Behind enemy lines: Vilma gives his take on the Falcons
Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma in action (Rusty Costanza/The Times-Picayune)
Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma’s weekend is off to a great start.
He had to be pleased with how “The U” dismantled the Pitt Panthers on ESPN last night.
He did a Q & A for PlaymakerMoble.com and gave some insights to the game.
Vilma, who had the key tipped pass late in last season’s game at the Superdome, is expecting another close battle.
VILMA: I expect a tough game from the Falcons. Even though we started 13-0 last season and beat the Falcons twice during that stretch, they were close games. We won by three points, I believe, at their place, on a fourth-down stop actually, to seal that victory. Then it was a close game at our house, less than seven points, I think. These matchups, we don’t expect a blowout. We know it’s going to be a grind, and winning a division game is almost like winning two games because of tiebreakers, so we have to get after it.
He calls the Falcons offensive line “gritty.” He talks about losing Reggie Bush and noted that he plans to keep an eye out for a certain No. 44, who had 186 total yards and was named the NFC offensive player of the week.
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Mike Jay
September 24th, 2010
11:14 am
Elvis,
Please list some palyers that were groomed from the draft and not retained due to finaces. Otherwise you are just spewing nonsense.
MWC
September 24th, 2010
11:16 am
I’m guessing Elvis AND B4 missed the short bus this morning.
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
11:22 am
falkonfan: Yes, a W is a W no matter how you get it. The objective is to get Ws. And hopefully, your team will one day get enough Ws to earn a Lombardi, and hopefully in your lifetime, though unlike most valuable items, we all have limited time on this earth, some less than others. I was consistent on my use of the QB angle, whether you want to admit or not, you lost to a team with QB issues, and you beat a team with QB issues. You won’t be playing a team with QB issues this week.
Paddy: You call me a little girl? With a blogname of “Paddy”. Uh-huh.
TXDawg: How does Texas come into it? I guess you now live in TX. Which begs the question: texans or cowboys?
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
DaJoKeR
September 24th, 2010
11:23 am
ELVIS IS DEAD!!! ATLANTA FALCONS FANS : RISE UP!!!!! ABE, BABS,PJ, KROY,PETE, POLICE, SPOON, ROBINSON, OWENS, WILLIAMS, DECOUP, COLEMAN need I say MOORE!!!! GUESS WHOS COMMING TO DINNER AT THE SAINTS HOUSE!!!!!!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
11:26 am
Arthur Blank: This is an AJC.com blog, not your blog. GEAUX AWAY!
OnThaHalfShell
September 24th, 2010
11:26 am
Yep, I’m trolling, there’s no question about it. Just seeing how the fan hype is going over here. Looks like B4 is doing a good job irritating everyone. Personally I’m not here to start a shyte-storm Saints will take care of that on Sunday. It’s gonna be a lot closer game than everyone thinks. Be carefull… Drew is due for a 400+ yard day. Ahh, I’m looking forwrd to some dirty bird gumbo!!! Good luck to evryone. Keep the NFC South strong and HEALTHY!!!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
11:29 am
DaJokeR: Oh, oh, there goes our neighborhood. One falcant fan is a novelty, two is a ghetto.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
Mike Jay
September 24th, 2010
11:29 am
SB4, Please explain to me how that 3rd string QB on Pittsburg beat the Falcons? How many TD’s did he score? How many 3rd downs did he convert? How many tackles did he make? Tis is the seocnd blog you have made this claim in and have yet to ansswer how he did it.
DaJoKeR
September 24th, 2010
11:31 am
ATLANTA FALCONS : RISE UP!!!!!! ID LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK A.B., T.D.,and SMITTY !!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
11:33 am
Mike Jay: I didn’t say the third string QB beat the falcants by himself, the implication was that your team lost to a team helmed by a third string QB. If you need that diagrammed for you, then you need remedial instruction and that my red feathered turkey, is not my job.
DaJoKeR
September 24th, 2010
11:44 am
B4: YOU almost went 2 far… BUTTTT JUST 2 LET U KNOW “ITS ALL GOOD IN OUR HOOD!!!”
Whats Important
September 24th, 2010
11:47 am
SeenThisB4: Seems from the time you are spending on this blog, nothing is your job.
Mike Jay
September 24th, 2010
11:52 am
SB4, I can’t read minds. This is what you said “After your team lost to a third string QB”. In the other thread you said ““Your team defense was giving up big plays to the third string QB-ed steelers and lowly cardinals.” You keep bringing up this QB and how he beat us over and over. So again I ask you … How did he beat the Falcons? If you don’t mean what you type how do you expect anyone to take you seriously?
