Comments on: Falcons recover after blowing lead, win 30-28

By: defscottyb

defscottyb — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:46:31 +0000

The Seabirds gimmick offense finally sputtered and Sherman showed his a**, he’s a blowhard. Glad the better team won.

By: gamustangdude

gamustangdude — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:34:00 +0000

This win by the Falcons shows that Matt Ryan can play clutch when needed, he also needs to take better care of the ball. Matt Ryan earned his nickname by being clutch in the final Falcon drive. The Falcons will need to play better against the 49iners, but the monkey is off the back, at least for now.

By: The Chancellor of Football

The Chancellor of Football — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:13:52 +0000

Reblogged this on Taylor Blitz Times and commented: One of the best playoff games ever. Seattle showed their mettle coming from 20 points down on the road and with :31 left in the game held a 28-27 lead. Then Matt "Matty-Ice" Ryan showed his maturity driving the Falcons to the winning field goal. This was the culmination of the Falcons building plan and maturation of both Coach Smith and his quarterback. We wrote back in August that it was time for Atlanta to ascend to a Super Bowl by winning their first playoff game under the new regime. Now they have that first win under their belt, they will be relaxed going into the NFC Championship.

By: allidoiswin55

allidoiswin55 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:00:10 +0000

Niners trolls should keep it shut would they really want to play Seattle again? Kap Can not run on Hawks never has. And that last game was an anomaly consider this is Kap going to break all time records every week? Noo don’t be too confident like Hawks fans were. Falcons came out and outplayed Seattle in the half and the our coach let us down with all the issues. Still want trade Pete for anyone!

Good luck to both teams, not sure what to expect from these squads next week could be high scoring or a low score teams change their game plans all the time.

By: bayafan

bayafan — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:01:50 +0000

Actually more kickers miss when iced then kickers who aren’t iced only by 4% though.

By: chikiboy

chikiboy — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:28:29 +0000

I’m loving all the Seahawks haters. Just proof that the team is good.

Proud of our team to fight back and take the lead after being 20 points down to the #1 seed on the road. Looking at our opponent schedule, we should have a great shot at getting the road through the playoffs to go through Centurylink.

Keep hating Pete, Sherman and everyone else…this team just keeps getting better.

By: johnclaytonsponytail

johnclaytonsponytail — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:51:11 +0000

Falcons squeak by after a 20 point lead? Still not impressed.

By: threatlevelxmidnight

threatlevelxmidnight — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:22:30 +0000

Seahawks fan here. Big ups to the Falcons, epic game. Thought we had it at the end there. Congrats to Tony G, glad he got a playoff win. Best TE to ever play the game hands down. Really looking forward to the level of competition we’re set to see next season. Man what a game!

By: braceyourselffor12

braceyourselffor12 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:28:02 +0000

No don’t worry that wasn’t an earthquake coming out of the Pacific NW … Just the sound of all the Sea-hag posers jumping off the bandwagon.

Couldn’t have happened to a better group of ‘fans’.

GO NINERS!!!!!!

By: iceburgskin202

iceburgskin202 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:09:18 +0000

Atlantas coach almost blew it with the worlds first onside squib I don’t know what the hell you were thinking kick!!! Bad play call by Seattle probably because they were still complaining about the free kick. But Seattle still had a shot with a pass to the end one. Thanks Atalanta coaches for giving your fanbase a stroke!!!

By: bassmags

bassmags — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:03:43 +0000

And whats funny is the Redskins had 2 players suspended for PED’s and one was their cornerback, but I don’t hear people calling them cheaters.

By: purplekobra69

purplekobra69 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:18:59 +0000

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: 1standinches

1standinches — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:20:44 +0000

To the seahawks fan who said they were on the road to Glory. It only lasted 2 weeks, hope you enjoyed it

By: supremecomander

supremecomander — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:10:01 +0000

Carroll took a timeout, then Bryant was able to get off a “practice kick.” Bryant missed it. Carroll was irate after the play because of a pregame conversation he had with officials, who warned him that kickers wouldn’t be able to take a practice kick, like Justin Tucker did between overtime periods in the Baltimore Ravens’ win Saturday.

“The officials told us before the game that nobody’s going to get a chance to do that,” Carroll said. “I asked them pregame what if somebody does, and they didn’t know what the answer was, obviously. I had never heard that before, so I was just challenging it.”

By: bassmags

bassmags — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:49:47 +0000

Yeah and all the thumbs down you click aren’t gonna keep Seattle from winning games next year……keep hating.

