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Atlanta Falcons at Washington Redskins - Week 5
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

ARI
STL		 3
 17
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PHI
PIT		 14
 16
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MIA
CIN		 17
 13
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GB
IND		 27
 30
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CLE
NYG		 27
 41
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BAL
KC		 9
 6
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ATL
WAS		 24
 17
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TEN
MIN		 7
 30
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CHI
JAC		 41
 3
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SEA
CAR		 16
 12
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DEN
NE		 21
 31
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BUF
SF		 3
 45
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SD
NO		 24
 31
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HOU
NYJ		 23
 17
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Falcons 31, Redskins 24

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Atlanta Falcons
Rank  Player Projections
QB 2 Matt Ryan Pass: 330, 3 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 18 Michael Turner Rush: 70, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 27 Jacquizz Rodgers Rush: 30, 0 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
WR 1 Roddy White Rec: 9-110, 1 TD
WR 5 Julio Jones Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
WR 68 Harry Douglas Rec: 1-20, 0 TD
TE 3 Tony Gonzalez Rec: 7-70, 1 TD
K 14 Matt Bryant FG: 1/1 XP: 4/4
DEF 12 Defense / ST  
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Washington Redskins
Rank  Player Projections
QB 1 Robert Griffin III Pass: 230, 2 TD Rush: 50, 1
RB 17 Alfred Morris Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
RB 56 Evan Royster Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 24 Pierre Garcon Rec: 5-80, 1 TD
WR 30 Leonard Hankerson Rec: 5-70, 1 TD
WR 62 Santana Moss Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 19 Fred Davis Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
K 23 Billy Cundiff FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 25 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Falcons QB Matt Ryan leads NFL with 112.1 rating. In career, Falcons are 27-0 when Ryan has 100+ rating (4-0 in 2012). When Ryan has 3+ TD passes, team is 14-0 (3-0 in 2012)... RB Michael Turner rushed for 166 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting. When Turner has 100+ yards & 2+ TDs, his teams are 9-0. Rushed for 103 yards last week & had 60-yard TD reception, 1st career rec. TD... WR Roddy White had 8 catches for 169 yards (21.1 avg.) & 2 TDs last week. Since 2007, has 498 rec., most in NFC. In 9 career road games, WR Julio Jones has 51 catches for 919 yards (102.1 per game) & 8 TDs. Has 100+ rec. yards in 6 of past 8 on road. Aims for 5th road game in row with TD. Has 6 rec. TDs in past 4 road games. TE Tony Gonzalez has TD in 2 of 3 career games vs. Was. Has 98 rec. TDs & needs 2 for 100... DE John Abraham has 115 sacks, most among active players. Has 2.5 sacks in 3 meetings. Had sack & FF in Week 4. LB Sean Weatherspoon had sack last week. DT Vance Walker had sack & FF in Week 4.

Redskins QB Robert Griffin III leads NFL rookies & ranks 4th overall with 103.2 rating, completing 86 of 124 (69.4 pct.) for 1,070 yards with 4 TDs vs. 1 INT. Leads NFL QBs with 252 rush yards & 4 TDs. His 4 rush TDs are tied for most by any player... RB Alfred Morris leads NFL rookies with 376 rush yards & ties for 1st among all players with 4 rush TDs. Redskins are 1st team in NFL history with 2 rookies (Griffin, Morris) with 4+ rush TDs in team's 1st 4 games... WR Pierre Garcon avg. 25.8 yards per catch. WR Leonard Hankerson aims for 4th in row with 50+ rec. yards. WR Santana Moss has 12 catches for 170 yards (85 per game) & TD (42 yards) in 2 career meetings. TE Fred Davis aims for 3rd in row with 70+ rec. yards. Offense has scored 10 TDs in red zone, 2nd most in NFC... CB DeAngelo Hall was drafted by Atl. in 1st round of 2004 Draft (No. 8 overall). Played 4 seasons with Falcons (2004-07) & had 17 INTs. Had INT last week. LB Ryan Kerrigan had sack last week & aims for 5th in row with 0.5+ sack.


