Time’s up for Falcons: They need to win in postseason now
Mike Smith and Thomas Dimitroff know they're being judged on playoffs now. (Curtis Compton/AJC)
FLOWERY BRANCH – When Falcons coach Mike Smith was asked this week whether he could sense when a team was ready to take the next step, he gave a long, winding answer that never really arrived at “yes” or “no,” even if he spoke in well-crafted sentences.
It reminded me of middle school when I was faced with an essay question that I didn’t know the answer to, which led to something like, “The Taft-Hartley Act is considered one of the most important documents in history, written half by Taft and half by Hartley, both of whom were fine, distinguished gentlemen who liked to wear suits, and this had a big impact on the United States of America! You’re my favorite teacher! Oh, look at the birdies …”
This was Smith, on whether he knows when a team is ready to take the next step, or possibly the Taft-Hartley Act: “We feel very good about what we’ve accomplished thus far this year. We have expectations. We set our goals, and we’ve been clicking along pretty well this season. I like the way that we’ve played through the first season. The second season is getting ready to start, and I know that we respect everybody that’s in this tournament because they’ve fought very hard to get in it.”
I’ll answer for him: No.
I’ll also answer for general manager Thomas Dimitroff, who, in trying to avoid anything close to state-of-the-Falcons questions this week, has decided to make himself unavailable to the media: No.
In the NFL playoffs, there’s a tendency to handicap teams not by records, statistics or talent, but by resume. New England and Green Bay are feared. They’ve won Super Bowls. The Falcons are not. They scored two points in the Meadowlands.
In their past three playoff seasons, the Falcons went 11-5, 13-3 and 10-6. They lost their first playoff game each year, in stunning, increasingly humiliating fashion: 30-24 (Arizona), 48-21 (Green Bay) and 24-2 (New York Giants). In all three years, they were confident. In all three years, they thought, “We can do this.” They didn’t.
So now we watch again. A talented, confident, 13-3 Falcons team, following the luxury of a week off that’s afforded a No. 1 seed, faces Seattle at the Georgia Dome on Sunday. There’s a public concern because the Seahawks are hot.
But really, that’s not what this is about. This game is not about what the Seahawks are, but rather what the Falcons have been.
This is a one-game pass-fail test. It’s important to Dimitroff, the architect of this otherwise wonderful, five-year franchise makeover, who made the decision to make few roster changes from last season’s team until the late trade for cornerback Asante Samuel (a familiar face from their New England days).
It’s important to quarterback Ryan, who could be excused for getting outplayed in the postseason by three Super Bowl quarterbacks (Kurt Warner, Aaron Rodgers, Eli Manning), but probably not so quickly if he loses to a rookie (Russell Wilson).
It’s important to Smith, who likely will catch more heat than anybody — yes, even more than Ryan — if the Falcons lose this game.
The people who claim Mike Smith absolutely gets fired if the Falcons lose this game are wrong. So are the people who say Mike Smith absolutely would not get fired. Fact is, we don’t know. That’s one man’s decision, and regardless of what that one man, owner Arthur Blank, might say now, even he can’t imagine the difficulty of processing another defeat and where that would lead him. We’re talking about one of the more emotionally invested owners in sports.
But there are several good signs for the Falcons (notwithstanding the season-ending stink bomb against Tampa Bay). They seemed hardened by the criticism. There was less celebrating this season after victories. There’s a swagger on defense — certainly in the secondary with Samuel, Dunta Robinson, William Moore and Thomas DeCoud — that wasn’t evident before.
This has been Ryan’s best season. His completion percentage (68.6), touchdown total (32) and rating (99.1) all were career bests.
But the Falcons’ biggest step forward this season probably came in game-planning and decision-making by the coordinators. Mike Nolan (defense) and Dirk Koetter (offense) have been superior to their predecessors (Brian VanGorder and Mike Mularkey), in terms of motivating players and putting them in positions to succeed.
Smith said, “We’re a much more mature team because of our experiences. I think you learn from your previous experiences in the playoffs.”
We’ll soon find out. Because if they lose again, there’s a very good chance the changes would not be small.
Recent blogs
– Falcons vs. playoff field: unbeaten but seldom tested
– Seattle tough but Falcons have some advantages
– After 10-2 start, Georgia Tech gets an ACC reality check
– Georgia projects well for 2013, even with flaws in win
– Short takes: Murray and defense rebound
– Georgia needs to finish strong to avoid diminishing season
– Aaron Murray may be playing his final game for Georgia
– Progress pleases McGarity but he’s still not ‘comfortable‘
By Jeff Schultz
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
353 comments Add your comment
NotJoeCox
January 8th, 2013
1:16 pm
Falcons Rise UP
tmc
January 8th, 2013
1:22 pm
This is the year for post season success. Maybe even a SB (not saying it).
Home field advantage throughout, SB in New Orleans Superdome. (very familiar place)…and desperation, which is not a bad thing.
(FYI, next year’s superbowl is in freagin new york. And nobody believes the any warm weather team will win there)
The Time is NOW!
CSP
January 8th, 2013
1:26 pm
Go Falcons!!!!!
CSP
January 8th, 2013
1:27 pm
@TMC You meant friggin New Jersey!!!
tmc
January 8th, 2013
1:30 pm
@CSP LOL, good point.
Buckeye
January 8th, 2013
1:31 pm
As long as Matty Ice doesn’t play like Murray being Murray in big games Murray we should be ok.
Matty Ice won’t need to look for permission to spike the ball if the situation arises.
GO FALCONS
1990_Champs_GT
January 8th, 2013
1:32 pm
Jeff, you are right that no one can say what Blank will do if the Falcons lose on Sunday. But my guess is the only one safe in Flowery Branch is Blank if the Seahawks win…
Nervous Bird
January 8th, 2013
1:35 pm
Its hard for me to get a handle on this one.
I love the birds, but just hope they play like champions instead of playing scared.
1990_Champs_GT
January 8th, 2013
1:38 pm
Smitty is going to have to win this game for his job, I feel. Not the Super Bowl, just this first playoff game. The fans are expecting improvement, so is Blank. Doesn’t seem to me like Smith has a job if they lose.
Mr. Hankey (Pankey.)
January 8th, 2013
1:41 pm
Win and we still probably won’t get any Rodney Dangerfield “respect.” But allow a rookie/5ft 10inch/
one year of college led football teams having to travle transcontinent twice in literally 7 days come in here and beat the Falcons and they will RICHLY DESERVE any and all criticism that comes their way along with the 20 year national media setback which will undoubtedly ensue. And yeah, go ahead and try to build a billion stadium and impose PSL’s on us fans in the lose. LMFAO on that one. I’ll be there, I’ll be partying my tookus off and being as obnoxious (but legal) a fan as humanly possible, but I swear by all the gods in Valhalla if they lose I’m done. Caput. No mo. And as Eric Cartman says, “Screw you guys, I’m going home. “Nuf sed.
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
1:44 pm
@ Buckeye
Who is responsible for Tatoo monitoring duty this year?
grumps
January 8th, 2013
1:45 pm
Here’s Peyton Manning’s playoff record. How does it compare to Matt Ryan’s record?
Year Game Opponent Score
1 1999 17 TEN L 16-19
2 2000 17 MIA L 17-23
3 2002 17 NYJ L 0-41
4 2003 17 DEN W 41-10
5 2003 18 KAN W 38-31
6 2003 19 NWE L 14-24
7 2004 17 DEN W 49-24
8 2004 18 NWE L 3-20
9 2005 17 PIT L 18-21
extremus
January 8th, 2013
1:47 pm
The irony of the situation is, if the Falcons do lose and Smith is fired, who do you replace him with that’s going to improve this team’s postseason chances? I mean, Smith never has had a losing season with the Falcons, which is more than any previous coach can say. And any coach coming in would be under that same scrutiny, not so much about regular season success as how soon they could get that elusive playoff win.
I know that if Mike Smith became available he’d be snapped up by any of the teams with head coaching vacancies instantly. As frustrating as the lack of postseason success has been thus far, I really believe the Falcons and their fans would be better served by weathering the storm and keeping Smith on board regardless of the upcoming game’s outcome. Because for all the “has never won in the postseason” hoopla, it’s not a matter of “if” but a matter of “when”.
Troupdawg
January 8th, 2013
2:03 pm
If and that’s a big if, but if they lose, I think Smith may be safe but litle Tommy Dimitroff may not be. His draft busts and lack luster weak draft choices, his Ray Edwards, and Curtis Loftin personnel moves will be his undoing. Weak lines on bothe sides of the ball, no signs of a young strong running back in the picture, no middle linebacker to stop the run game, will be questions that Mr Blank will want answers too And little Tommy will have no answers to give.
MG3
January 8th, 2013
2:07 pm
I realize Seattle has been on a run and blown some teams out, but am I the only one who wasn’t all that impressed Sunday? Washington jumped on them early and if not for the injured RG3 I believe they’d have gone on to sustain drives and blow the Seahawks out.
MG3
January 8th, 2013
2:10 pm
And for the record, as embarrassing as another playoff loss would be I believe everyone should be safe. Have been a fan for over 30 years and to be sitting here complaining about whether or not we’ll win in the post season for the 3rd straight year is a far cry from where this organization ever was before. I’ll be pissed, and they can kiss my season ticket sales goodbye but I’ll still take this over the ups and downs of our past.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
2:11 pm
Jeff Schultz, the only way Smith ever gets shown the door is by laying a Jim Mora the elder egg in the playoffs. I don’t mean a 24-2, I mean 41-0 come to meeting revelation like the one that got Mora shown the door in Indy… That is highly unlikely, nevertheless if they come out and the Seahawks work them, I would’t want to be in the after-season assessment meeting…
Shirley Hemphill
January 8th, 2013
2:12 pm
If Mrs. Blank can be let go, no one is immune.
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
2:14 pm
Anyone that suggest the Franchises winningest coach and GM should be fired is as crazy as the Bears owner for firing their winningest coach. And he took them to the Superbowl. Better yet..Why not say NE should fire their coach and GM for losing to the Giants twice in the SB. I see them making some player personnel changes not foolish changes.
southern hope
January 8th, 2013
2:16 pm
shirley, I wish there was a LIKE button at the AJC…..LOL
T&AM
January 8th, 2013
2:17 pm
@MG3
Amen to your last post… totally agree…
JSS
January 8th, 2013
2:18 pm
I stand corrected 41-10 didn’t get him shown the door, that was Dungy’s first season…
Najeh Davenpoop
January 8th, 2013
2:19 pm
I think the Falcons win this weekend because Matt Ryan is better this year at throwing down the field than he has been in previous years. But if the Falcons lose, they would be foolish to fire Mike Smith. The Falcons have been winning in the regular season the last few years more because of execution than talent, and you can see that reflected in stats like fewest penalties committed where the Falcons are among the league leaders every year.
single white dove
January 8th, 2013
2:19 pm
THE OFFENSIVE LINE BETTER STEP IT UP!
Super Falcons
January 8th, 2013
2:28 pm
I don’t see the Falcons choking this Sunday. In fact, I’d put money on the Falcons winning the Super Bowl this year. The team has very talented players and coaches, and they have proven to be unstoppable when it matters.
IF the Falcons lose this Sunday, then I doubt Mike Smith or Thomas Dimitroff would lose their jobs. I think Matt Ryan might then become like Drew Bledsoe, transitional.
Tell it like it is.
January 8th, 2013
2:30 pm
I think if the game is lost,then it will be lost on the field,not by the Coach’es. players need to be accountable.You can lead a horse to water,but you can’t make him drink! mike smith and co need to have all the hoopla and stress taken out of this game,just play the game,and if they lose its not the end of the world! mr Blank would be foolish to let his Gm and coach go after the record they have put togather in the last 3 years,it won’t happen!
Dr. Warren
January 8th, 2013
2:39 pm
Blank is certainly not getting any younger, and he wants to win NOW, because you never know what can happen health-related after 70. But come on, who are they going to replace Smith with? It would certainly not be only his fault if they happen to lose again. Maybe Blank could have signed off on two more key free agents, maybe Dimitroff could have made some better draft choices, maybe Ryan could have been more vocal and less robot-like in his demeanor, maybe the D-Block gang could have been less focused on their Youtube show, maybe Turner could have come in having run far more hills in the off-season a la Jerry Rice at 30. You win that many games in 5 years as head coach, you should keep the damn job. Period.
Pandora
January 8th, 2013
2:40 pm
Come on. You know the answer is no. He knows his team will lose yet another playoff game. No suprises here.
Atlfalconsfan0125
January 8th, 2013
2:41 pm
Damn, Najeh. I though you disliked Ryan…
But I agree. There is no way this Falcons team (who has been lobbying for respect all year) lets a rookie come in and beat them at their house.
Russdawg
January 8th, 2013
2:42 pm
Rise Up and win then win again. Are we really gonna let a rookie QB come in here and embarrass us? Time to prove it on the field !
Pamela
January 8th, 2013
2:43 pm
The falcons are still sorry in the redzone. You all should be grateful that your team won 13 games this season. 9 of them were 3 points or less. Not good wins. They will lose this Sunday to the Seahawks. Just expect it because either way it goes it will happen.
Super Falcons
January 8th, 2013
2:45 pm
@Pamela, sorry, but your comment is like saying you are a loser and you just have to accept it because that’s what you are.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
2:48 pm
“Damn, Najeh. I though you disliked Ryan…”
Funny, perception is a killer…
falcfan
January 8th, 2013
2:50 pm
No way we lose on Sunday….Seattle is overhyped, and their rookie QB will get confused by Nolan’s D….all we have to do is stuff Lynch, and they will unravel.
I know this won’t be popular, but I also believe that we can run the ball on their D….we’ve had two weeks to add new wrinkles, and fresh legs. That will set up play action which will kill them ,esp. without their top pass rusher. People forget, in the midst of touting Seattles CBs as being big and physical, that Roddy and Julio are too, and have the advantage of knowing where the play is going.
Falcons win 31-3
what of it?
January 8th, 2013
2:51 pm
great article Jeff. I could not believe the radio this morning when an unnamed DJ claimed that a loss this weekend would take away nothing from the regular season. No one gave this team credit when they were undefeated and Vegas doesn’t think they are as good as the seahawks. If they lose this game to a rookie quarterback on the road, this problem is officially in the heads of the players and personnel, and that is a massive coaching problem.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
2:53 pm
People have disliked what Ryan was projected to be (the fans and those who follow the league), the lack of respect for what he truly was (a project, nowhere as polished or close to the finished product as advertised), and observers could see the flaws, not just in the man, but what was and was not being put around him…
Is it enough. You folks hope it is…
heathsnow
January 8th, 2013
2:58 pm
Sorry Falcons. Seattle’s going to come into your house and leave victorious just as they did in Washington. True, RGIII was injured and could utilize his mobility but luckily the Seattle offense only had to play the Redskin’s defense. Just like the Seattle offense only has to play the Falcon’s defense. Seattle’s defense should do just fine this Sunday.
heathsnow
January 8th, 2013
2:59 pm
*couldn’t
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
January 8th, 2013
3:01 pm
FALCONS WIN IT ALL THIS YEAR!!!AND THIS CRIME INFESTED RACIALY DIVIDED CITY GOES CRAZY !!!AND DANCE THE PEACHTREE SHUFFLE ON PEACHTREE STREET!!!AS 3.2 MILLION SHOW UP FOR PARADE IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA..CRIME STOPS,THE RACIAL DIVISION STOPS AS BLACKS AND WHITES DANCE ON COFFETTI DROWNED PEACHTREE STREET IN JOY!!!!!!
Coachurly
January 8th, 2013
3:08 pm
I believe the key matchup is Roddy, Julio, and Tony against Seattle’s massive dbs. Matty might need a 300-350 yard game and he’s capable. I just hope Tiptoe, I mean Michael Turner, decides to hit the freakin’ hole. I’ve been a Falcon fan since the Eighties with Super Bowl dreams. We must cleanse the memory of ‘98 and the Eugene Robinson debacle. RISE THE F*** UP!
