Texans slow down Falcons’ playoff push, 17-10

why can’t these receivers catch the ball the most drops in the NFL

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Boy, that was worth five draft picks.

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Being a fan of all things ATL/GA is painful. Is GA the place for underachievers or what?? Must be a glutton for punishment.

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Terrible performance by our WR today.

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LOL! Colston, Moore and Henderson would have caught all those passes. LOL!

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LOL! Graham, Meachem, and Thomas would have caught all those passes too! LOL!

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Good game the more complete team made more plays. The defense is a beast. Next man up! Go Texans!

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I say that it will be about 30 to 40 minutes before all the fantasies about WANTING to be a wildcard team will start to get posted.

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What about Ryan missing 3 wide open deep passes huh? Nobody wanna talk about that

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If Tim Tebow is available at the end of the year get him…somebody who wants to WIN….

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Playoffs?

Thanks for the laugh for the day

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We will still make the playoffs. Saints will beat the Lions tonight and that’ll leave the Lions with 5 losses just like we have…but guess what? We own the tiebreaker over them. So we’re in a win/win situation tonight. Saints lose =good….Saints win = even better because we’re still in the playoffs. The Bears don’t look like they’re going to make it without Cutler. We’re in a good spot.

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Falcons just lack offensive creativity and can’t seem to get out of that zone defense. Pitiful!!!

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I knew all you fair weather falcon fans be hiding now

Hows that hope and change working out for ya?

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Matt Ryan stinks

JULIO STAY IN BOUNDS

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How bout that draft pick! 4 critical errors on the final drive. Wow! Just turn off the tvs now filthy birds, the season is fading, fading, and the Saints are pulling away, again, and proving that we are the class of the division. But keep your beaks up. There’s always next year!

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‘I agree, JJ should have caught that ball, if it hits you in your hands you should catch it, he’s not worth the money or the picks, I dont care what anyone says. We should have worked on defense more in the draft we do just as well without julio in line up and with douglas in. It will take a while to recover from that draft.

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That broadcast on fox was a joke also. Blaming Turner and Jones for the 2 INT’s typical. Payton Manning, JR never makes a mistake but he missed 3 open WR.s downfield.

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UNC ROLLS GO TJ YATES

1ST EVER START FOR UNC QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL

OVER THE FALCONS NO LESS JUST LIKE THE BRAVES

CONGRATS BIRD !@#$ FANS,YOU MADE HISTORY TODAY JUST LIKE THE BRAVES

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Boy that top 10 falcan’t defense really put a hurting on that third string rookie QB from the ACC.

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There is enough blame to go around for everyone in this loss. I didn’t start watching until right up to half-time, but the Falcons were down 10-3. I especially blame Dunta Robinson for that stupid penalty which negated a great defensive interception and touchdown. That, to me-was the play of the game and would’ve put us in a position to control the clock and the ball down the stretch. I’m sure there were also many more plays that we could’ve, should’ve made.

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I still believe. You haters need to get a life beyond going on blogs and dissing your home team. All is not lost.

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LSU could beat the falcan’ts….hell, UGA might beat’em as well.

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Falcons free win giveaway,, Under performance of this team is absurd.. Is it time to think about a new coach?? No reason this team should be this bad

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Julio needs to benched after that performance. He dropped the hail mary! And loafing back to the huddle costing us 10 seconds? Unacceptable but I doubt Smith will do anything. He has never pulled Roddy after all his drops or personal fouls. No accountability.

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How much do we have to pay Julio for him to at least appear interested in the game?

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Getting good

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How does it feel falcon fans?Cant win against a qback who has never played in the nfl before.Great Game

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cant beat the refs. worst home cooking Ive ever seen

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Whoever’s idea it was to revert to that losing gameplan from the beginning of the season needs to be FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I keep reading don’t blame Ryan. Well maybe at the end of the game, but at the first of the game he overthrew two passes and under threw one that was an int. So, great job matty boy.

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Blaming the refs! That’s rich. The falcan’ts fans blaming the refs. Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha.

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There a “3″ things wrong with the Falcons 1. Matt Ryan
2. Matt Ryan
ahh, ahhh, ahhh,
i cannot remember the 3rd. OOPS?

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Ryan can’t throw the long pass. 1st & 3rd play of the game were TD passes if Ryan could throw an accurate pass. After that, some of the worst bungeling of dropped passes I’ve seen in a pro game. Not including HD in this. The falcons gave this one away. Last play to JJ, … Killer.
I usually criticise Owens but he and Franks played OK. I hope this improvement continues. D played tough but were worn down by long time on field due to poor play by offense. With JJ, RW, HD, TG & QB MR along with 3 good RB’s, 10 points is unacceptable. Good D by Houston but they didn’t make the dropped balls happen. Catches on those would have been Falcon points.
The buck usually stops with the HC. MS is a good 9-7, 10-6, even 11-5 coach but seems to have trouble going farther than that like playoff wins. Get Bill Cowher.

