Beating the Falcons proved what many thought (2 Viewers)

[DSnfla]

yea i know the plays you're talking about, it was frustrating that whenever they needed a stop they just blitzed Carr and Carr would roll and throw it away. I was thinking why aren't we forcing Cousins to do the same. You have to give credit to RM's D. He had his players dialed in pre-snap every play, and Carr seemed to make the right calls for the most part.

Atl blitzes at one o the highest % of any team in the league it's what they do . DA has never been a big blitzer. Trobe with that is when you can;t get pressure with the front 4 you have to blitz

 

[DSnfla]

On Sunday it was Joe Woods, whose second-half defense saved the offense from itself multiple times. But we’ve seen this before, regardless who the head coach is


Klint Kubiak, who then coached the second half of the game like the football had venomous snakes in it


Neither part of this makes any sense


Maybe

LOL I guess it was KK that coached them to have multiple drive killing penalties. ATL went 2 high to take away the shot plays and our basically off the street WR corp could not get open

 

[IceHot]

How much coaching is it that you think you have to do when you are blowing out opponents? Those 2 games were a mirage and everyone knew that wasn't going to last. You find out about a coach when games are tight against good opponents. Im certainly not crowning Rizzi as the next HC. But Allen would've lost yesterday. No doubt about it. I don't know if Rizzi is a permanent HC type guy. But I do know we saw just how bad the last guy was in 1 game.

Actually you saw how bad the last guy was in multiple games...my entire point is that a single game sample size is useless....you cant crown Rizzi as the heir apparent after a single showing...one of the best kickers in the league choked, hardly telling of anything.

 

[Saint KayBee]

LOL I guess it was KK that coached them to have multiple drive killing penalties.

Who’s in charge of the offense? Is this going to remain one of those “culpability depends on my opinion of the coach in question” subplots that never resolves itself?

ATL went 2 high to take away the shot plays and our basically off the street WR corp could not get open

Whose responsibility is it to draw up plays to b… jeez never mind.

 

[kcirdor]

I didn't want to be debby downer poo poo parader.... but it's been 2 days... the honey moon period has to be worn off by now....

Last week vs the Panthers we lost because the Refs took over the game and screwed us over...
This game vs the Falcons the refs kept their flags to themselves mostly, and Koo missed 3(2) field goals.. and the Falcons ended up out Saintsing the Saints with drive killing Penalties.

while I want to believe Rizzi made a "huge" difference... its really hard to see it yet. Once Atlanta locked down MVS the offense went to sleep. The defense played pretty usual when they aren't playing 3 games in 10 days. They did make a play at the end of the game so "maybe that's the Rizzi difference" just hard to tell.... Bottom line really calm your tits... the schedule looks relatively easy the rest of the way so we will win a few with a healthier roster... Just sayin.. them chickens aint hatched yet.

 

[Shuttle2moon]

You know, my best friend is a Buc fan. I told him I dont freaking care if we get less of a draft pick I hate the clowns so much. He hates the clowns as much as me.

I just cant muster the hate for Buc fans - I guess the jokes the ATL "fans" told during Katrina had an impact.

Loved Rizzis passion. Hes right - at least we wont be boring closing the season out.

 

[St. Widge]

I didn't want to be debby downer poo poo parader.... but it's been 2 days... the honey moon period has to be worn off by now....

Last week vs the Panthers we lost because the Refs took over the game and screwed us over...
This game vs the Falcons the refs kept their flags to themselves mostly, and Koo missed 3(2) field goals.. and the Falcons ended up out Saintsing the Saints with drive killing Penalties.

while I want to believe Rizzi made a "huge" difference... its really hard to see it yet. Once Atlanta locked down MVS the offense went to sleep. The defense played pretty usual when they aren't playing 3 games in 10 days. They did make a play at the end of the game so "maybe that's the Rizzi difference" just hard to tell.... Bottom line really calm your tits... the schedule looks relatively easy the rest of the way so we will win a few with a healthier roster... Just sayin.. them chickens aint hatched yet.

I'm not sold on Rizzi at this point and my general preference is a totally fresh start with a new head coach and new staff. I think the team got the new head coach bounce this week so they played with emotion during this game which they really lacked under DA. That being said, I think Rizzi did as good a job as you can expect from a interim HC and I think it's likely some of the reason that ATL made the mistakes at the end and we didn't likely has to do with a change in attention to details and how they practice. I also think he changed how the DL attacks teams which had a part in shutting down the Falcons last drive instead of giving up the game winning TD.

That being said, I need to see if Rizzi can sustain the players passion and if he can get them to continue the attention to detail. And I'm going to need to see him win at least 5 more games before I'd be sold on him as the next HC.

But, I do think this game shows that we have enough talent, even with all the WR and CB injuries, to compete in the NFC South and that it was a Head Coach who could not get the team motivated and paying attention to details that turned this team from a 9 or 10 win team to a 4 or 5 win team.

 

[3ParStillDriver]

You know, my best friend is a Buc fan. I told him I dont freaking care if we get less of a draft pick I hate the clowns so much. He hates the clowns as much as me.

I just cant muster the hate for Buc fans - I guess the jokes the ATL "fans" told during Katrina had an impact.

Loved Rizzis passion. Hes right - at least we wont be boring closing the season out.

I can't seem to hate the Bucs. Their organization seems to be run really well overall, consistently. And when they beat us, its almost always due to them simply outplaying, or out coaching us. The games are always really good and strong fought (usually).

It's easy for me to hate a team like the Ram's, who got to a super bowl on the 2017 "no call", and went to the super bowl again the following year with what was obvious help from referees consistently week in and week out in drastic ways.

And the Falcons are just one of the NFL's most arrogant fanbase, even when their team is terrible. At least the Chiefs (also arrogant fanbase) usually have a competitive team (with exception of Herm Edwards era, which I still haven't a clue what they were thinking when they somehow thought that was a good idea)