Rise Up !!!

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I really hope GB wins this current game, I want to do the same thing to them as we did the Giants. Payback is Hell! Bring on Brady or whoever!

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So tired of those Seahawks fans talking about beast mode. I sure hope D Block and the rest of the defense show up and shut him and the team down

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Big Lou, you’re funny! Peyton Manning my azz.

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JB

I’m just saying… I think his neck was hurting on that throw.

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LoL NFL’s favorite son lost today and I am so happy. I was so tired of hearing about the overrated Broncos. If they said we haven’t played anyone, then they Damon sure didn’t with that weak conference they’re in.

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BL (9:39) – You’re crazy. LOL

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Blog monster got me!

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counting the hours . can’t g e t soon enough

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Kapernick is a beast.

He looks like Vick out there… even has number seven. Yet, he’s a way better passer.

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Sorry guys…

I don’t see the Falcons beating the 49ers if we they meet in the championship game.

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Not buying what you are selling Big Lou!

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Here*

Heck, I hope I’m wrong, but this team is legit. Don’t be sensitive about it. I give respect where it’s due.

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@Big Lou
Get your eyes checked!! I can’t see 49ers playing like this againsT the Falcons!!
FALCONS RISE UP!!

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Green Bays D is horrid, that is why I was pulling for GB. We have Mike Nolan to deal with the 49ers. Gotta take care of Seattle first.

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Greetings Latenight,
Game of a lifetime for 49ers. Breaking records from the dynasty years.I do not see them repeating such a performance. We have to beat Seattle before worrying about them. Play one game at a time.

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Under Smitty Atlanta is 7-1 vs NFC West, unfortunately the 1 was the only time they have seen the NFC west in the playoffs.

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And Big Lou, the matchup would be a very difficult one…

But Kaepernick ain’t gonna play the type of game he had tonight week in and week out…

Plus, I don’t think Dom Capers had a clue about what he was doing tonight. Dude had no plan for the read option. And then he’s lining up playing man coverage and just leaving Kaep all kinds of lanes to take off with the football.

But, wouldn’t say we stand no chance. In our building [if we're there]? Naw man, we’d give them a wayyyyyyyyyy better game than the Packers did.

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“Green Bays D is horrid, that is why I was pulling for GB. We have Mike Nolan to deal with the 49ers. Gotta take care of Seattle first.” – falcon21

Agree. The FudgePackers have been overhyped awhile now. Watching J. Flaccid-O in the game that wouldn’t die was excruciating. Spray and pray is alive and well , Denver’s Fox finding out the hard way being conservative guarantees nothing. If we can get over the 1st win hurdle I like our chances against anyone. Pats are the last team besides us with a real QB left, the teams relying on the unconventional use of running QB’s will have put up good film to study. We are the one team left that spray and pray will actually be an advantage for. We are a smaller, faster ballhawk type team that only really needs to worry about getting killed in the trenches.

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“We are a smaller, faster ballhawk type team that only really needs to worry about getting killed in the trenches.” SP

That’s why I don’t think the Falcons will beat the 49ers if they beat Seattle tomorrow. Greenbay got not pressure with their front four(Falcons won’t either), so they sent blitzes all night. This lead to the packers doing man on man, which gave Kapernick room to run. I’m not saying we will get blown out, but we have the disadvantage on both trenches. They will get a heck of a lot more pressure on Matt Ryan, as well. 49ers are built way better than the Seahawks. Only way I’ll be comfortable is of the Falcons blow out the Seahawks tomorrow.

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MB

It’s my opinion. There is no right or wrong to it. It’s just perception.

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I believe our dirty birds will take it to any and everyone, but for everyone who’s saying we have no chance with the niners, didn’t Seattle just handle them a couple weeks ago?

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Big Lou I believe you are right about the 49ers.

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See you guys in about 12 hours. Rise up!!! Go Birds!!!!!

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GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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As a 49er Fanatic it sure would be nice to have another home game next week good luck falcons

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It’s still a game with a funny shaped foot long ball, that bounces. Anyone can win. GO FALCONS!!!!!

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T minus 5 and a half hours till Kick Off. ..GO FALCONS !!!!!!

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Abe is reported to be fully healthy for the game. Only person that is missing is Owens. Full frack against the Seahawks.

Hope the they make a statement. Gooooooo Falcons! Rise up!

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Man, already have trouble breathing….jacked, I think, honestly, if I could get in for just one play, I could light up a Seahawk just as much as any of our guys. OK, ok, maybe not.

I still am not scared by any team in this league, 49ers included. I think we’ve won our last two meetings with them (barely), so at the very least, it’ll be a tough one.

But, one thing at a time, tunnel vision. One play at a time. Get this one!

Go Falcons!!

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Agree with D3…

I’m more focused about today than any potential matchup next week.

Quick thought on today…

TD and Smitty have been building this team to beat out juggernaut type offenses like the Packers and Saints. Well, the teams left don’t necessarily have those elite Superbowl winning QB’s, they field beasty hellacious defenses that feature power running football. Are we built to beat these teams? We haven’t really had an opportunity thus far this season, but we’ll get our chance today – and should we win – we’ll have to do it again next week.

On the Niners, they’ve been this type of team all season. They look incredible one week, and everybody crowns them the ‘most complete team in football’ and heaps the praise on their shoulders. And then, it seems more times than not, they fall back down to earth somewhat. We’ve seen it all season. They beat the Pats, and then they get blown out @ SEA just a couple weeks back. They’re a great team, but the consistency hasn’t necessarily been there.

We’ll see if we get our shot vs. them next week. Lets just get there 1st.

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JJ — Thanks for those matchups. I may be in the minority here, but I actually think we’re going to stop Marshawn Lynch. Nolan has proven that when needed, he can stop a feature RB (Doug Martin, Lesean McCoy, etc).

