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Sunday’s visit from the Baltimore Ravens.Of the two Julian Love Jersey , rookie Lamar Jackson is the hot topic of the week in the Falcons’ locker room.The Falcons, who face Carolina and Cam Newton in the NFC South twice each season, have prepared for other mobile quarterbacks. Defensive tackle Grady Jarrett says Jackson belongs in a different category.“I don’t feel there’s a comparison to what we’ve seen in terms of the level of athlete that he is,” Jarrett said. “He’s a guy who can play anywhere, at any position, on the offensive side of the ball. I don’t think there’s a comparison to anybody in the league to what he can do athletically at the position of quarterback.”While the Ravens await the return of longtime starter Joe Flacco from a right hip injury, Jackson has boosted the team’s playoff hopes. The former Louisville standout and 2016 Heisman Trophy winner has led Baltimore (6-5) to back-to-back wins over Cincinnati and Oakland. Jackson suddenly is the team’s second-leading rusher after leading the Ravens to more than 400 total yards in each of the two straight wins.Even coach John Harbaugh is stunned by the impact of Jackson’s unusual speed in games.“We all are sports fans, and ‘speed kills’ is what they say in any sport, really, so it’s fun to watch,” Harbaugh said. “But, I do think it’s always more impressive to see it live than it is on tape, sure.”Jackson ran for 117 yards against the Bengals and 71 in last week’s 34-17 win over the Raiders .“It’s difficult to simulate, because he has such quickness and speed, like a wide receiver or a corner has http://www.newyorkgiantsteamonline.com/darius-slayton-jersey , but he’s behind center,” said Falcons coach Dan Quinn.The Falcons (4-7) have seen their playoff hopes devastated by their second three-game losing streak of the season.Here are some more things to know about only the sixth meeting between the Ravens and Falcons:RUN GAME MISSINGA priority for the Falcons this week is reviving a running attack which fell flat in last week’s 31-17 loss at New Orleans . Tevin Coleman and Ito Smith combined to net 6 yards on 12 carries.Matt Ryan was sacked six times by the Saints. Quinn says he could make changes on the offensive line against the Ravens.“At the end of the day, our execution as players needs to be better,” Quinn said. “We have to do a better job within our assignments.”HAT TRICKRavens defensive end Matthew Judon had sacks on three different plays against Oakland last week, becoming the first player to pull off the feat since Brad Scioli of Indianapolis against Houston in 2002.The sequence occurred after Baltimore went up by 17 points in the fourth quarter.“You knew they were throwing, so Matt could cut it loose just a little bit more,” Harbaugh said. “Of course, you’re not planning for three sacks in a row.”Judon has 4 ½ sacks in his last three games after getting only 1 ½ in his first eight games. Now in his third season out of Grand Valley State, he’s two sacks short of matching his career high.POTENT PASS GAMEHarbaugh has respect for Ryan, who leads the NFL with 3,683 yards passing. The Falcons boast another NFL leader in Julio Jones, who leads the league with 1,305 yards receiving.“The thing that really jumps out at you is his accuracy,” Harbaugh said. “He’s an on-time, on-rhythm Quinnen Williams Jersey , accurate thrower … He knows the system inside and out, and he’s good, and their passing attack is excellent. It’s right there at the top of the league in terms of every statistical category, and he drives that.”ROOKIE RUNNERBaltimore’s bigger surprise is the emergence of undrafted rookie running back Gus Edwards, who has topped 100 yards rushing in two straight games. Jackson and Edwards have given the offense a new look — and opposing defenses new concerns.“He definitely takes pressure off of me,” Edwards said. “All defenses have to respect the read option. … He can make plays with his feet, so the defense has to respect it.”SHORT ON TURNOVERSBaltimore owns the top-ranked defense in the NFL and is allowing only 18 points per game. Perhaps the most glaring flaw in the unit is the lack of takeaways. Terrell Suggs‘ 43-yard fumble return in the fourth quarter against Oakland was only the Ravens’ eighth forced turnover of the season and first in four games.“Hopefully, this can start a run of some big plays and turnovers,” safety Eric Weddle said. “It will make our defense even better.”Baltimore has a winning record despite owning a minus-6 turnover differential. And, although the Ravens had a negative differential in each of the last two weeks, they won anyway. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees sees discussions about his arm strength and recently declining passing yardage as moot points.Efficiency is what wins, the 40-year-old, record-setting Saints quarterback says — and that will be a driving factor in determining his longevity.“I can’t throw the ball 70 yards like some guys can. But last time I checked, I don’t really need to throw 70 yards in order to be effective and win games. So I’m not worried about it,” Brees told The Associated Press in a telephone interview on Tuesday.Brees said being able to throw as deep as any NFL QB “would be a nice luxury http://www.newyorkjetsteamonline.com/jachai-polite-jersey , but I don’t need to.”While Brees is in the last season of his contract — and said he has no plans to discuss a possible extension until after this season — he is less than a year removed from capping off possibly the most efficient campaign of his previous 18 NFL seasons.He broke his own completion percentage rate for a single season in 2018, connecting on 74.4 percent of his passes. He also passed for 32 touchdowns while throwing just five interceptions, the second best such ratio in the league.Meanwhile, the Saints nearly went to last season’s Super Bowl — and very well might have if not for league-acknowledged officiating mistakes near the end of regulation in the NFC title game. (Missed pass interference and helmet-to-helmet contact penalties committed by a Los Angeles Rams defender were seen as egregious enough to spark a rule change making such plays subject to video review ).At the same time, Brees’ 3,992 yards passing, which ranked 13th in the NFL, represented his lowest single-season passing total since he joined the Saints in 2006. Brees points out that he sat out the last game of last season, with New Orleans having already clinched the NFC’s No. 1 playoff seed — meaning he likely would have wound up with more than 4,200 yards, based on his per-game average of 266 yards passing.“That’s still probably low, according to our standard,” Brees conceded, but added, “To me Chuma Edoga Jersey , the yardage is kind of inconsequential. It’s all about the efficiency of the passing game and running game and how they complement each other.”In addition to playing football, Brees is a father of four who gets involved in his children’s activities and also has ever-growing business interests.He owns nine Jimmy Johns sandwich shops in the New Orleans area, and spoke to AP while promoting a nationwide “Home in the Zone” contest that will provide money to help the winner acquire a home in one of the restaurant’s delivery zones.Brees, the all-time NFL leader in completions (6,586) and yards passing (74,437) , doesn’t specify how much longer he intends to keep playing, but there is an active precedent. New England Patriots QB Tom Brady is still playing at 42 and was 41 when he won last season’s Super Bowl.Brees’ 520 TD passes puts him one ahead of Brady and leaves him 19 short of Peyton Manning’s record of 539 — a mark Brees should break this season if he plays anywhere nearly as well as a year ago.“I feel like I’ve got the right people in my corner …so I feel like I’m getting the best information when it comes to how to prolong my career as long as possible,” Brees said. “Most retired players that you talk to, especially quarterbacks, I think the consensus is: Play as long as you can, enjoy it as long as you can. It’s nothing earth-shattering.”Entering this season, the departure of running back Mark Ingram during free agency and the arrival of veteran receiving tight end Jared Cook begs the question of whether there might be an uptick in passing.Since joining the Saints, Brees has averaged nearly 303 yards passing per game and has passed for at least 5,000 yards in a season five times.Yet three times http://www.newyorkjetsteamonline.com/trevon-wesco-jersey , the Saints have missed the playoffs when Brees passed for 5,000-plus yards in a season; he had to throw more in those years (2008, ’12 and ’16) because the Saints were often behind. So while Brees still sees potential for big games through the air, he doesn’t concern himself with whether that might happen.“From week to week, it might be a little bit higher or lower, depending on what’s needed,” Brees said. “Whether that’s a lot of running, a lot of passing, a combination of both — I think at the end of the day, you want to be balanced. That’s when you’re most effective because it keeps defenses off balance, spreads the wealth, gives them a lot to worry about, gives you a lot of ways to win from week to week.”