Falcons move to No. 1 spot in ESPN power rankings
FLOWERY BRANCH – The Falcons have used a three-game home winning streak to improve to 7-2 and climb to the top of ESPN’s power rankings.
The Falcons’ 7-2 mark is the best in the NFC.
If they are going to stay on top, they will have to prove their mettle on the road.
The Falcons play four of their next five games on the road.
If you count their last two exhibition games, the Falcons opened the season playing six of eight games on the road.
“We have a part of the season, albeit part of it was in the preseason, that we’ve gone on the road almost twice as much as we’ve been at home,” Falcons coach Mike Smith said. “Playing on the road is a big challenge.”
The Falcons 2-2 on the road this season. They have road victories over New Orleans and Cleveland. They have road losses to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
“This season, so far we’ve had some success on the road,” Smith said. “We’d like to have a little bit more.”
With ESPN’s No. 1 power ranking and with the best record in the NFC, the Falcons will now have teams gunning for them.
“We try not to concern ourselves with what our record is and the record of the team that we are playing,” Smith said. “We try to come in, and I know it gets harder from week to week, we come in and we try to do what we have to do to get better. . . We feel like it’s all about us and not who we are playing.”
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FrontRow
November 17th, 2010
7:18 am
The only #1 ranking that means anything is the one in February.
head-mo-fo
November 17th, 2010
7:22 am
Lets all hope that this Power Rankings climb doesn’t go to our heads. We had a huge win against Baltimore that I think showed we are a good team at home. We had a let down game against Philly that showed that we still have some work to do on defense. At some point this season we will put together a full 60 minute game much like we did against Arizona. Clearly placing us at #1 in the Power Rankings will not enable us to fly under the radar any longer. The hunter will know become the hunted.
David
November 17th, 2010
7:23 am
Our DBs still worry me, They are to small.
head-mo-fo
November 17th, 2010
7:29 am
FrontRow your right. All of the games must still be played and let’s be honest here. The Giants, Philly, Green Bay and the Saints will all be playing great football in the playoffs… While I like our chances at home, none of our opponents have forfieted so far this season. I hope the Falcon chatter dies down a little, we need to focus on handling our buisness, not Power Rankings. Mike Smith needs to keep our guys hungry and humble.
FalconUGAFan
November 17th, 2010
7:33 am
Yep…many more tests ahead..The Ravens at home was a big win no doubt…but we have a tough up and comer on the road and we better not go in with the big head..Frontrow said it best…#1 in February is the only one that counts. I’m just glad we are in the mix for once.
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gabeaux
November 17th, 2010
7:43 am
ESPN does college rankings, too. Look how much they change.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
November 17th, 2010
7:46 am
Atlanta now gets ESPN’s #1 power ranking. That makes me very nervous. When was ESPN ever right on any thing?
JB
November 17th, 2010
7:47 am
This team is a long way from Jerry Glanville putting that big Trophy on the sidelines in San Francisco, and then getting beat by 45 points. !!!!!!
SimpleDawg
November 17th, 2010
7:51 am
Will someone please tell the Falcon players that the 3rd quarter counts in the final totals of the game?
JONESBORO SLIM
November 17th, 2010
7:57 am
@Ledbetter
Whats the deal with your “Blog”?..why are the EARLYEST comments start from the bottom up…is it me or you?
go birds
November 17th, 2010
8:11 am
go falcons
JONESBORO SLIM
November 17th, 2010
8:12 am
Hey what happen to my comment?
dave
November 17th, 2010
8:28 am
this just must eat at the gut of all the nay-sayers….yes the falcons REALLY are tough….hope they prove it again this weekend although the Rams are better than they have been
Damage Inc.
November 17th, 2010
8:33 am
I just don’t want all the Fox pregame hosts to ever pick Atlanta. If you remember they all picked them against Philly.
Falcon X
November 17th, 2010
8:34 am
I’m hoping the birds don’t let down. It’s nice to see the falcons executives build the team the right way. Good GM, Good Coach, Solid QB, Best WR in the league, Hall of Fame TE, two monster truck RB’s… and Lighting Macquine at DE… did I miss anything?
cwltank
November 17th, 2010
8:36 am
besides the Phily game I think the Falcons played well. Pittsburgh really was our measuring stick. We will see them in the Superbowl. lol
Roy
November 17th, 2010
8:38 am
I love the Falcons but i really think the Eagles are the best team now!
