How would you rate the Falcons’ performance?
Time for the report card on the Falcons’ effort Sunday against the Patriots in New England. Rate the team on the following four categories: offense, defense, special teams and coaching.
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gman
September 27th, 2009
5:41 pm
the offense looked like a bunch of lazy bums.
nobody fighting to get open just looks like everyone was asleep
icndark
September 27th, 2009
5:41 pm
Nuff said!
TY
Ripped Again
September 27th, 2009
5:42 pm
Where was Tony G today ???? I didn’t hear his name called once
Ripped Again
September 27th, 2009
5:44 pm
The Falcon’s are sure not ready for prime time yet,bet Akmen and Buck won’t be doing any of their games for a long time !!!
NoD
September 27th, 2009
5:44 pm
Not even a hint of pressure on Brady. If he isn’t as off as he was, we lose by two more TD’s. Ryan was hurried all day. Turner’s fumble was the turning point in the game.
We’re an average NFL team (at best) without better play out of the D line. I think Peria Jerry’s injury is going to hurt us worse than expected. Where is William Moore?
Sullyzz
September 27th, 2009
5:45 pm
So many here are in need of pacifiers. By playoff time, you all will have forgotten about this game.
icndark
September 27th, 2009
5:46 pm
And for the record, we would prefer to be without the #1 rated officials if that’s what you call the zebras we were seeing today!!!
icndark
September 27th, 2009
5:49 pm
Sullyzz, I have yet to see you reply to the assertion that we should have won today! That, as far as I know is all we’re discussing here and now. I don’t doubt that we can turn this around, but you have yet to admit the fact that our players are not the reason that we lost today. I think we could do great things, but not working within the framework set today…What say you???
Gary
September 27th, 2009
5:49 pm
Only Jamal Anderson could stumble into the qb and get a 15 yard penalty. If you are going to commit a foul,at least do it with some intensity.
michael
September 27th, 2009
5:51 pm
I can’t get too mad at my 7/8 yr old team after seeing the Falcons performance in NE. How can professional atheletes just go through the motions? Is it too much to ask to go all out, 200%, on each play for less than 4 hours for 16 weeks of the year? The Falcons look just like the Falcons…..Got their butts kicked from the punter to the head coach and all points in between…..But I do want to say thank you for some outstanding individual efforts….You made me proud on a number of plays…..butI want that number to be 100%.
gman
September 27th, 2009
5:57 pm
roddy white missing balls
michael tuner fumbling
thomas decoud miss 2 interceptions
gonzo getting 1 pass
this was not one faze of the game lost, we lost in all aspects of the game
the d stayed on the the feild to long
Headmofo
September 27th, 2009
6:00 pm
Who told the Falcons to Kiss the Patriots Rings? I mean the Patriots could only stop the Patriots today. Did our Defense even get off the plane? I am sorry guys this reminded me too much of the Defense that played in the Preseason. We lacked fire, we had no pass rush, and the Patriot’s lackluster run game gashed us with a 70 year old running back. The Pats beat us soundly in the second half today. Someone tell DeCoud this is his shot! You must make plays when the ball is in your hands. DeCoud should have had two picks. I like Peterson but too much chatter today with his old buddy Taylor and not enough tackling. Peterson should have blown up some plays in the backfield instead he choose to arm tackle. News Flash!!!Grimes is fast and has heart but too short. We may need to use Chevis Jackson more on the taller receivers in the Nickel or at Corner. Defense, you must bow up for us to go deep in the playoffs. We believe in you but Championship Teams win on the road in big games with balance on Offense and Tenacity on Defense. Let’s evaluate where we are and grow because the schedule doesn’t get any easier. San Fran doesn’t plan on laying down for us, and yes they do intend to run the ball.
Chas
September 27th, 2009
6:01 pm
Enter your comments here Was it me or was Matty Ice playing with a scared look in his eyes! This is the first time since I started watching him QB for the falcons that he appeared to be unsettled. Hope I am wrong.
JASon
September 27th, 2009
6:02 pm
Newsflash, people: our defense is not that good. I stated after week one that there would be significant dropoff in away games. Either way, this should not be a surprise to anyone, we know what we’re dealing with here.
Eric Amous
September 27th, 2009
6:03 pm
Sorry, tall between there legs girls. I would have felt alot better had they been at least competitive. They were ill prepared and embarrassed the city with that high school team performance. Matt, stop watching tape if this is the end result. Turner couldn’t run through a wet paper bag. This is the third game he has been a non-factor!! Gonzalas = 1 catch. Really???????
Eric Amous
September 27th, 2009
6:05 pm
Sissies!!!
