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Post-Game Thread: Falcons Smash 49ers 45-10

This game was so ridiculous that I had to wonder if there was a pound of hallucinogens in my lunch.

To have the Atlanta Falcons go into hostile territory the week after a bye and play like they did defies belief. We knew they were a good offensive team, but a team that wins by 35 points good? And holds the Niners to 10 points? That's just impressive as hell.

As usual, consider this your post-game thread for all things Falcons and the win today. We'll have my bizarre rantings in the form of a recap tomorrow and tlozwarlock will surely weigh in if the wife will let him.

A few things to consider:

  • Record setting day. Most points ever by the Falcons in the first half of a game, the most receiving yards ever in game by one Roddy White, and Matt Ryan set his personal best for passing yards. We just blew up on offense today, and that includes the ground game, where Michael Turner finally got it going.
  • I can't imagine a more penalty and mistake ridden game for both sides. Might've been a lot closer if it hadn't worked out that way, but that's why you play the games. I hope that in future weeks, we can dial down the sloppiness.
  • But hey, was that a complaint? I really don't have too many. Great game that keeps us right in the race for the NFC South. Can't knock the hustle shown by the offensive line or the entire defense today. They played to win it and it showed.
  • Sweet!

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there was some after game funny business hope its nothing serious

by Erihury on Oct 11, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions  

with whom?

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that. - Bill Shankly

by armchair quarterback on Oct 11, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

What I'm hearing

Is that a Falcon was mouthing off and Singletary got involved. I’d hope our guys aren’t rubbing it in, but my reaction is still a resounding shrug.

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by Dave Choate on Oct 11, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

It was Dahl

Like I even have to say it.

Driving the "Fire Willie Martinez" bandwagon since 2006

by SG Standard on Oct 11, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

One of these days

That boy is going to maul someone like a bear.

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by Dave Choate on Oct 11, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

He has probably mauled a bear like a bear

Men don’t fight back hard enough for Harvey Dahl. I move that we nickname him “Harvey Two-Face”, although, now that I think about it, he is yet to show a second face to go along with the nasty, evil one we have come to know and love and fear. And oh, how we fear it. I could see him shooting a man based on a coin flip, though.

Driving the "Fire Willie Martinez" bandwagon since 2006

by SG Standard on Oct 11, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

i like bear tho

Harvey “the bear” Dahl

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that. - Bill Shankly

by armchair quarterback on Oct 11, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

or mauler

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that. - Bill Shankly

by armchair quarterback on Oct 11, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Harvey likes to slap around bear cubs

just to get Mama Bear in a fightin’ mood.

by tom slick on Oct 11, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Great win!

Good to see Roddy break out (in a huge way).

Turner had a good day, with 3 TD’s and at least the one really big run (33 yds).

The defense (!!) really made Hill look like garbage, especially early in the game – it was essentially over before halftime.

by orang3b on Oct 11, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions  

This is the offensive game

we have needed and have been waiting for since the season started. Hopefully the O will keep firing on all cylinders and the defense will continue to gel.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that. - Bill Shankly

by armchair quarterback on Oct 11, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Agree.

Fine overall game by both sides of the ball

by WarWolf on Oct 11, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

And we had an Eddie Royal sighting!

One of my favorite non-Falcons got the ball thrown to him and had 10 grabs for 90 yards. Whaddya know.

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by Dave Choate on Oct 11, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

wait...

are you a VPI guy? If so, that just will not do for us in the A. Looks like we need to start a “Move Dave to Atlanta” fund so that we can assimilate you into the hive.

"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick

by Jesse28 on Oct 12, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions  

VPI?

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by Dave Choate on Oct 12, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions  

Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

by orang3b on Oct 12, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ah ha

No sir. University of New Hampshire.

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by Dave Choate on Oct 12, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh, that's cool

Cause it’s in Canada, or so I hear.

"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick

by Jesse28 on Oct 13, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Eh? I don't know what you're talking aboot

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by Dave Choate on Oct 13, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

hey, you forgot part of it

And State University…or something like that.

"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick

by Jesse28 on Oct 13, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes Broncs have looked good all year.

Beating NE the experts will have to notice them.

by WarWolf on Oct 11, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

A sign of a terrific coaching staff...

