NFC Divisional Weekend: Seattle Seahawks (5) @ Atlanta Falcons (1)

[RoundingThird]

Quote: Originally Posted by jWILL253

Packers, Vikings, Patriots, Cowboys, 49ers twice, Bears. All teams who are either in the playoffs, or were at least in contention. Yep. All those teams are weak sauce...

You forgot the Jets.

[z Revis]

Quote: Originally Posted by SPTO

You're probably right, I'm scratching my head trying to think of another team with a similar record who were so overlooked and it's hard to think of one.

How 'bout the 2010 Falcons? lol.

[55]

Quote: Originally Posted by 13

Then give me 100 on Seattle lol EDIT- Seattle is currently at 2 1/2. Yeah, give me Seattle lol

My bookie has the line at Atlanta -3 and the over/under at 45 points.

[The_Wise_One]

Clemons has a torn ACL. Very very bad news. I love Bruce but I'm not sure if he's used to playing a whole game.

[thaima1shu]

Quote: Originally Posted by The_Wise_One

Clemons has a torn ACL. Very very bad news. I love Bruce but I'm not sure if he's used to playing a whole game.

Brutal, man. Bruce is going to have to be a terror against Matt Ryan if we're going to get any pressure, because he's not ready to play the run. Carroll doesn't blitz much even though we seem to have good success when we do, so Irvin's going to have to get pressure.

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

Wouldn't be surprised to see Seattle win.

The whole Russle Wilson has more playoff wins then Matt Ryan thing while is completely true is such a meaning less stat.

Must have been nice to match up against an injured Rookie QB for your first playoffs game instead of Kurt Warner, Aaron Rodgers and Eli Manning.

I don't see Atlanta losing in the dome against a young Seahawks team but I wouldn't be surprised. If Lynch can go off like he did against the Skins then it will be a long day for the Atl defense.

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[Coug00]

[Ampking101]

So here we are, the make it or break it game. Being 0-3 in the playoffs is bad enough if it goes 0-4 against the Seahawks, Atlanta will never live it down.

Little history on the season as many seem to forget with (ATL had a weak schedule). Matt Ryan and company have gone 13-3. We faced the entire AFC West and cleaned house. What many are forgetting we faced the Broncos and Redskins (playoff teams). Cowboys and Giants (both in the running for playoffs). While a good handful of the teams we faced weren't great, they didn't entirely suck either. On top of that, we only lost three games, those three losses at the hands of the Saints, Tampa, and Panthers. What does that mean, we beat every single team we played. Saints were the only team that got the drop on us the first time around and that game was close.

The Falcons have a track record of being beaten by teams they have already faced once. With that knowledge I'm more at peace playing a team with a rookie QB that hasn't faced our ball hawking defense yet. The change in coordinators hopefully also keeps Matt Ryan in the game and off the bench (I strongly believe his chokes have been from unimaginative playcalling).

Our weakness, definitely our lack of power in our LB corps, which means running it down our throats could hurt. Our o-line can be inconsistent and a tired old Michael Turner starting which also means possible lack of a running game, which could kill our pass game.

Seahawks are strong defensively but have shown major inconsistency on offense.

Advantage - Atlanta by 13

Now we will see if success on paper translates to success on the field cause, man do I sure hope so. Nothing better than black and red in the superbowl in the Saints Dome (which we frequent often) =)