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Honestly, Ryan looked like a deer in the headlights today, when he had the receivers open early, he missed them. Sure get tired of the coaching staff always talking about having to fix something (something new every week). What is wrong with fixing these things beforehand, we enter the fourth quarter of the season and every week still in fixit mode. Each of our past two seasons of big splash acquisitions cost us a TD today. I had a hard time determining who the rookie QB way, well maybe next week huh?

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Sorry, i did not use my spell check either. Did Julio play for the birds last year when Matty Ice
“CHOCKED?”

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Can someone in the Front Office please pick up the phone and call T.O.?

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Looked like TWO rookie QB’s out there today. After 4 years, Matt ryan is still scared of his own shadow! We need a fearless QB!

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It’s amazing that the offense coordinator ask Matt Ryan to play like Peyton manning and attempt to slow down the game, change plays at the line and take the entire play clock and then run for 2 yards, run for 3 yards and then throw 40 yards downfield while your receiver is 30 yards downfield. Whaaaat? You call that a QB?

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Brian Finneran and Michael Jenkins would have caught the pass in the end zone for 1/4 the money we are paying Julio Jones!! He dropped the pass, don’t try and spin it any other way!

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And by the way, has anybody ever seen a team have so many DUMB mistakes on BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL on 4th and short? Stellar coaching by Smith & CO this year.

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i am a falcons fan from fredericksburg ,va and this team is a clown team can”t beat a team with a winning record can”t beat a rookie q.b. i keep saying this; this team is to soft. They really have not play tuff football since 1998 the superbowl year falcons need to get back to hitting people and moving the football and having fun …

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It was the lockout….players didn’t get enough practice….that’s what I blame it on!!! Oh and that earthquake in Japan……and the Tsunami….and the ATMS…..and the banks. They are all to blame for this wretched performance against a third FREAKIN STRING QB. WTF??????????

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Just one of those games for the Falcons today. Dudes were dropping balls left and right; Ryan was throwing the ball off his back foot because he wouldn’t stand strong in the pocket; Mularkey was calling QB bootlegs in key situations, thereby cutting off half the field; our defensive line couldn’t get consistent pressure; Dunta Robinson made a huge mistake; the running game was nonexistent, while the Texans’ running game was at its best on the game-winning TD drive.

Julio Jones had two total bonehead plays on that final drive. His total lack of awareness cost us at least 8-10 seconds when he needed to run back to the line of scrimmage. He went out of bounds on his own, costing himself a really nice reception. The drop on the last pass was bad, but if he hadn’t screwed up on the other plays, we would have had more chances. Julio better redeem himself next week. He stunk it up today.

We play the Panthers and Jags next. I figured we would lose this game because I feel like I understand our team pretty well. We are a 9-7 to 10-6 bunch. We have regressed in the areas that got us a 13-3 record last season (few penalties, few turnovers). If we ever stop shooting ourselves in the foot, we’ll be a team worthy of hype.

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Oh man, it’s bad when somebody bring up Jenkins and Finnerin…lol. Wow! But thats the Falcons history of either paying too much for a WR(Peerless Price), Jenkins, or not using them right (Jones).

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pretenders

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The mental mistakes that have cost the Falcons so many games this year are deplorable. Pros don’t play this way, Pretenders do. Sad state of affairs in the ATL.

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Sort of interesting to note that the Broncos now have the same record as the Falcons–7 and 5. While Tebow gets all the insults and Ryan gets all the accolades for his picture-perfect passing form, you can’t deny the results.

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4 years in the odor from this “process” is becoming unbearable. It’s true that u can’t judge a draft until several years later and now it’s really time to re-evaluate what we have in this dimitroff/smith brain trust. We drafted a QB that can’t throw with accuracy more than 25 yards down the field and gave up the world for a rook WR that can’t stay on the field.

THIS COULD TURN VERY UGLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS with Newton maturing in Carolina, Brees surrounded by weapons in NOLA and Tampa Bay continuing to stockpile young talent.

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Jumping off the “bus” are we, falcons fans? Call the NFL Network and tell them to cancel the commercial.

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Hot err, I think you hit the nail on the head. Very well said.

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Julio Jones WOULD have been better suited for the Chippendales{sp?), than the Falcons..What a bust…We now have Jones, Jerry… and 6 years team development wasted..Wake up, “Not Rise up” T.D.

