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Calvin Ridley is a man on fire at the moment Authentic Matt Ryan Jersey , having turned a disappointing first week into a “shut up, doubters” stat line through four weeks that borders on bonkers. Ridley’s numbers—15 total catches through four weeks, with 264 yards—are excellent for a rookie but not head-spinning on their own. It’s when you add in his scoring numbers that things get both ridiculous and historic, as Ridley is now outpacing every other rookie receiver in NFL history in terms of scoring through four games. That was with him having zero catches against the Eagles, too.Ridley has been destroying defenses in the red zone—and on some long bombs—thanks to a devastating combination of speed, refined route running, and a great feel for what he needs to do to shake the man covering him. Couple that with the impossibility of covering all of Atlanta’s weapons—with Julio Jones in particular drawing a ton of attention every week—and you have a man who is is working with favorable matchups and exploiting them every week. The Falcons have had unbelievable luck with first round receivers these past 13 years or so. I don’t think Ridley can keep this scoring pace up, but given Atlanta’s challenges this year Womens De'Vondre Campbell Jersey , I certainly hope he does.Brian Poole is getting a lot of run at strong safety against the Bengals The Falcons talked as though they would line up Jordan Richards at strong safety, but being the Falcons and feeling tricksy in an injury-plagued 2018, that’s not what actually happened.Instead, the Falcons lined up Brian Poole at the position to start the game. It was a surprise, but not an unpleasant one for many Falcons fans who felt his physicality played well at the position. That left Isaiah Oliver at cornerback. This may well be the best long-term move for the Falcons this season, as Poole clearly has the talent to play the position. The early results have been pretty mixed, however, with Poole letting Tyler Eifert fly by him for a touchdown in what looked like a bout of miscommunication. His physicality and years spent as a cornerback ought to help him Womens Mohamed Sanu Jersey , but there’s likely to be an adjustment period to the position, and the Bengals have a tough enough offense to make that even worse.Still, it looks like Richards is not going to be the starter, which is just as well. Even if the Falcons are being too clever by half by saying one thing and doing another, it’s a move I support.

Regular season football is back Cheap Jarrad Davis Jersey , and that means with meaningful football, we have a meaningful bold prediction of the week. Part of a season-long series, it will be exactly as the title indicates: one hot take every week about what will unfold on Sunday (or in this case, Thursday). Before this week’s prediction however, let’s look back on the preseason.Preseason recapWeek 1: Miles Killebrew sees playing time early and often vs. the Oakland RaidersThis prediction came partially true. With Killebrew making the switch to linebacker only a couple days before the game, it was up in the air how much he would play there, if at all. In this case, Killebrew didn’t play early, but saw significant time in the latter parts of the game at his new position. Result: Half-correctWeek 2: Jake Rudock show comes to town vs. the New York GiantsWith Matt Cassel decidedly performing better than Rudock in joint practices against the Giants, things were not looking good for the Lions’ former backup quarterback. I predicted that he would get a last-ditch look with the first team, essentially the coaches giving him a do-or-die situation if he wanted to show that the backup quarterback spot was still a competition. This came true to a tee, as Rudock took over for Matthew Stafford in the second quarter and played until the late third. Result: CorrectWeek 3: Eli Harold starts on defense vs. the Tampa Bay BuccaneersIn this case http://www.lionscheapstore.com/matt-prater-jersey-cheap , the Lions traded for Harold the evening before their matchup against Tampa Bay. After seeing the previous week’s bold prediction come true to a tee, I decided to up the stakes in Week 3 and anticipate that Harold would suit up in a condensed role against the Bucs. Unfortunately my boldness was too much, as Harold wouldn’t see action until the following week. Result: IncorrectWeek 4: Billingsley, Powell make last ditch efforts to stick to the rosterSpecifically, I predicted that each would put up two touchdowns and give life to the offense in their final preseason showing. That didn’t happen, and they actually got off to a rough start, but things took a turn for the better in the latter half of the game and they did enough for Powell to land a spot on the Lions’ 53-man roster and Billingsley to find a spot on the New England Patriots’ practice squad. I’ll take that.Result: Half-correctNow, for this week’s bold prediction. Bold prediction of the week: Marquis Flowers-led Lions defense holds Jets offense to less than 100 rushing yardsThe Lions defense was Swiss cheese against the run all preseason long. That’s not to say the pass defense was much better, but the run defense was particularly abysmal. The defense progressively got worse throughout the preseason against the run, giving up 88, 96, 122 and 163 yards each week Cheap Matthew Stafford Jersey , respectively. As a whole, opposing running backs averaged just over 4.3 yards per carry against the Lions per The Football Database. The coaching staff was not happy with the talent they had on defense, and it showed when it came time for roster cuts. The Lions originally kept 10 offensive linemen, six wide receivers and five running backs, all the while leaving out defensive players many expected to make the team, especially along the defensive line. The Lions have since gone hunting for defensive talent on the waiver wire and held numerous tryouts to replace the excessive bodies on offense. For a long time now it has been clear that just like in New England, the defense will face a steep learning curve when it comes to Matt Patricia’s scheme. I have way too much faith in Marquis Flowers, who was a staple of Patricia’s defense in New England and is now with the Lions after getting claimed off waivers. I’m saying a prayer that his experience with the scheme translates immediately to the Lions defense, and he brings some life to the abysmal front seven. If that can happen, then I think the Lions defense immediately takes a big step forward and he becomes just as important to the Lions as he was to New England with Patricia, leading the Lions to hold the Jets to less than 100 yards rushing on “Monday Night Football.” How do you think things will unfold Monday night? Let us know in the comments.Detroit Lions linebacker Eli Harold is the team’s newest father Yet another Detroit Lions player became a father this week. Eli Harold, who the Lions traded for last month Cheap Darius Slay Jr Jersey , announced on Instagram the birth of his new baby girl:When Harold was traded to the Lions from San Francisco, the linebacker mentioned the hardships of being instantly traded and moving across the country with a wife in her eighth month of pregnancy.“I had been starting there the whole time with the new regime. It’s kind of a surprise,” Harold said. “Me and my wife had just moved, she’s eight months pregnant, so it was tough.”Harold has missed the first two practice sessions this week, but the absences were “not injury related” according to the team. Add that with the fact that we all knew Harold’s wife Kelsey was now nine months pregnant, and it was not too hard to deduce this was coming. Harold’s availability for this week against the Green Bay Packers is still unknown, but for now, that’s probably not the most important thing in Harold’s life. Congratulations to the Lions’ newest father!