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Falcons reminding all: These games don’t count

Are they ready?

Because they didn’t look ready the other night when they got whacked by a team projected to win seven games, albeit in an exhibition.

They didn’t seem ready when the starting quarterback (Matt Ryan) threw a red zone interception disturbingly similar to ones he threw last season.

They don’t feel ready, not with this year’s first-round pick (Keanu Neal) expected to miss at least two games, and last year’s first-round pick (Vic Beasley) looking ordinary and the 36-year-old designated pass rusher (Dwight Freeney) already feeling back aches.

Overreaction? Maybe.

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General manager Thomas Dimitroff and head coach Dan Quinn said they were disappointed, but not jolted, by the Falcons’ performance in

Justified?