TAL perhaps ran out of gas. IN last weeks 69-48 romp over BUD, TAL played the perfect game as all five starters and his defense scored. . However, none of his five starters crossed the goal line this week. OUT was paced by a strong game from ATL QBs and b ig games from Brett Perriman and Issac Bruce, who had 222 total yards, a super bowl record. (Greg Bell had 218 in '89)
OUT: Atl Q 13, Watters 0, Williams 1, Loville 7, Perriman 8, Bruce 9, Stover 3, WAS d 2. TAL: MIN q 8, Faulk 0, Thomas 0, Dilger 0, Jeffires 0, C Williams 0, Christie 5, SF d 1Week 16 Preview
Week 15 Week 16 Week 17 Week 16 Week 15(1) BUD 13-0 BUD CZ (5) DP 7-6-1 (14) BAR 4-10 -------------\ /-----------(11) CZ 6-8 >------------ / TAL / -----------< OUT (8) MOS 6-8 -------------/ \----------- (13) GTS 5-8-1 (7) TAL 7-7 (2) OUT 10-3