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Hard knocks baby!!!

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With the Falcons being picked that means we will get to see our beloved Texans on Hard knocks for the practices and the Pre-season Game!!:gamer:
 
I'm not going to expect much, if anything at all, considering they're coming here. I reckon we'd see a bit more if we went to Atl.
 
Just seeing how their players respond to our players is going to be nice.

There's gotta be at least one fight right?

Would love to hear a player on the Falcons talk about how #?? is a beast or really any kind of insight.
 
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/130014/dimitroff-all-on-board-with-hard-knocks
The Atlanta Falcons aren’t the only team that will have to be comfortable with an inordinate amount of cameras at training camp.

Part of the process of HBO’s "Hard Knocks" trailing the Falcons includes a trip to Houston, where the Falcons and Texans will hold a pair of joint practices (Aug. 13-14) leading up to their Aug. 16 preseason matchup.

The film crew won’t travel on the plane with the Falcons, but it will be inside Houston Methodist Training Center for the Falcons’ arrival.

Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff thoroughly discussed the matter with the Texans.

"I’ve talked to the general manager, Rick Smith, and Smitty [Mike Smith] has talked to Coach [Bill] O’Brien, and they are comfortable with it," Dimitroff said. "[Hard Knocks] will not be showcasing the other team that we will be visiting. They’ll continue to focus on our team."
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HBO debuts "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Falcons" on Aug. 5.
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I'm not going to lie, this season of hard knocks has seemed a little more boring than most. I'm just hoping the Texans don't make it even more boring. Anybody going to TC those two days?
 
dont know what all fuss is about, hard knocks doesnt typically show much of the other team.......unless a skirmish or some other crap breaks out
 
Mr teX said:
dont know what all fuss is about, hard knocks doesnt typically show much of the other team.......unless a skirmish or some other crap breaks out
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Just that glimpse into one of those practices is exciting to me.

I want to see how some of our players match up with their guys as well...

They'll probably show Matthews vs Clowney at some point...

Talent appreciates talent. It's just no fun beating up on those who are far less talented than you are. Simple enough, no? And when those opportunities present themselves, you can't help but get excited. Such is the case for our young right tackle. Per the Falcons' Jay Adams, this week presents a unique opportunity for Jake Matthews.

He could see himself in matchups against Watt and draft-mate Clowney, and having the chance to measure himself this week is an opportunity he relishes: "Like I've said, I love the challenge of going against the best players. I want to see where I'm at. I want to see where I can improve. There's always going to be areas I can improve in so it's going to be a really good challenge for us up front."

Can you really blame him? It's perfectly natural to compare yourself to others. As humble as Matthews is, you'd better bet he wants to prove his worth.
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More at link
 
Mr teX said:
dont know what all fuss is about, hard knocks doesnt typically show much of the other team.......unless a skirmish or some other crap breaks out
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They'll still show them practicing against the Texans, scuffle or no, since I doubt they are just going to cut off 2 days worth of footage. No, there won't be interviews of Texans players or any of that, but we will actually get to see something I've kind of wanted to see for a few years now: Texans on Hard Knocks. No, it's not a season of Hard Knocks, but one week is acceptable.
 
xtruroyaltyx said:
Just that glimpse into one of those practices is exciting to me.

I want to see how some of our players match up with their guys as well...

They'll probably show Matthews vs Clowney at some point...





More at link
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IIRC from the highlights, Matthews struggled in his preseason debut.

He can't handle Clowney.
 
Hard Knocks focuses very, very little on "the other team."

TV critique: After two episodes, this season's series is disappointing. It's pretty much Coach Smith repeating how "tough, but smart" the Falcons are going to be.

Smith seems like a nice guy. But he looks like he should be with Mike and Frank on American Pickers.

- William Moore might be a good DB. But his extremely expensive, extremely tacky house, indicates he could be the type of player who's broke a few years after his football career is over.
 
Tolar's Ghost said:
Hard Knocks focuses very, very little on "the other team."

TV critique: After two episodes, this season's series is disappointing. It's pretty much Coach Smith repeating how "tough, but smart" the Falcons are going to be.

Smith seems like a nice guy. But he looks like he should be with Mike and Frank on American Pickers.

- William Moore might be a good DB. But his extremely expensive, extremely tacky house, indicates he could be the type of player who's broke a few years after his football career is over.
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Agree with this. Haven't been impressed by the first two episodes.
 
The only things they showed of the Titans last week were the plays when the Falcons players were getting over on the Titans. I have a feeling it will be that way with the Texans too.
 
Texans have some good high profile players. I could see us getting a little more air time than the inbreds. But if we don't, oh well. I'll still be interested in seeing it.
 
Matthews has trouble with Brooks Reed---lots of holding in his first game and in Atlanta/Texans practice. If he had "good and bad moments" Vs Reed, you only need one or two "Bad moments" a game to make you a failure.
 
