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Not only do we have to play the Seahawks coming off their bye, but San Diego is going to be on a mini bye after ten days rest.
Having Panthers at home, and then Denver and Seattle on the road, and then have to follow up with the Chargers on the mini bye,then the Packers on a mini bye, and then go on the road to TB on a short week.

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4-5 teams off byes on schedule

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Saw it pointed out that we've also got the Packers the following week with a "mini-bye", so it's actually 3 weeks in a row with extended weeks for opponents.
And then we've got @ the Bucs on a short week for TNF, of course.

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10/9/2016, 4:23:46 PM Received 1,200.00 (15,436.32 -> 16,636.32) from Acuity (1,252.00 -> 52.00) Seahawks win bet/bear
10/9/2016, 4:21:53 PM Received 1,200.00 (14,236.32 -> 15,436.32) from BearGri11z (4,500.00 -> 3,300.00) my ATL s/u vs acuity SEA

CD.

Thanks for the free fg boys.

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10/16/2016, 4:45:17 PM -2,400.00 to Acuity Seahawks wins

Paid out

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ty 4 med homie

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Sorry for the no pi call. That was such a an easy call too and would have put you guys to the winning place.

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Incoming collapse.

Isn't this about where it all went to shit last year too?


PGH about to be right there with you. :thumbsup:

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Are the 4-2 Falcons for real? Or are they the equivalent of the 5-0 Falcons of 2015?

Atlanta is being unfairly dinged for its collapse in 2015, when it followed a 5-0 start by going 3-8 and crashing out of the playoff picture in the NFC.
Many of the same players on that team are still on the roster, of course, and plenty of people reacted to Atlanta's 3-1 start (including a dramatic win over Carolina at home) by suggesting the Falcons would collapse on a brutal road trip to Denver and Seattle.

They did not collapse. Atlanta comfortably handled the Broncos in Denver in a game in which it was favored to win over the final 57 minutes.
The Falcons then took it to the Seahawks in a dramatic back-and-forth battle in Seattle.
It took a late-game drop by Julio Jones, which created an interception, and a brutal missed pass interference call on the same star receiver to count the Falcons out in a 26-24 loss.
The Falcons went 1-1 on their road trip and were arguably the better team in both games. That should be an indication they are for real.

I keep coming back to strength of schedule in pointing out why the 2015 Falcons are different from this team.
Those Falcons got off to a 5-0 start, but their record masked a lower level of play.
Three of those wins came against what was then a dreadful NFC East and by a combined 12 points.
Their two comfortable victories came against the Cowboys and Texans, with the Cowboys starting Brandon Weeden and the Texans going with Ryan Mallett before turning things over to Brian Hoyer midway through the game.

Compare that to this year's start.
They were playing against a backup quarterback when they beat the Broncos, but it was a first-round pick (Paxton Lynch) on a team that is built upon a defensive bedrock, and the Falcons gave that defense fits.
They beat the high-flying Raiders, took down the Saints in New Orleans, and then blew out the defending NFC champions by 15 points at home before taking out the defending Super Bowl champions in Denver.
And that was a seven-point win only because the Broncos kicked a field goal with 19 seconds left.
They obviously could have won in Seattle (which was coming off a bye).
The degree of difficulty and level of performance is higher with these Falcons than last year's bunch, which is why I think they're more likely to keep up this level of play over the remainder of the season.

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Incoming collapse.

Isn't this about where it all went to shit last year too?


PGH about to be right there with you. :thumbsup: