Falcons at Saints: 3 key matchups
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Three key matchups
Saints DE Will Smith vs. Falcons LT Sam Baker: Baker has been called for four holding penalties, but the Falcons think his issue may be related to the new placement of the umpire. Baker will have to get his hands on Will Smith and keep him from collapsing the pocket as he did last season in New Orleans. Smith had two sacks in that game. He was a disruptive force. Baker and the Falcons were able to contain Smith in the second matchup last season.
Saints S Malcolm Jenkins vs. Falcons QB Matt Ryan: Jenkins is in his first season as a full-time starter and is trying to replace the injured Darren Sharper. Jenkins is a converted cornerback and has one fumble recovery. The 49ers were able to hit some deep passes over the top of the defense Monday night. Ryan has won six of his past nine NFC South starts. He passed for three touchdowns and had a 117.3 quarterback rating last weekend. The Falcons are 10-0 when Ryan has a quarterback rating of more than 100.
Saints RB Pierre Thomas vs. Falcons MLB Curtis Lofton: With Reggie Bush out, the Saints likely will give his carries to the hard-running Thomas. They signed Ladell Betts for depth. Thomas averages only 3.2 yards per carry, but leads the team with 11 receptions. Thomas hopes to have his third game in a row at home against the Falcons with a touchdown rushing and receiving. In the past two games in New Orleans, he has 209 total yards and four touchdowns. Lofton respects Thomas’ style of play and knows he’ll have to account for him in the run game. “I don’t think anybody overlooks him,” Lofton said. “He’s a great back. We’re going to have to bring our pads.”
History lesson
- Saints coach Sean Payton is 7-1 against the Falcons.
- This is the 82nd regular-season meeting. The Falcons lead the series 44-37.
- The Saints own a 17-16 advantage at the Superdome.
- This is one of the NFL’s best and most underrated rivalries. With the teams entering the league a season apart in the late 1960s, don’t think the Falcons are not upset that the Saints won a Super Bowl trophy first.
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WR
September 24th, 2010
7:23 am
Can it be
WR
September 24th, 2010
7:24 am
Yep
WR
September 24th, 2010
7:24 am
DLed, what about the secondary against Brees and his receivers especially Colston.
i saw brent grimes
September 24th, 2010
7:33 am
i really like the falcons chances here!
i saw brent grimes
September 24th, 2010
7:35 am
as i remember it last year, it was the saints run game that beat the falcons. they hammered away and it opened up the playaction. im not so scared this time around without bush, they turn into a predictable offense. should be a good one, especially as dominant as the falcons looked last week.
RISE UP!!!
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
September 24th, 2010
8:01 am
17-16 at the Superdome?? I like the Falcons’s chances…close game but Birds by 3!!!
G
September 24th, 2010
8:07 am
I don’t think the Aints can run on this Falcons defense. If Reggie was in I could see him breaking off a long touchdown run but I don’t see them grinding out the run game on us. What about Moore vs. Shockey or Weatherspoon vs. Shockey. That is essentially two rookies that will be matching up with him. I think covering the middle of the field will be our issue this game. Hopefully the Aints short week helps us even out their home field advantage.
D Falcons
September 24th, 2010
8:20 am
I’m cautiously optimistic about this game, but the Falcons must avoid big plays in the running game. Brees will beat you a few times, but you can’t let their RBs break containment the way that we’ve seen twice in the first two games. Hopefully, BVG has made the appropriate adjustments to account for this. The young DBs on each side of the field will be keys, Jenkins for them and more for us. Also, I hope the Falcons do some things to keep the Saints off-balance like passing on first down and spreading the receptions around. They did a good job mixing it up last week, but Matt still needs to spread the wealth better.
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
8:20 am
The story will be Saints continuing inability to tackle Michael Turner.
The Shockey – secondary matchup will come down to which of the rookies will cause Shockey to lose his cool.
D Falcons
September 24th, 2010
8:22 am
Correction “Moore for us” not more for us, although a big season by Moore could mean “more for us” like getting back to the playoffs.
