[MERGED] Complaints, Vents, Questions, about the 2010 Atlanta Falcons

[DawnOfThemBirds]

(01-16-2011 12:26 AM)RFlagg Wrote:  Goat #1: Owens. He got burned over and over and over again.
Goat #2: Defensive coaching staff for not adjusting when it was obvious Owens was being targeted.
Goat #3: Ryan. Both INTs were his fault, he held the ball to long on the first and delivered a change up rather than a fast ball on the second.

What killed our D tonight was being on the field too long. We lost the TOP battle 38:19 to 21:41. We had an extra week off and had Green Bay on a short week, yet we looked like we didn't do any preparation for this game. Today is a sad day to be a Falcon fan, without a doubt the worst performance by a #1 seed I have ever seen.

No, what killed our defense was our secondary leaving recievers wide open and Van Gorder calling way off coverage. Even Rodgers could have completed a pass to himself the coverage was so off. Owens might not make the team next season. The tackling was just as bad.

[insanefalconfan]

(01-16-2011 12:29 AM)Jesus Wrote:  The curse of what, though?

Losing is a symptom of a lot of bad things. The Falcons were on an upswing. Let's hope this isn't the start of something worse.

Anytime we have a good team we get destroyed or we blow a lead. Its like we our the joke of the NFL. falcons do good all the fans get hope The next thing you know were are the college girl and the other team is rothlisberger

[Sun Tzu 7]

I also think it might be time to take a look at defensive coordinator with NFL experience.

[Quinton]

It's hard to boil it down to one specific person or unit. The team as a whole played horribly on both sides of the ball.

The offensive line was atrocious, Matt Ryan made some stupid decisions, the defense was probably the worst that I've seen them in a few years. I think BVG should be at fault for our defense, but as whole the coaches didn't appear like they had us prepared for this game.

On a positive note, these players and coaches did get us to a 13-3 record and a #1 seed in the playoffs. While it was a tough loss, maybe the media pundits were right when they said that we were a good team with a few missing pieces. We definitely need more depth on both sides of the ball, especially in the secondary and defensive lines. Those two units have been weak spots for our team for the past few seasons and to be honest we haven't addressed them the way we should be in the draft. I still to this day wonder why in the world we passed on Vontae Davis for Peria Jerry. I know Vontae Davis is not a freak or anything, but it's just decisions like that make me wonder how long our FO and coaching staff are going to go without spending a 1st round pick at one of these positions.

I think we're only going to get stronger, but I still feel that in order to be competitive, we need to learn how to spread our receivers out more and open up more options in the passing game. We saw in both the New Orleans game and the Green Bay game that their second rate receivers killed us, and when a team like Green Bay gets a lead that strong it was apparent that our personnel was not up to meet the challenge in coming back.

With that said, I hope to see us grab another reliable receiver early and focus on the pass rush and the secondary early also. These are all weaknesses that we have had for more than two seasons and it seems like we are just hopeful that our mid-round draft picks will come in be successful, when in reality that is not the case.

[insanefalconfan]

WE NEED TO DRAFT A WR IN THE 1ST ROUND OR SIGN A TOP WR IN FREE AGENCY

[keithbrooking56]

BVG times a thousand. No pressure and even when it was obvious Rodgers was picking apart the defense he STILL would not blitz. Doing the same thing that doesn't work over and over again is literally the definition of insanity.

[Slamee101]

(01-16-2011 12:27 AM)keithbrooking56 Wrote:  I've hated the hire every year and every year his same faults come through over and over.

No blitzes, no pass pressure and watching a "bend but don't break" defense get annihilated against good passing teams year in, year out.

If we could bring in a DC like Rob Ryan or Mike Singletary we could take a major upgrade on that side of the ball simply with scheme. It is painfully obvious our entire "pass rush" is John Abraham alone and that simply will not work against teams like GB with an elite QB.

I'm with you 100%. Coming into this game I was worried that he'd be the weak link and while there is plenty of blame to go around...he was awful. Like Aikman said he didn't know what to do.

Some are gonna argue personnel, but fuck that! The Eagles don't have better personnel on D overall and they fired their D coordinator. The Bears...maybe...but I'm not so sure.

Bottom line...there is no way they should have had that easy a time scoring on us and that's on BVG. He's not done anything since he's been here to suggest he knows what he's doing out there. Make the right move Dimitroff.

[MilleniumFalcon]

BVG isn't that bad, I don't think our defensive personnel is all that good. John Abraham is the only one that can get consistent pressure on the QB and teams can double him to take him away. Dunta Robinson and Chris Owens are plain garbage, difficult to run a defense without any dynamic playmakers on the field.

[Falconmama]

Total team loss..

[Quinton]

Agreed. Jonathan Baldwin from Pittsburgh is 6'5 and he's a late-1st round talent. After seeing New Orleans and Green Bay practically kill us in the same manner, it is a apparent that we need more options in order to compete when we are trying to come back.