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
8:39 am
I don’t think that the power rankings really mean that much.
The Falcons being 7-2 and on top of the NFC South is what counts.
SeenThisB4
November 17th, 2010
8:39 am
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, ….
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
GT Alum
November 17th, 2010
8:39 am
So much for the Falcons being the Rodney Dangerfield of the NFL. I honestly had to disagree with that article when it came out, though. Several analysts were talking up Ryan through the offseason, and the Fox analysts have been very complimentary to the Falcons after most games. It’s nice to see them getting some recognition from the national media. Now, they just need to finish the job. How about two expansion teams from the mid-60s winning their first championships in back-to-back years?
ESPN: Blows Like The WInd
November 17th, 2010
8:40 am
Love Us or Hate Us, no one cares about your “rankings” anymore, ESPN!
ESPN has become a pandering, politically correct tool for liberalism, and I no longer get my NFL and sports coverage from that abomination.
Thanks to NFL Network, the Internet & SIRIUS NFL 124, I don’t have to get tolerate Stuart Scott or Chris Berman or any of the other Obama-foot-kissing leftists on ESPN.
ESPN = The Way of the Dinosaur
PlanB
November 17th, 2010
8:50 am
ESPN: BLTW – Well said
willdave
November 17th, 2010
8:53 am
Being placed at the top of ESPN’s power rankings is significant in that the Falcons generally have never had the respect of the national media. As a lifelong fan of this team, I am really proud of this number one ranking, although I fully understand the Birds will have to back it up on the field. So far, they have done just that. And I sincerely believe they will continue to do so.
GO FALCONS!!! FEBRUARY FOOTBALL THIS YEAR!!!
PlanB
November 17th, 2010
8:55 am
DOL – Please fix the format. I read left to right and top to bottom
Fellow ESPN Hater
November 17th, 2010
8:59 am
I also now hate ESPN and don’t care how high or low they rank us.
ESPN used to be my favorite channel and sports escape for the everyday stresses of life. Now, all I ever see on there is political correctness and hypersensitivity and blind praise & worship for the current Prez.
I’d rather watch FOX SPORTS or the NFL CHANNEL now than even look at SportsCenter and the socialist hacks on that Bristol, CT broadcaster for even 30 seconds! ESPN is now like a cheating & verbally abusive ex-girlriend I would like to push off a bridge!
Linda Cohn? Don’t even get me started!
GO, FALCONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jelly Sandwich Meat
November 17th, 2010
9:01 am
Is this the BCS? Do rankings in the NFL matter? Who cares about media coverage and respect? What sort of simple, inane lives do you all have if power rankings in the NFL mean this much?
How many of you want a play off system for college football? If so, then DON’T give any credence to these, or any other rankings.
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
9:02 am
ESPN:BLTW..@8:40am…….Did you hear Rush or one of the Faux News talking heads say that? Are those your own original thoughts?
Don’t you have a Tea-Bagger’s meeting to attend this morning?
Tea Party Meber
November 17th, 2010
9:12 am
We R the Tea Party not tea baggers. U dont like are views? Than go back to Russia!
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
9:22 am
Sawthat 1nce,
“Tea-b~~~ing” is a lewd term put forth by liberal gays to rile conservatives. If you know the derivation of the term, you wouldn’t use it. In fact, it should be deleted.
Joe Tess Fish House
November 17th, 2010
9:23 am
What al this talk of Power Rangers?
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
9:24 am
Tea Party……..don’t you just love those tea-bags?
Joe Tess Fish House
November 17th, 2010
9:27 am
My favarite is the greene Power Ranger.
Camaro Bob
November 17th, 2010
9:33 am
I lik da red Power Rannger. Just lik mi camero.
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
9:36 am
There is a lot of difference between the ESPN and the Fox Sports rankings. Just goes to show, one “expert” must not be as smart as the other “expert.”
Mr. Mustard
November 17th, 2010
9:40 am
Actually “Tea Baggers” was the original name chosen by the Tea Party until they realized the implications and quickly changed it. You would not know that because you get your (false) information from the wingnut bubble of edited videos and Frank Luntz talking points.
Be scared! Be very scared! Brown people are trying to take your stuff!! Of course, Wall Street and corporations are actually taking your stuff, but you keep listening to Fox Noise.
