Look for a Post-June 1 move before blog-cation starts

angry banker,

PS He is 5′-11″ and 230+ lb’s.

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Unca’ Bob – I had his 40 time at 4.62 – impressive for a guy at 230, but not the ‘head hunter’ speed we want on punts and kick offs. Still, 230 coming at you that fast will knock your head off.

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angry banker,

I had him at 4.43 which would put him where TD and Coach Smith want him to be. I also saw his weight at 245 lb’s.

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LB Spencer Adkins (Sixth round): Cited from an interveiw by D-Led from TD as posted in AJC.

“He’s a fast run-and-hit guy. I’ve seen him a couple of times where, if you know that if we were in pads, he would have blown up the ball carrier. He’s got a really impressive pop and explosion upon contact. He’s got impressive range.

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For all of you who insist on being apprehensive or even downright negative about the Falcons chances next season, let me give you a comparison of the Falcons OFF with the Patriots OFF, which most of you seem to revere so highly.

(1) ANGRY BANKER-RMoss isn’t better than WR RWhite. In fact, he’s not the best WR on his own team. Throughout his career, RMoss has used his speed, quickness, height and jumping ability to function primarily as a longball threat. He’s never been much of a possession receiver, or one willing to accept contact and go over the middle. WWelker had 111 receptions, 1165 total yds, 10.5 avg and 3TD’s. RMoss had 69 receptions, 1008 total yds, 14.6 avg yds and 11TD’s. Falcon WR RWhite had 88 receptions, 1382 total yds, 15.7 avg yds and 7 TD’s. Even MJenkins had 50 receptions for 777 total yds, a 15.5 avg yds and 3TDS. If our complete passing OFF had been in place at the beginning of last season, what are the chances of Jenkins maybe coming close to matching RMoss’ overall stats or RWhite exceeding those of Welken.

(2) The Patriots total passing OFF consisted of:
534 ATTS
3790 TOTAL YDS
7.10 YDS PER CATCH
11 INT’S AND 48 SACKS

(3) Their total rushing OFF consisted of:
513 ATTS
21 TDS
2278 TOTAL YDS AND 4.4YDS PER CARRY

(4) The Falcons total passing stats are:
434 ATTS
3440 YDS
16 TDS
11 INT’S AND 17 SACKS

(5) The Falcons rushing OFF consists of:
560 ATTS
23TDS
2443 YDS AND 4.4 YDS PER CARRY

Our OL did a much better job of protecting it’s QB and blocking for it’s RB’s. Our passing OFF was actually more effecient, and that’s without TE TGonzalez. Now, consider how close the stats between these 2 teams are, then consider how we started the season with a bunch of complete unknowns and a limited OFF, especially our passing OFF. We’ve added TE TGonzalez, which means we now have 2 receivers that were more productive than the overhyped RMoss was last yr.

BOTTOMLINE, THE OFF OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS CAN, SHOULD OR WILL BE BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER, MORE VERSATILE AND OVERALL BETTER THAN ANYTHING THE PATRIOTS CAN PUT ON THE FIELD. Last yr, our DEF, especially our pass rush and run DEF, were our major problems, with SS, OLB and DL being the major causes. To address those weakness TD and Smitty stockpiled our roster with quick, fast CB’s that have documented man cover skills. We’ve also stockpiled DT’s and now have a rotation that’s made up of young DT’s that are quick, strong, fast, agile and mobile. We’ve added more speed, agressiveness and physicality to our OLB’s. The biggest upgrade to our DEF just might be at SS. These overall upgrades of speed, quickness, agility, mobility, stamina, youth and depth, will make this yrs DEFa far superior to last yrs DEF.

