Falcons pregame thread

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

I know "should be able to win" and "should win" are not the same thing.
But I have a hard time with this narration that the Falcons are worse than us. We're coming off a beat down and they are coming off a win. It's a show down between two really bad teams at the moment.
I hope we win, but to me it's a toss up.

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This..

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

Too late man, they're clearing the slipway and paging the lifeboat crew as we speak.

And you are going to miss your lifeboat. Lol.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

I do think RR is a good coach, and I want to believe he's a good leader... But he hasn't proven that so far.
It's now 3 weeks in a row that he's saying guys are not doing what they're asked to do, not playing their responsibilities. And it's getting worse.
A good leader either gets these guys in line or finds a way to have them buy into what they're doing. Clearly neither our DEs nor the secondary are.
That doesn't speak to Ron's leadership abilities IMO.

I hope he, and they, shut all us negative Nancys up really quick but...

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To me good coach and good leader are the same thing. Just a different style. You can be a BB or a Gruden on the sidelines in other words a cheer leader or a statue - but either way you need to do your job during the week. I expect a coach to say “its on me to get these guys prepared “ not basically blame them or act like the coaches are putting them in a position to win and they are failing.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by punch it in

And you are going to miss your lifeboat. Lol.

Chief's going down with the ship - for sure.

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Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

Chief's going down with the ship - for sure.

Haha. Commendable Chief. Commendable.

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Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

I know "should be able to win" and "should win" are not the same thing.
But I have a hard time with this narration that the Falcons are worse than us. We're coming off a beat down and they are coming off a win. It's a show down between two really bad teams at the moment.
I hope we win, but to me it's a toss up.

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Oh Frenchy trust me I am the last person on this board that will be surprised if we lose. I won’t be surprised if we lose bad. I also won’t be surprised if we win. I mean ATL is definitely not Buffalo but they have a combination of qb and te that will absolutely rip our lb’s assholes in two if they drop back in coverage. Nobody in the league is plainly worse than us in the big picture or the small picture.

[skinsfaninok]

Guys CALM DOWN...

We will smoke the dirty birds on Sunday... Chase Young 6 sacks confirmed

[MTK]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Oh Frenchy trust me I am the last person on this board that will be surprised if we lose. I won’t be surprised if we lose bad. I also won’t be surprised if we win. I mean ATL is definitely not Buffalo but they have a combination of qb and te that will absolutely rip our lb’s assholes in two if they drop back in coverage. Nobody in the league is plainly worse than us in the big picture or the small picture.

eh, the Giants, Jets, Jags, and Lions may have something to say about that.

We're coming off an ugly loss no doubt, and the D needs to show a dramatic turnaround really soon, but the sky isn't falling. Not yet.

[AnonEmouse]

Originally Posted by MTK

eh, the Giants, Jets, Jags, and Lions may have something to say about that.

We're coming off an ugly loss no doubt, and the D needs to show a dramatic turnaround really soon, but the sky isn't falling. Not yet.

Agreed we're not the worst team in the league, worst case the worst 1-2 team.

But I wouldn't say we're clearly better than the Lions right now. They're a crossbar away from being 1-2 themselves and while they've had similar results to us against 2 good teams, they were beating the Packers at HT and they outscored the 49ers 23-10 in the 2nd half of that game (but did dig themselves a hole in the 1st half).

And the Giants could have beaten us.

The positive I see is we can only get better as we have the talent on the field. It's the coaching that give me pause for thought...

[MTK]

Big picture the Giants and Lions have been far worse in recent years.

Either way, bottom line is people need to step back off the ledge. A win against ATL and we're 2-2, right where most of us would have thought we'd be.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by MTK

Big picture the Giants and Lions have been far worse in recent years.

Either way, bottom line is people need to step back off the ledge. A win against ATL and we're 2-2, right where most of us would have thought we'd be.

Yeah the Lions are worse in every picture no doubt. The Giants won those two and it may have been ten years ago but id take that in a heartbeat and id still be feeling good about it.
Yes clearly we can be 2-2 after Sunday. It is more the manner in which we have lost that has me feeling hopeless. The run of games after Atlanta is going to be brutal if this D doesn’t figure something out. 2-2 can become 2-10 real easy based on what I have seen. Just trying to look at it from a non fan perspective- aka putting the kool aid down. And if i do that I see a top 5 pick right now. I know things can change. Let us just beat Atlanta- maybe it will boost our confidence and we can ride on that.

[MTK]

Just look back to last year, we were 2-7 at one point and all seemed lost. CHILL.

[SunnySide]

This team has too many talented players to not turn it around.

Things fall in line this Sunday.

Skins 24
Falcons 20

*my bold prediction - everyone starter on the DL gets at least a .5 sack

[FrenchSkin]

Just watched the All 22 of Falcons @ Giants.

I'm intrigued. This upcoming match up is very hard to predict IMO.
I could see it going absolutely any way: shoot out, low score close game, blow out one way or the other.

Very cliché, but once again it's all about the trenches IMO:
- Their Dline is not very good, but they can generate pressure every now and then, #97 Grady Jarrett has a nice swim move. Our Oline is coming of a strong outing against the Bills, if they are up to the task, Heinicke could have a really nice game, especially if he extends plays just a bit, there are holes to be found in their zone coverages.
- Their Oline isn't that great either, but the neither was any of the OL they faced so far, Chargers with a rookie LT, Bills with a sketchy line, and we still couldn't generate much pressure. So IF, and as you can see it's a big fat all caps "if", our DL finally steps it up, we have the tools to take control of this game. But if this D as a whole is the same that we saw the first 3 weeks, Matt Ryan and his TEs + Calvin Ridley will have a lot of fun with Bostic, Fuller and Cie...

One good thing is I think they can be run on. Deion Jones is symbolic of really good talent wasted on a shitty squad.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by jamf

I’m already in fuck this shit mode.



WFT will lose by 14

I am there with you. Although I don't know what the score will be, this team has done NOTHING to make me want to watch.

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