Mularkey focused on Falcons, not landing a new job
Falcons offensive coordiantor Mike Mularkey and quarterback Matt Ryan are ready to expand the use of the no-huddle attack and maybe throw in some gadget plays. (CURTIS COMPTON/AJC).
FLOWERY BRANCH – Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey made it clear that his focus is on the team’s playoff march and not on landing a head coaching job when talking with the media on Tuesday.
He was cordial in telling us that he wasn’t aware of an ESPN report about him being a candidate for the Denver Broncos’ top job.
Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey. did state that he wanted to be a head coach again. That was news because it was not clear if his experience in Buffalo had soured him on being the head guy again.
Mularkey said he’d worry about his head coaching aspirations later.
“I don’t know anything about it,” Mularkey said. “I’ve got so many other things to deal with. I literally take it day-by-day. That’s just the way this business is, especially with the travel that we’ve got coming and the games that we have coming. There is no room for it.”
Tuesday is game-planning day and Mularkey took a break to update us on the offense and deal with the head coaching report.
“That hasn’t even crossed my mind,” Mularkey said. “I didn’t hear that report. We still have to win this football game. I’m telling the players to focus on the now, don’t worry about anything else. Don’t worry about what anybody else is doing. There is no control over what anybody else is doing with regards to jobs or any of that.
“All I can do is help these guys win this game. That’s been my approach with them and that’s been my approach.”
Mularkey, 49, was the head coach of the Buffalo Bills in 2004 and 2005. He posted a 14-18 record. He went 9-7 in 2004, Buffalo’s last winning season. He went 5-11 in 2005.
Mularkey, who’s in his third season with the Falcons, and assistant head coach/quarterbacks Bill Musgrave have been credited with the development of third-year quarterback Matt Ryan and with helping head coach Mike Smith guide the Falcons to three straight winning seasons.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter
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SawThat1nce
December 15th, 2010
4:19 pm
The saints aren’t that much.
SawThat1nce
December 15th, 2010
4:21 pm
out.
True Falcon Fan
December 15th, 2010
4:23 pm
Saw —– WOW —– I’ve got to tell YA i enjoyed watching the Saints last season and i am happy they won SB against Indy!
Seattle Next
GO FALCONS
SawThat1nce
December 15th, 2010
5:02 pm
Not me.
Matt Kuzawa
December 15th, 2010
8:01 pm
Atlanta Falcons Top List of NFL Teams With The Brightest Future:
http://sportssavior.com/?p=70
drmondo
December 15th, 2010
9:36 pm
From ESPN’s NFC South blog:
“Atlanta has attempted only 13 screen passes and Ryan has completed 10 of them, while compiling an 82.5 passer rating, which ranks No. 29″.
This is one of the knocks on Mularkey. When pushed, he seems to be willing to get creative but when he’s ahead, he plays to “not lose”. The lack of screen passes is just a symptom
JONESBORO SLIM
December 15th, 2010
9:43 pm
Anybody here?…..hello hello
JONESBORO SLIM
December 15th, 2010
9:48 pm
I’ve been reading some of the comments from Saints fans..saying how lucky the Falcons are…the quesition to him and any other Saints fan….are these New Orleans Saints.. the same team that LOST to the Cleveland Browns?…LOLOLOl
JONESBORO SLIM
December 15th, 2010
9:52 pm
And to the Sea “Bird” with the broken wings in the Northwest with QB that threw 5 not 3 not 4 but 5 INT’s…all I can say is keep wishing LOLOL…..
Mike is back
December 15th, 2010
10:03 pm
Dang, Je Je …u even post in all caps on the Birds blogs dawg …is there any sanctity on the blogs these days…I may bad if I’m wrong…but the comments…sound eerily like the same BS…U pushing on the Hawks blog…dude clearly…u got some kind of extra stuff going on…or sumin. lol
JONESBORO SLIM
December 15th, 2010
10:22 pm
Hey Ledbetter why don’t you suggest to your paper to have one big “Blog” instead of have us searching this one or that one….hey I’ll even let you take the credit for this great suggestion so don’t me thank me here in public..do it on my personal e-mail……..
JONESBORO SLIM
December 15th, 2010
10:24 pm
Wheres everybody?……. the bloggers here go to bed early
yo mama
December 15th, 2010
11:02 pm
using the first saints game as an example, I realized that these falcons no matter the other teams great offense, can dominate these teams if we just take car of our business. in new orleans, a game that went into OT, the falcons had 46 mintues in posession. the saints had 27. the saints are the nfl leader in 3rd down conversion, falcons are second. in game one, both teams had similar third down ratings. the difference was that the falcons had 85 plays, and the saints had like 55. the saints couldnt stop our ground and pound. no one can. and we can throw. folks the key is for us to be balanced, and focus on the run. think about it, the less times our opponents can have possessions, the less they can score.
ctfalconsfan
December 16th, 2010
11:40 am
This is by far the greatest news I have heard. Merry Christmas..
Mike Mularkey hampers this offense. We have way too many tools to be putting along like we are.. We should be a Top 3 offense in this league.
ctfalconsfan
December 16th, 2010
11:51 am
True Falcon Fan???? No true Falcon fan would rout for the Aint’s in last year’s Super Bowl.
- There should never be any occassion where a true ATL fan would want any success to be had by New Orleans, Carolina or Tampa.
- Please rethink your name.. thanks…
FITZ
December 17th, 2010
10:02 am
LET MULARKY LEAVE GOOD RIDANCE HE GOT EXPOSED IN THAT PHILLY GAME
HE HAD TO PUT UP OR SHUTUP,HE IS STILL TO CONSERVATIVE THATS WHY THE FALCONS STALL WHEN THEY GET LEAD I WLL BE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY IF HE LEAVES.