Stop me if you’ve heard this one: The Falcons just blew a big lead....ajc

[ladypanther]

http://markbradley.blog.myajc.com/2017/10/15/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one-the-falcons-just-blew-a-big-lead/

hehehe

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For the record, they led Miami by 17 points at halftime Sunday, not by 25 with 17:07 remaining in regulation. For the record, Lady Gaga did not rappel from this closed roof. Still, it’s one thing to blow a massive lead against the greatest coach and greatest quarterback ever. To be outscored 20-0 at home and lose 20-17 to Jay Freakin’ Cutler … that’s about as bad as it gets in a regular-season game.

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The belief in many circles was that the inevitable post-Shanahan slippage in points and yards would be offset by a better defense. Hasn’t worked that way. The Falcons still aren’t stopping people, and they can no longer count on simply outscoring opponents. They’ve managed three second-half offensive touchdowns in five games, the scorers of those being Hooper, Gabriel and Justin Hardy. Julio Jones remains pointless.

Doesn't this just make everything a little brighter?

[tiger7_88]

28 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

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For the record, they led Miami by 17 points at halftime Sunday, not by 25 with 17:07 remaining in regulation. For the record, Lady Gaga did not rappel from this closed roof. Still, it’s one thing to blow a massive lead against the greatest coach and greatest quarterback ever. To be outscored 20-0 at home and lose 20-17 to Jay Freakin’ Cutler … that’s about as bad as it gets in a regular-season game.

[rayzor]

This more than makes up for Thursday night.

So. Awesome.

[t96]

10 minutes ago, rayzor said:

This more than makes up for Thursday night.

So. Awesome.

With the Luke news, yes.  But if not for that this morning then this wouldn't make up for it.

[ThPantherFan]

7 hours ago, ladypanther said:

Doesn't this just make everything a little brighter?

It is nice.

[Jangler]

[KendrickPanther]

Everyone else being more bad than us is a nice silver lining. 

[ladypanther]

Interesting read on what a mess the Dolphins were before their comeback.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article179033936.html

 

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This is where I provide you an edited and carefully worded synopsis of all the trouble the Dolphins waded through the past week, most of it of their own making:

They ...

Performed horribly offensively for the third consecutive week against Tennessee, making the first home victory of the season feel about as satisfying as an oxygen sandwich.

Hours after the win, a video of offensive line coach Chris Foerster emerged in which he was snorting cocaine in his office at the team’s training facility. Foerster resigned the next day.

The Foerster video went viral and turned the Dolphins into a social media punch line.

When folks got bored talking about Foerster, they returned to the weathered conversation about benching quarterback Jay Cutler because he struggled for the third consecutive game last week.

Part of the Cutler discussion included the fact he and the offense were booed in what amounted to Cutler’s first ever game as Miami’s quarterback at Hard Rock Stadium. That booing included calls for backup Matt Moore to take over

 

 

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And the festivities continued during the first half of this game.

The Dolphins dropped five passes to go with the five drops last week. Four of those drops came in the first half.

The Falcons scored the first two times they had the ball. And then they scored again to forge a 17-0 halftime lead. Yeah, not good.

The Dolphins offense, meanwhile, lost starting center Mike Pouncey to a concussion in the first half. Landry had three drops. And Cutler had an interception and a quarterback rating of 39.

There’s a name for this kind of stuff:

“Inept,” coach Adam Gase said.

And so it seemed as if the Dolphins were adding to their litany of yuck. It seemed as if this game was already out of reach for a team that hadn’t scored more than 17 points in any of the previous three games.

 

 

[CardiacCat]

The moment I saw the title of this thread, I immediately thought of this song ...  from one of my favorite albums

 

 

[caatfan]

Falcons should be 1-4 at this point. 

[joemac]

24 minutes ago, caatfan said:

Falcons should be 1-4 at this point. 

This! They are soooooooo lucky to be 3-2 at this point. 

[theDIRTYcode2]

At this point no lead is safe with us. I expected our offense to drop off some but not like this. The amount of deflected turnovers we are having is just mind blowing. 

Oh well, at least the Dawgs are kicking ass.

[Burnout189]

11 minutes ago, theDIRTYcode2 said:

At this point no lead is safe with us. I expected our offense to drop off some but not like this. The amount of deflected turnovers we are having is just mind blowing. 

Oh well, at least the Dawgs are kicking ass.

I'll give you a beer just for the UGA part of the post.

[tiger7_88]