Anleitungen » <em>Atlanta Falcons (10-6) vs. Los Angeles Rams

(11-5)</em><em>Saturday Youth Giorgio Tavecchio Jersey , 5:15p on NBC</em><em>Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum </em>The Rams are back in the postseason and face a stiff challenge vs. Atlanta.We asked our friend Zach Dillard from FOX Sports South to give us a little breakdown on the visiting Falcons:76: The Atlanta Falcons’ defense played four games against running backs who finished top-six in the NFL in rushing this season: LeSean McCoy, Mark Ingram and Jordan Howard. The highest individual rushing total Atlanta allowed in those games was 76 yards to McCoy in Week 4 against the Buffalo Bills. With the league’s second-leading rusher on tap in Todd Gurley, the Falcons’ 13th-ranked rushing defense — a group that has allowed 100 yards or more on the ground in just one of its past six games — faces its biggest test to date. <noscript></noscript>Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports 4: Falcons superstar Julio Jones (above) tied an NFL record with his fourth consecutive season collecting 1,400 or more receiving yards, finishing among the league’s top three receivers each time. The only other player to accomplish the feat? Hall of Famer and former Colts star Marvin Harrison Stitched Austin Hooper Jersey , whose streak lasted from 1999 to 2003. The Rams ranked 13th in passing yards allowed and only nine defenses gave up fewer touchdowns through the air this season. Still, Jones presents a significant challenge.44.7: Matt Ryan & Co. know how to extend drives. The Falcons were the NFL’s most efficient third-down team this season, converting on 44.7 percent of their opportunities. In terms of yards per play, this wild-card matchup presents two of the league’s most explosive offenses, so the focus falls on which defense can come up with stops. The question of when Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones will get a new contract has been bandied about for the last year or so and the issue came back onto the radar when Antonio Brown got a new contract after his trade to the Raiders.Brown is now the highest-paid receiver in the league Youth Austin Hooper Jersey , but General Manager Thomas Dimitroff acknowledged last week that could change when Jones and the team come to an agreement about Jones’ next deal. On Wednesday, Dimitroff said that there’s no time frame in place to get that deal done while adding that conversations have been positive on that front.“We’ll continue to talk with both Julio and his representation,” Dimitroff said, via the . “We have had really good conversations with them. There is no particular time on that. I’m not concerned about it, nor is he. We’ll get that figured out. … I know there is interest because of everything that’s going on with all of the receivers in the league. There are big numbers [being] talked about and a big situation there. Look Stitched Deion Jones Jersey , we feel good with our communications there.”Jones missed offseason work last year and was reportedly set to skip training camp before the Falcons revised his contract last July to give him $2.9 million more money than he was set to make. Jones has two years left on his current deal and is set to make a base salary of $9.6 million this season.