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Just now, jdawg4876 said:

not me, it will get better as we go and the line plays together more. we were changing so many pieces each drive last game it was hard to keep up. After last yr I have faith in mack. schrader, levitre, and to a lesser extent matthews. even  if the rg is weak thats the one spot on the line where I we can survive it being weak at least.

The starting OL is fine. It's the backups that I'm concerned about. Falcons were extremely fortunate last year to play 19 games that mattered and to start the same 5 guys all season. That never happens. Odds say that the Falcons will deal with 1 or more injuries along the OL in 2017 that will force some backups into the OL and that is where the concern comes from.

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4 minutes ago, HEIST said:

Boxscore scouting is lazy. I find Cam annoying as ****, but if we're just looking at numbers then Dak Prescott should be in your top 10.

Dak only had to throw the ball 450 times in 2016. 22 QBs threw more passes than Dak last year. Way too early to crown him. Also, it's not boxscore scouting. Watch the games. If you think Cam Newton is a better passer than Marcus Mariota and Kirk Cousins you're crazy.

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Just now, Falconsfan567 said:

The starting OL is fine. It's the backups that I'm concerned about. Falcons were extremely fortunate last year to play 19 games that mattered and to start the same 5 guys all season. That never happens. Odds say that the Falcons will deal with 1 or more injuries along the OL in 2017 that will force some backups into the OL and that is where the concern comes from.

I dont see it. I think garland could fill in at gurad and center if need to for a couple of games. levine is one of the best blocking Tes in the game and I actually really like the signing of alex yesterday. I went and watched the browns highlights of the running the ball yesterday and dude is good at run blocking at OT

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Just now, Falconsfan567 said:

MVP is all you got? Cam won MVP because he just happened to be QB of the best regular season team of 2015. He had a great half season of 2015. Shows just how weak the race for MVP was in 2015.

If the race was so weak why cousins and Marcus didn't win it or even compete in the race for it ? Because they weren't better period then or now.

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Panthers first team defense was out quick, but one thing I want to point out was the Panthers defense being in base defense against the Titans for some reason. During the first drive, the Titans easily countered by spreading us out and gashing us like they did. I know it's preseason, but that's not what should be called against that type of offense.

And the result is the Titans having their way against our unit.

For the Panthers offense, the o-line unit is stout. Derek Anderson hit a huge cliff in his career and showing why he's never going to even sniff a starting job. McCaffrey is legit. Nevertheless, we're certainly missing Cam on that side of the ball.

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2 minutes ago, Falconsfan567 said:

MVP is all you got? Cam won MVP because he just happened to be QB of the best regular season team of 2015. He had a great half season of 2015. Shows just how weak the race for MVP was in 2015.

Um, Brady, Palmer, and Wilson were all pretty huge contenders too. It wasn't weak whatsoever.

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3 minutes ago, SamMills51 said:

Panthers first team defense was out quick, but one thing I want to point out was the Panthers defense being in base defense against the Titans for some reason. During the first drive, the Titans easily countered by spreading us out and gashing us like they did. I know it's preseason, but that's not what should be called against that type of offense.

And the result is the Titans having their way against our unit.

For the Panthers offense, the o-line unit is stout. Derek Anderson hit a huge cliff in his career and showing why he's never going to even sniff a starting job. McCaffrey is legit. Nevertheless, we're certainly missing Cam on that side of the ball.

Thats an excuse , why shouldnt it be called ??

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1 hour ago, Falconsfan567 said:

Cam isn't very good, so it wouldn't make that much of a difference. Also one of the turnovers was a lost fumble by one of their receivers.

It would make a helluva difference if Cam was playing bro because the defense HAS. to account for Cam. Plus he's a good qb period. I hate when we play them because HE can most certainly be the difference in us losing. 

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8 minutes ago, Falconsfan567 said:

You shouldn't have any confidence in Pittsburgh beating New England. I don't think anyone even remembers the last time Pittsburgh beat New England. It's been a long time. Chiefs? Meh. Can't believe they've got like 7 prime time games this year. That's horrific.

I just don't understand the talk about the Chargers. I just don't see it. I see a team that will once again feature a good offense but a horrendous defense and will struggle to win games because of it amount of pressure that falls on Rivers and him being prone to mistakes when pressured.

Sadly, at least on paper, no one is on the same level of the Patriots. They've got another cake walk to the Super Bowl.

