maxatlanta Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Home teams were 12 - 4 this week. A lot of good teams lost on the road. This post is just meant to provide some perspective for anyone who is already writing off the Falcons chances of being a great team. By that logic the guys below would need to be written off as well. WK 1 Road Losers: IND, DAL, MIN, SD, & CIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronHead34 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 You may be one of the few voices of reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownvoteDon Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 You may be one of the few voices of reasonHow many of those teams played against third string quarterbacks?Look, it is just one game but it was a missed opportunitty and it raised some concerns. Michael Turner looked slow and Ryan did not rise to the occasion. We are not a playoff team without better production from those two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankdatfalcon Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 so you and all the other people are justifying our loss with other teams losses?????great job..No other team you mentioned played against a 3rd string QB..shut down thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxatlanta Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 How many of those teams played against third string quarterbacks?Look, it is just one game but it was a missed opportunitty and it raised some concerns. Michael Turner looked slow and Ryan did not rise to the occasion. We are not a playoff team without better production from those two.Turner was the only one who looked bad. Ryan did a pretty good job against that defense on the road. It wasn't our passing game that failed on offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxatlanta Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 so you and all the other people are justifying our loss with other teams losses?????great job..No other team you mentioned played against a 3rd string QB..shut down thread.You are missing the point entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankdatfalcon Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 You are missing the point entirely.your point is home teams are 12-4 this week..so what...did you give up and say oh well when you heard pitt is 8-0 or whatever they are when playing the first game of the season?????? Numbers dont mean crap. History stats dont mean crap. Just because home teams had the advantage this past week still doesnt justify anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 to the squad Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 so you and all the other people are justifying our loss with other teams losses?????great job..No other team you mentioned played against a 3rd string QB..shut down thread.tom brady was once a 3rd string quarterback, brett favre was a back up so on and so on that dont mean ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 to the squad Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 peyton manning threw for 400 yards yet the colts still lost. run and tell that homeboy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxatlanta Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 your point is home teams are 12-4 this week..so what...did you give up and say oh well when you heard pitt is 8-0 or whatever they are when playing the first game of the season?????? Numbers dont mean crap. History stats dont mean crap. Just because home teams had the advantage this past week still doesnt justify anything.I never justified the loss. I said it isn't reason to write off our chances of being a great team. And the whole 3rd string QB beating us is stupid. Their offense generated 9 points in regulation! They scored on a running play in OT. It was their defense that beat us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankdatfalcon Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 tom brady was once a 3rd string quarterback, brett favre was a back up so on and so on that dont mean ****.LMAO!!!!are you serious newb?????????wow...just wow.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 to the squad Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 LMAO!!!!are you serious newb?????????wow...just wow..yea good retort, idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankdatfalcon Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I never justified the loss. I said it isn't reason to write off our chances of being a great team. And the whole 3rd string QB beating us is stupid. Their offense generated 9 points in regulation! They scored on a running play in OT. It was their defense that beat us.correction, it was our offense and vanilla play calling that beat us. Yes they have a great defense, but that is not a excuse to be conservative and not throw the ball down the field, or stick to running that stupid come back play for roddy. We all knew sooner or later, polomalu would pick that play off as much as we did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 to the squad Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 your points and overreactions are invalid. 1. it's week 1 in the NFL no team is in "midseason form" 2. EVERYONE IS TALENTED IN THE NFL 3. you're a jack leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankdatfalcon Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 your points and overreactions are invalid. 1. it's week 1 in the NFL no team is in "midseason form" 2. EVERYONE IS TALENTED IN THE NFL 3. you're a jack leg. :blink: So you saying a team has to be in midseason form to win a game????STOP MAKING EXCUSES..To say its week 1 of the nfl is a stupid excuse. That excuse is used for preseason. Not the real season where games count. It doesnt take midseason for a team to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerosmith67 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 so you and all the other people are justifying our loss with other teams losses?????great job..No other team you mentioned played against a 3rd string QB..shut down thread.Did Dixon play on Defense? How about the Oline? RB? Special Teams? Also, you can compare what other teams did to what the Falcons did, the only HOME teams to lose were the: Rams, Bills, Eagles and Jets. Two of those teams were horrible last year, the other two ran into really good teams. Winning on the road is very difficult in any pro sport, but it's extremely tough in the NFL. Home field advantage is a big deal, the Falcons have a 16-8 record going back to 2007 and a 13-3 record without the debacle