Thursday Night Football: Patriots @ Falcons, 8:20 PM Eastern, FOX / Amazon Prime Video

[Hapless Bills Fan]

3 minutes ago, Bubba Gump said:

 

Didn't help that their all star WR decided to call it quits this year either. Hope he gets his head straight, because he is a real talent.

 

Oh, I’d forgotten about that….and trading off Julio Jones can’t have helped them

[Westside Madness]

Just now, Hapless Bills Fan said:

Kyle Pitts is 6’6” and 240 lbs?  He looks way smaller than that

6'6" makes 240 look like 130...lol. If he adds some weight and keeps his hands skills, he could be damn good.

[The Frankish Reich]

Just now, ColoradoBills said:

 

I kind of agree but Matt Ryan is pretty much done.  Personally I think they need to move on and probably should of last year.

I think Atlanta (me too!) kind of got fooled by this idea that modern day QBs can play at a high level into their late 30s or beyond. Brady, Brees, Rivers, to a lesser extent Ben ... Ryan is kind of a Hall of the Very Good guy in his career, but some guys still fit the old aging pattern of earlier eras.

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

7 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

WHERE is Lee Smith?

He’s getting ready to run a deep post

[SirAndrew]

1 minute ago, Bubba Gump said:

 

Totally agree. Ice is spent.

Ice has been melting ever since that Super Bowl loss to the Pats. He’s been toast for years. 

[The Frankish Reich]

Just now, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

He’s getting ready to run a deep post

They never recovered after losing Patrick DiMarco.

[mannc]

7 minutes ago, Westside Madness said:

Showcase Pitts, trade him for draft capital, try to trade up and get a kid.

Trade their best young player…great idea.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

If Atlanta can hit on a few plays here early in the 2nd half, they can get right back in this game. Pats could have buried them but didn’t 

[97bills]

6 minutes ago, Turf Toejam 34 said:

The Pats WRs are running very simplistic patterns and Mac is playing pitch and catch.     Geez.   

That’s true, and NE is stacking wins with a rookie QB. BB just dose what everyone talks about, getting the ball in his play makers hands. 

[TheFunPolice]

Good news is the Chick FIL A in the stadium might actually be open tonight! 

[LeGOATski]

Just now, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

If Atlanta can hit on a few plays here early in the 2nd half, they can get right back in this game. Pats could have buried them but didn’t 

That'd be awesome, but I'd be extremely surprised since they don't have Patterson or Ridley to help.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

2 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

It's amazing how Ryan went from NFL MVP with a 25 point lead in the Super Bowl to broken and unable to play football in basically 12 minutes of game time.

 

He was never good again after the SB

 

Do you actually follow football?

Ryan has been a good QB on a bad team

[Success]

2 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

It's amazing how Ryan went from NFL MVP with a 25 point lead in the Super Bowl to broken and unable to play football in basically 12 minutes of game time.

 

He was never good again after the SB

 

I can't help but feel for guys like that.  It's a bit like Norwood - those "so close" moments that don't pan out.

 

I'm sure athletes are wired differently, but I'd be a mess w/ stuff like that. 

 

[billsherd]

Will Atlanta score a td tonight?

[78thealltimegreat]

5 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

Kyle Pitts is 6’6” and 240 lbs?  He looks way smaller than that

Kyle Pitts was the product of ESPN hype and Jerry Jones 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

5 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I think Atlanta (me too!) kind of got fooled by this idea that modern day QBs can play at a high level into their late 30s or beyond. Brady, Brees, Rivers, to a lesser extent Ben ... Ryan is kind of a Hall of the Very Good guy in his career, but some guys still fit the old aging pattern of earlier eras.

 

Well, when you’ve had the ***** beaten out of you and you’re in your 30s, it’s harder and harder to recover

 

He’s been sacked more than 40 times a year for the last 3 years.  Led the league with 48 in 2018.  

Right up there in QB hits too.

 

You can tell Aikman is torn between admiration, sympathy, and horror

 

1 minute ago, billsherd said:

Will Atlanta score a td tonight?

 

I think they could get the donut

[PetermansRedemption]

Would Atlanta really Be worse off if Matt Ryan took the rest of this one off? 

[The Frankish Reich]

2 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Do you actually follow football?

Ryan has been a good QB on a bad team

Right. Ryan's best year was the one after the SB.

He's been decent on bad teams since then, but he no longer has the ability to carry a weak team/offense.

[Putin]

41 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said:

Gosh the falcons are awful. 

Can’t believe you guys are still watching this , 

it’s been Netflix for me since the first Q 

[aristocrat]

More penalties. Atlanta’s line is so bad