Falcons pissed that Saints were passing late in the game.

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  1. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    If they hadn't played such good defense on the two previous possession, 9 wouldn't have had to keep throwing.



    Oh, wait, their defense kept playing? So why shouldn't our offense keep playing?
     
    mctiger, Dec 27, 2011
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  2. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    Another point. The Saints' final possession began at the Falcons' 33, because with 3:00 left and down by 22, the Falcons kept trying to win. They went for it on 4th down and the Saints stopped them. Had they conceded defeat and punted, the Saints could have thrown for 30 yards and the record and then killed the remainder of the clock from around midfield.
    It wasn't 7 points the Saints were trying to get at the end; it was 30 yards.
     
    mctiger, Dec 28, 2011
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  3. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    Great point

    Additionally, their coach, when interviewed after the game, took it in stride. He said something to the effect of "it's up to us to stop them".
     
    KyleK, Dec 28, 2011
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  4. mobius481

    mobius481 Registered Member

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    Payton did what was best for his team. He got the record taken care of so they didn't have to deal with it all week. If you genuinely have a problem with that, you are an idiot. However, these guys just have some sour grapes. No big deal.
     
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  5. LSUTyga73

    LSUTyga73 Football Connoisseur

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    If it were AAU or little league, or pop warner I could see how you would want to teach good sportsmanship and values like that but dang, these are paid professionals. The best at what they do (well, maybe not the Falcons defense). The Saints didn't break any rules and acted professionally in all this, the Falcons did not. This is probably why they suck so much...they spend more time complaining about stuff like this rather than learning and improving on their mistakes.
     
    LSUTyga73, Dec 28, 2011
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  6. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    Football is the only sport where the winning team is expected to stop playing before the game is over. Baseball teams still swing the bats with a 5-run lead in the 9th. Basketball teams may hold the ball until the shot clock is going to run out, but they do take the shot; they don't just stand around and turn the ball over.
     
    mctiger, Dec 28, 2011
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  7. fanatic

    fanatic Habitual Line Stepper

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    They're trying to make something out of nothing to use as motivation, should we meet them again in the playoffs. If that's what it takes to get a team motivated, then they've basically already lost the game.
     
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  8. JohnnyTiger

    JohnnyTiger LSU Fan

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    I can understand that the Falcons were feeling down and demoralized after losing like they were. But they are professionals being paid pretty good sums of money; it's up to them to stop the beatdown. I think it's just the sore feelings talking for them; anyone with an ounce of awareness would realize it wasn't being done to spite them.
     
    JohnnyTiger, Dec 29, 2011
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  9. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    That was all FABRICATED by Pete Prisco, writer for cbssports.com.

    He is a Falcon apologist and Saints hater.

    No need to read that garbage.
     
    islstl, Dec 29, 2011
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  10. Jean Lafitte

    Jean Lafitte The Old Guard

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    You are trying to reason with emotional morons who do not have the capacity for logical analysis, i.e. Falcons fans and Jawja Bulldong fans. Yours is a futile effort.

    :D
     
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