Mularky Apologists If You Will... Please!

[Atlfanstckndenver]

The loyalty Mularky still to this day receives is seriously astounding. We have an offense with almost THREE 1,000 yard receivers, the NFCs leading rusher AND a pro bowl 4k yard passer. The above average offensive rankings are gonna happen. It doesn't matter if Micky Mouse is calling the plays. Well maybe then we would actually be less predictable. The way Mularky apologist use those stats as a defense for him are clearly using a skewed perspective. Despite all of the offensive tools and talent where we still not the lowest scoring team in the league in the 3rd quarter. Was it not the same or close to the worst for the 1st quarter offense??? Our offensive production consistently slipped on the road when we could not rely on the No Huddle attack heavily like we can in our dome. Any time Mularky was needed to call up an effective game plan on the road let alone against a decent defense we croaked horribly. Maybe the most telling aspect of all of this was that almost without ever failing when the offense's shots where called by Ryan it purred like a kitten the majority of the season (almost).

Im so tired of the apologist here defending Mularky with little to back it up other than stats that are simply DESPITE him. The important part here is that whatever offensive success we do have it is seriously despite Mularky 99 percent of the time. He has had a couple of decent halves of football sprinkled in throughout the season. Just a few though, and every time he seems to be turning a corner the other team simply adjusts knowing Mularky will fail to advance his repertoire any further. This offense will not take the next step into the elite echelon until Mularky is out and someone who is not afraid to play with the new breed of nfl teams on their level steps in. This is such a broken record.

Ive also heard the whole argument that the team draws too many offensive penalties(whats even more sad is that Ive heard Mularky himself point the finger at this, but does he EVER take any responsibility???). I agree with this. They do, and not only that but the way they draw the flags at such inopportune times is scary. There is a couple things to say to that. First off EVERY team has to deal with this. Its the teams that overcome and deal with those penalties best that are the cream of the crop in the league anyway. How many times did we back up the Saints in the down and distance just to watch them overcome and march right back up to a first down with ease. Green Bay can do likewise. The other point i want to make is that usually when an offense is clicking from players to play calling those penalties tend to happen much MUCH less. I actually think all the numerous bad flags we've had this year is yet another indication that this offense is STARVING for something new and innovative to stimulate everyone involved. On top of the need for play calling that plays into the hands of our current offensive roster as it is we need to fit the scheme to our players now. Fitting players into our scheme has had its shot. Its time for change, and when that change comes i will truly finally have an elite offensive machine to watch that moves at its own pace....NOT Mularky's

Good luck sunday Falcons!!! Man am i ready! he's

[DawgFan]

I have a feeling you aren't gonna find that many people who disagree with this, the entire board screams let Mularkey go every Monday

[GENERALZOD]

I have a feeling you aren't gonna find that many people who disagree with this, the entire board screams let Mularkey go every Monday

Yep. His offensive play calls are way too predictable. The only thing I wonder though is who does the final ok on the playbook? Wouldn't that be Mike Smith? If that's the case then Mike Smith being the HC does that mean that he puts a check mark or an x beside the plays he approves?

How much freedom as an OC does MM have? Same with BVG? I personally feel they've been given too much freedom on their play calling, but what I said above is something to think about.

It's kinda like Matt Ryan going into the no huddle, keep in mind Matt Ryan is making the no huddle calls "With a radio in his ear" and utilizing Mike Mularkeys playbook for calls. I'm not defending MM, I'm just saying it's something to think about.

Either way, I've seen enough of the simple predictable offense play calls to know that it's time for MM to go. Same situation with BVG.

In the case of Mike Mularkey, he's got the weapons on offense he needs and the O-line regardless of how bad it keeps getting called by others has not been that bad as of late. IMO, Sam Baker was on the verge of getting hurt before he got hurt and who's to say he wasn't playing injured before he went out with an injury, perhaps that's why his play was not all that good this year. I dunno, it's a thought though.

