Originally Posted by cablebandit (Post 250371)

Thought I would say "Hi" and give some perspective from Falcon fans here.
We are very happy to get the win. It is such a big deal for us because beating the World Champion Saints legitimizes the team for the FANS here as being a "good" team. Most of us did not expect to win but did expect to play the Saints close after seeing the 49ers run on the Saints. A few of you have remained very classy with the loss and addressed the issues that the Saints need to work on...props for that. Hopefully it will be another good game when they meet again in the Ga Dome. The Niners nearly beat the Saints so I hope the Falcons dont try to coast thru this weekends game...I doubt they will. The Saints will face a lot of running this weekend but nothing Brees and company cant easily overcome.
The Saints have a pretty easy stretch coming up even without Bush in the mix. With him coming back later, I think it may be a good thing for the Saints to not have him now. He will be on fresh legs for the harder opponents and be just the thing to energize the team in the stretch.

Originally Posted by cablebandit (Post 250413)

Oh I DID gloat..to my sis who lives in Denham Springs....of course she's let me have it all week prior but we both knew it would be a good game.

I havent seen much trash talking here in Atlanta. Most people are just happy to have the Falcons legitimized by the win. Of course you have idiot fans rooting for every team.
Hopefully the fans arent too rough on Hartley.....you win AND lose as a team.

Originally Posted by pherein (Post 250897)

na, you came to gloat cablebandit . Problem is you cant . You beat a kicker but lost against the team. No way we dont score on the 11th with a 1st. We'll be sure to make that clear next time:)

tho the legitimized part is funny.