Narratives of a Serious Falcons Fan

Friday, August 16, 2013

0 and 2, but a lot more to like

Lot more to like than to not like from last night's pre-season road contest, in which the Birds dropped a 27-23 decision to the defending Super Bowl champion Ravens.

So the BIG dislike?

Lost a winnable game. Didn't need to. Yeah, it's the preseason, but these new/young guys need to understand how to FINISH

Liked:

O-line much more settled and consistent. In addition to mostly holding the box intact for Matty Ice, the offensive line opened holes for Steven Jackson and Quizz all night
Konz was huge and pretty much neutralized the vaunted Haloti Ngata
Ryan to Jackson in the slot. Let's see more of that

Jeremy Shelly - another "automatic"?
Dominique Davis - more consistent, less careless; can see him running the offense if we needed him
Paul Worrilow leads in tackles, again
Julio!!!!

Wasn't so crazy about:

Give me a minute...

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Falcons pre-season Game 1 - Bengals 34 Birds 10

What I liked:

Both rookie corners. 21 (Trufant) showed me a lot (involved in every play), but Alford showed a lot for a lot longer
Paul Worrilow - 12 tackles.Help for Sean W?
Dominique Davis - looked good in spots
Osi - stopping the run too?
Jason Snelling - ol' Reliable
Harry Douglas - ol' Reliable II
#2 is still in charge!

What I didn't like:

Vaunted RB Steven Jackson didn't show much. 5 plays for net 8 yards? And didn't we bring him in for 3 and 2 situations? He got one tonight and couldn't deliver it!
Lamar Homes looked lost; whole right side of the ball looks jacked up
Defense line crumbled on goal line stands
Big mean presence on defense is still missing...

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Battle of the Trenches

Win...and you move on!

Are we for real? Today's the day we find out

From an early December post:

The division race comes down to Atlanta vs Seattle at the Dome, and SF vs NY in SF. Their assessment is that SF ends the Giants' season,while the Falcons prevail and celebrate our first playoff win in the Matt Ryan era against Seattle.

Looks like they called it right. Except of course, for the last step. They also had San Francisco over the Falcons in the NFC Championship game, which would be... today!

Not gonna happen. Today is the day that we prove it.

I say they are over-rated...

...that's right I said OVER-RATED!

To Play or not to Play, that is the question...

This is when Smitty makes his money!

Matt the Elite - Yes, we said it!

Matt Ryan: Elite NFL QB, and here's why...

Click here for the story

Congratulations Julio Jones, Tony Gonzales, and
Mattie Ice the Assassin!

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

"Like a Surgeon"

Matt Ryan is just playing a dart game now!

It's a Wrap - Falcons over Lions 31-18

So that should do it. With the Saturday evening win over the down-but-dangerous Detroit Lions, the Falcons have locked in the #1 seed, finishing their business for the regular season. So next week, we rest our starters against the Bucs in a meaningless game.

Here are the highlights...

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Our Unsung Heroes...UPDATE!

Big boys up front clean up the mess!

Finally: The "D" word

Dominant. There, I said it. Dominant. Hear that? Falcons 34 Giants 0.

Ok, so it took until Game 14 for the Birds to put together an end-to-end total un-flawed performance against any team, let alone the world champs. But dominate they did. Offense. Defense. Special Teams. The whole package. Hallelujah. We knew it was in them. What a pleasure to watch it unfold.

The pass rush that we need

On this Sunday the NY Giants come to town. One of the weapons they bring is a very potent pass rush. Between Jason Pierre-Paul, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora, if the G-men are able to keep Mattie Ice on his ass all day, it will be a long afternoon for the Good Guys.

We need one of those type guys in the ATL. A big, fast, mean pass rusher. Someone who scares QBs to death! Remember the feeling we had when we first heard that Ray Edwards was coming to town? We thought that we might have one there. Oh well...