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JDaveG · 02-03-2013, 06:07 PM

(02-03-2013 06:03 PM)Swift Is a Die Hard Wrote: I believe we hit our peak and this is as far as we will go. There was no reason why we shouldnt have been in a Super Bowl this year. We have blown 2 number 1 seeds in a 3 year span. That is another trend that we would break cause I am not sure what team has ever done that has gone on to win a Super Bowl. I hope I am wrong and Smith/Ryan and TD win us a super bowl next year. We deserve it as fans but I see us taking step backwards for next couple of years. I still see us a playoff team next year wild card but I dont see us winning a Super Bowl or even getting to NFC championship game. We played 2 in experienced QBs and our defense let us down

From a football standpoint
Tony G - gone . this will be a blow
Abe - 1 year older and no pass rush outside him
secondary - could look different with cutting Dunta and Grimes gone
limited cap space
we been real lucky with injuries and have not faced a devastating one sooner or later I feel we might loss one of our main offensive weapons for a significant period

I also see teams like Sea, GB, NYG getting better as well. Now this is not to say Falcons cant get better either. TD can hit on a pass rush specialist . We can bring in a new rb that turns out to be a stud., It can happen and not doubting it wont I just feel we have past our window and we will look back at what could have beem and 10 yards away

And before this season you predicted our downfall, and before the season before that, etc. So I'll remain optimistic, and you per usual can remain pessimistic.

Neither of us can prove the other right or wrong, so it's really a pretty silly exercise to trade beliefs when neither of us has a well-tuned crystal ball, nor are we standing before the Oracle of Delphi, nor have we been recognized as prophets. So you stand on your history of 5 year HC/GM/QB combos, and I'll stand on my history of 5 years of steady improvement, and next season, we'll take a look at it again and see who was right.