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
11:53 am
DaJoKeR: I’m no speciescist, I’ve gone to football games with falcant fans, worked alongside of falcant fans, hell, there’s even one falcant fan at my church, ….not that there’s anything wrong with that. I just don’t want any falcant fans in my neighborhood, or in the neighborhood schools. Though, there’s some left wing talk about busing some of them in. Ugh! The thought of it is just makes my skin crawl! No respect.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
11:59 am
Whatsimportant: Don’t be so quick to judge what I am doing, dimwit. How do you know that I don’t work at night? Perhaps I am a college student. Maybe I’m retired. Or maybe, I’m off from work today, cause I work on Saturdays-Wednesdays. What’s sad is your feeble attempt to paint a picture of me, when you haven’t an iota of a clue, about who I am. One thing is certain though, and I have seen this before: you’re clueless.
Mike Jay: Your problem is that you’re trying to take me seriously. I dunno who’s denser. You, or Whatsimportant.
DaJoKeR
September 24th, 2010
12:01 pm
ATLANTA FALCONS FANS, SINCE B4 WANTS TO DO A HISTORY LESSON, (with the whole backup Qb thing) HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT UNLIKE OUR LAST MEETING THE AINTS WONT BE PLAYING OUR BACKUP QB & RB !!! THEY’RE BAAACK!!!! RISE UPPP!!!!!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
12:03 pm
I am one miserable individual…
Mike Jay
September 24th, 2010
12:03 pm
SB4,
Gotcha. You have no idea what your talking about. Glad we established that. All those years of wearing a papersack have taken away your ability to be able to understand the game of football. Oh wait nevermind, we all know you became a ‘Aints fan last season.
DaJoKeR
September 24th, 2010
12:10 pm
B4: DONT WORRY NOBODYS MOVING THERE…. WE ARE JUST COMING 2 RAID AND PILLAGE THE SUPERDOME!!!! OHHH YEAH THAT THING THATS MAKIN YOUR SKIN CRAWL IS LEFT OVER WASTE FROM KATRINA…. CANT HELP YOU WITH THAT, MABEY A DOCTOR VISIT IS IN ORDER….. ATL: RISE UPPP!!!!!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
12:13 pm
Mike Jay: Puleeze, …..the only person you can say “Gotcha” to is your girlfriend, Chlamydia.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
States Burr
September 24th, 2010
12:15 pm
SeenThisB4: As I have said many times…New Orleans can plan a Bus Convoy to Atlanta for a football game but could’nt get out of New Orleans with a weeks advance notice during Katrina….typical
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
12:16 pm
All right ladies, (you too falkconfan) the noon hour is fast approaching in the Big Easy. I’m going to prepare my Friday ritual Shrimp Po-boy dressed, emmm-EMMM! You fools can have your blog back for a while.
STB4 is out.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
DaJoKeR
September 24th, 2010
12:20 pm
WHO DAT, WHO DAT, WHO DAT SAY DEY GON BEAT DEM SAINTS…… AND B4 CALLED ME GHETTO!!!!! LMAO!!!!! THATS REAL VANILLA ICEISH OF U!!!!!
Mike Jay
September 24th, 2010
12:23 pm
Ahh yes, leaving with his tail betweeen his leg because he was made to look stupid. Typical.
Damage Inc.
September 24th, 2010
12:27 pm
SB4: I agree that Brees will have a good day. I bet he completes all four of his passes because his a$$ will be on the bench watching us RUN all down your defenses little throat. But don’t worry too much, they’ll probably pull Turner out after he gets 200 yards and put Snelling in to get 200 more. CAN’T WAIT
PMC
September 24th, 2010
12:29 pm
Does this really have to be ugly?
I love the Falcons, I respect the excellence that the Saints have shown the last several years. I want the Falcons to go down and win big. I actually like New Orleans. I like the city. I have a lot of fun going to games there and just having fun.
Can it just be about football?
Kane337
September 24th, 2010
12:34 pm
The Falcons have not been a good road team. 4-5 in 2008, 3-5 in 2009, and 0-1 in 2010.
At home Matt Ryan is 14-1 as a starter.
They will need to figure this road stuff out if they want to win on Sunday.
States Burr
September 24th, 2010
12:35 pm
Email SeenThisB4…
dawgforlife
September 24th, 2010
12:47 pm
you know all this bluster about how sorry the Saints are or how sorry the Falcons are…and who is talking on which blog…truth is…these are two very good football teams. this will be decided on the field Sunday..and all of our hoopla…doesn’t mean a hill of beans…I say lets stow the crowing on both sides…til about 5 o’clock Sunday…then one or the other will have earned something to gloat about
ReddJonn68
September 24th, 2010
12:48 pm
I hope while he’s looking at # 44, # 33 runs right by him !!! Gooo Birds !
Eddie Longs Underwear
September 24th, 2010
12:55 pm
*Sniff Sniff* I wants to play some foozball wif all dim big smelly menz.