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Can’t win football games when receivers keep dropping passes, Falcons lead league in drop passes…no surprise there, but it’s surprising that this team is one of the most penalized teams in league and was least penalized team last year…Matt Ryan is horrible throwing the deep ball and he wasn’t accurate throwing the deep ball in college…falcons have talent on offense, but these guys haven’t raised their level to elite status and this is the time a team is suppose to be playing their best ball, just don’t see that yet with falcons…no momentum at all.

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I blame the whole offense. No protection with all the tips and rushed passes. Delay of game penalties by ryan. DROPPED passes all game by every receiver. Had a good game plan but it was clearly not executed. We should end up at least 10-6 and I think that’ll be good enough for a wild card since we be det in a tie breaker. Doesn’t mean the playoff will be good because we’ll probably end up playing against green bay.

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The Falcons = lack of a consistent pass rush, a starting RB who takes too long to get out of the backfield after taking the hand off, a QB who overthrows his receivers now on a routine basis, a WR this team gave up numerous draft picks for who is injury prone and drops too many passes and untimely penalties every game that negate at least one huge play on offense or defense

The Atlanta Falcons will go, at best, 2-2 the rest of this season and finish at 9-7. The Falcons may, despite only nine wins, earn a wild card playoff seed but I can’t envision this team winning a road playoff game.

Let’s assume the Falcons don’t make the playoffs. How do they improve their roster? They won’t be able to do much in the next NFL draft since they gave up so many picks for WR Julio Jones. This, I think, dooms this team to another 8-8 or 9-7 finish next year in 2012.

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BAM rc35. But I will give Smith credit for trying to grow a pair and go for it on 4th down. This ho hum apple pie approach is not working…..

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BORING!!! Our offense is a joke and I will take Tebow over Ryan. Dude plays with heart and shows up to win. Ryan just shows up to play QB.

Why would anyone want this team to make the playoffs?

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This is hilarious! The Falcants lose to a team with a third string quarterback! Still talking about a “playoff push”. They will make it to the playoffs because with the exception of the Aints, they are playing a bunch of teams with losing records from here on out. No one should take the Falcants seriously.

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Why would any of you want to see the Falcons sneak in as a 6th seed. They would lose in the first round anyway. I mean what’s the point?

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Tough loss and I am tired of this team stressing me out every game. I am so over Dunta Robinson. That hold away from the play cost the birds, but the dropped passes were one right after another. Julio had a chance to be the hero, but not today.

Not down on the birds, still think a chance to make the playoffs, but one and out if they cant play like professionals. Carolina is licking their chops right now.

I agree with a previous post to start Snelling. He is just as strong, but doesnt dance behind the line of scrimmage. He makes a small hole bigger. On a huge positive note I thought Petersen played a great game at linebacker and should stay in the lineup.

Ryan has got to get better at the long ball….wasted opportunities today.

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Folks keep bringing up the trade of draft picks for JJ. Thing is, this is a Free Agent league now, with the hard cap and short-term contracts. There is more upside than downside in the draft – the opportunity to grab someone special but the ability to dump someone who doesn’t work out and sign a FA replacement. I think the trade was worth the risk. The bigger issue for me is the recent oiff-season FA signings of Robsinson and Edwards – both seriously underperforming.

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Not even a falcon fan….im from detroit,but watched this game with intrest.Texans did alot of blitzing and i’m not sure I ever saw one screen pass.Not one.That is one way to slow a pass rush,bad coaching,penaltes and too may dropped passes.The ATL needs to regroup fast,Detroit will win tonight(vegas special).

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illinidawg, Until you get a ring, it aint no thing. Now on to your beloved puppy dawgs. Who did you beat this year? That’s right. Nobody. Welcome to competition in the SECW. So quit your demeaning of the great city of New Orleans.

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Don’t bring up Dunta Robinson’s name in here. His cap number is astronomical. Too bad the NFL doesn’t have Amnesty like the NBA.

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I knew that Jones trade was a HUGE mistake. He literally had the game in his hands…and dropped it. The Falcons could find themselves out of the playoff picture here and to be honest, this team doesn’t deserve to be in that mix anyway.

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I guees it will take another 3 years of rebuilding, since we don’t have a first round pick to get back to the playoffs. Maybe in 2015 we can win a game in the playoffs. That would be nice.

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I’ll never watch this crew of dumbazzed , underachieving, morons play another game this year! The idiots can always be counted on to find dumb ways to lose.

