Official Panthers - Falcons Gameday Thread

[nickzz]

Lol everyone is so blinded by their Rivera hate that the logic being used is, well even if Gano made it the Falcons would have gone down and scored anyway.

People are literally relying on hypothetical scenarios that will never be known to support an argument.

 

the point being made is not that the falcons WOULD HAVE scored after our FG. the point is we GAVE THEM A CHANCE to score when there was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for us to do that.

[Davidson Deac II]

Comebacks are not anything new to football or sports in general. Players play bad early then comeback all the time. That 4th quarter was straight up bad coaching. I don't know how you play for a field goal and let matt ryan have a 1:30 left on the clock. Even if Gano didn't miss the field goal, there is almost no doubt in my mind that the falcons would have gotten in field goal range and won the game that way. 

 

Sure, it happens on occasion.  But we have been playing like that since the third game of the season.  Against the good teams, it means a blowout with us scoring a couple of meaningless td's at the end.  Against a bad team like the Falcons, it means we a close game. 

[Ranger12]

The kicker missed a potential game winning field goal, so you can disagree with me all you want, but he lost the game at that point.

 

Then I say you don't understand the point I am making at all. If he missing the FG lost that game, then what about the other FGs he made during the game? Your logic makes no sense. Losing the game as a whole is not on one moment or player, but a combination of many things. That is how the game works, that is how it is won or lost. As a whole, the coaching staff failed to let the offense win the game. Even before the end of the game, the play calling on 3rd and short was horrible. Then at the end when the offenisve momentum was in our favor , the coaches shut it down. If you want to put that on Gano instead of the coaching staff, you are more than welcome, but it is illogical to do so.

[Ra's Al Ghul]

Are you kidding? The kicker was put in a situation he shouldn't have been in. It shouldn't have even come down to a FG at home against a sorry team. Yes, Gano screwed up. It wouldn't have mattered, as our coaching staff made sure Atlanta had 1:30 to go 35-40 yards to win. Our problem is coaching, not Gano.

Have to agree, our offense was playing well at that point, we barely get into fg range and run 3 times, dont even try to make it an easier kick or take a shot downfield. Just doesn't make sense. I would have to say that leaving the Falcons 1:30, while we proceed to go into our fuging cookie dough soft prevent, we would have lost anyway, without a td. Playing not to lose v. The win, has always been Ron. Ready to move on from the loser mentality.

[tiger7_88]

Just lost this fuggin game thanks to ball less Shula. wtf kinda play calling is that?????!

That was all Rivera, brah.

I despise Shula as much as the next guy, but those calls were because thats what the HEAD COACH wanted.

[Fox007]

Lol everyone is so blinded by their Rivera hate that the logic being used is, well even if Gano made it the Falcons would have gone down and scored anyway.

People are literally relying on hypothetical scenarios that will never be known to support an argument.

 

People are relying on history and how Rivera likes to give up 10 yard cushions and go into prevent in those situations not hard to forsee the typical outcome.

 

Plenty of logical reasons why you don't simply run the ball 3 times in that scenario.

[RJK]

Or u can all bicker back and forth trying to pin the loss on 1 player/coach. It's not like there's 53 players and a coaching staff

[MadHatter]

Comebacks are not anything new to football or sports in general. Players play bad early then comeback all the time. That 4th quarter was straight up bad coaching. I don't know how you play for a field goal and let matt ryan have a 1:30 left on the clock. Even if Gano didn't miss the field goal, there is almost no doubt in my mind that the falcons would have gotten in field goal range and won the game that way.

Hey...I am ready for Rivera and Shula to go like most here. Their coaching is avg at best. But, when your offense sucks for over 3 quarters and you need end of game heroics, much of the blame for that has to fall on the players and their poor execution.

We are in one of those spirals where the team starts looking for the "what bad is gonna happen next". When that happens, changes need to be made....and I agree those changes must start with the coaching staff.

[Montsta]

So you think the coaching was adequate today? Or any other game this season?

I don't think it was great by any stretch, but every single coach in the NFL is going to play that scenario the same way. Make them burn timeouts, maybe get a first, but if not then your kicker is well within his range and simply does not miss at that distance.

Rivera's biggest flaw today was having faith in his players to execute when their numbers are called.

[Ra's Al Ghul]

the point being made is not that the falcons WOULD HAVE scored after our FG. the point is we GAVE THEM A CHANCE to score when there was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for us to do that.

Right!

[tiger7_88]

HAHAHAHA I hate this team. If it's not one thing it's something else. Bunch of losers

Thats what happens to players that are coached by a bunch of losers.

[Car123]

Rivera will deflect blame as usual.

[MadHatter]

That was all Rivera, brah.

I despise Shula as much as the next guy, but those calls were because thats what the HEAD COACH wanted.

Every coach in the nfl would play for the FG in that scenario. Only thing is that all of the idiots in here don't know that.

[WOW!!]

That loss was on Cam's god awful play for over three quarters.

Defense have the offense chance after chance and they did nothing for 3/4 of the game. Typical inconsistency from Cam and the offense.

But if course you idiots will blame everyone else. Shitty for 75% of the game and good for 25% of the game is NOT makings if a top QB.

And the OL flat out did their job.

Cam put us in position to win no matter what you say. The only reason we had a chance to win at the in was Cam.

Blame him for the 1st 3 quarters all you want but he got us back in that game.