Vick latest Ex-Falcon to make life miserable for franchise

FIRST?????!!! Beginning to believe this franchise is cursed?

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By the way, Minnesota is playing with 3 O-linemen missing… No more excuses…

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DLed, surprised you didn’t report on Vick’s side trip before the game. Apparently he went to Athens and borrowed a hobnail boot from Larry Munson.

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Falcons rolled over today. Very EMBARRASSING lost.

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How low on the food chain are you when your hero is a sociopath?

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so Vick has bumped Tiger off the front page as the fallen millionaire athlete of the day? so maybe there’s hope for Tiger. We want Tiger. We want Tiger. C’mon man. This is called reality sports.

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I would have to say this is the worst loss by mike smiths team since he has been here. smitty u better get it turned around quick the saints are next. i hope we can @ least keep it close. today we got our offical beat down. this loss makes me sick. owens did look like he has a upside. babs and lofton should only be the ones paid this week. everyone else must have called in sick because nobody else showed up.

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You know, looking at the biggest weaknesses from a football standpoint and leaving Vick out of it for a moment: I think the loss of Jenkins was (I’m as surprised as anyone to say this since he hasn’t been as sure handed this year) HUGE. I don’t think Booker, Finneran, or Weems were adequate replacements, as they were utilized today anyway. If you take out White and Gonzalez, where can Redman go? Remember, he threw a lot to Jenkins last week to free up the other guys. Also, the back-ups on O-line not up to the play of the starters obviously. How did Sidbury get his first start today without any fanfare? And his first NFL start, he got more sacks than the whole defense!!?? The biggest question on defense is why other players were not brought in more readily when starters went down? We started the year as being very thin on defense as it was and forcing 2nd and 3rd stringers into starting roles has not worked this season. We all may need to keep our eyes closed next week.

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ok blank, time to put the foot down. i know td trying to win with less money
but look we need some playmakers. pull out the checkbook next year, because
this one might as well is in the books. spend some money and get us some help
big time teams take big time players. and you have to pay to play in the big game.
big time free agent help. the draft is for the future. we need the now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This franchise is so dead, dont even have a decent fan base

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How come we never hear anyone talking about what a great football mind Thomas Dimtroff is anymor? I can tell you why because he is a stiff just like the rest of the Falcons front office personel. Look at that defense and tell me how anyone thought this team could be competitive this year.

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Hey TCCB@10:03 pm, I couldn’t have said it better!!!

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Hey Tyger@10:25 pm, Great post!!!

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Way to go Vick!! I aint got nothing but love for you. Your future is truly bright.

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If Vick was white no one would care.

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All the thugs showed up for Vick today.

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Yeah, definitely noticed the “racial” divide with the cheering for Vick. Only people that have family who are ex-convicts can relate and cheer for a man like Vick that not only murdered innocent animals, but destroyed an organization which people followed and invested a lot of time and money. Only idiots can cheer for a man like that.

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“We Want Vick, We Want Vick”

LMAO!!!!!!!!!! This town is Loserville and it always will be. Vick did the best he could with this snakebitten franchise.

There had to be more than 50,000 Vick jerseys at the game,lol……hardly any #2’s,lol

I told you people that Vick would shine again. He will continue to do it. i knew this would be his breakout game….i’ve been saying it on here for the last 2 weeks.

“The Great Mike Vick Has Returned”

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Man o Man….if we could just turn back the clock and never have drafted Vick this city and franchise would be so much better off. The racial divide in this city has been highlighted this week with the return of MV7 and the mayor’s race voting….its Atlanta…we’ll just have to live with it.

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Arthur-please do the right thing go and get Vick back in a Falcons uniform-They looked like clowns today with Redmond as the QB-they were so predictable, so out of place, so slow and soooooooooo sorry and soooooooooooooooooo piteful-the league should fine you and your organization for impersonation as an NFL team. That is what you wanted since you listen to some bonehead to let Vick go.

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Yes-I still remember that infamous victory lap that Jeff George did back in ‘97 after beating the Falcons as a Raider. What was funnier was that evening on ESPN, one of the commentators, in response to George’s lap, wondered why a quarterback with a 36% winning percentage as a starting QB (George) would take a victory lap in any dome.

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Next Sunday, the Georgia Dome should be nicknamed “Superdome East” with all of the Gold and Black from the Saints fans that will be all over the stands.

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It looks like 7 is making the best of his 7th chance so I’m happy for him. I think he’s matured so good luck to him. My issue is not with him. It’s with how awful a sports town this is. It’s just garbage. We have bad teams and people who glom on to 1 or 2 stars every 25 years.

This is an area of 9 million people that acts like a minor league baseball town. Atlanta is a freaking dump of a city.

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I disaGREE with those who have written comments complaining about the fans. The fans were loyal to the Falcons and their quarterback Mike Vick. Now that Vick is no longer a Falcon, many fans still remember the joy and excitement that he once brought. I was hoping that the Falcons would win, but that Vick would have a good game. Unfortunately, Vick came with his game face and the Falcons didn’t. When I gave up my Falcons season tickets, they were close to $100 bucks a game. When you pay that kind of money for even one game, you can cheer whomever the heck you wish.

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@Capt Kirk: Great post.

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To the writer who says he moved to Az. to get away from Atlanta’s “homies”…we wish you well and hope that you fare better with your biased beliefs. While you are there, do what you obviously didn’t do while living in Georgia: Try Jesus.

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I knew Blank should have got a restraining order against Vick. Not that it would have mattered…

Hey DOL, did you finally ban “Choke” Troll, or you think he’s still trying to get on the Philly bus?

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Crabapplejoe: When I was a teen here in Atlanta, I had to drink from a “colored only” water fountain….it WAS NOT that long ago. Mike Vick did NOT start a racial divide in Atlanta. It was here before he was born. However, I don’t think there is anything “racial” about fan support for Vick….many whites cheered him and many blacks left the stadium early. Of coures many more blacks believe that Vick’s sentence was unjust. That’s because there are so many other politicians, entertainers, and sports stars who have done worst things ( to human beings–not dogs)and didn’t receive the punishment that MV has endured. Next week the Saints will come to the dome and they will come enmasse. Falcon fans will attempt to cheer the Falcons on….and life will go on for those who aren’t concerned about jobs, shelter, and putting food on the table. After all football is just a game!

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Its finally over. The whole MV experience has come full circle. Its amazing how Falcon fans should somehow feel bad for something that was never in our control. “Fans” who love a single player more than a team were never really fans anyway. What did you want the Falcons organization to do? Wait? Accept the debacle as it was and welcome back with open arms?

Congrats on a 5 yard TD run and a 5 yard TD pass when the score was 27-0. Do I get credit if my team runs to the inner red-zone and let my 8 month old crawl across? What a joke.

True Falcons fans hang in there. It’s a tough going right now and we’ll make it through. We’re on the right path and we’ll get there as a franchise. The Saints were 8-8 last year with same team. GO FALCONS!!!!!!!

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THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I PICTURED WHEN WE LET 5 DEFENSIVE STARTERS GO AND DIDN’T GET ANY TOP TALENT IN THE DB OR DLINE VET POOL.

I THOUGHT OUR DEFENSE WOULD AT LEAST HIT VICK HARD ENOUGH TO KNOCK A SNOT BUBBLE OUT THRU HIS EARHOLE. GUESS THEY DIDN’T HEAR WE WERE PLAYING AT HOME.

DEAR SAINTS, PLEASE BE GENTLE. MY BACKSIDE STILL HURTS MIGHTY BAD. DOES OUR SCOREBOARD EVEN HAVE THE DIGITS TO GO TO 100?

WIN OUT V. JETS, BILLS, BUCS? THAT WOULD BE SWELL, BUT WOULD INVOLVE MAKING BIG PLAYS FOR 12 STRAIGHT QUARTERS.

WAKE ME UP WHEN IT’S OVER. OH, IT’S OVER ALREADY? I WILL PICK UP MY HOPES AND PASTE THEM BACK TOGETHER ANYWAY.

IF WE’RE GOING TO FANTASIZE ABOUT BRINGING SOMEONE BACK WHO’S UNDER CONTRACT, CAN IT BE BIG OL’ GRADY JACKSON TO SIT ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE?

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Hey Joe…

thanks for the hi five..Look to you and folks who read this….I m not a bigot..In college I had black roomates 2 yrs n white ones the other 2 and the black guys where far n away better men and didnt play those country club white boy elitist games they learned at home.