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
8:23 am
Here’s the last time the Saints tried to go up against Turner:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d813ea30c/WK-8-Michael-Turner-highlights
Jo
September 24th, 2010
8:34 am
Saints by 3 at home and falcons by 10 at home. Was impressed with last week though.
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
8:56 am
D’led this week’s “5 if’s” column is stellar.
Turner was ready to go last week. Either way (Turner or Snelling) the Saints D has a serious problem against power backs. Looks to me like all the defenders are trying to make the highlight reel stripping the ball.
Hopefully G Williams is emphasizing tackling the ball vs. Turner. Nothing like seeing their secondary being dragged down the field by #33.
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
8:58 am
Reggie Bush has missed 12 games, due to injury, during his Saints career. During those times when he was injured and sitting on the sidelines, the Saints’ offensive production in terms of total yardage and total points is actually higher than with him on the active 45, and the by the way, with Reggie on the sidelines, the Saints are 8-4 while averaging 33.3 points per game during those 12 games.
You know why that is? Cause the other teams start thinking that the Saints offense is dependent on Reggie, that the Saints special teams are slower without Reggie. They think that the Saints offense becomes one dimensional. (All we have to do is put pressure on Brees and we win!) What they don’t realize is that the other Saints players step it up a notch, squeeze a little more effort out of themselves. Let me put it in terms you’ll understand, when Reggie’s out, the other Saints players “Rise-up” to the challenge! LOL! And don’t forget, our injury report list, is a fairly short one.
Think about that, but don’t hurt those feeble falcant cerebral synapses.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
SimpleDawg
September 24th, 2010
9:01 am
Falcons really need to win this game if they’re going to contend for the playoffs and the NFC South title. Pretenders or contenders? We’ll see on Sunday.
dawgforlife
September 24th, 2010
9:01 am
I feel good about the game, but for a reason I haven’t seen mentioned. The Falcons are a team built on speed, offense and defense. They are built to be extra speedy inside the Dome; so, when they go play the Saints, they are speed taylored for their dome as well. I think the Falcons struggle on natural grass against a big physical team (ie: Pittsburgh) but, in the superdome it will be speed on speed and I believe we are now the faster team
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
9:09 am
dawgforlife: Everyone has speed in the NFL. This isn’t the SEC.
ESSS EEEEE SEAAA!! ESSS EEEEE SEAAA!!
“it will be speed on speed and I believe we are now the faster team.” Isn’t that a contradiction?
I think the difference in the game will come down to execution, and game plan. Saints definitely have the edge on game plan, your Smith is no where near a Sean Payton, and your team, doesn’t have the same discipline that the Saints team has.
Saints will win this one, big.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
PMC
September 24th, 2010
9:17 am
So it’s settled we’re chipping Will Smith on every passing down AND or rolling protection to Sam Bakers side right?
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
9:17 am
Actually the Saints D looks slow. J Vilma, their only decent LB – is continually behind F Gore while he was ripping 100+ on them. Alex Smith outrunning the entire d-line multiple times. M. Turner is going to have a field day just like last year.
Maybe they’ll gain a little speed starting the ROOKIE CB.
Saints game plan is always the same – Chuck & Duck. No genius here it’s just a re-hash of the run & shoot and the league has caught on.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
September 24th, 2010
9:21 am
The term “GEAUX” is banned from this forum. “SeenThisB4″ this is the last time we nicely ask you to refrain from using this term. Future violations will result with actions from the moderator.
PMC
September 24th, 2010
9:23 am
The Falcons D is going to have to stay diciplined in this game to win.
I’m concerned about Payton using their speed against them. They’ve been gashed for big runs 2 weeks in a row.
In addition… PROTECT THE FOOTBALL.
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
9:25 am
Caught on? It’s a copy cat league, of course they have caught on. What they haven’t figured out how to score more points than the Saints.
