This Edition: Aikman Advice, Fromm’s Draft, Home Field Advantage


Jake Fromm won’t find a better draft next year
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The Dirty Little Secret of the Dirty Birds’ Overseas Trip

JOHN KINCADE
ATLANTA, Ga – It’s not just about losing a home game in 2020, it’s about losing respect.
It’s not just how close you came to that Lombardi Trophy in early 2017, but how far you have fallen off in 2019.
It’s a shiny new stadium that has somehow managed to lose its appeal to draw fans in a few short years.
The Falcons are off to London or Mexico or Spain…who knows?
What we do know is that the Falcons announced overseas trip puts them in strange company. A brand new stadium, huge PSL’s if you want to actually sit in the seats and a terrible 2-7 start. Losing a home game in 2020 may actually be a public service to the sanity of the community. This is a fan base that has left thousands of empty seats weekly, seats that are paid for except for the millions that have already defaulted on their payments.
You know who loses home games? Teams where the NFL fan bases don’t miss them! This should never be Atlanta, especially after the millions spent to build the new designer ATM. The teams that lose home games are those with stadiums under construction like the Rams and the Chargers. There are others like the Jaguars where you have to tarp over empty sections, so Duval County barely notices. The Raiders are exiting their city and heading to Vegas so the NFL has sent them overseas for a few years now.
You know who doesn’t lose home games? Tom Brady isn’t skipping Foxboro for Mexico City. The Giants and Eagles fans aren’t having to tailgate in London. The Chiefs and Cowboys don’t need a map of Barcelona. This is troubling.
The Falcons fall from grace in the win column and fan support locally has been staggering. The loss in status around the NFL might actually be the bigger story. If you paid for that PSL and only get 7 home games, no big deal right? You deserve better.
No amount of 2 dollar hot dogs is going to help you stomach this.
Flowery Branch thinks the house isn’t burning down. They felt no sense of urgency to address a horrendous 1-7 start. Julio Jones might be the greatest motivational speaker of all time after this one! The 2020 home game lost says as much about what the NFL thinks about the home fan base as it says about the home team. I’m floored that it all came crashing down this soon, this fast.
Kincade’s RANDOM THOUGHTS
FALCONS LEFT WITH REGRETS

Not only did the Falcons see the Eagles beat them and go to Super Bowl 52 and win a Lombardi Trophy, they saw the team they let off the hook in New England also get back to the game. The Eagles closed the deal that should have been the Falcons celebration a year earlier. Two little yards in the Divisional Playoff changed everything.
MR. BLANK NEEDS AN INTERVENTION

First it was the complaining about the Patriots celebrating their 28-3 Super Bowl comeback win with 283 diamonds in their rings. Then it was filing an official complaint with the NFL that the Saints were taunting you with 28-3 videos on their Jumbotron and a harmless comedy routine at halftime. Now it is continuing to talk about how close the team is to winning a Super Bowl. Somebody needs to intervene.
RADIOTHON

BRAVES SPRING TRAINING COVERAGE

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Kincade’s Random Thoughts – 01/29/2018




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RANDOM THOUGHTS For Jan. 17 – Football Edition

TWO STEPS BACK

Silver lining to a disappointing finish?
The Falcons might be bummed to not be playing on Title Game weekend, but a certain stat says you might see them playing there next year.
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Kincade – NO FALSE NARRATIVES ON FALCONS 2017 SEASON
RANDOM THOUGHTS – HAPPY NEW YEAR EDITION
There are enough voices in this market that will pander to you as the Falcons prepare to take on the Rams. They will push every sunshine and lollipops scenario to make you resist embracing the facts. I still haven’t made my pick, but won’t ignore the facts.


First, the 2017 Falcons season doesn’t even begin until Saturday night. I know that the 10-6 record is already in the books. The third place finish is set in stone. The clear step back from last season is apparent and no excuses should be accepted. You went from a division champion to a 3rd place finisher without major injury issues. You went from a first round bye to a 3 road win scenario just to get back to the Super Bowl. It was a collection of missed opportunities and dodged bullets. Now, the fun begins.
The Falcons are clearly better on defense as the 8th team in scoring defense. A huge improvement of last years 28th ranking should be applauded. The offense drops from 1st overall to 15th. What was a great strength is now a mediocre performer with as much star talent as any NFC team in the NFL. Those swings are a big part of the inconsistency.
The Rams are not a fluke, they aren’t a patsy. The Falcons are not the better team on the field. The Rams have been far better coached and suffer fewer self inflicted wounds. The Rams are the team most likely to score a TD on a possession in the playoffs. The Falcons are the most likely to self destruct and suffer for a maddening field goal. These are all factors you need to consider.
The Falcons are the team with all the playoff experience, right? Yep, just like the Falcons last year the Rams have very little. That didn’t stop Atlanta from trouncing the Seahawks and Packers who re the most playoff experienced rosters in the NFC.
Understand this! Many are going to try to spin every statistic that gives you hope. Not that there isn’t reason for hope, but the 2017 Falcons do not deserve the benefit of the doubt. They are not likely to be able to play a complete game now when it matters most and the opposition is the best. Not to mention that the thought of them winning three in a row on the road to get to Minneapolis is nothing more than wishful thinking.
Yes, it COULD happen. No, it’s not likely or logical.
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Kincade’s Random Thoughts – 12/18/17 Edition
ONE OF THESE CF PLAYOFF TEAMS DOESN’T BELONG

