Why to watch
Two teams in Super Bowl-or-bust mode that made some of the biggest and boldest moves this offseason meet with Atlanta reeling from a Week 1 drubbing in Chicago. Everything that these clubs do will be micro-analyzed based on the offseason, and the Falcons can ill afford an 0-2 start.
Inside story
Michael Vick, for the first time as a starter, makes his return to Atlanta, the city where he became a local hero and larger-than-life athlete and then left in disgrace after a dogfighting conviction before getting written off in his return to the NFL, only to have an MVP-type season in Philadelphia and then procure a $100-million (really $80 million) deal in the offseason? Yeah, he's back. I expect to see a ton of Vick jerseys in the stands.