And by the way, I invite Matt Ryan to pretend he’s a running back, I mean I know Alex Smith was successful at it, (But like he said, “I would have preferred to throw it, but everyone was covered, so I ran for my life!”) Perhaps Matt Ryan thinks he can be the white Michael Vick in Atlanta. Give it a try Matt, give it a try. Trust me, the Saints are too slow to ever catch you.
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
9:26 am
Do you really get your jollies posing as D. Orlando Ledbetter? Really? Tsk, tsk, tsk.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
9:29 am
Speaking of D. Orlando Ledbetter: Hey D-Led are you going to do Deke’s and Hebert’s radio show today? If yes, about what time, I don’t want to miss the tone of your interview. Cause last year, man, you sounded pretty hopeless with respect to your team’s prospects in the Super Dome.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
9:30 am
Don’t think Matt Ryan is going to turn into Turner but it’s nice to know that if you need to escape the plodding Saints d-line can’t catch you.
Besides why Ryan when you have Turner who the Saints CANNOT TACKLE – see my linked post if your not too chicken to look at reality.
Saints can’t tackle Turner. Saints couldn’t tackle Frank Gore. Heck, the Saints can’t tackle Al Gore.
Oh and YOU GO D’LED!
Breesus' small Peesus
September 24th, 2010
9:30 am
Good, that word is so ghetto. Or should I say, bayou? Learn to read!
Falcon52
September 24th, 2010
9:32 am
Enter your comments here
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
9:33 am
Chuck & Duck will be exposed tonight on Playbook 6:00 PM
Falcon52
September 24th, 2010
9:34 am
It’s all good seen this b4 no one cares y don’t u go on ur own board and rip us we will see Sunday who the better team is
WHO-DAT
September 24th, 2010
9:42 am
From the WHO-DAT NATION: No disrespect the the Falcons or any other team in the league, but truly, this year its “OUR TIME”. We feel we have not done it right until we have done it twice (TWO-DAT) We have set the bar high and we are not going to let nobody sneek up on us or get in our way. We have learned how to play in big games and win. I see another big win inthe Big Easy! WHO-DAT!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
9:45 am
FrontRow: I know man, Saints can’t tackle Gore or Turner. But the Saints can sure score more points than both of them.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
10:06 am
Not gonna happen. It was a mistake to give up 28 in the first half but other than that the Chuck & Duck was exposed by the Falcons last year.
Been tripping on Saint’s blogs and I now understand why u guys keep hanging here….alot of doom and gloom + praying for turnovers on the Saints blog must be depressing.
WHO-DAT
September 24th, 2010
10:12 am
From the WHO-DAT NATION: Facons fans, please stop talking about non essential things like who is faster, this player can’t tackle that player, etc.etc.etc., but focus on the word “TEAM” and then and only then will your realize that we are about winning championships not just a game here and a game there. Like SeenThisB4 keep saying, it is “OUR TIME!!
TWO-DAT – GEAUX SAINTS!
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
10:12 am
Saints game plan:
1. Score 28 while the other team is tying their shoes
2. 2 turnovers per quarter
3. Play against Brett Farve every week.
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
10:16 am
Sorry WHO-DAT I was just watching real tape of missed tackles.
I will try and refrain from pointing out reality.
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
10:19 am
NOT
dean
September 24th, 2010
10:26 am
Seenthisb4.
Ditto my comment on the other story.
See you Monday.
WHO-DAT
September 24th, 2010
10:33 am
Sorry FrontRow, the reality is maybe that Lombardi skewed your vision because last time I checked the box scores and not the tapes, we win and keep winning. This is the last time I am going to say this, we don’t care about stats, tapes, if this and if that, man we are serious about winning championships (thats plural in championships) See you in the Dome! TWO-DAT!
Chop Buster
September 24th, 2010
10:36 am
Stop the run first! Hold your gaps and watch for the screens. Knock the WRs/TEs off their route (don’t let anyone run by you without being touched). All I know is they better keep after Brees all day long! Sack him, knock him down, knock his passes down, and undercut his passes. This is a slightly improved defense on paper…let’s see it translate to the field against one of the offenses in the league.
