SF 49ERS at Falcons Pregame Thread - 2022 Season Week 6

This could be tricky with all the injured players missing.

Falcons have been more competitive than the Panthers.

I don't see anyway the Falcons win this one!!

Tell Arthur Smith to start getting his resume put together

I think we got this but I still have nightmares about playing them in 2019 when we should have smashed them but got humbled.

Originally posted by Goatie:
I think we got this but I still have nightmares about playing them in 2019 when we should have smashed them but got humbled.

They had younger Ryan to Julio combo, no shame in that one imo. I recall the 98 postseason they ended our final ride with Steve Young it was his final playoff game.

History lesson:
When it comes to playoffs lore, the Atlanta Falcons and the 49ers don't have much to share. This isn't exactly the Giants, Packers or Cowboys. But that doesn't mean there isn't a rich, remarkable and occasionally hilarious history between the two teams who shared the NFC West division for 32 years.

That history even involves a trophy. Not what's at stake this weekend: the right to pursue the Lombardi Trophy. Rather, the important hardware in the rivalry is the California State Championship Trophy. Never heard of it?

Neither had the 49ers until 1992, when Falcons coach Jerry Glanville brought an enormous, gaudy trophy - the kind kids win for high school basketball tournaments - to the Falcons sideline at Candlestick Park. The Falcons had gone 6-0 the season before against California teams: the Rams, Raiders, Chargers and a rare sweep of the division's bully, the 49ers. Glanville commemorated the feat with a trophy and packed it for the trip west.

"It drove me crazy," Brent Jones remembers. "I was so angry at the time. Here comes this clown pulling this stunt. It was really annoying."
Eric Davis saw the trophy by the Falcons' bench and thought, "Are you kidding me?" Years later Glanville, who also left tickets for Elvis Presley at every game, told Davis that when he saw the look in the 49ers' eyes, he knew he had miscalculated.

The 49ers beat the Falcons that day 56-17.

Originally posted by Goatie:
I think we got this but I still have nightmares about playing them in 2019 when we should have smashed them but got humbled.

That was a rough stretch of the season. We played very physical games against BAL and NO on the road back to back weeks. It took everything ATL had to win that game with seconds left on the clock. Besides, this ATL team does not have Matt Ryan or Julio Jones this time around.

Originally posted by YACBros85:

Originally posted by Goatie:
I think we got this but I still have nightmares about playing them in 2019 when we should have smashed them but got humbled.

That was a rough stretch of the season. We played very physical games against BAL and NO on the road back to back weeks. It took everything ATL had to win that game with seconds left on the clock. Besides, this ATL team does not have Matt Ryan or Julio Jones this time around.

Julio absolutely killed us, we didn't have Sherman and I just remember getting extremely sick after the game where I could've sworn I got Covid before it was a national emergency

Let's go 49ers!

Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:
History lesson:
When it comes to playoffs lore, the Atlanta Falcons and the 49ers don't have much to share. This isn't exactly the Giants, Packers or Cowboys. But that doesn't mean there isn't a rich, remarkable and occasionally hilarious history between the two teams who shared the NFC West division for 32 years.

That history even involves a trophy. Not what's at stake this weekend: the right to pursue the Lombardi Trophy. Rather, the important hardware in the rivalry is the California State Championship Trophy. Never heard of it?

Neither had the 49ers until 1992, when Falcons coach Jerry Glanville brought an enormous, gaudy trophy - the kind kids win for high school basketball tournaments - to the Falcons sideline at Candlestick Park. The Falcons had gone 6-0 the season before against California teams: the Rams, Raiders, Chargers and a rare sweep of the division's bully, the 49ers. Glanville commemorated the feat with a trophy and packed it for the trip west.

"It drove me crazy," Brent Jones remembers. "I was so angry at the time. Here comes this clown pulling this stunt. It was really annoying."
Eric Davis saw the trophy by the Falcons' bench and thought, "Are you kidding me?" Years later Glanville, who also left tickets for Elvis Presley at every game, told Davis that when he saw the look in the 49ers' eyes, he knew he had miscalculated.

The 49ers beat the Falcons that day 56-17.

So weird how they and the Panthers used to be in the NFC west division. Kinda wish they still were.

Originally posted by eric_anthony:

Originally posted by Paul_Hofer:
History lesson:
When it comes to playoffs lore, the Atlanta Falcons and the 49ers don't have much to share. This isn't exactly the Giants, Packers or Cowboys. But that doesn't mean there isn't a rich, remarkable and occasionally hilarious history between the two teams who shared the NFC West division for 32 years.

That history even involves a trophy. Not what's at stake this weekend: the right to pursue the Lombardi Trophy. Rather, the important hardware in the rivalry is the California State Championship Trophy. Never heard of it?

Neither had the 49ers until 1992, when Falcons coach Jerry Glanville brought an enormous, gaudy trophy - the kind kids win for high school basketball tournaments - to the Falcons sideline at Candlestick Park. The Falcons had gone 6-0 the season before against California teams: the Rams, Raiders, Chargers and a rare sweep of the division's bully, the 49ers. Glanville commemorated the feat with a trophy and packed it for the trip west.

"It drove me crazy," Brent Jones remembers. "I was so angry at the time. Here comes this clown pulling this stunt. It was really annoying."
Eric Davis saw the trophy by the Falcons' bench and thought, "Are you kidding me?" Years later Glanville, who also left tickets for Elvis Presley at every game, told Davis that when he saw the look in the 49ers' eyes, he knew he had miscalculated.

The 49ers beat the Falcons that day 56-17.

So weird how they and the Panthers used to be in the NFC west division. Kinda wish they still were.

The 49ers were the most traveled team during those days. Made no sense that the Panthers and Falcons were NFC WEST teams. Matter of fact, the division consisted of the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, St Louis Rams, San Francisco 49ers. How many of those teams actually belong to the West Coast ?

Originally posted by Kolohe:
I don't see anyway the Falcons win this one!!

This is how almost every trap game starts

Originally posted by JMC52:

Originally posted by Kolohe:
I don't see anyway the Falcons win this one!!

This is how almost every trap game starts

This is how it usually goes. We score 10 points right off the bat. In the gameday thread, mofos start posting things like "hopefully we can play Purdy in the third quarter because we'll be up by 30 by then".

FINAL SCORE: 13-10 Falcons.

b***hslap the dirty birds, just like 28 years ago…

COOK THAT DIRTY BIRD!!!!