Fleur-de-Links - Nov. 28th: Packers Get Cheesed by Falcons
by David "Satch" Kelly on Nov 28, 2010 6:50 PM CST
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PrintThe Packers let us down, but the Ravens came through. The Dirty Birds remain atop not only the NFC South but also the NFC with their 9-2 record. We're now tied with the Bears for the second best NFC record at 8-3. I keep waiting for the luck to run out in Atlanta, but that hasn't happened yet. These Falcons are pretty damn good. At least we finally managed to separate ourselves from the Bucs. Can there be any doubt that the NFC South is the best division in football this year?
Lots of interesting games around the league today. Did you see the brawl that happened in Houston? That looked like a UFC fight. Andre Johnson landed a few good punches in that one. A link to the video is after the jump.
TWEETS:
JonVilma51 Gona watch all my fellow canes ball out today,,, gota remind everyone where swag came from!
reggie_bush Come on Green Bay! Need a win out of you today! Lol!
j_bushrod7475 At cracker barrel about to do damage #dontjudgeme
HeathEvans Shopping w/ the wifey for a dress for a foundation event tomorrow night! I love shopping! (in a heavily sarcastic voice)!
alexbrown96 Are the Falcons the luckiest team in the league??? Damn it GB!!
HeathEvans The girls just asked if they could take this home?#fb http://yfrog.com/jc3z80j
alexbrown96 I have NEVER cheered for the Packers so much....
GoSaintsNation Typical Falcons win 20-17. This team always keeps it close, but finds ways to continually avoid losing. Ugh. Let's hope Ravens fare better.
alexbrown96 This team has a rabbit's foot u know where!!!!
dmpressley To me that was pretty cheap by Johnson.... #Messedup
dmpressley Everybody is sad cuz Falcons didnt lose today. So!? We r the team to beat!!! I'd love for is to be the ones to get the job done..
usama_young28 Enjoyed a couple days with my little sis @thomasina_319 and my bros in Indy. I love bein with fam. Time to get back to work!
Official_Saints Congrats to former Saints OL Willie Roaf for being named a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011 today!
T_Porter22 Yeah rite RT @chris16iu: Tonight if I don't see any #espn highlights of the best team in the #NFL I'm going to boycott GO #falcons !!
T_Porter22 I'm so ready to get back to football...I'm going insane...losing my mind
jeffduncantp Yes. He wrote the foreward. RT @MnkysThrwngDrts: What's Duece's role on Wednesday? Is he signing your book too?
SAINTS:
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Saints’ defensive end Smith charged with domestic abuse - New Orleans Saints - SunHerald.com
New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith was arrested Saturday in Louisiana after he was accused of grabbing his wife’s hair and pulling her down the street.
Racquel Smith Says That Will is "innocent in all this" " Saints Gab
"My husband and I are fine and this was all bs. Please allow the legal system to take its course. I feel bad for my husband who is innocent in all of this and all my family. Pray for my family and don’t pass judgement. We are are strong couple, Love conquers all and thats what we have. Its just so sad that he is in the public eye and everything is magnified. I love you @iwillsmith! Please who dat fans support our family through this time."
Black (and Gold) Friday
When I woke up at the crack of dawn this morning, hangover be damned, I had a little motivation to hit up all those fabulous sales. His name is Malcolm Jenkins and he reminded me that all things are possible, even shopping before the sun comes up and spending money you don’t have. Malcolm Jenkins is the star of my new holiday movie: "Miracle on Jerry Jones St."
Will Smith Arrested for Domestic Violence, will smith wife
Nola.com reports, "In a Twitter feed that appeared briefly on Saturday before it was taken down, Racquel Smith called the situation a "huge misunderstanding." If that doesn’t sound like a quote from a Lifetime movie starring Valerie Bertinelli, I don’t know what does. The whole thing just makes me sick…
NFL SCOREBOARD:
Rapid Reaction: Falcons 20, Packers 17 - NFC South Blog - ESPN
The Falcons are 9-2 and no team in the league has more wins. This was the kind of victory -- against a very good team -- the Falcons needed if they truly want to be viewed as the class of the NFC.
Superlatives on the Atlanta Falcons - NFC South Blog - ESPN
The Falcons now have played a franchise-record four straight games without a turnover.
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. New York Giants - Recap - November 28, 2010 - ESPN
"That was something that we needed," Coughlin said. "We needed to rise up and have a finish like that. We're all aware of the circumstances that we're in, that the division is in, that the conference is in, and we needed to keep pace."
Minnesota Vikings vs. Washington Redskins - Recap - November 28, 2010 - ESPN
"Did I expect to run for a first down? I haven't expected to run for a first down in quite a while," Favre said, smiling. "It was 10 yards? Really? It felt like 50. But we needed that win."
NFL.com Blogs " Blog Archive Johnson, Finnegan ejected for fighting "
Tempers boiled over midway through the fourth quarter, and Texans WR Andre Johnson and Titans CB Cortland Finnegan were ejected. After exchanging words — and shoves — on the previous play, the two got into it at the line of scrimmage when Finnegan jammed his hands into Johnson’s face mask.
Falcons nip Packers, stay ahead of Saints | New Orleans News, Local News, Breaking News, Weather | wwltv.com | Eye on Black and Gold
"I have no plans of going to Lambeau Field in January," Atlanta receiver Roddy White said. "I plan on staying right here and sleeping in my own bed in the playoffs."
Atlanta Falcons edge Green Bay Packers 20-17 | NOLA.com
They keep their perch atop NFC leaderboard
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Expert panelists make their picks
LAGNIAPPE:
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Denver Broncos blanketed San Francisco 49ers with apologies, source says - ESPN
Before the Denver Broncos' videotaping incident became public Saturday, owner Pat Bowlen had personally called San Francisco 49ers owner John York to apologize for his team's actions, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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Nice work, Satch
You got stuck with a “not much Saints news Sunday” but you made a nice post anyway. Good job!
It's gonna be a great year.
Ditto.
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by Dave Cariello on Nov 28, 2010 9:18 PM CST up reply actions
The fight between Finnegan and Johnson was epic
A. Johnson definitely beat his a**, but give credit to Finnegan for being able to take blows from such a big dude
this is terrible
im trying to make a playoff push in ff and cant afford to lose johnson….
"As a Saint fan I watch ‘Gone with the Wind’ just to watch Atlanta burn" -Ralph Malbrough
by DrewBreesManCrush on Nov 29, 2010 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
Very doubtful AJ will get suspended
He’s already issued a public apology and it’s clear that Finnegan instigated the fight. He’s well known as a dirty player and I’m sure the league officials will take that into account. AJ got the game ball yesterday from his team despite getting ejected. The Texans owner even praised him afterwards. Finnegan is an ass**** and deserved what he got.
"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!
by David "Satch" Kelly on Nov 29, 2010 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
alexbrown96 Are the Falcons the luckiest team in the league??? Damn it GB!!
I would love to call them lucky, but people called us lucky last year. (sigh) I just get this bad feeling with the Falcons.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
They're good.
Really good. Our team has to split the series with them or we’re in trouble.
"In fact, Sterger claims that, in one of the photos Favre allegedly sent her, he's masturbating — while wearing a pair of Crocs"
If they don’t lose another game in addition to the Saints, our splitting the series doesn’t make any difference. They will still win the division and probably have home field advantage throughout and we’ll still be a wild card (even if we have a 13-3 record).
Meanwhile, the two teams tied for first place in the NFC West both have losing records. Go figure.
Why couldn't we be in the NFC West?
Or the Falcons be in the NFC East? I would love the Boys in the South, I’d get to wear my saints jersey after we beat their ass more often.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
Because Jerral Jones is an annoying twerp who screamed and twisted arms until he made sure his team stayed in the NFC East. And granted they do have a good bit of rivalry history there, but geographically there is absolutely no reason to put them in the East and the Falcons in the South.
Oh well.
Actually...
It would make more sense to put the Panthers in the East than the Falcons.
As for the Falcons, and whether they’re good or just lucky: who cares? They can be both, but we’re a team of Destiny. After the Janking™ of Dallas, how can you doubt it?
It was worth the wait.
