Official Packers vs. Falcons Discussion Thread

[KYPack]

He ain't exactly the only one who goes off topic around here. Unless you think pictures of the Von Trapp family have something to do with Packers/Falcons. Hell, your post is more off topic than the one of his you quoted. This place has survived for over 8 years with some real strange characters. Mad ain't gonna let him blow this place up. Relax. Read the Serenity Prayer or something.

Joe, you are one of the few, the proud, and the brave.

That's posters that I'd listen to.

[smuggler]

Ryan is a good QB. He will never be great because of his physical limitations (unless he turns into Peyton Manning late in his career). Watching him attempt sideline throws has got to get defensive coordinators halfway hard. Probably full-on if they're properly medicated.

[Freak Out]

Joe, you are one of the few, the proud, and the brave.

That's posters that I'd listen to.

I once had custard with the Mailman....also went to Lambeau field a second time to replace a glass I broke at GB007s house.

I would enjoy having another beverage or two with him.

[pbmax]

Serenity now, insanity later.

[pbmax]

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 7h7 hours ago
#Packers injury report:
DNP - Lattimore, Daniels, Shields, Lane Taylor (illness)
Limited - Sitton, Lang, Boyd, Perry (shoulder)

[Joemailman]

I have a feeling we're not going to see Sam Monday Night.

[woodbuck27]

He ain't exactly the only one who goes off topic around here. Unless you think pictures of the Von Trapp family have something to do with Packers/Falcons. Hell, your post is more off topic than the one of his you quoted. This place has survived for over 8 years with some real strange characters. Mad ain't gonna let him blow this place up. Relax. Read the Serenity Prayer or something.

Joemailman ...... I agree.

Repped.

[woodbuck27]

Ryan is a good QB. He will never be great because of his physical limitations (unless he turns into Peyton Manning late in his career). Watching him attempt sideline throws has got to get defensive coordinators halfway hard. Probably full-on if they're properly medicated.

A couple of the things that MM will be looking at:

Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Offense should be getting NO. 30 Ranked WR Roddy White back in much better health and NO. 14 Ranked WR Julius Jones was lights out terrific last week.

[mraynrand]

NO. 14 Ranked WR Julius Jones was lights out terrific last week.

reincarnated!

[Tyrion Lannister]

Ryan is a good QB. He will never be great because of his physical limitations (unless he turns into Peyton Manning late in his career). Watching him attempt sideline throws has got to get defensive coordinators halfway hard. Probably full-on if they're properly medicated.

lol

[Tyrion Lannister]

I have a feeling we're not going to see Sam Monday Night.

The extra day off this week should help. Does he have a history of concussions? I can't seem to recall another time in the past where Sheilds hurt his head. Then again, I can't seem to recall a lot of things since I, too, was once a football player - one that shut down Darren Charles in a high school football game.

Note: Concussions are no joking matters. I was simply poking fun of myself b/c I lack self-esteem and the highlights of my hippie youth were shutting Darren Charles and hanging out with Darren Sharper.

[pbmax]

Ryan is a good QB. He will never be great because of his physical limitations (unless he turns into Peyton Manning late in his career). Watching him attempt sideline throws has got to get defensive coordinators halfway hard. Probably full-on if they're properly medicated.

Is the short out pattern still his favorite?

[George Cumby]

Is the short out pattern still his favorite?

[CaptainD]

The Falcons are a joke guys. Their coach is the true Stubby and they have no pass rush or secondary.

Way too much credit here. Should hear the local sports talk guys... they way they joke about how this game is an automatic loss makes me feel good.

Bingo ... unless the dirty birds signed 4-5 players we don't know about not enough fire power to get close to GB right now.

[pbmax]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2289923-nfl-week-14-picks-jury-duty-seahawks-rebirth-and-the-chargers-invasion

Closer than you think?

Falcons at Packers

Monday, 8:30 p.m.

Line: Packers -13

It's hard to take this game seriously as a battle of first-place teams in the NFC, especially after Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel surveyed his inside sources and quoted NFL scouts and personnel experts stating that the Falcons winning the AFC South would be "a joke." "If Green Bay doesn't torch them for 40, I'll be shocked," one insider told McGinn. "Atlanta's secondary is as bad as Philadelphia's secondary," one source said. Hey, Cary Williams and Nate Allen have feelings too! You don't have to be mean by comparing them to Robert Alford and Dwight Lowery!

One scout thinks the Lambeau weather will make a difference. "I just think the Falcons have notoriously struggled outside."

Actually, while the Falcons have a semi-pronounced home-road split, they are 5-1 under Mike Smith in outdoor games when the kickoff temperature was below 45 degrees (courtesy Pro Football Reference's Boxscore Finder).

It makes you wonder what else the experts might have overlooked. William Moore has returned at safety, for example, to sure up that Falcons secondary. The Falcons still rank last in the NFL in Football Outsiders' defensive DVOA, but they have been creeping back toward the pack after early season embarrassments by the Vikings and Bears. Some of the youngsters are starting to figure things out.

Picking an upset here would be taking things too far, and the Vegas action suggests that the public agrees with the experts (the line moved nearly three points toward the Packers during the week). But if the Falcons climb to .500 because their young defense starts to gel and the Matt Ryan-Julio Jones combo spearheads a still-dangerous offense, that would be a sign of progress, not a "joke."

The Panthers making the playoffs? That would be a joke.

Prediction: Packers 34, Falcons 24