I Even Bleed Red Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) Watch Video. Definitely a harder schedule. I'm nervous and excited. I see us going 11-5. And we must quickly become a better road team. How do you think it'll play out for us? Be realistic! Discuss. Edited May 6, 2011 by I Even Bleed Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UptownHardHitta Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) It's gonna be tough because of a lot better qb play this season. I've been ranting on and on about the secondary, but if they can improve from last year, 11-5 is achievable. They got torched last year vs good qbs but the falcons still pulled out some of those victories despite the big numbers.I'm thinking 10-6 but hoping for 9-7Edit:I just watched the video....ouch! Tough schedule to start, finish and after the bye Edited May 6, 2011 by UptownHardHitta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chifalc Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 You cannot predict how tough a schedule is going to be at this point. You really just can't. How many times have easy schedules turned out to be tough and vice versa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLfanintheROC Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) well I c us winning 10-12 games & hopefully the division. Edited May 6, 2011 by ATLfanintheROC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconmaniac Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 DANG!!!!!!!!!!!!That is a tough stretch to start.Then Colts in IndySecond half isnt a cake walk either!I agree with what Mooch said.....We will be a better team but have a worse record.Winning 9 - 10 games will be a major accomplishment with that schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UptownHardHitta Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 You cannot predict how tough a schedule is going to be at this point. You really just can't. How many times have easy schedules turned out to be tough and vice versa?That is true, there's always a team that supposed to be good and sucks and a crappy team that turns out being good, but there is no NFC west on the schedule this year. I think most of those teams will be decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaFanatic Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 It's gonna be tough because of a lot better qb play this season. I've been ranting on and on about the secondary, but if they can improve from last year, 11-5 is achievable. They got torched last year vs good qbs but the falcons still pulled out some of those victories despite the big numbers.I'm thinking 10-6 but hoping for 9-7Edit:I just watched the video....ouch! Tough schedule to start, finish and after the byeWait, did you just say HOPING for 9-7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthensDirtyBird Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Wait, did you just say HOPING for 9-7?haha hes a saints fan of course he is hoping for us to go 9-7. i think we will go 10-6 and hopefully 11-5, it is definitely a harder schedule than last year and thats a given because we played the nfc west, but that means the rest of our division has a tougher schedule too. i think there will be a bigger regression for tampa bay simply because they couldnt beat any teams with winning records last year except for the last game against the saints. at least i think thats the only team they beat that had a winning record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaFanatic Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 haha hes a saints fan of course he is hoping for us to go 9-7. i think we will go 10-6 and hopefully 11-5, it is definitely a harder schedule than last year and thats a given because we played the nfc west, but that means the rest of our division has a tougher schedule too. i think there will be a bigger regression for tampa bay simply because they couldnt beat any teams with winning records last year except for the last game against the saints. at least i think thats the only team they beat that had a winning recordWell seeing as we beat the Saints twice next year I hope the Aints can pull out some wins or Im going to have to laugh a lot.I do see the bookends of our schedule being tough but have you seen the middle part of our schedule? plus the bye week in week 8 which is perfect. I kinda like the schedule. when we go 12-4 the only ones who will be able to say anything bad about us is Trent Dilfer and Skip Bayless. hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaFanatic Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) Of course assuming we dont go 13-5 Edited May 6, 2011 by AtlantaFanatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sipifalcon Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I'd say 12-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHODAT BEAST IN THE CELLAR Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 the schedule does play a factor, but you know another thing that helped falcons last season was being the least penalized in the league.i wonder if that will happen again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler11 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 the schedule does play a factor, but you know another thing that helped falcons last season was being the least penalized in the league.i wonder if that will happen again?You know another thing that is going to help the Falcons next season... Julio Jones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHODAT BEAST IN THE CELLAR Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 You know another thing that is going to help the Falcons next season... Julio Jonesof course, of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Even Bleed Red Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 I don't know guys 12-4 seems like a bit of a stretch. Even my 11-5 is borderline optimistic. I hope 10-6 (+/- 1) is enough to win the NFC South. The Buccs are gonna be good competition too. And the Saints always play us tough. I'm sorry, call me a bad fan, but, as of now, I just don't see us beating them twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David TTU Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 10-6/11-5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UptownHardHitta Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 In 2006 we went to the NFCCG and lost to the bears. We just KNEW we were right there and only needed a few pieces to make it. You couldn't tell us sh** during the offseason. We made some bad moves in free agency but me as a fan had no doubt that we would pick up right where we left off and get right over the hump, but nooooooo, we started out 0-4 vs good to decent teams and might have finished 8-8. This NFL is so crazy, you never know what's really gonna happen. I learned that each season is a new season and the last one has nothing to do with the current one. The Falcons are not immune to this either, even with Julio the Great. Your first 4 games are a mutha. Start out 3-1 and you'll be looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joremarid Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 11-5.BVG showed near the end of the season that he was going to be more aggressive with his blitz calls. we missed a lot of sacks on brees and rodgers. that gets fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat1080 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 11-5.BVG showed near the end of the season that he was going to be more aggressive with his blitz calls. we missed a lot of sacks on brees and rodgers. that gets fixed.How? You really aren't going to beat Brees and Rodgers by blitzing. The Falcons simply don't have the personnel to stop the good QBs in the NFL. You can't beat them by blitzing. You actually have to have a good pass rush. Rodgers had a league best 107.4 QB Rating against the blitz last year. The Falcons aren't the only team to have been burned when blitzing Rodgers. You just aren't going to confuse Rodgers and Brees by sending CBs and LBs. The only way to stop QBs like Brees and Rodgers is to generate a good base pass rush and play good coverage. Basically you need a good defense. Its really simple. The defense has to win the matchups. If you have to bring extra guys to get pressure Brees and Rodgers will have a field day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkdude41 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 the schedule does play a factor, but you know another thing that helped falcons last season was being the least penalized in the league.i wonder if that will happen again?don't fault the falcons for being disciplined. I wonder if garrett hartley will shank another kick next year, i could use a good laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazerHarvard Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 10-6 at worst. 12-4 at best. If we get through the first 5 games at 3-2, I'll be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joremarid Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 How? You really aren't going to beat Brees and Rodgers by blitzing. The Falcons simply don't have the personnel to stop the good QBs in the NFL. You can't beat them by blitzing. You actually have to have a good pass rush. Rodgers had a league best 107.4 QB Rating against the blitz last year. The Falcons aren't the only team to have been burned when blitzing Rodgers. You just aren't going to confuse Rodgers and Brees by sending CBs and LBs. The only way to stop QBs like Brees and Rodgers is to generate a good base pass rush and play good coverage. Basically you need a good defense. Its really simple. The defense has to win the matchups. If you have to bring extra guys to get pressure Brees and Rodgers will have a field day.we beat both rodgers and brees last year. it's not crazy to think they can do it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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