I'll never get this logic.
Because the Falcons beat the Seahawks, who beat the Niners, the Falcons now are gonna beat the Niners?
Okay, you're totally ignoring the fact that the Niners also beat the Seahawks and, applying your same logic, the Niners should beat the Falcons because the Niners beat the Saints.
This game, like any other game, is about matchups.
At any rate, this should be a great game. I think where this game will be won/lost is the Atlanta offense against the Niners defense. Those 2 receivers will be the best receiving tandem the Niners have faced this year (yes, better than the Giants receivers). I'm curious to see how the Niners are going to play them.
I don't anticipate the Falcons having the same success running the ball against the Niners that they did against the Seahawks. Seattle was pretty average/below average when it came to stopping the run the 2nd half of the season (They were giving up something like 5 YPC), so Atlanta took advantage of their weakness.
The Niners should be able to run the ball on the Falcons. The games the Falcons lost this year, the teams controlled the clock and ran the ball effectively. I anticipate the Niners following this strategy.
If Abraham can't go, then that just makes their pass rush that more weak. I'm thinking they'll put a safety over top of VD in light of what Zach Miller just did to the Falcons LB corps.
I know some of the talk in Atlanta has been, "We'll be able to stop
the read option play against the Niners because we stopped Seattle and Russell Wilson doing it". Trust me when I say, it's not the same thing.
I'm cautiously optimistic because I've seen the Niners look like world beaters one week and then come back the next week and play like shyt.
It should be a good game, nonetheless...