Falcons are NFL’s last unbeaten team: Here’s fate of others (VIDEO added below)

Really looking forward to not losing in the playoffs this year, you guys.

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What really counts is when you get into 8-0 or better records, the percentage of teams that make the SB goes way up. I counted 11 of those 17 get in with 7 of those winning. Check back just before turkey day.

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6-0 is good and im glad but with this particular regime, It doesn’t really matter Unti theY win a playoff game. In fact, I’d rather they have somewhat of a struggle in the regular season 9-7, 10-6 for example, and then get hot right at the end. But til these guys win a playoff game, I’d rather not hear anything from them at all. Talk is cheap, and Dimitroff and Blank have more empty blather speak than most.

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Last Item: Turner does seem a step slow this year but it really doesn’t matter. Few backs can be successful when there are no holes to run thru.

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…Falcons lose to Saints at least once, plus TB at least once, and also lose to Philly, Dallas and the NYGmen…

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Jeff Schultz
October 15th, 2012
5:25 pm

Cory — I’m sure that means something in your own private Idaho. But any time you want to have a discussion about “Atlanta sports journalism,” I’m all in.
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Damn JEFF just pushed his STACK of Chips All In………..I keep seeing the Mad Russian “Teddy KGB” eating split Oreos and laughing at your bet.

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“Mister son-of-a-bitch… let’s play some cards.” – Teddy KGB…………………..LMAO

“The rule is this: You spot a man’s tell, you don’t say a f..ing word.” – CORY……

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In my opinion, that OL is still weak and it’s going to show up when they play some good teams. They better improve their tackling, too.

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This is great stuff Mr Schultz. Looked all over the web for this info but here it is at the great ajc.

Falcons on top!

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Hey Jeff,

Keep them coming, some of us actually enjoy thoughtful musings from professionals.

Thanks for the great work about our beloved Falcons, I look forward to reading you, Mark Bradley and D. Ledbetter every chance I get.

And what of our Falcons?

The game against the Raiders, although a win bothered me more than any game yet since the Dimitroff era.

The same issues seems to be emerging, a pattern with this management group and although I would not bet money against the Falcons, I will not bet any on them either.

They are missing something. If they had a tight game against the elite teams, I would be ecstatic.

Against the Raiders? Should not have happened, not at this stage of their process with Dimitroff.

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Great post Mark!

No body should be concerned. We were/are due for “Ugly” — this happens. Perfect timing in my opinion, going into a by week. These Falcon players are mature vets, they came away feeling from the Raider game as a lose. It’s called “We uglied those guy’s out of that WIN”!!!!!!!!! Wow was that a “UGLY” win…..
Rest-up fly high on 10/28 to the city of “Brotherly Love” —- KickA$$ on sum “Eaglettes”

Go Falcons — Eaglettes next

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Poor Cory – he makes a perfectly valid but insipid remark and gets a blast from Jeff (or is it Mark? Or Carroll? Or O’Brien? – who can tell the diff?).
The stats, as usual, prove nothing, nada. 11 win, 11 lose, 11 get rained out. WTF and who cares.
The thing to remember is these writers must throw something against the wall on a daily basis. Some slides off, some sticks.
How about doing an in-depth mid-week statistical analysis of that, Jejf…or Mark… oh, who cares.
But to them it’s job and they have been chosen to do it. And at least Jeff introduces folks to some good music from time to time (thanks for the Greg Holden thing, Jeff). Of course, not all the time…some are good, some not..oh,oh, here we go again.

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I’d rather be 6-0 than any of the alternatives…

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Why they won’t win the SB and why they usually fail against the good teams. Too many post patterns, come backs, and sideline passes. Hardly ever hit anyone in stride down the middle, just too conservative, afraid of interceptions.

ESPN NFL rank Run After Catch:
24-Gonzales
41-Rodgers
42-Jones
73-White
91-Turner
117-Douglas

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If we were to take to heart all the scrubbing from ESPN, our resident Falcon hating trolls… and even from some of our own writers here at the AJC, we might be inclined to curl up into a fetal position and become soccer fans.