Falcons:
Saints,Bengals,Tampa,49ers, Green Bay, Ravens. I’m missing more I know.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
Ravens wasn’t luck, it was cheating. Which is even worse. If that OPI is properly called they are pushed back a critical 10 yards (out of field goal range) and have one, maybe two more plays at most to try to get back in. Makes a huge difference in those last few seconds of the game.
Cleveland could count as a bit of luck, as they were in at least mild danger of losing until that ridiculously good play by their DL.
St. Louis was a lot closer than the score indicated. That was at least partial luck.
Getting Pitt without Little Ben would have counted as luck had they won. Well it was still luck anyway, it would likely have been far worse a loss had they not.
Getting Carolina at the end of the season twice, when they suck even worse than they did early on in the season, that counts as luck.
Getting almost all their most important games of the season against teams who would otherwise have a legitimate chance to beat them (BAL, GB, even CIN — not now, but at the time they had a shot) and no late-season northern-climate away games, that’s either luck or some really nice “help” from outside.
Does that mean they aren’t also good? No. But they aren’t truly as “awesome” as some people think they are. They are beatable. If they face the Eagles again, the Eagles will destroy them again. Part of that is how badly they match up to begin with, but Philly really is a better team, just with a bit harder schedule so it doesn’t show in the standings. If White doesn’t cheat, at least 7 times out of 10 on a neutral field the Ravens would beat them as well. We at least have a shot, so long as our kicking game doesn’t screw us up again. Tampa can keep it close and at least scare them, unless Grimm’s injury makes a huge difference. The Patriots would absolutely destroy them, and the way the Chargers are playing right now ditto. Colts might get them if they weren’t so incredibly banged up.
But regardless of lucky or good or any combination of the above, short of a near-miracle they will win homefield in the playoffs. So we’ll have to prove that we are (assuming we really are) the better team by beating them on their own turf.
But if we do, victory will taste EXTRA sweet.
I don't know man...
I think the Eagles are definitely trouble but their secondary got exposed tonight. Maybe that’s due to Samuel’s leadership being absent or etc., but after watching them play, I’m like dang, they’re actually pretty good. I could be wrong cuz they barely beat the Packers, who I think ran the ball less than 10 times…
2010 is cuzzin's breakout year...run with that chip bruh!
Bob,
Tampa lost yesterday and will take it out on the birds this weekend. They have the team to do it and they are real lucky like the birds. So I think Tampa will win this weekend and the Saints will only be a half game behind the number one luckiest team. Well, maybe the Jets are the luckiest team, hard to decide on that one.
Curious
If we split the series with them and both us and them win out. What tiebreaker do they hold to win the division over us? Both have 1 afc loss and out of division NFC loss and split meetings.
by cbkao on Nov 29, 2010 2:14 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'm hoping to do the research and write a post about it now.
Will have it up soon.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
Still interested..
check fanposts just made it.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
Whats up folks? From the falcoholic.
Glad that damn bucs team ain’t nipping at our heels anymore. We are more good than lucky BTW. I wish damn Roy williams woulda held that ball now we gotta worry about y’all for the next few weeks. Anyway, tell Sean to keep that trophy warm for us.
Rule #1: Double tap.
by Ball Hawk on Nov 28, 2010 9:07 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Each winner gets its own Lombardi Trophy
It’s not like the Stanley Cup.
by Nabb1 on Nov 28, 2010 9:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
And, he shouldn't count his chickens before they hatch.
"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!
by David "Satch" Kelly on Nov 28, 2010 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
Just keeping faith that's all.
You know what it’s like, right?
Rule #1: Double tap.
by Ball Hawk on Nov 28, 2010 9:35 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Good luck.
Since you need luck to win :-).
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
Cmon please..... Last year y'all had a lucky horseshoe up your ass'es.
It’s just our time. Don’t hate. Our boys are just doing whatever it takes to win.
Rule #1: Double tap.
by Ball Hawk on Nov 28, 2010 9:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Not hatin.
Just some friendly trash talk. If you can’t handle it, I would suggest you don’t come to the hornet’s nest.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
It is definitely your time to get lucky, that’s for sure. But you haven’t faced a single AFC team with a winning record and won fairly without cheating. Good luck in the big game in Dallas if you get there, for you will need 10 times more than you’ve already gotten all season long just to have a chance.
