The Falcons Are In With A Win And It's No Sin

by Dave Choate on Dec 29, 2008 8:00 AM EST in Editorial

Okay, I've kept a calm and uppity tongue in my head for far too long.

With the win against the Rams yesterday, the Falcons moved to 11-5! Last year, the Falcons were 4-12, and they were widely forecast to go anywhere from 1-15 to perhaps 6-10. We are glizflammin' playoff bound, people! This is not the time to sip a nice wine and discuss the merits of Michael Turner's season. You all need to run down the street in your Falcons gear and scream until the cops come and freaking Taser you! This situation has been preciously rare for this fanbase, and unless you roll around in it and dive through it like Scrooge McDuck in a pile of money, you are not enjoying this properly.

After all, this team will be a legend some day. Fans in Atlanta will mutter about Matt Ryan in bars, reflect to children about Michael Turner, and tell curse-filled jokes about Mike Smith's ruthless ferocity. As great as this season has been, only the mirror of history and time will give them their proper due. The 2008 Atlanta Falcons are that kind of team, one that will live on as a cherished fanbase memory long after those of us who have chronicled this year pass into the void. This could be the very beginning of a truly great run for them, and we could be here to witness it.

But now I'm getting carried away. Whatever happens from here on out, this has been a truly magical season. Enjoy this week, because there's no telling where the Falcons will be after the first week of the playoffs.

We'll break down the game in full by tonight or tomorrow morning, but enjoy this moment while it lasts.

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History has been made.

Ten years ago, we had an amazing season. 28 years ago, we had an amazing season.

2008 will go down in history with 1980 and 1998 as one of the best Falcons seasons ever. But 2008 will be the most significant. It will be seen as the beginning of a shift. The Falcons will earn their first back-to-back winning seasons and some deep playoff runs.

We fans may even be wearing Super Bowl champ hats one of these days.

"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."

by Adam Schultz on Dec 29, 2008 10:04 AM EST reply actions

Lofty predictions there, Swami !

Every team (well, not the LIONS) has a good year now and then. What the Falcons have always lacked in the past is sustained success over a number of years. I’m not exactly a starry-eyed optimist, but I see lots of evidence that we’ve got it right this time. You may very well be on the mark O Mystic One, I can’t wait until next year!

by tom slick on Dec 29, 2008 12:31 PM EST up reply actions