This game was a bit of a bummer.

[Peyton]

But....oh well.

The Falcons earned a margin of error, and now they need to use it.

The offense didn't get it done tonight. The lack of playmakers finally caught up with them. Hopefully they will overcome it next week and in the playoffs as they have all this season.

On that front, have to give credit to the Saints defense. They overmatched the Falcons offense tonight, and by a wide margin.

BVG and the Falcons defense deserve credit, despite the game winning drive by the Saints. Those guys played well enough to win this game.........easily. Would have been nice if they could have tackled Brees better though.....only criticism I have.

The officials made a couple of big mistakes that hurt the Falcons. The offsetting calls involving Roddy White early in the game was a bogus call....should have been just a call on Greer. How important was it? Who knows.

Turner's fumble and McClure's bad snap were the two key plays in the game. Real unfortunate plays.

I thought Smith should have gone for it at the end. Didn't think the Falcons had a feasible chance at all after they punted. I thought the defense was spent by that point. So.....bummer.

The officials should have reviewed that second down play. Maybe it's not reviewable as a "spot" challenge, but it was definitely reviewable as a "down by contact" challenge. I think that was a mistake in the interpretation of the rules by the officials.

The bottom line is this game won't matter if the Falcons win next week. But I think that winning this week isn't going to be quite as easy as we think it might be.

I do think that Steve Young is right about this team. It's not really that talented....but Matt has them ahead of where they should be with this talent level.

The good news is that everything the Falcons want to achieve is still clearly ahead of them.

[Jimusmc]

carolina will be easy. it's the same team we handled easily in carolina.

[Swift Is a Die Hard]

Matt Ryan is not even the most talented player on our team so no clue what Young point was

[g-dawg]

Peyton, suprised to hear you say Falcons not that talented - did someone highjack your account?

[Dale4Saul2Red0]

I like Steve but that isn't talented talk is BOGUS. Held the Saints to 17 points, our talent is more consistent than anything. Not everyone is a star. That's why we are 12-3

[Radical]

Sounds reasonable.

The lack of sound tackling by some of our players is driving me crazy. You're in the NFL, you aren't supposed to have to be coached on how to tackle. Seems like our guys kept relying on arm grabs and shirt pulls, which cost us in more ways than one.

[Swift Is a Die Hard]

(12-28-2010 01:34 AM)Radical Wrote:  Sounds reasonable.

The lack of sound tackling by some of our players is driving me crazy. You're in the NFL, you aren't supposed to have to be coached on how to tackle. Seems like our guys kept relying on arm grabs and shirt pulls, which cost us in more ways than one.

lol at this dude blaming missed TACKLES ..

what game was he watching ..Yea we missed some sacks its different then missed tackles.. a QB can avoid or step away which he did Brian Williams missed 2 sacks and so did Bierman but blaming tackles or sound tackling out of this game for a reason why we lost ..

we lost cause our offense was pathetic BAR NONE

[Peyton]

(12-28-2010 01:31 AM)g-dawg Wrote:  Peyton, suprised to hear you say Falcons not that talented - did someone highjack your account?

I've been saying it all year.

[cooperbh]

(12-28-2010 01:27 AM)Peyton Wrote:  The lack of playmakers finally caught up with them. Hopefully they will overcome it next week and in the playoffs as they have all this season.

Our receivers couldn't get open for shit tonight, that's for sure. Even the verified playmakers.

[Peyton]

(12-28-2010 01:32 AM)Dale4Saul2Red0 Wrote:  I like Steve but that isn't talented talk is BOGUS. Held the Saints to 17 points, our talent is more consistent than anything. Not everyone is a star. That's why we are 12-3

The talent deficiency is on offense, not defense.