…is a team which plays like it had a bye week to prepare. The Falcons did everything they practiced and studied to perfection (and got help from a floundering, mistake-prone 49ers today to be sure).

It will be interesting to see how the Falcons do against the Bears next week, who themselves will be coming off a bye week.

The dynamic duo: Matt Ryan and Roddy White.

by The Troubadour on Oct 11, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions  

I think our pass rush will rattle Cutler.

by WarWolf on Oct 11, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

I hope so

Because we certianly didn’t get to him enough last season.

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by Dave Choate on Oct 11, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Cutler

Didn’t get to include his Offensive Line in the trade. The Broncos have one of the best O-Lines in the league; the Bears… not so much. They should be able to get some heat on him this time around.

by orang3b on Oct 12, 2009 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

Hope you're right...

…I’m concerned the D’line will return to the form of the other four games.

How many more days, Lord, must I walk throught the wilderness?
GO FALCONS!!!

by AnOldBird on Oct 11, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

My prediction was far off, but some of my keys were close :

Forty Niners have one great defense and will test Atlanta.

But they will miss Gore and Crabtree I think.

Keys for Atlanta :
Slow down Coffee
Target Gonzo
Keep running Burner
Involve Norwood
Force turnovers

I predict a hard fought 21 to 17 win by the Falcons

by WarWolf on Oct 11, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions  

Is it conceivable

that the 49ers were overlooking the Falcons somehow, with their bye week coming up? The Falcons looked great, but the Niners seemed unfocused.

by tom slick on Oct 11, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions  

I think Mike Smith just fooled them.

They were not ready for our Turner / White offense and did not adjust well to our defensive looks.

by WarWolf on Oct 11, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

That win was glorious

…especially after trying to recover from the stinkbomb UGA put up yesterday.

Thank you, Falcons.

by get swoll yunel on Oct 11, 2009 8:30 PM EDT reply actions  

I feel ya

The worst part is I have a hard time seeing the kind of turn around in this team that 2007’s pulled off after getting blasted by Tennessee. Plus, 0-1 against Lane Kiffin! Damnit.

At least I got to watch Ryan and the Falcons pound the 49ers. I hope we keep rolling until we can roll over the Saints in a couple weeks!

by blackertai on Oct 11, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm a Nole...

This game helped heal me….lol

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Oct 11, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

GT ftw

Was that game ridiculous or what? I think there was a combined 13 td’s and over 1k total yards. Bajebus! And uga…wow, just wow. Hey, at least we can all revel in the Falcons win. Yay for us!

"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick

by Jesse28 on Oct 12, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

Through

Can we be done questioning Blank, Dimitroff and Smith?

This is a contender team.

Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish — a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow — to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested...Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.

by iRonin on Oct 11, 2009 8:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

I question your lack of questioning

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by Dave Choate on Oct 11, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

I question your right to question the question on questioning....

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Oct 11, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

My reply:

200 yards receiving.
97 yards rushing.
Sacks. Turnovers.

Gonzalez, Peterson, Williams 2009 pickups.
Ryan, Lofton, Turner, Dahl, Biermann 2008 pickups still paying dividends.
Jenkins, Babineuax, White, resigns that are having an impact.

No other team can posts that kinda FO success, especially starting from Ground Zero

Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish — a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow — to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested...Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.

by iRonin on Oct 11, 2009 10:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions   1 recs

I think we all come in with our respective styles

The way this season has gone thus far has made a believer of me, but there’s always going to be that little demon poking me in the frontal lobe with a pitchfork until the day we get 9 wins this season. And so forth. Can’t really help it.

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by Dave Choate on Oct 11, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

I question my question over question on...um...what?

I’ll officially stop questioning the management and coaching staffs when the Lombardi Trophy comes to the Falcons twice.

The real glory of being a Falcons fan, is that I just might be right with my whining. NE fans have to settle for their own personal mediocrity, because they can’t be superior to any facet of the Patriots!