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Wow I actually pay good money for NFL Sunday ticket so I can see idiotic games such as this in Texas. You guys who believe in Ryan are idiots. The guy misses 2 wide open receivers for touchdowns, throws 2 picks, goes 20/47 and you say it is not his fault? We give up the futrue for “WHO”lio Jones. I guarantee they lose next week to a true quarterback and miss the playoffs this year.

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LMAO … can’t decide who was more inept, the Dogs or the Falcons. Nice job against a 3rd string QB!
If the coaching staff and the defense is the same next year … same result…. bye, bye playoffs.

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@Whodat1 what freakin, city you livin in? Narlins’ is the biggest s!@#hole in the US. It reminds me of some third world countries I’ve been to. They should have just burried it and moved on after Katrina but then where would all the trashiest people in the U.S. live? So I guees ya it was worth rebuilding so the rest of the country didn’t have to suffer.

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ATL fans are biggest sore losers in the world. They lost to a rookie now they start trash talking about saints and katrina and the city.

TALK FOOTBALL people…ADMIT YOU LOST. Thats it.

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On a good note, I must say Bosher has developed into a very good punter. I believe two over 50 yds today with hang time. Kick offs are still a little short but again that might be by design because we stopped the returns inside the twenty for the most part.

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Michael Turner is the one that need to be benched. why dont they give the other running backs a chance when he is so unproductive.

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NAME ONE GOOD TEAM YOU BEAT ? except hyped up lions.

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You must be speaking of your home state and the city of chicago, with all of it’s murders and crime. Are maybe you’re still mad for that stomping the bayou bengals put on your mutts last night. Maybe you are still mad because your dogs, dawgs are whatever you want to call them, were embarrassed on national tv. The dawgs and the failcants has one thing in common, losers and you.

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Hey JUGGERNAUT – we have been admitting we lost today and for the short comings of the team that caused it. As for trash talking NOLA, that’s been going on for 40 years but wouldn’t happen at all if it weren’t for the NOLA trolls that spend all their time on this blog trash talking the Falcons fans.

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What do failcon fans say now ?

YOU GUYS WERE OVER CONFIDENT BEFORE THE GAME. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU TAKE OPPONENTS LIGHTLY.

oUCH…DOES IT HURT ???

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FIRE MIKE SMITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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GO texans !!!

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Matt Ryan isn’t good enough to take us all the way. He is what he is, it is to accept it and move on. Unfortunately it will take management 2-3 years to realize this truth.

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Trade Ryan to the Colts for that #1 and more if possible. Do this before everyone else catches on. Draft Luck. He will be better with these receivers as a rookie than Ryan.

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Jugger nugget just keep trash talkin’ behind the keyboard. I suspect you are probably not so vocal in person as is usually the case with most Narlins’ fans. Been there done that spent 15 years on the Gulfcoast and learned Aints fans are trash, worse than Philly fans and they are all talk no action so you just have fun on this little blog but if you wanna name call then be prepared to back it up and not hide behind the keyboard.

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@JuggerNOT: so it’s okay to come on the opposing team’s blog and say not one constructive or interesting thing, but instead talk total trash and put down that team and their fans… with the obvious intent to incite anger and resentment. But God forbid someone might get a little peeved and talk trash back at you? You get what you deserve. Now go find a NOLA newspaper to read. Oh wait, you guys don’t read the paper – you wipe you a** with it!

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Guys, guys, settle down. Julio just dropped a few balls, Dun-nothing Robinson is a “game changer”…for the other team, the O-line is invisible, and Matt Ryan’s noodle arm is great….at in- completions and overthrown balls. Things are lookin up!!!

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This loss was the worst of the season, including the saints game! The last second drop by Jones was inexcusable, and a clear example of not having his head in the game which first became evident after his poor rout caused the games second interception.
Rookie recievers are rarely great, and while I think that he will give us some great play in the future, he is obviously not the game breaker that he was billed to be. That along with two TD’s called back and two bad over throws for a sure six proves that explosive is not something that this team is even approaching!
The Saints exploded on this Houston team early in the season when Houston was healthy, and we did not approach exploding or begin to even bother their third string QB.with our starting front four!
The depleted secondary did a decent job, but I also have to wonder what is wrong with Ryan? He seems like’s some other teams QB not our pro bowler from last year. I only hope that it was the strange year with no camp or OTA’s, and not a sign of more to come!
With all of that said it was still a game that we could have tied in the last second, but our fenom could not hold on to a ball that hit him between both of his hands with no obstruction, and that is not acceptable! Mike Jenkins would have made that catch and that’s just sad!

With our history, a winning season should be the only must, but considering all of the pre season hype, this club will be lucky to make the playoffs much less actually win their first play off game
since Smith and Ryan arrived!
I love this team and have followed since day one as a young child, but some of the losses, and even wins have stung this year!

