Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

This is a special occasion Mark.

Xan is drinking Champipple!

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Yes we are still not a great team, but after all that trash the falcons were talking about how good they were, yes it is a big deal.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

It was just a step up from the D , simple as that . Just 10 points in the second half is bad tho, the offense needs to do more , Colston was missing the entire second half , glad Moore stepped up .

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Yes, its a start. If some how some way our D catches fire, it's on.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Yes, the win naturally was/is a big deal, and on more than one levels.

But, I do applaud xan's realist view point on this matter, and I don't agree with the harsh and outright mean responses he received by some.

Respect other peoples' opinions and point of views!

:bng:

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Thanks for the defense Fin, but I knew I was poking the bear on this one and I earned all the vituperative comments. But I'm sticking to my Karl Rove analogy.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

After a win I bet it was Shampiple

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Please dont turn this political...

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

The sun shines a little bit brighter, spirits are a little bit cheerier...all because we BEAT the Birds!!!! (Still can't get the smile off my face!)

PLUS, I have a bet with a Clown fanboy buddy from college...that bourbon is going to taste sooooo sweet!

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Now lets go smack them dirty turds around in the their own house in a few weeks!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

How is ignoring reality and facts, making up fantasy pathways to the Super Bowl political? Oh, yeah, right. Sorry.

Carry on.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Everyone here is cognizant of the facts and the reality of the situation. Of course we're still a long shot to even make the playoffs. Thing is, and maybe I'm wrong, but I don't recall anyone suggesting otherwise after yesterday's win. You seem to have mistaken our excitement over beating the falcons for something else entirely. Then you crawfished and said that a 2-14 season is as good as a winning season, as long as the 2 wins come against the falcons. So why try to make the rest of us out to be ignorant in the first place? That's really where I took issue with your original post, the condescending tone. I'm sure I speak for most of us "mean-spirited" people when I say I respect your opinion, but the presentation was uncalled for.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

You couldn't have read the same post the rest of us did if you think we're mean spirited in our responses. We're not cursing the guy out. But when come on the heels of a big and exciting win, and tell everybody to get real, as he did, you will get exactly this kind of reaction every time. An opinion is one thing. This wasn't a presentation of why he alone didn't think it was a big deal. It was a presentation of how stupid he seems to think we all are. No one, I mean not a single person, did I see in here saying we're going to the super bowl. We were just happy to win, and he wanted poop all over that fact.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

OK. Well then it seems that we both read what xan wrote, but interpreted it in different ways.

I didn't think he was belittling all of us in his initial post; just that he was representing another side to the state of how things stand at the moment in relation to the recent win over the Saints' division rival.

And, on another note, this was his thread and he made it in compliance with the forum rules, so if you don't like it... be civil about your counter-arguments or just ignore the thread!

At least that is how I see it.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Yes. It was a big deal. It is a step in the right direction.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

He said it within forum rules? I didn't accuse him of breaking rules, and frankly I don't care if he did or not, to be honest. I was more than civil enough, along with everyone else. We didn't break any rules either. If he wanted to say "well it's a win, but we're still not going anywhere", then that's an opinion and I respect it, whether or not I agree. But there was no room for any other interpretation than what we took it as... We're just a pack of daydreaming fools, who have no sense of reality.

The sarcasm, and condescension couldn't have been more obvious to anyone. I will end by saying respectfully to you; if you don't like what WE have to say, then just ignore the thread. I'm not belittling your right to have a say, but you're asking us to respect an opinion while not respecting ours. When you call people out for being happy of all things, as the original poster did, then you deserve to be lambasted.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Yep the win is a big deal

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

I never claimed that you were "guilty" of the behavior I was frowning upon in my initial post, so I don't know why you are taking this so personally.

I was just defending xan's right to voice his opinion on these boards, and since he did it in a way that is in accordance to the rules the site administrator has set in place - I see no reason to make the content of his thread to consist of one hit after another on him, although many of those hits were well-mannered and in jest. Incidentally, I am also guilty of joking around and at times maybe taking it too far, so I'm far from being innocent in that regard.

I probably overreacted, and like xan already stated - he doesn't need any defending. I have nothing against no one on these boards, on the contrary, but I'd also like to see our written transactions to be more cordial at times, because "united we stand!"

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

We are all big boyz and gurlz here and I am very happy to get my butt kicked if I'm wrong in my assessment.

It is going to be pretty obvious that we're going to be the best team in the NFL that won't go to the playoffs if we lose one more game. I'm not saying we have no chance. And I'm not saying that we shouldn't be excited about the win. All I'm saying is:

BEAT THE NEXT TEAM AND KEEP THIS SEASON MEANINGFUL

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

I love this thread. :)

Feels like the good old days!

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

I disagree with this sentiment. I may respect their right to say it, but that doesn't mean I should respect their view or opinion itself.

Racism is a point of view I have no respect for. Granted thats the extreme but it illustrates my point. Same with those morons who think man-boy relations are OK, or Muslims that want to murder any and all Jews.

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Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

I guess it's all in the wording and how someone understands the said wording based on his or her own preexisting views.

Racism, at least to me is not a point of view, but an ideology that most often is coupled with an action or practice that - most often but not necessarily - is in its innate nature promoting racial superiority. It is a profound belief, not a point of view or an opinion.

But, again, that is how I interpret it as a person who only speaks English as a second language...


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I'm not kissing you, unless you're female and look like Scarlett Johansen.

Feels like the morning after a night chock full of Habanero eating contest,
followed with all you can eat jalapeños marinated in Tobasco.

Great..... Drag in the Catholics.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

OH NO ...

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YOU DINT!!!

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Nope, that would be my girlfriend, and I'm certainly not going to allow you to kiss her! ;-)

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Boy, xan just yanked everybody's chain, and everybody fell for it, hook line and sinker, including myself. Way to go xan.


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Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Crab strikes again!

I Luv All of y'all!

Fuzz the Falcons!

WHO DAT?

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Of course you didn't direct it at me. You didn't direct it at anyone, specifically. But as far as I can tell, everyone seems to be posting the same type of sentiments, and so you've pretty much indicted us all. I didn't say you were targeting just me, which is why I keep using the word "us" in my responses.

I'm just not seeing what you are considering to be so mean spirited about any of the posts. People don't like being talked down to, especially when people were otherwise in a good mood. It was uncalled for, and I for one am not dumb enough to fall for his cop-out, trying to back pedal and say all he wants is to win one game at a time. As if anyone had contradicted that idea to begin with. We know you can't win more than one at a time.

I understand you are trying to represent and defend the right to opinion, and I don't take issue with you on that. But this is an isolated case where the opinion was more of a rant against being a happy fan, than it was of being a rational, objective view.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Man, this was like forum Napalm. Everyone's on FIRE!

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

It's a nice change from the earlier season threads.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Wow, so whats next, a trade Drew Brees thread? :rolleyes:

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

Exactly. You took nothing from us except for a W.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

That two-game road trip for me will be the highlight of my year regardless of how the remainder of the season goes.

EPIC roadtrip for me.

Thanks to SkyMike and BudsDrinker for making it that!

WHO DAT?!

Alaska

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

The Falcons will NEVER be able to live down the fact that they lost their "Pay Back" game by not being able to get 1 yard on the worst D in history to a team without a head coach when tehy were undefeated. It was a HUGE deal regardless of us making the post season.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

That's what happens when we mix kool-aid with Ripple.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

... When keeping it real goes wrong.

Re: So you think beating the Clowns was a big deal?
 

I'm with you. Winning is never a big deal.