Off Topic: Has anyone seen the other board

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(01-09-2012 07:37 PM)juraitwaluzka Wrote:  You know what I hope, I really hope that this weekend they put Rodgers or Brees out there by themselves without any other teammates, because to date no QB has either won or lost a game all on his own, but those guys are good enough to do it, right?

I know dude, it's always the offensive line or it's always the wide receivers or it's always the offensive scheme and blah blah.

I would actually consider this a refreshing and interesting viewpoint had this fanbase not already spent 6 years making the exact same excuses for Michael Vick.

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(01-09-2012 07:54 PM)Headshot Wrote:  I know dude, it's always the offensive line or it's always the wide receivers or it's always the offensive scheme and blah blah.

I would actually consider this a refreshing and interesting viewpoint had this fanbase not already spent 6 years making the exact same excuses for Michael Vick.

Except Vick was lazy, Vick killed dogs, Vick couldn't sniff a QB rating over 80, Vick couldn't even average 7.0 YPA, Vick was luck to complete over half of his passes, and Vick couldn't even throw for 3,000 yards. Ryan is miles above Vick. Sure, the team sucked around him, but he was clearly part of the suck too.

At no point these past few years have we been winning, and then turned around and could also say Ryan played like shit.

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(01-09-2012 07:43 PM)Headshot Wrote:  This is why Atlanta's teams suck so bad, because we applaud mediocrity and come up with meaningless stats like "Back to back winning seasons rawr!" and "Most winningest QB in his first four regular seasons rawr!" and "4,000 yard passer rawr!" and make it seem like we're accomplishing something when all we're doing is riding a stationary bike. It's not going anywhere, it just looks like it is.

I think we should petition the NFL to create a regular season champion trophy and we can call it the Schottenheimer Trophy and it can be awarded to the Falcons at the end of every season in which we have a winning record. We'll put it right up there next to the Back2Back2Back2Back Trophy, the Back2Back Playoff Blowout Loser But It's Okay Cuz You Made It Trophy, and that California Championship Trophy Glanville had made in the 90's when we beat 3 teams that played in the state of California.

See this is the problem with the new generation of fans, they have no respect for those that came before them. No respect for history or heritage. Those stats are important because it's directly related to those things kid!

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(01-09-2012 07:48 PM)Radical Wrote:  Don't even have to read the rest of what you wrote.

Contrary to popular belief, banging your fists on the keyboard while on a Falcons message board is never, ever, ever going to change anything, ever. Literally everyone on this board could up and say that the Falcons should fire everyone under Blank and start from scratch, and it wouldn't change a thing.

So please, drop the stupid, "you accept mediocrity, this is why we lose" talk. It's always been a bullshit line used by people who want to blow everything up when things don't work out perfectly.

I'm not talking about the fans, I'm talking about the organizations themselves.

Perhaps I shouldn't have said "we." Sorry, sports fan habit.

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(01-09-2012 07:46 PM)Headshot Wrote:  How the hell is that not impressive?? What are you guys doing in this thread?

Having a Super Bowl ring and having a winning record in 19 playoff games isn't impressive? Having a Super Bowl ring and a winning record in 14 playoff games isn't impressive?

That is in no way comparable to Matt Ryan's 0-3 record and looking like complete dog shit while doing it.

I don't even understand the comparison.

You don't understand it because you don't want to see it, both Favre and Young are great QB and both of them didn't have a stellar playoff record.

Besides that I agree with the back to back winning season I don't give a rat ass about them

I made a thread here about 10 losing season and the eleventh a winning SB season or 11 winning seasons with some playoff wins but no SB wins. I'd take the 10 losing ones hands down but have that one SB win ... not everyone sees it that way though.

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(01-09-2012 07:58 PM)Dale4Saul2Red0 Wrote:  See this is the problem with the new generation of fans, they have no respect for those that came before them. No respect for history or heritage. Those stats are important because it's directly related to those things kid!

lol. Do you want me to get off your lawn too, gramps?

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The so called "falcons fans" that want Matt Ryan traded would become a saints fan if we did trade Ryan.

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(01-09-2012 08:01 PM)Tigz Wrote:  You don't understand it because you don't want to see it, both Favre and Young are great QB and both of them didn't have a stellar playoff record.

Besides that I agree with the back to back winning season I don't give a rat ass about them

I made a thread here about 10 losing season and the eleventh a winning SB season or 11 winning seasons with some playoff wins but no SB wins. I'd take the 10 losing ones hands down but have that one SB win ... not everyone sees it that way though.

I'm sorry but 11-8 and 8-6 with a Super Bowl ring IS a stellar playoff record. You're judging a playoff record by the same standards that you would judge a regular season record, which isn't even in the same hemisphere.

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(01-09-2012 07:57 PM)Radical Wrote:  Vick couldn't sniff a QB rating over 80, Vick couldn't even average 7.0 YPA

That sounds remarkably similar to Ryan's playoff performances, but one of those QB's actually won some games in the playoffs with teams that were a lot worse than the ones we have now.

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(01-09-2012 08:03 PM)Headshot Wrote:  lol. Do you want me to get off your lawn too, gramps?

I'm 24, I just appreciate my teams history, and don't consider 1st times for a franchise as irrelevant stats. Good try though.