I think we have a great staff, but we badly need secondary depth, will soon need a TE and RB, and we still have no pass rush!
Rise up?
PLB

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I here ya TD! Just don’t understandWTF is going on in the A town!

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go texans

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Calm down people! We’ll still make the playoffs because Detroit and Chicago are also in a downward spiral, but play a tougher schedule than us.

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LOL!!! The real “Losers” are the texan and sAint trolls on a Falcons Blog!!!! Grow a pair and get off our blogs!!! Seems that all of you are some “Sore” Winners… Do you fear my Birds making the playoffs? Why, perhaps because we might just upset your team(s)… Any given Sunday, Anything can happen!!! sAINTS fans have gotten their super bowl trophy in the form of a “government handout”: now they think they are the steelers of the 70s. You guys are only a drew bree’s injury away from being this years colts….

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Falcons would only make playoffs as consolation team to others failures and never make it past the first round. They are the NFL poster child for poor play and lack of heart, a real shame considering the potential talent.
The Falcons can’t catch, can’t score in the red zone, can’t defend the pass and can’t manage to establish any consistent winning attitude. It is doubtful these Falcons will ever measure up an elite status given mediocre staff from Mike smith on down. Matt Ryan is way overratted and Julio Jones is a joke. The list goes on…but suffice to say, this is NOT a playoff caliber team. If I were Aurthur Blank I’d go back to the drawing board cause this Falcon team lacks leadership and heart.

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We crushed healthy texans while your team couldn’t ……………sorry you want some good words.

I am so sorry for your loss.

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ok guys it’s not the end of the world. Jeez. team has talent. Just didn’t execute well today for a variety of reasons. Blame can go around.

Changes I think for next season:
running back – turner is good but imo just too slow at this point. He can’t more laterally
fullback – need our starter back
need a slightly better o-line

Otherwise I think next year we will be starting all veterns. Will hopefully have an easier schedule. So yeah… next year sadly. I still think we will make the wild card but will lose the first game.

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When you guys lose all you do is start talking trash about city and all that.

Just like your team, you never respect your opponents, so how do you expect other teams and their fans to respect you.

You talked trash before GB game and got thrashed, same with NO and now with Texans.

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FAILCON EXCUSES :

1. Referees
2. OC
3. DC
4. steven martin aka bozo smith

Real Issue :

1. Rookie outplayed
2. Failed against 1 Defense
3. Fumbling receivers
4. Over confidence
5. Mediocre QB

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Lol….atl lost to Texans ? the texans with 3rd QB….

Damn…is there any way Falcons play in college football ? I mean with this level of play they don’t deserve to be in NFL.

Go Packs go

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Nope went to school in Narlins’ reading was optional.

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WTF @ I am not trying to put salt on the wound. Its just that you guys don’t respect other team fans and infact that guy boo brees was poking fun at texans that it is like bye week.

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Now Eat your own words.

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Matty Ice doesnt stink; its the offensive line that cannot block a damn soul. If he had more time to throw the ball he would not have over thrown those long balls. But he did make some awesome throws after those missed in the first quarter and the WR’s just couldnt catch anything today. We need some offensive linemen that block and WR that can catch!!

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Shutup atl crybabies. Your people come on our blogs and talk trash all the time. This blog isnt about cities, its about football . Most of you fans are just like your team… years away from being anything worth talking about. BELIEVE DAT!

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F!@# DAT!

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julio this aint the school yard the ex got the rest of my money catch one and my xbox is yours

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I assure you i don’t go NEAR anything that has to do with NARLINS’ or their sorry a$$ team the Aints!

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Your right about that Aints4life!

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Did Harvey Dahl really mean that much to our OL?? They look so different this year.

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Hey Colin, I agree with you – ship the whole franchise to LA.. Better yet, let them join the Thrashers, I mean Jets, in Winnipeg.

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Just not nearly enough draft picks to make the Falcons a consistent team….need OL (big, mean ol’ fat boys who can block), LBs/DL who can consistently get pressure and some DBs who are not skinny midgets. Other than that, everything is good. Julio is not the answer so far but maybe if there was a running game (OL block someone), Julio and company might be able to do some damage. On the positive side…just look at Gonzalez…the man has some hands and heart.Long way to go for Birds.

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Very poor Coaching. 3rd and 1 with minutes to play and a delay of game penalty.Every snap at the 1 sec mark.Julio was awful today, not knowing he needed to get back to the line of scrimmage with zero timeouts….

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Who CONTINUES to lead the NFL in DROPPED PASSES??

That loser of a wide receiver named RODDY WHITE!