All that being said, I'm sick of the predictable offense, if it's the OC then let him go elsewhere or fire him. My eyes have been opened to the reality that "Falcons have a dang good team" with coaches who don't know how to use the players they've got. That's my entire point. Some of you on here I have argued with for a few years over this issue, but I am saying right now that I can see exactly what you've been complaining about now. Took me a little time, I am a fan just like everybody else so I was wishful thinking and hoping, but reality has sunk in and I can see all the weapons the Falcons have on offense now and the fact that the playbook stinks!!!

This Bull-Mularkey offensive scheme is going to catch up and haunt the Falcons this playoff run, I hope it doesn't and I hope I am wrong, but you can't play simple predictable offense or as some might call it : "Fundamental" as it used to be called, Run first - pass - pass - punt.......... I will be surprised if the first play on offense by the Falcons isn't a run RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE with a stacked giants defense loading the middle.

Oh well, I agree with the O.P. to a degree, LOL, I think that should be pretty obvious shouldn't it!

[Thelonious Mingus]

Mularkey's offense is not built to win in the playoffs.

[nomak]

With the numbers the offense puts up with people "knowing the plays" imagine what they could do if the didn't know the predictability of MM.............if they "know" them so much, as people seem to think, then why don't they stop them. Like Matt Ryan said during a game "you can't F'n stop it."

[DawgFan]

With the numbers the offense puts up with people "knowing the plays" imagine what they could do if the didn't know the predictability of MM.............if they "know" them so much, as people seem to think, then why don't they stop them. Like Matt Ryan said during a game "you can't F'n stop it."

Right....but he said that because they knew, didn't he? Indeed, imagine if they didn't.

[Magic Man]

I think the stats that this team puts up, shows that with the right coordinator, this team could go from good to great, rather quickly. We have the talent, but the coordinator is not putting his guys in the best place to win. Here's hoping Mularkey can go to the Jags, and we can get Clements from GB.

[GENERALZOD]

Mularkey's offense is not built to win in the playoffs.

I'm calling it right now, you wait and see, the giants will stack and load up the middle on defense and there will be a run with Michael Turner trying to run up the middle as a call. Just ridiculous! I've saw this happen all year, and it was obvious to the players before the ball was snapped.

We shall see, I hope I am wrong. I would love to be wrong and have the Falcons be a powerhouse high flying RISE UP scoring offense here in the playoffs, but I'm not going to kid myself as a fan and hope there is going to be some magical call making things better, that just isn't going to happen, As a fan I have no reason to think so at this point.

I guess the bottom line for this week is : Can the Falcons defeat the giants at home in this wildcard playoffs game? ANSWER : Sure, anything is possible, but for the long run a questionable offensive playbook and OC are one of the biggest problems the Falcons have at this point. JMO...................

Edited January 4, 2012 by GAFALCONFAN

[vel]

No! It's Ryan's inaccuracy or the ineffectiveness of the OLine. MM can't run his own plays. He has gotten us to the Playoffs 3 of the 4 years. If Roddy would catch the ball, we would be 13-3 again. /casm

But seriously. It is a testament to the talent on this team for the offensive rankings we have. How hard is it to tell your QB "You have a HOF TE, go to him. He just makes plays." Or to run a top 5 RB 300 times a year. Blaine Gabbert did that. This offensive lacks creativity and still lacks constantly attack ability. We are still dictated by the defense, not dictating TO the defense.

Some here are fine with it because they know nothing better. Others are fine with it because they are scared of worse. MM is like having the GF that is average at a lot of things and is better than all the other ex's, but is very upgradeable. It's the fear of not doing better that constricts you from moving forward. Fear is why some want to hold on to MM rather than progress and evolve. It's ok. Keep thinking the world is flat, this offense is dying to prove that it is in fact round and bigger than we thought.

With the numbers the offense puts up with people "knowing the plays" imagine what they could do if the didn't know the predictability of MM.............if they "know" them so much, as people seem to think, then why don't they stop them. Like Matt Ryan said during a game "you can't F'n stop it."

Playoff caliber teams sure can...

