REAL FOOTBALL Thread

[Tapate50]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/pa...zxM/story.html

Dan Shaughnessy not showing the city of Atlanta much love.

I love it. The butthurt will be that much stronger when we hang 45 on em and hoist the trophy in Brady's mug.

[goldfly]

[bravesnumberone]

Because the Patriots are the gold standard for great fans....

Talk about a bandwagon team.

[chop2chip]

Because the Patriots are the gold standard for great fans....

Talk about a bandwagon team.

I did find it interesting that DS opted to not mention that the Pats almost moved to Hartford, Connecticut back in 1998 (just a few years before the dynasty).

I think Boston has a great, if not annoying, fanbase. But it's fairly ironic to cite teams relocating to disparage the Falcons fanbase when the team he's supporting was on the brink of relocation themselves.

[zitothebrave]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/pa...zxM/story.html

Dan Shaughnessy not showing the city of Atlanta much love.

"story lines and history"

Aside from the Giants, New England has no real history with Dallas or Green Bay. They PLayed Green Bay one time in the playoffs 20 years ago. Never played Dallas in the SUperbowl.

Like dude is being a moronic pedant. Who wouldn't want a Super Bowl with the number 1 and number 2 offenses in the NFL? It's pretty much the NFL dream to have a high flying exciting Super Bowl.

[striker42]

I did find it interesting that DS opted to not mention that the Pats almost moved to Hartford, Connecticut back in 1998 (just a few years before the dynasty).

I think Boston has a great, if not annoying, fanbase. But it's fairly ironic to cite teams relocating to disparage the Falcons fanbase when the team he's supporting was on the brink of relocation themselves.

And no sane person uses the issues of hockey in Atlanta as an argument. That's a whole other animal.

[bravesnumberone]

Bradley might be an ass sometimes, but he's our ass.

http://markbradley.blog.myajc.com/20...r-the-falcons/

[Tapate50]

Seriously . **** THE PATRIOTS

[gilesfan]

I understand why Atlanta fans would be upset, but people just don't care about the Falcons and Matt Ryan isn't a glamorous household name. Yeah, the offense is great, but that hasn't forced the world to play attention. Its just a reality that there are teams that move the needle and others that do not. It's kinda just a 'blah" superbowl to me. Some title games I watch every play, others I get drunk and eat a **** load of food. This is more of a watch casually type game. I'm already tired of the Pats as it is, but matching them up with the Falcons makes it less interesting to me.

As for the game, the Falcons have a great offense and poor defense. The Falcons are going to have to keep up, I don't see the Falcons slowing down the Pats too much.

[chop2chip]

I understand why Atlanta fans would be upset, but people just don't care about the Falcons and Matt Ryan isn't a glamorous household name. Yeah, the offense is great, but that hasn't forced the world to play attention. Its just a reality that there are teams that move the needle and others that do not. It's kinda just a 'blah" superbowl to me. Some title games I watch every play, others I get drunk and eat a **** load of food. This is more of a watch casually type game. I'm already tired of the Pats as it is, but matching them up with the Falcons makes it less interesting to me.

As for the game, the Falcons have a great offense and poor defense. The Falcons are going to have to keep up, I don't see the Falcons slowing down the Pats too much.

I can't disagree with any of this, which is why it's all the more fun :)

[Tapate50]

I understand why Atlanta fans would be upset, but people just don't care about the Falcons and Matt Ryan isn't a glamorous household name. Yeah, the offense is great, but that hasn't forced the world to play attention. Its just a reality that there are teams that move the needle and others that do not. It's kinda just a 'blah" superbowl to me. Some title games I watch every play, others I get drunk and eat a **** load of food. This is more of a watch casually type game. I'm already tired of the Pats as it is, but matching them up with the Falcons makes it less interesting to me.

As for the game, the Falcons have a great offense and poor defense. The Pats are going to have to keep up, I don't see the Pats D slowing down the Falcons too much.

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[gilesfan]

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The Pats are the ones that have a defense though. Though the Falcons defense hasn't been terrible the last couple of weeks.

[The Chosen One]

I think the Falcons D looks worse than it does on paper because they give Up a lot of points and yards once the game is a blowout.

[Tapate50]

The Pats are the ones that have a defense though. Though the Falcons defense hasn't been terrible the last couple of weeks.

So did Seattle. We obliterated it.

[Tapate50]

I think the Falcons D looks worse than it does on paper because they give Up a lot of points and yards once the game is a blowout.

Since the bye we have been playin pretty durn solid.

[The Chosen One]

Since the bye we have been playin pretty durn solid.

Yep. Once the game is out of reach we've given up some yawn points. Overall our D has been very good.

[zitothebrave]

The Pats are the ones that have a defense though. Though the Falcons defense hasn't been terrible the last couple of weeks.

Let's not act like the Pats had a wonder defense. They were much better than Atlanta, but they were average. It's not like they were Seattle, who Atlanta hung 36 on.

Also it's of important measure that the Falcons have a lot of rookies and second year players starting. Jarrett 2nd year, Beasley 2nd year, Jones rookie, Campbell rookie, Collins second year, Allen second year, Neal Rookie

All of them improved through the season because they got more used to the NFL. Falcons spent most of the season as the worst defense in the NFL and moved up to 27th in efficiency by the end. That's a pretty drastic improvement. Which likely means the last few weeks of the season the Falcons defense was about on par with the Pats.

[Tapate50]

Let's not act like the Pats had a wonder defense. They were much better than Atlanta, but they were average. It's not like they were Seattle, who Atlanta hung 36 on.

Also it's of important measure that the Falcons have a lot of rookies and second year players starting. Jarrett 2nd year, Beasley 2nd year, Jones rookie, Campbell rookie, Collins second year, Allen second year, Neal Rookie

All of them improved through the season because they got more used to the NFL. Falcons spent most of the season as the worst defense in the NFL and moved up to 27th in efficiency by the end. That's a pretty drastic improvement. Which likely means the last few weeks of the season the Falcons defense was about on par with the Pats.

Poole UDFA Rookie

[chop2chip]

So, the next week has to go by quicker because I'm going crazy right now.

[gilesfan]

I think the Falcons D looks worse than it does on paper because they give Up a lot of points and yards once the game is a blowout.

Footballoutsiders ranked them 27th this year which discounts garbage time.