Mr. Scot

It's not easy to blow a 25-point lead in the second half of an NFL game, but as everyone knows, the Falcons managed to do exactly that against the Patriots back in Super Bowl LI. Although the Falcons definitely weren't celebrating at the end of that game, it seems they were celebrating at halftime and we know that thanks to an interesting story this week from Malcolm Butler. The former Patriots defensive back now plays for the Cardinals and one of his new teammates is Robert Alford, who was playing for the Falcons in Super Bowl LI. ... During a recent interview with 12 News in Phoenix, Butler was asked if he had talked to Alford at all about the Super Bowl comeback and not only have the two talked about it, but Alford apparently told Butler that the Falcons were so confident that they were going to win that they were already celebrating at halftime. "I talked to him about it, I asked him if he wanted his ring back," Butler said. "He told me a story, he said he was in the locker room at halftime, he told me he was about to pop a bottle and things like that, it was so funny. And then we came back and beat them." ... "I'm just imagining him at halftime," Butler said. "Robert, he's a funny guy, got a lot of energy, tells a lot of jokes, and he told me at halftime they were in there dancing and hooraying and then we came back and beat them, so I think that was pretty fun." The fact that the Falcons were "dancing and hooraying" locker room almost makes the Super Bowl loss even more crushing, if that's even possible. Falcons started celebrating victory at halftime of the Super Bowl

Did you not read the first one?

They should trade him to us for a 7th.

Bridgewater made it tough to judge DJ last season. The two of them just never had chemistry.

Which is fine. But when said speculation is proven wrong, continuing to defend that speculation is kinda stupid.

I'd rather you stick to posts that actually make sense, but that doesn't seem to be happening. The reality is Anderson never held out. He didn't miss any mandatory time and only missed OTAs for family/personal reasons. But the Chicken Littles always have to freak out about something.

It was supposedly also "common sense" that he was pissed about us trading for Darnold and wanted to get away from him. Except... Goofball fan theories aren't common sense at all, and the narratives put forth on here definitely were anything but. It was dumb speculation. Hell, a lot of folks recognized that even back before this news broke.

It's just basic fan speculation with no actual roots in reality.

Heh

That's one of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time

Pretty sure Parkey is the guy who double doinked it a while back.

Pretty sure he meant "the" Not sure what it means for Perryman.

No it wasn't...

I do, and there wasn't. The other guys who were available wouldn't have been any better than the guys we did bring in. If they want a higher quality kicker, they're either going to have to hope for a surprise cut or part with a draft pick (the latter being more likely).

Like who, exactly? Anybody who's any good already has a job.

Trading accuracy for mobility is a sh-tty deal.

Because the ones we signed weren't even good enough in practice.

So did we.

We had Lirim Hajrullahu around for part of the offseason too (he's now with the Cowboys) and give a tryout to Zane Gonzalez but didn't sign him. The narrative that we haven't looked at other kickers isn't too accurate.

Pineiro isn't the most reliable guy either, and I don't think he's got as much distance as Slye on his kickoffs. There may be other options. We could look at him I suppose, but there are reasons why he's bounced around the league.

FYI for those who were interested in Josh Rosen, he's signing with the Falcons. And honestly, I can't think of a team that deserves him more

I'd agree.

We don't have one. We've run a few plays with TEs lined up in the fullback slot, but for now we don't have an actual fullback on roster.

Daley as a reserve means less wear and tear on him.