falcons4life Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 My latest contribution on Bleacher Report.I thew this together yesterday while in a funk of anger and frustration. Not my best work but it helped to get it all out.http://bleacherreport.com/atlanta-falconsAfter the article there is space to leave comments.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statzford Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 There are mistakes in every game. There's no guarantee that if we had gotten the ball, that we would have drove down the field and scored a touchdown. The fact is, we shouldn't have been in that position to begin with. We have nobody to blame but ourselves. The refs didn't throw the INTs. The refs didn't drop the balls. The refs didn't miss tackles and blow assignments. It's never one play that losing a game. It's a sum of play. In real speed, it looks like the ball hit Jennings. You can't blame the ref for making that call. I thought the ball hit Jennings also until I saw it 5 times in super slow motion. Jennings just should have caught the ball or backed away completely. A football team is not measured by how many times they face adversity but by how many times they respond to the adversity they faced. This week, we have a game against the Raiders at the Dome. We can't change the past, let's just hope this team responds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcons4life Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 There are mistakes in every game. There's no guarantee that if we had gotten the ball, that we would have drove down the field and scored a touchdown. The fact is, we shouldn't have been in that position to begin with. We have nobody to blame but ourselves. The refs didn't throw the INTs. The refs didn't drop the balls. The refs didn't miss tackles and blow assignments. It's never one play that losing a game. It's a sum of play. In real speed, it looks like the ball hit Jennings. You can't blame the ref for making that call. I thought the ball hit Jennings also until I saw it 5 times in super slow motion. Jennings just should have caught the ball or backed away completely. A football team is not measured by how many times they face adversity but by how many times they respond to the adversity they faced. This week, we have a game against the Raiders at the Dome. We can't change the past, let's just hope this team responds.The point is that even AFTER the INT's, the lack of a running game, the garbage pass at the goal line, the Falcons were still in this game and it was not decided by the players but by the Officials.I would have at least liked to have seen the officials gather together, hold an impromptu huddle to discuss it for a while before rendering the wrong decision so quickly.I agree that the team has to pull themselves back up and think about Oakland but the philly loss will be always be a hard one for the fans to swallow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiney_McShine Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 The point is that even AFTER the INT's, the lack of a running game, the garbage pass at the goal line, the Falcons were still in this game and it was not decided by the players but by the Officials.I would have at least liked to have seen the officials gather together, hold an impromptu huddle to discuss it for a while before rendering the wrong decision so quickly.I agree that the team has to pull themselves back up and think about Oakland but the philly loss will be always be a hard one for the fans to swallow.The officials did not decide the game. Get over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ki46dinah Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 The officials did not decide the game. Get over it.At the same time, the officials did not let the Falcons decide the game for themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiney_McShine Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 At the same time, the officials did not let the Falcons decide the game for themselves.Sure they did. They had 60 minutes to decide the game. If the team's outcome hinges on one bad call, that team will lose almost every time. Bad calls are not new to sports. You play the game so one missed call does not determine the outcome. Had Ryan not thrown that interception in the end zone, or the defense could have kept Westbrook in check, the muffed punt call just may have been moot. The best teams can overcome bad calls. Although much improved, the Falcons are not ont of the best teams.....Yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDash Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 The officials did not decide the game. Get over it.Yea they pretty much did---21-20 would have been the outcome , U know it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiney_McShine Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Yea they pretty much didTry and read my posts that explain why your statement is not realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great American Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Sure they did. They had 60 minutes to decide the game. If the team's outcome hinges on one bad call, that team will lose almost every time. Bad calls are not new to sports. You play the game so one missed call does not determine the outcome. Had Ryan not thrown that interception in the end zone, or the defense could have kept Westbrook in check, the muffed punt call just may have been moot. The best teams can overcome bad calls. Although much improved, the Falcons are not ont of the best teams.....Yet.Hey, I agree with you even though no one else does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcons4life Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Sure they did. They had 60 minutes to decide the game. If the team's outcome hinges on one bad call, that team will lose almost every time. Bad calls are not new to sports. You play the game so one missed call does not determine the outcome. Had Ryan not thrown that interception in the end zone, or the defense could have kept Westbrook in check, the muffed punt call just may have been moot. The best teams can overcome bad calls. Although much improved, the Falcons are not ont of the best teams.....Yet.And if they had Ruled Jenkins out of bounds last week against Chicago, would that bad call also not determine the outcome?We will never know the true outcome of this game due to the blown call by the referees. Spin it, sugar coat it, paint it how ya like, that is a fact."You play the game so one missed call does not determine the outcome" Are you serious? So what happens when one play DOES determine the outcome? Ask the members of the 1972 USA Olympic basketball team about that.How about Chuck Knoblauchs phantom tag in the '99 ALCS?The list can go on and on and the Falcons can be added to the list of teams that got porked over by poor officiating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaFalconFan Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I'm sorry, but you can't have the zebras taking the ball from one team and giving it to the other. Not after 57:30 as been played and it is a 6 point game. Sorry but the players must be allowed to play the game to decide the outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiney_McShine Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 This "We were cheated!!" rhetoric is disturbing. It was a bad call, but it did not take any points off the score board. You can assume the Falcons would have scored. Think about it. If this had cost the Falcons the game, do you think someone within the Falcons organization would have said someting by now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcons4life Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 This "We were cheated!!" rhetoric is disturbing. It was a bad call, but it did not take any points off the score board. You can assume the Falcons would have scored. Think about it. If this had cost the Falcons the game, do you think someone within the Falcons organization would have said someting by now?It did not take points off the board, correct. It took away the Falcons opportunity to have the ball and attempt another comback drive.Ask Jerry Jones about making comments about the officials. I know Blank has a deep wallet but that isnt his style and I'd bet that the staff was told not to comment.The team WAS cheated out of a poesession.....is this not accurate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grrrillapmpn Inc.® Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Even if someone in the org does think it costs us the game I doubt they would speak up. On top of the fact that no call in the history of sports has ever be overturned after the fact because of a disgruntled team member. The NFL is handing down fines for not covering your mouth when you cough. Anyone that wouldve spoke out in anger only wouldve been even more PO'd when they got that fine notice in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quicksand Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Great post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcons4life Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Great post.Thanks Quicksand, I appreciate it.Your Just say No pic made me LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta Sports Fan Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 The refs made a horrible call which didnt give us the chance to finish the game which i believe we would of won.... end of story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitaman Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 If this were the NFL in 1963 I would feel frustrated but it would just be one of those things. Today's technology makes it so easy to get this kind of call right.It's pure dumb that they have not figured out how to handle a situation like this by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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