DENVER -- Quarterback Matt Ryan and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan have plenty more in the vault than just superstar receiver Julio Jones -- and maybe theres a lot more to these Atlanta Falcons than just some early season feasting on the NFLs defensive dregs.The Falcons deciphered Denvers dazzling defense and wrecked Paxton Lynchs first NFL start with a 23-16 win over the Broncos on Sunday, snapping the Super Bowl champs nine-game winning streak with a dominant and perhaps prescient performance.They did it without coming close to the numbers that Ryan and Jones put up last week when they became the first duo in league history to sport a 500-yard passer and a 300-yard receiver in the same game.A week after setting a franchise record with 503 yards passing in a runaway win over Super Bowl 50s other participant, the Carolina Panthers, Ryan threw for 267 yards Sunday and only two of those (covering 29 yards) went to Jones.Today, they came out and doubled me. They took me away and they were like, `All right, youre not going to beat us today, said Jones, adding he welcomed such attention because everybody else is going to step up.That, they did.Using a steady diet of I-formation runs and short passes that put Denvers linebackers in coverage, the Falcons (4-1) handed the Super Bowl champs their first loss since Dec. 20 at Pittsburgh and left the Minnesota Vikings (5-0) as the NFLs last unbeaten team.The Broncos (4-1) were on their heels having to respect the play-action because Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman were so effective running the ball, combining for 119 yards and a 4.4-yard average.Denvers No Fly Zone defense was unimpressed with Jones becoming the sixth 300-yard receiver in NFL history. They dismissed that performance as a bad day by the Panthers, and they stifled Jones all afternoon in Denver.Not that it mattered.Coleman, who played despite having sickle cell trait, which can sometimes be exacerbated at altitude, showed off his breakaway speed by catching four passes for 132 yards to go with his 31 yards on six carries. He caught a 31-yard touchdown pass following Ricardo Allens interception at the Denver 42 in the third quarter that made it 20-3.That sequence sent some flustered fans streaming for the exits as the Falcons finished off the Broncos, who hadnt lost at home since Dec. 13 against Oakland.The Broncos dont have much time to digest the loss. They play at San Diego on Thursday night, and their hope is that Trevor Siemians bruised left shoulder is healed by then.Lynch, the 26th overall pick out of Memphis last April, got the starting nod because Siemians bruised A.C. joint in his non-throwing shoulder was still bothering him a week after he was flung to the turf in Tampa.We just didnt think he was ready, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said before he was taken via ambulance to a hospital because of flu-like symptoms.Actually, it was Lynch who showed he wasnt ready Sunday.He completed 23 of 35 passes for 223 yards with a late TD to Demaryius Thomas and an interception. He was sacked a half-dozen times, including 3 1/2 times by outside linebacker Vic Beasley, who burned right tackle Ty Sambrailo on three of those takedowns.Lynchs footwork was a mess and his overthrows and misfires ruined any chance the Broncos had of capitalizing on the leagues 30th ranked defense, including the NFLs next-to-last pass defense and a patchwork linebacker corps .Im upset obviously because we lost but Im happy I got the first one under my belt, Lynch said. If I get put in this situation again, Ill play better.PROTECTION PROBLEMS: It didnt help Denver that right tackle Donald Stephenson (calf) was deactivated for a third straight week. Ty Sambrailo was repeatedly burned by Beasley before the Broncos moved right guard Michael Schofield over and inserted Darrion Weems.GROUNDED GROUND GAME: The Broncos ground game has ground to a near standstill ever since Stephenson and tight end Virgil Green pulled calf muscles in Week 2. 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BEREA, Ohio -- Terrelle Pryor?will play with what he described as a painful knuckle injury in his right hand when the Cleveland Browns face San Diego on Saturday.He hurt the finger Sunday in a 33-13 loss to Buffalo.It was the first play of the second half, Pryor said Tuesday. It was a low ball. I guess I slammed my hand down. Its called like a boxers injury. I guess a lot of boxers get it where your knuckle is punctured in. I tore some stuff in here.Boxers knuckle is a known injury that could involved tearing of ligaments and the extensor tendon that goes over the lower knuckle of the middle finger.Pryor will need surgery to repair the injury, but he said hell wait until the day after the season to have it done. The recovery is two to three weeks, he said.He played through the issue in Buffalo, but at times his finger was bent down toward his palm and would not straighten out without help from the trainers.I have never experienced something like that, Pryor said.And it was significantly painful.Every single time I bent my knuckle my knuckle felt like it got smashed with a hammer, he said. Its flat, and then when I bend it, and every single time I do this (straighten his finger) theres like two tendoons that move.dddddddddddd The comfort level was on a low.He said he caught a couple passes with his finger bent toward his palm, but also dropped two. He vowed he would not drop any on Saturday.Pryor spent a good part of Monday at University Hospital in Cleveland trying to find a way he and the doctor could come up some way he could play Saturday. What they came up with is doable, but not without pain.Today at practice was painful, but it was enough that I could spread my hands and actually feel the ball, catch the ball, and I could deal with the pain, Pryor said. I think its worth it. I owe this organization that, to go out there and give my best these next two games. And I owe my teammates that.Earlier this season, Pryor had said Id cut my finger off to play and help the Browns win.I meant what I said to you guys a long time ago about the finger, Pryor said. Now Im here. Its the finger thats off, pretty much, so its time to go. Its time to live up to what I said, and Im excited.Asked if he would be able to play with five fingers against San Diego, he said: Essentially. ' ' '