People can use the schedule, the number of teams coming off bye weeks, or any manufactured excuses they want. but none of it will stop last yrs #2 rated rushing OFF or 10th rated passing OFF, especially with the addition of TE TGonzalez. Neither can they stop the vast upgrades and improvement to last yrs bottom level DEF, which has amazingly added tremendous talent and depth to former positions of weakness. GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bleed_Red & Black – Jacksonville is a weird sports town – I don’t know of a specific Falcon’s bar in JAX, but you can try Mandarin Ale House – it seems to be the hotbed of sports watching on the southside. Wear you gear and you migh meet some other Falcon fans. There will be more and more of them as we keep winning.

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Why am I totally unfazed by the rumor of bringing back Wayne Gandy? I guess I would rather have the confidence that Sam Baker is going to be 100% healthy and effective. If I were looking at positions to ’shore up’ before August, I would be looking for free safety, a sam linebacker, and a center. I haven’t read whether or not Todd McClure is definitely coming back, which could leave us only with Brett Romberg.

As far as receivers go – I don’t see the need for anything more than what is there already. Let’s look at offensive sets. To put three WRs on the field, you drop the fullback or the tight end. With 4 WRs on the field, you drop the fullback (or second back) AND the tight end. I don’t know if you’ve looked at our roster, but these are strength positions. What I’m saying is the more receivers on the field, the less talent we have on the field.

There’s nothing wrong with multiple receiver sets every once in a while, but I feel the Falcon’s strength will clearly be in more traditional sets with Mughelli, Turner, Gonzalez, White and Jenkins as the skill position players. I also doubt Gonzalez is going to be left in to block much.

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Reno911,

While we have some quiet time , I need to give you an update. I am still looking for your Carolina B-B-Q sauce recipe. I have not forgotten. Trust me, as soon as I can get one together I will post it. Most folks in these parts are hard pressed to give one up. They will give you some, but will not divulge their secrets. Anyway, I’ll get it to you as soon I get.

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UNCA BOB-The Falcon OFF has no weaknesses. With RB’s OMughelli, MTurner, JNorwood, JSnelling and maybe TBrown, our rushing OFF has both speed and power. With WR’s RWhite, MJenkins, HDouglas, BFinneran and one of those big rookie or FA WR’s, along with TE TGonzalez, we’ll have the speed and size to successfully pass anytime, anywhere and on anybody. Our OL will definitely be better than it was last yr, when they proved they could protect QB MRyan and created the NFL’s #2 rushing OFF.

Our OL ranked 5th best in sacks allowed with 17, after allowing 47 the yr before. As bad as our OL and our passing OFF was last yr, we still had 1 fewer sacks than the Patriots had this yr. Even with the outstanding season the Patriots had in 07, when they were undefeated before losing in the Superbowl, they gave up 21 sacks. So that puts into perspective how good the Falcons OL really is.

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8-8 OR WORSE……….PLEASE CHECK OUT THE VEGAS BETTING LINE…….

SORRY “ARM CHAIR ANALYST”

LONG DRAWN OUT POSTS, CUT & PASTE DATA FROM OTHER SITES DON’T MAKE YOU SMART, JUST IN DENIAL

GO FALCONS!

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Reno911 I’m headed your way – look out!

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I believe that the two top teams last year in the NFC South, namely The Panthers and The Falcons, will battle for the NFC South and a first round bye in what is arguably one of the toughest divisions in the NFL. The Saints are the ‘Dark Horse’ in the division with their mighty offense but the D could struggle, especially with half of their D line missing the first four games.
The Bucs have some questionable holes but could still be considered an unpredictable threat. They have big questions at QB and are in a transitional rebuilding mode. But stranger things have happened.
Such as last year’s Falcons. Everything (well almost everything), fell into place, the ‘Planets Aligned’, and the 1-15 predictions became an 11-5 miracle, at least in the eyes of most expecting the worst following the MV7/Petrino debacle.
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On Offense, weapons White, Jenkins, Douglas, Turner, and Norwood are a formidable group to say the least. There is great talent everywhere. Matt Ryan is cool under pressure and is stronger and more comfortable with Mularkey’s playbook. Atlanta’s addition of perennial pro bowler Tony Gonzalez at TE gives MR2 a new toy.
The Dirty Birds O-line is solid too with an experienced leader at center, strong-young-high draft talent on the left side and the nasty, over-achieving duo on the right. Collectively they gave up very few sacks last year and adding TG’s excellent blocking skills to the mix, they should be even more complete and polished this year. I wish we still had Weiner for depth. Oh, did I forget to mention Mughelli is one of the best lead blocking FB’s in the game? This should be extremely fun to watch. Unless Matt Ryan gets injured or has a dramatic sophomore slump, the Falcons should have no problem scoring points fast and controlling the clock when needed.

