Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
I hear you man!!! But to tell you the truth, if we're going to have to have this happen anyway, it might as well be now as half way into the season. Surely there are some other options out there to either back up or go along with Dak that might not be there in late October.Originally Posted by CrimsonCowboy
Your definition of a bust is in the minority than. A young player who performs at a high level than has his career fall short because of an injury or death isn't a bust.
His top wideout that year was Harry Douglas and his running back was fat Michael Turner, FWIW.
Here's my opinion on Matt Ryan. He's really good at helping a player's performance match their potential, but he struggles making guys look better than they are which is what Brady, Manning, Brees, Rodgers, etc. always excelled.
At this point Ryan is what he is. He's an excellent quarterback that is going to help you win the exact number of games that your roster is built to win, but he's not going to help you win much more than that. Hopefully the Falcons have a 10 win roster this year, but I kind of doubt it.
He's not Manning, Brady, or Rodgers, if he was then I'd be pooping my pants. but to counter your point about not making players better, Harry Douglas 2013. From a dink and dunk number 3 who rarely saw the ball to a 1000 yard receiver. Devin Hester in 2014 posting his arguable best receiver stats of any season at 32. (he had 2 Bear seasons with more yards, but he was targetted a heck of a lot more and 2014 had his best catch% by a healthy margin)
I disagree as well that Ryan won't win you more than the roster dictates. I think Ryan can't win more than the defense dictates though. Ryan to me is certainly a QB who would benefit from a top notch defense on the other side. Kind of similar to Russell Wilson he's a very smart QB who doesn't make a lot of mistakes unless he has to try to win the game on his own. The Packers playoff game was a great example. It wans't until the very end of the second half that Ryan struggled at all because up until then the game was manageable. After it became clear that Atlanta couldn't legally stop Aaron Rodgers, he pressed more and made more mistakes. I think his ability to deliver in close games though is second to few QBs.
What I'd compare Ryan to as far as general ranking even if their style of QBing is totally different is Tony Romo.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
If Kaep is cut, will we be able to hear thethe crying from here?
Ivermectin Man
jpx7 (08-31-2016)
My pre week 1 power rankings:
32. Browns
31. 49ers
30. Rams
29. Lions
28. Eagles
27. Bears
26. Titans
25. Chargers
24. Dolphins
23. Cowboys
22. Buccaneers
21. Saints
20. Jaguars
19. Bills
18. Ravens
17. Texans
16. Saints
15. Falcons
14. Raiders
13. Jets
12. Colts
11. Redskins
10. Vikings
9. Bengals
8. Chiefs
7. Broncos
6. Packers
5. Seahawks
4. Panthers
3. Steelers
2. Patriots
1. Cardinals
Happy football day gentleman!!
Tapate50 (09-08-2016)
The Falcons two LB draftees from this spring have earned starting jobs. Will make us a heckuva lot faster for sure. Growing pains will be part of it but it speaks well that they are already showing well.
Im optimistic we can be pretty effective on offense, and the defense will take a few steps further.
Ivermectin Man
Here goes nothing.
Packers/Vikings(WC-2)/Bears/Lions
Cardinals/Seahawks(WC-1)/Rams/49ers
Panthers/Bucs/Falcons/Saints
Cowboys/Redskins/Giants/Eagles
Steelers/Bengals(WC-1)/Ravens/Browns
Patriots/Jets/Bills/Dolphins
Chiefs/Broncos(WC-2)/Raiders/Chargers
Colts/Texans/Jaguars/Titans
NFC championship: Packers over Panthers
AFC championship: Patriots over Steelers
Super Bowl: Packers over Patriots. We all deserve a Rodgers-Brady Super Bowl.
Falcons: 6-10 with wins over Saints, Bucs, Eagles, 49ers, Rams and Chargers.
Last edited by bravesnumberone; 09-08-2016 at 02:10 PM.
My picks for winners
AFC East
Pats
Jets
Phins
Bills
AFC North
Steelers
Bengals
Ravens
Browns
AFC South
Colts
Texans
Jaguars
Titans
AFC West
Chiefs
Chargers
Broncos
Raiders
Wild cards are Bengals and Jets
NFC East
Giants
Redskins
Cowboys
Eagles (seriosuly this division is a tossup overall)
NFC North
Packers
VIkings
Bears
Lions
NFC South
Falcons
Panthers
Bucs
Saints
NFC West
Seahawks
49ers
Cardinals
Rams
Niners get the WC with some chip kelly magic, as do the Panthers.
NFC Championship is Packers over Seahawks
AFC Championship is Chiefs over Pats
Andy Reid gets his first superbowl.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
Hell of a way to start the season. Great game.
Just like last year the Bronco's didn't need a real QB to beat the Panthers.
Nope. Just some clearly missed personal fouls that should have been called.
Well they still won the game. Still don't have a legit QB. So my point still stands.
Goes both ways, they held Von Miller every down and he didn't whine about it. He had his helmet jerked a few times, collared held, surprise no one ganked him in the process of holding him.
Holding could probably be called on 95 percent of plays in football. Blatant hits to the head is a different thing all together. It's just another long line in the list of things wrong with the NFL. I am not a fan of Cam although I have come around on him a lot. If that were Brady or Brees they are whistles for sure. Cam gets looked at differently because of his size. Think like Shaq how the officials completely changed the way they called fouls for him.
Oh my God, the Falcons got burned 3-4 times in the secondary on that first drive. Good thing Winston overthrew.
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