Week 4 Open Thread: Atlanta Falcons vs. The Bye Week

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 11:00 AM EDT in Events

Lost in a realm beyond our understanding, the Atlanta Falcons spin slowly through outer space during their week playing the fearsome Byes. While other teams grapple with mortal opponents, our guys are fighting the battle of their lives against a foe who has never been defeated. This is a landscape-altering game....or I'm on drugs. One or the other.

Since we don't have a Falcons game to discuss this weekend, use this thread to talk anything going on in your lives, anything related to the Falcons during this lame week of no good football or track the progress of our division rivals. I'm particularly interested to see how the New Orleans Saints will fare against a tough New York Jets defense, and I hope you'll talk about that.

I'll be working through the slate of 1 p.m. games (boo!), but I'll try to join y'all later. Take care out there.

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While nobody was caring

Cincinnati might have put together a decent team.

by VT89 on Oct 4, 2009 2:00 PM EDT reply actions

Interesting slate of games thus far

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 2:34 PM EDT reply actions

Yea

i don’t know the 4 o’clock games look more interesting

by Erihury on Oct 4, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions

Jacksonville is killing the Titans

Can we chalk last year up to a fluke or this year up to one and move on?

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 2:51 PM EDT reply actions

Titans?

Yeah, they are done. You don’t come back from 0-4. Who knew the Jags had an offense? And yet again, blacked out. I hear they had less than 25k in the stands. London, say hello to your new NFL team!

"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 5, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

they have the same offense they've always had.

Just a few years ago they put up 44 on the colts and nearly 40 on the Titans before. Jacksonville can score if the conditions are right.

by brotherbrown on Oct 7, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions

In better, more important news-

Im losing 2/3 of my fantasy matchups

by FlyYouFalcons on Oct 4, 2009 3:03 PM EDT reply actions

I'm about to be

Dagnabbit.

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Got you beat

Half of my fantasy starters are on bye.

The remaining guys? None of them have more than six points so far, except for Jason Campbell. Who had 13.

Yeah, there goes 3-0.

by BigManChili on Oct 4, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I am 3-0 in my bizarre keeper league

Which has the most archaic (yet awesome!) set of rules ever. Unfortunately, unless Glen Coffee gets his ass in gear and Dustin Keller scores at least once, I’m boned.

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions

2 of my guys went down with injuries

hester out after a whopping .2 points.. i hope he’s ok though.

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 4, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Seattle massacred by Colts

Wonder who Mora throws under the bus this time during his next press conference.

by tom slick on Oct 4, 2009 4:11 PM EDT reply actions

My guess: Arthur Blank

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Anyone in here a Muse fan?

Their new CD is epic.

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 5:00 PM EDT reply actions

I keep hearing good things about it, I need to get hold of a copy...

They’re amazing live; you should definitely go see them if they tour near you.

In football news, Tony Romo is single-handedly sabotaging my fantasy team. Hold on to the frigging ball, Tony!

by Ignoramus on Oct 4, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions

UGH

come on Romo stop failing you freakin failure.

by Erihury on Oct 4, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

My brother went and I wasn't able to go

Said it was awe-inspiring.

And yeah, I would really, really encourage you to pick it up. “Resistance” and “Unnatural Selection” are the highlights.

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed

Muse is amazing. I’ve heard them likened to the modern day Zeppelin. Great great band. There has been a lot of really good bands coming out lately as well, which is never a bad thing.

by Jesse28 on Oct 5, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions

For all who live in the metro Atlanta area

Anybody else know why we get the Cowgirls/Ponies game? I know I would rather be watching the Saints and Jets.Or is it just me?

by thisistherevolt on Oct 4, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

I think is more due to national coverage

cuz u know the Cowgirls are the bestest team EVAR. More people wanna watch Romo Fail

by Erihury on Oct 4, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Because

Fox had the double-header this week, and Jets/Saints was a CBS game (AFC team on the road).

by orang3b on Oct 5, 2009 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions

I would have watched the jets saints online

there’s this site you can go to, but I had to spent the day moving my stuff from my apartment to my parents house because I can’t live with my once GF and her mother/sister anymore, and I’m still mad about that.

by brotherbrown on Oct 7, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

National coverage be damned

I think Falcons fans would rather watch our competition than a group of overachievers vs. the most overrated team in the league

by thisistherevolt on Oct 4, 2009 6:27 PM EDT reply actions

All the more reason to get revved up for next week's game

I played Glen Coffee and he never got within sniffing distance of the end zone. May the Falcons wreck your face!

