I can't deny it any longer...this offense is one of the very best.

[Peyton]

(12-02-2010 04:35 PM)DriveHomeSafelyAtlantaWins Wrote:  Cool Peyton, very insightful. In a nutshell, I think this says: "The Falcons will fool you because it doesn't *look* like their offense is blowing people out. But in fact, it is, just in a subtle way. It does so by keeping the ball for a huge percentage of the time, which actually limits its own scoring, but also limits the other team's scoring. The result is a high winning percentage, but with the illusion that the game was much closer than it really was."

I'd like to hear your thoughts ... do you think that sums it up accurately? What tweaks / changes would you make to that?

(And by the way, I don't agree with the earlier statement that 90% of your assessments are pessimistic. I've seen some realism, a lot of fan-ism, but not the pessimism).

I have that reputation of being pessimistic sometimes. I'm really not, I just am analytical by nature.

When I studied all these stats, what I ultimately decided is that the offense is covering for this defense big time by holding onto the ball and scoring a high percentage of the time.

But the good news - as Weatherspoon gets healthier, I think the defense can tighten up.

Regardless of how they look doing it, the Falcons have beaten two of the top contenders in the NFC and a top contender from the AFC, there is not really any way to doubt they can hang.

And their going to win home field advantage.....so I am starting to like their chances of taking it to Dallas.