NYC Fan
January 8th, 2013
3:10 pm
All of you guys are very close to be right. However, you must admit, that Smith makes poor decisions at the crutial moments, and THAT starts off the avalanche of issues. Consistency is one of them. For as long as he is the head coach, tha Falcons have NO chance to win SB. No prejudice – I like your team, I am getting used to this city and its culture, I love the weather, and life is good. But with all the respect to MS, he is NOT the caliber of SB winning coach. Yes, I have no idea who to replace him with.
NYC Fan
January 8th, 2013
3:11 pm
Your team is extremely talented, you can’t blame Dimitroff for anything.
single white dove
January 8th, 2013
3:16 pm
ESPN SUX! Im tired of their hate for the south. They have a huge Seahawks push on their website. Almost like they a “willing” a win for the Seahawks.
Larry
January 8th, 2013
3:19 pm
“they need to win in the postseason now”
As opposed to not winning in the postseason now?
Ok, Captain Obvious!
Mitch (the one in Rome)
January 8th, 2013
3:22 pm
Well said extremus. People act like there is a “great coach” fairy that Blank could just ring up and get a winner. Bottom line is that CMS is a great coach, best in Falcon history. He and TD are a great combo. They are 5 years into one of the best makeovers in NFL history. Oh how quickly people forget how bad our team was and what a mess it was.
Smith and Ryan have won, will continue to win and will produce in the playoffs. People forgot Belichick used to coach the Browns and they sucked bad. Coaches grow and coach Smith is growing and his team doesn’t suck.
Calm down people!
Larry
January 8th, 2013
3:24 pm
The Falcons will win…by a minimum of 10 points.
This game is close only in the minds of the unknowing.
After America
January 8th, 2013
3:33 pm
Dig the raptor bowl!!!!
As much as I respect the Falcons, they have not been severely tested this year, fattening their regular season record on cupcakes like Jacksonville, Carolina, and No Orleans. Trust me, the Seahawks are the consensus pick as the one team that NO ONE wants to play right now.
Seahawks 31-14
Reebok
January 8th, 2013
3:38 pm
I would predict another Falcons choke if they were playing against an established QB, but I don’t think Wilson can get it done against the Falcons in the Dome. It would be nice to get a win, but the winner of the Green Bay-San Francisco game will be representing the NFC in the Super Bowl in any case.
SB
January 8th, 2013
3:39 pm
I hope the fans will show up in good form this Sunday, and show that Seattle is not the only place that can get ridiculously loud. Let’s be our own 12th Man!
dooney
January 8th, 2013
3:40 pm
I agree 31 -17 Sea hawks!!!!
GTBuzz85
January 8th, 2013
3:41 pm
Anyone is crazy to entertain the idea of firing Smith or even his coordinators regardless of what happens this weekend. We FINALLY have an excellent franchise with stability and consistency in winning. Playoff success is just a matter of time (and luck to a certain extent). Don’t get spoiled with winning. All Falcon fans recall the years and years of non winning seasons and little hope of it getting better.
Puleeeeeze Stop it!!
January 8th, 2013
3:41 pm
Ok…..Let today be the last time that ANYONE in this town compares Matt Ryan to Payton Manning in any way shap form or fashion!!!!
MG3
January 8th, 2013
3:41 pm
I agree with Larry, Falcons by 10 at least. I think we stuff the run and confuse the rookie. I also predict that winning a playoff game won’t be enough in the eyes of the media. Although Seattle are considered world beaters right now, as with all other teams we destroy in the dome, they will be flawed, rookie QB, etc. come Monday.
John Gruden
January 8th, 2013
3:42 pm
Mess this up and i’m taking you job SMITTY! That is if COWER or DUNGY doesn’t beat me to it….
MG3
January 8th, 2013
3:44 pm
Puleeez is right, Ryan has been far better than Manning through the first 5 years of their respective careers so let’s stop with the comparisons already.
Growler
January 8th, 2013
3:45 pm
The last part of Jeff’s blog entry is the most important — especially the defensive coordinator. The Seahawks and Falcons are the only non-rematch Divisional game: advantage Falcons. Nolan has been able to cook up schemes to confuse top-flight QB’s all year. Wilson may be one himself right now, but the result will be no different. He’ll struggle. The game will hinge on turnovers, and an opportunistic D should send Atlanta to the NFC Championship Game.
monty
January 8th, 2013
3:45 pm
As good as the record is this team isn’t dominant in any area. Everything is good or a little better than good but no one area that impresses you, other than tenacity and maybe that will be enough.
Puleeeeeze Stop it!!
January 8th, 2013
3:47 pm
MG3 tell Matt Ryan to keep up with Joe Flacco first…..When he win in January then you can talk. until then, pipe down…your boy has fewer playoff wins than TYLER YATES……
Elderly
January 8th, 2013
3:48 pm
Two things: 1. Wilson looked great largely because he wasn’t under much pressure given Seattle’s superb O-line. Can we provide any? What do YOU think? 2. My current fantasy is imagining us stuffing Marshawn Lynch and burying him at the line. My last fantasy was Patricia Clarkson, ah, taking a shine to me. That one had a better chance of happening.
Decatur Falcons
January 8th, 2013
3:51 pm
Truth, I will say this Washington Redskin Defense lost the game for them, RG3 Lead them to a 14-0 Lead. The miss opportunities to get turnovers in the game, something the Atlanta Falcons don’t do in games. One of Seattle Seahawks pass rusher is done for the season, I am looking for a close game, I enjoy watching Russell Wilson, but I want Atlanta to try and win their first Playoff Game in the Georgia Dome. If we play good Defense and get turnovers in the game and Matt Ryan play at a high level then we should win the game on Sunday. Mike Smith and his staff have to out coach Pete Carol staff period. People need to calm down, Washington Redskin Defense lost that game and we have a better Defensive Coordinator then the Washington Redskin; Mike Nolan will get these guys ready on Sunday. Dirk will get Matt Ryan going, just play hard baby. Take one play at time, convert on 3 downs and get touchdowns GO FALCONS!!!!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
3:51 pm
Mitch wrote…
“People forgot Belichick used to coach the Browns and they sucked bad. ”
Huh, they were only bad his first and his last seasons… His last time was 5 scores from going from 5-11 to 10-6 after going 11-5 (playoffs) the previous season… The other time they hoved around the .500 mark…
Chris is Seattle
January 8th, 2013
3:51 pm
Wow! “falcfan” says: “No way we lose on Sunday….Seattle is overhyped, and their rookie QB will get confused by Nolan’s D….all we have to do is stuff Lynch, and they will unravel.
I know this won’t be popular, but I also believe that we can run the ball on their D….we’ve had two weeks to add new wrinkles, and fresh legs. That will set up play action which will kill them ,esp. without their top pass rusher. People forget, in the midst of touting Seattles CBs as being big and physical, that Roddy and Julio are too, and have the advantage of knowing where the play is going.
Falcons win 31-3″
Unreal at the level of misunderstanding by this commenter. All season long, when the Hawks play a marquee game, sports writers/reporters and mostly blog commenters always say the “Seahawks are overhyped.” Well Jesus Christmas, what does it take to disprove that??? They’ve beat the Patriots, Packers, 49’s and now the Redskins. What more do you want? And don’t give me that crap about RG3. Yeah, he got hurt (worse) and was out of the game. Their D gave up TWENTY-FOUR unanswered points. How do you explain that? Seattle’s D is very good (not the best), and like most on these boards have mentioned, the key aspects will be the Falcon receivers vs. the Seahawks secondary. If Ryan and Co. and exploit Seattle’s DB’s and safeties and get big plays, and then covert in the red zone (which the Falcons have a little trouble doing), then I think the Falcons will get the W.
If Seattle dominates in rushing and then starts to mix up all the schemes, then Atlanta is in trouble. Their D isn’t exactly superior (10th against the rush and 14th against passing, but 24th overall!)
Should be another good game, but I caution many of you who are predicting some sort of blowout. The Redskins fans did the same thing. Look what happened.
inkspot
January 8th, 2013
3:52 pm
What worries me is that the Seahawks are very similar to the Panthers. Young mobile talented QB. Strong running game. Strong against the run. Simple game plan. That’s the Panthers. Who gave the Falcons fits this year. Advantage Seattle. The Falcons will have to do something special to win this game… like play the way they did against the Giants!
real talk
January 8th, 2013
3:55 pm
No smitty needs to be relieved of his duties if we lose this game. If you notice, that offense played differently for the first three games, then everything changed like smitty stepped in and flexed his muscles some. I think Smitty is holding this team back personally. he is good for game management but he isnt that coaching genius like some of the other coaches. I say lets pick up the old steelers coach or get lovie smith before he gets snatched by philly if we lose this game and they are available.
Falcons 1982
January 8th, 2013
3:55 pm
If the Falcons don’t win why shouldn’t Smith and Dimitroff be fired? Last season it was said that the DC and OC were the problem so we have new ones and they are doing well. So if things don’t change then it is time to change the only other common denominator left with losing in the post season is the GM and head coach.
MG3
January 8th, 2013
3:56 pm
If the Ravens had Matt Ryan they’d have won at least two rings in the last 4 years. Amazing that a QB who came to this horrible wreck of a franchise and has done nothing but win never gets credit, though I have a pretty good idea why. I agree that it’s time for playoff success though so if Ryan lays an egg again I’ll be the first to jump off his bandwagon.
SB
January 8th, 2013
3:56 pm
I think the national media is going to be awfully disappointed this Sunday when two of their favorite stories go bye-bye for the season: rookie QBs, and Falcons can’t win in January. Of course all energy will immediatlely swing into the Brady v. Manning frenzy.
Rey
January 8th, 2013
4:01 pm
The St. Louis Rams laid the blueprint for beating the Seattle Seahawks. I’m just no sure we have the same personnel that they have.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
4:03 pm
“Let today be the last time that ANYONE in this town compares Matt Ryan to Peyton Manning in any way, shape, form, or fashion!”
Only in your dreams, they’ll be rolling that one out there like they love rolling the one about him being the next Dan Marino!
Loyal Falcon
January 8th, 2013
4:04 pm
The team nobody wants to face…Please! This is the NFL! There is no fear here in Atlanta. We welcome whoever wants to enter the Dome. This is our house and we will protect it. All these so called analysts talking about a weak schedule, we haven’t played anyone, etc….We played who was put in front of us. We don’t make the schedule. Before the season started they said we’d be 8-8(because we had Dallas,Philly,Denver,New Orleans,Giants,etc). What did we do?…Go 13-3….Now all of a sudden we had an easy schedule. GTFOH!!!
Puleeeeeze Stop it!!
January 8th, 2013
4:07 pm
MG3..Right two rings…. He would have pissed the bed like he did vs. the Cardinals ( remember 2 ints, a fumble, a safety) or like he did vs. the Packers ( 2 ints a fumble) or the Giants (Stunk up the place)…… Keep on buying the hype. Until he does it when it counts, he is just a new school Phillip Rivers..
JSS
January 8th, 2013
4:11 pm
“The St. Louis Rams laid the blueprint for beating the Seattle Seahawks. I’m just no sure we have the same personnel that they have.”
Heck no, stud D-line, physical corners who can cover and a middle LB who stuffs the run… And they have nothing to compare with Brockers and Langford at DT… It clears up for Long and Quinn to get after the QB!!! They can attack the Read Option…
Falc1
January 8th, 2013
4:13 pm
relax—the atl will light it up and win easy—seattle doesn’t matchup with the ATL D. they beat a 1 legged QB by 10–no big deal. Atl 27 seattle 10
Angela
January 8th, 2013
4:14 pm
For you sports neophytes, Atlanta has won two playoff games before in 1999 – the NFC divisional and the NFC championship game in order to go to the Super Bowl XXXIII where they lost to the Denver Broncos that year. Where does this revisionist sports history come from? and most of you people are lifelong Atlantans?
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
4:15 pm
The I dont care blogger is here to show us he does not care….sure got alot of comments for someone who dont care! King Idiot remember you are crowned!
We are going to win so all of this will he get fired stuff can go out the window! Thats just stupid silly ( did you guys get that JustStupidSilly…JSS…heheheheh) to think we will not win. I think Sal Pal said it best this morning.on the morning talk show….the Falcons will win…..PERIOD! So get off the what-if bandwagons! The thing we have to guard against after we win the Super Bowl will be that let down and how we stay up after and want more after Matty gets the fat contract and how to fight from being complacent. Listen non-believers we will Rise Up on Sunday!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
4:15 pm
Could been worse, he could have called him the “New school Bubby Brister!”
JSS
January 8th, 2013
4:17 pm
Dang, even Bubby Brister won a playoff game!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
4:22 pm
Here comes the skipping record, finally got somebody to move the needle… Oh, there it goes again, new side, another scratch!!!
Hamad Meander
January 8th, 2013
4:24 pm
Crazy talk. This team is way better off than it’s ever been, and even with a loss on Sunday, I support Mike Smith, Thomas Dimitroff, and the team. Go Falcons!
Chris is Seattle
January 8th, 2013
4:24 pm
IF Atlanta can stop the run, then I think they win. If not, and Marshawn goes Beast Mode, then it may be a long day for Atlanta.
Also, many Redskins fans were claiming that there was no way that Seattle was going to travel across the country and beat THEM in their own house. Their hubris was ridiculous. That being said, I see much more measured and meaninful comments from the good people of Atlanta. Thanks for not being a bunch of bat-sh*# crazy psychos like the Washington fans.
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
4:27 pm
How that stopping Seattle do for St. Louis? Stud Dline, linebacker…etc…… In the famous words of Charles Barkley….they gone fishing!
@Loyal Falcon…..BEST POST ALL DAY!…I remember the talking heads and many of these same bloggers predicting the same thing some even worse, however they are to coward to step up and admit it!
@Mitch…hovering around = sucks bad! You are correct!
SB
January 8th, 2013
4:32 pm
Even if Mike Smith deserved to get fired (he doesn’t), there’s 6 other teams you’d have to compete with in finding a new head coach. #NotGoingToHappen
Iluvnutella
January 8th, 2013
4:33 pm
i think our HC and our GM are two of the most OVERATED people in the NFL. Mike smith is nothing more than the Bobby cox of the NFL…..good reg season coach, but when the bright lights are on, he folds up like a cheap suit. Dont get me started on dimitroff. While I love Julio, we gave up way too much for him, and as a result, we have NO O line or D line. Dimitroff is a boob, much like Wandstedt and Turner, disciples of jimmy johnson, but nowhere near as good.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
4:40 pm
Somebody feed that Minor Bird…
DJANGO
January 8th, 2013
4:41 pm
The “D” may be silent but if they lose again Monday
Will be loud on every channel.
Iluvnutella
January 8th, 2013
4:43 pm
@MG3….dude…..doesnt Joe Flaco have a playoff win in every year he has been in league?
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
4:48 pm
@Iluvnutella
Bobby Cox of the NFL…funny! However I dont agree with that “gave up to much” for Julio. He is one of the main reasons we are where we are today! He pulled alot of pressure off of Roddy and Roddy is not getting any younger, so the crown is soon to be passed to Julio. Can you remember any of the guys chosen after Julio and what they are doing today in the NFL? I am sure some King Idiot does and will tell me about 30 other players who was chosen and who are better but right now not one rings a bell off the top of my head. We will continue to address the Oline and Dline…but memory fails me if there are guys causing havoc in the NFL after we choose Julio. Help me out. I think The Baker man has proven he was hurt last year and he has had a solid year. We need some more help ( like all other teams) but that Julio trade was something that many fans here in Atlanta said we never had the guts to do with any of our franchises here and he is an All Pro! Remember to Rise Up!