Chop Buster
September 24th, 2010
10:37 am
meant “one of the better offenses in the league”.
Big Rod
September 24th, 2010
10:37 am
The Aints had a tough game and have a short week. Meanwhile, the Falcons had an easy game and a full week. We will get the upset as long as the refs don’t take it from us like they did the Vikings in the Championship game.
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
10:39 am
Like I said reality. In your reality the Saints already won the 2011 SB.
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
10:39 am
You must be in your mommies basement playing madden 11 on your x box
truth
September 24th, 2010
10:54 am
It really is sad that a team must realiy on turnovers to win.
WHO-DAT
September 24th, 2010
10:55 am
FrontRow, our reality is not that we have won the 2011 SB, our reality is that we have learned that the road to the SB is one game at at time. This game is just one and it happen to be the Falcons. I am trying to be nice here, but outside of the fact that yall are our opponets this week, we really don’t take you that seriously. Lets talk about reality at the end of the season, providing your not too busy watching your tapes. TWO-DAT!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
11:02 am
What’s really sad is so called professionals who are highly paid, giving up turnovers. That’s what’s really sad. And even worse, to the point of childishness, are opponent fans, who point to the Saints propensity to recover those turnovers, as a poor method for producing wins. What are they suppose to do? Pick them up and hand it back to them?
truth: Don’t make comments like that, it paints you as a very dull child, a mental pygamy. I guess U have to “B”, what U “R”.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
11:15 am
From “yahoo answers’:
Geaux is pronounced go, deriving from the French, also like the word Sioux, pronounced Sue. Although very annoying and illiterate, Who Dat is referring to any other team, usually meaning who else will be beating the Saints.
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
11:18 am
Chop Buster, I think you had it right the first time……………..offensive, for sure.
Dwayne
September 24th, 2010
11:20 am
Falcon fan here. All coaches want to win the turnover battle. That is the truth, I am not a stat man, but I am willing to bet that the team that wins the turn over battle wins..say…60% of the time. No, I am not researching it, I have better things to do with my time. Go Falcons.
Howie Long
September 24th, 2010
11:21 am
I’ll make deal with you taints fans. If the Falcons win, you can’t use that cajun-crap talk anymore. If they lose, I will never post again.
O.K.?
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
11:38 am
Falcon Jim: “Yahoo Answers”? Ah, ha, ha, ha! I guess that makes you the “authority”.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
SeenThisB4
September 24th, 2010
11:39 am
Howie Long: Here’s a real deal for you: Win or Lose, I’ll be here on Monday!
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
truth
September 24th, 2010
11:43 am
Seen, childish. It is sad for you to think you need turnovers to win. Ok I’ll man-up. The Falcons don’t need or want your turnovers they will just flat out dominate the game and beat the aints straight up, without relying on turnovers. NO TEAM GOES IN HOPING TO GET TURNOVERS SO THEY CAN WIN, THEY GO IN NOT WANTING TO MAKE TURNOVERS. Now of course if it happens and a team gets turnovers, GREAT. But, don’t count on them to get a win. Now that you’ve been schooled take a nap kid.
GO FALCONS!!!!
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
11:49 am
WHODAT I can’t really tell from your post is you believe one game at a time or you have already reached the end of the season. Looks like you’re sitting on both sides of the fence.
Saints posters here seem to hail the second coming of the ’70s Steelers. For some reason they preach the Saints are entitled, even moreso since they have beaten 2 REALLY LOUSY teams.
A real team is coming to your house and alot of real Saints posters (the ones ont he Saint’s blogs) are worried based on recent performance.
After the Falcons wipe some of the Katrina doo doo off the floor of the toilet dome with your has been team you will disappear or at the very least begin posting under other names.
Here is a early BYE BYE
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
11:51 am
Who is that? Who IS that? Again I ask, who is that who appears to be indicating that they intend to defeat these New Orleans Saints?
