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dirty birds @ Saints initial thoughts
Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:21 pm
What's your early thoughts on the game?
There's a lotta folks on the dirty bird bandwagon. They cite the solid D and tremendous group of skill players. What I think is being missed is the potential weakness of their O-line. They lost their best OL, Clabo, to free agency. Replacement Lamar Holmes was the 4th worst OT out of 157 graded by PFF last year. LT Sam Baker seemed to mature and play solid last year. Going into last year the word bust was starting to mentioned because of injuries and such poor performance. They're also extremely thin on backup talent there in event of injuries.
The number of sacks, pressures, & hurries by our new D could be a vital factor in the outcome of the first game.
There's a lotta folks on the dirty bird bandwagon. They cite the solid D and tremendous group of skill players. What I think is being missed is the potential weakness of their O-line. They lost their best OL, Clabo, to free agency. Replacement Lamar Holmes was the 4th worst OT out of 157 graded by PFF last year. LT Sam Baker seemed to mature and play solid last year. Going into last year the word bust was starting to mentioned because of injuries and such poor performance. They're also extremely thin on backup talent there in event of injuries.
The number of sacks, pressures, & hurries by our new D could be a vital factor in the outcome of the first game.
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:32 pm to blueslover
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What's your early thoughts on the game?
Hey falcons:
Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:34 pm to Breesus
No but seriously, there will be a lot of screams for help.
This post was edited on 9/1/13 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:35 pm to blueslover
DB's need to step up and make plays. Hopefully Lewis got his rust off from Andre Johnson. Vaccaro could be the wild card.
If he comes in and shuts down Gonzalez like we drafted him to do, we will win. Jackson will get his rushing yards. Just need to prevent the big plays.
If he comes in and shuts down Gonzalez like we drafted him to do, we will win. Jackson will get his rushing yards. Just need to prevent the big plays.
Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:39 pm to Breesus
I agree with you Blues. Hopefully Galette and Wilson can get back on the field. You know darn well they held back a ton in preseason. Falcons O really have no film to go off of for this new defense. I'll say Saints O do what they do and some new faces make an early impact and state their case that this D will be different this season. Vaccaro lays the wood to White early and Lewis picks little Matty off. 
Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:39 pm to WarmBubble
quote:this I am not so sure of. He looks really slow.
Jackson will get his rushing yards.
This post was edited on 9/1/13 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:42 pm to shortstop1627
I made mention of Jackson's potential downfall as a runner in another thread.
The Rams Oline was much better at run blocking last year than the Falcons, and this year the Falcons line has gotten even worse. And it showed in the preseason.
He does bring a legit threat in the passing game.
The Rams Oline was much better at run blocking last year than the Falcons, and this year the Falcons line has gotten even worse. And it showed in the preseason.
He does bring a legit threat in the passing game.
Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:44 pm to blueslover
It will be a replay of the Saints-Vikings rematch of 2010.
Vikings were all set to prove to the world how "great" they were in 2009. And with their offseason acquisitions added to their already "great" team, they were sure they were gonna destroy the Saints and then the league.
They didn't realize how hard it is to re-ignite the same chemistry of a great season, how lucky it is to stay healthy, or get the same breaks & miracle endings.
The Vikings lost to the Saints 14-9, then went 6-10 for the season.
Now the Falcons have a suspect OL, a rebuilt secondary, and have heavily invested false hope in their newest used cars: Umenyiora & Jackson.
The Falcons will lose to the Saints and their season will be a sure disappointment.
Vikings were all set to prove to the world how "great" they were in 2009. And with their offseason acquisitions added to their already "great" team, they were sure they were gonna destroy the Saints and then the league.
They didn't realize how hard it is to re-ignite the same chemistry of a great season, how lucky it is to stay healthy, or get the same breaks & miracle endings.
The Vikings lost to the Saints 14-9, then went 6-10 for the season.
Now the Falcons have a suspect OL, a rebuilt secondary, and have heavily invested false hope in their newest used cars: Umenyiora & Jackson.
The Falcons will lose to the Saints and their season will be a sure disappointment.
Posted on 9/1/13 at 12:50 pm to blueslover
They are gifted in skill players, and I think to counter that, we need to be extra physical. Off the snap. Off the line. FU. You don't go out on your route until we say so.
This post was edited on 9/1/13 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 9/1/13 at 1:27 pm to LSUFreek
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It will be a replay of the Saints-Vikings rematch of 2010
great analogy freek!
Posted on 9/1/13 at 1:28 pm to blueslover
Over/under 5 sacks, I'm taking the over.
Posted on 9/1/13 at 1:30 pm to blueslover
Posted on 9/1/13 at 2:26 pm to GruntbyAssociation
I'll take the under, but over 7 in hurries.
This post was edited on 9/1/13 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 9/1/13 at 2:43 pm to LSUFreek
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Now the Falcons have a suspect OL, a rebuilt secondary, and have heavily invested false hope in their newest used cars: Umenyiora & Jackson.
The Falcons will lose to the Saints and their season will be a sure disappointment.
aaallllllll of that.
Seven days cannot pass quickly enough
Posted on 9/1/13 at 2:46 pm to CptRusty
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Seven days cannot pass quickly enough
Agreed. This week is going to be even slower than the past week was.
Posted on 9/2/13 at 8:17 am to blueslover
I am absolutely convinced the Saints win. If not, my entire season may be fricked up.
Posted on 9/2/13 at 8:39 am to blueslover
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tremendous group of skill players.
Really the only thing that concerns me.
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solid D
Considering they'll be depending on two rookies to contribute at DB, I'd say they're far from solid. No one on their D-line really scares me although they're usually pretty solid. Weatherspoon is an animal, but their other LB's are just alright.
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potential weakness of their O-line.
This is absolutely going to determine the game IMO. As you mentioned they lost Clabo but people forget Todd McClure also retired who was very, very solid for them. I look for Ryan to bring some crazy pressure in this game. I just hope we don't play off coverage behind it like Williams used to do still allowing easy catches.
Posted on 9/2/13 at 8:40 am to 9BREES9
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Falcons O really have no film to go off of for this new defense.
This is also pretty big
Posted on 9/2/13 at 11:46 am to Brettesaurus Rex
Another game that will go down to the wire. Saints 41 falcons 38
Posted on 9/2/13 at 1:50 pm to blueslover
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What I think is being missed is the potential weakness of their O-line.
one thing I noticed last year was that Sedrick Ellis actually played pretty well against them. I'm not sure who was blocking him on ATL's O-line though.
that first play of the game in ATL he drove his man off the ball and disrupted Matt Ryan's throwing lane. Ryan made a poor throw that should have been picked off by Malcolm Jenkins but of course, he dropped it.
I think where Ellis lined up would have been over their right guard. That looks like it could be a weak spot.
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