MINNEAPOLIS - A little more than six years ago, Matt Ryan made his NFL debut. Bill Torrey Jersey . Now, hes in the top five in the league in most statistical categories for passing, in position to lead the Atlanta Falcons back from a rough 2013 that was the only losing season of his career. Ryan has made the playoffs four times, been on a pair of 13-win teams and reached the NFC championship game once. Those are quite the feats for Teddy Bridgewater to match, or beat, but maybe in six years he will. Thats the beauty of a first-round draft picks first NFL start. Its a lifelong dream to play and to start in this league. Its a really special day, one that youll never forget. I think Teddy will do a great job, Ryan said. Obviously hes a talented player who had an unbelievable college career. Hes going to be excited this week. But once you get out there and settle down, its the same game you always played. Matt Cassel broke his foot last Sunday, so Bridgewater will be in the huddle and behind centre this week for the Minnesota Vikings (1-2) against the Falcons (2-1). It came very fast, Bridgewater said, adding: I always had my antennas up. I was always alert. Tried to prepare myself for when that time came. That time has come. Were going to have to be prepared for a very athletic quarterback, Falcons coach Mike Smith said. Here are some key themes to watch Sunday: WARY VIKINGS Devin Hester of the Falcons became the all-time NFL leader last week with his 20th career return touchdown, four of which have come against the Vikings. In 15 games against them, Hester has a total of nine touchdowns. So while Vikings will be as wary of his ability as any other team, kickoff returner Cordarrelle Patterson has looked at Hester as a player to emulate since entering the league last season. Just watching film of him just gets me excited, Patterson said. KALILS CONFIDENCE Vikings left tackle Matt Kalil, the fourth overall pick in the 2012 draft, has been vulnerable against the pass rush. The coaches have been urging Kalil to not let one bad play affect him on the next snap. Coach Mike Zimmer compared his struggles to a golfer letting frustration of missed putt linger at the next tee box to distract the focus on the drive. Weve had corners get beat, weve got linebackers that get beat, weve got guards that get beat, but everybody is on this Kalil kick, Zimmer said. For 93 per cent of the game he plays pretty good, but unfortunately the three or four bad plays he has show up, and then guys get on him. Im not that discouraged, as everybody else is. The Falcons, who use both a 4-3 and a 3-4 alignment, were the only team in the league without a sack after two games. They had three last week against the reeling Buccaneers, but still have the third-fewest in the NFL. It was good to get the monkey off our backs. Theres been a lot of talk in the building about it, said Falcons defensive tackle Corey Peters, who had one of the sacks. SWEET HOME Julio Jones, the NFLs leader with 365 yards receiving, is a familiar foe for Vikings cornerback Captain Munnerlyn. They overlapped as NFC South opponents the past three seasons when Munnerlyn played for the Carolina Panthers and in 2008 in the mighty Southeastern Conference when Jones was a freshman for Alabama and Munnerlyn was in his last year at South Carolina. Their ties stretch deeper still, to the Gulf Coast of Alabama. Munnerlyn went to Murphy High School in Mobile, and Jones came from Foley, about an hour away across the bay. ROAD TRIPPING The Falcons have started a 65-day stretch with only one game at the Georgia Dome, since they had a home date against Detroit moved to London as part of the NFLs overseas series. Including a 24-10 decision at Cincinnati two weeks ago, the Falcons have lost seven straight outdoor games. Their last such win was Nov. 25, 2012, at Tampa Bay. The Vikings lost their home opener at TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota and havent won outside in six games since last Sept. 29 against Pittsburgh in London. Outdoors at U.S. stadiums, the Vikings are winless in their past 13 games since Dec. 24, 2011, at Washington. WELCOME BACK Falcons rookie defensive end RaShede Hageman will return to his hometown and alma mater, where Hageman developed into an NFL prospect after leaving Minneapolis Washburn High School. Two of his former Gophers teammates, punt returner/cornerback Marcus Sherels and tight end MarQueis Gray, now play for the Vikings. Falcons offensive line coach Mike Tice will also spend the weekend in a familiar place. He played the last three seasons of his career for the Vikings and spent 10 years on staff, including as head coach from 2002-05. Colton Sceviour Jersey . Linemates Ryan Johansen and Boone Jenner each had a goal and an assist in the first period, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 36 saves to lead the Blue Jackets past the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Saturday night. Alex Petrovic Jersey . The agreement comes a little more than one week after the video game manufacturer agreed to a $40 million settlement in a similar but separate case, bringing the total payout planned for athletes to $60 million, said Steve Berman, an attorney for the plaintiffs, and the NCAA. http://www.cheapfloridapanthersjerseys.com/?tag=adidas-vincent-trocheck-jersey . The Blue Jays lost to the New York Yankees 3-1 Tuesday night, their seventh defeat in 10 games. Rasmus was put on the 15-day DL on May 15 because of a sore right hamstring. Hes hitting .222 with nine home runs and 19 RBIs.PHILADELPHIA -- Jose Reyes hit a leadoff homer, J.A. Happ tossed three-hit ball over five innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 on Monday night. Facing his former team, Happ (1-0) walked four and pitched out of trouble often in his first start of the season. The left-hander was filling in for injured righty Brendan Morrow. Four relievers finished off the seven-hitter. Kyle Kendrick (0-3) lost his eighth straight decision, dating to last season. He gave up three runs and seven hits in seven innings. The Phillies failed to go two games above .500 for the first time since Oct. 1, 2012. They are 0-4 in those situations this season. A video review in the eighth inning cost Marlon Byrd an infield single after replay officials overturned a close call at first. Reyes charged the slow roller, barehanded it and his one-hop throw was in time to get Byrd. Reyes hit his 19th career leadoff homer to give the Blue Jays the lead. Melky Cabrera followed with a single and scored on Juan Franciscos bloop single to left with two outs. Josh Tholes RBI double to left-centre made it 3-0 in the second. Byrd greeted reliever Esmil Rogers with a triple to start Philadelphias sixth. But Byrd was thrown out by right fielder Jose Bautista trying to score on Ryan Howards fly out. A video review confirmed the call. Side-winding lefty Aaron Loup struck out three batters in the seventh, including Chase Utley to strand two runners. Brett Cecil workked the ninth for his second save. Cheap Florida Panthers Jerseys. Jimmy Rollins wasnt in Philadelphias starting lineup because he tweaked his right groin in Sundays 1-0 win over Washington. Freddy Galvis filled in for him and snapped an 0-for-24 slump with a line-drive single to right in the third. Rollins popped out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. Happ made his first appearance since April 23. He pitched out of the bullpen three times after starting the season on the disabled list because of a back injury. Happ was 12-4 with a 2.93 ERA and finished second in NL Rookie of the Year voting for the NL champion Phillies in 2009. He was traded along with two minor-leaguers to Houston for Roy Oswalt on July 29, 2010. NOTES: Bautista was hit by a pitch in the seventh inning, extending his streak to 32 games reaching safely. ... Blue Jays 2B Brett Lawrie left the game in the fourth inning because of tightness in his right hamstring. Hes day to day. ... Reyes has three homers in 36 at-bats against Kendrick. Reyes has more hits (181) against the Phillies than any current major leaguer. ... Phillies LHP Jake Diekman caught an infield popup in the eighth inning, calling off SS Galvis and C Carlos Ruiz. ... Galvis hitless streak was the longest by a Phillies position player since Ruiz went 0 for 26 in 2011. ... LHP Cole Hamels (0-2, 6.75) makes his third start of the season on Tuesday night against Toronto RHP Drew Hutchison (1-2, 3.82). Hamels was pushed back two days because of the flu. 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