Sitting in the press box at the Georgia Dome fighting back feelings of nostalgia and listening to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution sing along with “One Thing Leads to Another…”
The Falcons plan to kickoff the mock game at Roam the Dome around 12:30 p.m. but thousands of fans are already filing into the Dome.
Roam the Dome doesn’t offer the same, live action scrimmage feel from Friday Night Lights, but the trade off comes in the game day atmosphere. The team plans to show the 2009 NFL Films highlight real on the new, HD scoreboards and a full-scale team introduction will push out from the tunnel.
Why? To get the team used to a game-day atmosphere and all the non-football bells and whistles from an NFL game.
The coach-to-player headsets are plugged in and ready to go. The music is pumping and the team will go through a routine, pre-game warm up.
No wonder Head Coach Mike Smith’s teams are comfortable at home.
More photos and some Flip video to come from the event…
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One Comment
Cool! Great idea!
I live within two hours of Orchard Park (where the Buffalo Bills play), and the Bills do nothing like this, as I’m sure that many, if not most NFL teams don’t do this sort of thing either.
Again great idea for coaches, players and fans!