Julius — Welcome! Great post. Gotta get it done today.

Stevereeno — Welcome also! Yeah, we get caught up in the analysis and breakdown and, yeah, it is just a game that we can and should win.

darrell — Yeah, not sure what’s going on with the other blogs, but it appears you now have to register. This one hasn’t changed over yet and I hope it doesn’t.

Birdman — Can’t get here fast enough!

trademark — I can’t really remember ever looking toward a game in my life. Maybe the 2002 SEC Champ with UGA and the Falcons Super Bowl, but this one is just different. More pressure than the other ones.

Wabe — I’m just really not scared of anyone in the NFL playoffs this year. Every team has their strengths and their flaws. Truthfully, if we went to the Super Bowl, I was most worried about having to face Peyton again, but that won’t happen now. Gotta take one step at a time though.

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Good interview with Spoon………

How do you and your teammates handle the outside pressure being put on you based on previous lack of success in the postseason?:

“I won’t look at it as pressure; I look at it as motivation. You get what you earn in this league, and we put ourselves in the position that we wanted to put ourselves in. For everyone to be not really talking about us and saying we’re the team that could potentially drop one — because we haven’t won in the playoffs — that’s something that you’ve got to use as fuel to your fire in order to get over that hump. I don’t look at it as pressure; I just look at it as a great opportunity.”

http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2013/01/11/nfl-playoffs-atlanta-falcons-seattle-seahawks-sean-weatherspoon/

We always wonder if the players are hearing all the s–t talked about them and whether they use it as fuel to their fire. I think Spoon helped answer that.

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I’m been somewhat nervous/anxious all week…

But honestly, I’m feeling pretty confident this morning. I keep going back to that Giants game. This team played that game with playoff feel. They had something to prove. You could tell they came well prepared, and then they let it rip.

I don’t see us blowing the Seahawks out. But, with all the emphasis on this teams ability to win in the postseason, and with a chip on their shoulder, I think they’ve taken these two weeks to get into the best possible state preparation wise, and I think that bodes well for what we’ll see on the field.

I also agree with D3. I think Lynch will be a factor, but I don’t think we’ll allow him to beat us. I’m somewhat worried about their big O-Line, because we are undermanned up front, and we can’t key in on him so much so that it leaves Russell Wilson free to take off on the edges.

It’ll also be critical to make sure we get them into longer 3rd down situations. It’ll be extremely difficult trying to stop that read option on 3rd and less than 5 consistently. Gotta win the battles on 1st and 2nd down to set them up in longer 3rd down/distance situations.

I’m confident man!

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Ed Werder
‘Falcons believe if they establish Michael Turner and force Seahawks into 1-on-1 coverage, they might win easily today’

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I know a lot of people hate seeing that, but I support this thought. There’s no way we’ll stack up against great defenses and beat them if we become one dimensional. More possible this week than next week. But, with that said, Seattle’s run defense isn’t on par with the Niners. They can be exploited somewhat. And with Clemons out, there’s even greater potential there.

I actually think we’ll see our run game be somewhat successful today. I don’t want them to ride or die on the run game, but we do have to show some concerted effort to get it established.

Run right at Bruce Irvin. He showed some vulnerability last week against the Skins vs. the run.

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I am so ready for some football. Because after watching the playoff games that have been decided thus far, I’m really at a complete and total loss as to how all of these teams get so much more respect and adoration than the Falcons. I’m going to turn on the tv today, and flip between NFL and ESPN. Their shows will be called NFL TODAY, but I’m sure it’s going to play more like NFL YESTERDAY or TOMORROW. This is the one day they should be all Falcons, all the time, but it’s not going to happen. Because the media has spent a full season discounting my Falcons and now they have absolutely no idea what is going on with the number one seed in the NFC. The talking heads today are going to be all about what happened yesterday, and all about what’s going to happen tonight, and they are, as usual, going to be pretty much all wrong. Because they have predicated the majority of their prognostication on a monumental fallacy.

The playoffs, and in fact most football games, aren’t decided by one overriding personality or player. Win or lose, it’s going to be the result of a team effort, on both sides of the ball. All you heard yesterday was how Peyton and Rodgers, simply were too good to lose. And yet they both lost. If Denver hadn’t gotten a totally unanticipated, but outstanding performance from their diminutive return man (along with some totally headscratching crappy play from the Ravens Special Teams units), that game wouldn’t even have been close. The media chose to ignore the simple fact that Baltimore has lived and died on their defensive performance for over a decade, and that defense had at least one more good game in them.

San Fran and Green Bay? Neither looked like the force of nature the talking heads want to paint them to be. There is absolutely no way the Falcons defense lets Kapurnik ran all over the field like that. 100 yards rushing in the first half? Ridiculous. Looked like Vick? Even more ridiculous, because if anyone had ever been stupid enough to play Vick like that in his prime, Vick would’ve run for 300 yards. But having the entire defense turn their back on a QB whose claim to fame is mobility is insanity that not even VanGorder would have dreamed up. The 49er run game looked pedestrian, and the vaunted defense seemed for the most part unable to put any real pressure on Rodgers, when GB has at best a shaky offensive line.

Plus the games have been so full of mistakes, turnovers, penalties, boneheaded plays, of the type that you just don’t see from the Falcons. These are the teams to fear? No. They are not. they may have a player to watch. But they aren’t a TEAM to fear.

The Falcons are a TEAM. They are well coached, and for the most part, they execute their game plan very well. Maybe there isn’t one player that you can point to as the one who will win the game for you, But there is a team of Falcons players on both sides of the ball who are going to support each other and do the things that the TEAM needs to get done to come out victorious. It’s happened over and over again. And I guess it’s been so subtle that all those talking heads, who get paid millions to spout their supposed expert opinions, have totally missed it.

