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falconsfan567, on 16 April 2012 - 11:20 PM, said:

Well I guess I just can't but help but think how many more passing yards and how much better Matt Ryan's YPA would have been had the Falcons not gotten a ton of dropped passes from Roddy and Julio. We lost 3 games because of dropped passes alone last season. Had 11 drops in 1 game against the Texans.

Deceiving to think that way.  If a team is not close to a 100% mentally, they usually find a way to lose.  If it wasn't the drops, it just would have been something else that day.

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muskokas finest, on 17 April 2012 - 07:25 AM, said:

Deceiving to think that way.  If a team is not close to a 100% mentally, they usually find a way to lose.  If it wasn't the drops, it just would have been something else that day.

I'll admit that the drops that day against the Texans wasn't our only problem that day. It would have been a different story if Ryan doesn't miss those easy throws right at the beginning of the game. But penalties killed us a lot last season.

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falconsfan567, on 17 April 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

I'll admit that the drops that day against the Texans wasn't our only problem that day. It would have been a different story if Ryan doesn't miss those easy throws right at the beginning of the game. But penalties killed us a lot last season.

Actually, I'd say we were among the least penalized teams.

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muskokas finest, on 17 April 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

Actually, I'd say we were among the least penalized teams.

Well I don't know how the Falcons stack up with the rest of the league but I do have the numbers for the Falcons and how they have fared over the past 4 years.

2008 - 71 for 591
2009 - 78 for 664
2010 - 58 for 598
2011 - 93 for 769

Turns out the Falcons were only the 23rd most penalized team in the NFL in 2011 but there is no comparison between 2010 and 2011. 2011 was horrible. I mean the the reason it felt so much worst than that was because it was. In 2010 the Falcons were by far the least penalized team in the NFL.

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falconsfan567, on 17 April 2012 - 03:05 PM, said:

Well I don't know how the Falcons stack up with the rest of the league but I do have the numbers for the Falcons and how they have fared over the past 4 years.

2008 - 71 for 591
2009 - 78 for 664
2010 - 58 for 598
2011 - 93 for 769

Turns out the Falcons were only the 23rd most penalized team in the NFL in 2011 but there is no comparison between 2010 and 2011. 2011 was horrible. I mean the the reason it felt so much worst than that was because it was. In 2010 the Falcons were by far the least penalized team in the NFL.

Actually it was 28th most penalized last year, in terms of yardage and not accounting for the quality of play lost to a penalty call.  The difference was significant though, almost 10 yards per game more than 2010.  Indy was tops and JAX 3rd, so it's not a defining stat unless you're at the other end of the rankings.

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falconsfan567, on 17 April 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

I'll admit that the drops that day against the Texans wasn't our only problem that day. It would have been a different story if Ryan doesn't miss those easy throws right at the beginning of the game. But penalties killed us a lot last season.

muskokas finest, on 17 April 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

Actually, I'd say we were among the least penalized teams.

I doubt the number of penalties and the number of subsequent yards is nearly as important as WHEN the penalties happened. They always seemed to happen at THE worst time last year. There were several that were drive killers.

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Padawan Knight, on 17 April 2012 - 05:12 PM, said:

I doubt the number of penalties and the number of subsequent yards is nearly as important as WHEN the penalties happened. They always seemed to happen at THE worst time last year. There were several that were drive killers.

Yeah. That's probably what made it feel a lot worst than it really was.

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falconsfan567, on 17 April 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

Yeah. That's probably what made it feel a lot worst than it really was.

Obviously, the numbers show that we DID commit the most penalties last year in Smith's tenure. As muskokas finest pointed out, we were #28 in penalties - so, we weren't that high compared to the rest of the league. If they can get the penalties under control (and not commit them at the absolute worst time), then this season should have a better feel to it.

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I'm just hoping that penalty situation is cured with better coaching.

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