Post-Game Thread: Falcons Beat Bills In Most Entertaining Game Of 2009
by Dave Choate on Dec 27, 2009 5:03 PM EST
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PrintThe injuries are troubling, but the rest of the 31-3 drubbing the Atlanta Falcons put on the Buffalo Bills was uplifiting.
With apologies to Bills fans, I really haven't enjoyed a football game as much as I did Sunday's in a very long time. This one had it all: Kroy Biermann kicking, Roddy White kicking butt, interceptions from both Brent Grimes and Chris Owens and a bizarre sequence that saw both Eric Weems and Marty Booker running the ball on back-to-back plays. How can you beat that?
We'll have plenty of thoughts on this tomorrow, but for now I encourage you to discuss the game. Next week brings the 3-12 Tampa Bay Bucs, who will be looking to rain on our potential 9-7 parade. Gird yourselves and comment away!
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i'm happy to see Roddy on the front page of nfl dot com
next weeks game will be tough but, if the D can give us just one more good effort with a couple of turnovers, we will all be smiling next week.
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 Dec 27, 2009 5:07 PM EST reply actions
I will be crying.
If we win next week. Ok, not literally, but it might be close. I’ve only been a fan since 1998, but I know how much this has to weigh on the team. The Bucs beat the Saints today, we crushed the Bills today, this really is going to be our Super Bowl next week. I’m nervous already.
"Ryan, under center. Single receiver set, time on his side. Ryan, gonna throw. First professional pass.....CAUGHT!! Jenkins! 30! 25! 20! 15! 10! 5! He lives in Atlanta!!!" -Wes Durham
great game
Roddy came alive and Matty looked great D played stout hopefully this team can show up next week were gonna need them to shooting for 9-7
It was a good win.
The defense played acceptably. The offense was still way too predictable. I feel like anyone but the Bills would have been able to take advantage of that predictablitiy.
It was nice to have a game that was not in question. From the opening kickoff, it belonged to the Falcons.
Just one more week; one more game; one more victory to kill the Consecutive Monkey.
How many more days, Lord, must I walk through the wilderness?
GO FALCONS!!!
brain typo
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 Dec 27, 2009 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
Whoopsy-doodle
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Also
from what I can tell, the game went well.
I saw Gonzo got hurt (Koenen and Bryant, too?) Is the injury serious?
I saw Biermann do kickoffs. That’s hilariously awesome. Glad the game went well! :)
"Ryan, under center. Single receiver set, time on his side. Ryan, gonna throw. First professional pass.....CAUGHT!! Jenkins! 30! 25! 20! 15! 10! 5! He lives in Atlanta!!!" -Wes Durham
Yea man
Beerman doin kickoffs was great having to go for it on 4th down almost everytime was ehh i hope Tony Koenen or Bryant arent hurt to bad or else ELAM
ELAM'S GHOST :o
"Ryan, under center. Single receiver set, time on his side. Ryan, gonna throw. First professional pass.....CAUGHT!! Jenkins! 30! 25! 20! 15! 10! 5! He lives in Atlanta!!!" -Wes Durham
No.
The Saints have been showing their weaknesses for weeks and they let the Bucs have that game, methinks.
Also related, the Jets are giving the Colts a hard time. Yes, the same Jets we beat last week. I’m not too worried.
We’re also getting hot at the right time (signs of a playoff team, yes?) for our own little super bowl.
"Ryan, under center. Single receiver set, time on his side. Ryan, gonna throw. First professional pass.....CAUGHT!! Jenkins! 30! 25! 20! 15! 10! 5! He lives in Atlanta!!!" -Wes Durham
you best believe at this point we will not be stopped.
Not with a convincing thrashing of an (admittedly) injury weakened team the week before. This is our Super Bowl and you KNOW all of the players are gonna be putting in the work this week.
"Ryan, under center. Single receiver set, time on his side. Ryan, gonna throw. First professional pass.....CAUGHT!! Jenkins! 30! 25! 20! 15! 10! 5! He lives in Atlanta!!!" -Wes Durham
we must win
TB has their first winning streak of the season, and we must stop that streak at 2. I agree – the Saints were a beatable team even before losing their first one – too bad we were too depleted to take advantage of that.
BUT – to do well, Owens and Grimes need to contain Freeman at least the way they kept Sanchez and Brohm under control.
Atlanta Falcons fan in Moscow, Russia
Nice game
Bad part was injuries to TG and both kickers
Good games by :
Beer Man
Honest Abe
Gritty Grimes
the real Owens
Rowdy Roddy
Matty Ice
Snelling out a win
Norweigan Wood
Mr Jenks
Ovie and Over
Wee Weems
Gonzo
Coach Smith
No Mularky
Brain Van Gorder
Freddie Falcon
Falcons Cheerleaders
Lofty Lofton
Saint Nicholas
Could He? DeCoud
Falcons Fans
Falcoholic Fanatics
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
by WarWolf on Dec 27, 2009 7:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Your list of nicknames
Is always good for a chuckle.
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I'm impressed!
I had to think for a minute. Don’t make this like math class though! Great post!
by Gjmoody on Dec 27, 2009 7:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
A feel good win...
