But, but, but, but, but Matt Ryan......

[AUTiger7222 8,050]

But getting rid of Matt Ryan will fix all the Falcons problems according to the masses!! Yep, makes perfect sense!!

 

 

 

[Norwood all the way! 808]

I'm just surprised we weren't last in every category 😲😄

[Falcons_Frenzy 3,945]

Matt Ryan has never been the problem. Getting madden users who need mobile QB's to play online to understand that is the problem. 

[Macintez 1,974]

It will take a lot to fix our defense. 
 

Mainly the front 4 or 3... Whatever base defense we decide to run. This is why I think we get a TE to fix the offense. One DB will not fix this defense at all. Honestly one pass rushing DE won’t fix this defense at all. We need the D coordinator that can scheme and make adjustments on the fly and a RZ offense that can convert. We get that we WILL win championships.

[AUTiger7222 8,050]

41 minutes ago, Norwood all the way! said:

I'm just surprised we weren't last in every category 😲😄

The biggest surprise was that there are 7 defenses giving up more points than the Falcons the last 3 seasons. That's pretty remarkable considering how many games the Falcons have lost when scoring 30 plus points the last 3 seasons because the defense couldn't hold the opponent below 30.

[AUTiger7222 8,050]

21 minutes ago, Macintez said:

It will take a lot to fix our defense. 
 

Mainly the front 4 or 3... Whatever base defense we decide to run. This is why I think we get a TE to fix the offense. One DB will not fix this defense at all. Honestly one pass rushing DE won’t fix this defense at all. We need the D coordinator that can scheme and make adjustments on the fly and a RZ offense that can convert. We get that we WILL win championships.

I think we've got a lot of pieces in place on defense honestly. Look at how well they played against the Chiefs. The problem is the coaching hasn't always put them in position to play good enough. HelI, we've seen great defense and horrendous defense in the same game. Last year in the first half of the first Bucs game defense shut them out. Then the second they couldn't stop air. It's ridiculous. There's a reason Dean Pees has talked up the defense since he's gotten hired. He knows there's some pieces to work with. Do we need more pieces? Sure, but we've already got some pieces to work with.

[mtldirtybird 1,256]

27 minutes ago, AUTiger7222 said:

The biggest surprise was that there are 7 defenses giving up more points than the Falcons the last 3 seasons. That's pretty remarkable considering how many games the Falcons have lost when scoring 30 plus points the last 3 seasons because the defense couldn't hold the opponent below 30.

it's surprising because we cannot fathom others being worse but that's because their rosters suck. We actually had some talent at spots some times...it's the disappointment from higher expectations that hurts so bad

[JohnnyFranchise 3,073]

37 minutes ago, AUTiger7222 said:

The biggest surprise was that there are 7 defenses giving up more points than the Falcons the last 3 seasons. That's pretty remarkable considering how many games the Falcons have lost when scoring 30 plus points the last 3 seasons because the defense couldn't hold the opponent below 30.

points against wasn't that horrendous last year, i think we were 19th in the league. we only lost once when scoring >30 pts in 2020.

to look at it a different way, we scored 24.8 points per game and gave up 25.9. now if pees' defense can give up one less td per game and smith's O can get us one more td per game.......

[AUTiger7222 8,050]

2 minutes ago, JohnnyFranchise said:

points against wasn't that horrendous last year, i think we were 19th in the league. we only lost once when scoring >30 pts in 2020.

to look at it a different way, we scored 24.8 points per game and gave up 25.9. now if pees' defense can give up one less td per game and smith's O can get us one more td per game.......

But it was so so so bad in 2018 and 2019. That's when all those 30 point losses came from. Defense was much better at times last year. That is why Pees has talked it up and said that the expectations should be do what they did against Chiefs every game.

[Spts1 6,944]

14 minutes ago, JohnnyFranchise said:

points against wasn't that horrendous last year, i think we were 19th in the league. we only lost once when scoring >30 pts in 2020.

to look at it a different way, we scored 24.8 points per game and gave up 25.9. now if pees' defense can give up one less td per game and smith's O can get us one more td per game.......

2018 Chiefs were ranked 24th in team defense and lost by 7 in the AFC Championship game. Stellar qb play can override defensive liabilities...

