Another Kung Fu kick to the face by the football gods

By: T. Love

Somewhere, Osi Umenyiora is smiling. Here in Atlanta, the Falcon nation is wondering exactly what we did to deserve this.

Starting left tackle Wayne Gandy is due to miss the rest of the season after tearing his ACL. This could not have come at a worse time with the Falcons scheduled to take on the Osi Umenyiora and the New York Giants on Monday Night Football.

For anyone that missed the Giants’ Sunday night game versus the Philadelphia Eagles, here is a small rundown. Do to a lack of a running game and a first-year starter at left tackle, the Giants picked up a league-tying record of 12 sacks. Umenyiora had six sacks going up against second-year player Winston Justice, who was a second-round pick for the Eagles in 2006.

Guess what? This week, Umenyiora will be taking on undrafted free agent Renardo Foster. Max protect on the left side of the line would be a great idea from start to finish in this one or Joey Harrington, Lunchbox Leftwich and that insurance salesman won’t make it through the game.

Petrino is regarded as an offensive guru, even though his offense has failed to score a touchdown in two contests this season. Hope these guys have been in the film room all week.

This gets better, right tackle Todd Weiner will also be out this week and third-year journeyman Tyson Clabo will get the start. That side of the Giants’ D-line is occupied by one Mr. Michael Strahan.

I really hope PETA will be at this one to step in and stop the abuse of falcons. Also, Blank may need to get his PR team ready. If the Giants do a number on the team and they fall to 1-5, someone has got some explaining to do.

And Michael Vick being gone is not an excuse.