Boo Boo
September 27th, 2009
6:05 pm
Falcons never have been “mudders”. Why else do you think they built an indoor stadium? Add to that the Patriots are America-Bush-Cheney’s team (the Patriot Act?), after halftime’s review of the Falcon’s playbook and the tape of signals (the Patriot Act?), it was just a matter of Billy Check holding back his team, so it looked like it was a fair game. Everyone knew the Falcons were going to lose this game. Only giving up 26 is great!
Bull butter
September 27th, 2009
6:09 pm
The pat’s could have been had today.They are not the team at this time that they use to be.This loss goes to the coaches for poor motivatuon and game plan.Plain and simple.
Eric Amous
September 27th, 2009
6:19 pm
I give the whole team an ” F “!!!
Eturn
September 27th, 2009
7:17 pm
Enter your comments here Can anybody Please tell me why B.Grimes is still on the team.
Falcons Fan
September 27th, 2009
7:23 pm
Falcons team – F
Falcons coaches – F
Officiating – F
Sullyzz
September 27th, 2009
7:38 pm
In response to Falcons Fan grading system……
Falcons Fans – F
Sullyzz
September 27th, 2009
7:40 pm
Icndark….if the Falcons “should have” won, they “would have” won. Like I said, 11-5 this year, and this was one of the 5 that I had marked.
Peachtree John
September 27th, 2009
7:40 pm
How do I get a: “you have already voted in this poll” when I have not. Is someone stealing my sports identity?
big dog ATL
September 27th, 2009
8:18 pm
Michael Turner Sucks. He is another T.J. Duckett. Let’s get back W. Dunn.
Falcon4now
September 27th, 2009
8:44 pm
coaching was terrrible,Yet again , I agree no guts, no element of surprise same boring plays, no fake punt attempts, ……………run run pass… the nations knows your play book get new ones 4 the dome turns into a ghost town again……………
Falcon4now
September 27th, 2009
8:47 pm
the Falcons are 2 afraid of getting matty ice uniform dirty…….. the heck with the rest of the team ….they seem 2 think he is the golden egg…..Not…..man up and get real veteran hard hitting defenders
FALCONS SORRY
September 27th, 2009
8:51 pm
AND A F /U TO AUTHOR BLANK FAILED/UNSATISFACTORY
Disillusioned
September 27th, 2009
9:01 pm
Sad, sad, sad! What has been in this blog the last few weeks is fairly accurate. Mr. Blank, I know you are trying to provide Atlanta with an adequate program, but we are MILES away from the elites. I am not sure of Coach Smith’s game plan, but it sure seemed to take a long time for him to figure it out. I can think of 5 QB’s that cannot wait to play Atlanta(Brees, Cutler, Romo, Manning and of course McNabb/Vick) and their secondary. If we don’t do something soon to pressure the opposing QB, we are heading for a sub .500 season.
The real NFL
September 27th, 2009
9:19 pm
The Falcon are not all that! the run Game is gone and soon the passing game will be gone and a weak defence! They have been exposed. This was a front by the NFL any ways. They got a pass last year. I don’t like Matt Ryan but he played better than the new England QB. If the Run Game does not come back Ryan will have a long year! AJC Ryan was not the best pick but this what you guy wanted!!!
Back 2 Life, Back 2 Reality
September 27th, 2009
9:36 pm
Even when the Patrots were playing at 65% & the falcons playing at 90% they still couldn’t beat them. No more Detroit’s, Kansas City’s, St. Louis, etc., this team showed what they are against a good team.
No cakewalk schedule this year!!!! By the way the REAL Offensive Rookie of last year ( Joe Flacco) is 3-0!!!! Falcons Suck!!
Tim Parker
September 27th, 2009
10:55 pm
Talk about bandwagoneers!!! And you call yourself fans!!! I suspect that many of you are sporting current/past New England addresses. This game was weird. Officiating was suspect the entire game, particularly the head ref with his Bostonian accent. Pretty obvious NFL. Moss was pushing off all day and only got called ONCE.
Our defensive line needs immediate help. We should have gone after Richard Seymour once we caught wind that the Pats were cutting him loose. I understand the need to build through the draft and sign young up-and-coming stars, but the defensive tackles on this team scare no one. We should have never let Grady Jackson go. That was DUMB. Worst mistake made in Dimitroff’s short reign. Note to Team: 350+ pound nose tackles that can play are RARE and you should NEVER let one go.
Anybody got Sam Adams number?
Matty Ice
September 28th, 2009
12:25 am
What is so MADDENINGLY frustrating is the Falcons got the Patriots on a day when Tom Brady played horribly and we still could not win…….
ARRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Matty Ice
September 28th, 2009
12:27 am
Love our coaching staff but they get an “F” grade today.
Not going for it on 4th and short from Patriots 38 = FAIL
Not making adjustments to stop the run = FAIL
Not going for it on 4th down twice in 4th quarter, 2 scores down = FAIL
Bad, bad game by Mike Smith, Mike Mularkey and BVG…
Don
September 28th, 2009
2:08 am
where is matty slush, i mean ice?