Elvis is Alive
January 8th, 2013
4:51 pm
I have always been a disciple of the POWER of POSITIVE THINKING!
For some reason Coach Smith doesn’t exude confidence. I have to question why?
Have the critics of his style gotten to him?
Does he believe he may actually lack the ability to really”step on the gas”?
I would rather hear a coach say openly that he feels that the team can win the game.
One statement! We can WIN this game!..and then say it again! We can WIN this game!
Not all the duplicitous mumbo jumbo about goals and the second season Coach speak.
This is not a corporation sales talk, this is FOOTBALL, mean, nasty, in your face, bloody, broken and bruising FOOTBALL. There should be no excuses..prior to the game and after.
Leave it all on the field!
If the Coach feels the team may or may not win is so lacking in confidence and the players sense this demeanor.
Wonder if he would feel better by saying his team doesn’t stand a chance and they will be one and done.
Then he can step to the podium and deliver his press conference complete with tears about how this is the best team who really rallied and fought hard to WIN THIS GAME.
And the public loves him..fa la la la lah..
Stop the nonsense and everybody settle down.
WE CAN WIN THIS GAME!
Coach,if you can’t stand the heat, go sit in the locker room and phone it in..
Otherwise get some guts and stand up and yell at the top of your lungs in front of the entire staff and management..WE CAN WIN THIS GAME..
And remember FALCONS..it is up to you…he can’t intercept three passes and recover their 2 fumblesl.
Honestly, I want to see him cry about how this is the best team and then, with a little blood in his eye..say ..WHO”S NEXT ?
It’s Now or Next Year…FALCONS
WE CAN WIN THIS GAME!!!
RISE UP..ANGRY BIRDS..RISE UP
Elvvis has left the building..thank ya..thank ya very much
Thomas Brown
January 8th, 2013
4:51 pm
Now would be a good time.
Elvis is Alive
January 8th, 2013
4:59 pm
*ELVIS* and thanks for all the Bithday wishes
Puleeeeeze Stop it!!
January 8th, 2013
4:59 pm
Answer this…..Yeah… How about Randall Cobb…. ( He only lead the league in yards from scrimmage) or Tory Smith from Baltimore…Yeah…there are dudes that are balling and their team did not get rolled in order to sign them!!!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
5:01 pm
@Elvis
You got me ready to run through a frigging brick wall!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
5:01 pm
@Elvis
You got me ready to run through a frigging brick wall!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
5:01 pm
Ha ha, Torrey Smith and he’s won and played in championship game… Feed the Minor bird!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
5:01 pm
Ha ha, Torrey Smith and he’s won a playoff game and played in championship game… Feed the Minor bird!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
5:04 pm
Thanks for finding that one gem! I knew someone could! Julio is not balling? You tell me who else? And for King Idiot I knew you would come up with someone…..the guy who does not care! Lol. Wow, Torry Smith is an All Pro reciever correct?
Maestro
January 8th, 2013
5:05 pm
SEATTLE SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME. There,I said it. Any team that gets down 14-0 in a place like FedEx Field and comes back not only to win but win convincingly isn’t a team to be trifled with. They are as hot as Green Bay and it wouldn’t surprise me if they make it to NO. They are playing with confidence and they are playing loose which in my opinion makes them just that much more dangerous. The Falcons will need to play a perfect game Sunday to get by the Seahawks. They have earned my respect. For all you bloggers who think that the Falcons are just going to walk all over this team, you better think again. This is coming from one of the biggest Falcons fans anywhere.
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
5:11 pm
Randall Cobb plays for Green Bay correct? Heck suit me up and let Rogers throw to me! He makes stars out of many. Every receiver on that team is lethal because of him! We can agree to disagree on this one Pleauuuuuze. It took guts to make that movr and its paying off. It signaled that the we were changing with the leauge and we made the moves to.do so. With that move the Falcons became what we fans wanted….more up field moving. When we had another #1 receiver ( Stinking Jenkins) and Roddy the combo was no where as lethal! Just for giggles….with those picks tell me who you who have choosen?
JSS
January 8th, 2013
5:13 pm
Oh there are more, especially for D-line and LBs if you’re going move up and secure depth and playmakers…
Say what
January 8th, 2013
5:13 pm
“Amazing that a QB who came to this horrible wreck of a franchise and has done nothing but win never gets credit, though I have a pretty good idea why. ”
Same here. I can’t think of any other explanation that makes sense.
GJay
January 8th, 2013
5:13 pm
Where are all the Falcons fans? Less than 5 days to go before the game, and stubhub shows 10,000 seats available. Ticketmaster shows 7,000 on its exchange. And face value seating is still available via Ticketmaster’s regular site. And this doesn’t even include those being held by old-school ticket brokers. This is pathetic.
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
5:15 pm
And one more point……if Julio was not here do you think we would be 13-3? Or 10-6 last year? Before you answer that, Answer This ( hebebeh like that?) Is MT33 of this year or last year capable of carrying this team anymore? It was the correct move!
Rise Up!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
5:17 pm
And those are who JSS….please give names….I will wait while you google.
amused in seattle
January 8th, 2013
5:18 pm
I see a common theme in many of these comments. Stuff the run, and confuse the rookie qb. Did Atlanta get a new playoff defense? Because the regular season defense was a bottom dweller as a rush defense. And as far as confusing the rookie, Seattle has faced much more aggresive defenses this year than the Falcons, and that rookie qb finished the season with a qb rating of 100.00. By comparison, Ryan, with a softer schedule finished the season with a qb rating of 99.1. He must have been confused more than our rookie. I think it will be a great game. To me the wild card in this game is the home crowd, and Tony G., but not the Falcon defense.
Rise up
January 8th, 2013
5:22 pm
I echo that the Seahawks are not as impressive as some think. They are the hot flavor of the week. No team gets to the playoffs and advances without being decent. There are no Jacksonville or kansas City teams in the second round of the playoffs. Seattle is a decent team with a decent defense and a strong running game. They also have lost on the road to, among others, arizona, the lions, the Rams and the frickin dolphins. There is no excuse for the Falcons not winning this game. Seattle has to travel cross country for the second time in a week. We are healthy and rested and playing at home. No excuses!!!!!!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
5:23 pm
We all know that GM’s move up for skill players…..so moving up for a non-skill position is something most GM’s dont do. They get it later in the draft or through FA. I did not have to google that King Idiot!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
5:25 pm
Don’t worry PSI (if I may), when they have to ditch “stars” after they hit the cap ceiling after extending Ryan, they will find out why drafts matters (and rookie contracts) keep good and great teams on a high level like Packers, Pittsburgh, NE, and the Ravens…
While some teams get stuck with the Peria Jerry, Sam Baker, and Chris Owens of the world… Feel comfortable extending those guys?
drew
January 8th, 2013
5:26 pm
If the Falcons lose, Blank might consider making a coaching change, but he’s not a hot head. He’ll sit down after the heat of battle and review Smith’s entire body of work – as a coach who has had four straight winning seasons, three of those resulting in playoff appearances. And after the frustration of being one-and-done again fades a little, there’s no way in hell he’ll fire Smith.
I don’t see how ANYBODY can look at the Smith’s record over the last four years and justify firing him. Having said that, I’m still not sure he’s is the long term answer…I just know he’s better than pretty much everybody that came before him.
Lastly, as much as I want this team to win (I’m an old fart and I’ve been on this wagon since the beginning) this team has impressed me in maybe 3-4 games this year. Yeah, I know they won 13, but several of those wins were not impressive. I just hope they’re not who I think they are.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
5:29 pm
You don’t “move up” in a foolish way… You move up in a tactical minor…
Oh, you didn’t say: “moving up for a non-skill position is something most GM’s dont do (it)?” Did you tell Dimitroff that before he moved up to get Baker? ROTFLMAO!!!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
5:31 pm
“manner” Feed the minor bird…
bfred
January 8th, 2013
5:32 pm
I think this is going to be a shootout. Give me Ryan slinging to Julio, Roddy, Harry and Tony, Rogers and Turner keeping them honest and some well-time screens all day. Our DBs are all healthy at last so cheat a linebacker in to stuff the run and make the rookie beat you downfield.
bfred
January 8th, 2013
5:34 pm
Oh, and my only real concern about Smith is his tendency to take his foot off the gas too early. For some reason he seems intent on letting teams hang around when he should be putting them away.
bfred
January 8th, 2013
5:34 pm
Oh, and my only real concern about Smith is his tendency to take his foot off the gas too early. For some reason he seems intent on letting teams hang around when he should be putting them away.
bfred
January 8th, 2013
5:36 pm
Grr.
extremus
January 8th, 2013
5:36 pm
Look at any team (Packers, Saints, Patriots, etc.) that won the Superbowl in recent years (or further back as happened to the Patriots or Colts, won that elusive first Superbowl). Up until that moment there were the detractors and the doubters, particularly among the national media (except for the Saints; it seemed like they couldn’t be bigger homers for New Orleans if they tried).
If the Falcons end up winning the Superbowl, just watch how many of the same “experts” and pundits who’ve used the phrase “never won in the postseason” suddenly start proclaiming them the next dynasty or whatever and taking credit for calling it. So pay zero attention to the bandwagon; the only real fans are the ones who’ve stuck with their team through the good years and the bad and don’t switch loyalties based on who’s the “favorite to win it all”. Que sera sera…and GO FALCONS!!!
LOL at The Aints
January 8th, 2013
5:41 pm
I’ll Wait while you Google, LOL,, Now thats funny,,
Bling's the Thing
January 8th, 2013
5:43 pm
One has to think that the worm has to turn for the Falcons this year. This will not be the Aaron Rodgers light show that happened in 2010. Falcons were ultimately blown out in that game, but that was after the wheels came off right before the half and they were never able to recover from Ryan’s Pick Six – prior to that they were in the game and if it had not been for the suck ass secondary we may not have been shredded. Anyone who saw the Cardinals game knows we should have won it and let it get away. Last year was just embarrassing. SO, they are a better team this year and I think the only reason they sucked against lesser competition, was they could just not get themselves up for those games like they did against NYG, Broncos, Dallas, NO, and Wash. That is the team we should expect to see on Sun, with a lot of attitude like they had against NYG. As long as Matty Ice doesn’t become the Matty Melt with scared eyes, we should dominate ,, and I don’t think that is the Matt Ryan we will see. God, I hope not!! Go Falcons!!!
Jfreak13713
January 8th, 2013
5:48 pm
Look people consider all the facts surrounding this game that are in the Falcons favor this year that did not apply last year. 1) Seahwaks have to travel all the way across country to play very early game for them. 2) Seahawks have a rookie QB. 3) Falcons defense if MUCH better than before. 4) White, Jones, and Tony G. who can guard all three? 5) Teams in their 3rd playoff run are historically much better!
Falcons win a good close game 24-17
I worry more about Green Bay the following week. And yes Green Bay will beat San Fran.
Go Falcons
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
5:51 pm
As for Baker how has that turned out? Looks like he will be getting re up! So that arguement blows chunks. And to let the talking heads tell it, he is also one of the reasons Matt has had a very good year….go figure. And if not that is why you drafted for depth this year with that behemoth tackle we got….and he has not seen the field because we did not need him this year! I see you could not come up with anymore names….your goggle broke? Lol. Last thing about Julio to finally prove a point….ask the 2/3 of the vote ( you do know that 1/3 comes from, coaches, players and fans) that voted him in why they wish TD did not move up and make that move. Now back to you King Idiot…what stars are you referring to? All and I am saying all those players you mentioned can be released without a hint of cap ramifications….still ROFLYBBAO? Thought not! You must be thinking of the Aints….? Lol.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
5:57 pm
Extremus, those teams turned themselves into a running capable teams for the post-season… And didn’t wait for the Bye week to accomplish it… The Saints may have lost their last 3 regular season games, but they jump started the run game and hit the Cardinals up for 171 yds in the Divisional round… The Packers put 143, 119, 60, then back up to 138 against the Eagles, on the Falcons 96 to close it out, and 120 to win the NFC championship in Chicago… The 2006 Colts only threw for more 300 yards once in their SB run (AFC championship game), the rest they rushed for less than 100 yards in their final games… That was against the Ravens… Playoff football still flows along success in running unless you have one of those games like GB laid on the Falcons…
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
6:04 pm
FYI looks like the Jags are hiring our Director of Player Personnel to be th new GM there. Wonder why they would do that since we suck at bringing in talent and also suck in having a grip on the cap? Go figure, those darn Jaga got it a year late…they had the old GM hire M2!
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
6:05 pm
Baker was the 7th LT taken in the draft, slotting is supply vs demand, LTs were in demand, we needed one. It is all relative, you would think somebody who knows football like JSS claims would know this, but he is a fraud. Oh, and overall, he has been more than serviceable, I don’t think he has give up a sack this year.
Tundra Dude
January 8th, 2013
6:13 pm
All the Falcons need to do is score 20 points.
The Seahawks have difficulty scoring on the road in noisy domes.
ps: stay healthy for my Packers
JSS
January 8th, 2013
6:14 pm
Man, JJ Watt and Aldon Smith were in that draft (if you just had to move up), Cobb (as aforementioned), Kerrigan was in that draft, Orlando Franklin… Sam Acho slipped to the fourth round. The 2012 pick could have been Doug Martin and you could have moved Turner
Value!!!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
6:20 pm
Google back up?
KC Falcon
January 8th, 2013
6:20 pm
How in God’s green earth did Seattle ever lose 5 games this season? Let’s just fit ‘em for the Lombardi now, right?
Between the trolls and real Falcons fans, I don’t know what to make of this site any more.
It’s hard to win in the NFL. We don’t need people making it harder.
If RW is so great, why wasn’t he taken in the first round? 32 plus teams passed on him twice. What happened with Pete Carroll in NE and with the NYJ?
OMG–RGIII and Andrew Luck have never won a playoff game. Shut the league down.
Just win Falcons and shut all these people up.
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
6:21 pm
You named 6 people and out of all 6 of those not one I take over Julio……so again yohr arguement. Lows chunks King Idiot!
Georgia
January 8th, 2013
6:22 pm
The two teams I’m afraid of are the Broncos and the Seahawks. I look back at the Falcons’ season and remember the roller coaster ride in every game. How we won those games, I don’t know. I guess I don’t understand football anymore. But the fact that they won sucked me in again, and I can get my girly-man feelings hurt if they lose, that’s the problem. It takes me along time to get over a loss when I’m carried away by a team like this year’s Falcons. I’m getting a 50 inch plasma with the 640 refresh rate just for the game. I’m going to sit three or four feet away from it and be a part of every huddle, every sack, every blitz. I’m going to make sandwiches. I’m going to will the Falcons to victory!!!!! GO FALCONS!!!!
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
6:22 pm
JSS, show some hindsight in the draft, hard to pick that logic apart…..move Turner Value lol….got a forklift?
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
6:23 pm
And just for your info….how many other teams passed on those guys…..we got what we needed!
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
6:26 pm
Talk about hindsight, like we traded up to get a guy over hyped who could only manage 2 playoff wins in 13 seasons, when we could have stood pat and taken Drew Brees and LT? Yea, I hear ya JSS, talk about believing the hype and screwing the pooch.
