We got London on da track: The 2022 Atlanta Falcons OFFICIAL Season thread

[Nostalgic]

Let's go Younghoe!

 

[Point Blank]

Typical shyt. Get in the redzone and just go brain dead with those penalties.

All in all, Marcus and Ridder looked good.

 

[AVXL]

Ridder & Mariota

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

Ridder & Mariota

Who cares? Saints D putting them in body bag Week 1.

 

[AVXL]

Who cares? Saints D putting them in body bag Week 1.

I got a neg fresh from the French Quarter for you and your whoadie lovin friends

 

[Nostalgic]

Only been able to watch bits of this Jaguars vs Falcons preseason game. But these procedural penalties gotta get cleaned up, this really shows a lack of discipline.

 

[Professor K.]

fukk it, we going 11-6. Yall can quote me

 

[#1 pick]

fukk it, we going 11-6. Yall can quote me

I said 13-4, fukk it!

 

[The ADD]

What did y’all think of Ridder yesterday outside of that first throw

 

[Georgiamuscle]

What did y’all think of Ridder yesterday outside of that first throw

He was decent outside of those two bad picks. He’s going to be a project prospect.

 

[Stone]

What did y’all think of Ridder yesterday outside of that first throw

He knows how to play the game. The only real test is gonna be how he holds up when he’s faced with more complex coverages and pressure l

 

[AVXL]

fukk it, we going 11-6. Yall can quote me

No hate but how do you see that? We’ve got a bunch of nobodies on defense, limited depth on the DL, an inconsistent OL from last yr, a journeyman at QB, our top WR is a rookie who’s been injured all season and you see 11-6? Just trying to better understand what you’re seeing b/c I see 5-6 wins MAX

 

[Professor K.]

No hate but how do you see that? We’ve got a bunch of nobodies on defense, limited depth on the DL, an inconsistent OL from last yr, a journeyman at QB, our top WR is a rookie who’s been injured all season and you see 11-6? Just trying to better understand what you’re seeing b/c I see 5-6 wins MAX

It's the NFL. Every year somebody is a lot better than everybody thought. And if:

-all our Pro Bowlers(Matthews, Lindstrom, Pitts, Terrell, Jarrett) play to their expected levels
-Mariota gives us 12th to 16th-ranked QB play(basically between Jimmy G and Jalen Hurts level)
-our offense plays better than the sum of its parts due to scheme(not having any mobility @ QB had us playing with half a playbook last year and killed the run game)
-our defense is fully implemented and makes up for mid talent by being opportunistic in forcing turnovers and making timely stops
-there's positive contributions from our last 2 draft classes, including breakout stars on both sides of the ball(London/AK, Allgeier/Graham, Dalman/Malone, etc.... we have enough lottery tickets for a few of them to hit)
-and we take advantage of a 2002 NBA Eastern Conference ass NFC(there's only 3 legit teams with LA, GB, and TB)

....then it could be us stranger things have happened than a roster of this talent level playing to its 95th percentile outcome

 

[AVXL]

It's the NFL. Every year somebody is a lot better than everybody thought. And if:

-all our Pro Bowlers(Matthews, Lindstrom, Pitts, Terrell, Jarrett) play to their expected levels
-Mariota gives us 12th to 16th-ranked QB play(basically between Jimmy G and Jalen Hurts level)
-our offense plays better than the sum of its parts due to scheme(not having any mobility @ QB had us playing with half a playbook last year and killed the run game)
-our defense is fully implemented and makes up for mid talent by being opportunistic in forcing turnovers and making timely stops
-there's positive contributions from our last 2 draft classes, including breakout stars on both sides of the ball(London/AK, Allgeier/Graham, Dalman/Malone, etc.... we have enough lottery tickets for a few of them to hit)
-and we take advantage of a 2002 NBA Eastern Conference ass NFC(there's only 3 legit teams with LA, GB, and TB)

....then it could be us stranger things have happened than a roster of this talent level playing to its 95th percentile outcome

That’s a lotta “ifs” but hopefully your right and I’m wrong. I just don’t think we have enough elite talent on either side of the ball to reasonably expect us to be competitive at the level you’re predicting but we’ll see what happens

 

[Nostalgic]