The Defense for the Falcon’s could be very good if everything falls into place but there are question marks and reasons for concern. They are MUCH faster this year and you can’t coach speed. It helps make up for youthful mistakes or hesitation and there will likely be at least some of both. Abraham was the only real sack threat on the team in spite of double and triple teams. This year Atlanta will be much faster and more balanced across the front seven which should make Abe even more dangerous. J. Anderson must emerge in this, his third year, or the bust moniker will certainly get applied. Maybe his off season work with Chuck Smith will help turn on the light bulb and the game will slow up for him. I expect Falcon fans will be shouting ‘Hooray for Peria’ who is a big body built for clogging up the middle who also possesses surprising sack speed and an endless motor. Can he stay healthy? Babineau and Lewis are solid and getting better every year. C. Davis, the raw, freak ‘El Sid’, Biermann and the faster, more athletic linebacker’s Nickolas, Wire, and Peterson along with solid anchor Lofton in the middle, will enable blitz packages that VanGorder and Coach Smith could have only dreamt about last year. Will they employ a more, high risk/high reward D scheme? We shall see. I think with all the team speed they will attack much more this year. Or will they scheme, ‘bend not break’ and try to manage the game so they can simply try to outscore the opposition? That is after all how you win a game.
I’m most concerned with our safety and cornerback positions. Can we cover the tall, elite wide receivers that so many teams seem to possess? The jury is out.
Did the Falcons make the right off season moves? I say, ‘IN DIMITROFF WE TRUST’.

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Honestly, considering the Falcons lost 5 starters on the defensive side of the ball this past offseason, they’ve rebounded quite well through the draft and via free agency.

The addition of Mike Peterson solidifies a linebacking core that was looking questionable after the departures of Brooking and Boley. At this point in time, you have Peterson, Lofton, and Nicholas/Wire plugged in to start at LB’s.

Overall, when talking about defense, I think it’s quite obvious what the Falcons philosophy will be going into the season:

Rush 4, maybe 5 occasionally, and put pressure on the QB.

If the D-Line can apply the pressure without blitzing extra LB’s or DB’s, it will help a questionable secondary cover. It’s all gonna fall on the shoulders of the front 4 or front 7. I wish the Falcons would be a pressure based defense. I think we’ve gotten alot faster on defense, and should utilize that speed with various blitz packages. In years past, we’ve been the type of team that’ll primarily rush 4 the entire game, playing that “bend but don’t break” style of defense. We have to become more aggresive and put some more faith in the guys on the field to get to the QB or make a play.

PRESSURE THE QB..

JA55, Peria Jerry, Babs, and J. Anderson.

YOU KNOW WHAT JA55 BRINGS TO THE FIELD. IN A SENSE, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM BABS TOO. IF ANDERSON CAN BREAKOUT THIS SEASON AND T.D. HITS BIG ON JERRY – THIS FRONT 4 COULD BE NASTY!

It starts in the trenches.

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Hello Cagers!
D3, I recall you saying you completed the final chapter in securing your season tickets. I’m on chapter 2. I would be interested in how many cagers actually have season tickets and what sections are they located in. I also would be interested in who has the best section!
Okay, back to the field…….

Ken Strickland you are right on point brother! That is what I’m talking about, the facts are there. If the young Falcons continue to believe in this coaching staff while continuing the process, then this year will be a success!