By the way, the Tea Party in Boston in 1773 was in revolt against the East India Tea Company’s monopoly on the tea trade in the colonies. The giant corporation was getting favors from King George. Sound familiar? Corporations getting all the money, and sticking it to the citizens.
If it were 1773, you would be marching against the Patriots who staged the Boston Tea Party, but you don’t know that either do you, you Fox puppet?
Pathetic.
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
November 17th, 2010
9:42 am
There are several power rankings available for Week 11 of the NFL and they are all different in terms of who they rank number #1. As many have stated, it really doesn’t matter, in the grand scheme of things, who is ranked where from a week to week basis. What matters is where the team ends up at the end of the year.
This is still a young developing team and even if they don’t get to the Super Bowl this year, they have played some exciting games and there are positive signs of things to come in the future. There are still a few missing pieces, e.g., CB, OL, etc., but I’m confident that these problems are going to be addressed over time. GO FALCONS!!!!!
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
9:46 am
Mr Mustard………..Mr Pathetic.
On your knees. Bow to the new socialist regime. Here’s some chap-stick.
Mr. Mustard
November 17th, 2010
9:47 am
Although the Falcons have shown they are capable of beating anyone, I don’t believe we are in the elite just yet.
I think Indianapolis, New England, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and both N.Y. teams are as good if not better. Especially the physical teams of Pittsburgh and Philly, and both beat us this year as you all know.
We will get there in a year or two, I believe and stay there as long as Dimitroff is G.M. but not quite yet. However, if we get home field advantage and first seed, we are good enough to win it all this year.
Thankfully, the Green Bay game is in Atlanta, and we should take both against the Panthers. St. Louis should be a win for us, so we can finish with 11 wins I think. Get a lucky bounce again, and we……could…..go………all………..the…….way!
Mr. Mustard
November 17th, 2010
9:49 am
Yep, all yot got is insults like a 8th grade school boy, and no I won’t bow to you or anyone. LOL.
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
9:52 am
I sure didn’t say bow to me! After all, I’m only in the eighth grade, so that would be a statutory problem.
O G Falcon Fan
November 17th, 2010
9:54 am
D-Led, why have yall changed the way the coimments come up on the blog. i like it better the other way.
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
9:55 am
And why do liberals feel this “need” to defend a LEWD term?
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:00 am
@9:47…….Exactly what is an elite NFL team in 2010? The Falcons could beat any one of the teams that you mentioned, and they could be defeated by any one of them. In fact, any team could beat any other team, if like you say, the ball bounces the right way.
Mr. Mustard
November 17th, 2010
10:02 am
Hey wingnut tea bagger, do you know the NFL is……….SOCIALIST?!
They share revenues equally from television contracts, meaning the worst teams are guaranteed revenue from the best teams and largest markets.
They also practice collective bargaining with the players’ union. Shouldn’t you be screaming to break up the players’ union, and dismantle the NFL?
The NFL, that bastion of masculinity and Americana is socialist. Yikes!
The NFL is SOCIALIST and practices socialism and is the best freaking sports league on the planet.
Chew on that ditto.
Tea Party Meber
November 17th, 2010
10:02 am
Mr Musturd U R makin that stuff up. The Tea party is to fight the govrnent from turning us socilasts and giving all R money 2 welfare moms on crack and illeagle aliens.
johnny
November 17th, 2010
10:03 am
The PACK is coming for the Dirty Birds Nov. 28th
Saints LSU
November 17th, 2010
10:04 am
just say hello to mr bush he’s back & thomas now brees & co gonna go to work 3 rank D now the O is ready
Tea Party Meber
November 17th, 2010
10:04 am
Go back 2 russia comrade!
johnny
November 17th, 2010
10:05 am
why are we talking poltics? This is an article about football!
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:06 am
johnny @10:03…….bring em on, baby.
johnny
November 17th, 2010
10:06 am
no one on the falcons line can control Clay Matthews!
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
10:08 am
Back to football. Why is it that people say this is a down year in the NFL? What makes this year any different? There are good teams playing well and there is a lot of competition. A lot of teams COULD win it. Isn’t that why the games are played? Isn’t that the fun of it?
Mr. Mustard
November 17th, 2010
10:09 am
Hey Falcon Jim, who is defending it? As usual, you change the subject. No one defended it, just explained how it originated.
But that is above your head isn’t it?