It’s going to happen again about 3 hours from now. And they are probably going to miss it again. We already know that Russell Wilson is expected to become the next Fran Tarkenton, today. Marshawn Lynch is expected to win the rushing title, today. The Seattle defense is expected to pitch a shutout, zero yards and zero points, today. And when that doesn’t happen, there will be a few moments of stunned silence before someone finally starts talking about how tired the Seahawks were or how lucky the Falcons were to have homefield advantage (I thought you had to earn that). Then the talk will move on to how badly the Falcons will lose next week.

Some people, even fans, won’t appreciate how truly good this TEAM and the Falcons organization is and has been, until years after this run. But I for one am loving it right now. Hell, we even have, hands down, the best marketing campaign in the NFL. What do Falcons do?

FALCONS RISE UP! (now admit it, you heard the singing in your ears as you read that, didn’t you?)

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D3, the blog monster ate my homework. Be lovely if you could get it back for me. In the meantime, I will summarize.

WE AIN’T NEVA SCARED OF NO DAMN BODY!! PUNKS JUMP UP TO GET BEAT DOWN!!

FALCONS RISE UP!!

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DHunt — Post is out!

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BL — If that’s what they’re doing (RE: blog registering), than I highly applaud them for it, even though I have my doubts.

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Two and a half hours to gametime. The time for talk is over. The time for excuses is over. It’s time for our Birds to go out and win a playoff game. The time is NOW!

See you after the game, Cage…

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Headed to the dome

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1st to win a playoff game in my 1st 5 seasons.

Aint my deep ball pretty?

Ummmm…..

1) Your defense has carried you every year. Who did they interview after the game? Ray Lewis. Then there’s guys like Terrell Suggs, Haloti Ngata, Ed Reed.

2) Your deep ball is ALL you have. You can’t check down, have no pre-snap reads, suck at going through your progressions.

3) Good thing Anquan Boldin didn’t stay with the Arizona Cardinals. He made more plays on your “throw in his somewhat general direction” passes than I can count.

4) You barely complete half of your passes.

5) Ray Rice…I need say no more.

Take all that away and we have Blaine Gabbert with a very strong arm and a sh!tty attitude.

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“I’m getting sick………………” – D3

You wanted a lil humor to lighten the mood so here goes .
IF Smitty pulls a Denver’s Fox type fail or we get curb stomped again, this ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpUu8zxqUDI ) will be the result. There is another movie character I’ve been going nuts to figure out but can’t remember what show he was from…white haired older guy that is or plays a bit “stunted”. Think it was from a Steven King movie but gah! so far.

I believe we win today so I’ll refrain from anymore Smitty potshots until after the game. I couldn’t resist the Smitty/ Borgnine gag tho, pretty good match.

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GOODBYE TROLL!

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The national media has thrown the Falcons under the bus the entire season. Now is the day that all of there disrespectful hoopla can be evaporated with a Falcon win. Sadly, the national media wants to continue to beat that drum. Its time for the Falcons to breakthrough. I tell ya, what’s really laughable is the comparison of RW3 and MR2. Granted RW3 won a playoff game and I give him credit for that, however, it being against another rookie QB that was noticeable injured. On the other hand MR2 went against CW13 as a rookie, and then AR12 and lastly EM10. All 3 Superbowl winning QBs. MR2 and the Falcons must get it done today, period.

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monster is on a roll today. all post from here on will be less than 100 words.

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nfcchamp, that was truly a ridiculous comparison. Russel Wilson has won one more playoff game than Matt Ryan. Against a crippled QB. Yeah. That’s all we need to know to know who is the best WB on the field today.

Ryan is going to make them eat those words and a whole lot of seachicken that tastes a lot like crow.

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Hope the refs keep an eye on loud mouth Sherman #25 on Julio. He was all over the receivers last week and never got called out.
Hope Dent is ready for the beast.

But most impt, PRAY the OL is up to the task!!!

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D3, maybe we need to start registering.

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Smittyball may work in the regular season, BUT not in the post season. Someone hog tie smitty in locker rm and pedal to the medal for all 60 min!!!

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It is game day. I’m dressed and ready to rock and roll. Git’er done Falcons!!

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Man I’m so hyped up like I’m about to play the game or something. LOL FALCONS RISE UP today!!! Make us proud.

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“2) Your deep ball is ALL you have. You can’t check down, have no pre-snap reads, suck at going through your progressions. ” – BR

Hilarious but so true. He cost them that time-out at the end and STILL kept running out of clock after that even. Watching the talking heads tongue shine his danglies is like watching a hairball bobbing out of the kitty litter box contest…hard to stomach but great entertainment watching them dive in and suck.

Can we please start the game? Can’t take much more talking from the media d-bags.

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D3 –

Highlight the first five or six numbers of the IP address…you know where to place it within the system to get the desired effect….that usually takes care of any troll, even if they’re using different computers in a cafe or library.

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Gett’n close now fellas, we’re on a mission, stay strong focused out there, we owe somebody today! C’mon ATL, Let’s own this thing, this is ours, in our house, anything not redn’black, explode on, Lay the wood! Win the 1st downs, win the quarters, How Hungry Are Ya? Man Up & not slow down, stay strong through 4 ATL!

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Game time.

Go Falcons.

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Put it to those filthy dirty birds, put Mattie on ice.

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Magic City!

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Quizz!!!

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Sweet catch by Roddy. Just sweet.

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Oh damn….SO close.

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Ryan was a hair late with that throw. We’ll get em next time.

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OK – 3 — 0 Now we need some strong D. A turnover would be oh so nice.

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So far so good. We know we can move the ball on them on the ground. We know our receivers can get open at any time. We know Matt Ryan is going to make more of those throws than he misses.

Time for the defense to Rise Up!

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Did you hear those helmets and pads cracking when they hit Lynch>!>!

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Good job D!

