Smith fired .....Panthers beating last nail in coffin

[!stUp]

Smith seems like a decent man. I wish him and his family the best.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

hahaha, they're keeping dimitroff? fug yeah

[firefox1234]

Rex Ryan is overrated. Bring his fat ass to the NFCS if they want. Fill the Falcons fans full of false hope. And then drink their tears again in December

Not tryna target you or anything but your signature pic of delhomme in the 2008 playoff game is giving me serious butterflies

[Captain Morgan]

I never had a problem with Smith, seemed like a good guy.

 

It's Ryan I can't stand.  And I wish Hardy was there yesterday to tell

him to get the fug off his own field.

[Pimpdaddy]

...you know, with Atlanta imploding, Lovie ***** up Tampa and New Orleans fading fast, I hope we can begin dominating the division titles... its a dream anyway.

[FattyFatFat]

I think the Falcons tanked the game for a top 10 draft pick as well tbh.

So they purposely tried to get Matty ice killed? Brutal.

[teeray]

Not tryna target you or anything but your signature pic of delhomme in the 2008 playoff game is giving me serious butterflies

Oh yeah! I need to change it. Think I put it up after Vikings game. 90% of the time I am on my phone so some times I forget what my signature is because I don't see it

[teeray]

Falcons didn't tank. Coach was coaching for his current and future employment and players playing to make playoffs and get paid bonuses.

What good would it do Mike Smith to tank? Why would players give a poo about drafting a player who may replace them?

If they were tanking Ryan would have had a mysterious injury and Julio would have sat out

[thefuzz]

I for 1 would love it if Rex comes to ATL, that would give us 4 games a year against Lovie and Rex.

 

 

Yes please!

[thefuzz]

I don't know who was responsible but Atlanta's problems started when the traded up to pick Julio. The trade plus having to pay Matt whining depleted their backups which they haven't been able to recover from yet.

 

The having to "pay Matt" part is what scares me about these HUGE contracts that upper tier/just below franchise guys are getting.

 

Honestly, it scares me, but there is no other way.

[†William Moore†]

TD was not the problem at all. He's been provided talent, particularly on the defensive side, and Smith and Nolan just couldn't make good use of them. Nolan's weird amoeba schemes don't work and Smith's ball control offense coaching style doesn't work in today's NFL unless you have a defense. Which Nolan couldn't coach.

 

Smith was a terrible motivator, terrible play-caller, terrible at clock management, and was scared to take chances on offense even with a top QB and WRs. (and a top TE for a while). The guy has fallen off. 

[JawnyBlaze]

Rex would make the Falcons scary.  Rex didn't choose Defense, as some people are saying.  Their GM did.  Their GM trotted out such abortions at QB as the Butt Fumble and Geno.  Rex is the only reason the Jets were remotely competitive while he was there.  I don't think Rex is an amazing coach or anything, but with the Falcons already having the pieces in place on offense, if they brought in Rex and a good OC they will be exponentially improved over what they've been the past few seasons.  He built amazing defenses up there with bare minimal talent.  Richardson and Wilkerson are the only guys on their defense that are above average, and going back to when Rex first got there Revis was the only other star they've had.  They've just been hancuffed by poor personnel decisions, and that's on the GM not the coach.  I'd much rather the Falcons got Singletary or someone else.  Rex is basically Rivera but better.  Don't think Rex has the terrible game decisions or scared mentality that Rivera has had since he's been here.

[Jangler]

[Proudiddy]

Smith was an excellent coach. I'm happy they did it for our sake. Now I hope they miss horribly on the next hire.

Please go with someone like Scott Linehan.

Or heck, I hear Lane Kiffin is looking for a gig!