Peyton Manning struggled early as two of his first four passes were picked off by the Falcons and three on his first three possessions. The Falcons took a commanding 20-0 lead before Manning and Demyrius Thomas hooked up for a 16 yd Touchdown pass right before the end of the half. In the second half the Falcons offensive got into a groove. As Matt Ryan was able to find Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez through out the opening drive as they went down and scored to make it 27-7. Peyton Manning then returned to form and made it close late. Operating two touchdown drives in the second half making the score 27-21 before the Falcons iced the game on a Michael Turner first down run.
Peyton ended the night going 24/37 for 241 yards, 3 interceptions and 1 touchdown and
Matt Ryan went 24/36 for 219 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
The Falcons start 2-0 and have the explosive Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers coming to town.
The Broncons drop to 1-1 and will play the Houston Texans on Sunday afternoon.
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