Results and Schedule
Atlanta Falcons
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 KC A W 40-24 +16
2 2012-09-17 DEN H W 27-21 +6
3 2012-09-23 SD A W 27-3 +24
4 2012-09-30 CAR H W 30-28 +2
5 2012-10-07 WAS A W 24-17 +7
6 2012-10-14 OAK H    
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 PHI A    
9 2012-11-04 DAL H    
10 2012-11-11 NO A    
11 2012-11-18 ARI H    
12 2012-11-25 TB A    
13 2012-11-29 NO H    
14 2012-12-09 CAR A    
15 2012-12-16 NYG H    
16 2012-12-22 DET A    
17 2012-12-30 TB H    
   
Washington Redskins
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 NO A W 40-32 +8
2 2012-09-16 STL A L 28-31 -3
3 2012-09-23 CIN H L 31-38 -7
4 2012-09-30 TB A W 24-22 +2
5 2012-10-07 ATL H L 17-24 -7
6 2012-10-14 MIN H    
7 2012-10-21 NYG A    
8 2012-10-28 PIT A    
9 2012-11-04 CAR H    
10   Bye      
11 2012-11-18 PHI H    
12 2012-11-22 DAL A    
13 2012-12-03 NYG H    
14 2012-12-09 BAL H    
15 2012-12-16 CLE A    
16 2012-12-23 PHI A    
17 2012-12-30 DAL H    

Injury Report
Atlanta Falcons
Out  TE Michael Palmer (shoulder)
Questionable  SS William Moore (hip)
 FB Lousaka Polite (hamstring)
Probable  DT Jonathan Babineaux (groin)
 WR Julio Jones (hand)
 SLB Stephen Nicholas (thigh)
 CB Christopher Owens (concussion)
IR  CB Brent Grimes (achilles-tendon, 9/10)
 FS Shann Schillinger (ankle, 8/31)
Non-Football Related  DT Corey Peters (foot)
   
Washington Redskins
Out  CB Cedric Griffin (hamstring)
 SS Brandon Meriweather (knee)
Questionable  RB Evan Royster (knee)
Probable  WR Pierre Garcon (foot)
 CB DeAngelo Hall (other-illness)
 WR Aldrick Robinson (concussion)
IR  FS Jordan Bernstine (knee, 9/10)
 DE Adam Carriker (quadriceps, 9/18)
 RB Roy Helu (foot, 9/26)
 NT Chris Neild (knee, 8/31)
 OLB Brian Orakpo (pectoral, 9/18)

Offense Stats Comparison
  ATL
 Offense 		 WAS
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 31.0 30.8 23.7 ATL
Rushing yards 97.8 175.5 109.9 WAS
Rushing yards per attempt 4.07 5.12 4.09 WAS
Completion % 69.4% 69.4% 62.2% -
Passing yards 267.5 247.5 243.5 ATL
Passing yards per completion 10.49 11.51 11.06 WAS
Passing yards per attempt 7.28 7.98 6.88 WAS
Interceptions 0.5 0.3 0.9 WAS
Fumbles lost 0.0 0.3 0.7 ATL
Sacks allowed 2.8 2.5 2.3 WAS
3rd down conversions 46.9% 25.5% 37.9% ATL
4th down conversions 0.0% 100.0% 60.9% WAS
Time of possession 31:43 33:09 30:18 WAS
  Defense Stats Comparison
  ATL
 Defense 		 WAS
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 19.0 30.8 23.7 ATL
Rushing yards 146.3 89.0 109.9 WAS
Rushing yards per attempt 5.22 4.29 4.09 WAS
Completion % 60.9% 61.0% 62.2% ATL
Passing yards 207.0 326.3 243.5 ATL
Passing yards per completion 10.22 13.88 11.06 ATL
Passing yards per attempt 6.23 8.47 6.88 ATL
INT return 1.8 1.3 0.9 ATL
Fumble recoveries 1.3 1.0 0.7 ATL
Sacks 2.5 1.8 2.3 ATL
3rd down conversions 48.0% 34.1% 37.9% WAS
4th down conversions 100.0% 66.7% 60.9% WAS
Time of possession 28:17 26:51 30:18 WAS

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   ATL   WAS  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 9.8 5.2 10.6 ATL
Yards per kick return 31.0 22.2 24.7 ATL
Yards allowed per punt return 6.6 7.4 10.6 ATL
Yards allowed per kick return 22.8 22.5 24.7 WAS
  Misc Stats Comparison
   ATL   WAS  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 3.5 9.3 6.5 ATL
Penalty yards 28.5 89.0 57.5 ATL

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 4 of the 2012 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

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Team vs. Team History
Atlanta Falcons vs. Washington Redskins
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2003 2 2003-09-14 WAS ATL 33-31 WAS
2006 13 2006-12-03 ATL WAS 24-14 ATL
2009 9 2009-11-08 WAS ATL 17-31 ATL

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.