Yeah, the Patriots clearly have an easy path to the SB. I don't think Tenn, Oakland, Pitt, KC, Denver can will offer much competition. 

You can always catch them on an off night maybe. Tennessee can play a ball control game and Denver's D can keep a game close.

The Chargers can go either way, they are just a sleeper team to me. Rivers, Gordon, Henry, Gates, T. Williams, Allen, Benjamin, and maybe M. Williams is a good group. Oline?

On D, they got Bosa, Ingram, Liuget, Mebane, up front. 2 very good young LBs before Perryman got injured and one of the better CB tandems in the league. Injuries and bad luck get them every year. (Lamp/Williams/Perryman already this yr)

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Just now, caponine said:

Thats an excuse , why shouldnt it be called ??

Well, simply because it produces big mismatches against teams with the personnel to spread and speed their way through. 

When the Titans noticed we employed base defense on every snap the first drive, they simply just spread the defense out and found open spots from the 20 to the 20. Really puts a lot of stress on the defense without a nickel or such to ease the coverage out.

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10 minutes ago, Falconsfan567 said:

Dak only had to throw the ball 450 times in 2016. 22 QBs threw more passes than Dak last year. Way too early to crown him. Also, it's not boxscore scouting. Watch the games. If you think Cam Newton is a better passer than Marcus Mariota and Kirk Cousins you're crazy.

Kirk has one of the best supporting casts in the NFL. He's that good IMO. He'll never put up a MVP caliber season like Cam did even with all of those weapons. I'm pretty high on Mariota, if he keeps balling out this year I'd probably put him up there. 

 

my top 10 would be (no order) brady ryan rodgers brees russ ben stafford newton rivers luck

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5 minutes ago, SamMills51 said:

Well, simply because it produces big mismatches against teams with the personnel to spread and speed their way through. 

When the Titans noticed we employed base defense on every snap the first drive, they simply just spread the defense out and found open spots from the 20 to the 20. Really puts a lot of stress on the defense without a nickel or such to ease the coverage out.

But u cant blame tennesee for that , the point is to find mismatches and exploit them

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53 minutes ago, Yo_Lover said:

Top 10?

Ryan

Brady

Rodgers

Brees

Mariota

Luck

Wilson

Ben

Carr

Rivers

Stafford

Cousins

Are all better

Cam's an anomaly:  is he a top 8 quarterback? No.  But as a football player, he is one of the 25 best in the world.  He has tremendous impact on a game without necessarily being a great quarterback.

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Cam Newton broke rookie passing records, regular records, and won ROTY and MVP and has made 3 pro-bowls so far. To say he's not at least a top 10 QB without actually watching his film and seeing how he passes/his WRs / o-line not giving him any help at all is pretty laughable.

Cam on a team like the Raiders with the supporting cast they built around Carr would find themselves with multiple Superbowls by now.

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29 minutes ago, Falconsfan567 said:

I don't hate Cam. I'm an Auburn fan and Cam Newton provided the best Auburn season I've ever seen. Also, I didn't include rushing yards and TDs because I was talking about PASSING. QBs get paid to THROW THE FOOTBALL. It's a lame excuse when people want to include rushing numbers for trying to evaluate QB performance and skill. Name 1 HOF QB that you've got to mention their run stats in order to make their case as a HOF QB? Oh wait, you don't have to.

Career passing stats.

  • Cam Newton - 1710/2928 (58.4%), 21,772 YDS (7.4), 136 TD, 78 INT, 86.1 QB Rating
  • Kirk Cousins - 1025/1556 (65.9%), 12,113 YDS (7.8), 72 TD, 42 INT, 93.6 QB Rating
  • Marcus Mariota - 506/821 (61.6%), 6244 YDS (7.6), 45 TD, 19 INT, 93.8 QB Rating

Both Cousins and Mariota have better passing numbers than Cam. Cam can't even complete 60% of his passes and that's horrific in today's NFL.

LAST TWO SEASONS

Luck - .455 winning%, 6658 yards, 48 TDs, 34 Turnovers

Mariota - .452 winning%, 6886 yards, 50 TDs, 38 Turnovers 

Cousins .531 winning%, 9227 yards, 63 TDs, 41 Turnovers, 1PB

Newton .700 winning%, 8341 yards, 69 TDs, 32 Turnovers, 1PB, 1AP, 1MVP, 1SB

Yeah I got Cam ahead of those guys. Stop hatin bro.

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