JONESBORO SLIM
September 24th, 2010
12:59 pm
Looks like the New Orleans beatwriters are throwing the Saints under that broken oil drilling rig…good to know somebody down there has enough sense to know when to “hold and when to fold”. Of course when the Saints loss Sunday we won’t have to see anymore Saints fans on our blog….besides have you ever seen their blog with those grade school remarks……dumb a$$es
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
1:00 pm
PMC – dawglife you’re right but the psuedo-Saints bloggers here want us to concede the SB before the games are played.
D’led gave us a link to a rational Saints blog with posters freely admit Saints shortcomings this year and actually talk football as opposed to cheerleading. Bottom line – we can’t talk football with the cheerleaders.
ctfalconsfan
September 24th, 2010
1:02 pm
My concern is our wildcard – MIKE MULARKEY!!!!!!
I know we want to keep the aints offense off the field by controlling the clock and you do that by running the ball and running some more but I hope he doesn’t force the run like he did in PITT.
You take what the defense gives you!!
WE MUST WIN THIS GAME AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Singletary
September 24th, 2010
1:08 pm
Anyone notice that Saints fans can’t get enough of our forum?
To my mind, that means it is time for a smack down. The fact
that it is going to happen in their house probably doesn’t mean
squat to Lofton, Babs, DeCoud, Spoon & Moore. And Snelling’s
not even winded before 100 yards…
Pete
September 24th, 2010
1:09 pm
All the c.rap in the world about our offense and their defense and visa versa is totally meaningless.
The Refs will decide this game.
SOME things NEVER change.
ctfalconsfan
September 24th, 2010
1:09 pm
Maybe get a 15-yard PF penality and KO Brees early in the game!!!
Again, WIN AT ALL COSTS!!
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
September 24th, 2010
1:10 pm
this game will come down to whose defense is better. if ATL’s D can stop Brees, then we walk away with a win. I saw DLED stats that NO is 17-16 vs ATL in the superdome. seems pretty even matched to me. look for turner/snelling to have a great game and roddy to score at least 1td
ctfalconsfan
September 24th, 2010
1:11 pm
WIN or don’t bother coming home!!!!
DePlane
September 24th, 2010
1:23 pm
D. Led your blog is clogged up with STB4 posts!
Falcons win, 31-14.
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
1:32 pm
NO has won 6 in a row at home. Before that it was 16-11 in favor of ATL.
That’s OK. We solved the Chuck & Duck last year. Now we need to go down there and make it OUR HOUSE again.
waynester
September 24th, 2010
1:44 pm
kane
Was right about winning on the road. Typically, if you win most of your home games and half on the road, you’re in the hunt. This team has been great at home under Smith–now they just need to add “road warrior” to it’s resume….
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
1:53 pm
Learning to win on the road has been part of the “process” all 3 years.
This regime is intent on playing much more conservative on the road than at home – on both sides of the ball. They finished well last year given 2 trips to the Meadowlands (tough tough in NOV-DEC) yeilded an OT loss and a W won by stuffing the best running team in the NFL (Jets).
So far this year a darn good (not great) effort against a stout Steelers D defending their turf on opening day.
Last year the Falcons gave up 28 in the first half, 7 in the second. My opinion – Falcons take the momentum from the AZ revenge and learn how to beat the Saints in NO.
Kane337
September 24th, 2010
2:06 pm
I’m hoping the Steelers really showed the Falcons how to play smash mouth football. The Falcons held their own against the Steelers taking them to OT on their turf. The Falcons steamrolled the Cardinals on both sides of the ball. Lets hope that physical play continues against the Saints.
SWAT Native
September 24th, 2010
2:22 pm
Looking forrward to NOT hearing from B4 (and the other Aints fans) on Monday…
Falcons Chic
September 24th, 2010
2:27 pm
007 Defense?
‘Sp00n, M00re, L0ft0n, R0bins0n, Babin0, DeC0ud are “grandfather’d,” and Kr0y is O-nasty.
Kane337
September 24th, 2010
2:38 pm
You forgot about 0wens, and Peters0n.
Martin
September 24th, 2010
3:27 pm
Falcants fans are the biggest haters I’ve ever seen. Saints fans blog on this site because we can. We own that sorry team of yours. This was once a rivalry, not anymore. The falcants are 1-7 in the last eight games. The saints are the big dogs in the NFC south, your team needs to stay on the porch. Everybody knows the falcants can’t run with the big dogs. We have what your team wants, which is the NFC south and Lombardi. Don’t think we are just going to let some wannabe NFL team come and take it from us. The saints are doing the hunting, for another super bowl. Now for the falcants fans coming to the super dome on Sunday, get a good look at the super bowl banner hanging from the rafters, that’s about as close as your team will get to winning one. So continue ton talk trash, but deep down inside, you guys wish your team was as good as the super bowl winning saints. Eat your heart out loserville USA, isn’t that the name given to your sports teams by the media.
hiramsaint
September 24th, 2010
3:38 pm
the falcants hour of doom steadily approaches
hiramsaint
September 24th, 2010
3:39 pm
front row -no crying about the refs in your last post! i’m impressed