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Tired of hearing about the Falcons "soft" schedule. Heck, it's not their fault that other teams suck. You play the schedule as the NFL has designed it to rotate. Period. I don't see what the issue is with that. You don't get a cookie for beating teams with winning records; as with any victory, it goes down in the stats simply as a W. That's it.

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4 weeks ago the pundits had the Eagles in the Super Bowl, the Cowboys right on their heels etc etc. Got to remember the Falcons have laid waste to the NFC East where a lot of these mediots get their bread buttered. Of course they are gonna marginalize the 4-0 start. Screw em you get better info on most message boards any way

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People act like because we don't play the Patriots 16 straight games that our success is illegitimate. If the Falcons weren't 4-0 right now, then they'd be complaining that they can't beat the teams they're supposed to beat. Idiots.

And speaking of the pats they have played a soft schedule for years if you ask me because they always have to play their division. That's usually 6 easy games for them even when one of the other teams makes a case line Ryan's jets. Besides that they've been on a weak division since Belichik became the coach.
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Yeah, I'm sure you were completely one hundred percent confident we were gonna beat the Cowboys at half time huh.

yes...if you like I'll pm you the text conversation I had with coworkers where I said, 'no worries, came out flat, 2nd half will be different' Even on the board I was laughing in the official game thread telling people to stop losing their sh!t like puzzies because we're gonna win the game convincingly in the 2nd half.

it was clear we were in position, we were simply making mistakes we hadn't made all year and I knew it would be corrected in the 2nd half. honestly it's good that it happened...that's the type of stuff that makes it pretty much a proven fact that the system works. play within it, do your job, and we'll dominate. come out flat like you're some type of juggernaut against a JV team and you'll be dominated. probably a major reason we came out and dominated against Houston.

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The only reason Miami went undefeated that year was because they had to play the AFCCG on the road.

How so? Is this support for my no playoff bye theory? How did they go undefeated and play a Conference Championship on the road?

Because it was back in the day when playoff game sites were on a yearly rotation. Pittsburgh hosted the AFCCG the week after the Immaculate Reception despite Miami's undefeated record.

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What's funny is that they're talking about the Falcons not getting to the Quarterback, that they only have 5 sacks and at the same time they are playing clips where you can see Bradford and Weeden getting hit before they throw an INT.

Our D is getting lots of pressure on the QB's, they are hitting them, even if they aren't getting the sack. Our defensive stats are misleading, Houston got most of their passing yards once we pulled all of our defensive starters.

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Tired of hearing about the Falcons "soft" schedule. Heck, it's not their fault that other teams suck. You play the schedule as the NFL has designed it to rotate. Period. I don't see what the issue is with that. You don't get a cookie for beating teams with winning records; as with any victory, it goes down in the stats simply as a W. That's it.

Exactly. It's not like the Falcons choose their opponents. They play who they are asked to play and if they are winning then that's great. Sick of that statement. "Oh their schedule is soft." The schedule doesn't dictate how good we are. We are the same team no matter who we play. **** Skip
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Tired of hearing about the Falcons "soft" schedule. Heck, it's not their fault that other teams suck. You play the schedule as the NFL has designed it to rotate. Period. I don't see what the issue is with that. You don't get a cookie for beating teams with winning records; as with any victory, it goes down in the stats simply as a W. That's it.

Here's another thing about the schedule. Generally the schedule between teams is just hundreds of decimal points apart.

1. Pittsburgh Steelers: 147-107-2, .579

32. Atlanta Falcons: 104-150-2, .409

So the Steelers' opponents are just over .500. Ours are just under. Statistically insignificant.

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Tired of hearing about the Falcons "soft" schedule. Heck, it's not their fault that other teams suck. You play the schedule as the NFL has designed it to rotate. Period. I don't see what the issue is with that. You don't get a cookie for beating teams with winning records; as with any victory, it goes down in the stats simply as a W. That's it.

It's just a tool so people can move the goalposts. I remember our 2012 season people saying we played a soft schedule (which was total BS). It helps them get over the fact that a team they don't like is winning.

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Its make or break with the Falcons.

If they win its too easy for them.

If they lose then they drop to the bottom half of the league and are overrated.

Meanwhile the Panthers are toughing out hard wins.

The pats are just so dominant.

Aaron Rodgers is Michael Jordan.

The Broncos don't need Peyton.

The Bengals are finally living up to potential (they say this every year by the way)

Honestly, it's pretty hilarious lol. It used to bug me but it's hard not to chuckle now
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