HATinGA
September 28th, 2009
4:28 am
The team (JETS) the week before gave the blueprint to beat them and the coaches did the oppisite, pressure on brady was the key last week to the JETS win ,we rushed 4 all day and Brady torched our defence, it really should have been much worse Brady was off a little, he had all day ,normally that means blowout!
gman
September 28th, 2009
7:48 am
i didnt know superman played football for the falcons
and that his realname was chris houston, every time
you see him looks like he’s trying to take off and fly
gman
September 28th, 2009
7:54 am
chris houston is garbage, the problem is why the falcons
didnt take a corner with our second pick, and wasted our
3rd pick on a corner that is 5′9″. i dont get it. i hope t.d. has
the since enough to take a corner 1st round
gman
September 28th, 2009
8:33 am
Enter your comments here
Diamond
September 28th, 2009
9:10 am
We need Michael Vick to be the quarter back for the Falcons……. Sorry Matt…… You’re just not the best pick for the Falcons….. We all know why DJ Shockley is not playing……. It’s the NFL/COACH mind set. It’s 2009, not the 60’s….. Do I need to say more… I think not……
Diamond
September 28th, 2009
9:18 am
High schools plays better than the Falcons…. Falcons players we the Fans pay to much money for season tickets….. What’s really going on? Hope you’re be ready for Philadelphia… Matt stop watching the tape and call some real NFL Professional plays…. Yeah…. We all know that you’re Coach Smith BOY!!!!! Play like a quarterback should play. You’re making the money now Perform….. When Vick was playing the dome was crunk….. Get with it Smith BOY…..
Pete
September 28th, 2009
9:45 am
EnTter your comments here
The Patriot game was the Arizona playoff game all over again.
Big stage, high hopes……………BIG FLOP.
It’s the story of Atlanta sports. Some things NEVER change.
Coop
September 28th, 2009
10:09 am
Same ol’ sorry @ss Falcons. Why do I get sucked in?
Vick Supporter
September 28th, 2009
12:14 pm
One thing i want to point out…the people that are saying “Vick should be our QB” is total BS. Vick is my favorite QB, but what’s done is done. Ryan is the QB of the Falcons now.
Is he better than Vick? At the moment, yes. Overall, no.
Will the Falcons be limited with Ryan at QB? Yes. Obviously, he has a higher ceiling than some people on here give him credit for, and some people have raised it to where he “is the next Brady”. Playing in Atlanta, he will never reach that linit, because the front office and the fans here will f it up. Well…maybe not so much…Ryan will get a pass from the white fans here. Have the black fans given Vick a pass? yes. It works both ways. I like Vick because he’s a great QB…not because of his color.
Ryan doesn’t have the arm to stretch the field with accuracy and he has trouble throwing into tight windows (this was proven again, yet certain people that have annointed him already ignore it)
Ryan is a very good QB, but may never be great. If Turner has a down year this year, the Falcons are in trouble. You people already know that the defense is terrible, and teams will be able to pass very easily on them.
As for Vick….its going to be a slow process….if anyone can make a comeback, its him.
Vick will shine again……….
Henry D.
September 28th, 2009
1:10 pm
When the defense remarks “they surprised us”, I could understand taking a couple of series or maybe a half to get it straightenrd out. But they didn’t do anything different for the whole game, other than Smith chewing out the defensive line. Can our coaches not make adjustments?
Why can our defensive ends not make an inside rush occasionally instead of getting run 10 yards around the Q.B on every play. And I agree that Anderson needs to be moved inside. I can rush the passer as good as he can and i am 50+ years old.
Bill
September 28th, 2009
1:30 pm
The falcons did not play bad this weekend but after watching the patriot’s front line hold on nearly every play, specifically Todd Light against Abraham, it is no wonder the falcons lost!
peeved
September 28th, 2009
2:47 pm
Just Another Sorry A** Out-coached Team!!..The Game Was Our’s To Win..We Failed
Miserably!! The Blame Lies Squarely On The COACHES And The PLAYER’S!!
gman
September 28th, 2009
3:50 pm
didnt know how much impact jerry was, didnt here his name, but
i guess he was clogging the middle thought the d-line was a stronghold
guess not, and lewis, i prayed for his return, but he and the rest of the
dt’s were pushed around,the whole game was played 3 yards past
the line of scrimage. hope they got some magic tucked away
Same old Falcons
September 30th, 2009
10:59 am
Every time the Falcons look like they are getting an ounce of respect, they stink it up on national tv!!
No wonder no one EVER gives us respect….WE HAVE NEVER EARNED RESPECT !!!
AFMB hacks
September 30th, 2009
11:00 am
The sorority club is over boys !! No more picking and choosing who is in your little “club”