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Can we play the colts or Duke every game.

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Oh, so now braids has something to do with falcons woes. That’s not even grasping at straws. It’s lower than that..lol. Falcons and UGA have something in common. I’ll paraphrase Steve Spurrier. ‘The state of Georgia has good players, but something happens to them when they get to UGA.”..lol. Classic Spurrier jab at UGA.

Here’s another Spurrier quote, at his Redskins introduction press conference he said “Hopefully Dallas can be our Georgia.” Ah that had me rollingLMAO.

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Can Falcons play New Mexico Lobos or Indiana Hoosiers every game?

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Three years ago our biggest problems were we couldn’t protect our QB and we couldn’t rush their QB. Three years later those problems haven’t been corrected!!!

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SeenThisB4 Is right….LSU could beat the falcons….

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When was the last time a third-string QB beat a contender? Never, because falcons are not contenders or playoffs bound team.

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The Texans are a better team and have a better scheme. They don’t even have Mario Williams and that D was relentless.

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The way falcons played, a dead man would single-handed destroy them.

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“I would ban braids if I’m Smith. They all have a diva “hood” ATTITUDE. Cut the damn braids or be gone. I can’t can’t believe we gave up next year’s draft for another braided Diva. Want more proof? Look at Isaih Crowell…”

….I’m wondering out loud if all that jailhouse tattoo ink has effected there brain cells…..especially since they had precious few to begin with!

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NOW THE RACISTS WHITES WANT BLACKMEN TO CUT THE HAIR!

BUT ITS COOL FOR WHITE PLAYERS TO HAVE LONG HAIR!

WHY DONT YOU RACISTS REDNECKS GO SMOKE SOME CRYSTAL METH,YOU DEVILWORSHIPPING HICKS!

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SINCE THE RACISTS WHITES THINK THAT ALL BLACK PLAYERS ARE THUGS!

THAT MEANS ALL WHITEMEN ARE CHILDMOLESTERS LIKE PENN ST COACH AND SYRACUSE BASKETBALL COACH,IDAHO SENATOR WHO WAS LOOKING FOR MALE SEX IN AIRPORT BATHROOM!

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Can we trade Matt Ryan for 80th draft round pick or for some hash markers? Oh wait, hash markers are very valuable on a football field and there is no such a thing as 80th round draft pick in football.

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Yes I said STILL in the playoffs

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Michael M.
Falcons are in 7th place (look it up if you cannot read), since when the 7th place team is allowed to be in the playoffs? Who will they play, the Colts?

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oh I am sorry I missed a team somewhere…watching the Packers game its tied up

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Where in the HXX do all you retards come from out there ? Some of ya just XSYGFD yhhfed !
Figure it out because I cant type it on a blog ! lol

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Aww, that was a heck of a defense out there in Texas and half these morons have not said a word about that tough defense the Falcons faced today. Falcons will bounce back…..come on man !

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Saints better have a good one tonight or it be another shocker in the making !

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Dunta since your boss hasnt the guts to fire you.. let me do it….YOUR FIRED!!!!!! Your a embarrasment to the sport, to the game and ot the Falcons… get your stuff and get out!!!!

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About time for the Aints to take their medicine and take a butt kickin too !

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Maybe Mike Smith & Matt Ryan have gone as far as they can together. Perhaps one,or both,should go after this season. The Peter Principle at work again.

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http://isportsweb.com/2011/12/04/falcons-fall-to-texans/

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How about those couple of camera shots of JJ’s facial expressions towards the end of the game? Dude…Chin up, grow up, and get back in the game.

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Yates looked like Montana against the Falcons. Cam And Brees are gonna torch this secondary. Two more loses and the Falcons are done. Oh-by-the-way, What the heck was that time consuming mess Ryan kept doing at the line of scrimmage. Hope we don’t see any more of that (He’s not Peyton Manning).

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Roddy White and Julio Jones are big talkers. They need to start catching the balls that are drilled in their pigeon chests. The offensive line is just that………..offensive. We really are not a very solid football team and two of our receivers are egomaniac jokes.

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We will be fine. Back to back playoff appearances is a good season. At least we are not the Eagles.

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And another 1st round loss i’d bet.

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We wondered why fans get disappointed a lot and don’t want to back them, they thought this was going to be a easy win because of the Texans quarterback situations NOT!!!!!!. They play well for awhile and go back to the same old mess.

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You can just about say today was like a playoff game atmosphere in Texas with a number one defense and crowd noise on the road against the Birds…at least I was thinking that watching the game and you can just about figure today’s game will be like a real playoff game will be like for Atlanta this year.

