The Atlanta Falcons will welcome the Green Bay Packers to Mercedes Benz Stadium in Georgia on Monday morning AEST. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting from 10:30am AEST.
This game is a rematch of last year’s NFC Championship, won by the Falcons. Today they play their first NFL regular season game at their spectacular new stadium.
They will need to lift in front of their home fans if they are to overcome the Packers in this one. Last week saw them get the win over the Chicago Bears, but that kind of performance won’t be enough this week. If they are a serious contender, they will need to show it today.
The Packers had a solid win over a tough Seattle Seahawks side the last start and will look to continue its good run of form.
A team led by Aaron Rodgers is capable of anything, but they too will need to improve their game for this big clash.
Green Bay lead 17-15 in overall head to head clashes.
Which team will be 2-0 after today?
I’m taking the Falcons in this one. Look for a big game from Matt Ryan and Julio Jones in front of 71,000 fans
Falcons 17-10
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The Atlanta Falcons move to 2-0 with a big win over fellow NFC contenders in the Green Bay Packers. Devonta Freeman and Julio Jones were excellent tonight for the home side in front of 71,000 fans in the new Mercedes Benz Stadium. Matt Ryan continued to show his class against strong opposition. Aaron Rodgers looked shaky for the Packers. He threw a pick for a touchdown and was sacked on three occasions. He lost Jordy Nelson early to an injury and they didn’t recover. Clay Matthews was the standout on defence. Ty Montgomery chipped in where he could but it wasn’t enough tonight. An injury late to Randall cobb won’t help their case in coming weeks. Thanks for joining me for this live blog.
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Game over- Falcons win 34-23
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converts into first down
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4th down for the Packers with 48 secs left. going for it
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Falcons to punt. Packers will have about 60 secs left to play with
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two-minute warning
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timeout Falcons - 3:13 left in the match. falcons 34 - Packers 23
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Timeout - Green Bay take their last timeout. less than 4 mins on the clock,
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Julio Jones moves the Falcons to halfway
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Falcons 34 - 23. 4:11 left in the match
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Sneaky play with Sanu in at QB, hands off to Freeman for as first down
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Clock keeps ticking for the Falcons after GB take their first timeout
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extra point is good. Falcons lead 34-23 with 5:51 left in the match
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TOUCHDOWN 85 Yards, 8 plays, 3:44 off the clock
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Adams moves the Packers inside the 2 yard line.
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6:51 left
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Packers move down field into the Falcons 20
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Packers to take over after the Falcons punt on the 20-yard line. 9:20 left in the match
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Falcons doing their best to wind down the clock. Freeman takes the carry again and the clock keeps running. under 11 mins to play. Falcons by 18
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Packers line up for the two-point conversion. It's incomplete. Falcons 34-16 with 12:44 left in the match