How many more days, Lord, must I walk through the wilderness?
GO FALCONS!!!

by AnOldBird on Oct 11, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Finally got to watch a Falcons game (dran CT)

Thank god (or whoever) for that magnificant website which i will be visiting every sunday, except next, primetime baby! Great game overall though, the selfish me wanted to see some more interceptions though. Shaun hill looked irate and was yelling furiously in the huddles with the stink face HAHAHA.

by qthaballa on Oct 11, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions  

Also

What the hell was on Dre Bly’s noodle? That interception return was hilarious. The whole game was actually, for some strange reason i watched with a smile on my face.

by qthaballa on Oct 11, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions  

That was one of the worst things I've ever seen

He’s going to get it this week.

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by Dave Choate on Oct 11, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

Agreed.

Roddy closed in on Bly like a freight train. A great hustling play. He earned his paycheck this week.

by Zippo729 on Oct 11, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bly's quote after the game:

"Dre’s going to be Dre. When I make plays, and I’ve made a lot, I express myself."
Yeah, and your coach’s foot is going to express itself straight up your butt, you showboating moron.

by tom slick on Oct 11, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

I couldn't have said it better myself

I don’t buy the excuse “but it’s just a game!” It’s a job for these guys, a job they’re getting paid untold millions to perform to the best of their ability. If Mike Singletary doesn’t gut him like a fish, color me stunned.

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by Dave Choate on Oct 11, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Tv coverage was awful.

Funny. When the Falcons got the interception on SF’s first possession, Fox’s play-by-play team was sucking some serious Niner-…um, showing lotsa love to anything SF did. When Turner crossed the goal line for Atlanta’s first touchdown, there was silence. Dead air. No one had anything prepared for Falcons productivity. I wish there wasn’t a five-second delay so I could listen to Wes and them instead of the bias on TV. The announcers’ man-love for Mike Singletary was so evident that it was the fourth quarter before the Falcons did anything right; it was obviously the Forty-niner players who weren’t responding to their coach…couldn’t have been anything Smitty and the Falcons were doing.

How many more days, Lord, must I walk throught the wilderness?
GO FALCONS!!!

by AnOldBird on Oct 11, 2009 8:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Okay,I exagerate...

…they got some stuff written during halftime, since SF was obviously not going to return their infatuation.

How many more days, Lord, must I walk throught the wilderness?
GO FALCONS!!!

by AnOldBird on Oct 11, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

I agree

Every good thing Atlanta did all day was attributed to a failure of the 49ers. Yeah, SF looked out of sync, but that alone doesn’t account for the magnitude of the beating they received. The announcers basically bent over backwards to keep from acknowledging that the Birds might actually be a good team.

by Mountvillainy on Oct 11, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Fox coverage is always bad.

They were completely incompetent at the begining of the game. Not attributing the int to the tipped bal. Saying that Ryan was always looking down Gonzo, and relying on him as his no 1 recieving option. (Ryan averages throwing to 7 different targets this season, try looking at your stats sheet before you open your mouth)

by RamblininAlb on Oct 11, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yea, Mike Peterson could have gotten a mention for that!

How many more days, Lord, must I walk through the wilderness?
GO FALCONS!!!

by AnOldBird on Oct 11, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

yup they seemed biased

like their script was “Niners D stops Falcons – anoint Singletary”

Fox’s KC coverage was just as bad – all Cowboy apologists

by WarWolf on Oct 11, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

I watched part of it on mute -

Siragusa is that bad. Great game though. Roddy and Turner together again!

by zooker on Oct 11, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Holy Smokes.

This same 49ers team (with Gore) almost beat the Vikes.

I didn’t get to see the game (stinking FOX and people wanting money, etc. etc.) but I watched the highlights, and I have to say, I’m very, very impressed.

I’m a bit sad that Norwood didn’t get more touches (just from looking at the numbers) but Roddy White’s 90 yard TD was awesome. I don’t know if the flip was worth it (I won’t complain too much) but what a kick to the chest, eh?

After watching that game, I believe we can take on the Saints. Just a beautiful all-around effort against a good team (in their house AND on the west coast!)

by Zippo729 on Oct 11, 2009 8:59 PM EDT reply actions  

moose johnston

the annoucer was just going on and on about how the 9er defense was like the 2000 ravens……ha! get a clue the falcons came ready!

Atlanta will win a championship....someday

by maxxj3 on Oct 11, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions  

lol it was like they werent watchin the game – just reading from a script

49er secondary looked flat out slow

by WarWolf on Oct 11, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

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