[DawgFan]

I'm calling it right now, you wait and see, the giants will stack and load up the middle on defense and there will be a run with Michael Turner trying to run up the middle as a call. Just ridiculous! I've saw this happen all year, and it was obvious to the players before the ball was snapped.

We shall see, I hope I am wrong. I would love to be wrong and have the Falcons be a powerhouse high flying RISE UP scoring offense here in the playoffs, but I'm not going to kid myself as a fan and hope there is going to be some magical call making things better, that just isn't going to happen, As a fan I have no reason to think so at this point.

I guess the bottom line for this week is : Can the Falcons defeat the giants at home in this wildcard playoffs game? ANSWER : Sure, anything is possible, but for the long run a questionable offensive playbook and OC are one of the biggest problems the Falcons have at this point. JMO...................

Unless he steps up since HC jobs are on the line

[raysnill1]

my problem with the offense is that our receivers run routes that are way too easy to cover for the speed they have. we have 3 receivers that have proven they can make things happen in space but yet they mostly catch passes that gets them tackled immediately after the catch or runs them out of bounds. Turner is a power runner that doesn't need to run behind power formations and would most likely do some serious damage in spread formations. I think if we got our receivers the ball in motion, ran Turner from more spread formations and used him more in the passing game and used Quizz a lot more we'd probably be invincible.

[putnam6]

The loyalty Mularky still to this day receives is seriously astounding. We have an offense with almost THREE 1,000 yard receivers, the NFCs leading rusher AND a pro bowl 4k yard passer. The above average offensive rankings are gonna happen. It doesn't matter if Micky Mouse is calling the plays. Well maybe then we would actually be less predictable. The way Mularky apologist use those stats as a defense for him are clearly using a skewed perspective. Despite all of the offensive tools and talent where we still not the lowest scoring team in the league in the 3rd quarter. Was it not the same or close to the worst for the 1st quarter offense??? Our offensive production consistently slipped on the road when we could not rely on the No Huddle attack heavily like we can in our dome. Any time Mularky was needed to call up an effective game plan on the road let alone against a decent defense we croaked horribly. Maybe the most telling aspect of all of this was that almost without ever failing when the offense's shots where called by Ryan it purred like a kitten the majority of the season (almost).

Im so tired of the apologist here defending Mularky with little to back it up other than stats that are simply DESPITE him. The important part here is that whatever offensive success we do have it is seriously despite Mularky 99 percent of the time. He has had a couple of decent halves of football sprinkled in throughout the season. Just a few though, and every time he seems to be turning a corner the other team simply adjusts knowing Mularky will fail to advance his repertoire any further. This offense will not take the next step into the elite echelon until Mularky is out and someone who is not afraid to play with the new breed of nfl teams on their level steps in. This is such a broken record.

Ive also heard the whole argument that the team draws too many offensive penalties(whats even more sad is that Ive heard Mularky himself point the finger at this, but does he EVER take any responsibility???). I agree with this. They do, and not only that but the way they draw the flags at such inopportune times is scary. There is a couple things to say to that. First off EVERY team has to deal with this. Its the teams that overcome and deal with those penalties best that are the cream of the crop in the league anyway. How many times did we back up the Saints in the down and distance just to watch them overcome and march right back up to a first down with ease. Green Bay can do likewise. The other point i want to make is that usually when an offense is clicking from players to play calling those penalties tend to happen much MUCH less. I actually think all the numerous bad flags we've had this year is yet another indication that this offense is STARVING for something new and innovative to stimulate everyone involved. On top of the need for play calling that plays into the hands of our current offensive roster as it is we need to fit the scheme to our players now. Fitting players into our scheme has had its shot. Its time for change, and when that change comes i will truly finally have an elite offensive machine to watch that moves at its own pace....NOT Mularky's

Good luck sunday Falcons!!! Man am i ready! he's

HERETIC!!!!! BLASPHEMER!!!!!! LOL

[jstammer]

I'm calling it right now, you wait and see, the giants will stack and load up the middle on defense and there will be a run with Michael Turner trying to run up the middle as a call. Just ridiculous! I've saw this happen all year, and it was obvious to the players before the ball was snapped.

