Falcons @ Saints: Open Game Thread
Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints, Dec 7, 2008 12:00 PM CST
| Atlanta Falcons (8-4) | GAME #13 | New Orleans Saints (6-6) | |||
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| Date: | Dcember 7th, 2008 | Location: | New Orleans, LA |
| Time: | 12:00 p.m. CT |
Stadium: | Louisiana Superdome |
| TV: |
WVUE Fox Direct TV: 708 |
Favorite: | Saints by 3 |
| Radio: | WWL 870AM/105.3FM | Over/Under: | 51.5 |
| Internet: |
NFL.com's Game Center |
Weather: |
Not that it really matters but...Weather Underground |
| SBN Coverage: | The Falcoholic |
Current Mood: |
Clinging to hope. |
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WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING THIS GAME!
Because Carolina is playing Monday night, the local Fox affiliate is deigning to carry a Saints game! Okay, it’s really a Falcons game, for all the leftover Falcons fans up here in this corner of the Carolinas…but it’s a Saints game to us. Andouille po-boys for lunch and a Saints game…can’t do better than that on a freezing mountain afternoon.
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thread turnout
any measure if it is higher for road than home games? i have season tickets, but am missing this home game but would think a lot of the regular posters are in the Dome today
Saints are on Westwood One AM radio, for the rest of us in the outlying states and provinces…. and if you can’t get on Justin TV
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If anyone gets an internet TV feed let me know
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3rd and 1. Pass?
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chalk it up to a good defense play
dude was in the backfield as PT got the ball
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 12:08 PM CST up reply actions
That's Jon Babineaux
The guy just got a new contract and seems motivated to play up to it. He’s been a monster the last three weeks.
JD is the man
what a turnaround, and YOU guys wanted to cut him. LOL!!!
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sorry i'm late to the thread but
THE CARLTON OMG!!!!! jd can stick around as long as he’ll do the carlton for me
The Carlton Dance!!!!!
I love it!!! First the Pee Wee Herman, now the Carlton!!!!
7-9, Here We Come...
yeah but he’ll do for now
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He still gives way too much up
on every other play he’s involved in
He is the one who missed the tackle on that long Turner run
He is usually the one chasing his coverage down the field for the TD
Had Ryan pump faked, that was a TD
WHO DAT
$5000 fine
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reggie !
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what kind of play was that TD?
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where did reggie line up?
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so you think
Peyton is just screwing with us only passing once so far? or maybe he’s actually gonna try running some
i think he's just doing it
to say “See we ran 35 times and still lost, my passing propensity has nothing to do with the losses. We need to play better.”
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 12:22 PM CST up reply actions
sweet
1-10 NO48 (9:56) R.Bush right guard to ATL 9 for 43 yards (C.Houston).
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I heard, and maybe everyone else did too, that Payton is going to use these last 4 games to evaluate Pierre. If he can’t hack it, it’s free agent RB time.
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I heard that as well
but it might just be something that some poster on some forum started.
It might just be the opinion of one of the TP writers too,
WHO DAT
It's on the
Rotoworld widget on the CSC main page:
According to the New Orleans Times Picayune, if Pierre Thomas can’t handle the feature back duties over the final four weeks, “the Saints almost certainly will sign or draft someone who can this spring.”
gonna get their fill of Reggie today
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too soon to tell
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sounded bad, did he drop it or just defended well
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Moore was running inside the numbers up the field
the ball was thrown outside the numbers to the sideline, Moore was nowhere near the ball, in fact no one was
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 12:31 PM CST up reply actions
game center said incomplete to Colston
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The Colston play was before it
Houston was there to defend
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
Nice punt Glenn Pakuchek out at the 2
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I smell a safety.... C'mon SAINTS
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The kickers we picked up
are turning out to be great
A lot of people questioned Payton when he did it too.
WHO DAT
I did who could be any good at midseason
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Jason David on the coverage, first down
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Announcer: “Saints are saying You are NOT going to run the football on us, you’re going to put the game in the rookie’s hands.”
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Mark Malone
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Shockey trying to earn his check today
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end of 1st qtr
can’t really expect better than this, can we? Needed to score first really badly.
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has anyone else
missed this offense? is anyone else reminded of the 06 saints offense today?I know it’s early but the balance is nice
no complaints
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wow thanks Steve
I don’t know how you guys find these, I can never do it without help
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blind luck?
just go to jtv sports tab and look for it
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 12:46 PM CST up reply actions
look at this blocking
reggie and pt are on today. i really hope deuce can get in on this run blocking too today.
yeah but he does catch them
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true, he is scrappy
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DOOOOOOCE
poor Deuce looked awful slow there
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putting on weight
since he has no more diet pills
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 12:50 PM CST up reply actions
Garrett’s got his mojo workin’
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Saints still can't run up the middle
when everyone knows that’s what’s coming. They need to just pin their ears back and hit.