Defend this: The Tea Party was against giant corporations, and now you support giant corporations but identify yourself with the true patriots of 1773.
Ouch, that’s gotta hurt, but if you read a freaking book, you would know that. Oh, you are not allowed to read are you? Because if Rush allowed you to read, you would learn how freaking wrong the tea bagging wingnut Fox puppets are.
Health care for everyone……..BAD! Cruel health care corporations refusing to pay claims to hard working Americans who paid their bills……GOOD!
ROTFLMAO.
Cannot go anywhere without a dittohead spewing his hate and stupidity. Geez.
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:09 am
To get the only true Power Rankings for the NFL, you must go to Yahoo! Sports at the NFL page and click on RANKER (view all results). That is the gospel.
johnny
November 17th, 2010
10:11 am
The only true power ranking will be when the last second has ticked off the clock in the super bowl, until then it’s just people’s opinions.
Mr. Mustard
November 17th, 2010
10:11 am
Do what you gotta do guys, but let me say this………I want to talk football, but when a dittohead starts in on “Libruels” I will respond.
I won’t start it and never will, but I won’t sit back and let their hate and ignorance go unanswered.
Go Falcons, and have a nice day on your socialist roads, and schools and socialist sports league.
Mr. Mustard
November 17th, 2010
10:16 am
Tea Party Meber, brown people are not the problem. Wall Street and the banksters are the problem, and yes our government is bought and paid for by Wall St. That means Democrats and Republicans.
They are called “wedge” issues, to divert your attention from the fact that corporations have too much power. That is our problem right now.
Think about it, we keep giving corporations too much freedom, and the economy collapsed.
That is why the orginal Tea Party revolted against the East India Tea Company.
Have a nice day, and no I never make stuff up. I am wrong at times and will admit it, but I never make stuff up.
FrontRow
November 17th, 2010
10:24 am
Political discussion? You are TEABAGGERS. If you didn’t want to be called that maybe your members shouldn’t have worn teabags on their hats.
I doubt any of you teabaggers can comprehend Mr. Mustard’s factual representation of the original tea party. Keep in mind you can vote; the originals were protesting their inability to elect their representatives.
Liberal media means media that doesn’t publish what you want them to publish. Freedom of the press is in the constitution and one of the cornerstones of modern TEABAGGERS is to eliminate freedom of the press.
Stick to football; it’s more your speed.
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
10:25 am
Mr Mustard,
This is supposed to be Falcon talk. I TRIED to get back to it.
You are just one of those snooty liberals that spew your insults and your uppity B.S. and I will not acknowledge your insults or your B.S.
cejay
November 17th, 2010
10:28 am
You tell him Jim !!!!
cejay
November 17th, 2010
10:30 am
Excuse me, but can someone tell me what the hell a “brown person” is??
johnny
November 17th, 2010
10:33 am
holy snikies!! Talk football, there’s a poltical page here on ajc
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:34 am
cejay a brown person is a person that is not a white person.
Mike is back
November 17th, 2010
10:35 am
Dled, Great Stuff!!!
The mire fact that the Birds are even mention among the elite teams in the NFL…speaks volume of the body of work of TD, MSmith, and his staff…especially considering the fact that the Falcon are a young team…save for a few vets. The kid from Kentucky has Mel Kipper chewing on a lil crow. lol
Amidst all the success the Birds are enjoying…the unsung hero for me…has been the D-line…the young guys in the middle…have been playing stout. We don’t have the flashy names…But the defense as whole…has dramatically improved. We still have our issues…but you can count on someone to make a big play to keep us in the game or seal a win. They are still evolving…but we have a solid foundation.
Also can’t say enough about the job Mulurkey has done with his play calling…the past few games. It’s no fluke…THE BIRDS ARE FOR REAL.
GO BIRDS…LETS SLAAAAAAAAAM…THEM RAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:37 am
The thing about the Falcons is that they are just getting more better, and more better.
cejay
November 17th, 2010
10:37 am
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:34 am
cejay a brown person is a person that is not a white person.
—————————-
Wow, thats kinda vague isn’t it….are you sure? thats an awfully lot of people to clump together under one heading… Oh well…
johnny
November 17th, 2010
10:41 am
the packers are getting alot better too
JONESBORO SLIM
November 17th, 2010
10:41 am
Is it me?… but I find it difficult to read from bottom to the top and then scoll back down to get to the next page….does anyone else have this problem? or again is it just my p.c?
