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Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - Greg M - 12-09-2010 11:25 AM
12/09/2010 08:27:00 AM Powered by Ed The Sports Fan
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I don't get it.
The Atlanta Falcons are 10-2 this season. They are undefeated at home (6-0) in the Georgia Dome, and Matt Ryan doesn't lose at home as he is an astonishing 19-1 in the Georgia Dome. They have a bruiser of a runningback in Michael "Burner" Turner, and they arguably have the most productive wide receiver in the NFL this year in "Rowdy" Roddy White. They've got one of 5 best tight ends of all-time in Tony Gonzalez doing work. They have one of the league's most prominent defensive ends in John Abraham, and head coach Mike Smith is 30-14 (.682 win percentage) in his 3rd season as head coach. They are doing work.
So why do none of us believe in the Dirty Birds?
Kenny, Brandon, and yours truly discussed this topic at length last night on "The Unsportsmanlike Conduct Show", Wednesday's at 9pm. (Shameless self-promotion, sue me. Oh wait...you can't.) Kenny just flat out hates the Falcons...okay, he doesn't hate the Falcons, but he refuses to believe in them. Brandon's on the fence, as he feels like any of the other playoff contenders could end up beating the Falcons. So of all the people who had to come to the defense of the Falcons, it was Eddie Maisonet.
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So check their resume. They've got two loses all season, against the AFC North leading Pittsburgh Steelers (sans Roethlisberger) and NFC East leading Philadelphia Eagles (sans Vick). Okay so they have a problem beating teams from the Keystone State who don't play with quarterbacks wearing #7...and have had some legal problems in the past. Fine, I could see someone having a problem with that, not giving them the proper credit. However, they did give the blues to the defending Super Bowl champion Saints (on the road), the Baltimore Ravens (at home), and the Green Bay Packers (at home).
They're beating who their supposed to beat, and they can't help how their schedule is laid out. Look at what I said about Matt Ryan at home in his career again...19-1. That's just ridiculous. At their current rate, they're poised to have home field for the post season and that means all roads lead to the Georgia Dome. Is it going to take Atlanta to get to the Super Bowl for us to believe again? Or are they truly fraudulent? (like Kenny says)
They've done everything their supposed to do, and I think its time we give them the proper respect. The Atlanta Falcons are the best team in the NFC, and if you want to beat the best...you gotta beat the best. You gotta walk that aisle...all the way to the Georgia Dome.
-Ed.
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Pretty good discussion to listen to, the link for the Mp3 is in the article
http://www.edthesportsfan.com/2010/12/why-does-no-one-believe-in-atlanta.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTheSportsFan+%28Ed+The+Sports+Fan%29
RE: Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - Jesus - 12-09-2010 11:54 AM
We could have the best record in the NFC and none of our players will make the Pro Bowl roster.
Go figure.
RE: Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - Greg M - 12-09-2010 11:55 AM
The Falcons disscusion is @ the 46:00 min mark
(12-09-2010 11:54 AM)Jesus Wrote: We could have the best record in the NFC and none of our players will make the Pro Bowl roster.
Go figure.
I'm really starting to belive that, every win I've thought well NOW it will come, it hasn't and it won't, maybe when we win the SB ?
RE: Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - DemBirds - 12-09-2010 04:02 PM
Kinda eerie that both are loses were in Pennsylvania to back up QB's and then all of the other similarities mentioned.
RE: Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - kane#7 - 12-09-2010 04:05 PM
We don't have a star on our helment if we did with this record we would be pronounced the best team of the past decade... sad but not entirley false
RE: Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - StPatrick - 12-10-2010 05:10 AM
(12-09-2010 04:05 PM)kane#7 Wrote: We don't have a star on our helment if we did with this record we would be pronounced the best team of the past decade... sad but not entirley false
I think this is something we can all agree on.
RE: Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - FullMetalFalcon23 - 12-10-2010 05:43 AM
(12-10-2010 05:10 AM)StPatrick Wrote: I think this is something we can all agree on.
Not gonna lie St. Patrick I haven't seen you're sig n avatar for so long, the first thing I thought when I saw that black and gold and the who dat was "Ah What The Frag, here we go with the trolls." Good to see you poke you're head up again.
RE: Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - StPatrick - 12-10-2010 05:59 AM
(12-10-2010 05:43 AM)DoDaDirtyBirdUK23 Wrote: Not gonna lie St. Patrick I haven't seen you're sig n avatar for so long, the first thing I thought when I saw that black and gold and the who dat was "Ah What The Frag, here we go with the trolls." Good to see you poke you're head up again.
Haha, completely understandable.
Yeah, I tend to pop in every now and then and just see what's going on. I've been on the Hornets forums a lot lately though... What a mess
RE: Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - Azinine - 12-10-2010 10:04 AM
(12-09-2010 11:25 AM)Greg M Wrote: 12/09/2010 08:27:00 AM Powered by Ed The Sports Fan
Brandon's on the fence, as he feels like any of the other playoff contenders could end up beating the Falcons.
It's stuff like this that get me. Of course any of the playoff contenders "could" end up beating the Falcons. This is true for every playoff caliber team though. Any playoff team is more than capable of beating any other playoff team on any given Sunday. I don't see how this fact can be used to knock a team.
Dumb.
RE: Why does no one believe in the Atlanta Falcons? - GridironFalcon - 12-10-2010 11:33 AM
It seems as if the Falcons are too good to be true...
But we're for real! Go Falcons!!!