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This is one of two things for me
Either the line can’t get a good push or the blocking scheme sucks
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 12:52 PM CST up reply actions
burn
Harper toast
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I think bullocks got real burned,
and then harper had to play catch up…more like a scheme problem than anything
I wish that Rolle guy was
going to draft this year. Tennessee also has a beast safety but he’s a sophmore i think
except in Gibbs Gumbo. I think. Not sure. Neither is anyone else.
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the coverage
bullocks had him coming across the middle, and purposly went shallow when white went over the top. then harper looked like it was his assignment to cover him deep. if we only have one deep safety, shouldn’t he be the last guy?
You can’t tell if they are running the scheme correctly or not.
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goddamn PT is fast expectially on a bad video feed wow
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not complaining Steve, at least I can see
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you'd figure after the first time we played
that we would ALWAYS have a double team or some sort of help on abraham.
Huntley is freaking Morten Andersen
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gonna take a while to learn these guy's names but I'm getting there
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Roddy White used to suck. I know I owned him. Now he’s a stud with Matty Ice. go figure
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JOe Flacco is no Matt Ryan, sorry
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Harry Callas just called Michael Jenkins “Marques Colston”. I’m confused.
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Harry Kalas
- is the problem
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Finneran?
Idiot Payton is challenging
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no worries about him doing it again today, that was his last one
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no
i was wrong in that I thought since the first challenge was correct we got another
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 1:24 PM CST up reply actions
Just checking in
Looks like it more of the same on defense, huh? also looks like I’m glad I started Roddy White on my fantasy team
Dick Stockton never played the game
even with osteoparosis, he is tiny compared to Baldy and Billick
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If you look at the majority of his catches
he goes right down.
Not saying I don’t like him, just wish he wouldn’t just fall down as soon as he catches it.
WHO DAT
still YAC though
I know, I was one the main ones deriding his lack of YAC, but he does seem to doing better
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
It could have been a TD
if Payton hadn’t wasted a timeout. And a challenge. Someone need to kick his butt when he does that.
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and called that running play right before
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Saintsational Dave and NYSaint are at this game?
Dave’s starting to feel those bloody marys in his nervous stomach. Don’t got to the 109 men’s room Dave, there’s an inch of piss water on the floor
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Minus his 43-yard run
Reggie is averaging 4.75. Pretty solid.
Pierre is averaging 5.25 if you take away his 18-yarder.
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that early 3 and 1 stuff is all Payton remembers
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post from Falcoholic
We’re unbelievably lucky
that 2 of those FGs should have been TDs, otherwise 22-13.
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I’m almost glad we’re behind at the half
Falcons had no business leading, the way the Saints have moved the ball on us. Maybe the FG will be a wake up call, and we can start kicking some Saintly butt in the second half.
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Mostly
long passes that our CBs can’t cover
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
maybe on that play
We needed on their last drive before the half
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 1:47 PM CST up reply actions
Reggie believes he can score every time he catches the ball. Even if he runs 20 yds back. He made most of that up though didn’t he?
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13 yd return
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yeah
When he scores, are you going to call that BS?
I say let him dance on punt returns.
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Nope
just don’t like it that he runs backwards on punts, field position is key
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 1:52 PM CST up reply actions
true
but he’s a playmaker, you can’t make him conform to the style of a lesser man (I’m out on thin ice here)
Wonder what the special teams coach tells him: Reggie, do what you want or Reggie, damn it, take it DOWNField bot BACKfield
I don’t know.
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are saying
but he can still do his thing while not running backwards, if that makes sense.
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
damn Roddy
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damn Finneran
Matty got up before Smith did
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There is absolutely NO PRESSURE
This whole defensive scheme is fucking pathetic.
7-9, Here We Come...
Gibbs Gumbo
When did Gibbs Gumbo develop a 3-4 front? Stupid, we can’t play well with the 4-3 so lets line up 3-4 as well. How does he still have a job?
four 3rd downs on this drive
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I swear, if they dont fire that incometent DCoordinator, I might boycott next year.
I cant keep watching this shit. Its not good for my health!!!
7-9, Here We Come...
That last drive was one of our worst defensive performances this year
It’s a miracle we only gave up 3
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Who is that Englishman at the sky2 desk talking american football???
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If Gibbs blames the poor play on missed assignemts
he’s not only incompetent, but he’s an incompetent asshole
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Tired?
Conditioning might be off from the injury lay off
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 2:12 PM CST up reply actions
nice PT
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Pierre Thomas
Is averaging 7.4 ypc…if you discount his longest run it’s 6.2.
Reggie is averaging 5.4 without his long gain, and 11.7 with it.
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The 2-point conversion is for when you need it
Not when you think you might need it at some future point. Just play the damn game and quit trying to predict things.
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B. Westbrook
is fucking me over for the 2nd straight week
They list him as questionable and hurt, and he has ridiculous games.
