Eight is great! Falcons outlast Cowboys to stay perfect

Fantasy Impact: Jones’ explosiveness makes him a high-reward fantasy option when he is able to break loose. Unfortunately, the Cowboys are unwilling to give him a full workload without another complementary back, whether it be Tanner or Dunbar.

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Fantasy Impact: It’s tough to say how much Bryant’s hip injury limited him during Sunday’s loss. He didn’t look slower, but then again he was only targeted four times on the night. Be sure to check on his status throughout practice this week, but he is still a high-risk/high-reward fantasy option most Sundays even when healthy.

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Witten was held without a touchdown for a fourth consecutive game. He remains one of the most efficient pass catchers in the NFL, however. Witten has caught at least 82 percent of his targets in five straight outings.

Fantasy Impact: While it is somewhat frustrating that Witten hasn’t found the end zone more often this season, there is no reason to take him out of your starting fantasy lineup at the moment. He is catching passes at an incredible clip, and at some point you have to assume he will find a way to score.

Ogletree registered his most yards receiving since catching eight passes for 114 yards in the 2012 season opener. He also caught a touchdown pass for the first time since catching two during the Cowboys’ Week 1 win.

Fantasy Impact: If you have been starting Ogletree every week since picking him up off waivers after his big opening performance, then congratulations are in order. Your investment finally paid off in a breakout performance that may not be repeated for the rest of the season.

Quarterback Matt Ryan threw for 342 yards.

The Cowboys defense, which had played so stout for most of the game, wore down in the fourth quarter and allowed 13 costly points to the Falcons. Trailing 16-13 with just over five minutes remaining in regulation, the Cowboys were unable to stop the Falcons when the team needed to most as Atlanta killed the clock before icing the game with a 32-yard field goal.

The Cowboys, despite not committing a turnover for the first time all season, still committed costly mistakes when it hurt the most. KD Drummond of Blogging The Boys recounts the mental mistakes that led to another tough loss.

The two teams would trade field goals the rest of the first half, as Bailey would connect again near the end of the first quarter from 32 yards out. The explosive Falcons offense was held without points until Matt Bryant got Atlanta on the board with two long-distance field goals, from 45 and 46 yards out to knot the score at the half.

Finally, in the fourth quarter, the Falcons capped a 6-play, 81-yard drive with the Turner touchdown, set up by a 43-yard rush near the end of the third quarter that allowed the Falcons to break through and reach the endzone. Turner would end the night with 102 yards and that score.

Atlanta entered the game as 4-point favorites, which would seem to indicate oddsmakers really do not respect the undefeated Falcons. The Cowboys have plenty of upside, but they have struggled with consistency all season long, and yet seeing a 4-point spread was a bit of a surprise.

The Cowboys would come up short on the drive, as the Falcons prevailed, 19-13.

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Romo is 6-for-13 with 114 yards on Sunday night. He hasn’t thrown a touchdown, but, as mentioned above, he hasn’t thrown a pick either. It’s a win!

Dallas’ quarterback entered Sunday’s games completing more than 65 percent of his passes this season with 2,073 yards and nine touchdowns.

The Falcons are 7-0, remaining as the league’s only undefeated team going into the game. The Cowboys are 3-4.

Bryant has 41 catches for 488 yards and two TDs on the season.

Fantasy Impact: If you were hanging on all day fearing the worst for your fantasy team, you can rest easy now. There’s still the question of how effective Bryant will be on a gimpy hip--he reportedly aggravated it during Friday walkthroughs--but he’s too talented to leave on your bench.

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The Cowboys need to develop some consistency. Fast starts usually help with that.

Through the first seven games of the 2012 season, Bryant has caught 41 passes for 488 yards and two touchdowns. He is coming off of a five-catch, 110-yard effort against the Giants.

Fantasy Impact: Sunday’s news puts fantasy owners in a major bind. Unfortunately, because the Cowboys play so late, any potential replacement options will have already played, rendering them unusable if Bryant is forced to sit at game time.

Ian Rapoport called Bryant a true game-time decision. With the first games kicking off at 1:00 p.m. ET, owners will have to decide quickly if they are going to roll with Bryant in their starting lineups this week. If you own him, that decision depends entirely on your confidence in your bench, and how desperate you are for a win.

Defensively, the Falcons give up an average of 18.6 points per game, and their passing yards allowed per contest ranks 10th-best overall in the NFL at 216.9. Additionally, their plus-10 turnover margin is third-best in the league and one of only three teams to have a positive difference in double figures.

The Cowboys pass well (297.3 yards per game, good for third in the NFL) and defend the pass well (187.7 yards allowed, also good for third in the league), but have lost two of their last three games in the closing minutes. Despite only allowing 292.4 total yards per game defensively -- the fourth-best mark in the NFL -- their turnover margin of minus-11 is the worst in the NFC.