Im here in AR..but I still LOVE Atlanta..I lived there in : Decatur, College PK, Nothlake, Conyers & Lawrenceville for 32 yrs..all my adult kids were BORN there… I told my wife tonite after the game..Look we’re Here in AR but Atlanta is was and forever will be..my HOME!!! I was there from the beginning of its ascendeancy into an international city..ther city too busy to hate and watched..while the developers, the money men and the race baiters turned a dream into a messed up, gridlocked, foreclosed, subprime mortgage nightmare… I was not BS in about my burgeoning 3rd world digs…owners moved on, renters in,..5 cars on the lawn drug dealers..I had to be armed in my own subdivision…and always , nearly always. the people who caused all the problems were those who embraced the MV hip hop lifestyle…not the smooth jazz educated urbanites with whom I laughed n flourished, but the types of people who thought that MV had done “Nuthin” wrong..and made personal choices and lived their lives as he did….. blaring their noise at all hours of the night and even refusing to change their behavior after numerous visits from the heat….Thats my last memory of my digs there, one problem after another….in a subprime neighborhood goin downhill.. My fault, I should’ve moved when the issues began, but I thought wed tough it out..so when the 1st opportunity for a gig elsewhere developed…I told my wife” We’re outta here” and went… The Lville cops were probably happy to see me go…as our 24/7/365 all nite barkin dog subdiv, as others adjacent to us, had become a joke to decent folks of all races who wed met in neighborhood associations…..

We’re here..but Id rather be back w you in MY Town Atlanta…my home..MV was the poster boy for bad behavior and bad personal choices..hence the legions who defended him..people whose actions are continually rude and disrespectful of others rights to enjoy their homes n property in peace n quiet

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Hey Dee,

hers what I mean..biased beliefs??? AR is not Arizona..its Arkansas…

Is it biased or fact to indicate that:

The city was fined by the EPA millions of $$$ with regard to aging infrastucture>>

This couldve been fixed in 1977,,if the race conscoius political cronies runnin city hall wouldve dug the trench thru East Point, connected it to a proposed plant. and channeled the sewer overflows propely..instead of this environmental racism BS….

so race based POOR business decisions forced Shirley Franklin to address the issue after years of millioin $$$ fines.. and the solution was (drum roll)

having to dig under BUCKhead some od Americas most expensive real estate to build a ssytem for big $$$ now.. areally poor business decsion with taxpayers money..but Oh

we’ll just tax the hell out of N Fulton..

I was there..I saw the cronyism and race based decsions which emerged from successive administrations in city hall.. I dealt with the mayors people who were quick to take issue w me if I didnt genuflest to them apppropirately

Biased????? I’d check your facts first…..One can NEVER EVER criticize the behavior with out being called biased…..

Its the BEHAVIOR Dee Dee…Not the race!!! get it?????

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I KEEP HEARING PEOPLE SAY THAT MIKE VICK DID THIS AND DID THAT BLAH BLAH BLAH .. NO WHAT HE DID WAS COME BACK AND BUST THAT AZZ… AND IF THERE WERE ANY REAL FALCON FANS THEY WOULD HAVE OUT NUMBERED THE VICK SUPPORTERS. I WAS GLAD TO SEE VICK COME BACK AND RAM IT DOWN THE FALCONS THROAT..LIKE THE GREAT 2PAC ONCE SAID REVENGE IS THE SWEETEST JOY NEXT TO GETTIN PU$$Y!! CHOKE ON THE I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AUTHER BLANKED 34-0

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By the way, a lot is going to be made of Ryan, Turner, and Jenkins being out, but the injured offensive lineman made the biggest difference in my opinion. Every mistake Redman made was caused by pressure from the Eagles’ front four. The Falcons’ O-line was completely overmatched the entire game, and if they had been able to keep Redman on his feet and open some holes for Snelling and Norwood (especially near the goal line) this game would have probably been very different.

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Being a true Atlanta fan since their inception in 1966……..I AM GLAD THEY LOST TODAY……..no better for the franchise. Get some balls and make some decisions in the front office….PEACE

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I have read everyones blogs and I can say that I am Black American in Iraq from the Southwest Side of ATLANTA. I’ve been a Falcon since 1978 or so. Bubba Bean was the man and Steve Bartkowski was our QB. I had never witnessed the excitment we had when Vick was the face of the franchise. Matty Ice is pretty good but the truth is he does not create the same excitement. What is done is done and we have to move forward. Our defense is simply too bad to think about a winning season. MB, Foxworthy, and Grady Jackson. We need all of those players. We need better people on defense. Why haven’t we picked up Chris Mc or Ty Law. They are still more than serviceable and they could’ve helped young guys Owens, Grimes and other. You get what you pay for. Vick has nothing to do with Mayoral election, so why bring it on her. Sports and like someone said it is a game.
GO DIRTY BIRDS!!!!

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Allen Iverson didn’t win sh-t as a Philadelphia 76er, skipped out on fan appreciation events, had poor practice habits, had plenty of off-court trouble, and eventually whined his way out of Philadelphia. But while he was a 76er, he provided Philly fans with great play after great play, gave 110% on the court, put mediocre teams on his back every year and made them competitive single-handedly. Needless to say, he still receives standing ovations every time he returns to Philly, and the 76ers’ ticket sales have spiked considerably since they signed him last week.

Vick’s relationship with Atlanta and the Falcons is not very different, and it’s no surprise that he was given a warm reception by many of us. He deserved it, and he would have gotten the same in any other city.

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Vick and his teammates played a flawless game. They were great!!!

The fans had the right to cheer for whomever that wished …..after all they purchased their tickets.

I hope Vick always remember: WHAT IS FOR YOU IS FOR YOU” AND “IT AIN’T OVER TIL GOD SAYS IT’S OVER” I wish him much sucess and God’s blessings.

The racist part of anything related to Vick is tht fact that he went to prison for something that White’s have been doing for years and are still doing and have never spent a day in jail or ever gone to prison for doing.so. Let’s not talk about the many Blacks that have been murdered or abused at the hands of Whites who have never been procecuted or charged. But I SUPPOSE BLACKS ARE STILL NOT CONSIDERED HUMAN. But less be honest about the Vick matter- the aim was to “BREAK” him financially, kill his spirit, and de-humanized…. Black’s don’t deserve to have wealth… they are not deserving of such Although he has served the time given …that is still not enough for the righteous people who think they were placed on earth to controll and tell everyone else how to live and what to do.

GOD IS THE SUPREME BEING AND WE ARE ALL THE SAME IN HIS SIGHT-HIS CHILDREN.

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Dear Saints, Please , Please call me—all I want is to be on a Winning team, and to win a SuperBowl.

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Atlanta fans are an embarrassement to the city and the Falcons. All the signs for loving MV was a disgrace. Mr. Blank should find a place well outside the city of Atlanta and build a new stadium and the team should be come the Georgia Falcons. Andy Reed and the Eagles are a classless bunch and hopefully they will get theirs real soon. MV is the 3rd string QB on this team but Reed chose to rub the Falcons nose in the Vick past. I hope CMS and TD remember this and put a good ass whopping on them the next time. The classless fans that were in the dome Sunday deserve nothing more than they are getting. There is not a curse on the football team but a lack of support by the fans. Yes, it is a race issue because you could tell that by who was holding the “We love Vick signs.” Mr. Blank, please move this team out of the trashy slums of city full of hate.

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Olivia, religion has nothing to do with football. Get a life. Only in Atlanta would a low class felon be held with such admiration. I suppose that is why Atlanta leads the nation in killings, muggings, and rapes. The majority of Atantans are on the same level as MV. Their hero and roll model.

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As to football, someone said the Vikings were short 3 offensive lineman last night and no excuses. You are right and they lost 30-17. Loosing key players makes a difference but most of you are not football smart, just idiots. The Falcons, I will never use Atlanta in their name again, are still building and do not have the depth needed to overcome injuries.

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The racial divide has always been here, Micheal Vick didn’t start it. Nothing much has changed from the 60’s, same people protested civil rights are still hanging around, if not them, their kids are…I’m not a Vick fan per se, but my faith teaches me to forgive and let live. If HE forgave my sins, who am I to judge Vick?

When Vick was here he was made the scapgoat for everything that the Falcons failed to do, now we see that the offensive line is horrible, but no one noticed until they put in a stationary quarterback. The receiver couldn’t catch when Vick was here, now everyone is complaining White and Jenkins are average at best. I believe the Falcons has plenty to worry about besides Vick, they’re just not a good team. Last years soft schedule made most think Atlanta was turning the corner, but this year things are back to normal. Ryan just doesn’t have the IT factor, like a Drew Brees, he’s average at best. A running back like Micheal Turner bruising style of running only last so long in the NFL, he will continue to be hurt. The defense has so many holes I don’t know where to start.

