Atlanta Falcons' 2009 Most Intriguing Player Matchups

Carolina Panthers: Week 2—Georgia Dome Jake Delhomme vs. Falcons secondary For both Jake Delhomme and the Falcons’ young, unproven secondary, this game is like playing Madden Football on the rookie setting. If you don’t do well here, it doesn’t bode well for your chances the rest of the year. When we last saw Delhomme, he was being thoroughly dismantled as a human being by the Arizona Cardinals. He threw five interceptions and coughed up a fumble in what has to be one of the worst playoff performances by a quarterback on any level, ever. Delhomme opens the season against the Philadelphia Eagles. If he plays poorly in that game, his psyche may be on life support coming into the Dome in week two. It could be time for Chris Houston, Thomas DeCoud, and company to get an ego boost. This matchup is kind of like the Washington-Washington State game in the PAC-10 last season. If the Falcons win, someone on the Falcons’ secondary will say something like, &l...