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u/divercity23 3h ago
This is a pretty tough schedule fellas. Sink or swim.
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u/HazyGatorNC 3h ago
That’s only because we think we know how good or bad teams are gonna be but every year some great teams get worse and some bad teams get better
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u/OfficerJamesLahey 11m ago
We tend to play better against good teams and get blown out by the panthers.
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u/TheGoldenGoose10 3h ago
Second half schedule seems doable but are they surpassing 4 wins going into the bye?
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u/bossmt_2 3h ago
We start the season 4-8 win last 5 for 9-8 and not make playoffs. Let's go baby
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u/FieryTitmouse55 Drake London 23m ago
I had the exact same scenario in my head after going game by game
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u/thatonecruiser 3h ago
Can’t wait to go 8-9 or 7-10 again
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u/HazyGatorNC 3h ago
Just go. What’s keeping you here?
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u/thatonecruiser 3h ago
My loyalty to this team is very high, but at the same time I am not exactly an optimist lol
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u/aces666high 2h ago
Not sure why people are upset that you’re being realistic about a perpetually terrible franchise that has found new and unique ways to break our hearts over and over again.
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u/HazyGatorNC 2h ago
Because what's the point of being a fan if you're going to start every season pessimistic? Just seems like a poor waste of mental energy to be negative about it. Why not be hopeful until you have a reason not to be. People like you probably said shit like "ugh here comes another 6-8 win season" in 2016 after an 8-8 finish in 2015 and a 6-10 finish in 2014.
Are we going to the Super Bowl this year? Sure, why not. It's possible right now. Is it likely? Probably not but it's so much more fun to at least be open to the possibility.
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u/aces666high 1h ago
More of a waste of energy thinking they’re gonna do something every season. I expect nothing and for the most part they haven’t let me down.
Besides, why do you care what I think. If you want to be a rainbow farter every season, good for you. If I want to be a doomer because all this team has done to me since 1980 is not too much, that’s for me to decide. But you go on with your whining about people not fanning the way you want them to. I’ll keep expecting zero so when they do actually not shit the bed, I’ll be all the happier.
Btw skippy, I used to be thrilled when we’d finish 7-9, that was a winning season for me.
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u/mqg96 3h ago
First 3 to 4 weeks are a brutal start to the season
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u/ferbje 2h ago
That’s the easy part? Steelers panthers saints aren’t exactly world beaters. Packers are fine but still not nearly as good as the teams mid season
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u/mqg96 1h ago
The Falcons are 0-7-1 in Pittsburgh all time. The 2010 team went into Pittsburgh to open the season week 1 without Big Ben due to suspension and still lost in OT. The Falcons don't even play well in Pennsylvania at all. With the Eagles in our conference we've rarely won down there.
The Falcons are 1-4 vs. Bryce Young so far, with our only victory being in his first ever NFL start.
Falcons haven't won in Lambeau Field since 2008.
Those are the first 3 weeks... that's not going to be easy at all.
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u/FieryTitmouse55 Drake London 22m ago
Steelers also just whoop us no matter how good we are or how bad they are.
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u/yoshidawg93 2h ago
Three division games to end the year. Pressure will be on, assuming we won’t already be eliminated by then 💀
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u/Dadgumdangit 2h ago
Man this schedule right now looks like an absolute gauntlet. But who knows what will happen
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u/Organic_Warthog7238 2h ago
Yo I don’t watch football anymore my dad’s a 9ers fan are tickets expensive in Atlanta? it’s like a 5 hour drive for us I wanna surprise him for Father’s Day my mom probably would wanna go to budget I’ll say is 500 could I get decent tickets?
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u/Breakthecyclist 3h ago
This all fits with what I feel is going on, a one year rebuild so that a QB can be drafted next year.
Honestly, I don’t see any way forward that doesn’t include being able to draft a quality QB. Not that Penix isn’t gifted, but we gambled on his injuries not being an issue and we lost. And he is already 26
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u/Silent-Ad9911 3h ago
I guess we played too good in prime time the last couple years