Atlanta Falcons clinch NFC South title, get closer to top playoff seed
November 29, 2012 - Atlanta, Ga: The Atlanta Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud (28) jumps on the back of safety William Moore after Moore's first of two interceptions in their 23-13 win over the New Orleans Saints at the Georgia Dome Thursday night in Atlanta, Ga., November 29, 2012. JASON GETZ / JGETZ@AJC.COM
The calendar turned to December since the Falcons last played.
It’s the time of year when big football plans start to materialize.
“It’ll be fun for the teams involved,” Falcons coach Mike Smith said. “It ought to be fun for the fans and it’s going to be fun for the coaches. Football in December, it can’t get any better.”
The Falcons (11-1) wrapped up the NFC South title on Sunday. Denver’s 31-23 win over Tampa Bay (6-6) gave the Falcons a five-game lead with four games to play. New Orleans (5-7) is on playoff-life support and Carolina (3-9) is getting ready for next season.
The Falcons also picked up games on San Francisco (8-3-1) and Chicago (8-4) in the race for one of the top two playoffs seeds in the NFC, which come with a bye and a spot in the divisional round of the playoffs. The Falcons earned at least one home playoff game.
The playoff picture started to take shape after Sunday’s action.
In the AFC, Denver clinched the AFC West title, New England clinched the AFC East title and Houston clinched a playoff berth.
The Falcons will close out the regular season with games at Carolina at 1 p.m. Sunday, New York Giants on Dec. 16 at the Georgia Dome, at Detroit on Dec. 22 and Tampa Bay on Dec. 30 at the Georgia Dome.
If the Falcons sweep, they would have a franchise-best 15-1 mark. The 1998 Falcons, the franchise’s lone Super Bowl team, finished 14-2 under coach Dan Reeves.
The Falcons are the sixth team to start 11-1 since the NFL adopted a 16-game schedule with the 1978 season. Only one of them – the 1991 Washington Redskins – went on to win the Super Bowl.
The 1984 Miami Dolphins, who started 11-1, lost in Super Bowl XIX. The 1990 San Francisco 49ers lost in the NFC championship game. The 2003 Kansas City Chiefs and the 2008 Tennessee Titans lost in the division round.
The Falcons, after replacing their coordinators this offseason, have stormed to their second division title in the last three seasons. The Falcons went 13-3 in 2010, won the division title and entered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
Dirk Koetter took over from Mike Mularkey, who was named the head coach in Jacksonville. Mike Nolan, who coached with Smith back in their Baltimore days, replaced Brian VanGorder as the defensive coordinator.
They have won with basically the same personnel executing new schemes.
“It makes me realize that we have a very good football team and we have had a good football team since we’ve gotten here,” Smith said. “It’s a maturation process that you go through as you put a team together and you build.”
Smith also points to the team’s veterans for setting the tone as some of the younger players, like safeties Thomas DeCoud and William Moore, have blossomed.
Moore had a monster game against the Saints with 11 tackles and two interceptions. He played the marauding style of football that the Falcons envisioned when they selected him with a second-round pick in 2009.
DeCoud has a career high five interceptions.
Moore and DeCoud have combined for 10 turnovers – nine interceptions and one forced fumble – which have resulted in 30 points. They are responsible for nearly half of Atlanta’s 24 takeways this season.
“We’ve got some really good leaders,” Smith said. “You reflect back on the 12 games that we’ve played and one of the things you realize is that we’re a resilient team. We don’t blink. We focus on the next play. When you do that, you’re going to have a chance to be successful.”
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Herpes Butter
December 2nd, 2012
7:22 pm
Enter your comments here
DIRTY BIRD
December 2nd, 2012
7:28 pm
GET DEM DIRTY BIRDS WOOO HOOOOO
Braveheart7
December 2nd, 2012
7:30 pm
“Football in December, it can’t get any better.”
Jan. & Feb. not too bad either
LOL at The Aints
December 2nd, 2012
7:31 pm
Enter your comments here
TrishaDishawareagle
December 2nd, 2012
7:31 pm
WAY TO GO 2012 Atlanta Falcons!! 2012 NFC SOUTH CHAMPIONS
TrishaDishawareagle
December 2nd, 2012
7:32 pm
We should be honorary AFC West Champs too!
Kim Bassinger
December 2nd, 2012
7:32 pm
Matty Ice needs to redeem himself for picking Alabama and saying “Role Tide” on ESPN Game Day in front of a national audience. Winning a Super Bowl would do it.
