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Atlanta's stock is high because it trounced a potentially lousy Miami team in Week 1. (Red Flag No. 1.) Carolina's stock is low ONLY because it stunk in Week 1. (Red Flag No. 2.) This game means infinitely more to Carolina than Atlanta. (Red Flag No. 3.) Atlanta is battling secondary problems that Miami's pathetic passing game failed to exploit … but those problems still exist. (Red Flag No. 4.) Nobody -- repeat: nobody -- believes in the Panthers right now. (Red Flag No. 5.) Every gambler alive will be putting the Falcons in a 6-point teaser on Sunday. (Red Flag No. 6.) And you're laughing as you read this paragraph because you can't believe Simmons is dumb enough to back Jake Delhomme. (Red Flag No. 7.)

"You can’t let a negative thought or what not creep into your mind, like, `Oh gosh, something bad’s going to happen.’ If you think that, something will happen. … That’s just the game. The game’s a roller coaster, up and down. If you do something good, hey, alright, got to move on.

"To say I did that great on Sunday, probably not. I probably let a couple of things hang with me, and that kind of wasn’t me. … I kind of let it get to me a little bit, and that was something that was very different for me."

"You can’t worry about making a mistake. You’ve just got to go out and play. That’s something I’ve always been able to do, and I didn’t do it well on Sunday. How do you fix it? Well, it will be fixed, I promise you. It will be fixed. I’ll be back to me."

-Jake Delhomme

You heard it here guys. Jake Delhomme has made a vow to fix these problems by the Falcons game. This may just be the turning point to our season.