SeenThisB4
November 17th, 2010
10:41 am
Boy, I tell ya, the intelligence level in ATL is rock bottom, non-existent. Everyone else in the US knows that a brown person is a Cleveland fan.
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:43 am
The Falcons are still climbing the mountain.
What is happening in ATL, is that the Falcons organization is building a dynastay, that is being designed to last through the 20-teens.
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:46 am
SeenB4…..that was a pretty good one. Does that explain it for you there, cejay? Final answer.
Tea Party Meber
November 17th, 2010
10:47 am
Dont 4 get to menton that you socialists will take R guns a way so we cant defend r selfs from the goverenment . Next we will b forced to eat what the goverenrment says, then what 2 watch on tv, how we dress, cars we drive…….It goes on liek that. No me buddy. U want all that then go 2 Cuba or Russia.
cejay
November 17th, 2010
10:47 am
This blog has been jacked up awhile, they won’t fix it
Tea Party Meber
November 17th, 2010
10:47 am
Also, Flacons R over ratted in these rankings
cejay
November 17th, 2010
10:50 am
@Tea Party Meber, I would rather listen to seenthisb4 than your dumb a$$
Frozen Rope
November 17th, 2010
10:50 am
I just have one question,, whats a Meber
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:53 am
Jonesboro Slim…..I agree this back-a$$ward format is really cumbersome and annoying, but complaining about apparently doesn’t seem to register with the blog-master, as it is his blog, and he will run it any dang-well way that he sees fit.
My advice, try to live with it, and/or visit other blogs when they have Falcons articles, and ignore this one, which is what I do.
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
10:55 am
A Meber is an American cousin, of that Justin Beber boy from Canada.
Tea Party Meber
November 17th, 2010
11:01 am
@ cejay
Why the anger? Why the insluts? U dont like what I say dont reed it. Still dont like it we can go…..N E palce N E tiem!
JONESBORO SLIM
November 17th, 2010
11:02 am
@saw that1nce
I guess Ur right mention this sometime back…I thought it was just me……besides Ive been waiting for the St. Louis paper to see what they have to say about Sundays game…..
cejay
November 17th, 2010
11:10 am
Tea Party Meber
November 17th, 2010
11:01 am
@ cejay
Why the anger? Why the insluts? U dont like what I say dont reed it. Still dont like it we can go…..N E palce N E tiem!
—————————
No anger, no insults, you just don’t know what the hell you’re talking about, and as far as your threat goes…..I laugh at you
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
11:11 am
cejay,
It’s funny, whenever this happens, it always follows the same scenario:
-”They” start it.
-You make one comment.
-”They” go off on a diatribe with insults and some sort of “lesson.” (Even if you are old, highly educated and politically sophisticated, they call you a “child” or something like that.
“They” feel compelled to “educate” you.)
-Then you try to get back to football, and “they” then say you are changing the subject and running away, while in the same breath berate you for getting away from football.
Unbelievable.
Thanks for chiming in, cejay.
F.J.
Glen Beck 4 Prez
November 17th, 2010
11:16 am
Crazy libs
cejay
November 17th, 2010
11:17 am
Jim, the way I look at it is, some people should not be allowed to reproduce…..
FrontRow
November 17th, 2010
11:23 am
I was first; the politics started here:
ESPN: Blows Like The WInd
November 17th, 2010
8:40 am
Love Us or Hate Us, no one cares about your “rankings” anymore, ESPN!
ESPN has become a pandering, politically correct tool for liberalism, and I no longer get my NFL and sports coverage from that abomination.
Thanks to NFL Network, the Internet & SIRIUS NFL 124, I don’t have to get tolerate Stuart Scott or Chris Berman or any of the other Obama-foot-kissing leftists on ESPN.
ESPN = The Way of the Dinosaur
Wingnuts – the posts are still here; please do not re-write the facts when the ink is still wet.
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
11:23 am
cejay,
Oh well………….”diversity.”
cejay
November 17th, 2010
11:26 am
I refuse to watch ESPN….myself
cejay
November 17th, 2010
11:27 am
And if Dieon would leave the NFL channel, I’d be thrilled…
Ken Strickland
November 17th, 2010
11:46 am
TEA PARTY MEMBER-judging from the way you write and think, you need someone to do all of those things for you, which explains your attachment to the tea party.
