Jeff Okudah’s been bad the last two weeks.

When I think of Alford I think of how that pick six would be an all time NFL films play, and then the second thought is a whistle for defensive pass interference.

I don’t like your two options lmao.

The answer is somewhere in the middle. I’m higher on Ridder than I am Smith but really there isn’t a good solution to either.

There are so many coaching positions opening up, and so many qb needy teams that I just wonder how we upgrade at either. I really don’t love AS but who could we realistically get to replace him? Who do we replace Ridder with? This is the team Arthur and Terry built. It looks like we’ll stumble into a division win this year. I expect improvement to that as a fan next year.

If the team ends with 9+ wins and a playoff game, I think AS and Ridder get one more year with the draft being used exclusively for D-Line and a WR2. Then we can see where we are.

We keep winning too many games for a drafted QB and no free agent ones are worth the money. If we lose out from this point or something like that, then maybe things open back up but currently Williams, Maye, Daniels and even Penix are outside of our draft position. If Arizona moves off Kyler maybe we bite at that, but I don’t love that either. I certainly don’t think a 35 Kirk Cousins off an achilles moves the needle.

1. Matt Ryan
2. John Abraham
3. Vic Beasley (does his one year count as a prime?)
4. Grady Jarrett
5. Tyson Clabo

I assumed you meant their Falcons prime otherwise Brett Favre, Osi Umenyiora, and Dwight Freeney would also join my list.

Also, I started watching in 2003/2004 so my knowledge of players before that is pretty much zero!

I completely agree, but it’s really encouraging that that is really the last issue with him looking much better otherwise. If we can clean up redzone mistakes the team looked really good Sunday on offense.

I’m high on hopium but I’m gearing up to let this season disappoint me one last time!

Arthur Smith is gonna trade up… for Marvin Harrison lmaooo.

Why does Arthur Smith do this EVERYTIME we pass the 50. He gets weird and conservative and brings in CP84 and TA.

We have 3rd and long from the 40ish everytime.

Can we please start running some read option stuff? It’s obviously Des’s biggest (only?) strength.

I agree with paulbegalia that it’s prime with Trufant and DHall being honorable mention.

Deangelo Hall is one of my favorite Falcons ever.

Easier than 2?🤨

Nah bro. This is actually the first one with any argument whatsoever.

Personally, I think finding a potential MVP level QB is so difficult that I would swap entire rosters with LA if it meant getting Herbert too. Herbert would instantly be the best QB in the NFC.

We’re not that much more talented than them, if we are at all.

A lot of people have made the joke that they’re the Falcons of the AFC (or vice versa) and it’s pretty true. We have very similar stats/records since 2000.

7-11* after losing our home playoff game.

I have a signed football from him from an event he did at ECU during his rookie year. I was always a big fan after that!

Younger fan here. Thanks for the history lesson. I never knew that, I assumed the kick was the final play.

I’m gonna go watch the highlights.

That’s what 6 straight years of 7-10 will do to a fanbase. Please let us go to one of the extremes. Atleast if we were 2 win bad we could potentially be excited about a new regime but the team has been stagnant for 6 years.

(Yes I know there is one 4 win team in the 6 years, and that finally got some movement in the rebuild which was a positive ala my point.)

This team is a dead body and at this point we’re all poking it with a stick just do something.

(but just for the record fts. No tanking against those fuckers, I hope we win the NFC South with 6 wins.)

I made a joke in the game thread when it happened, but on the play before the Scotty Miller touchdown we went five wide with Kevin Smith as the farthest wideout.

I get positionless football to a degree, but dude get your fucking fullback out of the WR position on the goal line.

I just don’t get Arthur Smith’s decision making.

Kevin Smith out wide on that last snap lmaoooooooooo

Our offense is not performing perfectly fine for the circumstances. If we have great talent all over the offense except QB then how are we moving the ball well yardage wise with an absolute inability to score close where your QB matters less.

We also don’t have a trash defense. We spent a crazy amount of money on them last year and until the wheels started falling off the past couple of weeks we’ve been Top 10. We’re also playing the easiest schedule with the most amount of brand new QBs I’ve ever seen. Arthur Smith is also almost completely 100% hands off with the defense. I’ve never even heard him praise the defense at all this season, which is strange considering they’re the reason we won 3 of our 4 wins.

No one is complaining about Jonnu’s production in the passing game. London and Pitts usage are both fine. We’re complaining about Jonnu’s Smith’s usage in the redzone on trick plays and with Bijan’s usage in total but espically in the redzone.

It is absolutely malpractice to save your 21 rookie RB with the division being so weak. The Falcons could very feasibly be 6-3 this year and in total control of our division and frankly, we should be. If we “weren’t ready to compete yet” then drafting a RB at 8 to replace your young 1000 yard rusher is the firable offense. Either way you slice it he’s fucking it up.

Atlanta was suppose to compete this year. I’m not drinking so much copium to think we were competitive in the playoffs necessarily, but we absolutely should be competing for NFC South title and the fact that we’re going 7-10 AGAIN is frustrating and a lot of that falls on Arthur Smith.

Falcons fan here. 90s Bills fans are the only people who I think have any idea what 28-3 was like from a fans perspective imo.

Atlanta has been a seven win team 5 of the past 6 years and it looks like we’re heading there again.

I totally get what you’re saying, there definitely is a level of fun that comes from a lack of expectations but man even knowing the ending I miss that 2016 season all the time.

“I would do anything for a competent offense again.”

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