included. The Steelers average a 6-2 record over that same period of time at home each season. If you use your ability to think critically you'll see that home field advantage in the NFL, even for really poor performing teams like the Bills, they won most of their games over the last 3 seasons at home. Not to mention that the Falcons are not competing against themselves to make the playoffs, they're competing against the rest of the NFC and more importantly against the NFC South. Until at least the start of November, the NFC South picture will not begin to take shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerosmith67 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 :blink: So you saying a team has to be in midseason form to win a game????STOP MAKING EXCUSES..To say its week 1 of the nfl is a stupid excuse. That excuse is used for preseason. Not the real season where games count. It doesnt take midseason for a team to win.50% of the NFL is 0-1. What he's saying is that to nit-pick at this point in the season is meaningless, there's not enough information to go on to blast a team or praise a team for that matter. There were quite a few teams that "experts" and many NFL fans though would truly excel this year that fell flat in Week 1, the loss counts but it doesn't give you a clear picture of what each team is going to be like by Jan. 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerosmith67 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I do understand it's in style to bash the Falcons this week, but what happens if they beat the Cards, the Saints and then the 49ers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankdatfalcon Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Did Dixon play on Defense? How about the Oline? RB? Special Teams? Also, you can compare what other teams did to what the Falcons did, the only HOME teams to lose were the: Rams, Bills, Eagles and Jets. Two of those teams were horrible last year, the other two ran into really good teams. Winning on the road is very difficult in any pro sport, but it's extremely tough in the NFL. Home field advantage is a big deal, the Falcons have a 16-8 record going back to 2007 and a 13-3 record without the debacle included. The Steelers average a 6-2 record over that same period of time at home each season. If you use your ability to think critically you'll see that home field advantage in the NFL, even for really poor performing teams like the Bills, they won most of their games over the last 3 seasons at home. Not to mention that the Falcons are not competing against themselves to make the playoffs, they're competing against the rest of the NFC and more importantly against the NFC South. Until at least the start of November, the NFC South picture will not begin to take shape.trust and believe, if the saints beat the 49ers next monday night, and we lose next week, then go into the saints game 0-2 and lose, the nfc south picture will already have taken shape and we will be last. It wont take til the late part of november. We have to keep pace with the saints in order to set up a great matchup with them come dec 27th. I understand everything you are saying about the home field advantage thing and all that, but will that be the excuse if we just happen to lose every away game???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerosmith67 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 trust and believe, if the saints beat the 49ers next monday night, and we lose next week, then go into the saints game 0-2 and lose, the nfc south picture will already have taken shape and we will be last. It wont take til the late part of november. We have to keep pace with the saints in order to set up a great matchup with them come dec 27th. I understand everything you are saying about the home field advantage thing and all that, but will that be the excuse if we just happen to lose every away game????If the Falcons sweep the Saints, Bucs and Panthers and finish 6-10 then they win the NFC South. In many years a record of 9-7 makes the playoffs, it's easy to forget that fact after a year when 10-6 was the lowest NFC record to make the playoffs. Both the Ravens and Jets finished 9-7 last year, made the Playoffs and made some noise. Week 1 doesn't tell the full story, Week 2 won't either, Week 9 and on will start to form the picture of what the Falcons season is going to be like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff_Man Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 How many of those teams played against third string quarterbacks?San Diego sure did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 How many of those teams played against third string quarterbacks?Look, it is just one game but it was a missed opportunitty and it raised some concerns. Michael Turner looked slow and Ryan did not rise to the occasion. We are not a playoff team without better production from those two.SHUT UP ABOUT THIRD STRING QB ALREADY!!!Dixon didnt do that much, our d held the, pretty well. They ran the ball when they needed to and our secondary left ward open in several key points of the game. Jamarcus Russel could hit him that wide open.Turner wasnt slow, he just wasnt getting any blocks.He looked good in preseason, but not many people can run agains the steelers. CJ2K got like 57 yards agains them.If your going to cry about loosing to the steelers you need to get a GD life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankdatfalcon Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 San Diego sure did.matt cassell isnt a 3rd stringer. Sure he was, but he's a starter now. dixon couldnt go to another team and be the starter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff_Man Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 matt cassell isnt a 3rd stringer. Sure he was, but he's a starter now. dixon couldnt go to another team and be the starter.Cassel is not an NFL starting caliber QB unless he was in KC or maybe Arizona. Here is the text I got from my buddy in KC last night: "Keep the ball out of Cassel's hands, PLEASE GOD!!" He blows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BazookaJoe Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 so you and all the other people are justifying our loss with other teams losses?????great job..No other team you mentioned played against a 3rd string QB..shut down thread.And that 3rd string QB never saw the endzoneHe was a non-factorThe losing factor was the awful red-zone offense Atl is playing right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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