Falcons: Peter Freakin King

[Jesus]

I don't know why I read his MMQB nonsense but sometimes I wonder if something interesting might be posted there.

Here is how he sees the Falcons this week:
Top 15:

Quote:1. New England (9-3). What a schedule over the next two months, of games scheduled and not (yet) scheduled. Tick ... tick ... tick.
2. Houston (11-1). Just seven days until Texans-Pats, Monday-nighter, Foxboro.
3. San Francisco (8-3-1). Just 13 days until Niners-Pats, Sunday-nighter, Foxboro.
4. Denver (9-3). Just 48 days until Broncos-Pats, AFC Championship Game, Foxboro.
5. Atlanta (11-1). Just 62 days until Falcons-Pats, Super Bowl XLVII, New Orleans.
(OK! I hear you! Time to stop the stupid Patriots schtick!)

He puts Atlanta at #5 below the 49ers a team that is 0-1-1 against the Rams. The rest of the NFL is 6-4 against the Rams this year. Go figure. Don't get caught up in his joke at the end there I doubt he believes the Falcons will make the Super Bowl.

Quote:Defensive Player of the Week
William Moore, SS, Atlanta. With a game-high 11 tackles (two behind the line of scrimmage) and a game-high two interceptions of Drew Brees, Moore and his mates proved they can play while understaffed in the secondary (without ace cornerback Brent Grimes, and with Asante Samuel playing one-armed and sparingly). The play of the defensive backfield has been a bright spot in Atlanta's 11-1 season.

This is great until you read that last sentence. Bright spot? 11-1? You have bright spots during dark times not during the best record in the league. Either he is an awful writer or he just doesn't think the Falcons are very good. I think its both.

Quote:Coaches of the Week
Mike Nolan, defensive coordinator, Atlanta. Nolan deserves credit not just for this week's stifling game plan in the Falcons' win over New Orleans, but also for how he's transformed his defense into one befitting the strong contender the team has become.
Atlanta wasn't sad to see Brian Van Gorder take a job with Auburn after the team was 12th in defense in the NFL, but 20th against the pass in 2011. The Falcons have improved from 18th in points allowed last year to fourth with four games to go, and much of it has been accomplished without ace corner Brent Grimes and now with cover man Asante Samuel hurting with a chronic shoulder issue. Nolan can walk into the defensive team meeting room and tell his team with pride today that they just forced the first five-interception game of Drew Brees' career -- and stopped at 54 his consecutive-games-with-a-TD-pass streak. Great hire by head coach Mike Smith

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This is a good one. But I look at the last sentence of the first paragraph. "Strong contender the team has become." The Falcons were in the playoffs last year and the top seed the year before. Yes they lost the playoff games but that doesn't mean they aren't a strong contender year in and year out. One of the best records over the past 5 years.

He finishes strong here:

Quote:1. I think this is what I liked about Week 13:
a. The Atlanta secondary, rising up to play great against Drew Brees.
b. John Abraham, the Atlanta defensive end, perennially underappreciated.
c. Kroy Biermann, the other Atlanta defensive end, getting better and playing the role Ray Edwards was supposed to be playing.

With this being at the end maybe he is starting to come around. It's not like we lost to the Rams or anything positive like that.

[swanlee]

At worst we are #3

We actually beat Denver and San Fran tied and lost to the Rams and lost to the Vikings, no way you can have them above us considering that.

[raysnill1]

(12-03-2012 03:16 PM)swanlee Wrote:  At worst we are #3

We actually beat Denver and San Fran tied and lost to the Rams and lost to the Vikings, no way you can have them above us considering that.

we didn't beat Denver, Peyton just had a bad day remember lol.

[phocis850]

Most people will put Houston at #1 and Atlanta at #2. That's about all you can do with the records. You can't justify another NFC team being better than us when we are +3 in wins.

[pauliwood]

To be fair, Peter King picked us to win the Super Bowl last year, even put it on the cover of Sports Illustrated, we didn't.

Also in this very post you are complaining about, he again picks us to be in the Super Bowl.

WTF is wrong with our fans?

[Jesus]

(12-03-2012 04:56 PM)pauliwood Wrote:  To be fair, Peter King picked us to win the Super Bowl last year, even put it on the cover of Sports Illustrated, we didn't.

Also in this very post you are complaining about, he again picks us to be in the Super Bowl.

WTF is wrong with our fans?

He's not picking us to play in the super bowl. He is making joke about every team potentially playing his favorite the Patriots.

[pauliwood]

(12-03-2012 02:54 PM)Jesus Wrote:  Atlanta (11-1). Just 62 days until Falcons-Pats, Super Bowl XLVII, New Orleans.

In case you missed it.