Preserve The Iceberg, Don't Let Matty Ice Melt: The Official 2016 Atlanta Falcons Season Thread

How many wins this season?

  • >11-5

    Votes: 2 9.1%
  • 10-6

    Votes: 2 9.1%
  • 9-7

    Votes: 2 9.1%
  • .500

    Votes: 4 18.2%
  • 7-9

    Votes: 7 31.8%
  • 6-10

    Votes: 2 9.1%
  • <5-11

    Votes: 3 13.6%

  • Total voters
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Definition of a must win today based on our schedule and the fact that this team needs a good start for this yr. as I've said before things can get real spooky if we get off to a shaky start this season
 

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Too much conservative play calling by Kyle cost the Falcons the game today.
 

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Too much conservative play calling by Kyle cost the Falcons the game today.

This :stopitslime:
Everybody panicking and blaming the QB when he went 27-39 334 yards 2 TDs and 0 INTs. Yall forgot the defense gave up 31 points, Shanahan was terrible, and Coleman was our leading rusher with 22 yards:martin:
I've been calling for Watson all last year but this time Matt wasn't the one that cost us this game:snoop:

Edit: Alford can't start on the outside anymore and once again we end a game with 0 sacks:francis:
 
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We ran the ball 14 times out of Ryan, Coleman, and Freeman :beli:

The D is garbage and don't care about winning. I wouldn't be surprised if next week they brawl in Oakland :snoop:
 

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This team has regressed. Since starting 5-0, we're 3-9. 1-6 in the division. The offense, once considered the strength of the team, has now become its own worst enemy. Matt's putting up empty numbers and we're game planning our offense out of games. Coaching lost this game b/c the coaching staff is effectively coaching scared. The 3& goal from the 17 and we do an inside draw? Huh? Julio with 1 catch in the first half? What? :what:

Defensively we've improved but this team is unable to get pressures, sacks or force turnovers.

Now we're seeing Tampa outclass us at home, CAR is clearly better and NO is always a tossup... if we can't win in our own division we're not going anywhere especially with this schedule

Like I've said before I don't know if Quinn is a head coach or nah and that to me is the biggest storyline this season. Outside of the sunny side up optimism and golly gee, aww shucks coach talk I'm not sure he's the right guy or not based on his lack of feel for the game and inability to adjust at a HC level. I'm gonna give him the season to figure it out, but a troubling trend has emerged
 
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This team has regressed. Since starting 5-0, we're 3-9. 1-6 in the division. The offense, once considered the strength of the team, has now become its own worst enemy. Matt's putting up empty numbers and we're game planning our offense out of games. Coaching lost this game b/c the coaching staff is effectively coaching scared. The 3& goal from the 17 and we do an inside draw? Huh? Julio with 1 catch in the first half? What? :what:

Defensively we've improved but this team is unable to get pressures, sacks or force turnovers.

Now we're seeing Tampa outclass us at home, CAR is clearly better and NO is always a tossup... if we can't win in our own division we're not going anywhere especially with this schedule

Like I've said before I don't know if Quinn is a head coach or nah and that to me is the biggest storyline this season. Outside of the sunny side up optimism and golly gee, aww shucks coach talk I'm not sure he's the right guy or not based on his lack of feel for the game and inability to adjust at a HC level. I'm gonna give him the season to figure it out, but a troubling trend has emerged

Yeah the only positives were: the 0 turnovers on offense, rookie LBs looked good, Sanu looked good, Coleman looked good, and the line blocked better most of the time.

The negatives are:
Hardy is still a no show, we get hurries instead of sacks, our run game is now nonexistent (:why:), Alford can't play on the outside; he's a nickel corner, and Beasley might actually be a bust. Quinn looks like he has no clue when it comes to fixing the pass rush, and Shanahan is still shytty.

It's becoming obvious that Quinn was only successful due to the overwhelming talent left for him in Seattle. Alford was a shyt show though. Collins really screwed us.:snoop:
 

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Yeah the only positives were: the 0 turnovers on offense, rookie LBs looked good, Sanu looked good, Coleman looked good, and the line blocked better most of the time.

The negatives are:
Hardy is still a no show, we get hurries instead of sacks, our run game is now nonexistent (:why:), Alford can't play on the outside; he's a nickel corner, and Beasley might actually be a bust. Quinn looks like he has no clue when it comes to fixing the pass rush, and Shanahan is still shytty.

It's becoming obvious that Quinn was only successful due to the overwhelming talent left for him in Seattle. Alford was a shyt show though. Collins really screwed us.:snoop:

In having a tough time comin away with a lot of positives breh. Again it's one game, things can change. But I saw an undisciplined team with numerous penalties, I saw a team unable to generate a pass rush and the offensive line was unable to run block. Freeman didn't look like himself at all...not sure what happened but the line wasn't supposed to be an issue

Beasley made no impact whatsoever, none. He's another guy out there. There was one play i literally saw him thrown to the ground from the OL...I had to rewind it b/c you don't see that in NFL games. And again what I keep going back to is what lost this game is the game plan & execution. 1 of 4 in the red zone. That's execution of the plays that isn't happening. The team didn't turn it over so you have to look at coaching. The defense gave up 31. What was the defensive game plan?
 