D3,Jason, Unca Bob, Sarah B., Stirg, Ken S….you know I was talking to a friend of mines yesterday, well now he may be an ex-friend (lol)
I put this question to him…I said dude..Do you think my Atlanta Falcons can go up to Foxborough and beat the Patriots…? He looked at me and said H*ll Nah! They even may loose by 46 points…trust me, I almost hit him in his mouth! then I said noooooooo, violence is not the answer! Let’s just let the action on the field prove my theory of why I think we will win this game. I know that most people and some teams fear “Tom Brady” but he and the Patriots can be beat! and since my friend is a Steelers fan and have had success against the Patriots, he felt the need to be disrespectful…(all in fun though)and to conclude, he stated after game #3, we would be winless – (0-3). I said dude, just wait and see…watch how we defend the dome!

Trust me, I shared this story because the naysayers are still out there even though we went 11-5 including a play-off game. I’m one to believe in the process and i’m positive we will finally get our back to back winning season this year!!

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Last one of the night brothers(I sleep when my little guy sleeps)…..

Unca’ Bob(2) – Grandma’s Lip-Smacking BBQ Sauce

Ingredients
1/4 pound margarine
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 onion chopped
1 teaspoon ranch rub (Ranch Mix)
1 teaspoon steak (Steak Rub)
1/2 cup honey
3/4 cup cola (recommended: Coca Cola)
1 bottle Worcestershire sauce
1 bottle ketchup
2 lemons, halved (Watch for Seeds)
1 bottle hot sauce
4 chicken breasts, boneless or bone-in
Directions
In a saucepan, melt the margarine. Add the garlic clove, mustard, onion, ranch rub, steak dust, honey and cola and bring to a simmer. Then add the Worcestershire, ketchup, lemons, and the hot sauce. Cook for 20 to 30 minutes and let it simmer down. Dip chicken in sauce and put on grill. Keep applying sauce onto chicken until cooked.

Hamad(2) – I agree with you that we have all we need at WR, IMHO. We have our solid 4 in Roddy, Jenks, HD, & BFinn, and can use that 5th spot to develop somebody like Aaron Kelly or Darren Mougey. I don’t even know if I remember a 5 WR set last year more than once or twice. We carried 6 WR’s on the active roster last year adn Weems may help himself by being a Spec Teams Ace.

Ken Strick(2) – it’s a hard-pressed job to find weaknesses in our OFF attack on paper. But as we know all the “experts” are saying that Matty Ice will hit the soph. slump, or the schedule is harder, or the bye weeks garbage. Honestely its all a bunch of BS and we know it.

falcon21 – what’s up my NW GA bro’? You going down to catch any of the summer concerts in Ridge Ferry park? Or do they still have those. Anyway, I would be pretty shocked to see BFinn go this year. Remember he didn’t play for two years b/c of injury so there’s two years his body didn’t get beat on. I say he’s there at least this year and maybe one more and retires. Solid 3rd down, red-zone threat, and excellent Spec Team’er. JMHO. Also a great character & locker room guy. He also got a contract renewal in the off-season.

Sarah B. – enjoy some brews for me. I’ll be toasting with you on thursday evening myself. Remember, what happens in Vegas………

Dave – d@– brother, you just brought the pure heat on that post. We need your excellent insights in the Bird-Cage on a more regulary basis. Don’t really have anything to add to your spot-on analysis, except that I look to see Chevis Jackson win a starting CB job with his physical play, with Chris Owens learning and getting comfortable in the Nickel(the way Jackson did last year). After seeing Van Gorder work his magic up close in in his time in Athens, i also expect to see a TON more aggressive play on DEF. He’s got the speed, toughness, and ferocity he lacked lasty year so it should be entertaining.

Unca’ Bob(3) – have you heard from Reno911 lately? Hadn’t talked to that Original Brother in a while. Also, GREAT find on Darren Mougey. Don’t know much about him or his speed, but based on pure physical stats….WOW! 6′6, 230? Just play pitch and catch in the red-zone. Wonder why we haven’t heard anything about him from Mini-Camp, OTA’s, or DOL? Love his size if he can get the quickness, speed, and route running down.