Saints missing a 27 yard fg in overtime seems pretty lucky to me
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Nov 29, 2010 7:24 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Not really
That buys into the Viqueens’ outlook. The Saints messed up; the Falcons didn’t. Not messing up is part of playing winning football, and Atlanta won fair and square.
Luck is something like your wide receiver flagrantly shoving down a defender on a winning score, and not getting called for it because the incompetent official wasn’t paying attention.
It was worth the wait.
and remember how there's been much talk of "a whole new year" and a "whole new team"?
Well, we will have a whole new path to Lombardi…
Pittsburgh in 2005 and NYGiants in 2007 both took the wild card path to Super Bowl wins – if this is our year and our time, then we will make our way there however we can. We can still win the division and possibly one of the top 2 seeds in the NFC, but we need to win out and for Atlanta to lose once besides to us…
This will be an exciting final five weeks of the season!
It's gonna be a great year.
by Hans Petersen on Nov 29, 2010 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
I hope you're right
I made the same bold prediction when the Falcons played the Rams. I said the Rams would win. I was wrong. I was very, very wrong. Although, the Rams put forth a good effort and were in the lead for a time.
"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!
by David "Satch" Kelly on Nov 29, 2010 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
Our chances in a cold weather stadium aren't as good
If we have to play a playoff game in cold conditions, I’ll be worried. We could still win, but I still have bad memories of playing the NFCCG in Chicago in 2006.
"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!
by David "Satch" Kelly on Nov 29, 2010 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
Certainly
winning home field advantage has its own, er, advantages, and I’d love to be the #1 seed again.
We’ll just have to let these 5 weeks play out to see what situation we end up in…
It's gonna be a great year.
by Hans Petersen on Nov 29, 2010 11:11 AM CST up reply actions
OK so let’s look on the bright side. If Atlanta wins the division, they will also get the #1 seed. Nobody else has a realistic chance to catch them. GB is now 2 games plus head-to-head behind, essentially a three game lead. Eagles are two games back, although they have the head to head in their favor, but they don’t have a cakewalk schedule coming up.
Bears are only one game back but they have a critical two game trail position on the conference record. There is no head to head to use here. And while common games comes first, we know Atlanta has about a 95% chance of winning or at least tying that, as both beat GB, and tho the bears beat the Eagles the Falcons will almost certainly beat the Seahawks.
Last up we have the Giants, also two games back with no head-to-head. Again the common games will likely break at least even for the Falcons here. Both lost to Philly, both (will have) beat(en) Carolina, ditto on Seattle. And again the conference record is at least currently in Atlanta’s favor and more likely to grow than shrink.
So we may have to play the NFC Championship in their dome. (Granted, assuming we get there, but we have a good shot at it, especially if we are the #5 seed.) And we know full well that we can do it. Will we? No idea. Can we? Absolutely. And in some ways, watching their dejected fans stream out while we get to party on THEIR turf would make it 10 times as sweet.
Shut up Alex...
alexbrown96 Are the Falcons the luckiest team in the league??? Damn it GB!!
alexbrown96 This team has a rabbit’s foot u know where!!!!
Guess on which team’s billboard those quotes will be pined on December 27th…
Repeat? Under construction...
And now for something completely different
This makes me sad. No one made me laugh like this guy. R.I.P., Mr. Nielsen. We promise to never call you Shirley. I feel like watching Airplane now.
"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!
by David "Satch" Kelly on Nov 28, 2010 9:36 PM CST reply actions
Weird, I just saw that on thanksgiving.
Rule #1: Double tap.
by Ball Hawk on Nov 28, 2010 9:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
You guys are the second most dangerous team in the NFC.
I hate that we play you again. 27th gonna be an epic game.
Rule #1: Double tap.
by Ball Hawk on Nov 28, 2010 9:38 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Hell yeah it will.
See you then and hope you lose more. I have a feeling the feeling is mutual.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
Oh, this is going to make our last(?) game of the season a joy
Looking forward to seeing you guys.