[falcons007 25,828]

1 hour ago, Norwood all the way! said:

I'm just surprised we weren't last in every category 😲😄

Tale of two halves. Falcons had historically one of the worst defenses of first 8-9 weeks in both 3018 and 2019. The defense was better in meaningless games which saved DQs job. 

[AUTiger7222 8,050]

27 minutes ago, Spts1 said:

2018 Chiefs were ranked 24th in team defense and lost by 7 in the AFC Championship game. Stellar qb play can override defensive liabilities...

🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄

[AUTiger7222 8,050]

23 minutes ago, falcons007 said:

Tale of two halves. Falcons had historically one of the worst defenses of first 8-9 weeks in both 3018 and 2019. The defense was better in meaningless games which saved DQs job. 

DAYUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

 

Now we're doing some time traveling!!! 🤣

[Knight of God 54,248]

We got a lot of pieces on defense. We finally got a real FS. Dang! We need an edge rusher and DT mainly now. Yes Surtain changes a lot. A lot. 

[Smiler11 6,385]

Some of this can be attributed to our philosophy on offense, particularly the last 2 years, but man I just want to a dominant Falcons defense again.

[Williamb 1,057]

You know i look at the team last year( I'm old and can't remember past then), and I do remember a defense that played with a lead for most of the game, in most games. Other teams were playing catch up in the 2nd half. They were passing more against probably the weakest link on our team, defensive backfield. We were poor at making adjustments, couldn't get off the field on 3rd down, and had no running game to keep the other team off the field. These are not hard fixes. We are not far from being a winning team.

[1989Fan 16,579]

Didn’t you get the memo...still MRs fault...he didn’t sustain enough drives and the defense was tired from the first series due to this.

Same goes for Ryan blowing all other big leads by himself...if he would have just lead a great 30 min drive in the 2nd half we would have won those games.

also, rumor has it if he could scramble the defense would improve by 7-8 ppg.

[Mr.C 0]

It’s not his play it’s his contract I love my team but I know we are not competing for a super bowl no time soon so why keep all that money if you don’t have to our super bowl bust will be his legacy it’s time to move on no one is saying he can’t play but what’s the point of losing the whole season and start winning at the end every year to mess up draft status I’m so sick of the same bs 

[Herr Doktor 9,792]

7 hours ago, AUTiger7222 said:

But getting rid of Matt Ryan will fix all the Falcons problems according to the masses!! Yep, makes perfect sense!!

 

 

 

Pathetic

[Faithful Falcon 8,234]

7 hours ago, AUTiger7222 said:

But getting rid of Matt Ryan will fix all the Falcons problems according to the masses!! Yep, makes perfect sense!!

 

 

 

But, you have no problem blaming the other guys on offense?

[AUTiger7222 8,050]

2 minutes ago, Faithful Falcon said:

But, you have no problem blaming the other guys on offense?

The main reason the offense sucked was coaching. Very little the players could have done to fix that.

[Faithful Falcon 8,234]

1 minute ago, AUTiger7222 said:

The main reason the offense sucked was coaching. Very little the players could have done to fix that.

The players sucked it up some too. Bad coaching can cause you to lose in the playoffs. We sucked all season like a Dyson.

[Atl Falcon 4,174]

Matt should share some blame.....he had some bad games in which in made costly mistakes. He’s collected some garbage yardage against prevent defenses. That’s why his numbers look good. His W L record last three yrs looks  bad. 
The bottom line is winning games.

[dodge_birds_fan 2,064]

5 hours ago, Spts1 said:

2018 Chiefs were ranked 24th in team defense and lost by 7 in the AFC Championship game. Stellar qb play can override defensive liabilities...

You mean like the 2016 falcons. Matt Ryan carried that team to a super bowl with a subpar defense.

[1989Fan 16,579]

22 minutes ago, Atl Falcon said:

Matt should share some blame.....he had some bad games in which in made costly mistakes. He’s collected some garbage yardage against prevent defenses. That’s why his numbers look good. His W L record last three yrs looks  bad. 
The bottom line is winning games.

I agree he should share some blame, and had some head scratchers. That said, there weren’t many games the Falcons weren’t in at the end (heck, leading many of them), so not buying the garbage stats narrative at all.