Eyes On The Falcons
November 3rd, 2024
No, Joe still isn’t buying the over-the-top Falcons hype. They’re good at 5-3 but extremely vulnerable.
They’re also on local TV today at 1 p.m.
Atlanta will host the reeling Cowboys (3-4). Dallas has had trouble scoring, though they have a 3-1 road record. The Falcons are favored by 3 1/2.
Joe is most interested in watching how the Cowboys fare against the Falcons’ weak pass rush. The Bucs and their sad pass rush will take on Dallas in Week 16.
Joe maintains a solid dose of hope that the Bucs can win the NFC South, though much of that will evaporate if the Falcons win today. Atlanta’s next game is in New Orleans.
However, Atlanta then follows up with a rough stretch with consecutive games against the Broncos, Chargers and Vikings.
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November 3rd, 2024 at 8:31 am
Proof is in the pudding. They still have more pudding to make so we will see. But they beat us, even if barely 1 and 1 pretty surely. So while I believe Tampa has a better team, the results don’t agree and that makes the national media (up to this point) right and me wrong. I am very surprised we didn’t beat the Falcons in both meetings or at least split the series. But we didn’t and that makes us the lesser team this season in the head to head compare-o.
November 3rd, 2024 at 8:48 am
It’s because the Defense hasn’t been having Bunko nights.
November 3rd, 2024 at 8:59 am
“Extremely vulnerable.”
Except for the Bucs. The Falcons ripped them to shreds twice.
November 3rd, 2024 at 9:02 am
^^^^^^
look at LVD…..freshly cut……so clean !
go cowboys…(most overrated team in football)
November 3rd, 2024 at 9:04 am
Yeah Birds won one in OT and the other by 5 with a TD that was not. Yeah shredded.
November 3rd, 2024 at 9:05 am
Falcons are overrated but 2-0 against us. Huge matchup issues and constant mistakes by the whole team allowed the falcons to win. Cowboys will win today.
November 3rd, 2024 at 9:08 am
take us out of the picture and the falcons are a .500 type team…
but they do have our number 🙁
November 3rd, 2024 at 9:17 am
I think one of the Bucs problems on defense is how it is designed.
When Bruce Arians came to town, the first thing he told his coaches
is don’t tell me what we can’t do, tell me what we can do.
He adjusted his offensive scheme accordingly.
The Bucs may have a wonderful defensive plan but
if you don’t have the players that can do it, the plan needs
to be adjusted.
November 3rd, 2024 at 9:27 am
Cowboys may be “reeling”, but so are the Bucs.
Falcons win & Bucs lose, and Tuesday morning, we start talking draft, draft position, and draft-eligible players.
November 3rd, 2024 at 9:28 am
Rooting for Dallas is a freaking tall order.
November 3rd, 2024 at 10:00 am
Call’em Dixie chicks all you like. They own us this year. They walloped us twice. That fact cannot be changed.
November 3rd, 2024 at 10:02 am
Our Definitely gave up over 500 yards this first game. I hate the Falcons with passion. The second game was better but both game defense gave up 30 or more. If you can’t hold a team under 30 points in this league as a defense you will be a 500 at the very best. That should let everyone know even Joe. Unfortunately yes the Falcons are better than the bucs. Score board is the only stat that matters. Let it go Joe. Good lord I HATEthe Falcons I hope they loose the rest of the games.
November 3rd, 2024 at 10:58 am
Chiefs, SF then you can start watching falcons after those Bucs L’s. Atlanta’s only tough opponent the rest of the way of Vikings outside of that our schedules are basically same.
If Bucs lose the next two with playing the same teams as us no reason to think a bowles led team will catch Raheem. I’m a Bucs homer at heart but that’s no reason to be football stupid and todd Bowles is too mediocre to be taken serious
November 3rd, 2024 at 11:05 am
We had our chance to win the division by beating Atlanta at least once. We lost to them twice, no over coming that. Hoping Atlanta keeps losing is no way to win a division. Two chances we whiffed twice, better luck next season.
November 3rd, 2024 at 11:18 am
We all do Joe ! Watching the game here in NC ! Go Cowgirls!
November 3rd, 2024 at 11:46 am
We are in trouble. If they win and wel lose BIG trouble.
November 3rd, 2024 at 12:32 pm
One of the few times I’ll pull for the Cowboys.
November 3rd, 2024 at 12:46 pm
Any below average defensive coach can make Kirk’s Cousin look like Mike Glennon. What a disgrace to lose twice and give up like 2000 yards passing and 90 points.
Lovie Smith II
November 3rd, 2024 at 1:09 pm
Falcons still bested the Bucs not once but twice so it was no fluke….
Watching Dallas trot out on the field, yeah, NO, I cant root for them ever!
November 3rd, 2024 at 2:39 pm
So Atlanta wins the Division. So what? When Bucs won their last SB, Cheating Sean Payton’s Aints won the Division.
November 3rd, 2024 at 2:45 pm
I doubt the Wild Card teams will come from the NFC South.
Don’t win the division, won’t go to the playoffs.
Falcons kicking ‘Pokes butt. If Bucs lay an egg in KC, a physical feat they are more than capable of, it is over for 2024-25.
And we start talking draft position and potential players.
November 3rd, 2024 at 2:52 pm
You know it Cobra. No way. Not happening. There are good teams up north this year unfortunately
Falcons just scored in the third. When Bucs and cowboys play, at least we know it’ll be close.. or should be
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:04 pm
The entire nfc north is better record wise bears 4-3. NFC west has three 4-4 teams so yea there’s no wildcard Bucs team with a defense like this.
The niners are on a bye with a whole week to plan their slaughter. We’d have to win out after the bye and hope for help once again thanks Bowles but at least you’re consistent at something even if it’s being mediocre
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:08 pm
I hope the draft is loaded with fast ILBs, edges, & DBs.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:15 pm
We need to draft all defense in this next draft. Every pick. Besides maybe a swing tackle.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:22 pm
@PP: at this point I’d settle for a “mediocre” D. That’s several clicks up from this butter-soft debacle.
This team reminds me of the Air Coryell teams of the 70’s: fun, dynamic O, but a D that couldn’t slow anybody.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:25 pm
Welp, gotta win tomorrow. Can’t get 3 games behind ATL because then you’re hoping for an Eagles type collapse.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:33 pm
Cawboys offense is sad, they pretty much self-implode. What I do see, is a lot of mediocre and bad football teams, the Bucs give us a chance every weekend.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:38 pm
Tell me if you’ve heard/seen this before…
After a week of accolades, props and praise ( none more than from our very own Hairdresser Hot Rod Mulch )…Winny reverts to his mean/usual antics of disastrous play.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:44 pm
Can you imagine the Cowboys just signed Dak to another giant deal? Jerry Jones was asking a reporter a few weeks back “do you think I’m an idiot? Do you-do you think I’m an idiot? I know what I would have said if I was that reporter.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:45 pm
Article after article….Joe trashed Cousins…..and, he tore us a new a$$hole. More than an uphill climb to win division and it may take 11 wins to be a wildcard.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:49 pm
@rrsrqnc: The Bucs are competitive with the bad and below-mediocre teams.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:50 pm
Cobraboy
Even if the defense was giving up a gang of yards but tightened up in the redzone or even better we had a third down defense this team would have a chance every week.
November 3rd, 2024 at 3:57 pm
@PP: If my mother had b@lls…
Unfortunately, this D does not know what “tighten up” means…