Can't suck that bad we beat the giants! And now the colts!
And I have a feeling you will be pulling for us against the eagles! Of course if you don't make it to the playoffs does it really matter what your record is?
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Can't suck that bad we beat the giants! And now the colts!
And I have a feeling you will be pulling for us against the eagles! Of course if you don't make it to the playoffs does it really matter what your record is?
I guess you were on edge a bit today ... good for Atlanta, that kick return was key to winning the game.
Yep... had to beat the Bucs and the refs for that one
I'm surprised they didn't call him out of bounds on the kick return
Yeah, big road win and a maturing Falcons team that finds ways to win
The NO game on Monday looms big now
Seattle and Carolina twice
I have a lot of confidence in this team, even when they are down
They are gamers
You had to win tonight. I think with Carolina twice, it's safe to say you have a playoff spot.
New Orleans isn't going to go away though and they are a team I can easily see going back to back. They are now at five straight wins. They are the next best record in the NFC with 9 wins along with the Bears.
If you are the best in the NFL, there's a good argument for New Orleans being the second best in the NFL and certainly second best in the NFC being in the division they are in. The Super Bowl may very well be the postseason game between you and and New Orleans. You two could be like the Niners vs. the Cowboys in the 1990s with a few years in a row within the NFC when those two were easily the best teams in the NFL.
I hope your team and New Orleans both stay strong through the next few seasons as this will line up to be the next great rivalry in football, within a conference of not. (1970s Steelers vs. Cowboys overall, 1990s Cowboys vs 49ers of the NFC, 2000s Colts vs New England of the AFC).
What I would like to see is Atlanta winning a Super Bowl this year or next, but better yet would be to have football's pundits predicting either you or New Orleans to be the top dog of the NFL for the next five years. It would make for some colorful rivalry games.
In this future period I am predicting and a lot of people probably see as inevitable, it's likely the AFC will the the minor leagues of football, changing the precedent when the NFC were the perpetual underdogs for a long time.
I also say this with the fact that the last two times the NFL's greatest teams of their generation of the last great football rivalry (New England vs Indianapolis) were at the Super Bowl representing the AFC, they lost.
I am not counting out Brady and Peyton Manning and putting them to pasture with Favre quite yet, but the overall picture looks good for the NFC's top teams which also include the Bears and Packers. I am not so sure about the Bears over time, but the Packers seem set for the long run with you and New Orleans.
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Hopefully this year, since by all accounts, they won't be playing next year
The 2 games with Carolina should be wins (unless the last game is meaningless)
Seattle is clearly a winnable game, albeit on the road in a tough place
The Monday night game with New Orleans is big
But it is home at the Dome and I like our chances
Big game tonight
Let's see which team man's up
Falcons show knack for the comeback
Falcons and the rest of the leaders
4 straight victories over teams with a winning record
5 straight wins over teams without a losing record (STL is 6-6)
5 total wins over teams with a winning record
6 total wins over teams without a losing record
Only two losses came to Division Leaders on the road (Pittsburgh 9-3 and Philadelphia 8-4)
The 10 wins
Arizona (3-9)
New Orleans (9-3)
San Francisco (4-8)
Cleveland (5-7)
Cincinnati (2-10)
Tampa Bay (7-5)
Baltimore (8-4)
St. Louis (6-6)
Green Bay (8-4)
Tampa Bay(7-5)
Games left: Seattle, New Orleans, Carolina (2)
The Jets have beaten 1 team with a winning record... NE in Week 2
Losses to Baltimore and Green Bay
Games left: New England, Miami, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Buffalo
The Pats have beaten 2 teams with a winning record... Pittsburgh and Baltimore
Losses to Jets and Cleveland
Games left: Jets, Chicago, Green Bay, Buffalo, Miami
The Saints have beaten 2 teams with a winning record... Tampa and Pittsburgh
Losses to Arizona, Cleveland and Atlanta
Games left: St. Louis, Baltimore, Atlanta, Tampa Bay
The Bears have 2 wins over teams with winning records... Green Bay and Philadelphia
Losses to Giants, Seattle and Washington
Games left: New England, Minnesota, Jets, Green Bay
The Steelers have 3 wins over teams with winning records... Atlanta, Tampa and Baltimore
