On Sunday Jerious Norwood will strap on his new helmet- the advanced one with the most bubble wrap- and return to the NFL human crash test. Norwood, who is recovering from the second concussion in just twenty two days, is preparing to hurl himself straight into San Francisco’s nasty defense.

On Sunday the New England Patriots were finally able to get rolling, serving up a balanced attack with Fred Taylor rushing for 105 yards and Tom Brady throwing for 277 yards in the Patriots 26-10 victory over the Falcons.

Matt Ryan had three touchdown passes while Michael Turner rushed for 105 yards and scored one touchdown in the Atlanta Falcons’ second win of the season in their 28-20 win at the Georgia Dome against Carolina, their NFC South rival.

On Sunday Gonzalez and Peterson lead the Falcons to a 19-7 win over the error prone Miami Dolphins. Gonzalez caught a touchdown pass, becoming the 21st player in the history of the NFL to gain 11,000 receiving yards, and Peterson was able to force a fumble on a big hit and intercepted a pass.

D.J. Shockley, quarterback, and Jamie Winborn, linebacker, were two of the 13 players that were released on Saturday by the Atlanta Falcons to get to their 53 man maximum roster.

The Atlanta Falcons ended their 2009 preseason with a 2-2 record, following their 20-3 loss against the Baltimore Ravens at the Georgia Dome on Thursday night.

The five yard touchdown pass thrown by Chris Redman to Eric Weems with just nine seconds remaining in the game lifted the Atlanta Falcons over the San Diego Chargers giving them a 27-24 win in the preseason match up. A 37 yard field goal from Nate Kaeding gave the Chargers a 24-20 lead with 2:07 left in the game. Redman led the Falcons on a march down field where they wound up on the seven yard line and first and goal. After he failed to convert on three downs, Redman culminated the 11 play 75 yard drive with a bullet to Weems who was deep in the end zone.

All of us have been waiting for Atlanta to make a move that would improve their secondary and they have done just that. Tye Hill, first round draft pick from Clemson, at the NFL Scouting Combine ran a forty yard dash of 4.31. Hill’s rookie year was fairly impressive where he had 50 tackles (47 of which were solo), six defended passes and three interceptions.

The Atlanta Falcons introduced on Thursday the throwback uniforms they will use for the 2009 season. The white, black and red uniforms are in honor of the franchise’s 1966 inaugural team.

Its that time of year when the NFL teams take the field to prove that their second team is better than your second team. Its exciting stuff let me tell you, but if nothing else it gives the fans a chance to get a glimpse at the potential stars of the future. In Saturday?s preseason opener where the Falcons took on the Lions at Ford Field, we got plenty of flashes of the future.