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
6:33 pm
Bottom line is, there is not a QB who was drafted after 2005 who has a ring, so unless you define success as winning a playoff game, no QB in the 2006 class has gotten to the promise land. Out of the 8 teams left, 4 have a chance…..and until one does, nobody is any better than the next….You don’t get in the HOF by winning playoff games.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
6:34 pm
Dude, Baker is a contract year, the first year he’s shown anything since a stretch in year 2010 (where he went bad in the last 6 games of the year)… His 2012 year has been with a load of help sliding his way.. Sam Baker rarely is man-vs-man in pass protection… Oh yeah “fraud” he’s allowed 3.5 sacks, you really pay attention… Like I said, you want to extend an OL who has historically been injured… Good luck.. You’ve spent more time with out of possible 80 games only 66 games played (not started)…
Edd Double D
January 8th, 2013
6:36 pm
Falcons coast to a 35-13 much needed playoff win ! Ya’ll heard it here first, jus sayin !!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
6:40 pm
Brees and Tomilinson would have never succeeded in Atlanta, Reeves never drafted quality in the lines… Ask Elway how happy he was to see him go!!! He lucked into Kerney and never augmented him… Art Shell did miracles… You people kill me with those distractions… Brees would been killed and for this despite all of his talents and drive, Reeves has NEVER improved a single QB under his employ…
JSS
January 8th, 2013
6:42 pm
“You don’t get in the HOF by winning playoff games.”
Do Joe Namath and Terry Bradshaw know that?
New York 1
January 8th, 2013
6:43 pm
Won’t be any Sea allis Seachicken fans on here on Monday. The Falcons are a lot better team and play very well at home and on the road too. Hope your team doesn’t have anymore big injuries like last week. Those Falcons can hit and score. 42- 10 Falcons.
Jeff Schultz
January 8th, 2013
6:44 pm
What of it? — Thanks. How could someone say playoff loss wouldn’t take away from season? Even every player would disagree with that statement.
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
6:45 pm
And for a minute you make a little sense but then you go being King Idiot again! They drafted another tackle to groom for a reason! If they choose to not sign the Baker man they dont have to! Wake up man! And FYI know it all I can count on one hand the number of tackles who dont get help from game to game. Even you know protection is moved weekly to stop these DE from killing your QB…..another arguement that blows chunks! Back to Baker 3 years in the league and you wanted Tony Munoz? Lol. He much like you said was hurt all last year….has not missed a game this year has he? And those 6 games he missed carried over into the next season so he was hurt! It happens when 300 lb men continue to push into you on a consistent basis… thats free info just in case you did not know about how these guys get hurt in the NFL!
Jeff Schultz
January 8th, 2013
6:46 pm
Growler — You make a very good point about Nolan vs. QBs this season. In fact, that might be a topic for Sunday column.
Texas2step
January 8th, 2013
6:49 pm
The Falcons will do to Seattle what Alabama did to Notra Dame.
Say what
January 8th, 2013
6:49 pm
Wow, JSS, you think the mobile Brees couldn’t succeed with a weak O line, while an immobile QB like Ryan obviously does. You make no sense.
And stop ragging Baker. He played hurt last year and has worked hard to come back and play great for us this year. To paraphrase Ryan, “get the eff off our blog!”
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
6:51 pm
I guess Chris Chandler never blossomed under Reeves? He only took the Falcons to the there first Super Bowl and first NFC Championship. 2 time Pro Bowler under Reeves….never before he got to atlanta and never after he left…..but you correct King Idiot…..no QB!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
6:51 pm
And somebody feed that Minor bird, maybe eating will distract from that stupidity…
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
January 8th, 2013
6:52 pm
EXPERIENCED,POISE,FALCON TEAM WILL ROLL SUNDAY ..COMBINED WITH A EAR SPITTING NOISY GEORGIA DOME AND A ROOKIE QUATERBACK…ATLANTA 27 SEACHICKENS 10
loose caboose
January 8th, 2013
6:53 pm
JSS… How mant Falcons are going to the pro bowl this year? Oh, , you have to google to get that info…like the rest of your crap…fraud.
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
6:53 pm
Lol @ Say What…
get the eff off our blog……classic!
loose caboose
January 8th, 2013
6:58 pm
Damn good point about Chandler Answer….JSS breaking Reeves ba!!s…sissy…
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:02 pm
Chandler had one good season in Atlanta, and he took off when Reeves was laying in the cardiac unit at Piedmont!!!
.500 and below the rest of time… I loved how he threw a ball, but he could not stay healthy or upright… And people talked about Vick…
loose caboose
January 8th, 2013
7:05 pm
Chandler retired you moron.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:05 pm
They drafted “the wrong lineman” to groom…
loose caboose
January 8th, 2013
7:12 pm
Thats a cheap shot, I knew Chris back then and he had nothing but great things to say about coach Reeves. You in your “wisdom” want to put !!! about Dan In he hospital…you are indeed pathetic.. crack kills jss…no caps anymore..you are just a little boy.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:13 pm
Duane Brown sends his love you draft geniuses!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
7:13 pm
King Idiot Crystal Chandler went to the Pro Bowl twice ( 97 & 98), so he had more than one good year! Idiot! Sorry King Idiot! Both times he was a member of the Falcons and he did not take off Mike Vick was drafted and he got moved out for a better player at that time! Please one thing you cant do is tell a fan that has a team anything about his team…remember you dont care and you dont have a team so your goggle must be broke or something cause you got your answers all mucked up!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
7:17 pm
Here you go again telling us about our draft! Lol. Like Baker was the wrong choice? Or are you talking about Lamar Holmes? What was frigging Jacksinville thinking? Those dumb angus should have hired you to be the GM…King Idiot! Hold your breath for 7 minutes King Idiot!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:18 pm
Everybody loves Dan Reeves as a person, but I told him nicely to his face that he shortchanged himself in Atlanta… He knows it, and he’d never make those mistakes again… “Cheap shot” my butt, those last games Rich Brooks did as good of a job along with Shell of getting that team on a playoff footing… That Miami game should be in textbooks…
"Chef" Tim Dix
January 8th, 2013
7:18 pm
I am looking forward to a “Ted Topping” display of civic pride after the zebra’s blow a game costing call and the Falcons lose again.
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
7:25 pm
Man you are so full of shart……you sound like a character out of a movie! You know everyone and they respect your feedback. Man Dan Reeves dont give a eff about you or what you think….
in Matty Ice famous words…….well you know where to get!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:26 pm
Nope, Duane Brown, but you’re a “pro football” fan… You’ll figure it out eventually… Might be next year, but eventually…
loose caboose
January 8th, 2013
7:35 pm
Yeah…you told Dan to his face…my arse…go back to FOOGLE…thats all you know.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:36 pm
@ 7:16…
Ha ha ha, even they can’t do that… But check You Tube after the game and make sure the kids go to visit the relatives… Don’t let your pastor, priest, shaman, rabbi, or monk come by when they show their pre or post game comments… That one at the old Jocks-N-Jill last year was profanity classic!!!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
7:37 pm
And we supposed to care about Dewayne Brown? Sam Baker is all right me. Dwayne has helped Houston win as many rings as Sam has helped the Falcons win…..was not going to address that cause you getting your angus kicked with facts and not google so you jumping and pulling for straws King Idiot! You got a other picm you want to google up from that draft?
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:40 pm
You’re welcome at the Motivating Youth Foundation fundraiser in Macon, they’ll take even your money!!! Coach Reeves will even shake hand…
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:43 pm
Brown’s won two more playoff games and won’t be hoping praying that his extension is on the table… Oh, that’s right he’s already resigned!!!
Texas2step
January 8th, 2013
7:43 pm
Seachicks are garbage , if ANYONE is picking Seadirtta’s to win they must be smoking sea crack!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
7:44 pm
Like he did yours….did you clean your hand of that…….stuff before you shook the mans hand? Hope so! Tell us some more of your fantasies…..like the trips, Dan Reeves….etc. sad!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:46 pm
Only 4 games missed out of 80 eligible… Yeah stick with your mistakes, to paraphrase bat crazy Hank Williams Jr.: “It a (Atlanta) tradition…”
loose caboose
January 8th, 2013
7:49 pm
Answer…you my friend…making me laugh my arse off…in a good way.!
dan
January 8th, 2013
7:55 pm
I think everyone is overestimating the Seahawks. They’re a good team but they’re beatable, especially on the road. I wasn’t particularly blown away by their win over Washington. If RGIII didn’t get hurt, they could have lost that game. Plus coming out to the east coast in back to back weeks is no joke.
I think the Falcons win for a few reasons: I think the big play ability is more prevalent in the passing game than in years past. I think the secondary is better at generating turnovers. And the games they have needed to win to prove themselves( Denver, New York, New Orleans for the second time) they won. The games they lost were pretty meaningless when you really look at it. I just think the nucleus of this team is too strong to keep losing in the post season. And I’ll also say this, if the Birds win one, I think they could win two more.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
7:56 pm
You mean like you do when ‘Sponge Bob’ comes on?
Georgia
January 8th, 2013
7:57 pm
The score will be won on a late field goal. 33-31. It better be the Falcons is all I gots ta sez. And all this bravado on this blog is only jinxing the game. No trash talk, please. Rabbits feets are okay. Don’t change your underwear this weekend, it’s very bad luck. Do everything the same. In fact don’t even think about the game. Just act like it’s Easter or something. No, don’t boil any eggs. That’s bad luck too. Dammit, there’s no way not to jinx this game…….GO FALCONS!!!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
8:04 pm
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/files/2013/01/slideshow_1002042193_falcons.0116_CC22.JPG
Says it all…
loose caboose
January 8th, 2013
8:17 pm
dan …they may get called out on putting RG111 in that game. DR Andrews, who btw worked on my leg a while back, said he did not give the go ahead to play this guy. In any event, I like the Falcons in a close game.
Mora less Petrino
January 8th, 2013
8:22 pm
Why the Falcons will win:
A) ATL has never lost to another “bird” team at home in postseason.
B) ATL rarely loses at home.
C) ATL rarely loses two in a row, especially at home.
Now we can rest easy, so sit back and relax!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
8:38 pm
@loose caboose
can you believe some of the stuff that comes out of this guy? I am here all week and I promise to tip my waiter….try the veal, its really good!
The Monger
January 8th, 2013
8:41 pm
Nardawg…. You Couldn’t be more wrong. But please keep up the HATE… HATE ALL DAY ON THE FALCONS….I LOVE IT, AND SO DO THEY….THEY FEED OFF IT, AND THEY DON’T NEED ANY MORE MOTIVATION!!! Home field for the NFC playoffs, 2 weeks of rest and getting at full strength, motivation from hearing “0-3 in the playoffs” for the past 4 months, and Seattle will be without their defensive star Chris Clemons. But getting back to where you are wrong. The NFL playoffs USED TO be about defense, running game, and getting hot. But this is 2013, things have changed, and now it’s all about quarterback play in the playoffs. Although being hot helps, it’s limiting turnovers and having a banner day for your quarterback that wins playoff games now. Just look at last year’s Super Bowl matchup…Eli Manning (playing his best football of the year down the stretch) vs. Tom Brady (also playing very well down the stretch). How about the year before… Aaron Rodgers (pretty much took the team on his shoulders and was a one-man wrecking crew in the playoffs) vs. Ben Rothlesberger (another elite quarterback, had a 97 passer rating that year). Pittsburgh is the only one of those four that had a dominant defense, so your argument doesn’t hold any water. I could also list teams like the Saints (Brees) and Colts (Peyton Manning) who have won Super Bowls recently with lousy defenses. Also none of these teams had good running games, except the Steelers, and Rashard Mendenhall is not really an elite back, so that is wrong as well. Maybe 20 years ago you were right, but its 2013 so you are wrong. A good solid gameplan by the coaches and superior quarterback play is what is going to win this Falcons/Seahawks game. I like Atlanta for a better game plan and they obviously have the superior quarterback. Matt Ryan is on another level from Russel Wilson, who is only a rookie. Seattle’s defense won’t be able to stop Roddy White, Julio Jones, Tony G (who is VERY motivated for a Super Bowl), Harry Douglas, and Jacquizz Rodgers. The Falcons just have TOO many weapons on offense, and a very opportunistic defense. I think the Seahawks will hang around, but it will be a 10 point Atlanta win in the end….
Falcons 31 Seahawks 21
5150 UOAD
January 8th, 2013
8:44 pm
The Falcons ALL of the Falcons better do Everything in their power to make sure they Win this game.
The Monger
January 8th, 2013
8:49 pm
Roddy, Julio, Harry Douglas BETTER THAN Sidney Rice, Golden Tate, and Jon Baldwin
Matt Ryan BETTER THAN Russel Wilson
Tony G BETTER THAN Zack Miller (or whoever they have playing TE, doesnt really matter)
Falcons OL BETTER THAN Seattle OL
Falcons Playing in the dome BETTER THAN Seahawks traveling East for the 2nd week in a row, (they are 4-5 on the road this year, and 1-3 with 1pm East Coast games)
Falcons are better rested, have had more time to prepare, and have more playoff experience.
I personally believe Seattle’s defense is a little overrated, I don’t think they are bad, but they just don’t match up well with the Falcon’s recievers and tight ends, who are big but also fast. I believe Julio and Roddy went for over 200 yards when we played them last year in Seattle. But this time they will be relaxed on the turf in the Dome, will have fresher legs than the Seattle corners with 2 weeks rest, and have ALL the motivation in the world to prove the haters wrong.
Falcons HAVE NO EXCUSES not to at least make the Super Bowl this year. I think we have the more talented team than Seattle, Green Bay, of San Fransisco.
Falcons 31 Seahawks 21. ATL BABY!!!!!!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
8:58 pm
@The Monger
I will pass out BIG UPS ( NOT KUDOS) to another great post!
Big Ups!
Archibald Hole Broke
January 8th, 2013
9:03 pm
falcons over sea birds but that’s as far as they go.
Say what
January 8th, 2013
9:06 pm
JSS
January 8th, 2013
8:04 pm
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/files/2013/01/slideshow_1002042193_falcons.0116_CC22.JPG
Says it all…
—
Yes, it does say it all. Your post says you are a small man obsessed with hating on a QB. JSS — Just Sorta Sad (and pathetic).
Oh yeah, Get the eff off our blog!
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:06 pm
I feel like Herb Brooks. What Herb Brooks felt about hearing about the Russians is how I feel about hearing about the Falcons in the post season……..” I am sick and tired of hearin’ about what a great hockey team the Soviets have….Screw ‘em this is your time!! Now go out there and take it!” Go out there and take it FALCONS!!!!!!!!!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
9:08 pm
@Say What
Big Ups!
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:10 pm
The Falcons are bigger, stronger, and faster then Seattle. No rookie QB and a running back that was picked up after being cut is going to come to the GA Dome and beat us!!!!!!! They get by…by playing bully D with the corner backs,,,,,,well FYI……You cant bully White and Jones and that leaves a saftey to cover TG 88 and that will not work
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
9:12 pm
No JSS, no getting around it, we passed on a HOF SB winning QB, and another HOF RB to trade up for the most hyped QB since Ryan Leaf, and the Irony is, San Diego learned the first time about hyped QBs without leadership skills.
Also, now, if Matt Schaub gets Superbowl, than the same guy is an answer to a 2nd trivia question about the worst trades on Atlanta history, and we ain’t even got Ken Hourck to blame on…..An no, winning playoff games does not get you into the HOF, Joe and Terry did not get it the HOF by winning wildcard rounds, they won Super bowls.
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:18 pm
Falcons are talking about winning a Super Bowl this yr.. That is all that counts right now. Nobody cares about the HOF…….they not let tommy nobis in the HOF so i don’t think of the HOF as legit. that goes for baseball also……they not let Dale Murphy in so i don’t think nothing of them as well
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:23 pm
I want to “FREE QUIZZ” this game and let him go for over 100 yards
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:28 pm
The Falcons are going to come out strong. They will need to keep that up for 4qts. RISE UP FALCONS. Don’t be afraid fans to rise up! this yr is our yr as Falcon fans!!!!!!!!!!
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:30 pm
The best match up for the Falcons is Seattle. They will not be able to bully us……..they bully teams but will not be able to bully the Falcons and that is the bottom line……..
