Comments on: What if the Falcons had hired Singletary?

By: JewellNelson

JewellNelson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:01:05 +0000

We dont need Mike Singletary and we dont need Mike Vick. We have Mike Smith who is a great head coach. Even though Smith is in his second season, the Falcons play outstanding, steller football and have gotten the attention of the national media with their rousing vick-less victory over the Bears last night.

By: RB

RB — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:02:47 +0000

Mike, Ledbetter is not the moron, you are! The man gets PAID to stir the pot and get intelligent thinkers as well as boneheads (see Mike’s comments) to write in. You have proven his subject has merit.

By: RB

RB — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:56:06 +0000

Had the Falcons chose Singletary the first draft choice would have been Dorsey (who would have been better under Singletary). The second choice would have been Flaco ( who will prove to be better than Ryan). The falcons would when a championship faster with Singletary than with the current regime. Despite all this the Falcons will be fine.

By: dawes

dawes — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:53:39 +0000

i why would you want singletary when you coach smith singletary who

By: collegedude

collegedude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:39:24 +0000

We couldn’t have hired Singletary instead of Pigtrina. He would have MADE Vick show up for meetings, practices, workouts, film study, and all other team functions. He would have also MADE Vick put forth an effort to improve his game. Therefore, Mr. Blank had no choice but to avoid Coach Singletary because he couldn’t risk his big investment getting upset at having to earn his money, and then quitting on the coach & team like he did with Coach Reeves. Thankfully Vick’s stupidity caught up with him and we only had to suffer less than a year with the over-matched college coach & we could get the team turned around with TD & Coach Smith.

And why does it feel like you’re holding the race card and acting like you’re going to play it 2 or 3 times before deciding to put it back in your hand during this blog?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:54:28 +0000

…umm, why? I do not give a crap about Singletary.

Mike Smith is the man!! This article is over a year too late…sorry Leadbetter

Singletary is a great coach, but seriously…why are we writing this?

By: D. Orlando Ledbetter

D. Orlando Ledbetter — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:59:00 +0000

http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-falcons/falcons-to-workout-three-155713.html

Can any of these guys help? Are Falcons worried about run defense or pass rush.

Falcons to workout three defensive linemen
By D. Orlando Ledbetter

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

FLOWERY BRANCH — The Falcons are set to give tryouts to three defensive linemen on Tuesday, the team confirmed.

Antwan Lake, Orpheus Roye and Paul Spicer set to visit and workout.
Lake, 30, is a former Falcon. He has played 79 games in the league including 12 starts. He played 29 games for the Falcons, with four starts in 2004 and 2005.

Oprheus Roye, 36, has played for Pittsburgh and Cleveland since 1996. He’s played defensive end and tackle. He has 180 games and 128 starts in the league.

Spicer, 34, played for Falcons head coach Mike Smith in Jacksonville. He also played for Detroit. He has 28.5 career sacks.

By: vafalconfan

vafalconfan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:48:06 +0000

Petrino was hired to save vick’s career and nothing more.Vick was in a downward spiral the last 2 seasons as teams had figured out how to tame the “wildcat” and he was asked to learn to throw a pro style pass. He’s still trying to learn that skill, but he’s someone else’s problem now and we have the best front office staff in our miserable history. Our future’s so bright we need to wear shades!

By: Origional Fan

Origional Fan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:10:19 +0000

Emmet Thomas turned down the HC job. Try another one bigot.

By: Ed-Covington

Ed-Covington — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:13:22 +0000

If, as some have stated, TD did not expect any immediate help from this year’s draft; he was mistaken in doing so. With the possible exception of Jerry, who had an injury history at Ole Miss, I see no potential starters from this draft. Middleton is already gone; Moore is hurt (AGAIN! he also had injury problems at Mizzou); Owens is not even a nickle back. The “steal of the draft”, Sidbury, plays little even though we need an improved pass rush desperately. One could legitimately say that TD missed on Jerry, Owens, Moore, Middleton and Sidbury.(the lower picks are what they are: subs & ST players.) They may start contributing later or even next year; but I see no one there that TD could have really thought was going to replace any of the 5 starters lost to the defense. Luckily Jax cut Brian Williams and we signed MP; if not for them this defense would be awful.