Most likely we will see that play too many times. It's the staple of this MM-designed offense. When the other team has no defensive line, it works well. Against the Giants, it will likely lead to a quick death. Great news if your favorite player is Bosher, though.

[AtlantaFalconPokerPro]

I have a feeling you aren't gonna find that many people who disagree with this, the entire board screams let Mularkey go every Monday

I think you're forgetting Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursday's, Friday's, Saturday's, and Sunday's.

[AtlantaFalconPokerPro]

Surprised you haven't been called a fake fan 20,000 times in this thread.

[setr]

the national media seems to been catching on that the Mularkey might be the problem in the Falcons not being more effective on Offense. I have heard or read several things challenging Mularkey to see if he can come up with a scheme to win in the playoffs.

[Robb4242]

The loyalty Mularky still to this day receives is seriously astounding. We have an offense with almost THREE 1,000 yard receivers, the NFCs leading rusher AND a pro bowl 4k yard passer. The above average offensive rankings are gonna happen. It doesn't matter if Micky Mouse is calling the plays. Well maybe then we would actually be less predictable. The way Mularky apologist use those stats as a defense for him are clearly using a skewed perspective. Despite all of the offensive tools and talent where we still not the lowest scoring team in the league in the 3rd quarter. Was it not the same or close to the worst for the 1st quarter offense??? Our offensive production consistently slipped on the road when we could not rely on the No Huddle attack heavily like we can in our dome. Any time Mularky was needed to call up an effective game plan on the road let alone against a decent defense we croaked horribly. Maybe the most telling aspect of all of this was that almost without ever failing when the offense's shots where called by Ryan it purred like a kitten the majority of the season (almost).

Im so tired of the apologist here defending Mularky with little to back it up other than stats that are simply DESPITE him. The important part here is that whatever offensive success we do have it is seriously despite Mularky 99 percent of the time. He has had a couple of decent halves of football sprinkled in throughout the season. Just a few though, and every time he seems to be turning a corner the other team simply adjusts knowing Mularky will fail to advance his repertoire any further. This offense will not take the next step into the elite echelon until Mularky is out and someone who is not afraid to play with the new breed of nfl teams on their level steps in. This is such a broken record.

Ive also heard the whole argument that the team draws too many offensive penalties(whats even more sad is that Ive heard Mularky himself point the finger at this, but does he EVER take any responsibility???). I agree with this. They do, and not only that but the way they draw the flags at such inopportune times is scary. There is a couple things to say to that. First off EVERY team has to deal with this. Its the teams that overcome and deal with those penalties best that are the cream of the crop in the league anyway. How many times did we back up the Saints in the down and distance just to watch them overcome and march right back up to a first down with ease. Green Bay can do likewise. The other point i want to make is that usually when an offense is clicking from players to play calling those penalties tend to happen much MUCH less. I actually think all the numerous bad flags we've had this year is yet another indication that this offense is STARVING for something new and innovative to stimulate everyone involved. On top of the need for play calling that plays into the hands of our current offensive roster as it is we need to fit the scheme to our players now. Fitting players into our scheme has had its shot. Its time for change, and when that change comes i will truly finally have an elite offensive machine to watch that moves at its own pace....NOT Mularky's

Good luck sunday Falcons!!! Man am i ready! he's

lol, our offense can put up yards & our offense can score but my all-Falcons fantasy team didn't win my league so let's fire the OC!

Great plan.

Funny, you don't want stats to be used.......unless they back up your agenda..... "The way Mularky apologist use those stats as a defense for him are clearly using a skewed perspective"....."where we still not the lowest scoring team in the league in the 3rd quarter. Was it not the same or close to the worst for the 1st quarter offense"

So, you're stats are valid, but the fact that the Falcons were 10th in yards per game, 7th in points per game, and 4th in time of possession per game are not valid? Please.

And the offense purred like a kitten when Ryan called the shots? Ryan has the green light EVERY snap to adjust the play call (audible) after getting to the LOS, we've all seen him do it many times. Why isn't it purring then? Is Ryan unable to make it purr when he's got the go ahead to read the D & adjust the play at the line after huddling? Would it be on MM if Ryan checks out of a play into a play that doesn't work?

Yes we work well in the no huddle, but do you really think Ryan makes up plays on the fly & some telepathically lets the rest of the offense know what he wants them to do? No, those plays come from the same playbook, and each week Ryan & MM work out a certain set of plays that they want to run out of the no huddle. Those plays are not Ryan making them up, they are MM's no huddle package for that week. Really, you're not thinking this logically through.

I'm not saying that MM is the greatest playcaller that's ever lived, nor am I saying he's the best possible OC for our team. All I'm saying is that he is much better than he's been given credit for on these boards and if he is holding anyone back, it's more because he's doing it to overcome the weaknesses (Offensive Line) that we do have on this roster, not because he doesn't know what he's doing.

[Darkflight]

lol, our offense can put up yards & our offense can score but my all-Falcons fantasy team didn't win my league so let's fire the OC!

Great plan.

Funny, you don't want stats to be used.......unless they back up your agenda..... "The way Mularky apologist use those stats as a defense for him are clearly using a skewed perspective"....."where we still not the lowest scoring team in the league in the 3rd quarter. Was it not the same or close to the worst for the 1st quarter offense"

So, you're stats are valid, but the fact that the Falcons were 10th in yards per game, 7th in points per game, and 4th in time of possession per game are not valid? Please.

And the offense purred like a kitten when Ryan called the shots? Ryan has the green light EVERY snap to adjust the play call (audible) after getting to the LOS, we've all seen him do it many times. Why isn't it purring then? Is Ryan unable to make it purr when he's got the go ahead to read the D & adjust the play at the line after huddling? Would it be on MM if Ryan checks out of a play into a play that doesn't work?

Yes we work well in the no huddle, but do you really think Ryan makes up plays on the fly & some telepathically lets the rest of the offense know what he wants them to do? No, those plays come from the same playbook, and each week Ryan & MM work out a certain set of plays that they want to run out of the no huddle. Those plays are not Ryan making them up, they are MM's no huddle package for that week. Really, you're not thinking this logically through.

I'm not saying that MM is the greatest playcaller that's ever lived, nor am I saying he's the best possible OC for our team. All I'm saying is that he is much better than he's been given credit for on these boards and if he is holding anyone back, it's more because he's doing it to overcome the weaknesses (Offensive Line) that we do have on this roster, not because he doesn't know what he's doing.

Good post. To put it in the simplest of terms...Play works= Yay Ryan! Play doesn't work= Mularkey sucks!

[Snowen]

the national media seems to been catching on that the Mularkey might be the problem in the Falcons not being more effective on Offense. I have heard or read several things challenging Mularkey to see if he can come up with a scheme to win in the playoffs.

Exactly; im so excited about that. More and more media seems to be realizing it and finally stepping up to the plate and writing it down. Its a hard thing for most media to notice, because they don't watch the games, they only watch the highlights on sportscenter the next morning.. but anyone who actually watches a whole falcons game can see how bad our playcalling is. This isnt an NFL offense.

Yahoo sports bashing Mularkey this week, lets hope it continues and we can get him fired. I recommend sending in "Why is Mularkey's offense so predictable" to every media person who takes questions like Pat Y, maybe eventually it'll get on the NFLN or ESPN, then it'll explode hopefully.

[blkbigdog35]

MM equals ultra conservative and the last time I checked you don't win playoff games that way. Ryan does great when he's able to get away from MM during no huddle and call plays. To all you loyal MM fans your obviously satisfied with those stats but the only thing I concerned with is winning a LOMBARDI trophy.

