these refs look at the intensity of the hit sometimes and thats the basis of the penalty, not the splitting hairs of which toe was in bounds… sometimes its just a reaction to a big hit.

so if it was more like a love tap as the back was heading out of bounds they wouldnt care. but because it was a huge hit right at the sidelines they throw the flags.

and this is something tony dungee explained before sunday night football, the league examines trends, practices, and plays like that and they decide to beef up penalites on big hits going out of bounds because it stands to increase needless injury to players around the league.

in essence, the NFL is making it easier on the business of being the NFL, protecting the players and themselvs instead of just letting them play football.

second half D was not up to snuff… its the over the middle crap that ALWAYS causes problems.

in the fourth quarter the falcons realized they could throw it to Gonzales everytime, and they did.

i dont thing anyone stood out as much as corey webster, had a great game in coverage.

glad to see good physical football, although the Gmen stacked up a few penalties to help atlanta.

You think they would have learned a valuable lesson from that game….obviously not.

I had to watch the game on a smaller tv at a bar so I didnt get to see who made what impact on defense.

any notables on D?