WFAN's Mike Francesa is not a happy man today

[Pessimistic Pete]

Anyone hear him with this one earlier?

"There is a mystique to winning and being unbeaten in the championship game. Brady doesn't carry that mystique, he's already been beaten in the game, in back to back games.

The bottom line is, what I said is, would you rather be 5-2 or would you rather be 4-2? That's a debate, I would pose that question to ten coaches and see what they'd say. I wonder what the answer would be"
-Mike Francesca

This might bet he dumbest thing I've ever heard him say. "Would you rather have 5 Super Bowls or 4 Super Bowls? That's a very interesting question up for debate" You can't make this **** up.

 

[XLIX]

No excuse not to draw up a deep sideline route to Julio. Very high likelihood that he will either catch it, draw a flag, or knock it down if it is about to be picked. Everyone in the building knew the game would be over if the Pats won the coin toss. Falcons absolutely should have taken a calculated risk deep aling the sideline

The highest likelihood is an incomplete pass. However, given the defense the Patriots were running, an interception is just as likely as any of the above scenarios you presented.

 

[XLIX]

Got it. Thanks. But, you have to have "fair caught" the ball right before?

Yes. It has to be a fair catch. You can't do it if they punt the ball out of bounds. The only exception is if there is kick-catch interference on Edelman.

 

[fightingirish595]

Mike has hit rock bottom. Says 4-0 is better than 5-2. I get the whole being undefeated in the game has a mystique to it, but in no way does that make 4-0 better than 5-2.

 

[fightingirish595]

Hey atleast Mike thinks garoppolo is tremendous!

 

[fightingirish595]

Anyone hear him with this one earlier?

"There is a mystique to winning and being unbeaten in the championship game. Brady doesn't carry that mystique, he's already been beaten in the game, in back to back games.

The bottom line is, what I said is, would you rather be 5-2 or would you rather be 4-2? That's a debate, I would pose that question to ten coaches and see what they'd say. I wonder what the answer would be"
-Mike Francesca

This might bet he dumbest thing I've ever heard him say. "Would you rather have 5 Super Bowls or 4 Super Bowls? That's a very interesting question up for debate" You can't make this **** up.

Didnt hear that part, was the 4-2 supposed to be a 0? Mink just said 5-2 is better, atleast he has a brain

 

[Rob0729]

Today?!? Is he ever happy?

 

[brdmaverick]

He's fuming right now about the Falcons not trying to score in the last minute

Didn't the Pats D have something to do with that?

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

I was just listening to Fatso on the ride home. I go back and forth from Sirius NFL to the WFAN. He is a Grade A idiot. But I love to listen to him twist facts to fit his argument. What a ****

 

[archstanton543]

When is he ever happy?

 

[Bill Lee]

Falcons did some questionable things last night, but it takes a champion to capitalize. Their second half blunders canceled our 1st half blunders out

I listened to MF ( Mike Francesa ) and he does have one solid point: the Falcons were in field goal range and all Dan Quinn had to do was not lose yardage, but then they surrender a sack and then a holding penalty. Dan Quinn's play calling was just as bad as Pete Carroll's was in SB49. Since Quinn was Carroll's DC, you think he would have learned. Pete was called out for it because the Seahawks were the reigning SB champs whereas the Falcons weren't expected to be in the big game by most everybody so Dan is largely getting a free pass.

The rest of his schtick was nonsense.

 

[Pessimistic Pete]

Big Mike claims that this was not a "classic Super Bowl" just a crazy comeback.

Go j**k off Parcells

 

[Ring 6]

Mike has hit rock bottom. Says 4-0 is better than 5-2. I get the whole being undefeated in the game has a mystique to it, but in no way does that make 4-0 better than 5-2.

It's better to be 4-3 in conference championships and 4-0 in SBs than 7-0 in Conference championships and 5-2 in SBs because there is a mystique in losing earlier in the playoffs?

 

[Ring 6]

I listened to MF ( Mike Francesa ) and he does have one solid point: the Falcons were in field goal range and all Dan Quinn had to do was not lose yardage, but then they surrender a sack and then a holding penalty. Dan Quinn's play calling was just as bad as Pete Carroll's was in SB49. Since Quinn was Carroll's DC, you think he would have learned. Pete was called out for it because the Seahawks were the reigning SB champs whereas the Falcons weren't expected to be in the big game by most everybody so Dan is largely getting a free pass.

The rest of his schtick was nonsense.

Not sure how being a DC on a team that made a poor decision means you learned to never make a bad decision

 

[ErniesPinkStripes]

It's better to be 4-3 in conference championships and 4-0 in SBs than 7-0 in Conference championships and 5-2 in SBs because there is a mystique in losing earlier in the playoffs?

Yea that logic has never, and will never make sense. Loser's mentality.

You can't win the big one without winning the big one before the big one, which Brady has done better than anyone.

 

[fightingirish595]

It's better to be 4-3 in conference championships and 4-0 in SBs than 7-0 in Conference championships and 5-2 in SBs because there is a mystique in losing earlier in the playoffs?

To him yes. He's totally overrating going undefeated in a Super Bowl. I do agree with him that there is something special about going to the game that many times, winning all of them and never throwing an INT. But that's a totally different conversation.

 

[Ring 6]

To him yes. He's totally overrating going undefeated in a Super Bowl. I do agree with him that there is something special about going to the game that many times, winning all of them and never throwing an INT. But that's a totally different conversation.

Then he is an idiot.

 

[fightingirish595]

Then he is an idiot.

He used to not be an idiot. He's become that way sadly

 

[yukon cornelius]

Yeah you're right, that's a thing. It's called a fair catch kick. The 49ers tried to do that at the end of the half a few years ago. I managed to find it on youtube:



It's within the realm of possibility to make a 75-yard kick with no defense, but it is such a low probability play that I'm not going to second guess Belichick for going for the TD instead, if they ever considered the possibility of the fair catch kick at all.

EDIT: Well y'all got there before me!

he looked like he told edleman to fair catch the ball if it was in a certain range on the field......saw BB pre punt on the replay last night, and it certainly looked like he said fair catch and motioned both hands to a certain range on the field......

 

[Bill Lee]

Not sure how being a DC on a team that made a poor decision means you learned to never make a bad decision

He was on the sidelines with the headphones on and heard/watched Pete Carrol's bad decision unfold before him on the biggest stage possible. Pretty much the ultimate teaching moment, one would think. Good thing for us he didn't learn the lesson.