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First time writer…..Nobody was a bigger Vick fan/supporter than myself but the last time I looked he plays for “the other team”. As a kid playing sports I was told that winning was not the only thing and that “how you play the game” was the most important thing. Funny, I only remember hearing those comments after a lose. I’m not a kid anymore and I support player salaries by buying Falcon stuff but I have a problem with the “we want Vick ” chants. OUR team is suppose to beat their team, point blank. I am glad Vick is getting a second chance and I hope he does well but if you were a chanter at the game or in your living room you may as well change over to the OTHER team. True Falcon fans want the Falcons to win NOT opposing individuals. Put that in your pipe and smoke it chanters and put your jerseys on ebay because die hard loyal fans only support one team, my team, the FALCONS.

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The Falcons need to sign Jeff Garcia and try to get Nine Wins.

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If you look at our losses this year they are to some of the best teams in the NFL. With the exception of Carolina those were some tough teams. We played the Saints and Giants down to the wire. We won the games we were supposed to win. I still like our chances of going 8-8 or even 9-7 this year. Not spectacular but it gives us a chance to rebuild.

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The media coverage on ESPN on Vick is embarassing. He is made to be the victim so with his TDs it’s a feel good story. Hugs all around. FOLKS! He completely sold out the franchise that gave him the world on a platter. He spit in our face! And now he’s the “nice guy getting a second chance” — it is sickening. The media loves this and he is getting ready to be picked up by another team next year. The Falcons will face him again.

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Calvin G. Sims Sr., DITTO on your 9:45 pm Post about the BIRDS…me TOO!!

However, it was also good to see MIKE exorcise some ghost. He is not the first person or athlete to make at mistake…if you didn’t see or hear the humility in this man…then too bad for you…cuz people can change.

THE BIRDS WILL REBOUND…AND BEAT THEM SAINTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

I am rolling Calvin…I CALLING A WIN for next Sunday.

GO FALCON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bullish sees the impact this city’s fan base has on its own football team. All this talk about the front office needing to make adjustments here and there is all wasted breath! Not ONE person would want to play for the Falcons when its own home crowd cheers for THE OTHER team.

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Ivan, I guarantee you if the Falcons gave something for the home fans to cheer about, there would be no cheers for the OTHER team.

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Don’t hate fans cheering Vick, when it’s the Falcons defense responsibility to prevent such events.

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The MR poster,i bet you would’nt say that in olivia’s face? You sound like a insecure punk who hide behind a key board and post hatred.Your choice of words sounds very punkish.

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The MR poster,your new log in name on this blog should be changed to tweety sweety.You got sugar in your tank dude.

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I am ashamed at the way the fans rallied around the opposing team. Yes you were rallying for the OPPOSING team. Vick DOES NOT PLAY for the Falcons, he plays for the Eagles. If you want to support Michael Vick do it before or after the game. But while the game is being played you SUPPORT your HOME team. What a bunch of losers.

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Enz poster,plain ol hateraid.So whats your point? dughhhhhhhh!!!!

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J-bro poster,people can cheer for who the blank they want to once they pay there money.Your statement sounds stupid,”stole from us”.stole from us? are you kidding me.Hatred posts anything.

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Bird Watcher, I’m a true fan. I saw the TD with 0:00 left on the clock, better than over 75% of the people that were there at kickoff. He questioned our fan base in the fourth quarter and I’m smart enough to realize there were 10 Eagles / Falcons Eagels fans to 1 of me still left. Not a great time to smack back.

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So much prejudice on these blogs, why bother this with a response if you can’t talk about the sport. This is a sports blog, please talk sports. Keep your opinions to yourself, that is unless you know you will be definitly sitting next to the KING in your afterlife, MR AND MRS I’VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

The Falcons got beat by a better team, that’s the bottom-line.

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Oops. I know how to spell “definitely,” I was just typing fast sorry.

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Bird Watcher, couldn’t agree more about the front office. Both Mike Mackenzie and Chris McAlister were available for us. Both were considered washed up. We didn’t take a chance. Now they are playing for the Saints. Mackenzie even had a pick against Brady in that rout.

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Bullish – You are spot on about Mackenzie and McAlister. That was just pure arrogance to leave them on the open market when that is your most glaring need. I’m sorry – you can’t build from the draft without good veteran leadership in place to teach. Do you think Chris Houston can teach Christopher Owens how to play corner? How about Grimes? McAlister and Mackenzie would have been excellent fill gaps and also good teachers for our young corners.

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How ’bout those Saints huh guys?! Wow! The Saints are a team of destiny, if there ever was one. Geaux Saints!!

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I have been a season ticket holder for 6 yrs now, and this is my last! I am from Kansas city and I will tell you, if you came to arrowhead during the playoff days of the Chiefs and cheered for the other team, you wouldn’t make it out of arrowhead alive! I would say if this was Philly same thing. I guess I really am not a true falcon fan, watching from home seems a lot better than the thug dome!

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I humbly request that censors permit this post despite its length. Thank you.

This is difficult to type. I am speaking as a fan who has been a Falcon supporter since the birth of the team in the 1960s. All that ended over the weekend. I suffered in silence as Keith Brooking gloated during a Cowboy victory in Texas. It hurt but at least the Falcons competed. That was not the case Sunday at the Georgia Dome. Excuses be damned. There are no excuses for that giveup job. Some folks will say it is just a game. In this instance I disagree. This was a citywide disgrace. Falcon defenders should have been out of their minds when Mike Sick took the field. What was the response? Falcons stepped aside as he walked uncontested into end zone. Unacceptable. Falcon secondary looked the other way on his short touchdown pass. Unacceptable. Over the decades I have only despised and wished doom on several Falcons. Three quarterbacks come to mind. One of which was in the Georgia Dome recently. I can honestly say I truly hate every player/coach on present Falcon roster with the exception of Tony Gonzalez who works his butt off every play. Sorry you wound up with these quitters Tony. Just take the money and grit mouth guard tightly. A spot awaits you in Hall of Fame. I see injury prone Matt Ryan as a one season wonder with no instestional fortitude (guts). Allowing a toe bruise to keep him on sidelines. Matthew Stafford competes for his team with much more serious afflictions. Maybe the overrated Falcon QB and Thrasher waste Kari Lehtonen should tank their present seasons as a team. Both appear worthless. All I hear from apologists is wait till next year wait till next year. Listen people. I am over half a century old with a weak heart. That was fine when I was in my 20s but not now. Time is of essence for me and others like myself who have suffered with these losers since day one. Defeats are part of sports. Quitting is not. The Falcons quit against Philadelphia. That was painfully obvious to everyone with eyes to see. In the one game for which I would not sugar coat or forgive another defeat. Falcon wins used to bring me great joy. No longer. The Falcons quit on me. I have quit on them. Many will scoff and say good riddance. No problem. As a sportswriter for many decades I have an extremely thick skin. Many will call me a fair weather fan. That is not true. The decision I made was difficult due to my former adoration of team. I now wish nothing but doom and failure on this uncaring franchise. Southern teams like the Saints and Dolphins now have my support. They are now my official state teams. The Falcons are dead to me. Just as they are officially dead to the rest of NFL. Continued success Tony Gonzalez. God bless you. ++STENDEC++

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Bird,

The Falcons were playing bad. No doubt. But, fans usually give negative feed back by booing the team, not cheering for the other one. And yes, there’s a huge difference. The dome is supposed to be loud when the other teams offense is on the field. The fans are supposed to be the 12th man. The other teams offense is supposed to struggle calling audibles and plays in the huddle. Instead, when the Eagles were first came out of the gate, the “Falcons fans” started cheering them.

So, how would you react were you a Falcons player out there on your own home turf with the “fans” cheering for the other team before kickoff?

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Ivan,

I hear what your’e saying, but that’s when you steal your crowd back. Big time players make big plays in big games. You had fans in the stand who hadn’t been back since Vick left. They have no idea who is on the Falcons roster. Players should be professional, understand the situation, and make a name for themselves. I hate that Ryan couldn’t play because that was his opportunity to put a stamp on this franchise. I know things happen, but his injury was costly…hmm. now that I think about it, if this sophomore slump thing is true..it’s problably a blessing that he was hurt.

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Vick could have NEVER come into the game – and the Falcons were STILL embarassed!
Give Vick all the accolades you like,
but the Falcons were just flat our whipped! Vick would never have even had to come in to the game for that to happen.

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my bad for bringing GOD into this… because white folks do not GOD, they jesus as their GOD… SAD

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The Falcons seem to collapse in these big time media-hyped games. When they are DOOMED to fail, they fail: the Saints return to the Superdome after Katrina. Vick’s return. Monday night football (they have one of the worst records on MNF in the entire league). They get spooked, they don’t execute. Does anyone know why?