Michael watson
December 2nd, 2012
7:38 pm
Enter your comments here
SCFalcon
December 2nd, 2012
7:38 pm
Hey Drew, who’s division is it? Who dat gonna be watching the playoffs from the couch?
Go Falcons!
Season Ticket Holder
December 2nd, 2012
7:42 pm
Congrats Falcons! Time to finish strong! Win the next seven games and bring home the S/B ring.
SCFalcon
December 2nd, 2012
7:42 pm
Ha! The trolls didn’t bother post first on this story!
Licking their wounds no doubt.
4DaBirds
December 2nd, 2012
7:46 pm
Way to go Falcons! Congrats! Now go get those playoff wins!
bigdawg88
December 2nd, 2012
7:47 pm
Good, now we can rest up Samuel for the playoffs, and get McClain more playing time.
1eyedJack
December 2nd, 2012
7:47 pm
Congratulations to the Atlanta Falcons organization. This is sooooo much more fun than the Rankin Smith era.
felix the cat
December 2nd, 2012
7:47 pm
woo hoo!! Haw Haw!!! Go Falcons!
sam
December 2nd, 2012
7:47 pm
What, the Falcons win the NFC South? How can that be? I thought Drew Brees said the Saints own this division. BAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAAA
USMC DAWG
December 2nd, 2012
7:47 pm
“Atlanta Falcons clinch NFC South title, get closer to top playoff seed”
That’s great…. But we need to win a PLAYOFF game… And I am confident that we will.
Go Falcons!
johnmaddenashell
December 2nd, 2012
7:48 pm
TrishaDishawareagle has a good point.We actually won two divisions!!
XLIV44
December 2nd, 2012
7:49 pm
Keep Dreaming Falcon Fans …..lol.
Wut wut
December 2nd, 2012
7:50 pm
The Dirty Biiiiird Rock!
http://www.dirtybirdrock.blogspot.com
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
December 2nd, 2012
7:51 pm
MAN I,M SO PROUD OF MY FALCONS..HOW LONG HAVE I WAITED FOR THEM TO GET TO THIS STAGE…JUST RISE UP AND PLAY LIKE THE DEVIL IN THE PLAYOFFS YOU HAVE BEEN DISRESPECTED LONG ENOUGH GET ANGRY FALCONS….EVERYTHING IN ATLANTA HAS CHANGED FOR THE WORST BUT THE ATLANTA FALCONS I REMAIN A DIE HARD FALCON..I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PLAYOFFS..GEORGIA DOME GET LOUD VERRRY LOUD
Joesmooth
December 2nd, 2012
7:52 pm
Saints are aints
To
December 2nd, 2012
7:53 pm
Go Falcons
lagunadawg
December 2nd, 2012
7:54 pm
Great job Falcons! We have some warts but all our possible opponents do as well.I think in two weeks The Falcons will know where they really stand. I think the Giants and Packers could win in Atlanta but don’t believe other teams in NFC are capable. I believe a win against the Giants will have The Falcons believing they can’t be beat in Atlanta. Let’s finish the fourth quarter on a roll.
TrishaDishawareagle
December 2nd, 2012
7:55 pm
See you all at the dome in 2 weeks when we take on Eli and can (with a win in charlotte) clinch both a bye and DOME field for the playoffs.. We need to rock that b*tch!!
Big Daddy
December 2nd, 2012
8:00 pm
The Falcons have a chance to run the table here on out. What is a shame is I have not heard many sportscasters giving us a chance. Everybody seems to be looking for us to implode. Don’t see that happening. We will go deep into the playoffs and make it to the Super Bowl. GO FALCONS!!!!
Tommy
December 2nd, 2012
8:02 pm
Memo to drew ‘we own this division’ Brees:
Atlanta Falcons 2012 NFC South champs.
. . . .and the rams have a better record than the saints. . . .
Edd
December 2nd, 2012
8:04 pm
At least we got rid of the Saint fans, all two of them. Cry me a river. Done, toast, gone, but we will need ya’ ll next year to get two more easy wins and oh yeah, ya,ll can come to the Super Bowl and watch and not have far to swim, this time it will cost money to get in it won’t be like Katriny . Maybe Obamy will let ya,ll in for free and make Bush pay for it, LMFAO !,,,
LOL at the Aints
December 2nd, 2012
8:05 pm
Well Well Well,, As as I see it the Falcons are the Class of the NFC. Seen! Sorry bud your team Su>ks,, LOL,, Lets go get some playoff wins! Go Birds!
XLIV44
December 2nd, 2012
8:05 pm
I’m getting a kick out of these comments YA”LL had the top seed 2 years ago and CHOKED. Home Field and CHOKED. Ya’ll have a better chance of seeing Santa Claus then Getting to and Winning a Superbowl.
