OK Homers - How Good Are the Falcons? - Fess Up
The 2010 Falcons = Jim Mora Era Saints
This will be apparent once the playoffs start.
This is 100% correct. They don't have that dominance on offense or defense that you need to win playoff games. Once the intensity is turned up to 11, and the teams are all good, an efficient check-down offense and power running alone will not win for you. It might work if you have a 00 Ravens or 02 Tampa or 85 Bears D, but they don't have that. Conversely, you can win with an above-average defense and a great offense (Rams, Indy, NE).
Martyball (aka Moraball) = 1 and done.
You need that difference-maker. For the Saints last year in the playoffs, it was (1) Drew Brees throwing 8 TD, 0 INT w/ QB ratings of 125, 106 and 114 PLUS (2) a ferocious pass rush (think about what happened to Favre and Warner) plus Tracy Porter. Even with all of that, the wins over the Vikings and Colts were not blowouts, because those teams were that good.