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THREE AND OUT BABY!!! GET THE F^*% OFF MY FIELD!

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How bout are 12th man!!!!!

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HD taking care of the punt returns today. Pulling out all the stops to get that win. That’s what I want to see.

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Our Birds are not scared, get um Franks!

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You gotta push harder than that, Konz. Give it your all. Block “angry”…

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OMIGOD.

No. No. No.

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Matt Ryan was hit on that throw from a free blitz man.

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Damn…no pass rush

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THAT’S OURS, THAT’S OURS, THAT’S OURS!!!!

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YEAH!! We got it back.

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Big Ray I’m with you on the tackling for a loss.

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Let’s go Ryan. Atonement time, although TG hesitated on the route with that INT.

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Yeah, Koetter’s inexperience is showing here.

We haven’t set things up for our vertical game….obvious horse collar on that play.

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Up the middle with no push.

I say again…need an upgrade at Center.

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Dammit Konz…rookie jitters.

And we had that play all sewed up.

Dammit.

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Nice catch!

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OMIGOD WHAT A CATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Falcons all day baby!

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GO DEFENSE!!!!!

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Now we get to hear all about how Seattle fell behind last week and came back, and how the cross country travel is affecting them. Who gives a flying F what they did last week, and if they wanted to play at home, maybe they should have won more regular season games.

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Little defensive breakdown on that Zack Miller long pass. The defense is hyped up today though

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GREAT pursuit by Bier Truck

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Rather have that kind of rush against Wilson. Can’t just go all out to get him down. Have to make sure he doesn’t get away as well. Great job by Bierman and Babs

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Woot! We are doing it on D. Let’s get a long work them tire them drive to put us 3 scores. R. Wilson is not a precision passer and they will have to play catch-up. Interception wonderland will be in effect.

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Oh PHUCK YEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Quizz!!!

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QUIZZZZZZ !!!

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popppppp quizzzzzzzzzz

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SOOOOO close. I’m so ready to shut Sherman up. So ready.

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What a start

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Trying to ice us with the timeout. How clever.

Bust that azz, Falcons.

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Ha! B!tches.

Told y’all we have big strong WRs.

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Magic City got trucked on that hit, but he got some solid yardage.

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Got to give some props to Big Mike Turner for running hard to day. And Quizz just made something out of nothing again.

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Busted play all the way around. Simply pitiful.

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One penalty changed the tenor of that drive.

Thanks a lot, Clabo.

Should have been 17-0…and I’m not b!tching, I’m just not comfortable with a 13 point lead. Not in the NFL playoffs.

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This is where you miss Chris Owens.

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HELL YEAH!

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Double Hell Yesss!

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WHAT A HELLUVA DEFENSIVE STAND!!! That was incredible and inspiring. The defense is now playing for the shutout on top of the win. If we can get a long touchdown drive right here, it might just be over

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Turner is doing his job today.

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AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

How you like THAT deep ball, babyyyyyy!!!!

Where you at, troll, where you AT?

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Roddy is on FIYAH!!! Great pass by Ryan to put that ball out there where Roddy can go get it. And it’s going to be there all day long.

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yessssssssssssssssssssirrrrrrrrrr

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Turner running like a BEAST today.

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Wheee! M. Ryan just went B-02 stealth bomber on that Seahag ass! Lock up Smitty, keep the scoring going.

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If I didn’t know better, I’d say that somebody promised Turner 50 free lap dances at Magic City if he averaged more than 4 yards per carry and got over 100 yards today.

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I would like very much for somebody to put a GOOD HARD lick on Russell Wilson.

I’m just sayin’.

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BR (2:20) – ME TOO MAN!!! I wanna see him get rocked.

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D@mn, didnt know they had a HOF TE…make adjustments!!!

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Sweet play by Asante.

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Very proud of our fans at the Dome, you know the “worst sports fans” in the NFL.

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HE!! YEA, 20-0 AT HALF, ill take it!

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Very proud of our fans at the Dome, you know the “worst sports fans” in the NFL.

HELL YEAH

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We finally got to Wilson. We’ve got to get more pressure on him in the 2nd half.

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Petal to the metal and give Smitty the rest of the day off!!!
That’ll do pig, dont even think about going smittyball in 2nd half!!!!

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I am absolutely psyched up with the play of this Falcons defense. The talk even on the halftime show is all about what the Seahawks didn’t do. Well I’m going to talk all week about how truly great the Falcons defense was when it mattered to keep this game a shutout for the entire first half.

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Don’t much care who I offend, COONS!!!

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3rd quarter, we need a quick stop and a score. Put an end to this game.

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BR, on #3…yep helluva play and Babs recovered…let’s not forget the long TD to Roddy…a thing of beauty!

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BL, I have predicted and still predict that J.Massaquoi will be a starter in the future. Kid is really an athletic specimen and is very talented.

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That toe tappin’ catch by Coffman showed me he might be a sleeper.

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Marshawn Lynch, 9 rushes for 28 yards. Who can’t stop the run again?

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Hell yeah….coverage sack!

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Burned by TE again…

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Nice hit Dunta but would rather YOU FOCKIN TACKLE!!!!!!!

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Mike Smith right in Decoud’s face.

As he should be.

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Only need to adjust to the TE.

That last play was about guys being in the wrong places. We definitely don’t need anymore of THAT.

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JJ,
My thoughts exactly. You have arms, use them to wrap up.

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McClure doing the job on pass protection, though. Even if he looks like he’s gimping out there….

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Wow.

Julio never ceases to amaze me with his strength/toughness.

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And then HD drops the next one.

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come on HD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Maybe not!

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GONZO = BULL

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SWEET!!!!!!!!!!
27-7

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Nice try sherman, WAY OFFSIDES.

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Shovel pass! What kind of psycho would expouse those things ?