Superbowl Wins
Saints 1-0
Falcons 0-1.
Joe Dirte
December 2nd, 2012
8:09 pm
#1
Great Falconi
December 2nd, 2012
8:10 pm
Congrats to our guys. They deserved this division title. I hope we can do much more this season.
Iluvnutella
December 2nd, 2012
8:14 pm
Go 3/4 and lets go to The Bowl…..woot woot!
Tyrone Watts
December 2nd, 2012
8:14 pm
Saint will make the playoff.
M
December 2nd, 2012
8:15 pm
We clinched the Division, Beat the Srupid saints, and nothing would be Sweeter than to Win the Superbowl “in” New Orleans. Ahh Yeaa Baby!!!!! Rise Up!!!!!!
Pigskin
December 2nd, 2012
8:19 pm
Congrats men!
Still a lot of work to do.
Michael M.
December 2nd, 2012
8:21 pm
Just think though…………..all the players on Atlanta had to do was stay home and watch the football games today and slide into the NFC SOUTH TITLE watching the others slug it out on television.
How Sweet it is ! This team may not lose another game this year. The way this team has kept on winning this year each and every week has been amazing. I am looking forward to the Giants and some Falcons revenge and payback for last year!
Rise up Falcons, Dirtybirds, Angrybirds or whatever you want to call them ! The haters can keep on hating but the Fabulous Falcons just keep on winning !
LOL at the Aints
December 2nd, 2012
8:24 pm
Sorry for the double As,, LOL,, Go Birds,
Bobby
December 2nd, 2012
8:24 pm
Quite alright. Falcan’ts will go nowhere in the playoffs.
GEAUX SAINTS GEAUX!
Michael M.
December 2nd, 2012
8:29 pm
@ Lol…………I wonder where that idiot……….STB4 is and how he likes the Season this year ?
What a moron idiot he was, telling us we be own our knees crying and drinking whisky.
Who is doing the drinking now you idiot …STB4…………………………..
Michael M.
December 2nd, 2012
8:30 pm
ha ha ha……………….d-led won’t let me put what I want to put on here…………..ha ha ha
Augusta
December 2nd, 2012
8:32 pm
On NFL.com, not one word–not one mention about Falcons clinching NFC South…not one word! It’s all about Peyton and Tom, etc…
SAS
December 2nd, 2012
8:38 pm
Congrats to Falcons nation.
Any news on Babin, when does he clear wavers and are we interested in his services?
Billy
December 2nd, 2012
8:44 pm
Every one loves a winner…
retired
December 2nd, 2012
8:49 pm
SAS
December 2nd, 2012
8:38 pm
Congrats to Falcons nation.
Any news on Babin, when does he clear wavers and are we interested in his services?
PICKED OFF WAIVERS BY JAGS ON FRIDAY I believe
Drew 'we own(ed) this division' Brees
December 2nd, 2012
9:01 pm
See ya next year!
LOL at the Aints
December 2nd, 2012
9:11 pm
Right on Michael Right on, LOL! GO BIRDS!!
Voice of Reason
December 2nd, 2012
9:15 pm
Where is CHOKE the JOKE??? Probably watching his team play the Cowboys right now. I predict his team will not clinch the NFC North, but our Falcons have clinched the South!!!
Iowa Falcon
December 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm
Way to go FALCONS! Looking forward to home field advantage through the Playoffs.
Get Back Jojo
December 2nd, 2012
9:30 pm
Great job Falcons…Lets ride this wave all the way!!
GO FALCONS!!!
Its true though
December 2nd, 2012
9:33 pm
Deep down Matt Ryan probably didn’t want to come to Atlanta, like Favre, but he’s been a true pro and winner. Only 5 years in the league so far. He’s going to be a great one.
Traffic Headache
December 2nd, 2012
9:34 pm
Hey, Drew Brees…whose division is it now?
Man...
December 2nd, 2012
9:36 pm
GO Birds!!!
phil
December 2nd, 2012
9:40 pm
Congratulations, Birds!!
Of course we’re now just that much closer to playoff humiliation in January…..sigh.
meme
December 2nd, 2012
10:08 pm
I cant wait for the Detroit game I’d love to see Blaylock put Sukadong Sue on his butt & then put a beatdown on him when he throws a tantrum he’s a FN CREEP! and needs a fixing
meme
December 2nd, 2012
10:15 pm
Oh yeah! congratulations NFC SOUTH CHAMPS!!
shesoleo
December 2nd, 2012
10:36 pm
Hey Drew Sleazy if you didn’t get the message on Thursday night maybe your head is a little clearer today. THIS IS OUR DIVISION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FALCONS ALL DAY. Sorry your little brothers had to show you how its done. Congratulations to the MIGHTY MIGHTY FALCONS!!!!!!!! NFC SOUTH CHAMPIONS.
