Ryan, Turner up for FedEx weekly awards
101024 Atlanta - Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner breaks a tackle as he slips away from Bengals cornerback Leon Hall for some of his 121 yards during 2nd half action at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Sunday, Oct. 24 , 2010. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
FLOWERY BRANCH – Quarterback Matt Ryan was nominated for the FedEX Air player of the week and Michael Turner was nominated for the FedEX Ground player of the week for their showings against the Bengals.
Ryan completed 24 of 33 passes for a season-high 299 yards and three touchdowns.
Turner rushed for 121 yards on 23 carries and scored two touchdowns.
Running back Jason Snelling was nominated for the ground award after his fine showing against Arizona earlier this season.
101024 Atlanta - Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan tosses to running back Michael Turner for some of his 299 passing yards during 2nd half action against the Bengals at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Sunday, Oct. 24 , 2010. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
Falcons fans can vote for Turner and Ryan up until 12 noon on Friday at NFL.com/FedEx.
Ryan is competing against Baltimore’s Joe Flacco and Carolina’s Matt Moore.
Turner is competing against Kansas City’s Thomas Jones and Oakland’s Darren McFadden.
As part of the Air & Ground program, FedEx continues its support of Safe Kids USA by making weekly $2,000 donations in each of the winning players’ names. The funding, allocated to local Safe Kids coalitions in that team’s city, is used for pedestrian safety improvements throughout the year, from upgraded crosswalks and safety signs to traffic barriers and educational training.
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SirReal
October 27th, 2010
10:15 am
I think Ryan has a chance. McFadden probably gets the ground award….he gashed Denver.lol
Joe Tess Fish House
October 27th, 2010
10:29 am
Tunrer maybe, but not Ryan cuz he through an INT.
SeenThisB4
October 27th, 2010
10:47 am
Dang it Joe Tess, you at it again with stupid post. I use to like you but dang boy get a freak’n clue already. Just leave with some pride.
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mo's gator s'wich ta geaux
October 27th, 2010
11:00 am
he he…seen be reely madd wi joe. gud fo mi.
seenthisb4 is mi bofrend.
Joe Tess Fish House
October 27th, 2010
11:04 am
Than dont read my psots if U dont like em.
Joe Tess Fish House
October 27th, 2010
11:07 am
Hey DOL I head that Roddy one an award today? is it true? Hard 2 beleive sense he fumbled a ball that almost caused them a win.
JB FALCON
October 27th, 2010
11:12 am
Everyone can vote for Turner & Ryan at http://www.nfl.com/partner?partnerType=players-air-and-ground
Joe Tess Needs a Dictionary
October 27th, 2010
11:14 am
Enough said. You’re an idiot.
Joe Tess needs a "dict"
October 27th, 2010
11:23 am
‘Nuff said.
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
11:25 am
Common. Joe Phish-Breath is the Jr Samples of the Falcon blog. (He is also SeenB4 in disguise.)
Sid
October 27th, 2010
11:27 am
……………….JB Falcon
and you can vote more than once……..!!!
Sid
October 27th, 2010
11:30 am
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
11:25 am
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Man, I am rolling in the aisles, I was reading D Leds blog where Seen says he is going to the Saints game in Pittsburgh……….. ROFLMAO…………….the game is in the Superdome…..hell, he isn’t even a real fan…………just a Peeshwank……!!!
f
October 27th, 2010
11:42 am
Enter your comments here
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
11:45 am
Sid,
It’s someone impersonating Seen………….imagine that. He actually accused me of being the one doing it. Can’t say I haven’t done it a time or two in the past, but not today. But it is funny because it rattled him a little.
Sid
October 27th, 2010
11:57 am
Since the Birds aren’t playing this weekend how bout picking the NFL winners this weekend.
Pittsurgh
Jets
Jax
Bengals (yes, really)
St Louis
Redskins
KC
San Diego
New England
Oakland
Tampa Bay
Colts
http://www.beattheinsiders.com/login
(I’ve been playing all year and am right there with Warren Sapp and Phil Simms)
Whoever picks 100% wins a Lamborghini courtesy of f, it’s a little wrecked but would be great for spare parts.
Sid
October 27th, 2010
11:58 am
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
11:45 am
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You wouldn’t do that……………………….lol……..
