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