The rest of the regular season

AsylumGuido · 11-20-2018, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by hitta

I hate to give the Falcons any respect cause they deserve none, but this week actually scares me more than any other week left on the schedule except for the Steelers. The Falcons usually play us well cause it is a rivalry and we are playing them on a short week. If it was a normal week I wouldn't be worried at all, but missing the few days of prep can throw some uncertainty into the equation.

The Falcons are also playing on a short week AND playing on the road, which is always tough, especially on a Thursday. Home teams are 8-3 on Thursdays this season with the Eagles over the Giants, Broncos over Cardinals and Eagles over Jags as the only road team wins.

hitta · 11-20-2018, 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

The Falcons are also playing on a short week AND playing on the road, which is always tough, especially on a Thursday. Home teams are 8-3 on Thursdays this season with the Eagles over the Giants, Broncos over Cardinals and Eagles over Jags as the only road team wins.

I agree with that. It isn't so much that I think it'll hurt us more than it'll hurt them, but more that the lack of time to gameplan creates uncertainty. I think there is a good chance we blow them out. It's just being a Thursday, there may be some wrinkle they throw at our defense that we didn't effectively gameplan for because of the short week. This league is tough. It's hard as hell with a whole week. Chop off a couple of days and it can really stress a team. I think it normally favors the home team. Chaos is still chaos though.

11-20-2018, 06:33 AM	#1
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,622	Re: The rest of the regular season Originally Posted by hitta I hate to give the Falcons any respect cause they deserve none, but this week actually scares me more than any other week left on the schedule except for the Steelers. The Falcons usually play us well cause it is a rivalry and we are playing them on a short week. If it was a normal week I wouldn't be worried at all, but missing the few days of prep can throw some uncertainty into the equation. The Falcons are also playing on a short week AND playing on the road, which is always tough, especially on a Thursday. Home teams are 8-3 on Thursdays this season with the Eagles over the Giants, Broncos over Cardinals and Eagles over Jags as the only road team wins.

11-20-2018, 07:16 AM	#2
hitta 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,339	Re: The rest of the regular season Originally Posted by AsylumGuido The Falcons are also playing on a short week AND playing on the road, which is always tough, especially on a Thursday. Home teams are 8-3 on Thursdays this season with the Eagles over the Giants, Broncos over Cardinals and Eagles over Jags as the only road team wins. I agree with that. It isn't so much that I think it'll hurt us more than it'll hurt them, but more that the lack of time to gameplan creates uncertainty. I think there is a good chance we blow them out. It's just being a Thursday, there may be some wrinkle they throw at our defense that we didn't effectively gameplan for because of the short week. This league is tough. It's hard as hell with a whole week. Chop off a couple of days and it can really stress a team. I think it normally favors the home team. Chaos is still chaos though.
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