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
12:03 pm
Well, I sure not the man of 1,000 faces like ole SeenB4 ! ! !
Super Flying Falcons
October 27th, 2010
12:24 pm
Matt Ryan is 110% classy player. Don’t think anybody can say anything bad about him. Represent’s the Atlanta Falcon’s very well. Love his Air Tran commerical.
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
12:25 pm
More dumb news, Falcons are not even the third best team in the NFC, Eli threw two picks early and still looked better than Ryan’s scrub behind. A.P. & Bradshaw both had better games than Turner slow, fat, #ss !!! Oh yeah Torain from the Skins outrushed that slow bowling ball, you call a RB, & Ryan still didn’t pass for over 300 yds even though Roddy had 201 yds. That idiot stare down QB is going nowhere !!!!
Sid
October 27th, 2010
12:36 pm
Wash in ATL……………
man I am just not smart enough to follow your opprobriously written tirade. Come back when you can be somewhat ignominious.
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
12:41 pm
@ Sid OVERRATED LIKE THE COWGIRLS !!!! Can you understand that ???
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
12:43 pm
A Redskins fan spewing trash? I’ve seen it all now. I could see this during the first Gibbs regime, but not now. Richie Petibon still around?
Sid
October 27th, 2010
12:47 pm
Wash in ATL…………….
You were writing of Eli Manning, that much I could discern but keep in mind that Eli has been in the league a few more years than Ryan. That is invaluable experience.
In Manning’s first year in the NFL he threw a 48% completion rate. In Ryan’s first year he threw a 61% completion rate.
2nd year…………Manning 52% Ryan 58%
Manning threw 19 INT’s his first full year in the majors, Ryan had 11 INT’s.
So who’s scrub behind looks better now?
Sid
October 27th, 2010
12:52 pm
Lol, Wash in ATL……
I told you come back when you can be somewhat ignominious. That wasn’t even close.
You are weak in the beak my friend. By the way, I was at the game last year when we knocked off the Skins, I could see the Skins had a base to build on.
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
12:53 pm
Whatever Jesse Stone talk to me when these clipped birds get one single trophy, oh yeah your only a game ahead of the Skins, so what does that say about your Turdy Birds, haha lol. Teams are converting 43 % of their 3rd downs against you guys, we only give up 33 % so who plays better in the clutch ??? ” Rise What ” lol
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
12:53 pm
The last QB developed by Washington was????????????????
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
12:56 pm
Did you really LOL at that? Keep living in the past glory of your team. That means nothing now. We are better than the Skins now and we have a QB that will be here a while and a gamechanging WR.
Sid
October 27th, 2010
12:58 pm
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
12:43 pm
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Man, haven’t thought about Petitbon or Jack Pardee in years……………!!!
Sid
October 27th, 2010
12:58 pm
Doug Williams?
Sid
October 27th, 2010
12:59 pm
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
12:53 pm
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Uh, dude, they do have a trophy case………………with hardware in it……….!!
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
12:59 pm
Didn’t Fisher follow Jack Pardee in Houston?
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
1:00 pm
Jay Schroeder? Mark Rypien? Heath **cough, cough** Schuler?
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
1:01 pm
Doug Williams started in Tampa. Didn’t Skins win that Super Bowl in a SCAB year?
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
1:01 pm
Sid !!! Matt Ryan is not a top tier QB, also Eli rode his defense the first couple of years the plays Coughlin ran were basic college routes his job was to manage the game & eliminate mistakes. Your the ones who keep bragging about Matt’s arm & his ” potent offense ” haha lol. Jenkins & Finneran WTH !!!
Sid
October 27th, 2010
1:03 pm
The Falcons are converting 44% of their 3rd downs, the Redskins 25% …….OUCH……!! That’s gonna leave a scar……….!!
Sid
October 27th, 2010
1:04 pm
Not sure, Doug was first to come to mind without going all the way back to Theisman.
Sid
October 27th, 2010
1:06 pm
No bragg, just fact………
Sid
October 27th, 2010
1:07 pm
……………….and heck as long as we are looking
4th down coversion success
Atlanta 75% Washington ZERO%
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
1:08 pm
Yeah just keep on developing that Scrub. McNabb or Flacco will get a ring before that overthrowing, inaccrurate, no leadership clown. Joe theisman, Mark Rypien, & Doug Williams understood we were developing a scheme not a QB, haha, good luck with that Alex Smith project of yours ! LOL !!!
