How Do You Spend A Bye Week Sunday?

by Dave Choate on Oct 2, 2009 12:01 PM EDT in Editorial

So...there's no Falcons game on Sunday. If you're like me, you'll keep up with the rest of the action in the NFL, stopping only to stare up at the ceiling in despair. It just ain't the same without our birds, is it?

I'm sort of curious to see how you plan to spend your bye week Sunday. I'm assuming most of you don't have a cruel and heartless job that requires you to work that particular day of the week like I do, but I'm interested to see whether you transform into a superhero or a a legendary chemist like Marquis Mustache up there. Maybe you just sit on the couch. I dunno.

While we're at it, talk predictions for the weekend. Are we going to be dealing with a 4-0 Saints squad, or will the mighty Jets finally knock them off? Can our other two rivals both go 0-4? Will the Falcons triumph over the evil Byes? Your call, friendos.

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I will be preparing to become a homeowner.

As for the games, I predict the Saints to knock off the Jets as Drew Brees>Mark Sanchez<Matt Ryan. I predict the Falcons to go up to Mt. Vesuvius and laying the smacketh downeth on the mighty Byes. As for the Panthers the Byes will finally finish off the Jack Delhomme era in Carolina as he throws 5 Int’s and loses 1 fumble.

In Dimitroff we trust

by Bonhoffer on Oct 2, 2009 12:32 PM EDT reply actions

* and lay the smacketh downeth *

In Dimitroff we trust

by Bonhoffer on Oct 2, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

rooting for the jets

by dirtyburs on Oct 2, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions

I will still be watching my fantasy team this weekend, and have an alumni lax game. I’m hoping the jets can knock off the saints, but at NO it will be tough.Not to mention Brees is coming off a below avg game (for himself), so he will be looking for a big one.

by Whyte Bler 000 on Oct 2, 2009 1:16 PM EDT reply actions

Face down.

Drunk.

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 2, 2009 1:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

So your typical Sunday?

by Dave Choate on Oct 2, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Zing

Hey-oh!

by iRonin on Oct 3, 2009 3:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Yard work

And probably grilling out for no other reason than because it’s beautiful weather this time of year here in NE FL.

"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 2, 2009 1:21 PM EDT reply actions

I hear you

Some grilled chicken sounds mighty good right around now.

by Dave Choate on Oct 2, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

I might go with a rack of lamb, combined with some select seafood. Combine that with some Tecates or Presidentes and it might turn out to be an ok weekend. Of course, my wife just informed me that we are taking the kids to the zoo on Saturday, so there goes my CFB day.

by Jesse28 on Oct 2, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions

i watched Jets v Titans last week

and i think the Saints have enough to rip them to pieces. Jets offense struggled and I think the Saints have finally found a defense willing to turn up and play. Look for Revis to get a pick or maybe two….

go hard or go home

by TO falcon on Oct 2, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

I'm still NOt sold

On that defense. Giving up 20 something points to the lions in week 1? This will be a test against a quality team, and I’d be willing to bet they don’t look as invincible as they have in the past 3 games.

Its true. I'm a Falcoholic! I just can't live without Falcohol!

by phoenix falcoholic on Oct 2, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Writing!!

Graduate school is like quicksand. The harder you work to pull yourself out, the deeper in you sink. I’ve got somewhere between five and 7394763 papers due next week. This is actually the best possible time for a bye week.

by SG Standard on Oct 2, 2009 3:21 PM EDT reply actions

I have a date

at a bar, where we will be watching those other games of teams that not the Falcons

by thisistherevolt on Oct 2, 2009 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

*are not

by thisistherevolt on Oct 2, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

Hang out

with my gf watch whatever games are on. I am looking forward to see if the saints and jets are really that good or overrated.

by Erihury on Oct 2, 2009 6:18 PM EDT reply actions

Botanical Gardens...

She gets one week I get at least 16, that’s a good deal right? But why do I still feel like I’m getting hosed!

by Trainhopper on Oct 2, 2009 8:54 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

this atl weather is just stunning

definitely not a bad weekend to be outside. enjoy your trip.

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 3, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Jets are hot and have a good chance to deal a loss to the Saints. Ryans defense with Leonard and Scott can bring pressure on Brees.

There is a chance TB and the Panthers could slip to 0 and 4 and be practically eliminated from the race this early. Hard to believe after how good their records were last year,

by WarWolf on Oct 3, 2009 12:41 PM EDT reply actions

Hey everyone..

I’m from NinersNation. Do any of you plan on watching the 49er game? You all can probably agree with me that the 49ers will crush the Lambs tomorrow, but will any of you by any chance watch the game to see what you will be up against following your bye since you guys play us next?

I won’t be rooting for you guys week 5 of course since you will be playing us but I will root for the Falcons in week 10 against the Panthers, because we have their 1st round pick for next years draft. Gosh I love how they decided to keep Delhomo in =). With 7 sacks, 7 ints, 2 fumbles, and a rating of 54.3. This year that is a dream of both a 49er fan and a Falcon fan lol

by StevenC on Oct 4, 2009 12:06 AM EDT reply actions

I want Coffee to smash the Rams

So hopefully he will. It’s going to be an interesting game for us next weekend.

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Driving across the State of GA

It’s almost 250 mile drive from Douglasville to Georgia Southern down in Statesboro. My route will only be complicated by the recent flooding damage. I’ll probably catch, whether I like it or not, either the Panthers or the Jags on my trip down there because some of the radio stations in South GA are in those teams’ networks.

Other than that, I’ll be hoping the Saints fall, and I’ll probably be studying as well.

by ironchapman on Oct 4, 2009 12:28 AM EDT reply actions

1.cut grass

2. cleaned up my landscaping after the floods. lots of garbage, toys, etc piled up in my back yard form all of my neighbors. also sink holes to fill and dropped limbs from trees.

3. SNF – Spittburgh dominated early, then held on to win.

Life is a garden. Dig it!

by Hardcore Falcon on Oct 5, 2009 8:45 AM EDT reply actions