Later fellas’. Have a good one and we’ll see you on the flip-side. San Francisco Breakdown & Roster Spot Analysis TE#3 will have to wait until tomorrow. And on that note………

58 DAYS AND COUNTING TO 2009 ATLANTA FALCONS TRAINING CAMP!!!!!!

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i told allyou idiots that NEW ENGLAND WILL WIN THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR , THE FALCONS WILL NOT beat new england this year , brady has had a year to rest,they are po,d they didnt make the playoffs last year, and they added the running back from jacksonville,FRED taylor,please stop showing your ignorance on this blog, its ok to pull for your team, but this is why ive been betting football for 25 years,i love taking money from georgia numskuls like you all.

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OH YEA forgot to tell you all this falcon team in 2009 will go 6-10, ive already bet the under 8 in vegas easy money this year with the falcons with there schedule and the presence of vick loming around and the offseason moves spells DOOM,for the falcons but to me MONEY IN THE BANK,and UGA will lose the first game at oklahoma st guaranteed THE WILLSTER TOLD YOU ALL FIRST HAND 3 months ahead of time and ledbetter good article to pump up the blood,but WAYNE gandy please, this team needs young blood fast blood not people past there prime.

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Looks like the Blog Monster is on the loose again………F—-!

Attempt #2

Great Mid-Week Day A.M. Bird-Cagers! Gotta love wednesdays, especially when they’re over which signals we’re past the mid-point of the week. Even though we’re stuck in a serious Falcons Football drought, there’s still some good convo’s going on here. To the ‘Birds……….

Wabe – you’re right on that we’ve already seriously upgraded our D-Line rushing capabilities with Peria Jerry & Trey Lewis, which should have a huge impact on J.Anderson in his 3rd year. Couple that with a new All-Pro StrongSide LB in Peterson, Lofton in his 2nd year, and Stephen Nicholas who looks to finally have the light coming on. Compare that to Brooking, Disappearing Act Boley, Big Grady who provided ZERO pass rush, & Milloy who has lost a step or three and we have added speed all around. Expect Van Gorder to be much more aggresive this year in his plan of attack. At his peak at UGA, Van Gorder was a very aggresive play-caller. Excited to say the least.

Dean21 – what’s up my man? Oh, can’t wait for the tix in the mail so I can pop a brew and celebrate one of the best investments I’ve made in my life. I believe my section is 316, but I’m not sure. The House CEO and I got in on the good deals two years ago when they were making a big push to sell them. I love my seats: great view, Home side, and very reasonably priced. There are plenty of haters out there who would love to see us fail to make up for their own insecurities and issues with their own team. I don’t really want to see hardly any teams do terrible except for the Cowboys. Even though we have earned respect with the NFL Media, there are many fans who don’t want to believe that we could turn it around as quick as we have. 0-3, huh? That guy’s your friend? JK.

Ken Strick – good point about time of year. If we could go up there a steal one from the “Golden Boys” then we might have to start talking about the “process” as in NOW!

falcon21 – yeah, been to some Rome Braves games. Tons of fun, especially on two for tuesdays. I would be shocked if BFinn doesn’t make the squad. I think he is entrenched at #4 WR, with the #5 & #6 spots wide-open. I have a sneaking suspicion that we keep 5 RB’s and 5 WR’s instead of 4 RB’s and 6 WR’s like we did last year. Rather have TBrown & Snelling than say Kelly AND Weems on our active roster.

Alright Gents, a little work and will return with my 49ers OFF vs Falcons DEF prediction/analysis and Roster Spot Analysis – TE#3 a little later. And it looks like we have some hate baiter’s fishing in the ‘Cage: don’t take it!

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Attempt #3 – this gets on my F’n nerves.