Sid
October 27th, 2010
1:10 pm
First downs per game
Atlanta 4th
Washington 23rd
That’s just not conference, it’s the entire NFL
Hey Wash, this will make you feel better………………..
Yards Per Play
Washington 11th
Atlanta 16th
Sid
October 27th, 2010
1:11 pm
Eli rode his defense?
Because he had not developed yet!
By the way, I had no idea he had that inclination.
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
1:11 pm
Sid are you ok, WTH does 4th down conversions prove that your developing QB can’t move the ball on the first 3 downs, & that he’s having trouble executing the gameplan WOW great observation !!!!!
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
1:13 pm
Get your Red (skin) A$$ outta here…………….
Wash in Atl's Moma
October 27th, 2010
1:13 pm
Now, don’t forget behind your ears.
Joe Tess Fish House
October 27th, 2010
1:13 pm
Thats it Im done with this palce. 2 many insults about me. If I cant purpose my ideas without bein picked on then I will leave.
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
1:14 pm
I see there was no response about Theismann, I wonder why maybe because he developed into a HOFer thats why !!!!
Wash in Atl
October 27th, 2010
1:15 pm
Joe, don’t let that swinging door hit you in the Tess.
Camaro Bob
October 27th, 2010
1:16 pm
U all R gettin of topic. This is about Ryan and Tuner up for awards. I dout Ryan will win cuz he threw an INT.
Sid
October 27th, 2010
1:16 pm
I would love to stay and banter with you Wash but have to move on with my day.
But just remember:
In Manning’s first year in the NFL he threw a 48% completion rate. In Ryan’s first year he threw a 61% completion rate.
2nd year…………Manning 52% Ryan 58%
Manning threw 19 INT’s his first full year in the majors, Ryan had 11 INT’s
Well, ………………bye! (one of my favorite lines from the movie Tombstone)
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
1:18 pm
You beat it Falcon Jim, Cant take the heat get out of the Kitchen, Oh good job of letting go D. Hall Go Skins !!!! Yeah this is the same team that let HOFer Deion Sandrs leave DUHH !!!
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
1:21 pm
@Camaro Bob that was my whole point in posting the first time at least 3 guys outplayed Turner & Ryan at their positions this weekend in the NFC !!!
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
1:25 pm
Why are people on this blog using my handle to post, I never posted @ 1:15 to Joe Tess, you guys down south crack me up you won’t even man up & use your own name when blogging, how pathetic !!!
Camaro Bob
October 27th, 2010
1:25 pm
May be so Wash, but UR team sux more tehn the Flacons. LOLOLOLOL!!!
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
1:30 pm
Well Camaro Bob we didn’t get stomped on by Eagles so do the math on who SUX !!!!!!!!
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
1:34 pm
Wash, I can take probably more than most. I just always wonder why someone comes in to another team’s blog and starts spouting bull$h!+ for whatever reason. That’s all. Makes me wonder about that person and why.
cejay
October 27th, 2010
1:43 pm
Wash in ATL
Do you normally get the hell beat out of you, like sid is doing? He has trashed your crappy a$$ team with real stats to which you have no answer……who’s the scrub????????
cejay
October 27th, 2010
1:44 pm
Look at all the stats overall,,, don’t just pick a few and start spewing
KimZ'sPackage
October 27th, 2010
1:52 pm
D.O.L
Can you chat with the powers that be at the Falcons and see if they will do an auction. I think The Falcons can do an on-line auction of the T-Shirts Ocho Cinco sent to the Falcon players. Have the DB’s & Roddy White sign the T-Shirts and auction them for the Childrens Heath care network and the Atlanta Food Bank. What do you think?
Mike Jay
October 27th, 2010
1:57 pm
Wash in ATL smells a lot like some guy called Seen who needs a new team’s bandwagon to jump on. Mcnabb get a ring before Ryan? HAHA. How many playoff games has that loser blown?
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
2:01 pm
SeenB4 could be anybody. After all, he is Lon Chaney, The Man of 1,000 Faces.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
October 27th, 2010
2:29 pm
KimZ — I like that. We’ll have to get them to acknowledge that they intercepted the packages first. But that’s a great idea. I’ll sent it along.
