A Star is born in the Falcon's nest!

In Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears, Atlanta displayed that their new rookie quarterback is FAR from being a rookie. The Falcon's got a last second victory over the Bear's in a 22-20 win, making them tied for first in the NFC south with a record of 4-2. Ryan completed 22 of 30 passes bring in a personal record of 301 yards for a single game. However, that isn't what brought this young star QB the kind of attention he's been getting after their Sunday victory.

With 11 seconds left on the clock and Atlanta down 19-20 after touchdown by the bears in the last minute of play, it was looking grim for Atlanta's chances of pulling something out of their helmets against a defensive powerhouse team like Chicago. The Falcons, at the Atlanta 44 yard line snap the ball back to Ryan who launches a pass to wide reciever Michael Jenkins who managed to get some yards and get out of bounds stopping the clock with one tick left standing between Chicago and victory. Now within kicking range, Jason elam, Atlants's kicker from Hawaii pounded a 48 yard field goal giving Atlanta the crunch time win suprising not only the entire Chicago team, but everyone watching as well. Elam brought the win home but it was Ryan's brilliant, time sensitive play that brought upon the opportunity and showed the world his class as a national league player.

Player's from both teams had nothing but glowing remarks for the young QB on Atlanta:

Center for the Falcon's, Todd Mclure says, "The guy's unbelievable."

"That quarterback they have is a special player," Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris said after the game.

Roddy White, a wide reciever for Atlanta said, "This guy is not playing like a rookie quarterback."

So far Ryan has completed 93 of 161 passes bring him a yard count of 1,164 and five touchdowns ranking him among the top ten in the league this year. The seasons has only begun and already the comparisons between Ryan and superstar quarterbacks like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have been uttered. I see only great things to come from Atlanta with Ryan at the tip of their sword. The team has already expressed that they go out their and fight for their QB and believe that Ryan can lead them to victory and in any sport having faith in your team and those leading it can be the difference between failure and being victorious.

Race Weekend in Japan finished with the checkered flag for Alonso at the Japan Grand Prix

Hopes were high, pressure was on, and the skies were clear making for a much better Grand Prix in Japan then the previous year. As the Grand Prix kicked off this Thanksgiving morning, it was a free for all racing down the longest straight away in the formula one circuit. Kimi Raikkonen starting in second opposite of Lewis Hamilton made a quick leap into first place but coming into turn one, both Mclaren's taking the inside were able to bump Raikkonen off course followed by Felipe Massa putting Ferrari in a an unwanted position considering there are only two races to follow (China, then Brazil) and the constructor's cup being so close between the three top teams of Ferrari, Mclaren-Mercedes, and BMW Sauber. Hamilton was therefore penalised for forcing Kimi Raikkonen wide leaving him nowhere else to go on the track but off it, giving Hamilton a drivethrough penalty. The other main contender for a win at the Japan Grand Prix, Massa, also recieved a penalty for being deemed causing an avoidable collission when turning Hamilton right around. Between the two of them only one point was gained, Hamilton finishing in 12th place, and Massa pulling in a 7th place finish due to Torro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais drop from 6th to tenth because of a clash with Massa.

It was a sad day for Mclaren for both drivers having Heikki Kovalainen retire early on in the race due to mechanical problems, and Hamilton finishing behind Massa and out of the points race. Ferrari not finishing in the respect they would have liked still managed to scoop enough points to put them in the lead for the Constructor's Cup with 142 points, leading the Mclaren team with 135pts and BMW with 128pts. With Massa not gaining much points for the driver championship, Hamilton's position stays unchallenged through the Japanese Grand Prix as he sits atop the list with 84 pts followed by Felipe Massa of Ferrari with 79pts and Robert Kubica of BMW holding 72pts. Fernando Alonso taking the win in Japan, making this his second win in a row after winning in Singapore, has really boosted the overal morale of the Renault team after having numerous conflicts at the beginning of the race season with his crew and team. However, he is till far from being a contender in points in the drivers championship and his team sits far below the top three teams in the Constructor's Cup with only 66 points accrued to date.

The Japan Grand Prix results are as follows:

1) Fernando Alonso (Renault)

2) Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)

3) Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

4) Nelsinho Piquet (Renault)

5) Jarno Trulli (Toyota)

6) Sebastian Vettel (STR-Ferrari)

7) Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

8) Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault)

9) Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber)

10) Sebastien Bourdais (STR-Ferrari)

11) Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota)

12) Lewis Hamilton (Mclaren -Mercedes)

13) Rubens Barrichello (Honda)

14) Jenson Button (Honda)

15) Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota)

16) Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India-Ferrari) **Retired from race**

17) Heikki Kovalainen (Mclaren Mercedes) ** Retired from race**

18) Adrian Sutil (Force India-Ferrari) **Retired from race**

19) Timo Glock (Toyota) ** Retired from race**

20) David Coulthard (Red Bull-Renault) ** Retired from race**

With only two races left in the 2008 season of Formula 1 it's anyone's game in the Ferrari, Mclaren, and BMW camp's. Stay tuned in two weeks for a full write up on the practise and qualifying sessions as well as a full race review of the Chinese Grand Prix.