Great Mid-Week Day A.M. Bird-Cagers! Gotta love wednesdays, especially when they’re over which signals we’re past the mid-point of the week. Even though we’re stuck in a serious Falcons Football drought, there’s still some good convo’s going on here. To the ‘Birds……….

Wabe – you’re right on that we’ve already seriously upgraded our D-Line rushing capabilities with Peria Jerry & Trey Lewis, which should have a huge impact on J.Anderson in his 3rd year. Couple that with a new All-Pro StrongSide LB in Peterson, Lofton in his 2nd year, and Stephen Nicholas who looks to finally have the light coming on. Compare that to Brooking, Disappearing Act Boley, Big Grady who provided ZERO pass rush, & Milloy who has lost a step or three and we have added speed all around. Expect Van Gorder to be much more aggresive this year in his plan of attack. At his peak at UGA, Van Gorder was a very aggresive play-caller. Excited to say the least.

Dean21 – what’s up my man? Oh, can’t wait for the tix in the mail so I can pop a brew and celebrate one of the best investments I’ve made in my life. I believe my section is 316, but I’m not sure. The House CEO and I got in on the good deals two years ago when they were making a big push to sell them. I love my seats: great view, Home side, and very reasonably priced. There are plenty of haters out there who would love to see us fail to make up for their own insecurities and issues with their own team. I don’t really want to see hardly any teams do terrible except for the Cowboys. Even though we have earned respect with the NFL Media, there are many fans who don’t want to believe that we could turn it around as quick as we have. 0-3, huh? That guy’s your friend? JK.

Ken Strick – good point about time of year. If we could go up there a steal one from the “Golden Boys” then we might have to start talking about the “process” as in NOW!

falcon21 – yeah, been to some Rome Braves games. Tons of fun, especially on two for tuesdays. I would be shocked if BFinn doesn’t make the squad. I think he is entrenched at #4 WR, with the #5 & #6 spots wide-open. I have a sneaking suspicion that we keep 5 RB’s and 5 WR’s instead of 4 RB’s and 6 WR’s like we did last year. Rather have TBrown & Snelling than say Kelly AND Weems on our active roster.

Alright Gents, a little work and will return with my 49ers OFF vs Falcons DEF prediction/analysis and Roster Spot Analysis – TE#3 a little later. And it looks like we have some hate baiter’s fishing in the ‘Cage: don’t take it!

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Dean21 – what’s up my man? Oh, can’t wait for the tix in the mail so I can pop a brew and celebrate one of the best investments I’ve made in my life. I believe my section is 316, but I’m not sure. The House CEO and I got in on the good deals two years ago when they were making a big push to sell them. I love my seats: great view, Home side, and very reasonably priced. There are plenty of haters out there who would love to see us fail to make up for their own insecurities and issues with their own team. I don’t really want to see hardly any teams do terrible except for the Cowboys. Even though we have earned respect with the NFL Media, there are many fans who don’t want to believe that we could turn it around as quick as we have. 0-3, huh? That guy’s your friend? JK.

Ken Strick – good point about time of year. If we could go up there a steal one from the “Golden Boys” then we might have to start talking about the “process” as in NOW!

falcon21 – yeah, been to some Rome Braves games. Tons of fun, especially on two for tuesdays. I would be shocked if BFinn doesn’t make the squad. I think he is entrenched at #4 WR, with the #5 & #6 spots wide-open. I have a sneaking suspicion that we keep 5 RB’s and 5 WR’s instead of 4 RB’s and 6 WR’s like we did last year. Rather have TBrown & Snelling than say Kelly AND Weems on our active roster.

Alright Gents, a little work and will return with my 49ers OFF vs Falcons DEF prediction/analysis and Roster Spot Analysis – TE#3 a little later. And it looks like we have some hate baiter’s fishing in the ‘Cage: don’t take it!

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Attempt #6 – its amazing how some posts get through with ACTUAL curse words and ones like mine that have ZERO curse words or profanity get eaten. Wonderful.

