Winning By Any Means Necessary: A Falcons-Vikings Postgame Thread

Starting to believe that we really are a pretender…consistantly inconsistant

We still have 0 pass rush, the only way we get sacks and pressure is with blitzes which leaves our weak secondary looking like swiss cheese.

The definition of a catch needs to be the same across the field, and across officiating teams.

I’m not saying that HD should’ve been given the catch today, though I think he should have, but if that were in the end zone, it would’ve been a catch. if it had been on the goal line and he had crossed into the end zone, it would’ve been a catch. But on the field by the sideline, that wasn’t a catch.

Same with the “defenseless receiver” rule. I’m still annoyed about the Eagles game for that one.

The only team I can compare us too is the evil empire Green Bay…with 0 to no pass rush were exposed. The writings on the wall…that D line is atrouchis

Only highlight I’ve seen so far. We have to cut that shit out

Best play that no one saw – Tony G handling J Allen solo giving Ryan time to toss the deep bomb to White

Never giving up… Never giving in Award goes to #21 CO for catching Harvin

Roddy and Gonzo were clutch all day long

Spoon leading the Goal Line Stand at the end was classic

Quiz did his thing when a 1st was needed to seal the game

Falcons always at their best in the 4th quarter

I’ve honestly wanted him off the team for a full year now. Through the first half, it was more of the same with him;when he’s on the field, bad things happen. I’ll be damned if that wasn’t a great play he made tackling Harvin from out of nowhere on that return, which BTW kept 7 points off the board. Not sure how I’m going to think about him the next time he jogs into the game.

Jared Allen Had Absolutely No Sacks today right??? or did i miss one

if he hasnt already in the coaches eye’s

WTH are we paying him For??

Because it seems like the happiest place on Earth! Everybody has the right to their opinions and if you don’t agree with them let ‘em pass. Yes, we won and yes we’re 7-4. However games like the one in Seattle and this one, a home game, give some people pause. Vikings just aren’t that good. I lived in Minnesota for fifteen years and we always watch the Vikes. We don’t rep any of them anymore but they have an organization in turmoil. They’re not in the class of the Falcons.

Bottom line is the defense, as well as it’s playing (and they are playing well) can’t play well enough to overcome an offense that goes into a shell. NOBODY has better skill players on offense than Atlanta. I have always said that Matt Ryan is an elite QB and he looks like it…when he’s calling the plays. Harry Douglas has saved our asses the last two weeks.

Two of our losses (G.B. and N.O.) this team should have won. Yes those are two tough opponents but if we keep the offense going we win those games. You play to win the Super Bowl. We’ve got the players. Can they get coached up enough to win? It’s not the third quarter, it’s not the number 3. It’s focus and that falls on the coaches.

best thing to do is chalk up that scare to boneheaded coaching (ultraconservative offense, soft zone defense like it was 2 mins to go and a 20 point lead instead of a 30 mins left with 17) and ALOT of young/inexperienced guys getting PT on defense.

So long as we get Grimes and Will Mo back for the Houston game, I dont think we’ll see any more 4th and longs going for TDs.

the positives from this game I think are MUCH more indicative of what we can expect going forward…Spoon is an absolute monster, Roddy is starting to get that business-like demeanor back, Matt is as confident and smart with the ball as he’s ever been, Turner’s looking fresher than he ever has at this point, with great help from Quizz and Snelling, and Svitek just shut down YET ANOTHER one of the league’s premier pass rushers.

oh, and post-season-wise, we now sit as a six seed, and a W in houston next week should more or less guarantee us a playoff spot with a division showdown still to come against new orleans

All we have to do is get in. We still have a shot at getting a playoff game in the Dome. I understand that the game was not perfect, but the negativity is a bit much. If you want to compare someone to GB you will not be able to. They’ve won 17 in a row and are playing some of the best football in the history of the league. And for all the talk about how we play down to the level of our opponent, it is still a fact that Smith has not lost a game to a team that finished sub 500 since he’s been here. We win the ones we are supposed to. You can take away negatives, and you should, but we have won 5 of the last 6 and could have easily won the NO game. We are peaking at the right time guys, let’s enjoy the albeit ugly win!

back in the Detroit game. Baker should move back to where most scouts had him; on the inside. Hawley’s struggling, for the future move Baker there.

I think they just went into cruise controll to early and the touchdown by harvin was a scheme problem that can be fixed, also matt leinart is out for the year we playing tj yates. But matty was sharp and on point, i think the offense stalled in the third cause of some way to conesrvative play calling by MM. In the end aslong as ryan is balling like this, roddy 120 yrds, julio wasnt 100% but a great decoy were still good

If playoffs started today we would be in cause of the tie breaker with detroit

Leinart broke his collarbone. Out for the year. Facing a rookie next week boys, let the good times roll!

Watching a stream of the Bears game broadcast in Europe. That’s what they reported. OUT FOR THE YEAR.

LOL, we’ve been getting pretty lucky with injuries. I see the Giants folding up after losing tomorrow night. The Lions only have one “easy” win left, and Suh will most likely be out for two games. If we win next Sunday, and we should, I think ten wins will get us in. With that being said, as long as we keep getting better I really think we have a real shot at running the table. I’m looking at you Mr. Brees. Oh yeah, Bears qb looks like shit and they are down at the half. GO RAIDERS!!

15-7 Raiders over the Bears. Davis’ boys are gonna Janikowski them to death.

I don’t really buy Welker as one of the best WR’s in the league. He’s their version of HD, I think, in that ideally schemes would either have him matched up on a linebacker or open. Then again, teams do tend to leave a little bit of safety hlep for him.

If matt is still undefeated when his passer rating is 100 or better?

almost throw up on every first down, I know whatr is coming.

Why does the song “All I do is win” come to mind when I see Tebow play?

Bears go down. They could lose to just about anybody with that qb. GO BIRDS!

went back and looked at the impressive Owens tackle on Harvins and it looks like Harvins had Owens by the facemask. The refs were all behind the action so they could not see it. All the more impressive a stop by Owens and the Falcons.

Bears lost! Detroit is in trouble! Texans are on 3rd string QB now. Boys tell me the football gods love us! We just have to keep keeping it on!
WE ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS

Ryan has been money the past 3 games.
The only time i heard Jared Allens name was about his long snapping abilities.
Spoon enough said.

Only thing bad I have to say is when we have a lead we play to not lose the game, instead of keep trying to win it. Prevent prevents you from winning. When we get teams in 3rd and 4th and long thats when we should be forcing mistakes, sacks, picks, etc. Crazy how we allow teams to convert.
but hey one win closer to the playoffs, ill take it

Ive vented ive ranted…read about how I dont observe the team with some sort of philisophical explanation for our weakness such as the scheme or skewed statistics pieced from this game that game where weve excelled blah blah I can agree with those who says its the scheme in partial but at some point we have to consider personel and talent. If you dont got it you dont got it…I really hope something or someone flips the switch to kick it up to a higher level.