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If Chipper Jones signed with another team and came back here and hit a game winning home run, I am convinced he would have gotten the same reaction. This has much less to do with race than y’all think it does. In fact, I’d be willing to bet a lot of the people criticizing us for cheering Vick were the same ones giving Jeff Francoeur a standing ovation when he returned with the Mets this summer.

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A,

that post REALLY made sense..(eye roll)…….

Look I dont like dogs either..was biitten by one..Its just ludicrous..(no NOT LUDICRUS) to bank roll and participate in a dog fighting ring.. And to piss away the largest contract in the NFL in order to..POSSIBLY win abet of..on a good night (drum roll) maybe $2,000…..

Thay IMHO is the height of poor decision making, esp if you’re the face of Atlanta sports..all these kids in little guys who wanna be in the NFL…And to prattle over n over again abour Vick being ” VICTIMIZED by the establishment BECAUSE of his wealth on a big stage and NOT because of his bad behavior is really instructive with regard to the “critical thinking” of VICK suppoorters everywhere.

That his rise and fall occurred via factors other than his behavior and was jailed for things white folks do “routinely?????”….begs the issue..If white dog figthers were the face of a pro sports franchise, and became so public and in yo face about it,,with all the rules of conventional society for “other people” then I GUARANTEE you they be in jail too….
Vick was a SENSATIONAL talent in a city starved for it..and chose to flaunt numerous bad choices, in serial fashion, the bird fliups, the herpes issue, the water bottle airport piece….cmon

Its even more revealing about lotsa bad choices among lotsa Atlantans that these choices by him were OK like the lady in my neighborhood, whose dogs barked nonstop morning to night..It clearly violated the law..I told her about it and she replied “So if Im breakin the law..too bad..deal w it” and thats the exact same mentality of the Vick as victim crowd..

The poster who said..only in a place like ATlanta would thug behvior be considered Exemplary was spot on..

Yeah and it IS just a game for the poster who said that..but some behaviors, the inexplicable ones..explain why I had to leave the city I still and will always love…..

Ive been a Falcon fan since 1977 and yes the franchise has been serially inept..maybe its the water, and the Vick issue is just one more instance when front office serially inept people continue to act in a serially inept way…and have no clue about what they’re doin”

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…”Vick supporters”. Darn those typos.

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This was without question one of the most painful games to watch in the dome since the days of Jim Mora (and that was a painful era). We can point to the long list of injuries that has blanketed this Falcons team, but make no mistake, the real problem appears to be that the coaching staff has lost their way. This team simply plays without a sense of urgency! In fact, there was a time when you could count on hearing one of Mike Smith’s sound bites about “the team playing fast, or quick, or playing with urgency. We have not heard those words in some time. With the exception of the 49er’s game, we have consistently shown little to not tenacity in these games. We literally gave away games to the Patriots, Giants, and the Panthers; and almost gave one away to the Buccaneers at home. GOOD teams do not lose these types of games and especially in the manner in which we lost them. Contrary to popular belief that Altanta fans are not supportive, MOST simply want to see good football played in all three phases. In the end should we lose to a better team then so be it. But the lethargic, sleep walking manner we have been playing this year is a quick way to get fans leaving for the exit and turning off their televisions. Sickening loss!

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I am a Vick fan.

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I was born and raised in Georgia and I was cheering for Phila and Vick

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How far down on the food chain are you if your here is a sociopath?

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Man, there are some true morons in this city. I’m surprised they are even intelligent enough to use a computer and type. If you like Vick, great, support him all you want. But the idiots who think he deserved to stick it to the Falcons because “he got done wrong by them”…wow. How exactly did the Falcons do MV wrong?

Let’s see, Arthur Blank and the Falcons made MV the highest paid player in the league, stuck by him through him doing any number of dumb things..ie…the herpes, airport..etc. Then he gets caught for dogfighting and lies to Arthur Blank’s face.

So the Falcons did him wrong by not paying him millions of dollars to sit in jail after he made very stupid decisions and lied to them about it…wow…I feel really badly for him…he did get screwed. Ohh, and to the people that say this was all a conspiracy to break a rich black guy, I’m pretty sure the reason he doesn’t have money now is that he squandered it by being an idiot…the Falcons didn’t get any money back from him.

Some role model, the sad thing is some of you morons probably wish Donovan McNabb would get hurt so Vick could play more…McNabb also being a black guy that’s a hell of a lot better role model than Vick could ever hope to be.

So yeah, cheer for Vick if ya like, but please don’t show how incredibly stupid and ignorant you are by trying to make out that the Falcons did him wrong. Ohh, and btw, I’m a white guy that loved Vick when he played for the Falcons, but he doesn’t anymore and that’s totally HIS fault.

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MR IT’S ONLY FOOTBALL,IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP SETS YOUR LIFE.THERAPY IS AVAILABLE

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I agree MR please build a new stadium outside the city….. I guarantee the fan base will greatly improve…………

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Now now midnite..didn’t you know that the Falcons should have kept MV on the roster and kept paying him to sit in jail after he lied to them about his own stupid decisions…he got screwed by the man I tell ya…and the man forced him to stupidly squander all the money he made too!!

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That’s what a lot of these Vick-loving degenerates don’t understand….I was a fan of Vick while he was a Falcon……even stood by him through the Ron Mexico days..the airport incidents, etc….but I started to lose respect when he flipped off HIS OWN FANS…and then lost all of it when…after being paid an ungodly amount of money….he decided to be stupid…yet again…and engage in an illegal…and utterly disgusting activity. Sorry Vick…stupid is as stupid does…and you sir, are stupid.

Its not that I ever had anything against Vick…..until he gave me no choice but to dislike him. It has nothing to do with race or how he plays the position. And the fact that these tools in the stands on Sunday still support him…says tons about their priorities and standards.

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“Have you been hit in the head? You used to make sensible posts. I have lost any respect I had for you…cheering against the Falcons. Cheering for the enemy after he singlehandedly deep sixed this organization because of his immature, selfish, bad behavior. You have zero credibility yourself. Shameful you are.”

I hate to disappoint you, but I don’t post on any of these blogs to gain friends or respect or credibility. I post my opinion, and if people happen to agree with me, great. Like I said in my earlier post, I wish both teams had been healthy and this was a more competitive game. It gave me no pleasure to see the Falcons lose. Pulling for Vick and pulling for the Eagles are two entirely different things. It would have been completely possible for Vick to have a successful homecoming and the Falcons to pull off a victory at the same time if both teams had been healthy. As it was, the Falcons were decimated by injuries and were getting whipped in every aspect of the game even before Vick started making a significant impact.

If I misled you into giving me respect and credibility with my earlier posts, I sincerely apologize.

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Im a Vick Fan.

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Najeh,
It’s the NFL…you can’t have your cake and eat it too.

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Bird Watcher, you are right, I do not know anybody on the Falcons roster. Except for Matt Ryan and Rody White. I did not know Tony played until yesterday. I am going to watch them to see how the season play out.

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I’m an Atlanta Falcon fan and have been since Steve Bartkowski was playing and I know that he wasn’t a good quarterback, but when Michael Vick came to the team it was an eye opener and he was phenomenal and still is. When you’re blessed as Michael Vick is, no one can keep you down. God instilled that in him. This man has paid his price for his wrong doings and it is time to forgive and move on because he has. God has given each and everyone of us many chances after all the mistakes, sins and wrong doings that we have done in life. Who are we to judge? The haters for Michael Vick need to let it go and grow up. Life is too short for this pettiness. This was a great game and I enjoyed it to the end and I’m glad that Michael Vick still has it and he is still an exceptional quarterback. I support him and I will always love my number “7″ jersey where ever he goes. Let’s just face it, Michael Vick will always be loved here in Atlanta and I wish that he could have stayed here, but that’s another story about giving someone who did wrong a second chance. Michael Vick, keep the faith and continue to put God first as always and never give up because “It’s not over until God’s says it’s over. Be blessed and much success. Continue to be strong and my prayers are with you and your family.

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And Ben Hill…what on earth does the Bible have to do with Mike Vick and the Falcons…Mike Vick did wrong, paid for it, and now plays for another team…I fail to see how not pulling for him when he plays for another team is somehow un-Christian.

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To those who think Vick was a victim:

What is so ludicrous about that argument…that he was a victim of race…is that as a star in the NFL and a very rich man…he was a person of priviledge and power. The fact is most blacks and whites will never see the type of deference paid to MV. He had EVERYTHING. He had already escaped run ins with the law before the federal indictments.

This was a guy who had chances to change. He lied to his team, his fans, and federal investigators.
If he had simply told the truth in the beginning, he would have avoided all of this.
He wanted to protect the thuggish life he had built for himself.
Vick’s prison term was justified. Why? Because he plead to charges seeking a reduced sentence.
His “homies” sold him out. The evidence was overwhelmingly against him.
He CHOOSE to be in the situation he was in.
It was NOT ABOUT RACE.

As a powerful and rich star, he could have cicumvented all of it…had he cleaned up his act early enough. He could have avoided it had he just came clean when the investigation began.
Vick was treated as ALL atheletes of any stature are treated in this country.
He was given deference and opportunities that most blacks and whites, for that matter, never receive.
There was NO EXCUSE for what he did.
Race certainly isn’t an excuse.

Why do so many want to keep casting him as a poor victim?
Because they want to identify with powerful people.
Sadly, instead of standing up for what is right and good…they support a guy who hurt a lot of people in this city…blacks and whites.
They support someone whose behaivor put the Falcons and this city’s football fans into a financial hole that keeps us from improving the team.
Then they encourage him in his return to grab the knife he put in our collective backs and then twist it.

Shameful.

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Let’s be real for all the idiots. The ONLY reason Mike Vick isn’t still playing in this city for the Falcons is Mike Vick. The Falcons or “the man” didn’t force him to fight dogs…which whether you think is a bad thing or not is against the law. Noone forced him to lie to his bosses when the charges surfaced. Noone forced him to give most of his money to his buddies and bad financial advisors. Whether you think he got more of a sentence than his crime called for..he broke the law…and it was the federal government, not Arthur Blank or the Falcons that put him in jail.

I’d really like for any of the “Vick got screwed by the Falcons” people to tell me a job where they could lie to their boss and go to jail and keep it.

More facts, Vick did his time. Does that mean he deserves another chance…sure..if someone is willing to give it to him which the Eagles did. That sure as hell doesn’t mean that the same organization he lied to should or even could give him one. The old saying “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me” comes into play here. Arthur Blank didn’t make his billions giving second chances to people that lied to him..and nor should he or anyone else be expected to.

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BTW, I still love the Falcons…Hint,Hint…

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P.S. I’m NOT saying we need to get rid of ol’ “Run it 4 times into a wall when they stack 8 in the box on the goal line” Mularkey. I’m NOT saying we need to give ol’ Brian “They pick apart my defenses and college-esque gameplans” VanGorder. I’m JUST saying…..;)

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THE REDEMPTION OF MR.MICHAEL VICK!!!!!!!!

CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!!!

PHIL 34 – ATL -7
VICK SCORED 14-7=7

1)14-7=7
2)3+4= 7 =#7
3)ATL= 7

THE PROBLEM IS THE ATLANTA FALCONS NEED…. MICHAEL VICK #7.

YOU HAVE AN ATHLETE IN MIKE WHO THROWS LIKE JOHN ELWAY, WHO RUNS LIKE BARRY SANDERS, WHO IS AS FAST AS DEION SANDERS, AND WHO IS PLAYING THE QUARTERBACK POSITION. PEOPLE LOVE IT,ALL OVER THE WORLD, I LOVE IT!!!!!! MR.BLANK THINK!! AND THE DOME WILL SELLOUT AGAIN,AGAIN AN AGAIN.
YOU ARE A BUSINESS MAN…. HE’S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am not a thug. I am not an animal hater. However, for all of you Vick haters, you did look mighty whiter than me. Get over yourselves. If Vick had been funding an abortion clinic, you wouldn’t care. He was involved in killing “white” man’s best friend and you got ticked. Our Falcons had already lost the game when he showed up today. Quit hating on the man. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone!

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@ sad brother THE SAME PEOPLE THAT DID NOT CHEER FOR VICK CHEERED WHEN BLACK BODIES WERE HANGING FROM TREES!!!!! THE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN ARE SICK!!!!!!! AND I HAVE BEEN HERE ALL 45 YEARS OF MY LIFE THEY ARE REAL SICK!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am truly embarassed to have read some of these posts today. Football is a game loved by me and others but people its a game. The racial divide that has been exposed by MV7 has shown up here on the blog today and yesterday during the game. The racism in ATL did not start when we drafted MV7 it has been in Georgia for years…. It’s too bad a QB that no longer plays for this team could bring out so much emotion. I thought the United States was a country of forgiveness or does that not apply to people of color??? Everyone knows what MV7 did was wrong and the guy served a prison sentence because of it. MV7 has served the time handed down by our courts, now its time to let the guy rebuild his life. I’m sorry our team could not at least let him finish out his contract as a back-up but I can understand why not. MV7 is gone and I wish him the best and I’m sorry it had to climax against our team at home.
Matt Ryan is now our QB whether we like it or not. I just wish Ryan would have made some waves saying he was going to at least try and play with the turf-toe. Stafford played with the separated shoulder and had it re-injured during the next game but he tried to play. RB CJ Spiller from Clemson has had turf toe all year but played in an important game for his team (ACC Championship) and put up amazing numbers (233yds). This is one reason why people have not fully re-embraced the Falcons after the loss of MV7. Many of us do not believe Ryan does not bring the toughness & playmaking ability that Vick had shown while he was the QB in Atlanta. Good Job Vick!!!!! Falcons are already looking to next year, wow what a year!

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ORLANDO, PLEASE!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!! LET “CHOKE” IN . HE IS THE ONLY PESON THAT CAN HANDLE THIS MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Correction of Cedrick’s post: “many of us do not believe Matt Ryan is black enough”..b/c that’s obviously all that matters to most of the Vick fans.

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TCCB is the “Grand Poobah” of the Nation of Islam! Go back and read Captain Kirk’s post about why he left Atlanta. The thug strata of the black community wants to act like clowns and fools and make everyone around them uncomfortable…and then gets pi$$ed off when nobody wants to be around them. C’mon “Georgia Falcons” in a new and improved environment….are you listening Mr. Blank?

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Where in the hell are the Falcon players? SPEAK UP! Don’t you guys have any pride. Where are the team leaders? You guys put yourselves on the line for these fans 16 games plus exhibitions and training camp’s, and you have to listen to your fans, in your home, cheering and chanting for a dis-graced ex-Falcon score and make plays against you, beat you. Didn’t it make you feel sick to your stomach. Didn’t it make you feel unappreciated? Why don’t one of you or all of you call out these so-called Falcon fans for what they really are, the worst football fans in the land? And if Blank is smart he will take his millions and the Falcons to another city, any city, now.

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MV7 what duh heck iz dat! Sumptin’ like the “piggy” H1N1 hummer flu?
Dat proud white girl mus has dat fever toos!

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You know…..one second thought…..this will be the last blog I EVER post here. I am white, and I don’t have a single racist bone in my body. It’s amazing to me just how many black people….who are the one’s constantly screaming “racism”…..are so pointedly racist in their actions, thoughts, and words. The only reason that you people support Vick is that he is black. It doesn’t matter than he’s a felon, a liar, and an idiot….you support him just because he’s black. That’s the stupidest thing that I’ve ever heard. Newsflash….you never were a slave, you never had to sit at the back of the bus, you have a better opportunity to go to college than I did, and as a married white male, I am the most discriminated against class in the US. You people embarrass yourselves. I think the good Lord that I don’t have to live in your pathetic city and put up with this crap on a larger scale. YOU ALL EMBARRASS YOURSELVES. But of course…..you don’t see it. That makes you truly as ignorant as you sound on this blog.

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TN Lifelong Falcon Fan

December 7th, 2009
9:26 pm

Vick could have submitted to a trial of his peers. He didn’t. He pled guilty and ACCEPTED a sentence.

And another thing…any time you violate the law…you are at the mercy of a judge and sometimes, a jury when you get caught.
He violated the law.
He put himself in that position.
He put his fate in the hands of others.
He is not a victim.
He didn’t get shafted.
He got what he deserved.
He was given chance after chance to walk away from it…he didn’t.
He got what he deserved.

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TN Lifelong Falcon Fan

December 7th, 2009
9:36 pm

That was a great post.
I’m sick of the widely accepted myth that blacks cannot be considered racists.
There are systemic issues that have limited opportunity for blacks.
No question about it
Racial discrimination still happens.
However, this does not mean that blacks do not practice racial discrimination.
It does not give them a moral pass either.
The behavior of some blacks regarding Vick is immoral.
They act as if violating the law, in this case funding a barbaric, abusive and illegal act, is somehow ok because they don’t agree with the law.
They cry that Vick is a victim when in reality, he knew what he was doing and he signed off on a plea bargain to avoid trial by peers.
To hope he does well now in the NFL, I have no problem with that.
To say he was “shafted” or “racially victimized” is immoral.