But any time you are playing a division rival, especially when they have the opportunity to play the part of the spoiler, it is cause to be nervous. Stating the obvious: If we get another day like today out of our D, we are in the money!
for those of you who run multiple fantasy football teams with all-Falcons line ups like I do -
Atlanta had 3 of the top ten FF points guys this weekend :
White 25
Ryan 22
Falcons Defense 21
Those are ESPN system numbers
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
The irony
is that ESPN predicted we’d have the #1 scoring defense in FF this week.
I never would’ve thought it to be true. I imagine we had to be up there.
"Ryan, under center. Single receiver set, time on his side. Ryan, gonna throw. First professional pass.....CAUGHT!! Jenkins! 30! 25! 20! 15! 10! 5! He lives in Atlanta!!!" -Wes Durham
Interception
It had to be chris owens because he was looking back for the ball ALL THE WAY WHICH HOUSTON never does.
UGH If it had be Houston
covering TO the ball would have gone off his head and laded right in TOs hands
replacements are peaking
it seems like all of the guys filling in for our MANY injured players are peaking now and I believe we will give tampa another big L next week. need matty and defense to have big games, lately ive been impressed with the run defense.. keep it up guys. I completely enjoyed the systematic dismantling of the bills great game..hope gonzo,koenen and wally the foot are ready next week/….. go birds..god i hate the injury bug…it sure cost us a chance at the post season
I didn’t get to watch the game this week, but it would seem like Owens is playing pretty well for a rookie. It would have been nice to see what he could do if he was healthy all year. Maybe with Williams back next year, and another pass rusher we may be set on D. Grimes is definitely earning his pay these last few games. The interceptions he makes are just amazing.
Sidbury was a tank returning that fumble.
Ryan’s completion percentage has not been good lately, but at the same time he isn’t throwing any picks. So I can’t complain about a 3 touchdown game.
If Norwood can stay healthy next year, I think we have a good shot at making a deep playoff run.
On some other notes, did you guys see the hit Steve Smith took today. The guy broke his arm and still forced his way into the end zone, landing on the arm. He can have a bad attitude, but you can’t fault his effort. And Matt Moore is looking pretty good since taking over. I think this division will again be the toughest in the NFL next year.
by Whyte Bler 000 on Dec 27, 2009 11:26 PM EST reply actions
Sorry, with all the above stated AND Norwood staying healthy, I think we will make a good run. Murlarkey or whoever is OC next year needs to figure out how to use this guy better, IE not running him up the middle.
by Whyte Bler 000 on Dec 27, 2009 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
last comment, Ryan is on pace to match his attempts from last year. He already has 4 more touchdowns, and just one more interception. We can contribute the extra TDs to Tony G, and Turner missing a lot of games. However his completion percentage and average yardage are down.
The way Turner was running, he would have probably hit at least 1400 and another 15+ TD year. With a healthy Norwood and Snelling taking some plays from him, I can only imagine what his production will be like next year. 1200+, 5 yards a carry, and say 16 TDs. Matt Ryan 30 TDs 10-12 INTs?? I think if we finish up at 9-7 this year with a 3 game win streak, it will definitely bring some momentum into next season.
by Whyte Bler 000 on Dec 27, 2009 11:35 PM EST up reply actions
There are reasons why Ryan's numbers are going down
and we discussed them in another post – basically it’s tougher opposition, and inadequate playcalling. when defense applies pressure the best way to avoid it is to screen pass – and Mularkey doesn’t understand this word. The Bills actually were successful most of the time when our D pressured Brohm.
Atlanta Falcons fan in Moscow, Russia
Rowdy Roddy White Out was # 6 on Prime Time’s Countdown today
Great game – probably 2nd best WR of the week after Moss
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
and Grimes was #5 on best catches
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-countdowns/09000d5d8154ecc7/WK-16-Top-5-catches
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 Dec 28, 2009 2:43 AM EST up reply actions
It was a great game to watch
I’d say that the SF game earlier this year was a prettier win for us, because we dominated that game with our top weapons (and we still had great expectations for the season). But this one was wonderful in its own sense – with so many position players out and Bierman kicking off, our secondary dominating the Bills, and the Falcons going into 4 down mode early on and still succeeding.
I wouldn’t jump into premature conclusions because part of our success had to do with the Bills ineptness. Poor Bills… There were some plays when I thought a better defense could’ve at least prevented us from getting good gains.
In any case, I’m glad Matty Ice is back, beginning from the last drive of the previous game. the only thing upsetting was lack of screen plays and very few runs over the edge
Atlanta Falcons fan in Moscow, Russia
As long as we have "No Mularky"
Forgetting how to call a screen pass. We may never see the Super Bowl. But we will do fine in spite of the strange play calling.
Chris Owens?
So what is the general consensus on Owens right now? Are we starting to think this guy could be a starter next year? Having him come on would be an unbelievable help in the offseason as we wouldn’t have to replace our entire secondary…
by cheshire falcon on Dec 28, 2009 2:25 PM EST reply actions
Well
He’s been starting for 5 weeks now, and I can only remember him truly embarrasing himself once (the ~65 yd TD to Braylon Edwards last week). I would think he’d at least be “in the mix” for one of the starting spots next year.
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