ONLY IN ATLANTA WILL THEY THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS FOR A TOUCHDOWN!

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4 hours ago, AUTiger7222 said:

Todd Gurley actually fumbled on the play he got the 1st down on. He was lucky to recover that.

That’s why I said lost a fumble 😬

[Faithful Falcon 8,121]

7 hours ago, Precyse said:

Should have been conservative in the SuperBowl. Might have won. Or against Seattle week 1 instead of going like 0-4 on 4th down. Might be a different season if we kick field goals those games. 

We also should have been better on defense. I've seen so much happen over the years with this team, both under Smitty and Quinn. For instance. When we beat Seattle in the Divisional Round for Matt's first Playoff Win. Pete Carroll made so many questionable decisions in that game. We were up 20 - 0 at halftime. They had so many chances to score during that time. They came back, and took the lead. Only to get beat by one of Ryan's many 4th Qtr Comebacks. Bottom line:  there's never one particular thing that causes us to be successful. You can't put a band-aid on a broken leg, and expect it to heal.

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9 hours ago, Lornoth said:

Feels like getting the calculus textbook out to solve 2+2.

Also, Gurley actually did fumble on the previous play, he was just lucky enough to recover it. Koo hasn't missed a 20 yard FG before.

FGs are not automatic. Y'all stop with the 💩

[kenn.junior 786]

8 hours ago, Precyse said:

Debo OT pick last year to end the season 

oh yea and i remembered debo got that deflection against the rams in the playoffs debo is the only clutch player we have on defense 

[falcon22 210]

There is no way a defense should allow a team to go that many yards with no timeouts and only 64 seconds at the end of the game. That is unacceptable regardless of what Gurley was told or not. Looking at the replay, he was in a difficult situation to be able to stop and kneel down, if that was the strategy then just have Ryan take a knee and not risk a fumble. Just not smart coaching putting players in bad spots, of course players have to make plays and they will make mistakes but when the coaching staff makes foolish decision, then you are really in a hole. 

[WhenFalconsWin 27,933]

13 hours ago, chriscc17 said:

Gurley DIDN'T do his job. He was told to take a knee and NOT score. The last drive by Detroit never would have happened.  

Exactly. Never put our defense back on the field when you don't have to.  Why do people think the Lions celebrated our TD...because they knew

 

[UGABOZ 2,027]

morris and his defense

[Statick 13,278]

It's over and done with.

Let's move on.

[Realsurfin 1,142]

So who made the most off the bookies?  Follow the money.  🤣👍

[Realsurfin 1,142]

BTW... Gurley might be ok... but IMHO... he is not the guy to take us to a superbowl.  Unless something miraculous happens with the rest of the team to diminish his shortcomings.

Like a major tweak to the offense.  Lord knows our defense is not playoff worthy.

An accidental stumble into the playoffs does not mean we win them.  At this point our strategy is hope the other team slips on a banana peel.

🤣👍

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9 hours ago, JOEinPHX said:

This belongs on a t-shirt.

Glad somebody appreciated it haha.

[Boise Falcon Fan 4,027]

15 hours ago, FalconFan13 said:

Still don't think him stopping on the 1 was a good idea so im glad he scored.  To me you ALWAYS take the points unless you are already winning and only need to run the clock out and can do it with kneels.  Their is never a guarantee a botched snap or missed FG can't happen. 

Far less likely to happen than our defense giving up a game winning touchdown. Our defense is blows.

[Boise Falcon Fan 4,027]

14 hours ago, AUTiger7222 said:

It's like the people complaining about going for it on 4th down instead of kicking the field goal. If the Falcons kick the FG there and the Lions score a TD and the Falcons lose 23-17 then everyone would have been *****ing about the Falcons playing to lose the game by kicking too many field goals. They had the right play called. Ryan makes a better throw and it's a TD and we're not even having this conversation about the end of the game.

