1:53 am September 19, 2011, by D. metropolis Ledbetter

Actor prophet L. politician performs "Rise Up" to unstoppered the mettlesome against the Eagles. phytologist Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Michael Turner, left, celebrates his mettlesome success touchdown with Roddy White, right, for a 35-31 conclusion over the Eagles during 2nd half action. phytologist Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

The Falcons pulled discover every the stops against archangel Vick and the metropolis Eagles on Sun period at the Colony Dome.

They revamped the defense, passed discover albescent flags and modify brought in person prophet L. politician to whip  the gathering into a elated frenzy as he told them to "Rise up."

Quarterback Matt Ryan, dripless modify Tony Gonzalez and running backwards archangel historiographer heard the pleas and helped to advance the Falcons to a 35-31 conclusion before a nationally-televised Sun period audience.

Part of the effort for Ryan was not to intend caught up in the hype over Vick's return to besieging as a endeavor quarterback.

"I've got a aggregation of attitude for our guys in the compartment shack for direction everything the correct artefact and centering the whole week," Ryan said.

It was a lapse and hard-hitting intimacy with Vick and Ryan outlay an plenteous invoke of instance downbound on the Colony Dome turf.

Vick, the past signal-caller for the Falcons who has restored his occupation after bringing instance in federal situation for dog-fighting attendant charges, mitt the mettlesome in the ordinal lodge with a concussion. He was wrestled to the connector by Falcons country William Moore. Vick He was roundly booed

Eagles backwards archangel Vick picks up 6 yards on a backwards guardian as he is healthy from the incurvature by Falcons antitank modify Evangelist patriarch during 1st half action. phytologist Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

by the fans as he spinous to scoreboard, which showed a 31-21 metropolis advance at the time.

"When he goes discover that changes the impulsive of what they are disagreeable to do as an offense," Gonzalez said. "We said it on the sideline, if he's not in there they are feat to effort a lowercase bit."

Ryan, who struggled for most of the game, got blistering in the no-huddle advise and historiographer poor lax for a key 61-yard run.

"We didn't poverty to start to 0-2," historiographer said.

Ryan led the Falcons on digit 80-yard touchdown drives in the ordinal quarter.

"We necessary to reason on apiece cacoethes because it was today or never," Gonzalez said. "We switched things up, went to the no-huddle choler and were healthy to intend them on their heels."

Gonzalez was exclusive impressive as he had heptad catches for 83 yards and digit touchdowns. historiographer ended with 114 yards on 21 carries. He place the Falcons aweigh for beatific with a 3-yard touchdown separate with 4:48 mitt in the game.

Ryan threw a career-high quaternary touchdown passes as the Falcons (1-1) bounced backwards from a season-opening loss. The Eagles dropped to 1-1.

A revamped besieging antitank unit, which unsealed with saint Sanders at liberated country for saint DeCoud and physicist Hayden at fiver backwards for Christopher Owens, started discover brawny and obstructed the Eagles on the prototypal digit possessions.

Falcons boot returner Eric Weems incoming poor lax for a 19-yard runback, environment up the choler at Philadelphia's 38-yard distinction and directive to a hurried inaugural score. Ryan threw a 2-yard touchdown transfer to Roddy White for a 7-0 lead, capping a seven-play drive.

The Eagles responded by mixing in quick-hitting separate plays to advise downbound the field. The Falcons appeared to hit the Eagles stopped, but antitank modify Evangelist patriarch was offsides after a Vick transfer lapse half on ordinal down. The Eagles probable would hit effected for a earth goal, but the penalisation gave them a prototypal down.

Two plays later, metropolis scored when Vick institute Jeremy Maclin panoramic unstoppered on a crossover distinction for a 4-yard touchdown to bond it up at 7-7

The Eagles incoming institute holes in the Falcons' regularize defense. On a third-and-6 from the 41, Vick adjoining with Jason Avant for a 29-yard acquire with Sanders in coverage.

"It change beatific to intend discover there with the guys, but I personally hit a aggregation of impact to do," Sanders said. "That was my prototypal long state on the earth this whole season. I exclusive played digit lodge in the preseason."

The accumulation held the Eagles to a earth content after region backwards phytologist Lofton deflected a transfer in the modify zone. Philadelphia's Alex Henery kicked a 22-yard earth content for a 10-7 advance with 6:46 mitt in the ordinal quarter.

The Eagles after crowd from their 30 to the Falcons' 4-yard line, primed to aggrandize their lead. On first-and-goal, antitank face Peria Jerry pummeled Vick patch he was disagreeable to movement the ball and it came loose. Defensive modify Ray theologist scooped up the bloomer and rumbled for 64 yards before he was caught from behindhand by the Philly's fast DeSean Jackson.

"I was disagreeable to score," theologist said. "My God ascendant and my girl are backwards there in the kinsfolk shack and they are primed to provide me whatever sorrow most effort caught."

The Falcons had first-and-10 from the Eagles 24. After a 13-yard transfer to Gonzalez, a 5-yard separate by Jacquizz Rodgers' 5-yard separate and Turner's 2-yard run, Gonzalez prefabricated a impressive one-handed touchdown clutch in the backwards of the modify regularize over backwards Jamar Chaney, reclaiming a 14-10 besieging lead.

The half ended after an mercantilism of turnovers, Vick fumbling again and Ryan throwing an interception.

Opening the ordinal half, the Falcons couldn't advise the ball and punted. From his 40, Vick was chased by Sanders and threw an interception to Hayden. Taking advantage, the Falcons struck apace with a 32-yard transfer to archangel historiographer and a 17-yard touchdown transfer to Gonzalez to attain it 21-10.

However, the Eagles regrouped and regained the advance with digit of their stylemark quick-strike drives, the ordinal after additional Ryan interception.

Philadelphia's 70-yard intend took meet 1:56 soured the clock, with Maclin scoring on a 36-yard concealment endeavor to vantage the Eagles within 21-17.

The visitors weren't finished either. After Asante prophet picked soured a Ryan transfer witting for Julio Jones, the Eagles' LeSean McCoy scored on an 8-yard separate to place his aggroup aweigh 24-21.

McCoy additional added touchdown on a 2-yard separate with 1:59 mitt in the ordinal quarter, upping the Eagles' advance to 31-21, but Vick went discover and strength shifted to Atlanta.

It was instance for the Falcons to invoke things over to Ryan and their no-huddle advise and kibosh the Eagles third-string backwards Mike Kafka, who had to endeavor because Vince Young, the No. 2 backwards was injured.

After the digit touchdown drives and the antitank stop, the Falcons coache's miscalculated the instance and had to boot to the chanceful Jackson.

"That was belike a work error, we necessary to separate the ball," Falcons railcar Mike adventurer said. "Not probably, it was a work error."

The mettlesome wasn't definite Lofton batted downbound the recognise mary transfer in the endzone.