Face it… they won’t get it done and biggest reason is dropping passes and getting those stupid penalties again like we saw in today’s match-up.

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lamac66 you can’t teach arm strength, that’s something you just have to have. He can’t practice that strength into his arm.

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Sunset Lee,

Oh well……I guess you gotta setlle for slants and wasted talent of a downfield WR.

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The Falcons were bested by a Texans team that was starting its 3rd string QB. The third string QB is T.J. Yates, he was known as “T.J. Yikes” at North Carolina because he was not very good. He accomplished nothing in college, but in his first NFL start he beat the Falcons. Congrats T.J. Yikes…

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Mike Smith is a nice guy and Matt Ryan is a nice kid but neither of them has the ability to take to Falcons to promised land. BTW Arthur Blank is one of the greatest owners. It’s just too bad and sad.

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Rise up! When’s it coming?

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Atlanta Falcons = NFL Version of the Modern Day Fighting Irish

Nice guys who aren’t going to get arrested much but won’t win when it matters either.

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A pop warner kid could produce more than Jenkins. Jenkins was another example of falcons keeping guys around too long. Jenkins was not even a #4 receiver on most teams.

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And also, the Falcons are a good team, however the Saints are better. Sorry, but they are!! I was born in Louisiana, but I am a Houston girl now!!! GO Texans, I love you !!!! Woot Woot!!!:)

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Ha, ha ha, ha ha ha…

Happy Holidays!
Who Dat Nation

Cue Katrina jokes from the ghetto dwellers in 3..2..1..

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Oh yeah, forgot the rest of the Holiday greeting fom the Who Dat Nation..

Saints > Failcants
Enjoy watching the Saints win SB #2

Still ringless, Dirty Birds?

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Hey Falcons fans welcome The TEXANS world for the past 10 years……last year for example: the top 5 finishes as per ESPN had 4 TEXANS games……all four were losses for the TEXANS!!!! add in all the times we seemed to have Payton and Colts beat only to lose yet again!!!! Also per ESPN Falcons have
the best offensive line and the TEXANS have not played a team as good as Atlanta in the past 6 games, only reason TEXANS defense is number one in the NFL! – 44 yards rushing for Turner! FOSTER
over 100 yards rushing…first time in 15 games RB has gone for over 100 yards against the Falcons!!! don’t matter how its done a win is a win!!!!!!! wish i could feel sorry for ya’ll but i just can’t ! add the Oilers in to the past ten years and its a freakin’ nightmare for HOUSTON fans!! (THIIRD STRING ROOKIE QB, MARIO WILLIAMS OUT, ANDRE JOHNSON OUT) Texans are a darn good team!!!!

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the title says it all- all the real teams are on a playoff RUN except for the failclowns who are on a playoff PUSH. thanks for clearing that up dol

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Think Dallas will let us have Laurent Robinson back???

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We Falcon fans just have to realize this team is just a little above average. The offensive line is average at best. Anytime they fact a good defensive front Ryan is running for his life and does not have time to complete passes. Yesterday was a prime example. If Blank is serious about getting better he will get out the check book and sign two quality offensive linemen in the off season. We also need a running back that has some power and speed. Turner is fine against teams with average Defensive fronts, then he can break into the secondary several times a game for big plays. But good defenses the kind you face in the playoffs don’t allow this to happen and Turner winds up with 40 yards on 15 carries. The Falcons secondary is bad even when healthy and the group that they put back their Sunday was a joke. Even when they manage to stay with a receiver, which is rare, they can’t make a play on the ball. Again, if Blank wants to win he better get the check book. Defensive line is average. While Abraham got a couple of sacks Sunday, other than a few pressures, he was not a disruption for the quarterback. Edwards was an upgrade to the line but mostly against the run. He is not the pass rusher we needed. Weatherspoon is the only defensive player that stands out. Finally at receiver, how many passes can they drop. White has too much experience to be dropping all the passes he is and Julio killed us Sunday throughout the game and then just dropped the TD pass on final play. No one knocked it away he just dropped it. The bottom line is the Falcons, facing a team down to its 3rd team QB and without its best defensive lineman, could not win. And not to let the coaches off the hook, did they not know the crowd was going to be a factor in the game. Why no anwser to the croud noise. And to finish things off. I have never heard the Georgia Dome as loud as Reliant Stadium was Sunday. Maybe we fans need to look at ourselves as well.

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John Fox was smart enough too change system to fit Tebow. Us falcons fans do not have anyone with that much brains.
Mr Blanks needs to go kiss Dan Reeves and tell him he was wrong for firing him for running dog killer so much. Bring Reeves back and we will get team on right road to a superbowl.