SEENTHISB4-don’t you think you need to be telling that crap to your BELOVED AINTS, rather than the DIRTY BIRD FAlCONS, THE NEW KING OF THE NFC SOUTH, AND THE NFC?
DAVID-the very CB that worries you because you feel he’s too small, has been one of the NFL’s best ball hawking CB’s over the last 25gms. You have to judge him by his production, not by your particular bias towards his height.
MR MUSTARD-wasn’t THE STUFF you claim the BROWN PEOPLE are trying to take from you taken from them in the first place? At least they’re not trying to take it back the way it was taken from them in the 1st place, you know, by lying, deceiving, cheating, intimidating and out right murdering those who tried to stop the theft. That’s the same ANAL MINDED THINKING that has people believing this country was founded on demoncratic principles and the quest for freedom, when the the majority of this country’s inhabitants were denied freedom in their own land by those pretending to seek it.
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
12:06 pm
Falcon Jim @11;11…….All the political stuff dies down, and then you bring it back up. Then you accuse someone else of continuing to bring it up. You may be old, highly educated, and consider yourself to be politically sophisticated, but your retorts to Mr. Mustard were juvenile, to say the least.
I don’t know about your political sophistication, as Mr. Mustard pretty well handed your a$$ back to you.
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
12:10 pm
The Eagles have good team, but they will never make it to the playoffs.
Frozen Rope
November 17th, 2010
12:10 pm
@ Tea Party Meber
No need for Violins
tbhawksfan
November 17th, 2010
12:14 pm
Wow, came to the Falcons blog and found some important and intelligent comments. Very surprising. As for the others…..
7-2 is great. Youth, coaching, GMing, good ownership….
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
12:53 pm
Sawthat1nce,
What the hell? It’s a Falcons blog. I didn’t get into details because from me, you would get a book…………..and it wouldn’t be revisionist junk.
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
12:57 pm
Clueless
Doggy Dad
November 17th, 2010
12:58 pm
DLed, could you return the format of your blog to the way it was before. If not I’ll have to cut you!
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Ackshun
November 17th, 2010
1:23 pm
Don’t know if the Falcons rank number one yet. The defensive secondary really hasnt performed very well. Dunta Robinson hasn’t been the shut down corner we hoped for. Philly really exposed that situation although a relentless pass rush helps. The boys still don’t know how to stomp a team and finish them we are prone to get a bit lazy in the 3rd quarter (the bucs game should have been a blow out, the Ravens game should have too). All that said I can’t say who in the NFC is better (definitely not the Giants, although Vick and the Eagles are scary). We just need to focus on constant improvement and we need a shutdown corner and more speed at safety. Then maybe we can lay claim to the “best” title. Maybe.
SeenThisB4
November 17th, 2010
1:32 pm
Ken Strickland: How are you and your geriatric buddies doing? Still breathing unassisted?
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
Gman
November 17th, 2010
1:33 pm
Politics and athletics should NEVER be mixed. Go Falcons!
falconfan 24-7
November 17th, 2010
1:49 pm
The number 1 ranking is flattering however it doesn’t mean anything until February after the Super Bowl. Fox Sports have the Jets ranked number one and the Falcons number two. Go figure and Go Falcons.
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
2:00 pm
F U
edhaire
November 17th, 2010
2:02 pm
Wow #1 on ESPN power rankings! But other than that not much else as far as Falcon coverage. Maybe we will continue to fly under the radar. I think we will finish 13-3 or maybe 14-2. Green bay and New Orleans may be trap games.
On another note, I think we need to find a way to get Harry Douglas involved more. He is a big threat and I don’t think we gave Jenkins enough credit for the great 3rd down catch against the Ravens.
Go you DIRTY BIRDS!
SeenThisB4
November 17th, 2010
2:05 pm
Somebody slammed somebody’s nerve, hard! LOL!
GEAUX SAINTS! OUR TIME!!
1911A1
November 17th, 2010
2:11 pm
Count me in as another who can’t take ESPN seriously (and hasn’t in a long time.) Their continuous, over-the-top man-crush on Brett Favre destroyed what little credibility they had.
FalconsFan284
November 17th, 2010
2:13 pm
Low is the day that I find myself on the same side of an argument as Tea Party, but here goes.