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Snelling was not going to be denied.
lol, sherman offsides twice trying to block the kick. Sure his cheating coach carrol is behind it!

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CB, yea that pick in 1st.

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Don’t look now…but I think we ate the 3rd quarter….

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Dunta is our biggest liability in pass defense, sigh.

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JJ,

I’m ready for McClain to take over for Dunta, to be honest.

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Is Mike Smith running the defense? These guys are wide open!

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Or play him at Safety…I mean damn….

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Box,

Shovel pass.

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Crowd needs to turn it back UP, not nearly as loud as 1st half.
NO WAY we can sit on this lead!!!
15 more minutes before we can relax.

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Shuffle pass, Box.

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“Need some information. Is it a shovel pass or a shuffle pass?” – Box

It is a semantic technicality. The original term is shovel pass if I’m not mistaken but shuffle pass and a few others are also used.

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Dammit…everybody had their heads turned.

And we had a chance to get Wilson, but Babs had his knees taken out.

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We know we can move the ball on them. Time for another TD to just BEAT the hope out of them.

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Big Lou,

Yeah, but is it work or is it personnel?

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BP going up, bye bye beer, hello vodka!!! lol

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WONDERFUL blocking on that play.

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If we eat up 7 or 8 minutes on this next drive and end up with points out of it.

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This is why I think we need to move to the 3-4 defense.

Meanwhile, Seattle knew what we were doing on that play.

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Big Lou ,

I agree.

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That was absolute BS.

Pass was soft, didn’t like the decision. But DB also puts the brakes on right in front of Roddy and basically committs PI.

Of course, nobody wants that call, so it wasn’t made.

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Yall can agree to disagree…

give me the smittyball right now…

pound turner – dude’s actually getting good yardage.

I don’t wanna see a Julio jones reverse. I continue to pound them till they show they can stop it…

And that throw by Matt Ryan is as dumb as it gets. Just pound the ball and kill clock.

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Stupid stupid stupid. I can already see someone wearing a cabbie hat.

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This is NOT good.

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Pathetic.

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This is exactly why you don’t play Smittyball. You gave up on the agression that got us the lead and started being cute. If we give this away someone better be running out of town for their life.

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How the FOCK is that on Ryan?

The DB slammed on the brakes and used his body to push Roddy out of the play!!!!

Seattle got away with one just like they did against Green Bay.

Now the defense…that’s another story. WE GAVE THEM that drive. WTF…

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Problem is, Smittyball means putting yourself in a situation where one play can get you bounced.

Yeah, Turner was getting good yardage. But you run to eat the clock and set up the pass.

I still say PASS INTEREFERENCE.

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Well, THAT throw was certainly inaccurate.

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Elaine…just put the tequila in freezer, just in case of an emergency!

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ok, seatle KNOWS about that screen!

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Big Ray,

with a 2 score lead and another down to still go, you don’t force anything or take that chance…

that’s why it’s on Ryan.

the main goal of that possession is to eat clock and possibly get points while eating up clock.

we didn’t need to force that ball down the field.

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Here we are again, putting pressure on our defense.

And our defense with a perfect opportunity to make a play…but unable to close it.

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Dent and Weatherspon with a nice tackle.

But Seattle continues to get the call.

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Come on Seahawks. We can beat this overrated team

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Matt Ryan is a moron!

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Why’d we call a timeout?

Need to stop them RIGHT NOW. Do NOT let them sustain this drive!!!!

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YES!!!!!!!

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Defense stood up, even without the penalty.

Time for the offense to stand up.

Need to score. A TD.

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Good Lord, Turner is making moves he hasn’t made all season.

Go Fat boy!

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Michael Turner and the Fountain of Youth. Don’t know where that was all year. But damn glad that he found it today.

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BR, at the very least 3.

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Where the PHOCK are these stupid plays coming from?????

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3 n out, ;(

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matt’s tightening up here…

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Lol

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gotta be like all the rest of the falcons games this season I guess…

can’t just put a f’n team away, gotta make it as tough as you can…

after moving at will without ever having to punt the ball through like 3 quarters, we shelled up in the 4th.

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Ironic that the defense will determine this game.

In Mike Nolan we trust.

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Three missed tackles on that play.

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Lord its not easy being a falcon fan!

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OMG WTF…..we failed in the backfield AGAIN

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And a penalty to top it all off.

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wowwwwwwwwwww

this one will be as tough as it gets

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give him the TD…

we have a better chance of driving the field for a FG than we do of stopping them 3 times here..

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I’m done. What a waste.

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Were up 27-7 entering the 4th qt, dont care about regular season…FIRE smitty and move Nolan over…might as well fire cooter as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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say what you want about Matt Ryan…

this one makes me think A LOTTTTTTTT LESS of him

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I still have faith in Matt Ryan. We’re all allowed our opinions.

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Oh lord, dare I dream……or will the falcons rip my heart out like they have for over 40 yrs??????

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Unbelievable. Birds WIN!!!!

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Matt Bryant makes it.

Now all we gotta do is “survive.”

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Holy.

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Wow…

Glad I stayed.

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WTF was THAT???!!!!!

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wtf…a offsides kick with 6 sec left???????????????

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Seattle could still win this.

I hope like hell we pull this out.

HOLY PHUCKBALLS

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Julio with the INT…..LOL is all I can say….with a huge dose of relief.

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A wins a win, but that was EMBARRASING, BUTT UGLY….still tho …FIRE SMITTY!!!!

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That was WAY too close for comfort. Impressed with Matt in the first half…not so much the second.

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30 points against the best defense in the league is not bad.

Coaches have a lot of soul searching this week.

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I think Matt Ryan will be a beast in the next game against the 49ers.

The pressure is finally gone.

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Releived we’ve won our 1st playoff game in the Smith, Ryan era…can’t say I enjoyed Seattles offense running up and down the field in the second half, but still thrilled we won.