As a HC, it is your job to make the right decisions. In that situation, the right decision was to kick the FG, no matter what Monday Morning QB's would say afterwards.

[TNFalcon1 863]

16 hours ago, Knight of God said:

Defense has to do their job.

This X 1,000,000. 1 minute no timeouts and 75 yards to go for a TD? Gimme a freaking break at heaping the blame on TG. Just plain irrational thinking.

[JG2008 987]

They also could have just taken a few knees to run clock down and kick a FG

[WhenFalconsWin 27,933]

4 minutes ago, JG2008 said:

They also could have just taken a few knees to run clock down and kick a FG

Yep, I feel bad for Gurley. I mean he realized it a half second too late. Coming to Atlanta just does this to players where it rubs off.  We need to exorcise our curse and be done with it. 

[WhenFalconsWin 27,933]

5 hours ago, falcon22 said:

There is no way a defense should allow a team to go that many yards with no timeouts and only 64 seconds at the end of the game. That is unacceptable regardless of what Gurley was told or not. Looking at the replay, he was in a difficult situation to be able to stop and kneel down, if that was the strategy then just have Ryan take a knee and not risk a fumble. Just not smart coaching putting players in bad spots, of course players have to make plays and they will make mistakes but when the coaching staff makes foolish decision, then you are really in a hole. 

Yep, do not a risk a handoff. When we got the previous 1st down I thought we would see the kneel downs, I was shocked when they were handing the ball off. 

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This team scored, AND converted 2 pts. Put Det in a had to score situation, and ppl mad at TG3!?

 

[Intellectually Honest 996]

I don't blame Gurley. He knew what to do. But he also stumbled. The momentum took him too far past the goal line. He tried. Just didn't work out. I can't blame people for an accident.

[BadMoonRising 2,116]

At some point in some of these games.

 

You must play defense when it matters...….

You guys love to blame the **** offense no matter what player or coach you throw under the bus week to week. Really looking forward to the Never Ryaners good write ups on how its Matt's fault too.

 

Let’s go TDW, I know you can find a way to spin it

Inquiring minds want to know now Ryan could have done it better and it’s his fault too.

 

 

[RetroRoq 511]

To further emphasize the failure of the defense, at no time in the final drive with no timeouts did Detroit get out of bounds to stop the clock.

Comebacks take on many personalities, but usually there is at least one play that goes out of bounds to stop the clock. If not, then usually you cant point to a penalty along the way that stopped the clock... neither team had a penalty til there was no time left.

Maybe we shouldve just onside kick and let Koo and Oluokun work their mojo after the Gurley touchdown.

 

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4 hours ago, WhenFalconsWin said:

Yep, I feel bad for Gurley. I mean he realized it a half second too late. Coming to Atlanta just does this to players where it rubs off.  We need to exorcise our curse and be done with it. 

They get it by osmosis.

So how does Gurley realize it a second too late? Isn't what he needs to do already established before he gets the ball? How do you 'realize it' at the last second when that should have already been on your mind and what you were going to do? Go to the 1 and fall down.

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This picture sums up the 2020 season perfectly. Only the Falcons could score a game-losing TD.

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7 hours ago, Boise Falcon Fan said:

Far less likely to happen than our defense giving up a game winning touchdown. Our defense is blows.

Honestly with the way they was playing that specific game i can't agree with that.  Im not saying the defense were world beaters but overall up til that point i thought they did pretty well keeping Detroit out of the endzone.

[WhenFalconsWin 27,933]

1 hour ago, fuego said:

They get it by osmosis.

So how does Gurley realize it a second too late? Isn't what he needs to do already established before he gets the ball? How do you 'realize it' at the last second when that should have already been on your mind and what you were going to do? Go to the 1 and fall down.

I'm going to blame it on coaching. Gurley should have never gotten the ball. We should've had Ice take a knee several times and kick the game winner with no time on the clock.  Handing was risking a fumble as well. You do not get dumber than this team.