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No comment about a previous player, but about a current player. Too bad Whiner Tony G. has not won a playoff game in K.C.. Too bad he won’t even get a chance to play in one this year. 50 year kc fan

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Choke, “Howd you Doin” ?!!

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@Only One Post: You need to get down on your knees and thank the good Lord that your ancestors were brought over here….otherwise you would be living in a mud hut in West Africa with rapes and killings going on all around you….oh wait…if you live in the city of Atlanta its not that different….LOL. But, really there are airplanes flying back to West Africa everyday…choose one…do you want to live in Liberia or Sierra Leone or Nigeria….pick one. ROTFLMAO

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Now wait a minute Crabapplejoe ! Don’t start that Sh!t !!! Oh, it’s already started, and as the Black Panthers once said, “They started it, and We are going to finish it up” !!!!!!!

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Okay, so Vick comes back and they set him up “real close” so he could make a couple of easy touchdowns. Philly was classless to even have him on the field. Can’t wait to see him when he has to carry the load. Just what the *** were the supposedly Atlanta fans doing cheering for Vick when our team had four starters out and needed fan support? No need to give that bunch of fans an IQ test!

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Wow, the racist are out in full force in this blog. Black, white…who gives a damn, this shouldn’t be about color, but that’s why the whole Vick argument has lingered. Idiots using it as smokescreen to express their true feelings. Whether you think Vick has been punished enough, as I do, or you think he should be continuously punished for his crime should not be based on his skin color, but rather on your own personal and moral beliefs. How about this? All the racist whites go back to England, Ireland, Russia or wherever the hell you come from, all the racist blacks head back to Africa and let the the people with common sense and human decency make America a better place. Go Falcons!!!

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I said only one post, I promise this is it. Confused why do you assume that something was given to me because I am black. I did receive any loans, grants or anything. I worked hard to get where I am, I remember days I worked 18+ hours, maybe some blacks received these gifts that you speak of, I don’t know, but I promise not me. In life success is truly not about your skin color, it is about the person inside of the skin. If you belive that you cannot get help, then guest what you want. It has nothing to do with you being white, I have plenty white friends that I have witnessed receive loans and grants to start business or go to school. Nothing is given to anyone, successful people don’t make excuses about what they don’t get nor do they look for handouts…we give them. Dale Carnegie once said “if you believe you can acheive”. I wish you success on putting your son through college. Have to go, wife really upset.

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So Falcon OG…what exactly is it that the Falcons “deserve” and why do they deserve it? B/c they cut a guy that they paid millions of dollars to when he went to prison and lied to them…how dare they do that huh?..lol

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@ crabbapplejoe: Southern Baptist thank you. BUT YOU ARE THE TRUE MEANING OF SCUM BAG.
I COULD CARE LESS WHERE THE FALCONS MOVE. AURTHOR BLANK CAN TAKE THEM TO HELL IF HE WANTS TO ; YOU AND YOUR FELLOW KLAN MEMBERS CAN FOLLOW THEM. SO GO HIDE UNDER YOUR HOOD AND SMOTHER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Falcon 34 – It seems we are the only ones on this blog interested in talking about football and the Falcons. Sad, but true.

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So tell it like it is…giving hundreds of millions of dollars to a play that couldn’t keep himself out of jail didn’t hurt the franchise?

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SCOTT,THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A DISAGREEMENT.CRABBAPPLEJOE IS A VERY SICK PERSON HE ATTACKED ME, AND I HAD TO DEFEND MYSELF, IN THE OLD DAYS I WOULD HAVE TO SAY: “YE SU MASSER” NOW I CAN SAY YOU A$$ HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Regarding the ex-Falcons, it’s fairly obvious…..the Cowboys, Giants and Eagles are better teams than the Falcons, in in the case of Brooking and Boley, they have considerably less responsibility and much better players around them. As far as MV, it seems silly to even consider what would happen if he was ’still here’; I can’t think of many places you can commit criminal acts, lie to your boss (and the Feds) about it, spend two years in jail and come back to your old job……Good luck to him in the future, but I can’t understand why everyone can’t just close that book and move on.

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crap………..

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Tiger Woods…
In the hole….huhuhuhuhuh………
he said wood………huhuhuhuh…….

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I wish Michael Vick all the best, but if he’s playin against my home team he’s the enemy. Got nothin to do with the color of his skin. He’s on the opposing team. The Falcons haven’t had a true franchise quarterback since Steve Bartkowski. If he would have had an offensive line and Roddy White and Tony G with Michael Turner Atlanta would have a superbowl victory. I really thought this was a football blog. At least we have a winning team that plays on ice. Maybe some of you football fans could come out and support the Thrashers. It is a full contact sport.

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Mrs. Davis,
Two things here…Dany did NOT play the next season.
Next, Dream on. Vick will NEVER play for the Falcons again.

Get over it.

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we are releasing Hell just like the steelers , now we can compare ourselves with the steelers !
but really a few less injuries and three made field goals away from all the fans praising the coaches and TD so I am still proud of the Birds even if we go 6-10 , still hoping for 9-7 , but 6-10 will give us a better crap shoot pick in the draft or use the pick for trade bait for a decent durable player with no history of injuries .
Happy for Vick can’t wait to see him start for the raiders or browns or maybe the 49er’s next year , Matt Ryan will be fine
GO FALCONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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@”mrs davis”: Your ignorance is showing….the Thrasher player was not DUI and he did not play here the next year….other than that your grasp of the facts is completely accurate! LMAO at you. You are the poster child for the ignorant vick fans.

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Wearing an A anywhere outside of this city draws nothing but smirks and jeers.

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Hey, if you all like Vick so much….how about sending your family pet over to his house. Vick will never be able to pay back……what he did to thoses beauiful dogs. Shame on Atlanta for standing up for him .. and Shame on Vick….he is only embrassed that he got caught…not that his friends turned him in…..no …Vick has not back his dues…and never will……Morals….what happen to Morals…when you have Vick and Ray Lewis….don’t you remember…..I do…..and you need to think people …these people are sciopaths and need to be away from our family , or children and our pets.

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As soon as Blank moves the Falcons…

The Jaguars will probably move up to Atlanta..

Plus, Blank would have need tax dollars to build the new retractable-roof dome.

The Atlanta Sports Board is strong, and has been since The Olympics.

There will be two domes in Atlanta, and (2 – 3) Bowl games (including The Chick-Fil-A Bowl)..

Gwinnett doesn’t want the hassle, traffic, or the taxes. It won’t ever happen.

Blank would have to pay for most of it privately, and he (reportedly) is not able to. In addition, he would have to pay Atlanta for the rest of the contract for The Ga Dome.

The City already re-negotiated the current renovation deal with Blank and The Falcons for the rest of the lease on The GA Dome. I’m sure that they gave him more power and revenue after the new deal was finalized.

Of course, last year he (reportedly was looking for places for a new Dome/Stadium) but you won’t hear or see much talk after The Falcons begin to lose again. Winning = Public Leverage, people! Gwinnett did not even outbid for The Braves when they were hot!

All of the Hotels are In Atlanta for the media, Mass Transit (Trains not Buses), Buckhead..

For all that is said about Atlanta, the state and its residents would stand the chance of getting another Super Bowl, or National Championship Game in a new Retractable Roof Dome within Atlanta.

The weather is so un-predictable that I doubt it. It could be 70+ degrees in January, or 28 degrees (+ freezing rain/sleet).

That is why this new dome must have a retractable-roof, and grass field.

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Falcons, you got what you deserved. When Ray Ray Lewis was in trouble, his fans, owner and city stood behind him to the end. Arthur, you should have taken notes. This man has made you Millions by putting cheeks in the seats. And you throw him away because of pressure from the establisment. All You had to do was STAND BY YOUR GUY ! Instead you cut him loose. How can you expect your team to fight for you when they know you are not a fighter. This Team Is Emarassing. They quit on You. GO EAGLES !

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Falcon Fred

December 8th, 2009
11:35 am

What are you talking about?
Vick was given MULTIPLE opportunities to come clean and tell the truth.
He flipped off management. They didn’t abandon him.
He flipped off the commissioner.
He ignored every attempt to help him avoid what was coming.
Ray Lewis was a TOTALLY different scenario.
Vick was self destructing.
He ended up COSTING the franchise money. We are finally coming out of the hole his salary put us into.
Blank stood behind him when it mattered.
Vick didn’t care.

