RetroRoq Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 NFL.com released its power rankings for prior to week one and the Falcons have the #31 spot secured. This is the first chapter of the rebuild (dont say rebuild) and looks like we are positioned exactly where we want to be. Let the birds fly. https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-power-rankings-week-1-eagles-lions-rising-heading-into-2022-season-cowboys-s Atlanta Falcons Previous rank: No. 31 Is Marcus Mariota ready to surprise some people? Mariota's been humbled. Who wouldn't be? He went from No. 2 overall pick to a backup who hasn't made a start in close to three years. But here we are in 2022, and Mariota has a second chance at career relevance as the QB1 for a rebuilding Falcons squad beginning the post-Matt Ryan era. Atlanta has plenty of holes on its roster, but Mariota has two gifted young playmakers in second-year tight end Kyle Pitts and first-round pick Drake London, plus the mobility to escape the jams a leaky offensive line is sure to put him in. He's unlikely to hoist a Lombardi Trophy this year, but Mariota -- still just 28 -- can put himself in Atlanta's long-term plans with a productive season. nutsandbolts, Tim Mazetti, Chitown2ATL_Falcon and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMSVILLE GYM Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 midas_whale, PokerSteve, papachaz and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Chief Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 #32 entering the 2008 season. Anything could happen regardless of what everyone thinks. It's on the players to prove them wrong. http://www.espn.com/nfl/powerrankings?year=2008&week=1 32 Falcons4-12 -- Last Week: 32 The Falcons are throwing rookie QB Matt Ryan into the fire. He'll need a lot of help from the defense. (PY) DirtyBirdReport, dyrtysouth2000, Emmitt and 6 others 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Dirty Bird Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Now I am not really thinking the Falcons will be a power house or anything but that is crazy. We will end up like 28th. To say this team will end up 31 is being real hard. But who knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octoslash Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 The NY Jets are better than 6 NFL teams? 😝 Killing Floor, ShmevinShmarris, Herr Doktor and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' In DC Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, octoslash said: The NY Jets are better than 6 NFL teams? 😝 The Monday Night crew was on their jocks so hard when we played them it was embarrasing octoslash, PokerSteve and mikeg272 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GritsPittz Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I'd take us over the Jets, but I think that's fair until we prove otherwise. I mean our highest paid players play for other teams. Only up from here. Diesel_Bird, RetroRoq, Herr Doktor and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanat0s Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 RetroRoq, Emmitt, midas_whale and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonFalcon Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 So...30.5... yanno since our roster has/had a lot of Bears on it... Falcons_Frenzy and thanat0s 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lornoth Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I will never understand why the seahawks are ranked so high. They were terrible last year and lost far and away their best player and replaced him with Geno Smith. Their defense is mediocre and their OLine is terrible. SaintsH8, Herr Doktor, Lionzblade and 7 others 6 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norwood all the way! Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 We're not 32nd! 😆 Lionzblade, Tim Mazetti, papachaz and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swayzee Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Tribal Chief said: #32 entering the 2008 season. Anything could happen regardless of what everyone thinks. It's on the players to prove them wrong. http://www.espn.com/nfl/powerrankings?year=2008&week=1 32 Falcons4-12 -- Last Week: 32 The Falcons are throwing rookie QB Matt Ryan into the fire. He'll need a lot of help from the defense. (PY) And #5 in 2013...to further prove your point that these generally mean nothing for about 6 weeks in. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1747622-nfl-2013-preseason-power-rankings DirtyBirdReport and Tribal Chief 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PensacolaFalcon Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 RetroRoq, Lionzblade and thanat0s 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerSteve Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 41 minutes ago, Flyin' In DC said: The Monday Night crew was on their jocks so hard when we played them it was embarrasing Media whores and morons playing broadcasters. Flyin' In DC, octoslash and RetroRoq 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Chief Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, Swayzee said: And #5 in 2013...to further prove your point that these generally mean nothing for about 6 weeks in. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1747622-nfl-2013-preseason-power-rankings That’s why I love football of all sports. Teams rise and fall yearly. Some stay on top consistently but mostly teams rise and fall. Swayzee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCFalconfan Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Here's a brief synopsis of how these guys come up with these lists: "How did the team finish the season last year? If they were good, they will be good again this year. If they were bad they will be bad again this year." These people don't know any better than you or I. In reality, they probably know far less about this team than anyone on here because there is zero chance these writers actually watch all 32 teams. Couple that with the fact that they work in an environment where they can be wrong 100% of the time with no ill effects on their employment, and you get silly lists like this among others. Norwood all the way!, PokerSteve, Aluminafalcon and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Doktor Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 26 minutes ago, Lornoth said: I will never understand why the seahawks are ranked so high. They were terrible last year and lost far and away their best player and replaced him with Geno Smith. Their defense is mediocre and their OLine is terrible. I was shocked to hear that Geno was still playing. thanat0s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papachaz Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 8 minutes ago, Herr Doktor said: I was shocked to hear that Geno was still playing. is he the one that had his jaw broken by a team mate in a fight? or was that someone else Falcons_Frenzy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swayzee Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, Herr Doktor said: I was shocked to hear that Geno was still playing. And the Seahawks fans said the same about Mariota. I though Geno was gone as well, but he actually has better numbers and overall stats than Mariota the past 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetpac Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 midas_whale 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthGaBoy Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 hour ago, RetroRoq said: NFL.com released its power rankings for prior to week one and the Falcons have the #31 spot secured. This is the first chapter of the rebuild (dont say rebuild) and looks like we are positioned exactly where we want to be. Let the birds fly. https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-power-rankings-week-1-eagles-lions-rising-heading-into-2022-season-cowboys-s Atlanta Falcons Previous rank: No. 31 Is Marcus Mariota ready to surprise some people? Mariota's been humbled. Who wouldn't be? He went from No. 2 overall pick to a backup who hasn't made a start in close to three years. But here we are in 2022, and Mariota has a second chance at career relevance as the QB1 for a rebuilding Falcons squad beginning the post-Matt Ryan era. Atlanta has plenty of holes on its roster, but Mariota has two gifted young playmakers in second-year tight end Kyle Pitts and first-round pick Drake London, plus the mobility to escape the jams a leaky offensive line is sure to put him in. He's unlikely to hoist a Lombardi Trophy this year, but Mariota -- still just 28 -- can put himself in Atlanta's long-term plans with a productive season. Did you guys look at the list? While lists predicated on last season's record and the draft mean almost nothing, this one really looks like he put the team's names on a board and started throwing darts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midas_whale Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 AND the only team they think is worse is the one whose players the Falcons are chasing the most RetroRoq 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swayzee Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, papachaz said: is he the one that had his jaw broken by a team mate in a fight? or was that someone else He is the same.. papachaz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HASHBROWN3 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 What really weird is he lists us at 31 then proceeds to say positive thingys as if he’s covering his *** in some way? We all know we’re hard pressed to see any sports media try to actually go out on a limb & truly speculate to our favor because most of these tripes are chicken **** cowards scared to alienate themselves from the common themes of their peers. fk em & feed em fish heads. PokerSteve and Herr Doktor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Chief Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, Swayzee said: And the Seahawks fans said the same about Mariota. I though Geno was gone as well, but he actually has better numbers and overall stats than Mariota the past 2 years. Mariota was backup to David Carr and barely played. The only reason Geno played was because Wilson missed 4 games. I know what you're pushing for but it's not a real comparison Mr.11, FA91, HASHBROWN3 and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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