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions

Well here's hoping Coffee does not see the end zone next week either

Or Gore for that matter, IF he plays at all, ( I am going to pray to the football gods he does not)

by thisistherevolt on Oct 4, 2009 7:14 PM EDT reply actions

So Dave, since you have Coffee,

I am going to assume you also have Gore on your team, does that not put you in a conflict of interest with your fantasy team and being the Baron of the Falcoholic?

by thisistherevolt on Oct 4, 2009 7:17 PM EDT reply actions

Actually, no Gore

I’d have to go into great detail to explain my running backs, but here’s who I have:

Maurice Jones-Drew
Ray Rice
Pierre Thomas
Willis McGahee
Mike Bell
Glen Coffee
Michael Bush

This week, I foolishly opted to go with Coffee because I thought Pierre Thomas would be facing a tough defense in the Jets. What a moron I am.

by Dave Choate on Oct 4, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, well then

at least you did not start Bush.

by thisistherevolt on Oct 4, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions

Scariest thing learned about NO the past 4 weeks...

Brees can be slowed by a pass rush, but they can run the ball…they have the balance we we’re supposed to have…

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 4, 2009 7:53 PM EDT reply actions

That's the NEW new orleans saints.

you’re right that is scary, of course it doesn’t put up 40 points, but as long as Pierre, and Bell stay healthy or just one of them, they are almost unstoppable, and once that defense optimizes, WATCH OUT, the 2007 Patriots may have nothing on them.

by brotherbrown on Oct 7, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions

We Won!

…Against the bye week, yay!

New Orleans Hornets: The most inconsistent team in the NBA.

by Grayson on Oct 4, 2009 8:39 PM EDT reply actions

well technically...

our record didn’t get any worse

know what you believe in and why you believe in it

by MentallyMIA on Oct 5, 2009 2:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Speaking of fantasy football, in a weird way

My team seems to be playing along with its real life counterpart (Falcons all day). Went 2-0, then lost last week to become 2-1. I hope this crazy coincedence ends here however because i lost again tonight officially, 2-2.

by qthaballa on Oct 5, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions

If we show up next week

We’ll win. Gore will still be out, so that’s a plus.

We’re so close to being THAT team. The Patriots brought reality back to the ATL fans, including myself.

The good news is, we’ve gone to the west coast and won before so it won’t be completely new. We have to get Norwood involved. I firmly believe he’s an extremely important piece to our offense. Turner just does not catch out of the backfield. Granted, Mughelli can, and those plays usually work well, but Mughelli won’t take one 60 yards to the house (probably.)

I know Coach Smith believes in Turner ( I do too) but I really think Norwood should start. Not only would SF not know what to do, it would give Norwood a few extra touches.

Well, they would prepare for Norwood, but they wouldn’t expect him to start. I think it would throw a wrench at them. Just for a series or two (or a while if it works), then we start chugging Turner around the end of the half to start throwing body shots. Keeps Turner fresh for later on in the game and gives Norwood a chance to break a huge play.

Almost like a reverse starting process. Norwood “starts” but Turner gets more touches. The idea works in my head, but it’s probably because I’m really tired at the moment. Haha.

by Zippo729 on Oct 5, 2009 3:31 AM EDT up reply actions

Hope you're right

Interesting thought on starting Norwood though, dont really know what to say about it beacuse he hasn’t really done much at all this year and is coming off an injury so we’ll see how that goes. San Fran on the other has been looking really good lately though so please dont write them off, i want every Falcons opponent to be respected with the chance it may go either way (unless its the Rams or Raiders or Chiefs)

by qthaballa on Oct 5, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions