jlrfalcon Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 We are 4-7 now with 9-7 as our best hope and a possible but unlikely record for the playoffs. As outsiders, we can proclaim that the season is over and look at the rest of this year as essentially a preseason for 2019 to evaluate youngsters or try new options. However, looking from Dan Quinn's perspective, how should we expect him to treat the next 5 games? Should he even bother trying to bring back Deion Jones this year or get him fully healed for 2019? Should he even play Matt Ryan more than maybe 2-3 quarters a game just to keep his play up? Would playing Matt Ryan at all be smart with experimental OL's given the risk of injury to him? Would multiple losses actually instill a sense of losing is acceptable across the team? Would losses be more beneficial to the team in the draft order? Can he expect any FA's to possibly want to come to a team with a losing record? Would he be hurting his own respectability and chances of being hired in the future with a losing season? Can he count on a rebound next year as another losing year in 2019 might be the end of his job? Does he think the Falcon fan base and local media would put up with 4 or 5 more losses this year? Does he care about anybody's opinion of his team management other than the owner? Would finishing 9-7 and then not making the playoffs by 1 game or so actually be more irritating to players, fans? Is it too soon for Dan Quinn to give up on 2018, has he already given up on it, or should he wait another few weeks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu 7 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 He’s going to treat the rest of the season like preseason and evaluate players. Speaking of which I think that approach should change because they’re not doing a great job of it. Take preseason as a chance to get players ready for the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAD597 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Quit, tank and try and get a better draft pick. The season is over and a lot of players wont be here next year no purpose. This team is so bad though tanking may not be a choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguebeaver Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 F Quinn, he blew it in preseason and will blow on it again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vel Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 I'm always on board the tank train when the playoffs are a pipe dream. There is no value in being 8-8. None. You just flounder in no man's land hoping to catch some breaks. I said tank this thing after the Steelers game. This is the same team. Beating the Giants and Bucs were fool's gold wins. Even beating the Washington team was just a show of how talented this team can be but the Browns and Cowboys games showed just how mentally weak they are. Get a top ten pick. Go get a stud we otherwise shouldn't have a chance at drafting without moving up. Revamp the roster. Cut some dead weight. Reuse that cap space, something we've not had a ton of under DQ until now. Right now, your top ten highest paid players in 2019 are: Ryan Trufant Julio Vic Jake Mack Alford Schraeder Sanu Freeman That can use some major adjusting. Cutting Alford and Vic opens up $21MM alone. Cut Schraeder and Reed and that's another $8.5MM. There is too much dead weight on this team and it needs to be addressed. Garland, while admirable, isn't an OG. Revamp the right side of the OL and reap the benefits. Then just pour resources into the defense until it's sickening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtytrollbird Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 29 minutes ago, jlrfalcon said: We are 4-7 now with 9-7 as our best hope and a possible but unlikely record for the playoffs. As outsiders, we can proclaim that the season is over and look at the rest of this year as essentially a preseason for 2019 to evaluate youngsters or try new options. However, looking from Dan Quinn's perspective, how should we expect him to treat the next 5 games? Should he even bother trying to bring back Deion Jones this year or get him fully healed for 2019? Should he even play Matt Ryan more than maybe 2-3 quarters a game just to keep his play up? Would playing Matt Ryan at all be smart with experimental OL's given the risk of injury to him? Would multiple losses actually instill a sense of losing is acceptable across the team? Would losses be more beneficial to the team in the draft order? Can he expect any FA's to possibly want to come to a team with a losing record? Would he be hurting his own respectability and chances of being hired in the future with a losing season? Can he count on a rebound next year as another losing year in 2019 might be the end of his job? Does he think the Falcon fan base and local media would put up with 4 or 5 more losses this year? Does he care about anybody's opinion of his team management other than the owner? Would finishing 9-7 and then not making the playoffs by 1 game or so actually be more irritating to players, fans? Is it too soon for Dan Quinn to give up on 2018, has he already given up on it, or should he wait another few weeks? 9-7 or 8-8 or 7-9 no playoffs and a lost chance of a good draft pick would be frustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E. T. Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Just now, GhostofGritz said: This team doesn't have to do anything different to tank. They started that in Cleveland. Agreed. Tanking is pretty much not a choice anymore, its inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, vel said: I'm always on board the tank train when the playoffs are a pipe dream. There is no value in being 8-8. None. You just flounder in no man's land hoping to catch some breaks. I said tank this thing after the Steelers game. This is the same team. Beating the Giants and Bucs were fool's gold wins. Even beating the Washington team was just a show of how talented this team can be but the Browns and Cowboys games showed just how mentally weak they are. Get a top ten pick. Go get a stud we otherwise shouldn't have a chance at drafting without moving up. Revamp the roster. Cut some dead weight. Reuse that cap space, something we've not had a ton of under DQ until now. Right now, your top ten highest paid players in 2019 are: RyanTrufant JulioVic Jake MackAlfordSchraeder Sanu Freeman That can use some major adjusting. Cutting Alford and Vic opens up $21MM alone. Cut Schraeder and Reed and that's another $8.5MM. There is too much dead weight on this team and it needs to be addressed. Garland, while admirable, isn't an OG. Revamp the right side of the OL and reap the benefits. Then just pour resources into the defense until it's sickening. Preach! Thin the herd! No Sacred Cows!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcons007 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, GhostofGritz said: This team doesn't have to do anything different to tank. They started that in Cleveland. True, it’s not like Quinn has a choice. He is doing a banged up job of losing, no need to tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcons007 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 17 minutes ago, vel said: I'm always on board the tank train when the playoffs are a pipe dream. There is no value in being 8-8. None. You just flounder in no man's land hoping to catch some breaks. I said tank this thing after the Steelers game. This is the same team. Beating the Giants and Bucs were fool's gold wins. Even beating the Washington team was just a show of how talented this team can be but the Browns and Cowboys games showed just how mentally weak they are. Get a top ten pick. Go get a stud we otherwise shouldn't have a chance at drafting without moving up. Revamp the roster. Cut some dead weight. Reuse that cap space, something we've not had a ton of under DQ until now. Right now, your top ten highest paid players in 2019 are: Ryan Trufant Julio Vic Jake Mack Alford Schraeder Sanu Freeman That can use some major adjusting. Cutting Alford and Vic opens up $21MM alone. Cut Schraeder and Reed and that's another $8.5MM. There is too much dead weight on this team and it needs to be addressed. Garland, while admirable, isn't an OG. Revamp the right side of the OL and reap the benefits. Then just pour resources into the defense until it's sickening. Garland has been better than Wes and Fusco this year. I would wait till end of the year to see who can be a reliable backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born Again Georgian Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Some say they’re tanking, I’m saying they’re just that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons Fan MVP Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 1 hour ago, jlrfalcon said: We are 4-7 now with 9-7 as our best hope and a possible but unlikely record for the playoffs. As outsiders, we can proclaim that the season is over and look at the rest of this year as essentially a preseason for 2019 to evaluate youngsters or try new options. However, looking from Dan Quinn's perspective, how should we expect him to treat the next 5 games? Should he even bother trying to bring back Deion Jones this year or get him fully healed for 2019? Should he even play Matt Ryan more than maybe 2-3 quarters a game just to keep his play up? Would playing Matt Ryan at all be smart with experimental OL's given the risk of injury to him? Would multiple losses actually instill a sense of losing is acceptable across the team? Would losses be more beneficial to the team in the draft order? Can he expect any FA's to possibly want to come to a team with a losing record? Would he be hurting his own respectability and chances of being hired in the future with a losing season? Can he count on a rebound next year as another losing year in 2019 might be the end of his job? Does he think the Falcon fan base and local media would put up with 4 or 5 more losses this year? Does he care about anybody's opinion of his team management other than the owner? Would finishing 9-7 and then not making the playoffs by 1 game or so actually be more irritating to players, fans? Is it too soon for Dan Quinn to give up on 2018, has he already given up on it, or should he wait another few weeks? I think he gave up by not playing Deion. Perhaps Dan realized we aren't a contender this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdogg Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Sun Tzu 7 said: He’s going to treat the rest of the season like preseason and evaluate players. Speaking of which I think that approach should change because they’re not doing a great job of it. Take preseason as a chance to get players ready for the season. This! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdogg Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 No need to play Jones. Let him fully heal for next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Chief Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Smh. The stupid **** spewed on this freakin website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celtiksage Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 59 minutes ago, PokerSteve said: Preach! Thin the herd! No Sacred Cows!! PokerSteve has all the right names highlighted. I might even wait a year on Tru until we bring another CB up to speed. I would keep Sanu. Heck, tell him to put on some weight because he's going to OL next year. He has the attitude we need on this team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcons Fan MVP Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 We will at least beat the Cardinals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born Again Georgian Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, celtiksage said: PokerSteve has all the right names highlighted. I might even wait a year on Tru until we bring another CB up to speed. I would keep Sanu. Heck, tell him to put on some weight because he's going to OL next year. He has the attitude we need on this team. We haven’t had attitude on the Oline since Dahl and McClure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAD597 Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 32 minutes ago, Falcons Fan MVP said: We will at least beat the Cardinals. The team this year has a good chance to shock us in really bad ways. Losing to the cards would be a very Falcons thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celtiksage Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, Dirty South Bird said: We haven’t had attitude on the Oline since Dahl and McClure. You got that right. I wish we had a couple of OL so nasty that we would get one or two unnecessary roughness calls a game on the OL. hahaha Either bouncing someone that gets a little over zealous against our QB or continuing to put someone on skates after the whistle. I haven't actually focused on any individual on our OL since Dahl left. Other times, you don't have to focus to see which DL is in our backfield more than MR and Teco combined (last night for example). Bring home an OLman, TD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGABOZ Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 2 hours ago, MAD597 said: Quit, tank and try and get a better draft pick. The season is over and a lot of players wont be here next year no purpose. This team is so bad though tanking may not be a choice. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octoslash Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 50 minutes ago, ya_boi_j said: Smh. The stupid **** spewed on this freakin website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octoslash Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 50 minutes ago, Falcons Fan MVP said: We will at least beat the Cardinals. What are you, new around here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Dog THA GAWD Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Wait, has he been trying up to now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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