6-0. If it were ANY other team… there would be rejoicing and love puddles everywhere. But because it’s the Falcs, we’re supposed to be despondent… depressed, ashamed even.

Screw the world!! I like my team, their record and the chances of a march to the Stupid Dome in NO where we can grab the Lombardi Trophy in front of those who hate us the most!

ESAD ESPN… and anyone else who doesn’t approve.

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Falcon Flap

October 15th, 2012
5:00 pm
It’s now or never for Matt Ryan. If he cant do it with this offense, he never will.

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I disagree with this statement. The Falcons can get much better next year at O-Line and certainly at RB. The window is not closing on this team, it’s one step short of wide open.

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Enjoy 6-0, nobody goes unbeaten in NFL anymore, teams are too even. It only takes 1 injury to screw up a season. No sense feeling miserable about play offs at this point.

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When you have the kind of record the Atlanta Falcons have been putting up every season, you don’t play teams with bad records.

That’s the way the NFL works. Do well : Play better teams. Do poorly : Play easy opponents.

Then, there is Georgia with the # 103 Strength of Schedule NCAA Official Ranking this morning with all opponents we play all 2012 season long 20-games under .500 and we were ranked # 6.

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Eagles just fired their DC. Coach Killer got another one!

Amazing. One of the worst Offenses in the NFL, with a QB that gives the football back to the other team like its Christmas, and they fired the DC!!

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Despite a tough schedule ahead, I don’t see the Falcons doing any worse than 5-5 the rest of the way, which puts them at 11-5. I think they will do better than that and end up with a 1- or 2- seed, giving them a bye and home field. After that, it’s just a matter of winning 3 straight games, and I think they’ll have good a chance as anyone, the way they’ve proven they can scratch and claw for a win in the final minutes.

I realize that 2 of the last 3 opponents were not good teams, but there’s not much separation between good and bad teams in the NFL. It’s not college football where you get 2 or 3 games against clearly inferior teams. And of course it’s better to have barely beaten bad opponents than to have lost. Most of the teams thought of as contenders have at least one loss to a bad team on their resume (e.g., Packers losing to Indy).

6-0 is great, even if you can find ways to pick it apart. Go Falcons!

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I want YOU to tell me why YAC is more important than RecYds. I don’t give a fat rat’s a&& what the blowhards up at ESPN say.

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One other note…it’s interesting the Saints started 13-0 in 2009 and weren’t the last undefeated team to lose…I’d forgotten about the Colts.

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Name that quarterback….can you name the QB that has 17 turnovers compared to 9 TDs on the year?

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John Harbaugh……..Rookie Season 2008
Mike Smith……….Rookie Season 2008

Joe Flacco………Rookie Season 2008
CHOKE…………..Rookie Season 2008

John Harbaugh…..5 Playoff wins & 2 Championship games
Mike Smith…….0 playoff wins & 0 Championship games

Joe Flacco……..5 Playoff wins & 2 Championship games
CHOKE…………0 Playoff wins & 0 Championship games

Joe Flacco…….300+ passing yards in last Playoff game
CHOKE………..ZERO 200 passing yards games

See a pattern LOSERS?

HA HA

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Mask of False Bravado

October 16th, 2012
2:48 pm
Name that quarterback #2…can you name the QB that just got his DC fired and quite possibly will get his head coach fired this year?

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Where is the Falcants Offensive & Defensive Coordinators from last

season?

HA HA

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Funny how he mentions Joe Flacco’s 300 yards in his last playoff game. Why not all of Flacco’s playoff stats?? Here you go: Joe Flacco’s DEFENSE has carried his team in the postseason. Career postseason : 9 games 1,532 passing yards (170 passing yards/game), 8 TDs, 8 INTs. Yeah, that Joe Flacco carries the Ravens, doesn’t he?

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TRIVIA TIME:

Name the only starting qb that lost in the 1st round vs

3 out of 4 teams that went on to play in the superbowl over

the last 4 years?

Need a hint?

2008 vs Cardinals

2010 vs Green Bay

2011 vs Giants

Another clue?

The Giants shutout their offense, however the Giants have lost

8 out their last 9 games to the Eagles.

Anybody?

HA HA

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I keep telling you all it’s just a matter of time. The Falcons are not a good team. So what they lucked up and won 6 games in a row. Trust me when I say it’s good for them, but it’s just a matter of time before they revert back to their old ways of losing. Come on…the ONLY reason why they won most games is because of a lousy field goal. THAT does NOT mean it’s a good team. Let’s see what happens if they go to the playoffs. Oh yeah..I know what’s going to happen and so do the fans…they will lose their first game..Oh well. Enjoy the win while you can, because it won’t last long and you will see Gonzales on the side of the field crying like a bytch!!!

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No playoff win with Maddy Ice, no SB ring…unlike the bucs and saints….that is why you have no respect…you can’t win the games that matter….keep enjoying your 6-0 record…too bad they don’t give Lombardi’s for that….face it….your franchise is a perennial loser….lmao…

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With the newest set of ESPN’s NFL Power Rankings released Tuesday, the Atlanta Falcons are perched on top of the pile. As the NFL’s lone undefeated team, they’re an easy selection. Unless you view the Falcons the way we do at Football Outsiders.

Our newest set of DVOA rankings will be published Tuesday afternoon, and they’re going to have the Falcons way down in eighth place. This is a very good team, but a flawed one, and even in victory they’ve shown too many weaknesses to be considered the best team in the league.

The Football Outsiders rankings aren’t based on opinion polls — they’re based on DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average), a proprietary system that evaluates every play of the NFL season one at a time and adjusts for down, distance, score, quality of opposition and other factors. There is no vote, there is no debate, only the results of a mathematical formula. And that formula sees plenty of black marks on Atlanta’s résumé.

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I told you LOSERS……………

They are FRAUDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

HA HA

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Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 16th, 2012
12:43 pm
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Son, we’re talking Pro ball here, not Youth football.

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Our newest set of DVOA rankings will be published Tuesday afternoon, and they’re going to have the Falcons way down in eighth place. This is a very good team, but a flawed one, and even in victory they’ve shown too many weaknesses to be considered the best team in the league.

–espn.com

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I wonder if MV7 has applied for a job at one of the local grocery stores in Philly. Seeing as how he’s about to lose his current job to a rookie picked in the 3rd round and all……

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—- LOLOLOLOLOLOL’s

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@CHOKE —- Folks any idiot out there could twist words/facts & research win/lose records over this past 6 weeks and easily come up with some negative percentages to show the Falcons aren’t worthy of their 6-0 record thus far.
So here ya go “CHOKE BABY” — you must be a little “mille mouth drip” that continually got your a$$ kicked all the way thru your life. Cause you have nothing better to do, but vomit ideological opinions on the Falcons/Ajc blogs. Firstly, the collective win/lose for 2011 record of the past six Falcons opponents was is 42-54, that stat is most important…. The next six opponents for this season schedule. .. Their 2011 record starting with Philly & ending with Nawlins collectively = 56-40, again these are 2011 win/lose for same period — Also these next six opponents collectively their record so far for this 2012 season is = 13-19 —– So you fricking moronic nut bag, I will be very curious to hear your vomit opinions and twisted BS in six weeks come 12/9/12, so keep it coming “NUT BAG” — by the you & “ZERO” have a lot in common…. You sir are an idiot!

Go Falcons — Eaglettes next

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Mularky & Van Gorder

You know you suck when you get both coordinators fire in one

season……………

Coach killer just doesn’t express it enough………..

HA HA

30-24 48-21 24-2

HA HA

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Hey choke how many superbowl wins dose Joe Flacco have? How about Jim Harbaugh? Last I checked if you do not win the last game that makes you a looser so every year in every sport all teams are loosers except one. Touting playoff wins is for pussies, unless you win the last game you did not win anything. You are such a pussy!

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Only losers come on message boards and start talking about playoff wins. Trent Dillfer won a superbowl Dan Marino did not.

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@ MCR, if this is the worst you can find ***”This is a very good team”*** then the laugh is on you…ha! =Þ

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