The Teletubbies and the Atlanta Falcons
Dontari Poe, stellar quarterback and part time defensive tackle, has left the Chiefs and has become an Atlanta Falcon on a pretty cheap 1 year deal. I was surprised by this, I thought Poe was good, but I don’t follow the Chiefs that close enough I guess. Chiefs fans, help me out here: why did you let Poe go? Was he just a fatty fat who didn’t do much?
He seems like a good fit for the Falcons. Falcons defense started to find itself by the end of the year and while their current legacy is giving up a 25 point lead in the biggest game they still have a lot of promise. Chubs here will plug up the middle and give the edge rushers some more leeway.
When I was younger I watched a couple episodes of the teletubbies in the process of babysitting my then baby sister and that show was really weird. Kids shows are always weird and mostly nonsense with bright colors but I distinctly remember that they watched something on their TV stomachs and then they all went AGAIN AGAIN and watched the exact same video, AGAIN. Frame for frame. I still have no idea why. Were they that desperate to fill airspace? Was it supposed to emulate the whole thing where kids demand to watch the same nonsense over and over again until the tape is worn out? Actually now that I think about it, that’s probably it. Also the purple one had a purse and was totally gay for the green one. It was like seeing Aaron Rodgers and Sam Bradford be hot for each other.
I kind of wish the teletubbies would get a gritty reboot where they watch porn on the stomach TVs and struggle to pay rent as circus freaks and the baby in the sun is now a full blown adult who ain’t got time for that. At least Tinky Winky can get married to his true love.
I think the stumbling block with Poe is his durability, he had some back issues this year and 350 pound defensive linemen have a very short shelf life. I’d say the fact that the Chiefs didn’t even consider tagging him after getting Barry under contract indicates they don’t think he’s going to keep producing for long.
Poe is the most accurate QB in NFL history, after Edelman threw one incomplete in the Super Bowl
But Edelman’s the best postseason qb. 1 for 2 for 1 tds and 0 int.
He’s tied with about a hundred others.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/friv/nonqb.htm
Mohamed Sanu is 100% at 5/5, which is obviously the tiebreaker between the 100% club.
Poe was pretty good in ’14 and ’15, but after back surgery, he began to decline. He’s still a good pass rusher, but gets blown up by double teams too easily in the run game.
I have read your comics for 3 years.
This is one of my favorites.
That brings me back
Teletubbies was my favorite show when I was a Toddler
So you want the Teletubbies to be like American Kirby?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qH-yO-TqIc
I saw a film review of Poe on Arrowhead Pride. He was not forcing double teams and was getting moved from the line way too much and thus was part of our struggle against the run. The Chiefs felt we could get similar or better run stopping for less money. I really like the Bennie Logan pick up, he was much more effective at stopping the run than Poe was last year.
The Chiefs are really hurting in cap space (I think we started the offseason with $5m left?) and a big obstacle for us was that we really wanted to sign 4 guys whose contracts expired that were key proponents for us on defense, but doing so was basically impossible. Obviously, cutting Jamaal Charles helps, but since they gave Eric Berry his huge contract, it was inevitable that we would have to go a cheaper route somewhere. The front office apparently determined that signing Bennie Logan for $8m would be enough to give us some cap room going forward.
That being said, I would have to think they wanted to keep Poe, but the number was just too high so they looked elsewhere. Once Poe saw the Chiefs were able to replace him for less than what he was asking for, my guess is that he realized the market just isn’t great for his position, and was forced to take a similar contract with the Falcons. This is all speculation on my part, but it makes enough sense to me that I’m sticking with it.
Poe was a fan favorite and a good NT, but was pretty inconsistent after his back injury a while back. Sad to see him go.
Shout out to all my fellow Chiefs fans!
Fun fact for Dave, the pass play with Poe is called the “Bloated Tebow”
He also caught a pass for a TD this last year as I recall. That play or his running play was called “Feed the Pig” I believe.
from memory it went by Hungry Pig Right according to the nfl.com recap
That was the receiving touchdown.
yeah that’s the one i meant whoops
The teletubbies were gender fluid. They’re so ahead of us.
The only thing I remember about Teletubbies is that HORRIFYING baby sun.
Atlanta Falcons taking the Rooney Rule to its logical extreme I see.
I mean to be fair, the Teletubbies would be scarier to see line up across from you than any D-lineman in the league. I mean Poe was the smallest and he was 6’7 in costume, Laa-Laa and Dipsy were 7ft tall, and Tinky Winky would block any field goal attempt at 7’11. I mean those dudes are huge in costume
Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2982447/teletubbies-freakishly-tall/