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Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - McUser - 01-04-2013 11:47 PM
Saw this on nfl.com, thought it was interesting.
So I was curious for all of y'alls take on the top 10 players left in the postseason and who, if any, Falcons are on that list. I have a hard time having AJ Green on that list and Ryan not.
RE: Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - RFlagg - 01-05-2013 12:03 AM
Only 3 Falcons even in the Honorable mention category. I call shenanigans.
RE: Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - Aftermath - 01-05-2013 12:17 AM
90% of that list should be QBs, AP is the only non-QB that should be on it.
RE: Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - juraitwaluzka - 01-05-2013 12:24 AM
Honestly, I'm waiting for the 'Who's the best long snapper left in the playoffs' article.
RE: Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - McUser - 01-05-2013 12:27 AM
(01-05-2013 12:03 AM)RFlagg Wrote: Only 3 Falcons even in the Honorable mention category. I call shenanigans.
I swear to God, I'll pistol whip the next guy who says "shenanigans"!
RE: Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - McUser - 01-05-2013 12:28 AM
(01-05-2013 12:24 AM)juraitwaluzka Wrote: Honestly, I'm waiting for the 'Who's the best long snapper left in the playoffs' article.
Easy answer man, Clark Harris!!!
RE: Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - AUTiger7222 - 01-05-2013 01:09 AM
(01-05-2013 12:24 AM)juraitwaluzka Wrote: Honestly, I'm waiting for the 'Who's the best long snapper left in the playoffs' article.
Josh Harris....Oh wait, he plays for the Falcons.
RE: Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - phocis850 - 01-05-2013 02:42 AM
What a terrible article. No respect.
RE: Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - McUser - 01-05-2013 04:51 AM
I look at these lists in terms of value. Like would I trade Adrian Peterson for Aaron Rodgers straight up. Yes I would. The question is, would we really trade Matt Ryan straight up for Von miller, Aj green, Richard Sherman or marshawn lynch? No. Noone who is paid by an NFL team would. It's ridiculous.
RE: Is Matt Ryan one of the top 10 "PLAYERS" left in the NFL Postseason right now? - FullMetalFalcon23 - 01-05-2013 07:41 AM
I saw an article calling Sherman the best corner in the NFL. There are at least 2 corners on Atlanta's roster who would dispute that. A guy in recovery in New York who would dispute that a fellow by the name of Peterson and a guy in Chicago who would all place higher than him.
If we do get the Hawks. I know at some point his ass is gonna get burned by either both Julio and Roddy or one of them.
Why Roddy is a former state wrestling champion x2 he's used that throughs his career and also he is a savvy veteran who often beats deep coverage not with pure speed but the savvy to vary his route running and set you up to get scorched eg Chris Houston.
Julio, do you let him catch it in front of you because if he does and he makes you miss Sherman isn't fast enough to run that guy down. But on the flipside of that Sherman is a physical guy who will want to get into that chest and lock you up. Julio showed what happens when you miss that contact and he gets around you. Nnamdi got scorched on a deep ball and he didn't stand chance at the line after Julio got into that shoulder. A guy like Roddy slightly slower with less explosion in a situation like that Sherman might have the chance to get on that hip and bat down or pick off the pass if it isn't in the right place. But Matt has shown tremendous deep ball touch. And if a situation like that happens with Julio that ball is getting thrown for Julio to run onto in stride and keep going. Sherman isn't all that fluid and those corners will have a hard time dealing with a receiving group that can attack you on all levels of the field. It's a lot of work because our route tree unlike previous years goes all over the field. I don't think Seattle has come up against a group of receivers like this before in this season. Two true number ones. A tight end who could be a number one receiver in another teams offense. That's basically three franchise calibre targets. Plus a good supporting cast. That's a lot of work for a team to handle so that pass rush has to be the key for them. And I think that strength for them if we get our rhythm going early is going to be their undoing.
If we get up 14 on them. I think that pass rush will intensify and become too aggressive. They might get to Matt but I think we will burn then with the screen. Not to the house so much as for a big play that is going to make them dial it back again. We went through this in Detroit. They were all out blitzing and Koetter refused to go Max protect. Matt stood in there took a hit but let one go and it straight away backed the defense off. Their pressure died off after that.
The way we have played against elite competition this year in the most pivotal of moments. In those so called statement games in those games where we'll finally be exposed leaves me with the confidence. Not cockiness that this team runs so deep in so many facets of football that I just feel they genuinely have the best of both worlds for match ups in the playoffs. Shit if we kept Tony next year and have a more creative lead back and sounder run blocking we really would be the offense I think we should be. Consistent explosive passing, consistent run game. It doesn't need to be explosive. Just give me 4 yards or 3.5 consistently not . . Boom . . Bust and this offense keeps ticking over.
Keep Nolan and get a more disruptive pass rush from the front 4 and that secondary will look even better.
This is the best falcons team I have had the pleasure to watch. Last years team was a step backwards and this year has surpassed 2010 2013 falcons needs to be the sum of both 2010 and 2012, that is what an NFL offense should look like to me.