"Since the dust has started to settle from the Falcons' early playoff exit, perhaps the most troubling thing to come out of the defeat was how the team was dominated physically by the New York Giants.

The Falcons couldn't "knock back the line of scrimmage" on a couple of short-yardage situations when they had a difficult time blocking the Giants' strong front seven.

In essence, the Falcons were built as a power football team and now are undergoing a full analysis of their roster to make sure that they can play the style of football that coach Mike Smith and general manager Thomas Dimitroff want to play.

"Anytime you're playing in the National Football League, you need to be able to go toe-to-toe to have the toughness for that extra inch, or extra yards to get the touchdown or whatever it may be to survive in the game," Dimitroff said. "I think we have some very tough players on this football team. I think we continue to need more tough players with that battling soul. I think that's very, very important.""