Pat Y sums it up well

[BADTOLZ]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/14365/falcons-cant-soar-over-nfc

The game may still annoy and he may annoy, but a lot of what he says is spot on. A lot of what the players are quoted as saying seem to indicate they know something's not right too. Even some of Smith's comments gave me some indication there's something not right.

Nevertheless, I think it's a good read and worth taking some time too. He even says it's not a disaster and we'll see...so good for him.

[sdogg]

Maybe a little creativity on offense might be worth working on as well because the Falcons haven’t shown much of that even when they were winning.

If Smith doesnt put MM on the hot seat, then Smith's seat will start to heat up. Smith cannot allow himself to be a victim of loyalty like Mora was to Knapp and Richt is to Bobo.

[kschreck]

I can appreciate that they're upset about the big plays but I'm more upset about the fact that they didn't just move the ball on big plays. They moved the ball on all kinds of plays. It seemed like they had a first down on every drive. We had very few answers for what they were doing on offense.

[skynyrd04]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/14365/falcons-cant-soar-over-nfc

The game may still annoy and he may annoy, but a lot of what he says is spot on. A lot of what the players are quoted as saying seem to indicate they know something's not right too. Even some of Smith's comments gave me some indication there's something not right.

Nevertheless, I think it's a good read and worth taking some time too. He even says it's not a disaster and we'll see...so good for him.

Pat makes a good point. This could be a wake up call and make us work hard to fix some of the problems we have.

[MilleniumFalcon]

A lot of the offensive struggles can be seen for quite some time... 49ers game, last week in Cleveland but we didn't worry too much because we sneaked out wins. Now, it's the third straight week for the offense poor performance and it resulted in a Loss... things better pick up now.

Defensively we were lucky to face below average QB's in Dixon, Derek Anderson, Alex Smith, Jake Delhomme. Those QB's were very inaccurate and it masked some of the bad things we were doing on defense...

Edited October 18, 2010 by MilleniumFalcon

[Lord Sarcomere]

You know what pisses me off? When Matt says something along the lines of "We didn't do what we wanted to offensively" and that we want to"improve it next week"

When are we actually going to see that improvement? Goodness gracious.

[FalconMama]

I can appreciate that they're upset about the big plays but I'm more upset about the fact that they didn't just move the ball on big plays. They moved the ball on all kinds of plays. It seemed like they had a first down on every drive. We had very few answers for what they were doing on offense.

The Eagles were getting 10+ yards every play where it takes us (and it's not just today it's been all season) 3 downs to get 10 yards.

1st and 10 Turner up the middle for 1

2nd and 9 Turner up the middle for 2

3rd and 7 Pass to Gonzalez for 7 yards, 1st down.

It's like this every single week.

[the_sheff]

The Eagles were getting 10+ yards every play where it takes us (and it's not just today it's been all season) 3 downs to get 10 yards.

1st and 10 Turner up the middle for 1

2nd and 9 Turner up the middle for 2

3rd and 7 Pass to Gonzalez for 7 yards, 1st down.

It's like this every single week.

I was told thats called smash mouth football and thats how we win. Maybe this loss will open the eyes of many here.

[sdogg]

I can appreciate that they're upset about the big plays but I'm more upset about the fact that they didn't just move the ball on big plays. They moved the ball on all kinds of plays. It seemed like they had a first down on every drive. We had very few answers for what they were doing on offense.

Well said. I cannot believe he's only worried about the big plays. Most of their small plays went for 5-10 yds a pop. Those are the plays that set up the big ones.

[sdogg]

I was told thats called smash mouth football and thats how we win. Maybe this loss will open the eyes of many here.

Yeah that's what they try to sell us. We are anything but smash mouth. We have no identity on offense.

[sanfranfalcon]

If Smith doesnt put MM on the hot seat, then Smith's seat will start to heat up. Smith cannot allow himself to be a victim of loyalty like Mora was to Knapp and Richt is to Bobo.

man i was thinkin' the exact same thing!!!

[The Birds are the truth]

You know what pisses me off? When Matt says something along the lines of "We didn't do what we wanted to offensively" and that we want to"improve it next week"

When are we actually going to see that improvement? Goodness gracious.

+1 But your Avatar makes me laugh when you post.

[cnasty]

We got embarrassed today plain and simple. I can only hope it lights a fire under people's @ss. We apparently need some sort of motivation, somewhere. There's no way the FO isnt looking over Mularkey's contract for evaluation on the plane ride home.

[Lord Sarcomere]

+1 But your Avatar makes me laugh when you post.

Humor tends to ease the pain of a terrible game.

Edited October 18, 2010 by TheCaliforniaFALCON

[The Birds are the truth]

Humor tends to ease the pain of a terrible game.

Right. I've been depress every since the lost. I have to find something to laugh about.

[theDIRTYcode]

That article was spot on. Loved the shot at Mularkey at the end too.

[Chitown2ATL_Falcon]

I was told thats called smash mouth football and thats how we win. Maybe this loss will open the eyes of many here.