JSS
January 8th, 2013
9:35 pm
Hilarious people, Brees in Atlanta equals Chris Miller, concussed and out of the league way before his time… Bad enough he had to suffer with Schottenheimer, see where that got him, on an operating table… If you folks spent as much time demanding good line drafts as you do barking and blaming QBs for the Coach/GM mistakes, this franchise could been like Patriots or Steelers, easing overaged players instead reaching for players like Todd Weiner Just how much longer did Ephraim Salaam and Roberto Garza play once they left being scapegoated in Atlanta?
Just distractions from the real issues…
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:36 pm
I will give it to June Jones as one heck of a college coach with Hawaii and now Smu but not a pro coach. having said that we dealt with june jones and Mora. The Smith family i have nothing against but they were not dedicated like what owner Blank’s dedication is. We dealt with Coach Jerry leaving Elvis tix if he showed up. the Falcons are not a joke as days of yesterday. It is time for us fans to give what this team is giving us……….Give everything you have to the Falcons Sunday and they will reward us
JSS
January 8th, 2013
9:38 pm
“San Diego learned?”
Yet they ended up with Rivers, didn’t learn much, it is why stubborn A.J. Smith is collecting unemployment…
JSS
January 8th, 2013
9:40 pm
Love LaDamien but in Atlanta, he’d been wasted… Reeves drafted another TE yet?
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:41 pm
Braves fans will not let go of the Elvis Andrus trade but you have to take chances…….get back on the wagon and swing again……….that is what great fans do!!!!!!! non great fans spend the rest of the time crying about what could of been……….Coach Nick says he don’t live in the past of his wins so why should us fans live in the past of bad trades……..The Falcons are on top right now and that is all that matters
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
9:42 pm
If we had June Jones and Glanville as the DC, we might have been OK.
JSS, C’mon, if Schaub gets a ring, MV7 does down in LORE as the only QB who got 2 SB QBs traded. Holy Cow, wrap your brain around that….. At least Glanville and Hourck had each other to blame…..Then if MR2 gets one…LOL….I am tellin ya, being cruel to animals is bad Karma.
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
9:42 pm
Yea, SD got it right, then they screwed it up.
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
9:47 pm
Say what you want about Dan Reeves, but as a player, assistant and HC he was on the sidelines for more superbowls than any man in history. I think like 8-9….Freaking Forrest Gump.
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:49 pm
Best QB the Falcons ever had was Steve Bartkowski,, number 2 was Jeff George( the red gun really hurt his career) and number three is Matt Ryan. the difference is Matt Ryan can move up to number 1 when it is all said and done. Matt Ryan has skills and all the neg. stuff ppl say about him just aint true
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
9:51 pm
Pulling the Jeff George card, NOOOOOO. The man could gun it, but he was a loser, I can sort feel that whole red gun thing, but he was a loser before he came here, and a loser when he left. Actually, he still has skills, but he was such a demonstrated loser….kind of a Carson Palmer.
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
9:53 pm
MR2 is 2 games away of being the best QB in Atlanta history. He has been the most consistent, that is for sure.
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:53 pm
Jeff George will not be remembered in the NFL but i never seen somebody that could throw like him with that quick release. He had so much talent and did nothing in the NFL
1990_Champs_GT
January 8th, 2013
9:54 pm
Worst Falcons coach ever: Jerry Glanville. He lead to the second-worst coach:June Jones.
Worst QB ever: Jeff George.
The Waterboy
January 8th, 2013
9:57 pm
Falcons will win b/c Matt Ryan will wearing his lucky astrology mood watch.
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:57 pm
I am a huge Matt Ryan fan but would of loved for Steve Bartkowski to have a team like this and see what he could of done
Eric
January 8th, 2013
9:59 pm
What’s really crummy about all of this is just how great an owner we have in Blank (especially when compared to the horrid desert that was the Smith’s) and just how much he wants to bring a winner to Atlanta. The boys gotta go out there and win one for Arthur in my opinion.
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
9:59 pm
Jeff George was sorta like Cam, he did not know who to lose. He had his moments, but he blamed his teammates, he pouted, and he screwed up as much as the next guy. He had no leadership skills…….Just when you thought he “got it”, he would revert back.
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
9:59 pm
Mora the worst coach ever!!!!!!!!! his smart azz disrespect the media who try to get behind him and us fans…….. I really don’t like Mora for some reason
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
10:01 pm
take that back Petrino…….we can all agree with that one
Eric
January 8th, 2013
10:02 pm
Another funny thought is just how much perceptions can change. Just for fun, assume we go out and win the SB this year. I bet then Atlanta becomes quite the feared team next year!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
10:03 pm
The King Idiot lives….hey dummy Roberto Garza starts for the Chicago Bears! Is your google broke or something? All this crap you putting out sucks like you do. STOP IT!!!! Garza may not be the best but he starts on a NFL team sucker! Keep telling us how bad all these draft picks are or have been! And o yea…..
Get the eff of our blog!
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
10:03 pm
I love Blank but why deal with the NFL with Caps and all that. IF he wants to own a championship team he just needs to go 4 miles to Capt. Ave. and buy the Braves where no Salary caps are. My dream is for him to buy the Braves from Liberty
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
10:05 pm
Jeff George was a lot like Cam, just absurd skills, but no leadership, he did not know how to lose. He blamed his teammates, he pouted. Just when you thought he got past it, it would be an issue again.
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
10:07 pm
I was so mad at Blank when he fired Reeves and was really getting mad when talk was he was taking ATL out of ATL and moving it to the North side. I got over the Coach thing fast and now the talk is it is going to stay in Atl. and I can say without a doubt,,,,,,we have the best owner not only in the Nfl but in all of sports
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
10:08 pm
LT a waste in Atlanta witb Reeves? You are really stupid JSS. Reeves had Jamal Anderson….the king of 250 touches a year. You dont think LT would have got that…..continue to show your stupidity by what ooozes out your mouth……King Idiot….you are crowned again!
Eric
January 8th, 2013
10:09 pm
Am I the only one that loved Chandler? I know 98 was his only really great year but that team was just magic! Mathis and Marting (the M&M boys), Chuck Smith, Jamal Anderson, Brooking, Tuggle, Travis Hall, Bennett, Ray-Ray Buchanan! I loved the 98 Falcons and so wish they could’ve continued things in 99, 2000, 2001, etc. If only Blank and Dimitroff had been around then!
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
10:09 pm
and it is a fact that he is the best groomed and best dressed owner of all time,,,,,,,,the man has style and class
Eric
January 8th, 2013
10:10 pm
*Martin
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
10:13 pm
yeah Chandler was good……….ray ray or i called him big play ray was not really that good, I liked the great white hope Dwight,,,,,,,man he was so fast
Mora less Petrino
January 8th, 2013
10:15 pm
No way I’d put Jeff George in top anything but DA list, with Ron Mexico, Aundray Bruce, Rison, Mora, and Petrino.
Worst coach ever would have to be Petrino, followed by a tie between Junes Jones, Marion Campbell, Mora, and Dan Henning. I like June Jones, but he insisted on running that ridiculous Run & Shoot, (or as I called it, the Poop & Punt.) Glanville was a very good assistant coach, but not too hot at being the head man.
Best head coaches, easily Smith, Reeves, and Leeman Bennett. Having good GM’s has a lot to with the success of a coach.
goFalcons
January 8th, 2013
10:18 pm
Over and under of a personal foul being called on either team when the Falcons get the ball is 3 and I take the under
ed
January 8th, 2013
10:18 pm
I don’t think the Falcons lose, but if they do and if they fire Dimitroff or Smith then we’ll all get what we deserve…….. another decade like the 4 before they got here.
Ridiculous to indicate the head men on a staff that won a division title while going 13-3 are playing a win or leave town game (add in they took over a franchise that was so bad it was expected to take years to turn around). I understand such talk from the nincompoops on the message board, but I now question Jeff Schultz’s ability to write about the NFL. TOTALLY IGNORANT!!!!
Jeff please name me one coach that was fired with Smith’s record? Schotenheimer did not have the body of work and even so his firing was related to a fued with the GM, not a house cleaning. Totally a fallacy that Smith or TD are in jeopardy of getting fired. Closer to reality Schultz could be fired for irresponsible reporting.
Eric
January 8th, 2013
10:19 pm
Buchanan was EPIC during the SB news conferences! Calling out Shannen Sharpe for having a horse face was just awesome!
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
10:21 pm
We really need a Dwight right now to return kicks! I think HD or I call him the porn star (Hairy Douglass, is that not a porn stars name?) Will make a big play this week but Seattle also has a dangerous kick/punt returner that we must watch out for!
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
10:22 pm
Big Play had swagger, reminds me of Samuels, just crafty and would jump routs, but was also apt to get burned from time to time.
ed
January 8th, 2013
10:22 pm
my comments blocked??
Mora less Petrino
January 8th, 2013
10:23 pm
No way I’d put Jeff George in top anything but dumb-butt list, with Ron Mexico, Aundray Bruce, Rison, Mora, and Petrino.
Worst coach ever would have to be Petrino, followed by a tie between Junes Jones, Marion Campbell, Mora, and Dan Henning. I like June Jones, but he insisted on running that ridiculous Run & Shoot, (or as I called it, the Poop & Punt.) Glanville was a very good assistant coach, but not too hot at being the head man.
Best head coaches, easily Smith, Reeves, and Leeman Bennett. Having good GM’s has a lot to with the success of a coach.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
10:23 pm
Hilarious again, does the name Steve DeBerg ring a bell (Plunkett and Young)? Nothing like you folks…
Mandelbrot
January 8th, 2013
10:24 pm
The Seahawks are going to dominate the Falcons in every phase of the game on Sunday…Don’t fool yourself thinking anything else.
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
10:27 pm
How many times we got to tell you too
Get the eff off our blog!
You hate that much that you bring up Steve Deberg…Stop it man, just Stop it. Can you not see real fans enjoying talking about Falcon history? Beat it or just
GET THE EFF OFF OUR BLOG!
Mandelbrot
January 8th, 2013
10:29 pm
Seriously, Atlanta is the weakest team mentally in the NFL and Seattle the strongest. It’s going to be a rout to the tune of 42-6.
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
10:34 pm
Trivia,
What former #1 draft QB never came close to living up to his hype, who was signed to a 100 Mil contract and was anointed a “dream team” QB, only to go down as maybe the largest bust in history and get its HOF coach who was loved by the owner fired?
One hint, two QBs named Matt directly related to him, are heading into the 2nd round of the playoffs and very well might meet up in the superbowl….
I’m tellin’ ya, being mean to animals is bad Karma.
Mora less Petrino
January 8th, 2013
10:35 pm
The Falcons will likely defeat the Seahawks, and next week the same trolls and negative types will be back here saying that ATL can’t win against GB or SF. We shall see!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
10:35 pm
250 touches a year due to one huge carry year of 410 (98), you people act like these people had long careers… It was quick lightning, that 2nd half of 97 to the Super Bowl was it… #32 only averaged between 65 to 70 yards a game in 96 and 97, same in 2000. After that, the whole of 1999 to the beginning of 2002 was pure agony, and it should not have been… Reeves made colossal mistakes in drafting and cutting players and general handling of the locker room too…
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
10:36 pm
So I cant be mean to JSS anymore? What are you saying Biceps? :/
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
10:38 pm
Well, JA did not do much after 98 because he blew out his knees, that might have had something to do with it. In 96 and 97, JA was the understudy to Ironhead.
But really, JSS, you know the trivia answer?
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
10:41 pm
Took me awhile, but I got it Answer. JSS is OK, when the Falcons put a beating on the Giants, he came on the blogs and ate some crow, as I suspect he will Sunday.
Answer This
January 8th, 2013
10:42 pm
So your google is working again? Tell you what….thanks for taking us to the dance Dan Reeves…Big Ups!
But the future we all have waited for is here! So I am more interested in Sunday instead of 20 years ago…so kick rocks King Idiot! You will only continue to tell us how stupid the 100 of us are and how smart you think you are…JSS and his own little 300 movie. Lol..go back to your google!
JSS
January 8th, 2013
10:42 pm
The gatekeeper with no keys is frothing again… Ha ha, trying get all “mavericky” cause Steve DeBerg actually got two Super Bowl winning traded away when franchises gave up on supposedly bust or over-hill QBs… Plunkett’s two rings say thank you (oh that was 1980, too sensitive of a subject?) and Young’s too!!! Ha ha, what was that those Carolina players were hollering at Ryan in Charlotte? Ha ha!!!
Mandelbrot
January 8th, 2013
10:44 pm
What are you klowns doing worrying about the Giants? Your season is about to end at the hand of the mighty Seahawks.
Smarty
January 8th, 2013
10:46 pm
This game is HUGE for sure BUT EVEN bigger for Blank. IF we lose (and we better not)
NO WAY will a new stadium get passed this year and FORGET PSL’s…
I am also worried because we have lost numerous times to Rookie QB’s. Well Wilson is one. Just
think of the press. Falcon’s lose to a 3rd round QB that was really picked to be a backup QB.
Seattle losing Cleamons helps the Falcons. It’s going to be close and I am again extremely worried.
Atlanta is a great city but is also a choking city for pro sports.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
10:47 pm
He understudied Head in 95, Jamal carried the load in 96, 97, and 98… He was low 230 carry guy (excluding the that monster 410 year)…
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
10:48 pm
Anyway, I am out….Yall have fun.
Mandelbrot
January 8th, 2013
11:00 pm
Looks like the Atlanta fans have already given up and are prepared for defeat.
JSS
January 8th, 2013
11:01 pm
MB, if Bud Grant is not in the HOF, Reeves might not ever make it… Grant has a higher winning percentage. 606, Reeves is only 25 games over .500 That is serious…
Jeff Schultz
January 8th, 2013
11:13 pm
Just checking in. I see it’s JSS vs. The World again . . .
FarTrain
January 8th, 2013
11:25 pm
Heard several top notch ESPN sports people this afternoon all say that Seattle will beat ATL rather easily. After taking all things into consideration I have to agree with them. We may just see another beat down like AL-ND last night. A team like the Seahawks will expose all the Falcon’s weaknesses. Besides they have to keep up the “Atlanta Tradition” and follow in the footsteps of the Braves!
SR
January 8th, 2013
11:27 pm
Let’s face it, they’ll never get this monkey off their back until THEY DO WIN!!!! I am pulling hard for them but I remain unconvinced until they actually do it.
newr
January 8th, 2013
11:28 pm
I think if given proper protection, M. Ryan will pick their secondary apart. There’s no way anyone is gonna take away Roddy, Julio and Tony. And there’s also Harry in the middle of the field. Now, if protection is an issue, MR will get happy feet and all hell will break loose. Our defense will keep us in it, but the offense has to get us the win.
LOL at the Aints
January 8th, 2013
11:35 pm
We are about to find out what kind of team TD has put together, if you cant get up for this game you suck and should be run out of town on a rail, LOL
LOL at the Aints
January 8th, 2013
11:38 pm
Oh Yes,, Its The JSS Show,, LOL
World 42, JSS 0
January 8th, 2013
11:40 pm
Enter your comments here
Tuckatl
January 8th, 2013
11:48 pm
I think the Falcons have a great shot at making the Super Bowl and maybe winning it all. Nolan is the best DC in football. He has shut down every top QB that has came into the dome this year. If you can trick the Manning brothers and Brees into throwing 3 or more picks then we shouldn’t worry about Wilson or Kapernick.
Mandelbrot
January 8th, 2013
11:51 pm
‘M. Ryan will pick their secondary apart’……Lol, get some smelling salts jr., Cam Chancelor,, Earl Thomas, Brandon Browner and co, are going to knock the snot out of your wr’s….I betting a couple o of them ‘pull hamstrings’ (wink wink) before the game on Sunday to get out of facing the Seahawks bonecrushing D.
