weezy01212 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Found this to be interesting on sportingcharts.com With one game left the good guys have the potential to be one of the top 10 most scoring offenses (since 1990). If you look at this Chart there is some good company but if you look at what happened to most of these teams in the post season it didn't end well for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sipifalcon Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 we oughta at least get to number 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilleniumFalcon Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Hopefully they score more than 45 and top that Saints team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knomercy Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 1 hour ago, weezy01212 said: Found this to be interesting on sportingcharts.com With one game left the good guys have the potential to be one of the top 10 most scoring offenses (since 1990). If you look at this Chart there is some good company but if you look at what happened to most of these teams in the post season it didn't end well for them. "if you look at what happened to most of these teams in the post season it didn't end well for them" The buzzsaw offense ran into the buzzsaw defense in most cases -- my thing is, where is that "buzzsaw defense" this year? Exactly. I like our chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuego Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 1 hour ago, MilleniumFalcon said: Hopefully they score more than 45 and top that Saints team Yep. Need a 46 burger. Only way we run up that kind of score is if the game stays close so that Quinn keeps Ryan in slinging. But unless we crap the bed no way we don't get into the top 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Krazy Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Actually, half of the top 8 won the SB, if I'm reading it correctly. If you told me right now that playing well enough Sunday to finish in a group that historically (since 1990) has a 50% chance of winning it all, I'd be (and am) satisfied with the odds at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likeriver Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 13 minutes ago, Kaptain Krazy said: Actually, half of the top 8 won the SB, if I'm reading it correctly. If you told me right now that playing well enough Sunday to finish in a group that historically (since 1990) has a 50% chance of winning it all, I'd be (and am) satisfied with the odds at this point. Uhhh. Maybe I'm wrong but it appears none of the top 8 won the Superbowl except the 99 rams. However half rhe teams appeared in the super bowl, but most lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconsFanNW Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 38 minutes ago, Kaptain Krazy said: Actually, half of the top 8 won the SB, if I'm reading it correctly. If you told me right now that playing well enough Sunday to finish in a group that historically (since 1990) has a 50% chance of winning it all, I'd be (and am) satisfied with the odds at this point. I don't think you're reading it correctly. At first glance I see #8, #12, and #13 winning the Super Bowl. #1, #2, #11, #14 lost the Super Bowl. Most if not all the rest were playoff exits... #3 in the first round at 15-1. #5 to the Falcons in '98 NFCCG... also at 15-1. I think my memory is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Krazy Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 3 hours ago, likeriver said: Uhhh. Maybe I'm wrong but it appears none of the top 8 won the Superbowl except the 99 rams. However half rhe teams appeared in the super bowl, but most lost lol, nope, you're right. I had the years wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzummo Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 I don't think people realize how good this offense has been. They have scored on 52.4% of their drives this season. That great Broncos offense scored on 48%, for comparison. The great Pats and GB offenses didn't score on above 50% of their drives either. The difference for them was the number of drives they had those seasons. They all had really good defenses getting them the ball back. Don't get me wrong, our D has played better, but not on the level of the Pack or Broncos in their Super Bowl years, and our D was pretty terrible the first half of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzummo Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Maybe it's easier to understand in these terms. We had the 6th fewest offensive drives this season. And we have 9 more scoring drives than any other team. We have 14 more scoring drives (almost 1 more per game) than the Pats while they've had 7 more offensive opportunities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuego Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 1 hour ago, WhenFalconsWin said: If we put up a 45 burger on the saints we move into 6th all time...let's do this Not gonna happen unless the game stays close. Maybe a pick 6 by the D too like last time we played them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconfansince66 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) Screw 45.. Let's just drop 105 on them this weekend and go for #1... Edited December 28, 2016 by falconfansince66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draftnut57 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 OK, Am I wrong?? WE have one more game to add to our total in this chart?????? If so we will be at the top after this last game..??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantafan21 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 10 minutes ago, falconfansince66 said: Screw 45.. Let's just drop 105 on them this weekend and go for #1... Exactly what I was gonna say. 105 points should be the goal for Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconfansince66 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 2 minutes ago, Atlantafan21 said: Exactly what I was gonna say. 105 points should be the goal for Sunday. LOL! Yep! For real though, we need 46 to move ahead of the Saints 2011 season. We did drop 45 on them back in September! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuego Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 56 minutes ago, falconfansince66 said: Screw 45.. Let's just drop 105 on them this weekend and go for #1... I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuinnTorris Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 This is a bit misleading since it's total team points and not just offensive points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuego Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 32 minutes ago, QuinnTorris said: This is a bit misleading since it's total team points and not just offensive points. True. The title and OP says scoring offense, but the table is actually total team points, which includes defensive points scored. That 33.5 we are averaging includes all points scored whether by the offense or defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy01212 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 3 hours ago, fuego said: True. The title and OP says scoring offense, but the table is actually total team points, which includes defensive points scored. That 33.5 we are averaging includes all points scored whether by the offense or defense. I will admit on 2nd look this can be misleading however still this year's Falcons are still in good company when looking at the other teams. There's some pretty memorable ones on that list. Personally I thought that was pretty cool and should put into perspective we shouldn't expect this every year and enjoy the ride this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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