[cannonballsghost]

Some of you seem to play WAYYYYYYY to much Madden.........

sam

[Flying Falcon]

Mularkey's offense is not built to win in the playoffs.

repeat

[falconidae]

The loyalty Mularky still to this day receives is seriously astounding. We have an offense with almost THREE 1,000 yard receivers, the NFCs leading rusher AND a pro bowl 4k yard passer. The above average offensive rankings are gonna happen. It doesn't matter if Micky Mouse is calling the plays. Well maybe then we would actually be less predictable. The way Mularky apologist use those stats as a defense for him are clearly using a skewed perspective. Despite all of the offensive tools and talent where we still not the lowest scoring team in the league in the 3rd quarter. Was it not the same or close to the worst for the 1st quarter offense??? Our offensive production consistently slipped on the road when we could not rely on the No Huddle attack heavily like we can in our dome. Any time Mularky was needed to call up an effective game plan on the road let alone against a decent defense we croaked horribly. Maybe the most telling aspect of all of this was that almost without ever failing when the offense's shots where called by Ryan it purred like a kitten the majority of the season (almost).

Im so tired of the apologist here defending Mularky with little to back it up other than stats that are simply DESPITE him. The important part here is that whatever offensive success we do have it is seriously despite Mularky 99 percent of the time. He has had a couple of decent halves of football sprinkled in throughout the season. Just a few though, and every time he seems to be turning a corner the other team simply adjusts knowing Mularky will fail to advance his repertoire any further. This offense will not take the next step into the elite echelon until Mularky is out and someone who is not afraid to play with the new breed of nfl teams on their level steps in. This is such a broken record.

Ive also heard the whole argument that the team draws too many offensive penalties(whats even more sad is that Ive heard Mularky himself point the finger at this, but does he EVER take any responsibility???). I agree with this. They do, and not only that but the way they draw the flags at such inopportune times is scary. There is a couple things to say to that. First off EVERY team has to deal with this. Its the teams that overcome and deal with those penalties best that are the cream of the crop in the league anyway. How many times did we back up the Saints in the down and distance just to watch them overcome and march right back up to a first down with ease. Green Bay can do likewise. The other point i want to make is that usually when an offense is clicking from players to play calling those penalties tend to happen much MUCH less. I actually think all the numerous bad flags we've had this year is yet another indication that this offense is STARVING for something new and innovative to stimulate everyone involved. On top of the need for play calling that plays into the hands of our current offensive roster as it is we need to fit the scheme to our players now. Fitting players into our scheme has had its shot. Its time for change, and when that change comes i will truly finally have an elite offensive machine to watch that moves at its own pace....NOT Mularky's

Good luck sunday Falcons!!! Man am i ready! he's

Not necessarily a Mularkey apologist and i expect the Falcons to change OCs over the winter, and... You know, you might have 3 1000 yard receivers and a 1300 yard runner BECAUSE of MM.

What I mean by that is, yes, there are elite skill position players everywhere on this offense EXCEPT on the Oline. What looks like just poor play calling to you may just be MM acknowledging that this Oline will get Ryan killed with more aggressive play calling.

He may be doing a masterful job here balancing the need for more explosive plays and the need to protect Ryan. Brady has 2 pro bowlers protecting him, Brees has 3- they're both both d##n fine QBs, but having an extra half second to second makes all the difference.

[vel]

Not necessarily a Mularkey apologist and i expect the Falcons to change OCs over the winter, and... You know, you might have 3 1000 yard receivers and a 1300 yard runner BECAUSE of MM.

What I mean by that is, yes, there are elite skill position players everywhere on this offense EXCEPT on the Oline. What looks like just poor play calling to you may just be MM acknowledging that this Oline will get Ryan killed with more aggressive play calling.

He may be doing a masterful job here balancing the need for more explosive plays and the need to protect Ryan. Brady has 2 pro bowlers protecting him, Brees has 3- they're both both d##n fine QBs, but having an extra half second to second makes all the difference.

But running all of your passing patterns to the sideline has nothing to do with the OLine. A deep out/comeback takes the same amount of time as a deep in/skinny post.

Just sayin

[paulitik]

Some of you seem to play WAYYYYYYY to much Madden.........

sam

I've never played Madden, but the little I've seen of it, it's not like there is much creativity. You pretty much use the plays the game gives you from the playbooks for each team. Bad example. Mularkey is more like Madden than what we are suggesting.