Yeah, that’s better . . .
truth
September 24th, 2010
11:56 am
Yes you want to win the turnover battle for sure. But that can’t be apart od a teams hopes of a win. Of course you want to create turnovers to get an edge, but no coach will ever say “guys we will only win if we get turnovers.”
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
11:59 am
Seen, just thought it was funny…………..”who dat next team to beat the saints…..”
(I ran across this trying to figure out some of this cajun stuff. I don’t get it. Guess I’m just a Georgia boy.)
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
12:02 pm
The WhoDats are the ones that leave in the 3rd quarter.
Or at least that’s been my experience.
WHO-DAT
September 24th, 2010
12:19 pm
FrontRow, did I hit a nerve? Now you are getting into personal stuff. Katrina, doo-doo, whatever. We can take it all. Katrina didn’t kill us it just made us stronger. It’s not where you have been but where you are and where you are going. See in our rear view mirror. Bee-Beep!
WHO-DAT!!!
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
12:42 pm
No…it’s just that no matter how well you try and fix the toilet dome it’s a dump – it was a dump before Katrina.
Your problem is the whole where ya been and where ya going stuff. The mentality is since the Saints won the SB last year they will again (forgone conclusion by Saints posters here).
In doing so, you are looking WAY past the Falcons. Mediocre at best (based on 2 game performance) meet team at the beginning of a blowout streak.
I like our chances ALOT.
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
12:57 pm
Of course the Falcons have a chance to win. They played the Saints really well last year. You don’t realistically think you’re going to change the minds of any Saints fans though, do you? So what if a Saints fan is looking past the Falcons? I’m pretty sure that fan is not going to be suiting up this weekend, and neither are you. Personally, I love the fact that this game generates as much passion as an SEC game.
truth
September 24th, 2010
1:00 pm
Don’t worry fellow Falcon fans come sunday at around 4pm est there wont be anymore aints fans on these boards because they will not come back and eat the crow we are ready to prepare. The Falcons are going to win this game. We all (aints fans included) know this. Go to there boards they know it.
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
1:09 pm
I will say this though, even if the Falcons win this one game, the Saints will still be the defending Superbowl champs, and that really gets you . . . The Falcons may have gotten to the Superbowl before the Saints, but the Saints didn’t wet the bed the night before. So, there it is, dirty birds.
WHO-DAT
September 24th, 2010
1:14 pm
FrontRow: Check this out:The NFL, a multibillion dollar business decided to have the 2013 Superbowl in that dump and not in that Home Depot paper made roof dome that even your own owner don’t what to play in anymore. If your film crew can take an panoramic view of the 850-million dollar refurbished Superdome, you will find out that not only do we have a Championship team but also a Championship building. You need to get out the ATL and see what I am saying. WHO-DAT!!!
P.S. Forgot, our 14-million dollar Champion Square tailgating Plaza adjacent to the dome is open for all visitors. LOL
JP
September 24th, 2010
1:15 pm
“With the teams entering the league a season apart in the late 1960s, don’t think the Falcons are not upset that the Saints won a Super Bowl trophy first.”
Saints fans LOVE LOVE LOVE that!
Geaux Saints!
The Man
September 24th, 2010
1:16 pm
sAINTS bandwagon riders, GEAUX HOME!!!!!!!!!
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
1:17 pm
Lipstick on a pig.
Scoop
September 24th, 2010
1:18 pm
FrontRow, Don’t go, WhoDat forgot to tell u its the murder capital of the world
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
1:18 pm
I acutally enjoy the Saints being up on a pedestal. The higher they get, the farther they will fall.
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
1:19 pm
I’ve been on that bandwagon since 1979, and it has been an awfully bumpy ride.
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
1:21 pm
Front Row, better to have been to very the top and go back down than to stay on the bottom forever. But congrats on finally getting back to back winning seasons. You’re definitely headed in the right direction.
FrontRow
September 24th, 2010
1:26 pm
Yep and the Saints are headed in the right direction too….back down.
We just hope to make the landing a little bit harder.
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
1:34 pm
You and everybody else. Good luck, you’re going to need it.
