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You are correct. However, I think they Falcons are perfectly willing to roll the dice on defense. The coach's and team's mentality since Trufant went to IR has been to go down swinging instead of sitting back and letting the offense call the shots. I support that approach. I think Brady and...

Alex Mack will be the only news I'm interested in for the next 2.5 days. He has to be close to right. If he isn't I believe our game plan on offense changes drastically. We will try to control the ball on the ground and throw quick possession type passes. Basically we will be in our 3rd and...

It was certainly unconventional to blitz Rodgers. To do that, you play man. That turns the DBs backs to Rodgers. The theory is he will run wild. That is basically what happened in the 2nd half of week 8. He ran a lot in the 2nd half once we made our adjustment to aggressive man coverage, but all...

Quinn's press conference comments on Alex Mack: "I'm concerned, but not panicked." As a Falcons fan, this is game changing news. His absence would reduce our win chance by 50%. As I stated in an earlier post, Quinn doesn't play games with injury news, he considers it an issue of player respect...

I don't like the answer. Prevent defense. I hate prevent defense. It turns 3 score wins into "I hope Sanu can grab yet another onsides kick."

We are debating this one on the Falcons boards today as well. The general take is that the article is very well thought out and spot on in the analysis. The only break between here and over there is if the conclusion he made naturally come from that analysis. I work with stats, so I let a...

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If it is important to you to prove the Falcons miss tackles, my guess is you could find a few in the divisional round game against Seattle on that first eight minute drive by the 'hawks.

All valid points. The point Atlanta fans are trying to make is hidden in what you pointed out. Through week 8, our defense was so bad none of those things mattered. They were just as wounded when we played them in week 8. They had no RBs at all. The pulled Kniles Davis off the street to play HB...

Mack's injury was listed the same way last week. This isn't new.

Thanks for your comments. On Julio, the headlines read a lot worse than the interview really looked. If their is anything I've learned about Julio since he entered the league it is that he is non-diva, team first kind of guy. He blocks as hard as he goes after the football. The reporter asked a...

Thanks for your perspective and well thought out responses. I don't gamble, but I have done pretty well in DFS over the season. I'll let everyone figure that contradiction out... I think the hesitancy to gang tackle is a product of not wanting to over commit. There was a play, famous in...

It doesn't hurt as much if you give up 3 red zone touchdowns, but get a pick 6 on the 4th redzone possession. That was basically how we won against NO early in the year. It is an example of what our defense looks for. In that case, our MLB intercepted a pass while playing lurker, caught it right...

As far as difficult to have a conversation with, it is really hard to find a Patriots fan who has watched an entire Falcons game all year. If you watched the Monday night game in week 3 vs. New Orleans and the play off game against the Seahawks, that will give you a pretty good feel for how the...

My guy feeling is that he will be fine for the game. He did play after the injury occurred in the last game. Quinn doesn't use a lot of gamesmanship when giving injury updates. He feels like it is a respect issue for the players. If he tells you that a guys is going to be limited this week, but...

I've been away a few days. This is probably old news by now, but Julio is as healthy as he has been all season. The injury usually flares up at some point in every game. Look at his snap count percentage. He has played in less than 70% of Atlanta's offensive snaps. Of course, he's not likely to...

Atlanta is predominantly an outside zone running team. That scheme requires the offensive lineman to move laterally at the snap and then try to get to the 2nd level. We also run a number of screen plays where we try to get the OL out in front of the receivers. If Mack's ankle is sore, it will...

The problem for you guys in breaking down our defense is you never get to see them play. If your are a die hard (assuming you don't watch other teams on NFL GamePass, etc.), you've seen them play 4 times this season (MNF, SNF, 2 playoff games). When evaluating Altanta's pass defense, you have...

Many of you are correct. Pressure on Ryan is the Pats only real hope to success other than a straight out shootout. The "get him out of the pocket" comment is very 2012. He moves around a lot and has become very comfortable on the move and outside of the pocket under KS. Two of his TD's vs. GB...

The Falcons have never won a playoff game in the white jersey. That said, Quinn might pick white because of that.