Matt Bryant should be the teams MVP.

Today, GOD was a Falcons fan.

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I quit reading at 4:04 but went back and had a good laugh at all ya’ll of so little faith.

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ONCE AGAIN, we won inspite of smitty!!!

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I know right now I’m going have to a big drink of hard liquor.

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Jimmy Johnson– “You gotta feel good for Coach Mark Smith.”

Did we hire a new coach?

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Between Matt Ryan and who ever is calling offensive plays, somebody has got to realize there is a serious problem…. And Atlanta certainly needs some e quality players on defense to give Nolan something to work with.

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i’ll eat the crow…

i’m stoked.

matt ryan did what he’s done plenty.

the falcons did what they’ve done too many times.

but it’s all about W’s this time of year, and we got it done.

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“No one respects the failcants.” – Product of bayou inbreeding

You obviously do, you’re fear smells great. How is the Taints playoff game going?

Fire Smitty now please!

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BL (4:25) – Exactly! I felt they gave the run game too much respect and didn’t let the safeties roam in the secondary. Oh well…it’s a win. We got that monkey off of our backs!

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It’s going to be a good match up next weekend. My oldest son is a 49er fan and we actually talked about us meeting up at the Ga Dome a couple of weeks ago. FALCONS RISE UP!!! Let’s enjoy the win and then fix the issues we had in the second half. That was crazy!

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I got to admit it I had already got up and went out to the car. I went back inside for the Keys and they had run a play so I sat back down .What an ending

Good Job FALCONS !!!!!

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SP, Already text D3 and Rock and I are on the “fire smitty ” train….know it wont happen but maybe they at least will not extend his contract. Pitifull coaching in the 4th qt and weve seen it time and time again. Conservative smitttyball will win you allot of games in reg season, but not one in the post season…yea we lucked out inspite of smitty.

If I piss of some smitty lovers, sorry JMO and pissoff! Not really, just trying to ventout so my bp goes down.

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Long, long plane ride back to Seattle for whoever called that time out when Bryant kicked.

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The finish was worth it. Gonzalez with the catch that set up the winning points. Heartfelt interview on the sidelines afterward– saying he felt the disappointment, the unfairness of it all, his last game… and then his excitement– on to the NFC championship!

Finish worth it for Gonzo– about did me in.

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DON’T CARE ABOUT THE WAY WE DID IT………………….

MONKEY IS OFF OUR BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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JJ

Tell me where Turner was doing bad? We should have used him more, period. I can agree with ‘Smitty Ball’ on defense, but the offense lost momentum due to gimmicky plays/shots down the field. We should have played conservative. I hope we watched the same game. Turner up the middle is what set up ATL 27 points.

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BR, agree with the first2 but the last flappo impersonation in the 4th qt was inexusable. Still love MR2 but he made a mistake with that softball lob against double coverage…but we won, hoorah…going to go lie down, lol.

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That monkey off the Falcon’s back will help greatly, though.

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I think maybe what happened was the THOUGHT of getting the win in the 4th quarter started to add pressure to Atlanta.

Don’t forget, the Birds had the most pressure on them today, and it was bound to show up at some point.

But what we did in the regular season is what happened today. WE KNOW we can win these games, because we just do it.

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Big time players make big time plays with very little time on the clock in postseason games. Thank you MR, TG and MB.

The monkey crawled up our back and grabbed us by the throat. I was hating it. But we shook that forsaken monkey off and WON the game.

Next week, we won’t have to worry about the monkey. The team won’t THINK they can win in the playoffs, they will KNOW that they can win in the playoffs. I like our chances against a good team next week.

Even if we hadn’t blown a big lead, we still wouldn’t have gotten any real media love this week. They were convinced that the winner of SF – GB was NFC champ. The only way to change that perception is to own the dome next weekend!

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I see there are some angry haters out there…

You maddddddddddddddddddd….

Big Lou, I agree with you on Turner. I thought we got too gimmicky and cute when we should’ve just pounded them in between the tackles. If you wanna run a toss sweep, fine, but do it from under center. All the shotgun sweeps and the reverse and the screens were not timely.

With that said, IDGAF. We won. This time of year, it’s all about winning. I could care less if we get 3 lucky W’s to get a Lombari, just bring home the f’n Lombardi.

Nolan will have to clean a lot up for next week though. I’m sure Harbaugh was watching that game and saw plenty of things he feels can be exposed. Abe’s status will be huge. Dude is basically a one-man line when we don’t send the blitz packages.

The matchup vs. their defense will be a lot different than this one was. The Seahawks aren’t even in the same ballpark when it comes to defensive fronts. They have a talented secondary [or so they say], but the Niners front 7 is hellacious.

We’ll break it down all week.

Ryan gets props for that last drive. Wanted to throw that in there after I called him out in the heat of the moment.

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Dec. 23, 2012

SEA 42 – SF 13

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We get respect when we win the Super Bowl. For now, we just have to work on a game plan to beat the 49ers.

DHunt – I always enjoy reading what you have to say.

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Wabe/DHunt,
Great thing about the cage is all opinions are welcomed as long as your a fan and not a troll. Some of us are not happy with Smith and it seams you guys are painting us with a broad brush as non-fans. Ive been on these blogs for over 10yrs (long before the birdbabe) and live n die with my falcons. Plz do not make the mistake of painting me as a hater. Ive got over 40yrs of falcons love and just because my opinion of the coach may differ, you guys are no bigger fanatical fan than I.
We have diff. opinions about smitty, the winningest coach in falcons history, yes. My opinion, is
weve gone as far as we can with smitty. Furthermore, we should have won 1 or 2 superbowls in the last 5 yrs with the talet this team has.
But its just my opinion, disagree all you want, thats whats great about D3’s blog.

Call me out as a hater after 40yrs of bleeding for this team, well, we will have a problem!