Dean21 – what’s up my man? Oh, can’t wait for the tix in the mail so I can pop a brew and celebrate one of the best investments I’ve made in my life. I believe my section is 316, but I’m not sure. The House CEO and I got in on the good deals two years ago when they were making a big push to sell them. I love my seats: great view, Home side, and very reasonably priced. There are plenty of haters out there who would love to see us fail to make up for their own insecurities and issues with their own team. I don’t really want to see hardly any teams do terrible except for the Cowboys. Even though we have earned respect with the NFL Media, there are many fans who don’t want to believe that we could turn it around as quick as we have. 0-3, huh? That guy’s your friend? JK.

Ken Strick – good point about time of year. If we could go up there a steal one from the “Golden Boys” then we might have to start talking about the “process” as in NOW!

falcon21 – yeah, been to some Rome Braves games. Tons of fun, especially on two for tuesdays. I would be shocked if BFinn doesn’t make the squad. I think he is entrenched at #4 WR, with the #5 & #6 spots wide-open. I have a sneaking suspicion that we keep 5 RB’s and 5 WR’s instead of 4 RB’s and 6 WR’s like we did last year. Rather have TBrown & Snelling than say Kelly AND Weems on our active roster.

Alright Gents, a little work and will return with my 49ers OFF vs Falcons DEF prediction/analysis and Roster Spot Analysis – TE#3 a little later. And it looks like we have some hate baiter’s fishing in the ‘Cage: don’t take it!

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Good Morning Birdeys !, reading DOL’s blog and the constant informed positive participants has become a regular activity here …how refreshing to find a genuine source of good timely info, positive discussion and analysis develop here over the last 6 months or so.

Wanted to add to the endorsement of exciting expectations for the Bird’s defense this coming season. When BVG was at UGA, he blew up many’a play sending hot blitzes at unexpected times, he kept offenses guessing where the next point of attack might come from, and then sometimes played coverage/take-away when blitz was expected. He rattled many offenses, kept them off-balance. Adjustments made at halftime were very…very… effective. It’s gonna be fun to see the Falcon’s defense become a wreckin ball force under Coach Smith and Coach Van Gorder. INTENSE is the best word i know to sum up how BVG gets his defense to play. And this is only the second season, and the first where defensive talent acquisition was priority. Caint wait !!!

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Dean21 – what’s up my man? Oh, can’t wait for the tix in the mail so I can pop a brew and celebrate one of the best investments I’ve made in my life. I believe my section is 316, but I’m not sure. The House CEO and I got in on the good deals two years ago when they were making a big push to sell them. I love my seats: great view, Home side, and very reasonably priced. There are plenty of haters out there who would love to see us fail to make up for their own insecurities and issues with their own team. I don’t really want to see hardly any teams do terrible except for the Cowboys. Even though we have earned respect with the NFL Media, there are many fans who don’t want to believe that we could turn it around as quick as we have. 0-3, huh? That guy’s your friend? JK.

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Ken Strick – good point about time of year. If we could go up there a steal one from the “Golden Boys” then we might have to start talking about the “process” as in NOW!

falcon21 – yeah, been to some Rome Braves games. Tons of fun, especially on two for tuesdays. I would be shocked if BFinn doesn’t make the squad. I think he is entrenched at #4 WR, with the #5 & #6 spots wide-open. I have a sneaking suspicion that we keep 5 RB’s and 5 WR’s instead of 4 RB’s and 6 WR’s like we did last year. Rather have TBrown & Snelling than say Kelly AND Weems on our active roster.

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falcon21 – yeah, been to some Rome Braves games. Tons of fun, especially on two for tuesdays. I would be shocked if BFinn doesn’t make the squad. I think he is entrenched at #4 WR, with the #5 & #6 spots wide-open. I have a sneaking suspicion that we keep 5 RB’s and 5 WR’s instead of 4 RB’s and 6 WR’s like we did last year. Rather have TBrown & Snelling than say Kelly AND Weems on our active roster.

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