Losses to Baltimore, New England and New Orleans
Games left: Cincinnati, Jets, Carolina, Cleveland
Falcons and the rest of the leaders
4 straight victories over teams with a winning record
5 straight wins over teams without a losing record (STL is 6-6)
5 total wins over teams with a winning record
6 total wins over teams without a losing record
Only two losses came to Division Leaders on the road (Pittsburgh 9-3 and Philadelphia 8-4)
The 10 wins
Arizona (3-9)
New Orleans (9-3)
San Francisco (4-8)
Cleveland (5-7)
Cincinnati (2-10)
Tampa Bay (7-5)
Baltimore (8-4)
St. Louis (6-6)
Green Bay (8-4)
Tampa Bay(7-5)
Games left: Seattle, New Orleans, Carolina (2)
The Jets have beaten 1 team with a winning record... NE in Week 2
Losses to Baltimore and Green Bay
Games left: New England, Miami, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Buffalo
The Pats have beaten 2 teams with a winning record... Pittsburgh and Baltimore
Losses to Jets and Cleveland
Games left: Jets, Chicago, Green Bay, Buffalo, Miami
The Saints have beaten 2 teams with a winning record... Tampa and Pittsburgh
Losses to Arizona, Cleveland and Atlanta
Games left: St. Louis, Baltimore, Atlanta, Tampa Bay
The Bears have 2 wins over teams with winning records... Green Bay and Philadelphia
Losses to Giants, Seattle and Washington
Games left: New England, Minnesota, Jets, Green Bay
The Steelers have 3 wins over teams with winning records... Atlanta, Tampa and Baltimore
Losses to Baltimore, New England and New Orleans
Games left: Cincinnati, Jets, Carolina, Cleveland
If the season ended today, as they say, it's all yours to lose. There is no excuse for anything besides a Super Bowl appearance for Atlanta.
And what does the AFC currently have that is scary to Atlanta?
You guys are like the 1996 Packers or 1985 Bears where it seemed obvious who was the best in the NFL.
With the prospects of no NFL next year, you need to get working on current momentum and win it all. It's your window of opportunity where you are quite a bit over the top of the NFL's #2, #3, and #4 teams.
Wow. Still jumping the gun. Atlanta is very good but they still haven't separated from the pack. I'm not even convinced they will win the division, let alone the Super Bowl. The Saints have finally found a grove, which could be trouble. I think the division could go either way, but I give Atlanta only a slight edge.
Add other teams such as Green Bay, Chicago, NY Giants and Philly and you have more teams that could beat Atlanta in the playoffs. Atlanta may be the favorite in any of those games, but it wouldn't be a surprise if they lost to any of those teams. Still a lot of football left.
The best part about football, is favorites don't alway win and the Super Bowl champion is rarely the best team during the first 8-10 games. The champion is the team that gets hot at the right time. Any football fan has to love the fact they so many teams at the top of the standings are close in both record and talent. This season if one of the better ones I can remember.
The Denver Post is reporting that the Broncos have fired coach Josh McDaniels. I am surprised, I thought they would give him another year to get it together.
http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_16791509
http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_16791509
Yes, it's still early, but it's been many years when a team that hasn't won the Super Bowl yet goes on such a charge. Three quarters of the season has been played and it's not likely Atlanta is going to fold, even with past history of early upstarts disappointing us.
I do know how bad it can be when a team jumps out early and the press are all over them to win it all. It happened out west when the Raiders went up 8-0 and looked great with a Super Bowl winning QB fresh from his Giant's victory, and then the Raiders go on to lose the remaining 8 and miss the playoffs. Believe me, I know and it sucks.
Atlanta is not at all like that choking version of the Raiders with Hostetler losing it all. And we are not at 8 games, but at 12, and while it's only 4 games deeper in the season, it's the home stretch vs. just half way.
You may have something against Atlanta or some example from the past of a team with November's player of the month and October's player of the month (running back and quarterback), along with the league's best record, that says otherwise. If you have any reasonable argument against Atlanta, I am all ears.
Anyway, have you read any of Macdawg's posts? He pretty much spells it out without any doubt.
This is Atlanta's to lose and I thought so even a few games ago.
They won six in a row.
They beat five teams with winning records.