It’s only been 3 seasons of data, but every single season has produced the same result. One of the 4 teams will prove that they don’t belong. Need facts? Oregon beat FSU by 39 points in 2014. Alabama beat Michigan State by 38 points in 2015. Clemson beat Ohio State by 31 points last year. The 3 losers averaged just 6.66 points in those losses with the last 2 being by shutout.
You may think that nobody in this years edition is set to continue this trend, but be honest and tell me if you saw those massive blowouts happening. We usually look at the games and think we are heading for classics. Usually, we get dealt a clunker.
Who is it in this field most likely to get blown out? My guess is Oklahoma. The Georgia Bulldogs will be the best defense that they faced all season. The Bulldawgs have a strong running game and the Sooners have the worst run defense in the playoff.
New Years Day May even be better than we expect!
TIME FOR SOME DOWN TIME
I’ll exit the “Buck and Kincade” Show after Wednesday, December 20th.
You will hear me on the “John Kincade Show” on Sunday, December 24th and Sunday, December 31st.
Thank you for your support all year Long and be sure to follow along on Twitter throughout the holidays! @johnkincade
ROSE BOWL NEW YEARS DAY WITH “BUCK AND KINCADE”

We were not going to let this opportunity go by without a show! The count resumes with the 4,055th edition of “Buck and Kincade” kicking off 2018 in style.
We will be on from 9am to noon leading up to our exclusive Chic-fil-A Peach Bowl coverage on 680 The Fan!
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Kincade’s Random Thoughts – 11/27/17
Kirby Smart has delivered on expectations, Falcon flags are back on cars, and the Braves…BLUNDER!
KIRBY ALREADY HAS DELIVERED ON 2nd YEAR EXPECTATIONS

Every “long suffering” fan base pulls this nonsense from time to time. In August, every member of the “Buck and Kincade” team came to an agreement that after a disappointing 7-5 regular season for Kirby Smart that a fair expectation was a 10-2 regular season and an SEC East Title in 2017. He delivered that and even went one better!
Now the SEC Title Game week has arrived and fans are attempting to move the goal posts on him. I’ve read various pieces talking about how Georgia needs redemption because of the way that they lost at Auburn. Yes, that loss was horrible but winning an SEC Title should not be considered a mandate.
The Dawgs have every reason to be confident they can clean up their mistakes and make Saturday a more representative effort. The idea of winning that title in Year Two would be an incredible accomplishment. It should not be a huge disappointment if it does not materialize.
FALCON FLAGS ARE BACK ON THE CARS
The Falcons sit at 7-4 and I have been watching all of the flags appear again on the cars on my commute. That’s a good thing, but it was a joke that for the defending NFC Champs it was ever an option. The bandwagon spilled out quickly and now is filling up again.
I asked Buck and JChad if the Falcons season was over at 4-4. They declared it dead and we argued vehemently. Maybe they were too close to be objective. I did not understand the panic. Atlanta was too talented to let the season collapse away. Now the final 5 games are a 3-2 iffy, 4-1 you are in challenge. I’ll still bet 3-2 gets the job done. After last years run, don’t give up on the Falcons. There is a lot of football to be played and at 4-4 they were still very much alive!
BRAVES BLUNDER
I credit the Braves for doing a thorough house cleaning and getting rid of the leaders that oversaw the embarrassing scouting scandal. It is fair to ask why Terry McGurk comes away unscathed but no evidence implicated him from the MLB office.
The error is in not agreeing to answer any media questions AFTER the scandal. Not taking questions makes it look like they are not being accountable to their fan base and the media. The Red Sox answered questions publicly about the sanctions they previously received. It just looks bad. I’m floored that was the choice.
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If you now think Georgia sucks…think again!
ATTENTION DAWGS FANS!
If you now think Georgia sucks…think again!

After a tough afternoon like the Bulldogs suffered through on Saturday, it is understandable that there would be a temporary wave of negativity. Notice that I used the term, temporary! If it lasts longer than a few days you need a solid smack.
Before the year if I had told you that Georgia would clinch the SEC East Title in October and would be 9-1, you would have taken it and ran. You know it, I know it. The fact that this team is primed for an 11-1 regular season if they finish strong is reason for celebration, not consternation.
Let me remind you about a little history that I tweeted this morning. Only ONE of the last SIX College Football National Championship teams has went through the season unbeaten. That was FSU in 2013. The other 5 this decade have ALL been 11-1. Every one of those teams also lost that game at home, not in a very hostile rivalry game!
I will choose to just focus on the CF Playoff era next. In the 3 years we have had the Committee, the eventual champions have all been 11-1. As previously noted they ALL lost at home and it was ugly!
2016 Champion Clemson lost at home to a lousy Pittsburgh team and gave up 43 points!
2015 Champion Alabama Lost at home to average Ole Miss and also gave up 43 points!
2014 Champion Ohio State Lost to 6-6 VA Tech by a score of 35-21!
See everybody, history indicates that the Auburn loss was ugly and an atrocious showing, but in the grand scheme means very little. Regroup and survive to 11-1 and you have an opportunity to win an SEC Title in the leaky Dome. That is more than anyone expected. Yes, many thought SEC East Champions was a reasonable goal, but few were talking a berth in the CF Playoffs. A 3 game winning streak will do just that!
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Kincade’s Random Thoughts – Halloween Edition!



If Jerry Crasnick has his reporting right, John Hart is going to come away from the investigation into John Coppolella’s dirty dealing free and clear. They will reportedly claim he knew nothing about any of his alleged crooked short cuts. Excuse me if I’m not going to believe that reporting.
