UnluckyforSome

This team is cursed. If we had even been in the position to draft Wemby, he would've been the sure-fire reincarnation of Shawn Bradley. After a lifetime of abuse and disappointment from this organization, what more could you expect out of fans?

Yeah, there is a whole bunch of bad in that list. Petrino quitting in mid-season with what was essentially a form letter counts for something.

The funny part of that is teaching is what he promoted in his introduction. He and his staff would be teachers of the game. I guess he left out the part about being bad teachers of the game.

Historically, this kind of praise has often been premature, or never fully realized. They haven't even played a snap yet. As a franchise, we have rarely been able to meet the moment. It would be such a nice change if that was to no longer be the case.

I'm sure so. Just to clarify, I think he was a solid pickup. He was well thought of in NO, which in turn creates a little sour grapes when a player heads off to a rival. I kind of see talk such as that as being positive, more so than anything else.

Saintsreport was sad to see him go, but happy to see we overpaid for him in their view.

New stadium sometimes means Superbowl. New domed stadium always means Superbowl. I would also think a new facility would put them in line to host the draft. I am not a NC resident so my opinion doesn't mean anything though.

Running backs have short careers. He wasn't going to win anything here anytime soon. Maybe he will have a better shot there.

We embarrassed them in the playoffs at their place. When their new stadium opened, Stewart ran all over them in a romp. Everyone remembers that Tampa MNF game, but honestly, that Giants game was just as much of a showcase.

It's all kind of relative. I mean record-wise, we have won 1 time vs the Steelers, and that was damn near 30 years ago. 1-7. Not to mention their fans fill up the stadium since some of ours have plenty of reason to sell those tickets to highest bidder. Throw Cam's shoulder into that mix too.

He's a vet with a mentoring job. Saints brought him in to compete for starter with Winston.

They have been oddly built for a while now. They are more than just a qb away, but that kind of fits with how they've gone about roster construction. There's been a bunch spent on oline with diminishing returns. They have a couple of pieces on defense, but have failed to build around them. They continue to draft skill players highly, as if they are 1 superstar away. It's all very curious, and I don't get the logic, but I'm ok with it since it's the Falcons.

I don't care too awfully much about being named offseason or preseason champs

When Gruden was in Tampa, it was more of a rivalry. They had their Superbowl, and plenty of players that enjoyed talking, and for the most part could back it up. When the NFC South was formed, they said they were disrespected by being put in the NASCAR division with old NFC West losers. The defense was a real terror for a good while. Honestly though, other than the Brady blip, and their heyday early on, they've not really been much of a factor in the division.

Some additional perspective. Don't get me wrong. I hate 31 other teams. But number 32 is the Falcons. Panthers all-time vs Falcons...21-35 Panthers all-time vs Saints...27-29 Panthers all-time vs Bucs...25-20 Included in that record is the 12-10 mark at their place.

Yeah, you're not going to convince me otherwise. Go watch Vick levitating for a td at the end of the game while Dan Morgan grabs at his dust outline. Or Crumpler absolutely abuse our defense to win the game here in their Petrino year. But other opinions are fine and dandy to have, so it's good.

I prefer the game we won with DeAngelo lining up in wildcat for the entire game almost. There have been some Panther moments, but not many. Pretty sure Jake blew out his elbow against them as well. There's been more bad than good there. New Orleans sent Cam a broom. Sapp said Jenkins needed some pineapple in his diet. Those things and a few others just don't compare in the long run.

It's the Falcons. It's always been the Falcons. Those other teams come and go. No Panther fan should ever forget the 71-0 beat down we took from that team with Vick. Get the fug off our field with Ryan. Matt poopypants fuging Ryan. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-25-sp-atlanta25-story.html

Early on there was some talk about that 17th game being an international game, or an alternative site game, such as Packers in Milwaukee, Raiders in LA, etc, but it didn't really go anywhere. I think everyone kind of knows that 17 is really just a step to 18 when the cba comes due again.

Didn't Raleigh have a team in 1 of those startup leagues one time? I think they were called the Skylarks or some other car name. Maybe the Preludes. It was a while back. Maybe they can bring that back next spring. I'm sure the xfl or usfl would be over the moon having an enthusiastic crowd like that every gameday.

Every one of those are terrible. All 32.

Bucs took a bunch of guys that are undersized from what I saw. If/when they send White away, they may have a real hole in the defense. Saints are hoping to kick the can down the road another year. That's a team that is in need of rebuild. Atlanta had real problems on the defense. They take Robinson instead, and don't invest very much in the defense. Maybe they will just outrun everyone.

When they do inevitably lose though, because they are the Eagles, their fans take all the disappointment to heart. So there is a nice little bit of schadenfreude.

Waste of payroll and roster spot.

He certainly is. He can contribute in the passing game too. Similar in a few ways to CMC. Remember when CMC had his 1000/1000 season? Only the 3rd player in history! We won 5 games I think.