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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
One must understand the decision made was done so with the then current score being 17-7. Sure - looking back once the game was completed, it's easy to point to the decision and ask, "what if / could have been."
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Yes, but that kind of football logic DOESN'T apply to Mike Smith, because in his career, it seems his ONLY weakness are 4th and short plays. 4th and long? All day with 1st downs and TDs in the red. But short plays that require a rush or a shotgun pass? CONSISTENTLY FAILS. If he needs to get the TD it doesn't happen. If he needs the 1st down, it never happens. If they should have punted to keep good field position instead they just turn it over on downs and lose. Whether Mike runs it, plays the fake, tries to throw it, even a QB sneak, the Falcons simply CAN NOT MANAGE TO CONVERT 4TH AND SHORT PLAYS, PERIOD. So all the football logic in the world becomes irrelevant, all you have to ask yourself is, "Is Mike Smith confronted with a 4th and short play? Falcons are going to lose the game!"
I'm not exaggerating, it has been a factor in most if not ALL of the Falcons 27 losses under the Mike Smith tenure. Will the guy it fired? Probably not, with 57 career wins and a .680 record Smith is by far the Falcons most winning coach in their franchise history. But some coordinators GOT TO GO. Falcons are 1-8 considering the preseason, and if you consider that and the games from last season they are 2-12.... And Julio just went down????
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
Fans "accosted" Schaub and his family outside their home, telling him he sucks.
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That is funny as a classic NFL moment, but it also is totally classless. I expect that from cities like Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Cleveland, or even Dallas, but Houston?? Really??
Y'all will obviously never usurp Dallas' position as the undisputed fifth worst fan base in all of sports (between arrogant Rangers fans, crybaby Cowboys fans, or stupid Mavs fans Dallas is a ugly place for sports).
Boston is the worst, their fans are bitter, cocky, and racist! Phillie fans aren't necessarily bad to other teams and cities, but they are the most self-hating fan base in all of sports, they are the first to dive into introspective cynicism. Los Angeles is an ugly place for sports, because our fan base has the mentality of Championships or you suck, and likes to shit on all the teams that don't win Championships, even if we aren't winning them either! That, and we have the largest bandwagon fanbase in all of sports, at the turn of a hat suddenly 5,000,000 people are magically Laker fans!! Cleveland aren't as mean-spirited as Phillie, but that is what decades of consistent losing will do to a city. Yeah, they are mean-spirited and fraught with self-loathing, but they wear it like a martyrs' badge of honor rather than the kind of "we know can win but aren't seeming to win" mentality of those spiteful Philadelphia fans. Careful Houston, if y'all keep biting at Schaub, y'all might make my Top-5 worst cities for sports for an honorary 2013-14 season