I have Jacobs and Forte as well
WHO DAT
Ryan is 21/28, that is poor pass defense
Payton REALLY needs to make it 1-17 when behind at the top of the 4th quarter.
The Saints' defense is like an enormous moving sidewalk
I think I could score against them. From here.
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on 3rd down
like Aaron Rodgers
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I think its time to acnowledge that Will Smith is the most overratted player on the team
Where is the damn pressure?
7-9, Here We Come...
not a good one though, he got run down by 2 defenders
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WTF happened to ROby
GO PT!!
Payton REALLY needs to make it 1-17 when behind at the top of the 4th quarter.
nobody mentioned it was Karney on the carry
4-1-ATL 7 (6:16) 44-M.Karney right guard to ATL 5 for 2 yards (56-K.Brooking, 50-C.Lofton). Atlanta challenged the first down ruling, and the play was Upheld. (Timeout #1.)
Payton REALLY needs to make it 1-17 when behind at the top of the 4th quarter.
Hmm...
I’m missing the relevance. Turn the page..like a rock..against the wind?
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 2:43 PM CST up reply actions
Rambling Gambling Man
Asshole Glenn Frey sang backup vocals
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Even
Atlanta’s challenges make since. Their gonna lose it but it makes more since then those dumb challenges Payton did.
Made up name
Last name Blank. Wonder what his real name is?
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
Okay...now, here comes the heartbreak
I could probably furnish my house betting on the Saints blowing games. Think I could get a new bedroom out of this one?
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waddup guys...
game is close man, I hate these close games…both runners look good though. I think we have the thunder and lightning we’ve been looking for…
Don't worry I got your back cuz...
watch payton: 3 passes and out DAMMIT!!!
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that looked like a pretty big hole and he hit it quick
1-10 NO23 (2:30) P.Thomas right tackle to NO 32 for 9 yards (C.Davis).
Payton REALLY needs to make it 1-17 when behind at the top of the 4th quarter.
all PT haters need to show up for Monday review
I’ll be there. I’m thinking he might be a feature back.
Payton REALLY needs to make it 1-17 when behind at the top of the 4th quarter.
Not a PT hater, just a realist
1 game does not a career make
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
preaching to the choir
I’m a fan, but he’ll have to show us.
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brees only has 230 yards-- no picks though
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Matty Ice wants the ball
Payton REALLY needs to make it 1-17 when behind at the top of the 4th quarter.
Payton RAN the ball too much!!! lol
Payton REALLY needs to make it 1-17 when behind at the top of the 4th quarter.
Deuce needs like 5 yards for 6000 career?
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nice
2-8 NO37 (1:51) P.Thomas right guard to NO 42 for 5 yards (G.Jackson).
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Mark Malone just named Pierre Thomas the future running back for the Saints
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last year last game of the season
PT for 105 against the Bears in a loss
by Steve the fan on Dec 7, 2008 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
Rushing stats
Pierre Thomas: 16 carries, 102 yard, 6.4 YPC
Reggie Bush: 10 carries, 80 yards, 8.0 YPC
I TOLD YOU WE COULD RUSH!
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Channel Lock grips of the game
Roddy White best catch of the game
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wrangler 5 star performer of the game
Pierre Thomas
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Rolaids moment
Mike Smith- his decision to punt with 3:25 left in Mark Malone’s opinion
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stujo hairshirt highly sensitive defensive player of the game
Jason David with the only pick (ignore all the yards he gave up)
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Rolaids moment?
Saints behind by 3 and going for it on 4th down inside the 10. That can eat through stomach lining pretty damn quick.
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you were right M-E
What do you think it was? I mean both guys looked good, this reminded me of a USC game.
Don't worry I got your back cuz...
All we had to do was to look deep within
Hate to sound all Oprah, but we had it in us all along. All we had to do was commit to it. Bush and Thomas are one hell of a tandem, just like Bush and Deuce were in 2006.
Now: Atlanta had the 21st-best rushing defense in the NFL. Chicago has the 6th-best. Will it work against the Bears? If it doesn’t, the Bears have the 29th-best passing defense. We should be able to take those guys, one way or another; but it would be great if we could just take it to them on the ground and beat them.
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Laisse les bons temps rouler!
Proud of our running game today ; Thomas especially.
Another good job, defense. Way to stop them on their last possession.
1-10-ATL 30 (4:26) 2-M.Ryan pass short left to 12-M.Jenkins to ATL 37 for 7 yards (24-L.Torrence).
2-3-ATL 37 (3:58) (Shotgun) 2-M.Ryan up the middle to ATL 35 for -2 yards (71-K.Clancy).
3-5-ATL 35 (3:28) (Shotgun) 2-M.Ryan pass incomplete deep left to 86-B.Finneran.
4-5-ATL 35 (3:23) 9-M.Koenen punts 52 yards to NO 13, Center-46-M.Schneck, fair catch by 25-R.Bush.
Payton REALLY needs to make it 1-17 when behind at the top of the 4th quarter.

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