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a) I definitely support Jimmy’s comments that it’s been three years, time to move on. He’s not coming back, folks, sorry.

b) FalconFred, you’re comparing apples to oranges. Ray Lewis, to the best of my recollection, was not sentenced to a day of jail time. Vick was. Lewis was extraordinarily talented but his playing style was not such that if you lost him, you had to change the entire scheme of your defense. Vick, on the other hand, has a specific playing style is a rarer QB in terms of how his game works (how many left-handed run first, pass second QBs do you know of?).

Had they hung on to him while he served his time, they would have a) wasted valuable money on a guy not playing for two years while telling every single QB that played for the team from ‘07-’08- “listen, it doesn’t matter how good you play, you’re just a placeholder for the guy in jail,” b) had to either develop a different offense for two years that they would instantly abandon when Vick returned or keep running the same offense for QBs that weren’t built for it.

I think someone earlier in this thread made a great analogy about how this like the husband cheating on the wife, the wife divorcing the husband and blaming it on the wife.

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Jimmy

Any attempt to have a rational dialogue with the “worshippers” is a futile waste of time. Logic does not apply with these guys. You are wasting your time. Vick is a god to them. Somehow to this “lunatic fringe” in their simple way of thinking “the man stuck it to Vick”. No respect for the law is their mantra.

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Midnite, I am a Vick Fan. Christ said forgave. Are you a mad to see Vick do well? Do you like black people? Could it be that since he killed dogs and not a human being, you are mad?

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Ben Hill Shawty

Do you call being a felon, serving time in prison, smoking weed, lying, stealing a Rolex, killing animals, getting caught with a stash bottle, standing up the U.S. Congress, and foolishly blowing millions doing well?

If you want to talk about Christ then you need to read and digest the the First Commandment of God.

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A note to Mr. Blank:

I will never again watch or attend a Falcons football game! This team will never be a winner. You can’t win with guys giving up on plays, coaches making sorry play calls…I’m sorry four straight run plays at the goal line?

This team is full of quiters and guys just showing up for a paycheck. I see no real desire to win games. I hope your Faclons lose every game left Mr. Blank!

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Midnite Since you know the commandments, hear is what Christ said
Matthew 18 verse 22
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

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Ben Hill Shawty,
Are you on drugs?

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Midnite, are you getting mad. Beavis and butthead Are you on drugs?

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I was raised by White people

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Jimmy, I forgave. But I am still a Vick fan

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beavis and butthead, Are you mad at me?

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Why is it whenever a team or an opposing player sets a “first” it’s always against the Falcons? What a joke for a football team.

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Atlanta is a city of transient people so there is little surprise that when visiting teams come to the GA Dome there is always a large group of fans cheering the other team. The problem that I have is that the people who are Falcons fans don’t even make noise until it is 3rd down. Where is all that energy and excitement during the entire game.

Granted the team stunk up the field on Sunday against the Eagles but even in games earlier in the year, the crowd was almost a non-factor. There is more crowd noise in most outdoor NFL stadiums than you hear at the dome.

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Oh yeah beavis and butthead , I do not know what a bong water is. However, you do.

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First off I want to point out this fool crabapplejoe said that Vick couldn’t hold S. Bartkowski’s jock strap???? Man I’m not sure who that is (S.Bartkowski) and you tellin me Vick can’t hold is jock strap. Just please don’t talk about this bum when referring to Mike Vick cause you and I both know that this guy would never get the kind of standing ovation that MV7 received sunday!!! Secondly, Many times on this blog people talk about Mike Vick and his character issues off the field and how if he got fired from a regular job he wouldn’t get his job back. You bring up the trick water bottle, herpes, and fliping the fans off. I guess somehow people feel like Mike Vick has to gain their approval by his pesonal life in order to play in this league and to be successful. You ignorant fools he don’t give a crap if don’t like him cause it’s so many others that do; this league is about making money!!! Yall act like he flipped off all his fans? If some individual was talking crazy to me I would have did more than just flipped him off. People say he robbed this city??? Do you think he signed up to go to jail? Do you think he wanted to loose his contract? Do you think he wanted A. Blank to say he couldn’t play for the falcons no more? I don’t give a crap what goes on in Mike Vick’s personal life (Itz his life stupid) I just love to see the man play, I didn’t know that these athletes had to be good samaritans to be good football players. I hate what Mike Vick did but, I don’t agree with his punishment it’s so much worst going on in this world(killing humans, abortion, drugs on every corner, and God’s law being mocked)

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I tink da Mike Duhwayne Bick woodza beezah betur QB if hisem receesir woodz ware pit bull doggys on der handz glovves. Heza hitzem all duh tyme den!

Dat aint’ nos Liez I tellz yuh!

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Who cares! It’s amazing that so many “Vick Fans” hate the Falcons so much, yet they spend every unemployed moment of each day spewing ignorance on any and every blog. Move on people. BOTH SIDES.

REAL FALCON FANS, Discuss the current team. There is certainly plenty to work on with just that subject alone!
ie; Pass rush, Secondary, overall depth…etc, etc.

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“Eagles message board”, your on the wrong blog. You must be lost.

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Shaad

December 8th, 2009
6:19 pm

Shad,
When someone is violating the law…it is not part of his “personal” life.
We live in a society of laws that when broken, puts you under the scrutiny and at the mercy of your fellow citizens (if caught).
Vick’s water bottle incident would have personal if it hadn’t at one time contained marijuanna.
Marijuanna is a controlled substance UNDER THE LAW.
At that point…this became a public matter.

On Vick flipping off those harassing fans…
Vick is a PUBLIC FIGURE.
He was on one of the largest stages there is in this country.
When he flipped off one or two fans on that stage
he did it for everyone there to see.
If the guy next to me curses that is wrong and I will report him to security.
I certainly don’t want Vick responding in a vulgar or obscene way in front of my children.
You got that…when he flipped off some jerk he also flipped off my children because they saw it.
That was not the appropriate venue for such behaivor.
I can’t report Vick to security and have him removed can I?
As a public figure who makes his living off fans…including the jerks…he must accept criticism.

The herpes deal…I agree that should be off limits.
But then that darn, “public figure” bug bites him again.
Again, such stories go with the territory.

On his punishment…he entered a plea bargain.
Do you know what that means?
He accepted punishment rather than go before a jury of his peers.
Why?
Because his friends betrayed him and the evidence was overwhelming against him.
Also…he lied about his involvement.
So Vick’s punishment was his own fault.
We have laws against people running illegal gambling organizations because they are a haven for organized crime.
Vick was involved in illegal gambling operation across state lines and pled for a lesser charge.
So he was not harshly treated.
He actually got off easy when considering the full extent of charges and possible sentences he could have gotten if convicted..

I do agree…this league IS about MAKING MONEY.
Vick’s choices threatened the league’s revenue.
Vick did indeed rob the city…
He robbed us of one of the most exciting players to come along in a long time…
He robbed the team of a a whole season (The petrino debacle)
He robbed the fans of the joy being excited for our team.

I wish things were different…I wish Vick had made better choices.
But he didn’t.
And now the fans are reduced to aruging on blogs as yet another season tanks.
And Mike Vick, the poor victim, came back Sunday and twisted the knife he plunged into our collective backs.

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“Eagles Message Board”, “Gosh”? No, your lost.

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I wouldn’t argue with that. Sort of my point.

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Boss… Falcons will be fine. Just need to get healthy. Headed in the right direction. Just curious if you think some of the “fans” will chant “We want Vick” if Ryan or Redman struggles… I don’t even think that would happen to McNabb.

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Good question. I agree we are still headed in the right direction. Read the blogs and you would think “the sky is falling.” Most of the Vick fans do not go to the Falcons games anymore, they are Vick fans, not Falcons fans. Of course there are some exceptions to that. For me its simple. If you are a Falcons Fan, you would NEVER cheer for an opponent to score…regardless who the player or team is.

I agree would never happen in Philly. You guys have sports passion. I would think another “fan” would take a stand if a person wearing Eagles jersey or hat did such a thing. I’d pretty much bet on it.

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Sean from DA SWATS ….man your an angry person. That’s a lot of weight to carry around brother.
Just curious. What “winner” is it you are such a passionate fan of?