Mr. Mustard—–What you have said about the original Teap Party is incorrect and very badly so. First of all, those Patriots, were not rallying against big corporations. Especially, when a good many of them owned businesses in the Americas. No, in fact, these men were rallying against over taxation from the British Government. You have heard of the British Government before, right? Perhaps the rallying cry of one Thomas Payne, whose writings were the inspiration for revolution, may clear up your memory. Thomas Payne once wrote, “No taxation without respresentation.” Have you hear that phrase in your American History classes, when you were in high school? I am only trying to point out your error, without submitting my opinion.
Also, the NFL is not truly Socialist. I think the better argument would be to say they are a form of Socialism known as Market Socialists. Those two things aren’t really the same. And, when used in the contexts of your argument, very poorly applied. Even that description, Market Socialists, is not truly accurate as there is still several higher authorities then the NFL. It was a good try though. It is more fair to say that the NFL has Socialist qualities while still operating with Capitalist tendencies.
As for football, the Falcons are perhaps the fifth or sixth best team in the NFL. We just don’t have a strong enough defense to be any higher. I believe that Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New England, Pittsburgh and the New York Giants are more complete teams. However, in the dome, Atlanta could defeat any of them.
Samantha
November 17th, 2010
2:13 pm
The Falcons will never play in the superbowl anytime soon! They should have lost the last 2 games they played. The ONLY reason why they barely beat the New Orleans Saints was because the majority of the really good players were not able to play due to their injuries. They will lose the majority of their games that are left…you’ll see
Dave
November 17th, 2010
2:14 pm
I think the Eagles are clearly better than the Falcons. Not only due to their impressive showing Monday, but because the Eagles have beaten us three years running, and whipped us badly this season without Vick.
real12real
November 17th, 2010
2:40 pm
So what if the Eagles beat the Falcons? We got beat by the Steelers, but yall aren’t saying they’re better than the Falcons. The Patriots beat them. The Jets are also 7-2. It isn’t about who beat who but who’s doing the way they are doing at this part of the season. Yall are jokes. Seriously.
SeenThisB4
November 17th, 2010
2:45 pm
tick…tick…tick………………….only a matter of time B4 I become a Falcon fan.
Pete
November 17th, 2010
2:45 pm
The Falcons are a different team on the road, make no mistake. They don’t seem to have the “toughness” or sense of urgency on the road as when at home in the Dome. It’s probably 80% mental but with their growing success and confidence let’s hope they play like “grownups” this Sunday in St. Louis.
Scott
November 17th, 2010
2:50 pm
It is amazing to me that the national sports media is giving the Falcons a very much deserved number one ranking, but the local sports talk radio idiots rank them number three. The Falcons are no longer flying under the radar nationally. The only place the Flacons fly under the radar is in the Atlanta media. “SERIOUSLY”..
Fish Bisch
November 17th, 2010
2:58 pm
Dan Uggla will be a good player for the Braves.
yeahsure
November 17th, 2010
3:15 pm
@real12real.
My thoughts exactly. Hawks swept the Celtics last season. So what. We still didn’t make it to the Finals. Sure, the Eagles always seems to outcoach and outplay us. But there is still plenty of football left to be played. Let’s wait before we crown them Superbowl Champs after one win over the Deadskins (as impressive as it may have been).
For now, let’s just enjoy our Falcons moment on top and concentrate on whooping the Lambs on Sunday.
Bird Droppings
November 17th, 2010
3:31 pm
Personally, I can’t stand these blogs being upside down. You can’t follow a thread, and you don’t know if SeenThisB4 has actually seen this before or whether he hasn’t seen it yet.
TMoney
November 17th, 2010
3:39 pm
IMO, there are currently 11 teams still alive in the NFC for playoff births: NYG, PHI, CHI, GB, ATL, NO, TB, SEA, STL, SF, ARI. I list all 4 NFC West teams because one of them has to get in, leaving 7 teams battling for the other 5 spots.
Each of the teams I listed plays at least plays at least 2 games against the other teams I listed, as seen below:
SF (6) – vsTB, @ARI, @GB, vsSEA, @STL, vsARI
ATL (5) – @STL, vsGB, @TB, @SEA, vsNO
SEA (5) – @NO, @SF, vsATL, @TB, vsSTL
STL (5) – vsATL, @ARI, @NO, vsSF, @SEA
GB (4) – @ATL, vsSF, vsNYG, vsCHI
NO(4) – vsSEA, vsSTL, @ATL, vsTB
TB (4) – @SF, vsATL, vsSEA, @NO
ARI (3) – vsSF, vsSTL, @SF
NYG (3) – @PHI, vsPHI, @GB
PHI (3) – vsNYG, @CHI, @NYG
CHI (2) – vsPHI, @GB
Power Rankings are worthless, the teams that make the playoffs are going to have to earn their way in, beating other teams that are trying to get there as well.