By: swu32733

swu32733 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:56:40 +0000

Biggest disappointment is the Seahawks won ‘t get another shot at Niners. Falcons will do it for them!

By: rickrock6661982

rickrock6661982 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:45:47 +0000

Can’t say this changes anything about Atlanta’s perception.

It’s up to them next week to prove everyone wrong…because everyone is expecting a blowout with Atlanta on the losing side

By: bassmags

bassmags — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:19:40 +0000

Well the 2 passes at the end were not stellar by any means but the secondary did an ok job with Jones and White. If White doesn’t catch that 40+ yarder, he has like 35 receiving yards. Seattle stopped their pass better than most teams did this year. Ryan only had 250 passing yards. Wilson had 385. The running hurt Seattle (Clemson out). Lynch’s fumble hurt Seattle. They were cruising down the field when he put the ball on the ground. People hate Seattle for some reason….cause the officials make a stupid call one game?? Sherman talks crap but so do otheres players for other teams. Watt is a big smack talker. Kaepernick is good and had a great game but he stunk against Seattle. Short memories around here. Wilson played consistant football all year with a bunck of rookies. If they can keep this group together they are going to be really tough next year.

By: franklinandbashandflorio

franklinandbashandflorio — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:50:24 +0000

Karma will getcha Slippery Pete.

By: jiggy3198

jiggy3198 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:37:00 +0000

Anyway you look at it Pete Carol cost your team the game. Bad calls throughout the game. Going for it on fourth and one when down by 13. Not getting a field goal before half . Calling timeout. He is a joke of a coach in the NFL

By: cootschaos

cootschaos — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:27:58 +0000

Great game Seattle. You have a bright future ahead.

I am proud that Atlanta got them a win and hopefully that prevents the haters (and saints fan) from posting that tired phrase “only 2 points in the playoffs”

Rise Up!

By: bills4

bills4 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:24:02 +0000

Can’t stand either team but 49ers are gonna blow them out!! Easily!!

By: i10east

i10east — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:20:47 +0000

The Seahawks bumbling a change for six points on the board, and the dreaded bush league ‘icing the kicker’ that backfired, looks like Pete Carroll got out-coached.

By: greenandgoldgirl

greenandgoldgirl — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:13:08 +0000

Congrats to the Falcons and Matt Ryan. You have earned much respect not just for winning your first playoff game but for the way you did it, you didn’t give up even with only 31 seconds in the game.

If my Packers can’t win the Super Bowl I will be pulling for you. Mad respect for Tony Gonzalez. I would like to see him go out with a ring. Good luck next week!

By: mobuccsfan

mobuccsfan — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:07:43 +0000

I am officially pulling for Texans (but looks very doubtful and what a shame), Ravens then Falcons and then 9ers. Anyone but the Patriots, but they probably will win it all. They make it to the Superbowl I won’t even bother watching. I am not sure about other fans but I get sick of seeing the same teams—Steelers, Patriots, Packers, Giants, etc. I am personally glad Dallas can’t finish a season strong each year and have been mediocre for many years now.

I just want other teams in the big dance. Funny the league talks about parity but yet its almost always the same each year.

By: supremecomander

supremecomander — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:58:56 +0000

You guys and the TV announcers are so stupid…. I’m not even a SeaChickens fan but I could tell that Pete Carroll was not arguing about the timeout, but that Atlanta was allowed to get a free kick off. He called timeout to make the kicking unit (snapper, holder, kicker) guess if play was going to be stopped or not.

Carroll called it with enough time to blow the play dead without a snap getting off. But the kicking unit went ahead more than a full second later with the snap AND kick. THAT’S why Carroll was arguing with the refs, to give the Falcons a delay of game for kicking a dead ball into the stands.

By: hendeeze

hendeeze — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:55:17 +0000

Cheatin Pete! Your club came out lethargic for the first half… don’t they have pills for that?

By: kcflake

kcflake — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:44:06 +0000

As a lifelong chiefs fan I would like to congratulate tony gonzalez on his 1st playoff win. A lot of us chiefs fans are pulling for you man. Best tight end in nfl history. Shannon sharpe couldn’t hold tony g’s shoulder pads.

By: savilo831

savilo831 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:40:43 +0000

Pete carrol is an idiot! You can clearly see him call a time out, then go and argue that no one called a time out after he noticed the miss. He’s a cheat and has his players buying in as well! Can’t stand carrol! NINERS all day baby !!!!!!

By: taintedlombardis

taintedlombardis — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:34:04 +0000

Wilson padded his stats after the Falcons went into prevent mode. That is obvious.