Darnell Dockett can't get hot chicks
January 9th, 2013
12:01 am
Falcons fans,
Falcons win this game. Seattle is HOT, HOT, HOT, and have a STOUT D and RB. Much respect to Seattle and their passionate fan base. The national media are not pointing out that the Falcons use their superb screen pass attack as part of their running game. Back to back trips east, and R Wilson is a fine rook, but he IS a rook. Falcons D will do what they always do – give up yards and more FG’s than TD’s.
Look for Quizz, J Snelling, & Douglas to make an impact – especially if Jones and White cannot get loose. Look for Falcons to establish Gonzalez early and shorter throws to Jones and White. Use the pass to set up the running game and only hand the ball to Turner with a slam FB (Saints game in the Georgia Dome). The vertical throws will be there later, but you got to set up those Seattle safeties. A couple of successful smoke screens to Julio in 1st half will set up the fake screen to Julio/wheel route to Douglas in 2nd half from the Seattle 40 yd line. O-line ultimately wins/loses this game for Birds. RISE UP DIRTY BIRDS
Nostradumbass
January 9th, 2013
1:05 am
So, you kids can’t even tell that you are ripe for a whoopin’?…I am going to be laughing so hard watching the face of a defeated fan base that is arguably the most pathetic in all of sports…How come Matt Ryan performed better on the road this year?…That’s a testimony to the lamest sports town in the country…The pressure is all on the Falcons and they have proven that they are not up to the task in the post season. You think this year is different?…Think again losers. Your team is soft and one dimensional…You can’t win with just a passing game. This has been proven in the playoffs. You weren’t impressed with the win on the road in Washington?…Good. We love it that way. All of you fans sound like you are trying to convince yourselves that this team is different and yet deep down you know…They are gonna take a beating. You can’t have a one dimensional offense and a weak D and expect to win a playoff game in a weak stadium against the hottest team in the league…By the way,..our rookie has a better rating than your veteran…Our runner hits DB’s, not the other way around. Marshawn Lynch will drag your defenders for 6 yards after you think you have him tackled. I feel sorry for you people having to be let down playoff after playoff. Make no mistake, it’s going to happen again and I’m going to laugh my ass off as I read your comments again about how you’re going to the SB. You are going to be beaten by a rookie QB who may not have as many yards but he does have a better passer rating and can run like your QB can’t. In the last 8 games of the season no QB in the league had a better rating. He may hand it off to Lynch, he may run, he may dump it off to a running back, a fullback, a tight end or maybe even a wide receiver…Your defense won’t have a clue. But hey, good luck with that Super Bowl dream.
Larry
January 9th, 2013
1:36 am
Indeed, the third and fourth syllables of “dumb” and “a.ss” are most telling in the poster above.
The Falcons have the superor QB, the better overall team, the better coaching staff and they are an angry bunch whose anger will be stoked b their fans on Sunday.
I predict you will see a team fill of fury, resolve and a rabid determination to exemplify what the astute among us can clearly see forthcoming.
The Falcons will have this game in hand from the opening kickoff and their margin of victory should be by a minimum of 10 points…it coud be less or more depending upon MIke’s Smith’s tendency to protect a late lead or simply be the gentleman and true sportsman he is.
And plese cease witht eh never ending promotion of all of these read and react QB’s that are supposedly taking over the NFL QB position. This is an offense to dumb down plays to enable the Russell’s, Griffins’s, Kaepernck’s and Newton’s to be relevent and not make many mistakes. Make no mistake about it, the QB that will be hoisting the Lombardi will be either one of Brady, Manning, Rodgers or Ryan…the guys scoring in the 30’s on their Wonderlic scores and not stupid enough to wear tattoos, earrings, and fashionable arm covers. Russell Wilson and Andrew Luck are the only two smart and mature enough to possibly do this in the future.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 9th, 2013
1:56 am
“Damn, Najeh. I though you disliked Ryan…”
It’s never about likes and dislikes. I don’t know any NFL players personally. Just call it as I see it. The first four years of Ryan’s career he sucked at making plays down the field and didn’t respond well to pressure. This year he has consistently completed deep balls. I was skeptical about whether he would ever develop that explosive element to his game but he showed this year that he could. Now he just has to prove it against the league’s best secondary this weekend.
Michael M.
January 9th, 2013
1:58 am
Lmao………The blogging world here is in for a rude awakening come Sunday when Atlanta destroys the SeaHawks in the Georgia Dome……………..Atlanta – 34………………Seabuzzards – 13
rabid_dawg
January 9th, 2013
2:21 am
The Falcons are going to blow Seattle out of the building on Sunday.
1) This is the best Falcon team under Smith…the experience is there.
2) They basically ran away with the division. There goal is to make the playoffs and win. They were a virtual lock for a playoff spot after there 8th game. They have been looking forward(looking past opponents)to the first playoff game for over 2 months and yet they still won most of there games in the 2nd half of the season.
3) They are rested….angry…..hungry….focused and very good at what they do…..and they are at home.
We have yet to see how good they really are…..we got a glimpse against the Giants because that was a big measuring stick for them. That is the team that will show up on Sunday….only this time they will play even better.
Seattle is good but do you really think that a rookie led team can come in here and beat us given the above? I don’t think so either. Falcons roll……42-7.
jc_dawgs
January 9th, 2013
2:49 am
New coordinators…..great offensive plan whereby Turner…Rogers….and Snelling have been utilized perfectly and that includes many different screen pass options. No….this team is not the same as the last 2 falcons teams that lost in the playoffs. Remember the Denver game?….The defennsive scheme the Falcons used? The #1 seed Broncos and Manning did not even know which way was up. Big game….big performance. How bout the super bowl champion Giants? 34-0…are you kidding me. V Cruz was quoted as saying that the Falcons are the best team they faced all year. No folks…..this is the Falcons year! it is!
How many of you Falcon fans remember the 47-17 beating we laid down on the rams when the had Mora Jr? That playoff win represented a euphoria that I have not had since…..and I am looking forward to that euphoria returning this Sunday. The Falcons…coming off there 1st round bye… are going to play balls to the wall for 60 minutes and I just don’t see how a rookie led Seatlle team…having to make that 2800 mile trip can hang with us. I know Seattle is a solid team but that fact will end up sealing there doom as this years Falcons seem to play up to and well beyond the competition. 38-10….Falcons in a route.
Gritsfalcon
January 9th, 2013
3:30 am
RELAX Falcon fans! Falcon’s have this one! Falcons win by 9 or 10 points!
JSS
January 9th, 2013
4:33 am
“There’s no way anyone is gonna take away Roddy, Julio and Tony. And there’s also Harry in the middle of the field.”
If the 1990 San Francisco 49ers, as balanced and explosive offensive football team that has ever walked on a professional football field led by possibly the greatest big game QB in League history can lose to a lesser team (in terms of offense) on that home field, then a team which is nowhere as talented or balanced can be beat… Come on, I’ve seen better get taken down in the playoffs… It’s Game plan vs Game Plan, case closed… And for all of you deriding Wilson, here’s one name for you, Jeff Hosteltler… Again, defense and running games travel, unless you have a stubborn HC (see Mike Ditka), Carroll for all of arrogance does not seem to miss that point.
Eric C.
January 9th, 2013
4:42 am
I’ve seen some mention of comparisons of Seattle to Carolina…and I agree they are similar.
The Falcons will struggle early and often vs the Seahawks and get down by 10 or so points in the first half, but they will scratch and claw in the second half and find a way to win a close game after Seattle’s replacement FG kicker misses a FG that would have sealed the game late in the 4th.
Eric C.
January 9th, 2013
4:44 am
Btw, an intersting stat I saw posted recently…the Falcons have beaten every team on their schedule this season. No one else can say that.
Samuel
January 9th, 2013
4:58 am
If Mike Smith loses he could be in a position that coach Dungy had with Tampa Bay. They fired him and hired Gruden and won a championship the next year.
Nostradumbass
January 9th, 2013
5:08 am
@Larry…The better overall team?…You’re hilarious. I noticed in your comment that you didn’t even make one point as to how that was the case…Better overall Team?…Wow…Denial is truly the best sedative in the hands of a Falcons fan I guess…The numbers would suggest the contrary and that doesn’t even come close to accounting for the intangibles…You will be one of the first people I will annoy on Monday…You probably won’t be around though…you seem to think that your team is going to conjure up some sort of physical dominant persona when they haven’t really had that all year and bring it against Seattle…I have 3 words for ya…Fewest Points Allowed. Only one team can claim that and unfortunately for you and your team, that’s the team you are playing on Sunday. This particular statistic was posted against teams like Green Bay, New England, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, just to name a few…During the regular season they never lost by more than 7 points…They were never blown out. This team hit their groove in the second half of the season and that’s the most important part of the season…Better overall team?…That’s a joke. Over the second half of the season Seattle averaged more points than you and gave up less points than you, by far. Larry, you’re an idiot. Even I don’t take my self seriously as is obvious by my screen name (Nostradumbass) which you thought fit to point out. At least I back my stuff with facts, not the delusional rantings of a perennial playoff losing fan of the Falcons. Make sure you’re here on Monday Larry. I’m going to have a special comment just for you. Three playoff losses in a row…about to become four…You are pathetic excuses for fans in Atlanta…I’d give you more respect but you don’t deserve it until you support your teams like real fans do. I’m gonna go ahead and apologize ahead of time for your players that get injured…I hope they are able to heal in the off season and subsequent rebuilding. Cheers!
Thomas Brown
January 9th, 2013
5:15 am
Jim Zorn 3 consecutive seasons 3000 yards passing then Seattle Seahawks team record, since broken by Matt Hasselbeck in 2005, who had 7 seasons with Seattle of 3000 yards, including 4 seasons in a row over 3000 yards 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
Chipper Towers, last night January 8 at 4:19 pm of the AJ-C, states :
“Aaron Murray, the first quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in three consecutive seasons”
Uh, no. That’s not true, now is it Chipper Towers, sir ?
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/FBS.pdf
19,217 yards career passing Case Keenum Houston
17,072 yards career passing Timmy Chang Hawai’i
15,793 yards career passing Graham Harrell Texas Tech
15,031 yards career passing Ty Detmer BYU
14,667 yards career passing Kellen Moore Boise State
Aaron Murray will not catch any of these Top 5, and of the Top 5, only Case Keenum was awarded an extra season – because of injury during his 3rd eligible year.
71,838 yards career passing NFL Brett Favre – former Falcon traded
I believe that record to be safe from Aaron Murray, too, Chipper Towers, sir.
Aaron Murray went on yesterday to the press : “Work on my speed a little more. I feel like at my age I’ve gotten a little slower. I’ve got to work on that more”
Well, yeah. No one is going to accuse Aaron Murray of being a Dual-Threat Quarterback in college, now are they ? The SEC Defensive Linemen routinely out-run him from behind and tackle him. He’s not very mobile, with a career 1-yards per carry average in college. Billed as the Top Dual-Threat Quarterback after his Florida State Championship coming into College, he has clearly attempted to run the football in college, with zero success. Trying to do so now, once again his Redshirt Senior Football Season – here practicing with the team starting December 2008 the 1st Michigan State bowl game – with Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall Track Stars to hand the ball off to 2013, would be the height of self-centeredness ball-hoggishness.
And, as Grievous an error as having tried to do so since December 2008 here.
Only more-so, and wrong-headed, and silly, and a huge mistake to the detriment of the Team.
The Last Thing this football team needs 2013 is for Aaron Murray to try to prove his Internet buddies right that he can run the football, when by now, even they have given-up all hope of making such spurious comments, again, that he can, or should attempt to run the football.
But, we do have 6 Quarterbacks on the roster, if that is how he wants to end his college career. He is simply way to slight to run the football in The SEC. And, is his worst attribute for the next-level, too.
I wish I could grow 2 more inches, 6’ 1” Aaron Murray quipped to Chipper Towers last night, swearing it is legitimate, Chipper Towers reports.
Ok. If Aaron Murray “SWEARS” to Chipper Towers, he’s 6’ 1” as legitimate 6’ 1”, I will certainly concede the point. Only JSS would SWEAR to a lie, and certainly not Aaron Murray.
And, then there is
5’ 11” Russell Wilson QB Seattle Seahawks
JSS
January 9th, 2013
5:22 am
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Get your morning “Cut-N-Paste” idiocy…
Rmikel58
January 9th, 2013
6:10 am
If you lose to Seattle………..They’ll be saying how overrated Atlanta was and how easy their schedule was and also point out that they lost 2 out of their last 3 games.
Then theylll pick out why we lost , blaming Abraham and Gonzalez as tired old men combined with a lack of coaching experience.
The Falcons have never been a fan favorite nor sports casters either. All i hear about is how dangerous Seattle is right now and how wonderful Seattles defense is and how fantastic their head coach is.
When Atlantas mentioned its more like “they have good recievers” and have a good home record and a sub par running game.
Falcons win then itll be Seattle just wasnt ready to play or their QB had a bad performance and Seattles Defense made too many mistakes.
Its never about us in Atlanta. Our fans, our players. Roddy White not being selected to the Pro Bowl and some others as well. We never get respect and i hope……..no i pray that my Falcons will play like theyve never played and beat every opponent the next 3 games with shutouts or no TD’s and make all these nay-sayers eat crow.
I am fed up with it my friend…….NO RESPECT.
Time things change and the Falcons be feared by opponents when their played. Not only losing to us, fearing embarrassment and getting hurt by our defense.
Nativebird
January 9th, 2013
6:16 am
Pretty simple Smitty….just show us you can coach and lead a team with the big boys…the better coaches, not the best, but the better. Anybody can beat up on the league during the reg season. But consistently winning when the big chips are on the table? That takes a certain steely and mentally tough type of head coach. This is no longer the “marathon” and is now a sprint. It is now not only what your team does….but How it does it. It take passion, focus, channelled fire, immense aggression, precise execution. Not sure Smitty has this….I hope I’m wrong.
Say what
January 9th, 2013
7:23 am
Jeff Schultz: “Just checking in. I see it’s JSS vs. The World again . . .”
You’re not surprised, are you Jeff? The guy is a Falcon hater. This is, or should be, a blog for Falcon fans. So a Falcon hater, especially one who constantly denigrades the other posters (”you people” “hilarious” etc.) is going to be constantly catching flack.
Now Seattle fans coming on here and talking smack, that’s cool. But this guy is Just Sorta Sad (and pathetic). He should Get the eff off our blog!
Can't wait to see....
January 9th, 2013
7:26 am
“Turner, hit in the backfield!!”
Mask of False Bravado
January 9th, 2013
7:31 am
Enough with the “Joe Flacco has won playoff games” talk. His team (defense) has won playoff games. Joe Flacco’s playoff averager per profootballreference.com:
181.4 yards/game, 10TDs, 8 INTs, 75.1 rating. One of the worst stats in sports is wins by a baseball pitcher. On par with that is “wins by a QB”.
loose caboose
January 9th, 2013
7:32 am
JSS is like a bad penny…always shows up and is never going away. Jeff is not going to do a damn thing about it. JSS is not only a Falcon hater, he is just a miserable person, probably a very lonely person…it is indeed very sad. GO FALCONS!!
jerry
January 9th, 2013
7:34 am
Somebody tell me, why can’t the Falcons stop the run? If they can’t, don’t worry about Julio and Roddy, they Falcons won’t have the damn ball.
Say what
January 9th, 2013
7:38 am
*Most* Seattle fans talking smack are cool, but I gotta say, Nostradumbass (perfect screen name), I have never seen anyone more puffed up about a team of professional atheletes.
It is so gonna suck being you at about 4:30 on Sunday.
Say what
January 9th, 2013
7:42 am
“Can’t wait to see…. ” Ah, another Falcon hater. They seem to follow JSS around like flies.