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Nah
Last game is against Tampa at home. You are the week 16 game. Although it will be (hopefully) the last game our starters play.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
I think he means last significant game of the reg. season for both of us...
but I don’t know who Atlanta plays in W17
It's gonna be a great year.
by Hans Petersen on Nov 29, 2010 7:52 AM CST up reply actions
Pathetics
Division matchups in week 17 for every team.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
by Jon Banks on Nov 29, 2010 8:26 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Alrighty then
It's gonna be a great year.
by Hans Petersen on Nov 29, 2010 10:52 AM CST up reply actions
That was making fun of the Panthers.
Rereading it seems to imply I was calling you pathetic. If that’s the case my bad.
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
no no no it's ok - I understood your Panters reference
I was just doing Ace Ventura…acknowledging your statement about the division matchups…I felt no attack on your part.
But thanks for checking with me about it. HUGS
It's gonna be a great year.
by Hans Petersen on Nov 29, 2010 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
Great
I don’t want to start crap with people who I have no problems with and like. (more hugs)
Week 13 matchup: Bengals
Week 13 motto: Keep in the race, keep in the fight
wow Saintsgiving just lasts all year long 'round here Good Will Abounds *smile*
It's gonna be a great year.
by Hans Petersen on Nov 29, 2010 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
Now that Tampa has been exposed for what they are
Its time to dispose of the Falcons
I’ll give it to you that you did beat the Packers at home but they dont really impress me
I think we will win out and see how the tie-breakers fall
I’m also not as impressed with Philly that I had been
Their secondary was abused by that powerful chicago offense and Jay Cutler
So I believe it will come down to the next 5 weeks in the nfc south for the best team in the nfc
World Champions at last
by mississippisaintsfan on Nov 29, 2010 6:16 AM CST up reply actions
I have to give y'all some credit now
I was surprised y’all beat gb. Didn’t think you could do it. That was a quality win.
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Nov 29, 2010 7:27 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
we can beat any team if we just don't turn the ball over..
If Pro is the opposite of Con, what is the opposite of Progress? Congress!
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If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Looks like it will be up to us to dispose of the falcons in the second and third meeting. Fine with me. It will be that much sweeter ending their season.
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Nov 29, 2010 7:30 AM CST via mobile reply actions
It is time to come to terms with the fact that...
the falcons are good and aren’t losing, except perhaps to us. I can’t see the bucs beating them, nor the Panthers, Seahawks etc. The good news is that I’d much rather go on the road to Atlanta for the NFC Championship than Chicago, Green Bay or Philly
"But tonight the Superbowl belongs to the City of New Orleans" - Roger Goodell 2/7/2010
They may slip up in Seattle
They’ll have to travel across the country for that one (usually puts a strain on the visiting team), and the Hawks play much better in their own house when they have that incredible crowd noise helping out. The Falcons will definitely be the better team, but we can still hold out hope for them losing that game. I’m sure Payton is using this as motivation right now. He has to have our guys figuring they must win out in order to land a favorable playoff spot. I’d feel very uncomfortable about getting a win in Chicago, Philly, or Green Bay during the first week of the playoffs. Traveling to Seattle or St. Louis that week wouldn’t worry me so much.
Damn that Garrett Hartley! If he hadn’t missed that kick the playoff positions would be reversed and the Falcons would be chasing us. It’s not all his fault, though. We had other opportunities to win that game.
"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!
by David "Satch" Kelly on Nov 29, 2010 9:37 AM CST up reply actions
I was just working on that scenario
…and you posted first. So I have to retype all this as a reply. I guess I could just cut and paste, but it’s too late now. Damn.
Suppose Atlanta wins the division and the first seed. The Saints will no doubt be the 5th seed, so they go play at the weakest division winner—the Rams or Seahawks. Okay, we win that one.
Meanwhile, suppose Chicago actually wins the North and Green Bay takes the 6th seed. They win their wild card game, and that sends them to Atlanta in the divisional playoff round. I sense revenge. Plus, the Saints beat whoever they have to play…maybe the Bears, maybe the Eagles, maybe the Giants.
That puts the NFC Championship game in the Dome, against the Packers. It could happen. We could win this thing without having to go to Atlanta at all.
Or we could go to Atlanta and kick their feathered butts.
It was worth the wait.
it will be a whole new path for the new team of destiny - the 2010 Saints
These are not your daddy’s 2009 Saints
It's gonna be a great year.
by Hans Petersen on Nov 29, 2010 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
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