Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Pop Culture: Are the Atlanta Falcons really 7-0?
I recently read an article on GRANTLAND by Bill Barnwell about this years only undefeated team left in the NFL. For the most part Bill provides some great information about this team and why the majority of NFL fans think they are the best in the leaague. I on the other hand disagree. Bill throws a TON of statistics out in this article to try an pursuade the readers to think the Falcons are a good team. I personally think that their wins are not impressive and that there is a lot of hype around quarterback Matt Ryan. Bill produces offensive and defensive stats showing on paper how good they are, I've watched their games and needless to say I am not impressed with their style of winning. The Falcons play the easiest schedule in the NFC, and half of their games have come by 7 points or less. They have gotten lucky on some plays and have gotten help from their opponents by way of penalties and great field position. But I'll let the critics and all the talking heads on the sports networks have their fun. The Falcons will eventually have to play some good teams, week 15 against the Giants and also when the playoffs start. Then their lackluster performances will be exposed and weak team will be exposed and suffer some losses. And I will be glad, I am so tired of people talking about how great Matt Ryan is and how good the rest of the team is. Sure I know that if Matt Ryan goes down, that team sinks fast! But he is far from the type of leader to carry an entire team through to the superbowl. The Falcons will have their day, just not this year.
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I find your opinion to be quiet interesting. I started looking at sports related articles but realized I don't watch nearly enough games for these teams to fully understand some of the articles. Although I found them quite intriguing. It seems that the title of "undefeated" creates such a hype, and more importantly a bunch more fans for a team. I notice this every week watching the Packers play. No matter who has a great play, if its a player from the Packers or the apposing team, the sports announcers don't seem to have enough to say about the greatness of a player. It almost seems as if these people completely forget about everything that has previously happened and they seem to be oblivious to any faults.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you that the Falcons have had an easy schedule right now, and just because they are undefeated that doesn't make them the best. Over the past years the top teams have faltered in the playoffs. Take the packers for example, 15-1 last season and they lose to the Giants. To me Matt Ryan is a good quarterback, but he hasn't been able to lead his team to a Super Bowl yet so he hasn't proved anything yet like you said. Just remember, two years ago they went 13-3. They played the Packers and got smoked. Anything is possible when it comes to football
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