Hey “Can’t wait to see…” Get the eff off our blog!
gary smith
January 9th, 2013
7:47 am
Be careful what you wish for….Rankin Smith thought we had reached a plateau with Leeman Bennett after another winning season and fired him….along comes the hot NFL coordinator Dan Henning…I think we all know how that worked out.
silver britches
January 9th, 2013
7:50 am
I don’t think for one minute Blank would can Smittie with a loss. I can remember when the Falcons did not win 13 games in 2 back to back seasons. The line of scrimmage is where the game will be won. If the O line can open some holes, Turner is a load to bring down and he strikes fear in any DB who sees him coming. This automatically opens up the passing game and the Falcons are loaded there. Falcons win by a TD.
Say what
January 9th, 2013
7:53 am
“World 42, JSS 0″
ROFL!
Say what
January 9th, 2013
7:57 am
JSS: “Ha ha, what was that those Carolina players were hollering at Ryan in Charlotte? Ha ha!!!”
I think it was something like, “we won! we won! We beat Matt Ryan and the Falcons!!. See you in the playoffs….oh, wait.”
Thomas Brown
January 9th, 2013
7:57 am
JSS yesterday at 8:22 am, made a racial post, and then when Jeff A. Schultz removed the post and posted that the next person who made a racial post in here would be removed from the blog, JSS replied that what he said was the same racial post yet again, which is still here – only he left off the last A which he clearly did have in his racial post of 8:22 am which was removed for being a racial post, obviously. He went on, JSS, to redefine what the racial post was, the most common of all racial post Acronyms. In fact, so common that GOOGLE searcher JSS could not possible GOOGLE his acronym as actually posted at 8:22 am, and come up with anything other than the racial post it is, and remains – removed for being a racial post or not.
So, to call JSS a poster who does this or that, and leave out what a BOLD-FACED LIAR he is, is remiss, for if he is anything, he is a poster who will say whatever he wants to self-serve his own status for Jeff A. Schultz. Imagine trying to tell us all he actually meant this word referring to your backside only when he used the most common of all racial posts on the Internet referring to race.
No. That is what he is known for. LIAR. Yes, he GOOGLES. Yes, he argues every point as not an advantage for the Falcons. Yes, he steadfastly refuses to post the exact prediction to ANY game so that it is not PASTED DOWN HIS bb…well, you get the idea. But, telling us what it does stand for, having to make that up when everyone knew instantly when he replied to Larry what JSS meant with JSS’s racial post at 8:22 am followed by yet another which still remains, lying what he thought he meant, instead, leaving out at the end, the “A.”
GO FALCONS !
John B;.
January 9th, 2013
7:58 am
1. Offensive line needs to keep Ryan clean. No more than 1 sack and 5 knock downs.
2. Ryan needs to make quick decisions when passing.
3. Defense needs to play like they did against the Giants.
4. Put a spy on Wilson, make him throw the ball
5. Defense needs to confuse Wilson like we did to Peyton Manning
If we can do this, we WILL win…..
Garth
January 9th, 2013
8:20 am
Simply put: they have no running game– a fat chuggy RB who does a little Irish jig for 2 or 3yds and a little fast guy who gets knocked down easy. What the Falcons really need (and they’ve always needed) is a big strong fast breakaway running back. For some reason management has never been interested in trying to get an Adrian Peterson (or the likes) on the team. Until that time comes they will nevere win a Super Bowl.
Call It Like It Is
January 9th, 2013
8:22 am
All I know is if the Falcons choke it up again, all talk over a new dome needs to stop and Blank should give all season ticket holders a discount for next year for staying loyal.
JSS
January 9th, 2013
8:24 am
@ 7:57AM…
Dude take a minute and go get some anti-psychotics… You still gripping on that response? You’re unhinged, that rant on Murray and Towers is just the latest in your insane posts… Anybody with more than a kindergarten education understands that the man was simply pointing out the fact that Murray was the first SEC QB to have consecutive 3,000 yard passing seasons… Who cares if Murray “swears” what his height? Whenever he finally goes in the draft pool and gets to the combine, you and football following universe will know how tall he is in stocking feet… You are just dripping in idiocy, and the obsession with these unpaid (well legally unpaid) college players is just whack…
I’m still here Shady, deal with it! Now go have bust a couple of more thousand synapses getting your weak brain around that fact!
Loyal Falcon
January 9th, 2013
8:39 am
FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE ON HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD THE RUSH DEFENSE WAS, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU?…Do you all realize that our defense on average has given up only 18ppg….You can have as many yards as you want just as long as we get the W. At the end of the day it’s all about Wins and Loses!
Larry
January 9th, 2013
8:41 am
Nostril.dumb.ass,
Here are some stats for you per ESPN:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/defense/seasontype/2
Total offense: Atlanta #8, Seattle #17 (below the league average)
Total receiving: Atlanta #5, Seattle #29 (just above the great Jets and Chiefs–LOL!)
Total passing: Atlanta #6, Seattle #27
And as for your total points allowed? Yes, Seattle in that weak azz NFC west of zero offenses ranked #1.
However, there is a certain team that had to take on the highest ranked cumulative offenses in the NFL (The Saints #2 ranked–twice–, the #3 Lions, the #4 ranked Denver, the #5 ranked Washington, the #6 ranked Dallas, and the #9 ranked Tampa–twice again).
So, slimy nostril dumb azz, the means the “validated” Atlanta Falcons played the greatest scoring, highest octane offenses in the land and guess where we finished in points allowed? 5th…18.7 ppg allowed versus Seattle’s 15.3. That’s a 2.4 game difference for your mountain, rain soaked mind!
So, I will be here right after the game to celebrate a relatively easy Falcon victory over your fraud of a team, your leprechaun QB (nice guy though, unlike you) and you. And WHEN such victory occurs we Falcon fans have a suggestion for your exudate filled nostrils sitting atop your dumb.ass….log off, you’re not welcome here!
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
8:41 am
Lol, wow it so appears that you are correct Schultz…..catch a hint and ban this guy like you did Choke…for some reason you just wont even after he breaks ALL the rules. I am looking at my fellow Falcon fans on here and JSS its not us buddy….trust! JSS you cant criticize anyone about cut and paste, you King Idiot are the Google of all googlers! And what the heck are you doing up at 2:30 and 4:30 blogging….do you work at a 24 hour gas station ( nothing wrong with that ) or do you really sit in the basement picking your arguements with everyone on here to ensure you get your point across!? COME ON MAN………STOP IT!
Schultz…….really? Do you really like this guy that much? Tell us what does he bring to the blog but a consistent degrading of everyone here, never being wrong ( as you can see from the post where he tried to be right, but as I rolled him on the floor about that crap he was oozing out his mouth he never responded to facts….his google was down, he only goes on another gibberish talk about other google stuff telling someone else how wrong they are) COME ON JEFF……STOP IT!
The bloggers on here bust him up, just like Say What has said, Seattle bloggers ( even though you will lose) come on with allegiance to a team. This guy has said he does not care about any team or football for that matter so the age old question of WHY IS HE HERE continues to pop up! GIVE HIM THE ELBOW OF DEATH and put him out of his misery! We know you wont be surprise us like the Falcons are going to shut up all the talking heads this week! How long has he been around on this blog…..6 or more years? Get rid of this clumnugget like the Falcons will be getting rid of that monkey on our back of no playoff wins. Pull a Spike Lee and DO THE RIGHT THING!!!!
O yea JSS
get the eff off our blog……we will see your team in the playoffs……o yea you dont have a team….its ” professional amusement”
COME ON MAN…………..STOP IT!!!!!!!
JSS
January 9th, 2013
8:51 am
^^^^^^^^^^^
Still here…
Scratchy record, wish he was at least an interesting song and not ‘Dunke Schoen!’
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
9:01 am
And you still here
Will you ever answer the question Why? No you wont lol.
And why would someone be up at 2:30 and 4:30 in the a.m. blogging? And then right back at it @ 7? Sad! Very sad life…….
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
9:05 am
My bad 4:33 and 5:22 a.m.
REALLY?…….
WHY?
I made those questions very easy for you and you dont have to google to Answer This…..lol
Joshua
January 9th, 2013
9:11 am
Frankly I cannot see any team in the NFC knocking off the Falcons.
JSS
January 9th, 2013
9:12 am
Idiot, you make “statements,” those are not questions… Here for the same reason anyone who blogs is here… Worry about your own social life, I enjoyed a dinner out with friends after we finished rendering two projects… “Google down” Facts on File would have blown your mind…
Larry
January 9th, 2013
9:13 am
Self promotion?
Sad.
Hand Full of Spades
January 9th, 2013
9:22 am
I’m so ready for 1:00 p.m. on Sunday; was on the espn, msn, and cbssports websites earlier and I’m beyond sick of hearing about how the Falcons lost in the playoffs one,two, three, a hundred or whatever years ago to whoever in the playoffs and their playoff record. I’m beyond sick of hearing about how the Falcons didn’t play anyone and are overrated… I’m beyond sick of hearing the mouths of espn clones a.k.a Seahawk fans acting like their team is literally unstoppable. I’m finally sick of hearing about how the Falcons lost to DIVISIONAL opponents carolina and tampa frickin bay! Enough with the past, hoping that the Falcons end some bad postseason habits Sunday. No matter what the media, other Fans, etc. think, the Falcons have and always will have some of the most dedicated fans, we have never been spoiled by the media, great owners, etc. like (some) of the teams in other cities in almost any sport. (90’s Braves being the only exception). Yet, we continue to stand tall, stay dedicated, and be patient… We are the Falcon Nation, Love us or hate us, we are not going anywhere!!!!!!!!
Say what
January 9th, 2013
9:31 am
Answer This:
“And you still here
Will you ever answer the question Why? No you wont lol.
And why would someone be up at 2:30 and 4:30 in the a.m. blogging? And then right back at it @ 7? Sad! Very sad life…….”
JSS: Idiot, you make “statements,” those are not questions
–
And herein lies one of the problem. JSS has zero reading comprehension skills. Let me help you out, JSS. These things — “?” — denote questions.
Now get the eff off our blog!
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
9:31 am
King Idiot check again those are questions!
Bloggers are here to rep a team….so please whatever you do your village is FULL of idiots! Only you are here for what reason again..you are confusing yourself with fans…..dont do that…remember you dont have a team and dont care about football! Bloggers are on here because they have a team they cheer for……and you here for the same reason you are saying……you making yourself look like the King Idiot you are. You cant be here for what other bloggers are here for correct? Makes no sense….STOP IT! Go head scroll back and read your post! You make yourself look even dumber with every post!
King Idiot lives…..and your babbling shows it!
Jeff Schultz
January 9th, 2013
9:49 am
Thomas Brown – What “racial post” did I remove and what “racial post” did I not remove?
I’ll repeat this now for anybody who isn’t anywhere: If anybody writes something that you believe is objectionable, please let me know and I will look at it or respond. If you think I missed the comment or missed your response to the comment — both of which are possible — you can click the “report this comment” button below that comment or email me directly at jschultz@ajc.com.
I don’t usually address specific commenters like this, but in the case of JSS — whom many of you obviously, uh, dislike — I think it’s mostly a case of you viewing him as an annoyance and taking a contrary view (usually anti-Falcons, anti-Ryan) than it is him going all racial on a situation. But if you think I’m wrong, let me know.
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
9:55 am
Hate to point it out Jeff but you wrong. On your last blog when you said that was it about race he immediately posted another post that went all ham on race! Lol. Does not matter really but he did. FYI….i will send it to you if you like. As a matter of fact when I brought it up, he posted again saying that you knew the difference between when he was answering a question about race and when you knew he was being baited. Just saying it does look lkke the rules are different for him.
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
10:04 am
And I do disagree with you Jeff…Choke did the same thing….had a differencr of view on Ryan and the Falcons as you put it…….where did that get him? Banned! Lol. Not to go all Rambo on JSS, I understand he is the nemesis and you allow him more to get away with. Why, beats us all but you do.
Say what
January 9th, 2013
10:08 am
Schultz: I think it’s mostly a case of you viewing him [JSS] as an annoyance and taking a contrary view (usually anti-Falcons, anti-Ryan) .
That’s it exactly. But it’s more than that. If this blog is akin to a virtual bar, with fans of a team cheering, griping, commiserating, and, yes, arguing, then JSS is the equivalent of a guy who walks in and says “you people are all stupid, your delusional, your QB sucks, the organization is full of idiots, you people don’t know football like me, I will now read from the Pro Football Weekly stat page about the Chuck Knoll Steelers so you can get a clue, etc. etc.” That person is goinig to have things insults and objects thrown at him.
So that’s what is happening. It’s logical and fitting and he deserves every bit of it.
Say what
January 9th, 2013
10:18 am
Hey Answer This, it’s great the Choke is gone. I sure don’t miss him. In fact, I can think of only one blogger who openly admired him — JSS. Birds of a feather…
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
10:19 am
They flock together Say What!
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
10:44 am
Last thing about this JSS stuff………Schultz I dont want to get the guy booted….he lives for this…however I do agree with what Say What is saying…..have some respect for the fans that are here and dont be a google bully in the Atlanta Falcons blog room….its rather easy.
tony
January 9th, 2013
10:45 am
Don’t get your hopes up falcon fans. Seattle is rank 4th in total defense, the falcons rank 24th. If the offense doesn’t carry them, our falcons are going home early.
Billy Bob
January 9th, 2013
10:50 am
The easiest way to get to BS posters is just to ignore them. It is very simple. Just never respond and they will go away. Same for all caps people, just never read their posts.
Hillbilly D
January 9th, 2013
10:52 am
Now is the time to get it done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKhyj5Szmks#t=0m39s
vesaversa
January 9th, 2013
10:55 am
With all the Great talent that the Falcons have any half baked coach could come in and win 12 regular season games like Smith have . But Smith play book consist of only three plays run Tunner on 1st down run Tunner on 2nd down Run Tunner on 3rd and long. Which want win championships . Smith should be fired if they don’t win the Super bowl .
Mask of False Bravado
January 9th, 2013
10:59 am
The above comment is quite an exaggeration.
LadybirdRiley
January 9th, 2013
11:56 am
If the Falcons dont win in the playoffs this year, the man to blame will be Coach Mike Smith. It is coach “Smitty” Smith who kept saying continually after IRONICALLY ENOUGH the WINS that, WE WILL LOOK AT THE FILM, MAKE THE CORRECTIONS SO THAT WE WILL GET THE OUTCOME THAT WE WANT. The problems kept re-surfacing in ALL the games all the way up to the Tampa game with the Falcons making their 3 usually errors. #1. Lack of a short yardarge running game especially in third and 1 or 4th and 1 situations where getting the first down would be a premium; #2.Failure to continue scoring and inability to allow bordem and complacency to set in (which means building leads, then sitting on those leads); and #3.failure to have a balanced running attack AND using the running game to ruin the game by milking the clock too early (after the 1st period). milking the clock shouldnt occur until at least midway through the fourth quarter. It doesnt take a dummy to figure that one out. Any way, the Falcons will lose to the seahawks and Smith should get fired. That would be a perfect ending to top off the season. The tell tale sign that this team was a fraud was that they wee unable to blow people out.
After further review
January 9th, 2013
12:10 pm
Thomas Brown: Your reaction to the olive branch I tried to extend in a different thread has shown your true colors: you are a troll of the first order. Therefore, I will no longer address you directly in any post. I may, from time to time, comment to the other posters about some of your more delusional rants, but the most recent encounter has taught me two things about you: you can’t use logic on the illogical, and you can’t out bray a jackass. To me, you will simply be known as TB, and I have, thankfully, been inoculated against TB. You, sir, may consider yourself DISMISSED.
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
January 9th, 2013
12:16 pm
As long as the Falcons don’t try to run Michael Turner all day long on Sunday (Turner for 1 yard, Turner for a 3 yard loss, Turner drops another pass, etc.), then they will beat Seattle.
