Arthur Blank will take next couple of weeks to evaluate “everything”

Vrillon82 · 10-29-2019, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by SaintsBro

It is obvious to me that they have never come back from the 28-3 debacle, and will not likely come back from it without major changes. Their actual W/L record since that game happened to them, has been abysmal.

It has the trajectory of, 28-3 was their high water mark, and everything slowly collapsed from that point forward.

I don't want them to change a thing -- I like the Falcons sucking. But in reality, at some point they are going to need to clean house and start over, burn some sage, and get on with the rebuild. 28-3 was a thing that happened to them -- they have obviously "lost their mojo" (to borrow from Austin Powers) and now big changes will need to be made to get it back. Like the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills always losing Super Bowls in the 1970s, you can't really come back from something like that, it will drive your fan base and your players crazy. The new players get infected with the contagion from the old players, the crowd feeds off the negative energy, they know what's coming, it's ugly and it won't go away until they make big changes.

Its like the Falcons eventually got exposed in the grand daddy of them all on Defense. Its not just they havent recovered from it, their defense has looked as bad or worse since the 3rd and 4th qtr of that SB.

Their drafts have been bad, they remind me of the Packers under McCarthy his last 3-4 years where they never really hit on anyone, Falcons hit on Hooper by luck in the 5th I think, but I wouldnt be sold on Hooper performing to any level past this year if they clean house, similar to how Cam Meredith was in Chicago for 1 year and went into a power house offense the next.

10-29-2019, 01:55 PM	#6
Vrillon82 1000 Posts + Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,127	Re: Arthur Blank will take next couple of weeks to evaluate “everything” Originally Posted by SaintsBro It is obvious to me that they have never come back from the 28-3 debacle, and will not likely come back from it without major changes. Their actual W/L record since that game happened to them, has been abysmal. It has the trajectory of, 28-3 was their high water mark, and everything slowly collapsed from that point forward. I don't want them to change a thing -- I like the Falcons sucking. But in reality, at some point they are going to need to clean house and start over, burn some sage, and get on with the rebuild. 28-3 was a thing that happened to them -- they have obviously "lost their mojo" (to borrow from Austin Powers) and now big changes will need to be made to get it back. Like the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills always losing Super Bowls in the 1970s, you can't really come back from something like that, it will drive your fan base and your players crazy. The new players get infected with the contagion from the old players, the crowd feeds off the negative energy, they know what's coming, it's ugly and it won't go away until they make big changes. Its like the Falcons eventually got exposed in the grand daddy of them all on Defense. Its not just they havent recovered from it, their defense has looked as bad or worse since the 3rd and 4th qtr of that SB. Their drafts have been bad, they remind me of the Packers under McCarthy his last 3-4 years where they never really hit on anyone, Falcons hit on Hooper by luck in the 5th I think, but I wouldnt be sold on Hooper performing to any level past this year if they clean house, similar to how Cam Meredith was in Chicago for 1 year and went into a power house offense the next.
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