This is suppose to be a ball control offense using power run football to control the game. However, we did not control either line of scrimmage today and therefore we lost. If we had controlled one of these lines, either offense or defense we might have won. But we controlled neither. For the Falcons to win games, they have to control both lines of scrimmage, otherwise this is what happens. If we can't run the ball, then we lose. It's that plain and simple. We run the ball we win. We don't run the ball, we lose.

Also someone noted we run a WCO offense. I repeat we do not run a WCO offense. A WCO offense is predicated on short passes in place of the run.

I was told thats called smash mouth football and thats how we win. Maybe this loss will open the eyes of many here.

This is suppose to be a ball control offense using power run football to control the game. However, we did not control either line of scrimmage today and therefore we lost. If we had controlled one of these lines, either offense or defense we might have won. But we controlled neither. For the Falcons to win games, they have to control both lines of scrimmage, otherwise this is what happens. If we can't run the ball, then we lose. It's that plain and simple. We run the ball we win. We don't run the ball, we lose.

Also someone noted we run a WCO offense. I repeat we do not run a WCO offense. A WCO offense is predicated on short passes in place of the run.

[jm_falcons]

Why do we have to rely on a loss to fix issues?

Face it...our wins have generally not been very impressive. Thus...the Falcons need to develop more of a mind set that even when you win...there may still be problems to work on.

The offense has had only 2 good games out of 6!

The defense has had only 1 bad game out of 6!

2 of our wins could have easily gone the other way.

It all sums up to this.....

Falcons have a good defense. (They were flat today though)

Falcons have been fortunate. (NO and SF could have easily been losses)

Falcons offense is not good. (MM....you are the main problem, sir.)

This team must improve...because right now...they are not good enough.

Edited October 18, 2010 by jm_falcons

[SoLuvinMyFalcons]

Quote from Ryan in the article:

“We didn’t do what we wanted offensively, whether it be run or pass on first or second down,’’ Ryan said. “I think the biggest thing going into next week is to try to improve that early on and trying to get into a better rhythm early on and that is something we’ll work on.’’

You know why you couldn't get into a rhythm Matty Ice? It because of this stat every single game: RUN, RUN, PASS ON 3RD AND LONG!!! RUN, RUN, PASS ON 3RD AND LONG!!! AND THEN THERES NO ADJUSTMENTS!!!

That has been the only consistent thing about the offense all season long. Mike "So Predictable" Murlarky

[kiwifalcon]

I can appreciate that they're upset about the big plays but I'm more upset about the fact that they didn't just move the ball on big plays. They moved the ball on all kinds of plays. It seemed like they had a first down on every drive. We had very few answers for what they were doing on offense.

I think having that 21 point lead just threw us off and to be fair I don't think we are a team built to chase a lead.The stat that I hated the most was TOP if we had have had that in our favour maybe the result would have been different.But to be fair as much as I hate to say it the Iggles straight up just lit us up today and I have to give credit where its due.

[DJ Albee]

Good read!

[slamee101]

Yea, pretty good summary. Very telling quotes from Smitty.

I just get a bad feeling in my gut after watching this one and hearing Abe say in the postgame that they did some things that we didn't prepare for. I had the same feeling after seeing us get stomped in Dallas. We all talk about Mularkey, but like someone said last week maybe (and I think this is true) Mularkey is calling the game like Smitty wants him to. If that's the case Smitty deserves a good amount of this heat too.

Honestly though I just can't get past the fact that we were not prepared for the Eagles offense to make adjustments. That's just inexcusable.

[msjacob25]

some of smitty's quotes on there are telling me that we had some players out of position again. Either these guys are really really dumb, or van gorder doesn't know where his players are supposed to be.

[Falconcheff]

Quote from Ryan in the article:

“We didn’t do what we wanted offensively, whether it be run or pass on first or second down,’’ Ryan said. “I think the biggest thing going into next week is to try to improve that early on and trying to get into a better rhythm early on and that is something we’ll work on.’’

You know why you couldn't get into a rhythm Matty Ice? It because of this stat every single game: RUN, RUN, PASS ON 3RD AND LONG!!! RUN, RUN, PASS ON 3RD AND LONG!!! AND THEN THERES NO ADJUSTMENTS!!!

That has been the only consistent thing about the offense all season long. Mike "So Predictable" Murlarky

Ryan, since day one of training camp, has said we need to be better on first and second downs. He's been right all along, but there's been no change. This is due to MM terrible scheme, not Ryan's ability. Does anyone think that Iceman doesn't want to hit Roddy on a forty yard post pattern off play-action on first down?? Not with Bullarkey calling plays.

I hate that guy.

[Falconcheff]

Yea, pretty good summary. Very telling quotes from Smitty.

I just get a bad feeling in my gut after watching this one and hearing Abe say in the postgame that they did some things that we didn't prepare for. I had the same feeling after seeing us get stomped in Dallas. We all talk about Mularkey, but like someone said last week maybe (and I think this is true) Mularkey is calling the game like Smitty wants him to. If that's the case Smitty deserves a good amount of this heat too.

Honestly though I just can't get past the fact that we were not prepared for the Eagles offense to make adjustments. That's just inexcusable.

And a plus one to this as well.