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Falcons defensive lineman Ra’Shede Hageman, who was inactive for the season opener against Tampa Bay on Sunday, was involved in a domestic violence case in March and charged with three misdemeanors in DeKalb County.

From an incident with the mother of his child, Hageman was charge with interfering with a call for emergency help, battery family violence and cruelty to children in the third degree in March.

The NFL has been in contact with the Falcons over the matter.

The Falcons said that Hageman was not active against the Bucs because they felt they were going to play a lot of nickel defense and elected to activate defensive tackle Courtney Upshaw over Hageman.

Hageman, who’s 6 feet 6, 310 pounds, was selected by the Falcons in the second round (37th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft.

After the Ray Rice case, which involved him punching his then fiance in an elevator, the NFL has been senstive to domestic violence cases.

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Amazing. I didn't even notice Hage wasn't out there. Another indictment on TD's drafting

I know the get rid of Matt Ryan talk will ramp up as the team continues to lose, but y'all know *insert black QB reminiscent of Vick* probably won't win in year 1 or 2 either, right?
 

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In having a tough time comin away with a lot of positives breh. Again it's one game, things can change. But I saw an undisciplined team with numerous penalties, I saw a team unable to generate a pass rush and the offensive line was unable to run block. Freeman didn't look like himself at all...not sure what happened but the line wasn't supposed to be an issue

Beasley made no impact whatsoever, none. He's another guy out there. There was one play i literally saw him thrown to the ground from the OL...I had to rewind it b/c you don't see that in NFL games. And again what I keep going back to is what lost this game is the game plan & execution. 1 of 4 in the red zone. That's execution of the plays that isn't happening. The team didn't turn it over so you have to look at coaching. The defense gave up 31. What was the defensive game plan?

I agree that there weren't many positives coming out of this game other than Sanu, DJ, DeVondre, and Coleman. Outside of a miscommunication between Jameis and a receiver, TB did whatever they wanted in the passing game. They threw it to one side the whole time. Whether it was in the running or passing game, Beasley negatively impacted the game. He's just not tough. He gets thrown around and he looks clueless.

This team definitely took two steps backwards because the run game was horrid and the defense was just as bad. They were literally just running around stopping nobody. That score before the half :francis:

Matt had a good enough game. I don't understand why everyone was quick to blame him; he didn't give up 31 points. Shanahan definitely left his mark on the game with his terrible play calling. We're in bad shape but the season is still salvageable. On to the Raiders:yeshrug:
 

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Amazing. I didn't even notice Hage wasn't out there. Another indictment on TD's drafting

I know the get rid of Matt Ryan talk will ramp up as the team continues to lose, but y'all know *insert black QB reminiscent of Vick* probably won't win in year 1 or 2 either, right?

Matt didn't play poorly but he was off. Passes behind Julio, Sanu, Coleman. And he didn't attack TB either. The red zone turnovers from a yr ago resorted in a more conservative game plan yesterday. That can't happen...either they let him play or get somebody who can. They coached not to lose and lost and that's how Matt played yesterday as well

I agree that there weren't many positives coming out of this game other than Sanu, DJ, DeVondre, and Coleman. Outside of a miscommunication between Jameis and a receiver, TB did whatever they wanted in the passing game. They threw it to one side the whole time. Whether it was in the running or passing game, Beasley negatively impacted the game. He's just not tough. He gets thrown around and he looks clueless.

This team definitely took two steps backwards because the run game was horrid and the defense was just as bad. They were literally just running around stopping nobody. That score before the half :francis:

Matt had a good enough game. I don't understand why everyone was quick to blame him; he didn't give up 31 points. Shanahan definitely left his mark on the game with his terrible play calling. We're in bad shape but the season is still salvageable. On to the Raiders:yeshrug:

Yea it's 1 game, but the trends are what are discouraging. We're seeing Matt not be an impact player anymore. A good enough game from him ends in a solid defeat for us. His own coaches don't trust him enough to throw downfield or look for the best WR in the game

Beasley at this point is a bust. fukk it I said it. I know it's early but he has to undo that title and he has to play like he gives a fukk. He looks even more lost now than he did as a rookie. Defense as a whole looked overmatched

Maybe it's still too early, but when does Quinn actually get heat? He's 3-9 in his last 12. 1-6 career in the division. His team is undisciplined, lacks fundamentals in his forte (tackling & defense) and increasingly looks more and more disjointed. They don't look like a cohesive unit on either side of the ball and this goes back to last season
 
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