Quote Originally Posted by roastedpeanuts:
Here is some rebuttal that may not matter much, I do agree with most of your assessment, You didn't even point out the obvious one, Deflate Gate, Rodger Goodell and now we find out his Mom has been very sick. Tom Brady is one player I don't want to be motivated to play against me.
1.Atlanta has had leads, big leads in a lot of games this year, they tend to play soft defensively with these leads so the defensive stats are somewhat blow out of proportion.
2.Atlanta's coach will have the proper scheme to beat the Patriots Defensively, Quinn played a similar pocket passer with Seattle and absolutely annihilated Manning. Houston did a very good job on Brady, if they had some offense, that game could of been a lot closer. I believe Quinn knows exactly what kind of defense he has to implement to win this game unlike the vomit game coach Tomlin decided to go with.
3. Atlanta's offense has out schemed everyone they faced for the most part this season, wide open tds vs very good defenses, Seattle and Denver to name two. What Pats usually do defensively is double the best wr, Juilo, who can beat double teams, and man up with Butler on the other, Sanu is to big for Butler, They did vs the Jets a couple of years ago and Brandon Marshall killed Butler. Gabriel will cause a lot of havoc with his speed.
4. Atlanta no huddle offense will be something the Pats very seldom see, Atlanta runs it just about as good as the Pats do, puts a ton of pressure on the Defense, won't be able to switch fast enough, you might see the old fake injury on Defense by both teams in this game. I think the Atl rbs will do a very good job running the ball, over for both of them in prop bets.
5. Motivation, Matt Ryan can finally be legitimized, he has to win one to get serious credit. Coach Quinn was here with Seattle and I think that's the most important thing is to have a coach that understands the routine so he can get all the players on the proper schedule.
6. Patriots #1 defense feels like anything but #1, I know they are sound unit but there is absolutely no fear like with true #1 defenses, Seattle, Denver, Baltimore Ray Lewis teams. I believe the edition of Alex Mack is the biggest piece for the Falcons.
Prediction on score Atlanta 31 Patriots 24.