Kane337
December 2nd, 2012
10:59 pm
Congrats to the Falcons organization and to all their fans. Let’s enjoy the ride. RiseUp!
Mike
December 2nd, 2012
10:59 pm
Will be so sweet when this soft falcon team gets beat in the playoffs. Same ol falcons. But go ahead and talk all this junk. The weakest schedule in all of football will be exposed in January. LMAO, NO RING FOR YOU!!!!!!!
SoCalD
December 2nd, 2012
11:11 pm
Maybe they can actually play some REAL competition in the playoffs…We all know they will choke, as always, when the playoffs come around….Rise Up…. LOL
Michael M.
December 2nd, 2012
11:33 pm
Sunday night football is boring tonight…………………two losers that the Falcons beat and left in the dust…………….ha, if you want to watch excitement……………you have to watch the Atlanta Falcons play…………………..Superman is next one the list,onwards and upwards,one game at a time fellas !
TrishaDishawareagle
December 3rd, 2012
12:01 am
haha what passes as local tv news led off with “Did chuck oliver go to far in asking Mark Richt a question”..
Reporters are SUPPOSED to ask tough questions and come off sometimes sounding like a douche , that’s their JOB..I know it doesn’t seem like it , the way the media coddles hussein, but it is actually what reporters are SUPPOSED to do..
Braves #17 Fan
December 3rd, 2012
12:10 am
Those that are screaming about a light strength of schedule for the Falcons should note this. The four teams with the easiest schedules this season are as follows:
Packers
Patriots
Bears
Texans
Michael M.
December 3rd, 2012
12:10 am
Hey Trish……………Mark Richt seemed to be irate over that……..I saw it on 11……..hehehe …….almost as funny as Drew Sleeze on the side lines the other night…………..I am out
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
12:23 am
WE ARE THE MIGHTY MIGHTY FALCONS!!
44counter
December 3rd, 2012
1:00 am
It’s not time to get all conservative because you clinched early. LET’S PLAY TO WIN EVERY GAME!!…… BIRDS RISE UP !!
FalconJim
December 3rd, 2012
1:19 am
Great job, FALCONS!!!!! Keep up the good work, and we’ll be playing in New Orleans in the Super Bowl with Drew Sleeze and his Aints watching from the stands. LOL!!! It couldn’t get no bettern’ that!!!
I mean, if you could write a script for the ultimate revenge, that would be it…
Eric C.
December 3rd, 2012
4:34 am
Just two more wins to guarantee #1 seed
dean
December 3rd, 2012
6:10 am
I’m happy but it seems anti-climatic.
Oh we’ll. Congratulations Falcons!
True Falcon Fan
December 3rd, 2012
6:17 am
Dean O —- The celebration is the Super Bowl “WINNER” — this ain’t baseball!
Go Falcons — Now HC – Smitty it’s time to prepare.
GregKennesaw
December 3rd, 2012
6:19 am
Falcons own the NFC South! Home field for playoffs is next.
Whadda Ya Know?
December 3rd, 2012
6:46 am
Congrats on locking up the NFC South Championship! Let’s take it one game at a time and play all of our remaining opponents with the same intensity as we did against the Aints.
Whadda Ya Know?
December 3rd, 2012
6:48 am
Mike, what flavor of hater-aid are you drinking? I hope it tastes good.
Gary 32
December 3rd, 2012
7:38 am
Congratulations Falcons…but….we have a weak armed qb….a defensive line that can’t rush the qb….an offensive line that can’t run block…a conservative coach that can’t win..(scratch that one)…a owner that won’t get off the sidelines…a general manager who signed Ray Edwards…we have lost in the opening round of the playoffs the last 3 years…we have no chance against the Niners..Bears…Packers…etc etc etc (sarcasm off)
Dick M
December 3rd, 2012
7:39 am
Record doesn’t mean a thing if they lose in the first round again…………….
Not watching !
December 3rd, 2012
7:51 am
I am going to do the Falcons a favor and not watch any of their playoff games. Everytime, I
watch an entire Falcon football game – they lose. So, I am going to break my tradition and
stay away from the television during the playoffs. I will be content reading the AJC playoff
results and hopefully the team will win it all.
harleyman
December 3rd, 2012
7:51 am
I guess the pundits will be saying the Falcons backed into the division title this morning.
Getaway
December 3rd, 2012
7:55 am
Before the game, Brees could be heard telling his teammates, “This is our division. We know it and they know it.” Somebody forgot to tell the Falcons. – Ryan Wilson CBS Sports
That just doesn’t get old…
dean
December 3rd, 2012
8:10 am
How bout them 49ers! Harbaugh the genius=Not!
Only 2 teams worry me in the playoffs: NYG and GB.
Once Recent Reader
December 3rd, 2012
8:20 am
I read a lot of posters spending time moaning about sportscasters and NFL analysts “not respecting” the Falcs. It’s a waste of time to worry about that. Plus, you don’t even have to go outside of many AJC blogs to get that same viewpoint from Falcon fans. It is what it is. Only wins, particularly in playoffs will change that.
Mikey
December 3rd, 2012
8:25 am
Congratulations Falcons! This is a tremendous accomplishment regardless of anyone’s negative comments.i have enjoyed this season more than any other in history. Winning the Division is a factual demonstration that this team has achieved a level of play higher than any other team in their division. It has also served as a training ground where this organization could try and evaluate various players, plays, tactics and teams. They are maturing on all fronts and they are improving continuously. Most fans will learn that history has no bearing on this team and their future. Each game is different and good players and coaches get better with hard work and practice. I have no doubt, based on the character of this team, that they will continue to improve and prepare. They are a force now and will do nothing but get even better. WATCH OUT NFL! THE FALCONS ARE SOARING! GO FALCONS! YOU ARE RISING UP!
Midway
December 3rd, 2012
8:29 am
The Falcons can finish 2-2 in their last 4 games and still win the top seed.
Bobby
December 3rd, 2012
8:33 am
The Falcons are great.
IowaFalcon
December 3rd, 2012
8:49 am
Isn’t it pathetic that people like “MIKE” come on here and bad mouth the Falcons because their
IowaFalcon
December 3rd, 2012
8:58 am
Wow…must have used a bad word and got blocked. Meant to say when somebodys team like “Mike’s” team is doing bad, they hate on the Falcon fans.
SawThat1nce
December 3rd, 2012
9:06 am
Mike is one of STB4’s names. Maybe Hiramtaint’s.
Neither one of them or the A-hole Choke, have the guts to come on these blogs, since the Taints have showed that they cannot have a winning season, even with the NFL zebra’s help, this year.
flatsdawg1
December 3rd, 2012
9:09 am
Matty Ice picked the Tide, that’s a little disappointing, but if he wins the Super Bowl, I’ll forgive him, hell if he just wins a playoff game I’ll forgive him !! lol GO DIRTY BIRDS!!!
SawThat1nce
December 3rd, 2012
9:09 am
One win by the Falcons, and one loss by the 49ers, will clinch the homefield through to the NFC Championship Game for Atlanta.
Falcons Rule.
December 3rd, 2012
9:18 am
THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!!! 18-1 and Lombardi coming up…..get off the wagon doubting azzclowns….you too Michael M…..fool.
Sir Isaac Newton
December 3rd, 2012
9:19 am
What comes up, must come down. The higher you climb, the harder you fall.
warfalcon
December 3rd, 2012
9:20 am
NFC Champs,now it is still ONE GAME AT A TIME with 4 games left.LETS GO FALCON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
okeetee
December 3rd, 2012
9:24 am
No question that probably the biggest improvement in this years team is the play of the secondary. Ours use to be so pathetically flawed that I didn’t think ANY of the 4 guys in the secondary knew where they were suppose to be when the defensive huddle broke! Now, I think it’s only 1 guy that doesn’t know! Plus, they stay closer to their man instead of having them wide open when they do catch a pass! The other big plus for us is a revved up passing attack! There is basically NO team in this years NFC that we can’t beat, especially if we play them at our place! We frankly, have yet to put 4 good quarters together, and with a break here and a break there, we could end up in the Super Bowl! SF is not as strong as previously thought, and the Giants secondary is a sieve! We might have trouble with GB but they will have to beat us in our place again to take us out.
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
9:25 am
Kim Bassinger
December 2nd, 2012
7:32 pm
Matty Ice needs to redeem himself for picking Alabama and saying “Role Tide” on ESPN Game Day in front of a national audience. Winning a Super Bowl would do it.
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Get over it. Julio was on the Bama sideline………..so what. The dude is allowed to pull for whomever he pleases. When asked he said he had an allegiance to his teammate. Nothing wrong with that. But I’d be most appreciative if he would help the Falcons bring home that Lombardi.
Loyal Falcon
December 3rd, 2012
9:28 am
I’m not sure what Falcon games some of you are watching. Because through 12 games I’ve seen a QB that’s tough and can through the deep ball and a defense that doesn’t give up many points. A team can have all the yards they want as long as they don’t score. We will be alright this time around in the playoffs. I trust Mike and Dirk way more than I trusted Mularkey and Van Gorder
Lombardi
December 3rd, 2012
9:32 am
I like dreaming……’cuz dreaming can make you mine…….I like dreaming…………..
NoleRick
December 3rd, 2012
9:37 am
We pretty much have the #1 seed locked up. Let’s beat Superman and payback Eli for last year and then start resting our guys for a Superbowl Run.
Norm Van B.
December 3rd, 2012
9:39 am
They still won’t get the respect they deserve from Bradshaw and crew. Who cares.. This year will be different in the playoffs.
What about the dawgs?
What are the bowl selection people smoking?Drop to 6th..Crazy !They evidently didn’t see the same game I saw on Saturday. Then they are offered the Capital Bowl against an 16th ranked team. Give me a break.
I wish Richt would turn it down. as a matter of disrespect to his team. But I know its all about money the schooll would lose if he did..Go Dawgs
GregKennesaw
December 3rd, 2012
9:41 am
best record in NFL, NFC South champs in week 13, that’s not dreaming, that’s a fact all you haters can’t ignore
GregKennesaw
December 3rd, 2012
9:42 am
2 more wins and we get home field in playoffs.
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
9:44 am
We won the NFC South CONGRATS!!
……………..time to move on, we have a game on Sunday, last place or not, they are a NFC rival and we should think in terms of pummel, pound, and punish.
Falcons Offense
PTS 26.4 (8th) YDS 377.3 (9th) PASS YDS 286.1 (4th) RUSH YDS 91.2 (28th)
Panthers Defense
PTS 24.3 (20th) YDS 347.8 (14th) PASS YDS 218.9 (8th) RUSH YDS 128.8 (25th)
Panthers Offense
PTS 19.6 (23rd) YDS 343.6 (18th) PASS YDS 230.8 (16th) RUSH YDS 112.8 (16th)
Falcons Defense
PTS 19.1 (5th) YDS 352.5 (18th) PASS YDS 231.2 (15th) RUSH YDS 121.3 (21st)
WE ARE THE MIGHTY MIGHTY FALCONS…………..!!!!
BILL
December 3rd, 2012
10:14 am
“WE DAT”!!!!!!
Gay Dawg
December 3rd, 2012
10:27 am
I guess now that my beloved dawgs are out I am all aboard the falcons train that is forming!
yeahsure
December 3rd, 2012
10:28 am
Matty Ice is from Philly and still supports ATLANTA based teams. Stop looking for reasons to knock him, because you’re failing. We are 11-1, NFCS Champs. He wears a Braves cap all the time. I could care less if he picks an ATHENS team to win the SEC or not.
D man
December 3rd, 2012
10:31 am
Wow, how did the Falcons win the South? The “experts” said we would finish 3rd this year behind NO and Carolina. Just goes to show you what they know…
Joey The Bull
December 3rd, 2012
10:48 am
So Drew Brees, do you still think this is your division? We have 2 of the last 3. So I will officially call it. “The NFC South is now officially the Falcons division”. “We know it, the Saint’s know it”.
bringbackthepacmanatlantahawkslogodarnit
December 3rd, 2012
10:50 am
I am happy for the falcons, but too much heartache the last few months between the Dogs and Braves to get excited yet. Deep down I am scared of what January brings.
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
11:18 am
Sir Isaac Newton
December 3rd, 2012
9:19 am
What comes up, must come down. The higher you climb, the harder you fall.
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THE HIGHER WE SOAR THE SMALLER WE APPEAR TO THOSE THAT CANNOT FLY.
Syd
December 3rd, 2012
11:19 am
Please save your comments until after they win a game during the playoffs. Too much early celebration.
Who Dat has a ring!
Hi haters!!!!
Stay awake in school
December 3rd, 2012
11:23 am
Syd
December 3rd, 2012
11:19 am
Who Dat has a ring!
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We speak english here, not ebonics or what ever that jiberish is called……
True Falcon Fan
December 3rd, 2012
11:29 am
Don’t tell anybody “YOU” saw this first on AJC blog — Here Ya Go — Go Falcons GO!!!!!!!!!
NFC Divisions: AFC Divisions:
East div Winners: NYG 9-7 Pats 12-4
North div Winners: Chi 11-5 bye Ravens 13-3 bye
Wild card: GB 10-6 Pitt 10-6
Cin 10-6
West div Winners: SF 10-5-1 Den 12-4
Wild card: Sea 10-6
South div Winners: Atl 14-2 bye Hou 13-3 bye
First round: Wildcards: GB@Sea = Sea Pitt@Cinncy = Pitt
NYG@SF = SF Pats@Den = Pats
Second round/Divisional: Sea@Atl = Atl Pitt@Hou = Hou
SF@Chi = SF Pats@Rav = Rav
Conference Championship: SF@Atl = ATL Ravens@Texans = Ravens
Super Bowl:
Ravens@ Atlanta = FALCONS “WINNERS” of their first SB
Russdawg
December 3rd, 2012
11:31 am
OK Matty “Roll Tide” Ice why don’t you man up now and win a playoff game!
I wash my shorts in “Tide”
Matty Moron
Go Birds, Please try not to embarrass yourselves and ATL again like,um, the last two post seasons
Samantha
December 3rd, 2012
12:12 pm
It took long enough. It really doesn’t matter anyway because they will lose the first game in the playoffs like they ALWAYS do. 2 points.
Jst Askn
December 3rd, 2012
12:21 pm
Samantha, what are you talking about? The Falcons last won the NFC South in 2010. Took long enough…what rock have you been hiding under?!
Super Bowl Process
December 3rd, 2012
12:35 pm
Atlanta Falcons … NFC South Champions !
nail in the coffin
December 3rd, 2012
12:39 pm
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Who Dat have a sorry 5-7 record and are out of the playoffs.
KC Falcon
December 3rd, 2012
12:47 pm
Mike and Phil and the rest of the trolls are still out there. The contrarions. They think (he thinks- multiple screen names from one person, of course) they’re funny. That’s all they have in their sad existense. Sick Choke is ready to lob in something about Eli Manning or Matthew Stafford
Look fellas, you have to be consistent. When Cutler loses like he did Sunday, you have to rememeber that and start firing the bullets. The 49ers lost too…really?
Come on trolls, just open up and let the Falcons bandwagan slide on in.
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
12:51 pm
Barely a mention of the Caints: http://tinyurl.com/bomnu3c
Dum-Bass
December 3rd, 2012
12:56 pm
The same thing will happen to the Falcons that has happened to the Braves and the Bulldogs. It will be either before the Super Bowl, or possibly at the SB. There is a name for it, and Georgia fans have come to recognize it lately. It’s called the “Hotlanta Syndrome” or the “ATLJINX”. They will lose in a heartbreaking fashion and local sportswriters will “poo-poo” it and local fans will just accept it as being inevitable. Mediocrity is alive and well in Atlanta, GA!
Section 212
December 3rd, 2012
1:04 pm
Hopefully this mini-bye week gives us the rest to sharpen and focus on what we need to do to step our play up for the playoffs. Will be great to shut all the “experts” up. Go Falcons!!!
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
1:18 pm
XLIV44
December 2nd, 2012
8:05 pm
I’m getting a kick out of these comments YA”LL had the top seed 2 years ago and CHOKED. Home Field and CHOKED. Ya’ll have a better chance of seeing Santa Claus then Getting to and Winning a Superbowl.
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Let’s see, the first year the NFL has proven the Caints were playing to hurt and maim (and paying out bounties) was when they went to THEIR ONLY Superbowl. How long do the Caints fans think that cheatin’ stinkin’ SB is going to mean a damn thing, they should get an asterisk. Hell, KC hasn’t seen another one since 1969, I think it will be much longer for the Caints. Brees has screwed them with his contract, Payton is leaving……… Poor Buffalo…………….they quit living in the past just like the Caints should do. What happended to the Caints Thursday night……………looks like they CHOKED big time.
Hope ya’ll enjoy THE MIGHTY MIGHTY FALCONS playing in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in 62 days!!
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
1:19 pm
WAIT………………..WHAT’S THAT………………….BY GOD, IT’S SANTA CLAUS…..!!!!
Pamela
December 3rd, 2012
1:21 pm
2 points – playoff.
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
1:21 pm
http://tinyurl.com/c5y6ww5
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
1:24 pm
Pamela
December 3rd, 2012
1:21 pm
2 points – playoff.
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Your saying that if we played the Caints in a playoff game that all we would need is 2 points? I mean we only needed 10 to eliminate you from having any chance of playoffs ………..too bad.
We’re done with you. Well……………………………………..BYE.
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
1:39 pm
5-6-7-8
Everywhere we goooO,
Everywhere we goooO,
People wanna knooOw,
People wanna knooOw,
Who we aaa are,
Who we aaa are,
So we tell theem, So we tell theem,
We are the FALCONS!! We are the FALCONS!!
MIGHTY MIGHTY FALCONS, MIGHTY MIGHTY FALCONS !!
OHH AHH OHH YEEAHH
Esquire
December 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm
To the Caints fans and the sons and daughters of Caints fans:
You admit that the players had a bounty system and you also cheated the year you went to the Super Bowl. Good for you, that’s the first step:
We admitted we were powerless over the bounty system – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves and our Bounty system.
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to the world the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. An impossible task if you are SceneThisB4
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings, though God said the aforementioned had too many shortcomings to overcome.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, which was often, promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to the bounty participants and fans alike, to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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Uninvolved
December 3rd, 2012
2:16 pm
We all admit it’s OK for now, but the playoffs is just a different story, and the superbowl game is just a game another notch higher. Do we honestly believe we can get there? No, I do not think so either.This is all based only on our team’s performance. No games, or politics.
Nothing, but the facts.
skyrock
December 3rd, 2012
2:44 pm
One goal down, a few more to go!! Go Falcons!!!!
1 & done
December 3rd, 2012
2:46 pm
2 tds & 6 picks in last 3 games, hey Matty Ice, it’s me destiny.
Reminder.....
December 3rd, 2012
2:50 pm
Just 2 seasons ago the Falcons were 13-3, division winner, hosting a playoff game and got ripped 48-21. Having home field is no guaranteed advantage.
The Real Rick
December 3rd, 2012
4:27 pm
Enjoying the seaon for all its worth….the playoffs will take care of themselves…for me, so far this season has been fun to watch and I hope it continues until January. Given the expectations I had at the begining of the season…this is fun to see……!!!!
RunninWithTheDawgs
December 3rd, 2012
5:17 pm
I went over to Bleacher Report to see stats on Montee Ball. BR says we are one of the teams that could use Ball because of our dominating pass attack and our VERY GOOD OFFENSIVE LINE. hmmm…… I must be missing something here.
Mitch Crane
December 3rd, 2012
5:27 pm
These are my comments.
hbcuclassics
December 3rd, 2012
6:13 pm
Black College Power Poll
Week 14
1. Bethune
2. Winston Salem
3. Tennessee State
4. UAPB
5. Jackson State
6. Tuskegee
7. NC A&T
8. Howard
9. Alabama A&M
10. Alabama State
http://www.hbcuclassics.com
KC Falcon
December 3rd, 2012
6:35 pm
It’s in the wonderful spirt of the holidays that Choke has donned a dress and is back as ‘Samantha” and “Pamela.” Not cleaver enough for a newshound.
KC Falcon
December 3rd, 2012
6:40 pm
2 tds & 6 picks in last 3 games> 5 free ones thrown to the Falcons by Brees, who has lost his last 2 games while Ryan has won BOTH those games, including the one over NO-LA!
Fan since 66
December 3rd, 2012
7:06 pm
http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/sports/super-bowl-favorites-all-guesses-are-under-review/nTL4B/
DR. FALCON
December 4th, 2012
12:34 am
COACH SMITH: COACH OF THE YEAR! MATT RYAN: MVP! JOHN ABRAHAM, SEAN WEATHERSPOON, WILLIAM MOORE, AND THOMAS DECOUD: ALL-PRO!
Samuel
December 4th, 2012
7:02 am
I think this team will go as far as Matt Ryan takes them. In Comparison, Flacco and the Ravens have won playoff games, mainly with a good defense.Matt has to go through December playing at a high level and well into the playoffs, would bold well for the Falcons…..
Main Man
December 4th, 2012
9:15 am
The NEW NFL Power Rankings have been posted:
http://dirtybirdrock.blogspot.com/2012/12/week-13-power-rankings.html
Answer This
December 4th, 2012
10:47 am
WAIT THERES NO SANTA CLAUS?
Thats almost like saying the Atlanta Falcons are not 11-1
And have not clinced the NFC South in week 12…………………..
I'm Drew Brees Damnit
December 4th, 2012
8:53 pm
And this is ,, oh, what,, ok ,, nevermind,, LOL
ricocarty21
December 4th, 2012
10:32 pm
Mt starting to look good just in time for big games!!!
ricocarty21
December 4th, 2012
10:36 pm
Coach Smith is keeping the loose end tied together just enough!! If we could get some luck with some injury avoidance in the next couple of weeks, hopefully we will be good for the playoffs.
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