Post Game Thread Falcons @ Pats

[raduray]

Dominant statement win. The run D was awesome vs. an elite run game.

I was at the game in the 300s. Bademosi played a great game all night. It’s only two games but he looks to be a Ninkovich find at CB.

We are sneakily finding our best run game since 2012. Big for Tom.

How well could you see? It looked bad on TV.

 

[BobDigital]

Also Pats will get the first seed if they stay healthy. I see them ready to really have a great 2nd half run no one in the AFC will be able to match. And they need to match it at the least.

 

[WaterfallJumper]

The Falcons are good at listening to their coaches; after all, their motto this year was"embrace the suck."

Mission accomplished.

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Didn't know Hightower left with a shoulder injury. This guy's so injury prone. Hope it's nothing serious otherwise they're screwed.

 

[Ross12]

Guys, CHILL!!! Stop.

This is an 8-8 team. WHY SO EXCITED!?

I know right... it’s gonna really suck watching them go 3-6 the rest of the way!

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Only pittsburgh worries me of the remaining teams.

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Also. Pats will get the first seed if they stay healthy. I see them ready to really have a great 2nd half run no one in the AFC will be able to match. And they need to match it at the least.

We will see. Back to back against the donkeys and Raiduhs will be challenging.

 

[rochrist]

 

[patsinthesnow]

How well could you see? It looked bad on TV.

By the third quarter it was a mess. I thought Burkhead caught a swing pass but Hogan emerged from the fog lol.

 

[AtomicDawg]

EXTRA EXTRA

 

[pats_premi]

so the big question, im sure not a lot of people are going to want to hear.

Is the defense starting to Gel, or is removing gilmore from the equation letting the regulars get back into a rhythm?

It should be a wake up call for Gilmore and Rowe. Uncoordinated talent does not translate into wins. Fall in line or you will be left behind

 

[Joker]

• Penalties called tonight...in a freakin' complete dismantlement blowout...wrap your heads around this and then try to tell me Garbagedell doesn't have a DISTINCT AGENDA going on... I called this DAYS AGO as soon as I saw the crew. Wouldn't surprise me to see Boger in Cincy. Shameless goddyamned organized crime scumbag . Goodell has to be INDICTED!
  
  ATL 6-40 ...........................................Patriots 8-65

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Where's FCB? Is he gonna apologize to the defense?

 

[rochrist]

Gasbaggarotti and Felcher need to be NUKED tomorrow afternoon. Little whiny negative twerp morons.

Felger guaranteed they were going to beat the Falcons.

 

[BobDigital]

Only pittsburgh worries me of the remaining teams.

Wake me up when they stop playing the zone blitz. I will never make the mistake of worrying about them again until they change that. Brady is just too good at destroying it.

 

[TB12TheGoat]

Falcons fans were talking **** about the AFC East before the year started. They are 0-3 with 41 points scored against those teams

 

[luuked]

Knee jerk reaction thoughts start with Gronk. He really needs to work on his push-offs. I dont care how ridiculous it looks and how stupid the call is. The refs have established that what he is doing will be called consistently and at this point he just needs to change his technique on impact. I have been saying this for over a year now that teams continued to whine to the league about his arm extensions to the point where they are a point of emphasis for every ref that is calling a game. Do I like it ? Nope, but what else can you do..

Second thought is that Marsh really, really needs to improve on his containment spacing. He screwed this up against the Jets and he let Ryan scramble 3 or 4 times tonight because he got up too high. Great that he redeemed himself with the FG block but setting the edge properly is very fixable and I hope that once we are past the BYE he wont screw this up that often anymore.

Apart from that the defense finally played a full game. They started to flash against TB, were fine against the Jets (but threw away a lot of their work with individual mistakes and third and long conversions) and today they finally played a full game.

I said it in the game thread and will say it again the lows early this season have not been as bad as they seemed and this victory today doesnt mean our defense is now good. They are a work in progress but are trending clearly into the right direction since the TB game.

Avoid injuries and keep winning games and we might just have a shot at the big one afterall.

 

[AtomicDawg]

After allowing 32 points per game the first 4 weeks, the Patriots have allowed just 12.7 ppg the last 3 games.

The number thru 7 games has now improved to 23.7 points allowed per game.

 

[TennisBallHead]

Holy crap, Charlie Weis needs to be put out to pasture. I'm about to get Wiggy wit it.

 

[long distance]

So I guess this D has some talent (plus some injured talent as well)..

Lombardi said Pats D has 4 major issues: communication, 1st down run D, and 3rd down plays on O and D.

They cleaned up nicely the first two in the last couple of games.
They certainly made a statement on 3rd downs O & D tonight.

major clean up done, better energy shows . now let's build up on this