Falcon Fanatic
September 24th, 2010
2:08 pm
It’s time to RISE UP, and go into the superdome and take back OUR division!!!
Lets Go FALCONS!!!
WHO-DAT
September 24th, 2010
2:16 pm
Front Row/Scoop: Check this out. 7.5 million visitors to New Orleans, a city of only 385 thousand people. Murder capitol of the world, right, people are just dying to get there. Don’t hate, I can tell you and the rest of the internet community what murders Monica Pearson, Jovita Moore,Ja Quitta Williams report on a daily basis, but we are not going to go there. Saints-Falcons, leave the other stuff where it belong. WHO-DAT!
Big Rod
September 24th, 2010
2:28 pm
The Aints had a tough game and have a short week. Meanwhile, the Falcons had an easy game and a full week. We will get the upset as long as the refs don’t take it from us like they did the Vikings in the Championship game.
Falcons 26 Aints 24
Saints Fan
September 24th, 2010
2:53 pm
The city of Atlanta also has one of the highest LGBT populations per capita. It ranks 3rd of all major cities, behind San Francisco and slightly behind Seattle, with 12.8% of the city’s total population recognizing themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
Most of them have posted here.
Saints beat you like we beat you twice last year, and just barely enough to make it hurt more.
Dwayne
September 24th, 2010
3:21 pm
Ok, you win Saints Fans, now go back to your asbestos(sp) laced trailers and enjoy you Superbowl Trophy.
Falcon fans, they won it last year, of course they had lots of help from league officials, but they did win it. I’m glad they won it, even if their fans are morons. At least it wasn’t the team with the dog killer on it, or the Steelers again, or the Patriots. Hell, at least we can say we lost to the Superbowl Champs twice….lol. Ease up dudes, regardless of what happens, we still got to go to work, well, some of us do.
League Official
September 24th, 2010
3:36 pm
It’s true, we love the Saints.
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
4:19 pm
I love taint…………………….did I miss understand something?
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
4:50 pm
No, Falcon Jim. You are what we refer to as the 12.8%.
PlanB
September 24th, 2010
5:15 pm
Seen – we’ll take Reggie if he seems to be hurting your team!
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
5:21 pm
Hey Crao (AND I MEAN IT) I don’t think you know what the hell taint is………….you queer-boy.
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
5:21 pm
Not Crao……………..Crap ! ! !
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
6:06 pm
Pretty sure I do. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=taint
Wishful thinking on your part. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
6:14 pm
Crap, go down to the third definition. I’m fifty-five and it has always been a term used with regard to females. So I think we have a mis-understanding here. (I’m sure my beautiful wife and two grown sons would agree.)
(I’ve NEVER heard it used in reference to males……………….)
O.K.?
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
6:21 pm
Jim, I believe you. I do. Heck, I was just making a joke about the 12.8%, which I still think was pretty funny.
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
6:26 pm
Damn, make a kinda funny joke and end up defending your man-hood. Jeeeezzzz.
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
6:27 pm
Cajun Crap, I think were good. Hey, have fun watching the game………….but don’t get too upset. HA !
Cajun crap talker
September 24th, 2010
6:32 pm
Hey man, you too. I hope I have fun watching the game, but I can tell you that the first two weren’t all that fun to watch, and I don’t expect this one to be either, until the end anyway. Either way, I’ll come back on here Sunday or Monday and either gloat or take my medicine (either way, I’ll be talking crap).
PlanB
September 24th, 2010
6:34 pm
Maybe he’s “inbetween” thoughts.
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
6:50 pm
Cajun Crap, I don’t know if you have read some of my little talks on years of watching ball. But after it’s all said and done, just enjoy the game regardless. Heck, being a Falcon fan since day one has given me some real thick skin. I’ll be watching with my son who is 21 and a big fan. That’s all I really want.
Have a GREAT Sunday.
F.J.
Martin
September 24th, 2010
6:52 pm
Atlanta dream, Georgia bulldogs, Georgia tech, Atlanta braves, Georgia state, Atlanta fal-cants (stands for can’t win a super bowl), what do they all have in common two weeks ago? They all lost, now what you call them, a part of loserville USA.