Go Falcons!

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Blog monster again –

“Smitty isn’t responsible for making in game defensive adjustments, that credit always goes to Mike Nolan. So how do you look right now, blaming Coach Smith for not getting the defense to play better than they did in the 4th quarter? ” – DHunt

In fact, yes Smitty is. He has the power to overrule and give scheme/ playcalling ultimatums to either the OC or DC at ANYTIME he so desires. Nolan would never go prevent/soft zone at the start of the 3rd quarter. That and TOP grinding on the offensive side of the ball was the exact same way we have played with a lead the entire time Smitty has been here…it is him not one shred of doubt anymore. Not saying to hate him, but that Martyball mentality is not a winning philosphy in the playoffs. Smitty has shown his tendencies come what may, hell or high water. He put the noose around his own damn neck so time for him to swing. He got yet another shot to prove what he is and what he does and he is 0-4 in the playoffs to show for it. Let the loser go. we have winners on this team that would like to you know, actually play to win. Thank the other sides magic for sharing with the two Matts, they won their game not Smittys.

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Blog monster again and again

Fire Smitty now please!

“Smitty isn’t responsible for making in game defensive adjustments, that credit always goes to Mike Nolan. So how do you look right now, blaming Coach Smith for not getting the defense to play better than they did in the 4th quarter? ” – DHunt

In fact, yes Smitty is. He has the power to overrule and give scheme/ playcalling ultimatums to either the OC or DC at ANYTIME he so desires. Nolan would never go prevent/soft zone at the start of the 3rd quarter. That and TOP grinding on the offensive side of the ball was the exact same way we have played with a lead the entire time Smitty has been here, it is him not one shred of doubt anymore. Not saying to hate him, but that Martyball mentality is not a winning philosphy in the playoffs. Smitty has shown his tendencies come what may, hell or high water. He put the noose around his own damn neck so time for him to swing.
He got yet another shot to prove what he is and what he does and he is 0 for 4 in the playoffs to show for it. Let the loser go. we have winners on this team that would like to you know, actually play to win.

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Betcha Ol’ Cheater doesnt take the blame for not having enough faith in his team for not kicking the 2 FGs in the first half…and then he tried to act like he called time out before Bryant kicked…guess he didnt see the game last week on the time out.

He paid Reggie Bush and the rest, then hightailed it to the northwest like DB Cooper leaving USCum holding the bag.

ESPN and FOX can suck it….Hope Primetime wears them out on NFL Network.

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“Call me out as a hater after 40yrs of bleeding for this team, well, we will have a problem!” – JJ

I won’t but people can feel free to call me a hater because I do hate Smitty’s failboat coaching style. Not a hint of doubt about it anymore. I wrote a long reply to DHunt but the blog monster is hungry it seems. If someone can’t see what the problem is then good on em, there is a cliche about bliss and I certainly believe it to be true. If some want to lose in the playoffs that badly then meh, I couldn’t really care less.

Fire Smitty now please!

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Abe didn’t play almost the whole game, though. I hope he will be healthier for next week…

God knows we are gonna need him.

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We all want the same thing. It has Lombardi’s name on it. I am content to wait and see how the rest of this season plays out. But I enjoy seeing what other fans are thinking.

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I hate broccoli.

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Big Lou ,

My point was that our OL didn’t fail like they could have. They kept Ryan clean. I have repeatedly expressed my concerns about SF…we can beat them on the back end (secondary), but not at the line and not in the middle where Willis and Bowman are quite strong.

I don’t like the matchup, but it’s helluva lot better than going home today with another playoff loss.

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Personal side note. Got to watch the game with my 17 year old grandson. Our 1st Falcons playoff game together (he used to live out of state). We were both hollering like we were at the dome. My wife kept coming out of the bedroom to cheer with us. Great memories!

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Big time players make big time plays at critical moments. Abe is one of the Birds that has demonstrated an ability to do that. I hope that he can be available for more than a handful of snaps next week.

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Big Ray

Good point. It seems the best way to handle the 49ers is the no huddle, since the hardly substitute. Running the ball would be a disaster through the power I formation. We will have to out score them, because I really dont think our defense has a chance.

They have have better receivers, tight end, and lesser RB than the Seahawks.

Like I said, it’s going to take a perfect game.

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Can’t put everything on Smitty, that’s true.

Execution was a problem on defense. I see where we need to improve via the draft and via what we have on the roster.

Playcalling was an issue in several situations.

We’d proven we could run on them…Turner was eating those guys alive. We got away from it and tried some gimmicky plays…cost us field positions, time of possession, etc.

We’ll leave it as is, I’m so happy for the win.

I do worry about SF. The playoff monkey is off our backs but we have a bigger challenge in SF.

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“I’ve never cried after a win,” said Gonzalez, who has stated repeatedly that he’s “95 percent” sure this is his final year. “I was thinking, `Here we go again. I guess it wasn’t meant to be.”

Tell you what….never blame a fan for feeling the way an actual player on this team has felt.

I can’t say ANYTHING to ANYBODY for having doubts when you have a HOF’er feeling the same way.

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BR 6:11, they had to double team Matthews, the octopus. He can step in anytime. Mass may be even better! No worries.

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DHunt, no prob buddy, just a little worked up, lol. NO WAY this game should have gotten that close. But we all suspected that it would didnt we?

Blaming th headcoach may be unfair BUT it has happened repeatedly over the yrs regardless who the coordinators were.

Ill drop it until were out of the dance but theres a constant, reoccuring theme with smitty and winningest falcons coach is theme 1 no dought. But I have lost faith in his ability to succeed in the playoffs…we luked out today and many, many times over the laST 4 YRS. Some say that means its not luck, I disagree. Over half our wins this yr, last yr and the yr before were wins inspite of coaching. Yes MM n BVG were the main culprit but MS hired them and hanged on to them for way too long. In the real life (away from smitty) BOTH failed and got fired…explain that my cage brothers who coddle smitty balls..lol…luv vodka!!!!