Falcons 4 Real
October 27th, 2010
2:29 pm
If SeenB4 is the man of 1,000 faces why choose the one he’s got?
D. Orlando Ledbetter
October 27th, 2010
2:30 pm
Why does everybody mess with Joe Tess?
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
2:42 pm
DOL- Because he is the lowest hanging fruit on the ajc blogs.
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
2:44 pm
Falcons 4 Real
October 27th, 2010
2:29 pm
If SeenB4 is the man of 1,000 faces why choose the one he’s got?
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So he can use another name and agree with himself, or when he gets slammed, he can start over as someone else.
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D. Orlando Ledbetter
October 27th, 2010
2:44 pm
Jess Stone — Now, I fully understand. (Doesn’t have a life?)
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
2:45 pm
Seriously, DOL. I don’t think Joe is that dumb. He just plays that character here.
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
2:46 pm
Mr. Ledbetter,
I always give Joe his due. I say he is the Jr Samples of swamp humor on Falcon blogs.
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
2:46 pm
If George “The Animal” Steele had a computer, he’d be Joe Tess.
Jesse Stone
October 27th, 2010
2:47 pm
…..or Randy Hickey from My Name Is Earl.
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
2:47 pm
Joe Tess Phish-Breath is SEENTHISB4 !
Mike Jay
October 27th, 2010
3:27 pm
Im pretty sure that Seen and Joe Tesh are really DOL!
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
3:32 pm
Mr. Ledbetter,
Now they’re going after you!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
(Funny, Mike.)
TheSaneOneHere
October 27th, 2010
6:33 pm
Awards are nice; but I’m sure Matt Ryan would have preferred a 300+ yard game to this award. He needs a few games like that to solidify his confidence. Game plan offensively was much better against the Beagles, meaning Mike Mularkey might actually be working up there.
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
6:36 pm
Let’s see. Throws for 299. Would prefer 300. Right. Sure. Makes sense.
KimZ'sPackage
October 27th, 2010
7:32 pm
DOL I have another poster name too on Jeff’s and Mark’s blogs and I have tried to sell the Idea of having GT, UGA, G State fans + other Acc and SEC blogers on the College footbal sites to do a great for Atlanta. I am trying to get fans of college not pro teams to GIVE their Friday after Thanksgiving to come to the Atlanta Food Bank and Help the less fortunate. Wear your tem colors and help sort food. We can talk crap about the weekend football games and lose the Behind the Screen Hatred. Nobody will punch me out whit theri wife or child helping the poor right? HAHAHA. I am not a member of any of these organizations. I just think it is something good to do and for the Blogers to meet to find commom ground.
Falcon Jim
October 27th, 2010
10:12 pm
Whoa. Wait. You want THESE guys to get together? Girl, that ain’t gonna work. This is why we stay anonymous behind our coward shields. Getting together would lead to two things:
1.) KumByYa moments for some.
2.) Fisticuffs and switchblades for some.
So……………not this group.
I love these guys, but only cause they don’t know who the heck I really am.
mo's gator s'wich ta geaux
October 28th, 2010
1:23 am
seen. bob. waer ya be. i be hare fo yo.
Sid
October 28th, 2010
6:44 pm
Wash in ATL
October 27th, 2010
1:11 pm
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Man, you don’t get it at all……………………..
Atlanta is #1 in 3rd down conversions
Washington is 31st
Jeez you are a moron………………….
stendek
October 29th, 2010
10:14 am
For years I was in the “media” business and now I schmooze with the likes of Orlando Ledbetter and Jeff Schulz. So, obviously, I know a lot. Fact is, I’m brilliant. Anyway, as important as that is, I do have a point to make (of course.)
Back when I was doing serious work, I won a Pulitzer prize for an article I did relating to my research on people that are narcissistic anonymous bloggers that submit under various names with the intent to annoy people. Current case in point, SeenThisB4. My conclusion, after exhaustive research is that these folks are nuts ! stendek
Jeff
October 29th, 2010
6:57 pm
Ryan wins.
Falcons 4 Real
October 29th, 2010
7:13 pm
Congrats Matty! Well deserved!