Falcons Friday Injury Report: Two Birds Out Against Panthers
by Dave Choate on Oct 14, 2011 4:55 PM EDT
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Short but not sweet. That about sums up this post.
First of all, Julio Jones is out. Ditto Chris Owens, who suffered a concussion last week was was never all that likely to play. The Falcons can patch over both absences, but it's a lot easier to replace Owens at the nickel than it is to replace Jones outside. Harry Douglas has some big shoes to fill this week, especially after a slow start to the season.
The rest of the injury report is mined with questionables, which is Mike Smith's way of saying a player might be in perfect health or might, in fact, have been infected with a virus that causes them to lurch through empty streets at night, pining for brains. You really don't know.
On the list, in no particular order, are John Abraham (uh oh), Todd McClure (also uh oh), Garrett Reynolds (sort of uh oh, given Brett Romberg's fine performance in relief last week) and James Sanders (?). The rest of the list is probable, and out of these, only Reynolds and McClure are huge question marks to me. I'm willing to bet Abe plays, and if Sanders doesn't, the Falcons will probably survive.
What say you?
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It's sad...
We’ve gone from Super Bowl contender to “Dear God, can we squeak by the 1-4 Panthers?” in just 5 weeks.
I sad.
"Don't go ninja'n nobody that don't need ninja'n!" ~ Kung Fu Hillbilly.
a win against this 1-4 team
would not be much of a feat if the Cats weren’t better than what their record indicates.
Atlanta Falcons fan in Moscow, Russia
I'm just a little nervous
We should beat the panthers but right now they have more Swagger than us. We are a far better team but the believe more than we do. Until we realize that we are as good a team as the packer I will be nervous unfortunately
by falcons101 on Oct 14, 2011 5:56 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
This is the problem...
A 1-4 team led by a rookie QB has more swagger than a team that went 13-3 last season…
I still sad.
"Don't go ninja'n nobody that don't need ninja'n!" ~ Kung Fu Hillbilly.
but right now they have more Swagger than us.
That maybe true, and if it is, I guess it’s a good thing that Swagger is a completely arbitrary theme that began in rap and has been appropriated to sports. In other words, it means nothing.
by KMarch on Oct 14, 2011 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Then my swagger rating of 79 means nothing?
Thanks a lot!
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they might have more swagger
but we need this game much more. we have our backs against the wall, they don’t.
Atlanta Falcons fan in Moscow, Russia
I wonder how much, if any effect MM's press conference had on the players.
If I were playing under him, I’d be slipping notes under TD’s door…“Please, by all that’s holy, get us another OC!”
We are not a good football team....
atleast not right now, but a win would get us back to .500 and in the hunt for our division. NO and TB play this week and I expect both of them to lose to GB. All we have to do is start winning some games and turn this ship around. MM and his thought process are very disturbing right now, but it is going to take an ass chewing from the top to get him on track. Hope that lil press conference opened up someone’s eye.
by Pharoah_Rah on Oct 14, 2011 7:36 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
N.o. already lost to gb. I am actually hoping we get throttled by the panthers. Hopefully that’s what it’ll take for MS to wake up and do something about our team. As a falcons fan for 20 years I have to admit this is the most disappointed I have been. We don’t have the same fire that we had the last few years. Im glad we are a classy organization but I’m ready for some players to speak their mind. Something has to change and soon or we’re done.
by ocfalcon on Oct 14, 2011 7:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Master Mike
I wouldn’t hold my breath thinking the press conference provided insight into Mularkey’s attitude that isn’t already well known by the people he works with everyday. He was quite arrogant, but didn’t say anything that would be a PR issue. Anyway, Smith’s recap of the drives Monday did little to give me hope that we’ll see any real change. It basically laid out the logic that the gameplan was fine, but poor execution and bad timing on penalties killed drives. It is interesting to note that GB had losses on sacks of 7, 8, and 11 yards on 3 separate drives, but still found ways to score.
I really hope we see a complete game this week and take it to the Panthers, but I’m not getting my hopes up after watching these guys collapse in the last two games. I honestly feel we’re going to need to win the turnover battle to come out on top.
winning TO battle
does very little if the offense can’t score.
in the GB game we had fewer TO’s (1 to 0) until the final minutes, and still were behind GB in scoring.
Atlanta Falcons fan in Moscow, Russia
Curious no huddle comment from MS after practice ...
“One of the things that we’ve done is we’ve done a very good job of keeping people off balance in terms of when we’re going to run in and when we’re not. We can get into it and out of it very easily. The decision that we make is usually made during the week and not during the game.” That last bit is a real eye popper considering how much the lack of in game adjustments is a well known FACT this season. This coaching staff is seriously starting worry me after the comments by MM (blechh!) and now MS! Very very scary!
Lot of people are picking us to lose.
It’s sickening.
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by Caleb Rutherford on Oct 14, 2011 8:44 PM EDT reply actions
which is more like -1
assuming a home team gets an automatic -3
Atlanta Falcons fan in Moscow, Russia
I usually have a rule of taking any underdog +11.
But I was looking at the line this week (first time this year), and there are two:
GB -14 over St. Louis
PIT 12 over JAX
If I had a regular bookie and money to blow, I’d take both of those just for the points. Also, is somebody on Houston hurt? They are +8 against the Ravens…
and Mario Williams
only their 2 best players. no biggie.
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein
picks smicks...
Falcons just need to play for four quarters and we’ll run over this team
One day....
defense
I’ll be glad to see both Babs and the Predator should be on the field together this week. One of them has been out every game except week 1. Our pass rush has the best chance of being successful with these two on the field. I’m also glad Moore seems to be ok, one of the brighter spots this season has been watching him lay down some serious hits, no wonder he got banged up!
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