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Peppers disappeared all the time, as all pass rushers do. The best of the best all time average barely more than one single sack a game. And even if you actually look past just the sack numbers, which you always should, pass rushers “disappear” all the time without any impact on the game. Peppers especially, people would say all the time he was lazy and disappeared, but no reasonable NFL spectator would argue that Peppers wasn’t elite. I’m not saying Burns is on Peppers’ level, but he’s a lot closer than many here have the IQ to recognize.

Pay the man. He’s gotten noticeably better pretty much every year. Started out poor against the run, now he’s decidedly NOT a liability against the run. Better than average. His sack numbers (since that’s all some care about) have increased and will only increase with better coaching and scheme. He’s reliable and a leader of the defense.

Saw this on Facebook, too funny not to share.

My son is the same way. Mind boggling, cheese is an indispensable ingredient for so many things but he can’t stand it when there’s even cheese in the same vicinity as his food. Not lactose intolerant, he likes ice cream, but almost no other dairy products.

Lol. Finally an article that doesn’t act like the Falcons nailed the off-season and the Saints are a shoe in for the division. I still don’t understand why so many think the Falcons are in good shape. They got Campbell who is good but ooooold for a DL and nobody else worth a poo. They have two young weapons on offense still riding pre draft hype and haven’t produced in the NFL, nobody at QB, a good OL, a shiny new RB should help but there’s only so much impact they can have. That’s it. Sure their run game should be good but without balance the offense won’t amount to much and their defense still isn’t top half.

Cowerd is an idiot, but I do like it when nice things are said about my team.

Previous seasons under Rhule: Panda Express. Looked ok at first but entirely unsatisfying. This offseason: Calamari, onion rings, wings, lobster spinach dip, whatever appetizer you prefer cooked to perfection. The upcoming season: A dish you’ve never had but looks good at a restaurant you’ve never tried but heard good things about.

It’s not about the big hits, it’s about strategy and field position. If they wanna get rid of kicking altogether and force 2pt conversions after every TD I’ll probably whine at first but I’ll get used to it. Selectively neutering part of the field position game sucks though.

Show a little respect… how about research who was actually on the teams before trying to scold me about respect on a football forum.

I mean, neither I nor other fans have any power over the rules, so it’s not like when kids do a bad job at a chore so parents will stop giving them the chore. And I was obviously being over dramatic for comedic purposes. If they want to get rid of kickoffs they will do it regardless of fans’ overreactions. They’ve proven they do what they want no matter what fans think of it and fans have proven they’ll keep shelling out the dollars no matter how badly Goodell affects the game.

If they’re going to neuter kickoffs this way, they should do away with the penalty for kicking it out of bounds. Give teams some hope of getting a position advantage.

Might as well get rid of kicks entirely and change the name of the game to Passball. The National Passball League. 4th down? Elect to give the ball to the other team whatever the average of a current punt is. 50 yards away or whatever.

Can’t kick out of bounds on a kickoff or they get it at the 40. (Ask John Kasay)

I promise you Zod appreciates the traffic lol

I would guess it’s because height is easier to hand waive, since there have been QBs his height to have success. It’s been that way since the draft season started. The weight is a more difficult discussion that was only briefly touched upon pre-draft and not at all by the mouths getting fed by the team. It was my only real concern about drafting him, but he’s a Panther now so I’ll have faith that the regimen that Reich alluded to before the draft will work.

Meh. He’ll get his “fair” shot, and if by some miracle he actually significantly outperforms Bryce? He’ll get more opportunities. If it looks even remotely close, obviously it’s going to go to the guy they think had a brighter future, the guy they gave up some picks and a starting WR for.

Assuming everyone stays healthy and discounting Kamara’s potential missed games, it’s NO with us close behind. If you assume Michael Thomas doesn’t return to form, Chark breaks at some point, Kamara missed significant games, etc I’d say it’s us then NO close. TB and Atl have some weapons (a couple apiece, TB has a strong edge between the two) but the QBs will handicap them.

Schein is a twat, but even before knowing who wrote the article or opening it I knew we’d be last. It’s a fair assessment. Atl and TB are trash at QB, NO is ok and we’re a complete unknown and could go either way.

Assuming this is excluding the QB group of 1 since that’s the obvious answer, I’ll go with WRs. Thielen could be reinvigorated with a new QB and offense, Chark could stay healthy and progress to a dominate downfield threat, and Mingo could live up to his potential and be the next great WR. On the other hand Thielen could prove to be totally washed, Chark gets hurt in preseason and Mingo is a bust who can’t transition to the pros. In scenario 1 we have one of the best WR groups in the league, in scenario 2 we have one of the worst.

Obligatory “PFF is trash”. nothing egregious here though.

You’re right about that, defense was suspect overall but there was a lot of talent on that team. Too bad we were saddled with Rivera, would have had at least 3 or 4 more wins with a decent HC (not to mention winning seasons over the next 9 years)

Yea he went from Rivera to Rhule. I don’t blame him for feeling that way. And on that note, I just noticed our full time HCs went from Rivera to Rhule to Reich….hope third R is a charm.

I’m not comparing them to us. I’m saying no prime time games at all means they probably don’t think the falcons are gonna be good. Nothing is more interesting than success. I mean, it’s all speculation anyway and we’re splitting hairs over what schedule makers think lol. Not that big of a deal, so we’ll see. I’m expecting the falcons to not be a bottom 5 team but not in the mix for the division in the back quarter of the season either. Us, depends on Bryce’s acclimation to the NFL and health. Saints win it by default unless Bryce stays healthy and lives up to analysts’ expectations. Bucs might be a bottom 5 team.

Sure, I don’t disagree with that overall, though I do think tb and atl are clearly inferior teams to us and no. I see us and no as 7-10 win teams, atl and tb as 5-8. There’s overlap and anything is possible, this division definitely has no clear powerhouse, but the outlook for the red teams is grim while the saints are pointed down but still have a decent qb and talent on the rest of the roster. Just getting old.