Oh, and add that to the league's MVPs of the last two months, and you have a team on its way to the playoffs.
And so what if New Orleans wins the division, and let's say the NFC, so what? How am I jumping the gun? And again, keep this in perspective that we have gone through 12 games in a 16 game season. What are the odds Atlanta can lose both their QB and RB or even just one of them? And would that necessarily doom them in the playoffs?
If you want jumping the gun, look at those stupid power rankings.
A hypothetical of Atlanta being an early favorite would fall under these possible conditions:
1) Atlanta is at only mid-season between 7 to 9 games played
2) They beat mostly terrible teams and maybe beat only one winning team and it's a year when Tampa Bay is maybe at 2-6
3) They didn't have October NFL MVP
4) They didn't have November NFL MVP
5) A couple of top NFC defensive players they have faced and will face are out for the season on injuries and this helped Atlanta
6) Maybe Drew Brees and Michael Vick are out because of injuries
Then yes, I could say any big believer in Atlanta under those six conditions and others similar to it may be jumping the gun, but not necessarily so.
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Especially when you consider the powder puff teams they barely beat the past few weeks.
Yeah, they have been skating on the edge for the last couple of weeks. Tonight, they just got shoved off the cliff.
Go Jets ... tonight we see if they got the goods ... IMO they do.
hahahahahahaha
all i have to say is 45 - 3
J E T S SUCK SUCK SUCK
Do you see it yet? He just won his 26th straight home game. That's a new NFL record.
21/29, 326 yards, 4 td, 0 int, 148.9 rating tonight
in his last 7 games, 17 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
now for the season he has 3,029 yards, 27 touchdowns (most in nfl), 4 ints, and a 109.5 rating (most in nfl).
he's going to run away with the mvp award.
It's the most one-sided game I've seen since the 49ers destroyed the Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV 55-10. Ouch!
Patriots played lights out last night and exposed the Jets, but I honestly doubt the Pats are that good, or the Jets are that bad. We saw it with the Eagles earlier when Vick had his monster game. Sometimes the stars align and it all works. Other days they don't, and you struggle. Remember, this is the same team that got blown out by Cleveland 34-14 in Week 9.
There are several really good teams in the league, and any of them are capable of beating the other on any given Sunday, even in a blowout. The Pats sure look like the team to beat right now, but so did the Eagles until they ran into Chicago, or the Jets until they ran into New England. No team is a sure bet, and I would say that even about the Falcons in the NFC. New Orleans, Philadelphia, Chicago, Green Bay, NY Giants are all capable of putting together a playoff run. The same is true of Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and yes, even the Jets.
The Playoffs are a whole different season, and right now, nobody is playing for the SuperBowl or the Conference Championship. Right now, everyone is scrambling for home field advantage. And at least for now, that road goes through Foxboro and the Ga Dome. Time will tell if it stays that way.
There are several really good teams in the league, and any of them are capable of beating the other on any given Sunday, even in a blowout. The Pats sure look like the team to beat right now, but so did the Eagles until they ran into Chicago, or the Jets until they ran into New England. No team is a sure bet, and I would say that even about the Falcons in the NFC. New Orleans, Philadelphia, Chicago, Green Bay, NY Giants are all capable of putting together a playoff run. The same is true of Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and yes, even the Jets.
The Playoffs are a whole different season, and right now, nobody is playing for the SuperBowl or the Conference Championship. Right now, everyone is scrambling for home field advantage. And at least for now, that road goes through Foxboro and the Ga Dome. Time will tell if it stays that way.
2008 isn't may years ago. I'm sure we could find may other recent ones if we looked. The problem is that no one remembers who lost or faded.
My point is that I have yet to see a reasonable argument to crown them at this point in time. They may win it all. They may lose in the first round. Neither would be a shock. To me, no team has separated from the rest. They may be the current favorite, but not by much. A slight edge here or there does not equate to "it's theirs to lose." I still think there are 5-7 teams in the NFC that have legitimate shots where them winning the conference would not be surprising.
You are never as good as your highs and never as bad as you lows. I think we know the Pats are good, but what about these Jets? Besides the Pats at home, who have they beat? I'm very weary that the are not nearly as good as their record indicates.
I couldn't have said it better myself. I LOVE FOOTBALL!
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