My Favorite Blank

How many people save up their money every year and head off to the Las Vegas desert with the hopes of winning something big? I guess this is what most Vegas vacations are made of and it’s the hopes of winning a large cash prize with one pull of a slot machine’s arm or just one bet that pays out in the thousands. Vegas wouldn’t be there if everyone’s dreams got answered, but if you could just some how beat the odds and be the lucky one; then your trip there would have been well worth it. It’s that type of thinking that gets millions of people each year to make the trip to Nevada and maybe, just maybe they will be one of the ones that have a successful trip. It’s fine to have the dreams of winning in Las Vegas, but you want to make sure you do know the odds are against you and leave something behind that you can return to; if you are just another person that Vegas has took more from than gave to you. I haven’t lost the first cent to Las Vegas, but I do plan to change that one day. I will one day get my chance to go out there with the dreams of winning something big, but I know I will probably be returning back to Georgia with less money than when I left. So keep the dreams of Vegas going, but never lose touch of reality and know that someone will win in Las Vegas, it’s just not going to be you.

The Atlanta Falcons made their preseason debut on Saturday night with a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was the first chance to see Matt Ryan in uniform for the Falcons and he played well. The other 3 quarterbacks for the Falcons played good also and it will be a tough cut for one of these quarterbacks that don’t make the roster. They all deserve to be a part of the team, but the Falcons will only keep 3 of the quarterbacks that played on Saturday night.

A field goal would have tied things up late in the game, but the Falcons elected to go for a touchdown and get the win. Not sure if that was exactly the thought process that was reported and if they were afraid of another missed field goal. Jason Elam had missed 2 field goals in the game and maybe there was just a lack of confidence in giving him the chance to tie the game up late. It’s a pattern that continues to haunt the Falcons and they play for field goals a lot and haven’t found a kicker that was up to meet the challenge of the field goal style of play. I guess we will just have to see how the Falcons come back and play a team like the Colts next Saturday and see if they can play for more touchdowns than field goals in this one.