I am just hoping that the fans will be making so much noise that Russell Wilson can’t even hear the offensive plays from the sidelines in his helment headset. GO FALCONS!!!!
Elvis the falcon fan
January 9th, 2013
12:20 pm
I like our chances this weekend. However, if we lay an egg like we did against Carolina and Tampa Bay then Smith will go. I say that because laying an egg comes down to coaching. Further, IF smitty is gone and AB doesnt hire Cowher or Gruden or even Dungy then he isnt really serious about winning a championship.
Mask of False Bravado
January 9th, 2013
12:25 pm
I’m not worried at all about the Tampa loss. We had NOTHING to play for. We had already clinched the #1 seed.
tony
January 9th, 2013
1:02 pm
vesaversa, I agree with you concerning the playcalling, but I disagree about firing Mike Smith. I think Mike Smith does a good job in motivating and preparing his football team….they just don’t have enough difference makers in the trenches.
I think falcons spent to much time solidifying the skill positions and not enough time solidfying the line of scrimmage(trenches). This offseason they need to find better difference makers(DL/OL)…..starting with SHELDON RICHARDSON-dt….he is a force to be reckon with…..sign fa Glenn Dorsey-dt and fa Will Beatty-ot.
tu87
January 9th, 2013
1:24 pm
IMO if the Falcons lose on Sunday there won’t be any major changes. And there shouldn’t be. I believe the front office believes in the way Smith runs the team. The time to fire him was after last season. You don’t fire him after the first year with two new coordinators. Now if history repeated itself again next year than you will probably see a head coaching change.
JSS
January 9th, 2013
1:33 pm
The idiots done singing “we are” yet? That’s how you form a “question.”
@ Jeff Schultz..
You should have the screenshots …
LadybirdRiley
January 9th, 2013
2:14 pm
From all the BLOGS and the COMMENTS it appears that most of the fans are nervous and think the Falcons will CHOKE and COLLAPSE and get bounced out of the playoffs again. I believe that the Falcons are going to win the superbowl this year, and in order for them to do it, they will beat SEATTLE (this weekend), GREENBAY (in the NFC title game), then go to face either NEW ENGLAND or DENVER in the superbowl AND CRUSHING EITHER DENVER OR NEW ENGLAND, 50-10 IN THE SUPERBOWL. So RELAX fans as you can see you have nothing to worry about! The only thing you as fans should be thinking about now is what you will wear to the Falcons superbowl victory parade down Peachtree Street AFTER THE FALCONS WIN THE SUPERBOWL.
Season Ticket Holder
January 9th, 2013
2:27 pm
Over the last few years, the Falcons have drawn the hot wildcard team in the playoffs. First it was Green Bay, then the NY Giants and now the Seahawks. This weekend the Falcons will put an end to the hotwild card teams run to the Super Bowl. This is the Falcons year to win it all. The Falcons will win on Sunday 24 – 21.
Thomas Brown
January 9th, 2013
2:31 pm
Jeff the post was at 8:22 am on 1/7/2013 comment 521974 at this URL Link sir :
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2013/01/06/seattle-tough-but-falcons-may-have-some-advantages/?cp=6#comment-521974
His quote sir you’re asking about at this URL Link on 1/7 comment # 521874 is
“KMBBA”
I presume you don’t need that explained, or you would not have removed it.
That is the post you’re asking me for sir which you removed at 9:05 am, three-quarters of an hour later after he posted the racial post, sir, which you removed.
You posted a post about the racial posts at 9:05 am day before yesterday 1/7 Monday.
Thomas Brown
January 9th, 2013
2:31 pm
Then, he re-posted it AGAIN which still remains at this URL Link :
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2013/01/06/seattle-tough-but-falcons-may-have-some-advantages/?cp=all#comment-522090
At 3:18 pm Monday afternoon 1/7 two days ago now.
“KMBB” leaving out the A at the end on the post at 8:22 am you removed. This comment # 52290 still remains.
This issue is he comes in and tells us to kiss his…
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
2:32 pm
Even when someones helps the King Idiot he goes right back into place! Get the eff of the blog….do the right thing and ban this punkSucka Schultz! He has no clue!
Coachurly
January 9th, 2013
2:52 pm
Michael “I’m No Burner” Turner has got to be some kind of factor in this game. He just hasn’t hit the hole hard the last couple of years. He tiptoes too much, ala Brandon Jacobs. I think Matty and the passing game are the ultimate deciders of this one; but Turner has got to give some kind of meaningful contribution. If he doesn’t, bench his a** and let Snelling run the rock.
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
3:22 pm
Anyone remember the scene in Scarface when Tony has to go to the dealership and confront the guy about trying to kill him and he begs for his life? Remember when Tony says I am not going to kill you and then he says Mano kill this piece of garbarge ( another word was used not garbarge).
Hey JSS I am not going to ban you…..
Schultz ban this piece of garbarge!
all the evidence is before you from Thomas Brown and his lack or respect even when I try to give this piece of trash a break. I know that this blog is his life and if you ban him this miserable piece of poo will blow away like ” dust in the wind”.
JSS….get the eff off our blog!
Eric
January 9th, 2013
3:23 pm
They need to keep Turner off the field on SUnday in my opinion. Really shouldn’t do too much running period. I say dust off the scheme from the KC game and run that exact opening drive against Seattle. Lots of quick passes and no huddle. Make that defense run around all first quarter and get them tired for the second half. Get Rodgers out in space with screens (do NOT do any silly end arounds with JJ). Let TG find holes in the zone (they can’t cover JJ and White man to man because Douglas and TG will kill them). Run just often enough to set up play action but let Rodgers and Snelling carry the ball.
Seattle’s defense is aggressive so set up some double moves with early slants to JJ and White, then hit them over the top with a double move late in the game. It’s really not that hard when you have weapons like the Falcons do. NO defense ought to be able to stop us if everybody (including the coaches) does their job this week….
LOL at The Aints
January 9th, 2013
3:27 pm
JSS
January 9th, 2013
1:33 pm
The idiots done singing “we are” yet? That’s how you form a “question.”
@ Jeff Schultz..
You should have the screenshots
“screenshots” AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, lol
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
3:29 pm
And notice this piece of poo never answered the question why he was here? When he said he was here like the others on here I dragged his lying sack of sorry catpoo to the carpet again and told him others are here to post up the team they cheer for so dont get it twisted! He has said over and over that he has no team and he has no team to cheer for! What the Heck Schultz….he is NO DIFFERENT than Choke! If he wants to state ( see past post) that he is here like others he flat out lied again because others are here to cheer on a team. This piece of garbarge is here for the same reason Choke was! When I turned the light on this roach about that statment he cowarded like cowards do! He serves no purpose in this blog! Wipe his sorry angus off the blog and be let it be over!
LOL at The Aints
January 9th, 2013
3:30 pm
Hey JSS, did you get the screen shot where I called you a Moron, a Dipstick,, a Jackwagon, a Idiot,,LOL
LOL at The Aints
January 9th, 2013
3:33 pm
He is just like choke, just not so over the top, I actually enjoyed choke more than JSS, at least he was kinda funny,,, JSS is one of those guys that thinks he’s funny but ,,,,,,,
Eric
January 9th, 2013
3:37 pm
Can we please stop talking about JSS and resume a mature football discussion? I want to know what you guys think about our offensive game plan for Sunday. We opened the season with a stunning display at KC and I really thought that was how the year was going to go but after the Denver game we sort of went back to old habits and stopped doing the things that worked so well early on against KC and SD. I know they weren’t great teams but Ryan proved that he can take over the game if they just let him. The Falcons need to take off the training wheels and let Matt run the no huddle for most of the game.
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
3:45 pm
Well looks like Caldwell who worked for the Falcons and has taken over as GM for the Jags will be firing Mike Mularkey! More evidence that he has lost touch and had did so here in the ATL.
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
3:47 pm
@ Eric
i think we might see what we are all clamoring to get. I think we finally use the pass to set up the run! I think we come out gunning and when Seattle goes into a zone we see MT33 get some touches but also see alot of screens out the backfield….what say you Eric?
LOL at The Aints
January 9th, 2013
3:49 pm
You cant stop JSS, You can only hope to contain him LOL
Eric
January 9th, 2013
3:51 pm
I just keep thinking about that KC game to start the year. The offense looked radically different from last season and everybody was saying that Koetter really understood Ryan and how to scheme for this offense but by the 4th game we had sort of gone back to a conservative, run-first game plan.
How many first drive TD”s have we had this year? It seems like our scripted drives to open games have been very successful and I don’t know why we always look so good on that first series then look so bad in the 3rd Quarter?
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
4:05 pm
I think the Falcons should attack the strength of that Seattle D! If you remember everyone talked about how the Gmen would give Matt and the offense fits with the pass rush! We attacked the Gmen pass rush by throwing the ball, it put doubt in the Giants after they put 51 on the team they played before us; because we attacked them where they thought they were the strongest! When we do the same to Seattle it will put doubt in the minds of that D and make them change the D gameplan and cause bickering and confusion with those young guys! As for the D, use the same method! We know we dont stop the run well, but when we establish run blitzes and 8 in the box like we did Tampa the first time ( remember the Muscle Hamster and even the all world rookie from Giants and even Shady from Philly) it causes confusion and doubt and when we take that away, Russell will have to play against a D that is ready to attack! Just like all those games!
loose caboose
January 9th, 2013
4:14 pm
Answer This brings up a good point. Seattles only real threat stat is D. That being said, the rest of their game is not that impresive. Falcons win by 10…
Eric
January 9th, 2013
4:16 pm
Yeah, nobody seems to remember that we have one of the best secondaries in the league. I can’t think of anybody really better than Decoud and Moore as far as safeties go (imagine if we had a healthy Grimes too). We gave up a lot of garbage yards this year but we didn’t give up points and that is the important thing. I really could envision this game being 17-13 or something like that…
Thomas Brown
January 9th, 2013
4:18 pm
There is no doubt that we’re going to pass the football like crazy compared to what Seattle does. We fully, or I anyway for us, fully expect Seattle to run the football more than we do. They want to keep the amount of time the far-better quarterback Matt Ryan has to throw the football to 3, one more than they can account for, receivers down the field. They accomplish this by running. They will have 50 more yards rushing than we do. We will have 200 more yards in the air than they. They are the team whom we must beat. Falcons have waited for this day, not some other day : This one. If there ever was a game plan, so plain and so clear, never was it more obvious than now, Eric. That’s how I see it, too.
Russell Wilson 5′ 11″ and 4.5 speed.
Matt Ryan will pass the ball up and down the field.
I agree that the run will now be open for us. We, then, run. You’re not, as the Falcons going to go out there and run the football down their throats. We’re not Alabama. We’re the Falcons with all our monies spent on 3 wide receivers for our top Quarterback to throw the ball to – and, we will.
There will be other match-ups later with teams who do have a quarterback. Russell Wilson ain’t it. He’s a joke of a quarterback doing what a cheating caught in the act like JSS Pete Carroll, wants him to do – run like this is Southern California and like the Falcons are some group of misfits who lucked their way to 13-3 like San Diego State college Southern California could just ignore the passing game and say : Oh, hey, we gots that covered with our great 2 cornerbacks. Uh, no they don’t.
That’s how I see this game, Eric. Good question – not that you or any of us can get in a word, edgewise around here.
Seattle has nothing covered.
Answer This
January 9th, 2013
4:34 pm
We will win 24-13 with Julio, Tony and believe it or not Mt33 having TD’s. 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter last week and Seattle put up 11 points….all the other points were ine touchdown and 3 field goals…now you bring a guy off the street who has to kick field goals? I take nothing away from Seattle, they are a up and coming team that really reminds me of the Falcons 5 years ago….a team that is run heavy based and has a stud of a back in Lynch. However, it will take alot to beat the Falcons on Sunday and two weeks from Sunday. This team has a chip on its shoulder and will show it on Sunday. All year when pushed to answer the bell ( Aints twice, should have won both, Giants, Detroit, Philly, Denver) this team has taken the charge and in a boxing metaphor has gotten up on every standing 8 count with a chance to win EVERY game we played this year! We will continue to Rise Up like we have all year!
DJANGO
January 9th, 2013
4:38 pm
I thought you guys said that Guy choke was the problem.
Now JSS too? Seems like the moderator makes new rules
As the other people who don’t like him complains. That’s
Fair I guess.
Eric
January 9th, 2013
5:05 pm
We just need to execute our fundamentals and not worry about the playoff thing. Stay loose and confident and remember that this ain’t GB and Aaron Rodgers coming to town this time. It’s a very good rookie QB but a rookie nonetheless. The Dome will be rocking and he’ll have trouble hearing as will the rest of their offense. Seattle is not the big, bad, scary wolf ESPN is making them out to be. They are a young, talented team that should get beat by a more talented and experienced Falcons squad. Now next week either GB or SF will be a problem but we’re going to have to beat the good teams when it matters if we ever want to reach our ultimate goal.
Matty Bicep
January 9th, 2013
5:25 pm
JSS I did not say Dan Reeves should be a HOF coach, but I am pretty sure his 9 Superbowl appearances as either a player, assistant or head coach is probably a record with recognizing. As I said, the Forrest Gump Award.
JSS
January 9th, 2013
6:00 pm
Thomas Brown, always LATE to the party! You need to get a Way back Machine and go get to 1947 before Edward R. Murrow and mass communication technology when jerks like you would wipe up the ignorant… I’m still here doodle pop, thanks for the chuckle! Oh, and you’re still WRONG!
JSS
January 9th, 2013
7:09 pm
Matty Bicep
January 8th, 2013
10:34 pm
“Trivia, What former #1 draft QB never came close to living up to his hype, who was signed to a 100 Mil contract and was anointed a “dream team” QB, only to go down as maybe the largest bust in history and get its HOF coach who was loved by the owner fired?”
Who is it then in your assertion, Reeves or Reid? None of these man will see Canton, the bar for a coach to get in is old NFL/AFL championships or SB appearances… Only exception is George Allen. Reeves and Coryell will need a miracle. I stand corrected on Grant (went in 1994- it is a year I’d rather forget), but hey, if Levy can get in, maybe (slight chance) they give Coach Reeves the call… Problem is none of his team were never competitive in a Super Bowl… At least Levy got within a kick…
JSS
January 9th, 2013
7:24 pm
And folks, Dan Reeves got himself fired… When you don’t draft well and when can’t develop backup QBs, that is a system problem… Just as Don Shula got himself shown the door (not fired but clash with owner) in Baltimore (personality and stubbornness), you got to know how to be flexible… Doug Johnson rested on his shoulders alone…
Matty Bicep
January 9th, 2013
10:04 pm
Actually was referring to Reid, but you are probably right, not a HOF….unless he somehow gets a ring in KC.
JSS
January 9th, 2013
11:29 pm
Cowher will get in before Reid, he has the same identical resume with a Super Bowl win…
melfalcons
January 10th, 2013
12:43 am
falcons win easy—cover the points–bet the house! atl 29 seattle 13!!!
Godzilla
January 10th, 2013
9:39 am
Ryan is always said to be better than Flacco. But Flacco has never missed the play-offs and has 6 wins (so far). The Hawks will crush Ryan.
REALFALCONSFAN
January 10th, 2013
2:04 pm
lol. “Oh, look at the birdies …”
lechon
January 11th, 2013
12:23 pm
You guys are weak! You guys sound nervous! You guys are known to choke! Get ready for the Legion of Doom!
We won now where the Matt choke ryan fellow now
January 14th, 2013
6:18 am
(Updated)…Falcons win 30-28 play SF 49ers here 3-pm sunday on Fox and Joe Buck will do game and pull for 49ers so will fox clods..at end Falcons win NFC title and goal post go down and espn and NFL network will say its a fluke..and we win superbowl same response by CBS crew of rejects feb 3…..So where that Matty(choke)ryan clown at he can’t say no win Big game now