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Mrs. Davis I have to agree with most of the posters. You make Vick fans look bad. I think what everyone is trying to say is that we loved Mike Vick, but it is because of people like you that he had to go. You, Mrs. Davis kicked Vick off this football team, because no matter what may have happened in the future, we would have to worry about people like you trying to start QB battles every week. Management knew this, and so they had to get rid of Vick for the better of the team. I love Mike Vick and I still wear his jersey proudly. I DO NOT agree with the people who say he doesn’t deserve a second chance for something he did so long ago. He paid his debt, he is back in the NFL, good for him. Danny Heatley messed up too for the Thrashers and they got rid of him too. The NFL is a business and the owners want to win, they could give a rat’s azz about black and white. This city is like no other where Mike Vick comes in and the fact is if he didn’t mess up he would still be here. I am a black man, by the way and I do very well for myself. But it is embarrassing to be grouped with ignorant blacks who want to play the race card and say things like the Falcons got what they deserved. What? Really? You can say that with a straight face? So we were supposed to wait for Vick for TWO years and not draft a QB? Matt Ryan by the way has been given a bad rap by Atlanta fans since he got here. Is it his fault Vick messed up and got cut? NO! He is trying to win just like ownership is, but Vick fans never give him a chance. Imagine how good Ryan could be if he had a little love from the fans? Even with his slump this year he has put up numbers that most QB’s could even dream of, and yes that includes Flacco. I could talk about this for days, but the only thing ignorant Falcon fans deserve is for the streak to continue on back to back winning seasons because nobody here cares about winning….

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I flew into Atlanta to watch my team the Falcons, yes, I wanted to see Vick and have him do well, but I wanted us to win. I think that the team played like it was the first time that they have ever suited up. I’ve lived in Md for 5 yrs and has still kept my season tickets because I am a life long falcon fan and I am a black man. I am flying in again this weekend to hopefully see us beat the HE!! out of the Saints. I read this blog to get info that I can’t get up here. Can we please let what happened this Sunday go and talk about what is going on and how can we kick the SH!T out of the Saints. We can lose the rest of the games, but lets just beat the Saints,

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Thank you Vick State of Mind, I lived in Texas for a while and met a lot of Saints fans. When we win, I don’t brag because I expect for us to beat them. When they are winning, they will not even wait for the game to end before they are blowing up my phone. When we kick their A$$ this Sunday, I am going to return the favor and blow up their phones. If we are to get beat, lets make them earn it and blitz the he!! out them. If Turner plays, I hope that we run the ball down their throat. If we had continued to run the ball in NO, we may have won that game.

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Scenario 1- Your extra-curricular (sp) activities cause your employer to ask you WTF?
Scenario 2- The leader of your corporation asks you, personally, WTF?
Question- Would you still be employed? Of course not.
Question- If your previously mentiond activities ( including easily exposed lies to cover your lies), publicly humiliated your corporation, do you honestly think the shareholders ( i.e., the fans) would NOT fire you?
Is any part of this racist to all of you complete dolts out there who think criticizing , or defending Vick shows bigotry?
By the way, contrary to what the “dogs are meaningless” crowd says, take a look around next time you are out in public and tell me how “worthless” service dogs and K-9 dogs with police, for example are.

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Boss, thanks for the comment. I am a Falcon fan through and through. Mike Vick was my favorite player on the team, but this has been my worst week in a long time after that Falcon loss on Sunday. It is so hard to go to work and back the Falcons against all the haters, only to go to work Monday after a loss and eat crow. Tomorrow will be Wednesday and my co workers are still letting me have it. I guess I said all that to say this, if fans left the Dome smiling and happy because of what Vick did then I don’t even know what to say to you. It almost feels like that 8 mile movie when eminem beat that dudes azz for messing with his girl. He came back later that night with his posse and whooped up on eminem. Only after he was beat up did the dude come in and kick him in the stomach. I think his name was Wink. Ok, probably a bad analogy but you get my point, lol.

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falconrick is it against the law to cheer for Vick? I hope the Saints beat the Falcons. I think I will not watch football after this year. I do not want to go to hell for defending Vick or cheering for the Falcons. I am about to leave America any way and go home. I hope the Most High will bless you and I will start back watching Soccer since the Falcons are boring.

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get over it:

You know, I need to correct a few misconceptions:

1. Vick has paid his dues and “you” keep beating him down…

The only reason anyone is talking about Vick is because “people” keep holding him up as a victim.
They keep talking about him, criticizing the current Falcons, because he was a victim of his race.
Most of us here are all for Vick making the best of his life. Just don’t suggest that he didn’t get what he deserved because he did. He had chances to stop the illegal stuff and he slapped the hands that reached out to help. He had the chance to tell the truth early in the investigation, thus earning lesser punishent…he slapped that hand of hope away. He pled for a lesser charge rather than face a jury of his peers. If the blacks who keep treating this situation as if they personally have been oppressed by the Falcons organization and the federal government…NO ONE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW.

2. Racism does exist. Yes, systemic racism does exist. It just isn’t the answer to every bit of bad luck and unlawful behavior black people experience. Personal responsibility does play a role in life.
I was an EEO officer for an 8000 employee organization. I have proven when my company committed racist acts and have proven when racism charges were unjustified. What I learned from the 8 years I did that was racism exists, but far too often, it is used as an excuse for not taking responsibility for one’s self. Every time I hear people whine about poor Vick, I think…man, I wish had had even a quarter of the opportunities that guy had. I’ve been given nothing because I’m white. In fact, I’ve been passed over for promotions in favor of diversity.

This brings me to the point I want to make. Racism is terrible. But so is any “ism” that discriminates based on looks. Who gets the best jobs in this country? Pretty people. If you go to an interview for a job and you and the other candidates are equally matched…the attractive person will get the job 99% of the time. The race doesn’t matter. If you are fortunate to get a degree from MIT, you will get jobs over equally matched candidates from lesser schools. If you can afford stylish clothes, you get the job over someone who dresses plainly. IN OTHER WORDS: no society is fair. Someone will always be the elite and someone always be the oppressed.

In this country, blacks have the opportunity now to rise above systemic racism. The mechanisms are in place. Yet young blacks are far too often criticized by their own community for being “white” when they seek an education. Cultural pressures keep many blacks down.

What we need now is for the rank and file blacks and whites to stop tearing each other apart and to become more sensitive to what we say and do. We need to let go of resentment…both the justified and especially the unjustified…so that we can truly be one people.

Race mongering…throwing up claims of “racism” when it is not an issue in the Vick situation, breeds resentment from whites who have been passed over for promotion in favor of black candidates (when these whites have never committed an act of racism in their lives). Constantly reminding us of things that happened in history becomes its own form of race mongering…it becomes an excuse for not taking personal responsibility.

My family history is not one of priviledge. Someone bearing my last name came to America in the 1600’s as an indentured servant and died as one too. There are gaps in my history because so many of my ancestors were dirt poor and were probably not registered at birth. I can track my ancestors back to the civil war. I am of Dutch, Irish and Cherokee descent. From my father all the way back to the civil war, my family was share croppers. They received barely enough compensation from the harvest to survive. In that long history my father was the first to break from it. He didn’t finish high school…nor did my mother. They married when she became pregnant with me. One thing they taught me was the value of an education. Though they never contributed a penny and I was ineligible for grants, I finished college by working my way through with loans.

All this happened for me while my black friends got money from the NAACP and government grants tied to race. I don’t resent this at all. I accepted long ago that this is necessary so that true justice and equality can have a chance. What I DO RESENT is the disgusting use of race for profit by some civil rights leaders who perpetuate the entitlement culture rather than the responsibility culture. They do it and too many blacks buy into it. They are being cheated by their own leaders. It makes me sick. I do resent when people trivialize black sacrifice and white sacrifice for justice and equality by using race where it does not apply. The Mike Vick situation has nothing to do with race. The bitterness of his fans does.

I pray that reason will begin to surface regarding the issue of race in this country. Perhaps if a few more whites and blacks will try to meet in the middle and try to avoid inflammatory rhetoric and misused of a worthy and necessary cause, we will finally beat this thing for our children.

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Shawnty:
Are you paying attention?
I don’t hate Vick or Vick fans.
As stated…I hate it when people suggest he is a victim of racism.
I also hate it when the Falcons are clearly beaten and the classless Eagles put Vick in and have him throwing down field and trying to score touchdowns.
They are aware of the divisive nature of Vick’s return. But that would have been classless even if it had been another QB.
I don’t have a problem with Vick playing or succeeding…everywhere but in Atlanta.

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Jacob/Esau is black and white. The Arabs are Ishmealites. Also, are you still mad or ready to forgive?

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I am paying attention. However, I am still a Vick fan.

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I no about the falcon history,ive live in atlanta for 35 yrs the falcon always was a southern team,with racial under tones listen just because you see a lot of slaves on the land does nt mean theyre running things it s not about football success with this team its about entertianing a certain fan base . but sports trandsends all of that so you would hope but it take time the one thing we as humans dont have enough of so with the death of racist whites and blacks and all others who have so much anger of them selves to vent on others please hurry up and DIE…ps then you will see true fans and success in this city not by winning but being entertained hold heartedly.

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It’s Great To Be A Micheal Vick Fan…….

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Michael Vick is low rent trash and it is shameful that he was allowed to return to the NFL.

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