False Start said:
The only things they showed of the Titans last week were the plays when the Falcons players were getting over on the Titans. I have a feeling it will be that way with the Texans too.
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We'll see some highlights of the game, maybe they'll cut to the Clowney play and one of the Falcons players will say "Man he fast brah..." and you'll see some players saying "Good game" after it ends.

We may get a fight during the practice though, probably involving Swearinger...but then Coach Smith does disapprove of that sort of thing, all the fighting...well except for after the practice where he then tells the players they need to be tougher and that if they need to stick up for a fellow player than do so.
 
fiasco west said:
We'll see some highlights of the game, maybe they'll cut to the Clowney play and one of the Falcons players will say "Man he fast brah..." and you'll see some players saying "Good game" after it ends.

We may get a fight during the practice though, probably involving Swearinger...but then Coach Smith does disapprove of that sort of thing, all the fighting...well except for after the practice where he then tells the players they need to be tougher and that if they need to stick up for a fellow player than do so.
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That play in the game where JAG ( #90 ) slobberknockered Atlanta's stud ( :spit: ) RB and rung his bell til it broke? That highlight? Or the sack he had on the next play? You need to be specific with Clowney preseason highlight plays, dammit!!! :fingergun:
 
gtexan02 said:
Anyone see it?
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!@#!!! Forgot to set the DVR to record it. Left, came back, expecting to watch it, and it's not recorded.

Luckily the West Coast version is on in about 15 minutes, so I'll catch it then. So far, this has been a dull Hard Knocks. Frankly, the Falcons are a boring team.
 
They actually made the Texans look really good. They gave them a lot more play than I thought they would. JJ got lots of love. The Falcons were happy that he wasn't active for the game, but then they discovered they had to account for Clowney, :littlelol:
 
the "baddest man on the planet" solo walkout that they did for JJ watt was pretty dang epic.

the slow motion behind the line shot of clowney's sack is ... i dont have a word, it's beyond description. clowney's moving past the left tackle before he can even turn his head at the snap. "shot out of a cannon" is taking a new meaning, this is ridiculous.

edit: and i'm getting a bit tired of swearinger's schtick. he's turning into cortland finnegan, without any of 'innegan's results.
 
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Scooter said:
the "baddest man on the planet" solo walkout that they did for JJ watt was pretty dang epic.

the slow motion behind the line shot of clowney's sack is ... i dont have a word, it's beyond description. clowney's moving past the left tackle before he can even turn his head at the snap. "shot out of a cannon" is taking a new meaning, this is ridiculous.

edit: and i'm getting a bit tired of swearinger's schtick. he's turning into cortland finnegan, without any of 'innegan's results.
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Yes it was... very cool! :swatter:
 
JJ Watt raped Matthews... Goodness he almost made him do a split. Watt is absolutely no joke at all. If I was Matthews I wouldn't feel bad at all, JJ Watt is on track for the HOF and NOBODY can block him one on one, but seeing his strength in those drills man... Dude is a direct descendant of the Football God.
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This post on the Falcon forum kind of made me chuckle a little. Watt did have him on skates during the piece.
 
HBO portrayed Watt in such a scary cinematic manner I nearly pissed my pants but didn't because I'd remember he's on my team.
 
Lol. JJ Watt had some nice things to say about Jake Mathews but referred to him as "little right tackle" 3 times to one of the coaches. Jake is 6'5 300lb. I guess thru JJ pov everyone is....
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My dislike for Swearinger grew a little more last night. It'd be different if his performer came anywhere close to the amount of BS he spews....But it doesn't! He's hurt this team more than helped it since he got here.

He even had coach Smith make a comment about his lip.

I hope he eventually gets it, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
 
Yep, they made Swearinger look at bad as they made Watt look good. And, they made Watt look really, really good (which I suppose doesn't take much effort).
 
Falcons fan:

That episode showed how big of an *** clown the falcons really are. First 22min we clowned around all up until JJ Watt came out with a knees brace on his arm squirting an a water bottle looking like a robotic version of triple H. He chocked out the guy who we call a freak. While our 3 receivers joked about not being able to be stopped. Harry got into it with #36 so 36 punked him out and dam near killed Julio in the game. All that with a blowout final score. We are not that guy! Not the tough one. It's just not our head coach so it's not who we are.
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http://boards.atlantafalcons.com/topic/4008967-falcons-on-hard-knocksgetting-lame/page__st__40
 
I loved it. Texans got more air time than I thought they would. JJ Watt looked scary as **** with his introduction. Schooled Matthews and then said he would be a good little tackle someday. They made Clowney look awesome with his pair of plays, and DJ talked a lot of ****, but at least DJ didn't retaliate when Harry Douglas took a swing at him. Then DJ lit up Julio to end the starters segment. A lot about Yates coming back to Houston, he looked like poo in the game.

I do agree with others that Mike Smith keeps talking about how they are tough, but it just isnt working. He has this really nice grandpa look to him. And his players obviously arent buying that they are tough because the Texans just knocked the snot out of them.
 
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