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I’m thinking/hoping this win gave the Falcons the idea that they may be as good as they actually are. The SF game will be a challenge but I’m thinking we can go all the way if we learn from today’s victory. “Damn the torpedoes!”

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“lol…luv vodka!!!!” – JJ

Woot! Glad you can celebrate already, the stink of Smitty stupidity is gonna take a keg of Irish whiskey for me to forget it seems. I’m not too worried about the FortyWhiners bathhouse scrubbers, the Pats are looking like who we will have hard times with. If Nolan gets smart and lets the Whiner’s score enough to stay close and keep Smitty’s loserball off the table we will be fine. The Pats can match our offense tho and their defense is much better than given credit for.

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Ain’t on Smitty or Turner at all, it was a FAILURE of Nolan, and Ryan that allowed the game to be that close. But regardless, those who felt they cannot win due to Smitty or Turner just don’t know football. No, they are the rocks.

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“SP, compare the playcalling of the “kings/NE” vs us hillbillies. Its top of the line nfl vs jv ga state (my alma matre, go concrete campus). Cooter needs to watch some tv tonight instead of gloating in his lucky stars!!!!” – JJ

How do they get every one so damn open and every one of our passes are contested and have to be picture perfect throws by Ryan? I hate watching them bastids.

Lol at the failed trolling. I’ll play some,

Fire Smitty now please! Turner can stay another game or two.

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MB, tks for your ” I was correct all yr and you guys were wrong!”
lol, too rich for me!

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Bottom Line, Smittyball has gotten us the best NFC record over 5 years, for all you clowns saying But but…We have not won a playoff game….Need to retire from trolling. It is over.

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I was not a guy who said we WOULD win in the playoffs, I just said we CAN win, that all the other crap, past experiences, what play we called in week 6, mean nothing in regards to our chances. But the fact that Turner showed up and outplayed the “beast” is not lost upon me.

And for Ryan, well, it was the best of times, and the worst of times……He thew a bad pick, but he redeemed himself…..Overall, hard fought W…..And as I said all year, a W is a W.

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I will say this, winning a playoff game was not the goal, it just shuts up the “we have not won a playoff” clowns who do not understand competition. I am not naming names, but you know who you are.

But, our screens did have something to be desired, out little play to Snelling was quite innovative to me……Saying that Smitty is not able to allow Koetter to try new things is not true…..As for our D, we focused on stopping ML, and we did, but he had a cost.

Bottom line, we removed an emotional block off our mind, but it is not the goal, not at all…..

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Bingo Mike. The NFL is full of comeback stories, and Comeback/Comeback stories….The W is the only thing that is recorded. RISE UP!!!

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Glad we won. Smitty should be let go at end of season. He is this team’s Achilles heel. They win in spite of him.

MB – The one who doesn’t know football is plainly you. Again, the ends aren’t the only story. You are such a belligerent a hole…

D3 – seriously, save us from this idiot.

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JB Falcon

Re: an earlier conversation.
You were right. I am one and done in that regard.

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I am glad we won or d3 would have chucked a rock thru his TV ! HAHAHAHA

The dome was ROCKING to say the least. My ears are still ringing and my throat is still soar from screaming.
I will say, we did everything we could to grab defeat from the jaws of victory.
Heard on the radio on the way home that in the huddle with 35 seconds left. That Ryan goes into the huddle, states “we’ve been here before, we can do it again” Clabo asks,how much do we need.. answer 30 yds… Ok then, lets go”
What an emotional roller coaster…. in fact I am still stunned about all that happened.
Cant wait for next Sunday. .. glad I have to go out of town for a few days…as I think I would lose my mind listening to all the stuff this week

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Let me be clear, back about 6-8 weeks ago, after our 1st loss, people were projecting that we might lose out the season. It pissed me off, and I said that type of talk is just pessimism, that the type of “analysis” was just emotional crap, but not analysis at all. I also said I would stand tall if we went one and done. So here I am….MT33 played great, Nolans D, not so much….Sorry to disagree with you, but Smitty rocks….Right?

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LRD, I was thinking the same thing, when we had 30 seconds and 2 timeouts, I was just thinking, hmmm…..Matty Ice, this is what he does…..

I actually like our chances against the 9ers….we can stop the rush…..Make CK beat us with his arm.

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Kudos to Matty Ice today, lived up to his name in the end, congratulations Tony, I was cryin with ya brother, Class act, Go Birds

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Look, I’m very very glad we won, and I want Dimitroff, Smith, and Ryan back, but dang, you can’t do what they did today to their fans. The breadth of emotions I endured during the game was not good for my health. If they had lost, losing the way they could have today would have put me over the top.

I’ll take an ugly win over a pretty loss anyday, but this wasn’t an ugly win. It was something else, and I can’t find the correct words to describe it.

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LOL, agreed, huge monkey off our back, I could see the tension on Ice’s face, now it is all gravy, we just have to play loose and be ourselves. The MT33 fresh legs concept was not popular around here, but he looked like a new RB today. Our D made it close, but Russell Wilson is a hard guy to play against…the guy is amazing.

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http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/21551022/ryan-smith-erase-stigma-as-falcons-establish-playoff-bonafides

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Abraham is reported saying he would play next week. The Falcons held him out of the game at half time on purpose after he tweaked his ankle again. could explain his frustrated look on the sidelines.

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Lived the JJ pick too….Destiny? I don’t think that is what TD had in mind when he drafted him to be a difference maker.

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No reason to put Abe in today, he would have rolled his ankle chasing Wilson around in circles…..We would have had 5-6 sacks today of a regular QB.

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Sorta reminds me of the Giants, they could not run the ball all year last year……

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