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the last time the falcons had home field advantage through out the playoffs was 1980, leading the cowboys the entire game with only a few minutes left in the game, and lost, the team and organization were awful for years after. Go back to last season the team goes 13-3, best record in the NFC a week one bye and home field advantage through out the playoffs.then suffer one of the most embrassing defeats in NFL history… it’s 1980 all over again and the team is heading south folks…

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I am now completely convinced that we have a major coaching problem. We have enough talent on offense to compensate for the short coming of the defense. The offensive of talent doesn’t match with the points being scored.

We have the worst 3rd quarters at all 32 teams in the NFL. it seems if we are up at half time, you can bet by the start of the 4th quarter we are playing catch up. Stupid mental mistakes and the offense tends to stalls. I really think thats coaching. There is no way a good coach will not make the necessary adjustments during half time and not have his team ready to play during the 2nd half. Just plain awful.

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“We feel like this was a game that we should have dominated,” cornerback Dunta Robinson said. “I can honestly say that the only team that beat us this year was the Chicago Bears. The rest of the games, we shot ourselves in the foot, on both sides of the ball.

“If we want to be a dominant football team, we can’t beat ourselves. We are too good of a team to make some of these mistakes.”

Well Dunce’, possibly the problem lies in your and Roddy’s perception of reality……if you shoot yourselves in the foot constantly, you’re not as good as you believe. Perception: 11-1 Reality: 7-5

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We need a new offensive coordinator – because we have one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL, someone needs to go in there and coach these guys how to move to the ball effectively!

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C’mon! Did you all REALLY expect the FAILcons to beat the Houston Texans? Please….Matt Ryan is way over rated. Roddy White is ghetto….I’m so happy they FAILcons lost! The Saints will rip them apart when they go to New Orleans on Dec. 26th! We are going to beat them again! hahahahahahaha! The FAILcons will not beat the Lions, or any other team for that matter. They are done! Rodriguez is slipping…he dropped so many balls yesterday…It was very funny to me! hahahahahaha!

GEAUX SAINTS!!!

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Yeah Dallas, Can we have Laurent Robinson back!

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This is why Falcons never make ESPN Sports center talk on Monday…come to think of it, they never make news.
Regardless what anyone thinks of Tim Tebow as a QB, he at least shows leadership and inspires his team to try, which is the opposite is the ATL Falcons…gross underachievers who play for the paycheck. Falcons are bunch of losers who beat up on other loser teams. They can’t win one against quality teams.

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The Coaching Staff,Matt “I’m so weak,I can’t bench press an orange” Ryan,Julio “Balls hit my hands but no catch” Jones, Roddy “Oopsies I dropsies” White, Duanta ” I can’t tackle but I shove your ankles” Robinson, Mike “If you need a dumb play” Mularkey, and Mike “I’m what you call a non-coach,coach” Smith all stink, thats was horrible play and coaching.

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The Falcons beat themselves plain and simple from the first play of the game to the last play. There is enough blame to go around from the recievers to the QB and the others. Can we please get a new coaching staff? A coaching staff with some heart and a desire to win. And would someone please tell me why we picked up Ray Edwards? He is turning out to be just as worthless as J. Jones. Why is the only productive player on the team the one player we tried to get rid of (Snelling)? Because in case you all forgot even Mr. Reliable (Gonzalez) dropped a ball.

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have you Falcon teams forgotten that the Texans are 9-3? We have the #1 defense in the entire NFL? We are a top 5 offense? Why can’t y’all just say you got beaten by a better team, instead of making all kinds of excuses–the coaching staff, J. Jones, D. Robinson, et al? We’re for real, baby! We will be in the playoffs, baby quarterback and all! and maybe without Andre Johnson. love those Texans!

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Face it Failcan fans, you had your shot last year. The balls all bounced your way, you won 13 and didn’t ride it all the way possible. You have to take advantage of the opportunity when it comes. Do you think the Saint’s were a better team than the Colts? If we play the Colts ten times, they would hve won 8 out 10……but on that day, we were better. Opportunity doesn’t knock that often, ask Marino.

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Texan fan here, writing from Houston. Took some guts to make the deal to get Julio. Seems like the defense need more help, though. Texan GM is no genius. Glad Dunta turned down a crazy offer to become a free agent. Took Wade coming here to make two good early picks. I hate the Saints. Good luck the rest of the year.

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Mike smith does not have the balls to handle these players as Bucs coach Morris has. Player made a dump play like falcons players do.Morris was sent home, not just to locker room. smith is to soft . same as Richt.

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Good game Atlanta,
Strong defensive effort by both sides

Good luck the rest of this year!
Texans Fan

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