RobbE33
November 17th, 2010
3:46 pm
We’ll enjoy it while it lasts. Who knows, this could very well be the start of a long, adventurous relationship. Thanks, Falcons! 2010 has been a fun ride.
Joe Tess Fish House
November 17th, 2010
4:00 pm
Agian, what dus Power Rangers have to do with the flacons?
SawThat1nce
November 17th, 2010
4:24 pm
Man, you are one weird idiot.
Frozen Rope
November 17th, 2010
4:31 pm
@ LuckyCamaroJoeFishTea
What to Flacons have to do with the Falcons,, and just what is a Meber
Lucky
November 17th, 2010
4:36 pm
What R U sayin?
Frozen Rope
November 17th, 2010
4:49 pm
Your asking me what I’m saying,, HAHAHAHAHA,, your funny guys,, I’m asking what is a Flacon , whats a Meber,, and I dont even want to know what a Superbowel is,,,,
Buccaneer in atl
November 17th, 2010
6:08 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO BUCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buccaneer in atl
November 17th, 2010
6:14 pm
Los Bucaneros de Tampa Bay son un número no espacios en blanco Aurthur Dixie Chicos Chicas
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
6:51 pm
Mano, me almosto understando what Bucco sayo. Me’o musto bi’o gittin’o assemilato.
Who Dat Nation President
November 17th, 2010
10:28 pm
Falcons ain’t all Dat! We have a Lombardi trophy in New Orleans! Where is yours? You will still be looking for one in 2010!
question
November 17th, 2010
10:45 pm
home many times are you going to say road?
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
10:59 pm
Every time I read the Taints gumbo breaths mention the “Lombardi Trophy,” I feel like I should have a pain in my lumbar. I think I do.
Falcon Jim
November 17th, 2010
11:01 pm
Rope,
GO DUDE ! ! !
HA HA HA HA HA………….
$howme
November 18th, 2010
5:21 am
NFL Playbook just came on the NFL Network and the opening statement from Shannon Sharpe was, “whose the best team in the NFC, the Giants or the Eagles?’ What!!!? Is that disrespectful of the Falcons or what? Last time I checked the Falcons had the best record in the NFC.
Calvin G. Sims, Sr.
November 18th, 2010
6:09 am
Please change the order of the posts. The current order makes a once enjoyable blog almost unreadable.
FrontRow
November 18th, 2010
7:30 am
I’m pretty sure the reason why MV is successful now and working hard now is 2 yrs behind bars is a long time to think about what could have been.
Nino
November 18th, 2010
7:58 am
Please change the order of the posts. It is seriously annoying. I can’t think of another instance of Internet blog that is set up in reverse order…
Keith Mercer
November 18th, 2010
12:45 pm
Yeas and everyone bet their house and 401K or what is left of it, that the Falcons will win the Super Bowl. After all ESPN said they were #1.
FrontRow
November 18th, 2010
2:41 pm
@mars since you like herman cain, you must be a “fair tax” supporter.
lemme explain some simple logic to you. corporations are entities that use government services and therefore should be taxed. any arguement otherwise is invalid.
THE OBGYN
November 21st, 2010
7:13 am
Mustard,
Ignorance is bliss… Isn’t it.
THE OBGYN
November 21st, 2010
7:24 am
Front Row,
Any argument is otherwise invalid? Argue this then. No tax or low tax corporation has higher profit margin and thus has money to expand. expansion requires more jobs to be added. Previously out of work person goes to work…
The higher the tax on said corporation the higher the item costs. Corporations don’t get taxed they get to pass that buck on to their consumers so all you are really doing is taxing yourself more.
Is the fair tax perfect? No but at the same time it evens the bill and a majority of the less fortunate wouldn’t pay any tax after the prebate anyway.
Sad so many people spread lies and hate just cause it’s what they have been taught.
Abe Lincoln – Republican.
80% of republican’s voted yes to Black voting rights.