Falcon Jim
September 24th, 2010
7:14 pm
Martin, I think it was all the voodoo you cajun types have been casting around here for a couple weeks. GO HOME.
waymer44
September 24th, 2010
7:38 pm
Hey falcons, this game is huge for the divison crown. Lose and the Saints go up 3-0 with arizona, carolina, cleveland, and tampa on deck = 7-0 race over. While the dirty birds drop to 1-2 with 49’s, browns, eagles, and bengals on deck = 3-4 and not catching the saints.
This game will come down to the final 2 minutes with the ball in brees’ hands going against the houston hamstring and tiny grimy and we all know how thats going to turn out.
hiramsaint
September 24th, 2010
8:35 pm
the 1st 2 look like mis-matches with the advantage to the saints
Big Ray
September 24th, 2010
10:35 pm
What’s really sad is so called professionals who are highly paid, giving up turnovers. That’s what’s really sad. And even worse, to the point of childishness, are opponent fans, who point to the Saints propensity to recover those turnovers, as a poor method for producing wins.
Even sadder are fans of other teams who apparently don’t have forums of their own. I mean, when you’re constantly posting on another team’s website EVERY WEEK, you either can’t read, can’t use the search engine, or you don’t know where you live.
Big Ray
September 24th, 2010
10:37 pm
The city of Atlanta also has one of the highest LGBT populations per capita. It ranks 3rd of all major cities, behind San Francisco and slightly behind Seattle, with 12.8% of the city’s total population recognizing themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual.
Guilty dogs always bark loudest. That would be YOU, Saints Fan.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
September 25th, 2010
12:05 am
Big Ray – stick to sports topics and not your sexual agenda. This is the Falcon’s vent…. there is no place for politics here.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
September 25th, 2010
12:08 am
Saints fan – the same goes for you….. cut the 12.8% B.S. – this vent is for sports and the Falcons.
Falcon Jim
September 25th, 2010
12:28 am
Good-night guys. Only 36 & 1/2 hours to go. CAN’T WAIT!
irony
September 25th, 2010
3:54 am
i find it so ironic so many falcon fans use “aints” after the saints won the superbowl. or maybe it’s ‘moronic’? this is from the same team that worshipped a rb disguised as a qb for so many years and turns out is a felon, covered his azz cuz they wanted to win so badly. where are those vick jerseys now? yeah, i guess that’s what we’d expect of people from atlanta.
it’s like the rams talking smack. … really? r u kidding?
hiramsaint
September 25th, 2010
8:01 am
go back to florida you yankee s.o. b.
Keith
September 25th, 2010
10:32 am
I believe this is the perfect time to catch the Saints at their house.
I also fully believe that the Falcons need to win here in order to go from a good team to a great team this year. Imagine the confidence boost to get the BIG WIN on the road.
Keith
September 25th, 2010
10:34 am
Re: Irony
You have to realize that some posters on here just like to talk smack….that’s all it is, really. Sounds like you’re personally offended or something. But making general statements against the “people from ATL” is even more boneheaded and ignorant that those fans that talk smack with the “aints.”
The Saints are definitely still the team to beat in the NFC South. But your comments are out of line.
Mr.Michael says...
September 25th, 2010
11:40 am
So lemme get this straight, the Saints are starting a rookie cb fresh out of college and that isn’t a key match-up? What offensive coordinator in the pass happy NFC South wouldn’t look at that poor kid and starting writing his professional obit??? The same could be said for Dunta’s first foray in the league; his first opponent was Drew Brees, and the Breese won.
hiramsaint
September 25th, 2010
3:21 pm
p.robinson is a step above d.robinson
Hamp
September 26th, 2010
2:01 am
Hamp
September 26th, 2010
1:59 am
All I know is that I get Married On 02OCT10 and I need for the Falcons to beat the saints this week I got two saints fans coming over and no bachelor party could top a win!!
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