This is where Zimmer needs to really stress his defensive knowledge.  The Falcons can score.  They have been extremely explosive, but the only team that was able to slow them down were the  Bengals defense.  And Zimmer just so happened to coach that Cincy defense last season.  He's taking notes and will be attempting to duplicate the Bengals success against this offense.  The Vikings can slow down this Falcons offense, and I don't see Atlanta putting up 30+ points against this defense, but the Vikings are going to have to score a bunch to win this game.  And the Vikings have a rookie QB with no AP and no Kyle Rudolph going up against an excellent Falcons squad.  You have to put your money on the Falcons in this one, but don't second guess for one second that the reason that this spread is only at 3 is because Don Zimmer will have this Vikings defense ready to go.  This one could start out very slow, but the Falcons should pull away because of their offensive supremacy.  The Vikings need to realize that their offensive supremacy lies in the hands of that Tennessee Vol, Cordarrelle Patterson.  Norv Truner said that he needs to get him the ball, and if this offense has any chance to succeed, well, they need to get the ball in Patterson's possession as many times as possible.  They will try this week.

FALCONS 27 - VIKINGS 13

FANTASY BEAST - CORDARRELLE PATTERSON