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    Falcons not happy with Saints going for record

    Question is can the Falcons do anything about it in a rematch?

    Falcons not happy that Saints went for record

    Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on December 27, 2011, 8:57 AM EST


    The Saints got the ball back at the 33-yard line Monday night, up 38-16, with just over five minutes remaining.
    Drew Brees needed 30 yards at the time to break Dan Marino’s record. The Saints would usually be running the ball in that situation. But this wasn’t a usual situation.
    Saints coach Sean Payton clearly wanted to get the record on Monday Night Football. He admitted so after the game.

    “Typically, would I be throwing it there? The answer would be probably not. In fact, the answer would be ‘I wouldn’t be.’ But I thought it was appropriate that we get the record. And we did it,” Payton said, adding how much he respected the Falcons.
    After a one-yard run by Pierre Thomas on the second play of the drive, the Saints kept throwing. We didn’t have a problem with the strategy. There’s no rule saying the Falcons couldn’t stop Brees.

    Payton and Brees were trying to get the record out of the way and celebrate on a special night in New Orleans. Not everyone agrees with our view.
    Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports questioned whether the approach was “classy.” Pete Prisco of CBSSports.com criticized the Saints, saying that running up the score took some shine off the record. Falcons players agreed.

    “No need for that,” one player told Prisco. “It came on our watch, but it didn’t have to come that way. We won’t forget it.”

    Falcons coach Mike Smith said only positives about Brees after the game, but Prisco writes via team sources that Smith wasn’t happy with Peyton’s decision to go for it.

    “That’s just who they are,” the Falcons player said. “We’ll see them down the road. We won’t forget any of it.”

    That’s the beauty of this situation. There’s a strong chance that “down the road” will be in two weeks, when the Falcons possibly head back to the Superdome in the Wild Card round.

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    they should be MAD at themselves. I never understand the "don't run up the score" arguement. Atlanta's D played awful, missing takcles, coverages, etc.... Such a stupid arguement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcarn01 View Post
    they should be MAD at themselves. I never understand the "don't run up the score" arguement. Atlanta's D played awful, missing takcles, coverages, etc.... Such a stupid arguement.
    Agree with u 190% just dumb logic if they were on the other side they wud of done the same shut the f up and play better if u don't want it happening

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    Agree but the question is does this put ATL in a better situation for the WC match up from a gambling stand point? Does bulletin board material matter? Saints should be a 9-10 point fav right? Crazy defense by ATL. Base Cover 3 all night long. Only blitzed on 2 occasions. Vanilla play by Falcons all night, almost like they didnt care about the outcome because they knew they would be back in 2 weeks. Now Saints have to play hard next week because Rams/Niners is 1PM game also and they still have hope for #2 seed. ATL basically has another bye week to get healthy. Thoughts?

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    Is this for real? Has ATL not been keeping tabs on their division rivals this season at all? Does the 62-7 score in Indy ring any bells? Brees is a top notch guy, very few other people would have been suitable for this achievement.

    ATL is clearly booty-hurt about this situation, and it shows. ATL had so much to win for and they choked. Blame yourself, blame your poor defense, and blame Julio Jones for getting stripped on a must-win drive and losing the game.

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