Falcons ticked with Saints for posing on their logo
Former Falcons defensive line coach Bill Johnson posing with some of the Saints on the Falcons logo after Monday Night's game.
The Falcons are ticked off about the Saints posing for pictures on the team’s logo.
Also, Saints defensive end Remi Ayodele told CBSSportsline’s Pete Prisco that he urinated on the Falcons’ logo.
The Saints were celebrating after beating the Falcons 17-14 and securing a spot in the playoffs.
After the game, the Falcons were unaware of the Saints celebration. The team didn’t practice on Tuesday or Wednesday.
However, one team official, did speak with NewOrleans.com’s Brian Allee-Walsh about the Saints’ celebration.
“Believe me, that didn’t go unnoticed, not just by our players and coaches but by our owner (Arthur Blank) and front office people,” the Falcons’ official said. “It did not go unnoticed and it will be remembered.”
Ironically, if the playoffs break a certain way, the Saints could return to the Georgia Dome for a divisional round playoff game.
In order for the Saints and Falcons to have a rematch at the Georgia Dome, the Falcons need to beat Carolina to secure the top seed. The Saints would then have to beat the NFC West winner in the wildcard round to get a return visit to the Georgia Dome.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter
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D. Orlando Ledbetter
December 29th, 2010
2:07 pm
Just talked to John Fox. Tried to get him to say if he was running the single-wing on Sunday, you know, like he did when Chris Weinke was his quarterback. .
FALCONS SUPER BOWL BOUND
December 29th, 2010
2:09 pm
uh oh the falcons are mad now!!!!…thats just straight disrespectful right there!!!….and just for that saints…..i want yall to pee on yaselfs when the FALCONS go to the SUPERBOWL and WIN IT!!!!
Jay
December 29th, 2010
2:09 pm
Protect your house then. I love me some falcons but to the victor goes the spoils.
SawThat1nce
December 29th, 2010
2:09 pm
@2:02…….A saints fan calling someone classless
saints fans and players have plenty of class, but it is all uber-low classness.
Georg M
December 29th, 2010
2:11 pm
I am a Falcons fan but this kind of nonsense increasingly defines the NFL. So much for “protecting the shield”.
Fish Bisch
December 29th, 2010
2:12 pm
Falclowns: thanks for taking your talents to this blog. I really appreciate your insight. However, you are cancerous to your team.
The New Orleans Taints
December 29th, 2010
2:12 pm
Hey saints fans, say hi to your mother for me!
Next time we meet Turner will not fumble and we will kick your A$$!
Lance
December 29th, 2010
2:13 pm
Who cares! I tell you what you over-rated Falcon fans- if you do not want the Saints to party on your logo — suggestion- win the game! Worst game the Saints have played all year (yes incl. Cleveland & Baltimore) and we still won. See you in a few weeks for another beat down! Whoooooo Dat!!!!!!!
Failclowns always
December 29th, 2010
2:14 pm
Needs to be renamed “D. Orlando Poop-spreader” for perpetuating this total non-story
Gwinnett Fred
December 29th, 2010
2:14 pm
Well, since the Falcons SHOULD kick the Panthers butts and figuring the Saints will beat the NFC West “representative” (as opposed to winner) – then it appears to me that there’s about a 90% chance the Saints will be back here the 2nd week of January.
So that makes all this hubbub kind of pointless. The Falcons will have their shot at getting their “revenge” on the field, and other than that, nothing else matters!
Hopefully the Falcons players, coaches, owner, etc. will stay on the high road and take care of business when they have the opportunity in 2 1/2 weeks from now!
Bless U Boys
December 29th, 2010
2:15 pm
FROM THE WHO-DAT NATION: All yall Alcons need to get a life. We own the rental dome (b.k.a. the Georgia Dome) and yes we are coming back to do what true Champion do-Repeat!
TWO-DAT!!
Mr. Phil
December 29th, 2010
2:16 pm
Love how an organization whose very existence is a product of the First Amendment has no qualms over sensoring blog respondents.
Saints and Saint fans are Ghetto Trash
December 29th, 2010
2:16 pm
Saints fans and players are TRASH
JRev
December 29th, 2010
2:17 pm
Good Lord, can we stop associating an entire city/state with a freakin’ football team? As if most of the players are even from the states they play for. And, what the heck does Katrina have to do with anything? I’m from Atlanta and it’s an ok city, but so is New Orleans. Anyone making fun of an entire city of people just because their football team won or lost is being childish. And, if you really think anyone urinated on our football field in front of thousands of people, then I have a bunch of stuff in my attic to sell you. The dude was just talking sh!t. And, on the off chance that he was actually that stupid, then we will have the last laugh because he will likely be suspended in the playoffs and fined on top of that. Calm down people, we lost one game. The sky has not fallen, yet. And, if it does fall, then it has nothing to do with God OR the city of New Orleans.
rexdeus
December 29th, 2010
2:18 pm
I have to say it’s certainly refreshing to hear Atlanta talking about class…I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks! Oops, there I go with the “dog” thing again…how are those dog fighting rings coming up there is classlanta?
Mr. Phil
December 29th, 2010
2:21 pm
Good Job DOL,
I am so infuriated about my post prior to my last one not showing up, that I totally lost my train of thought.
Hit A Single
December 29th, 2010
2:22 pm
Looks like one of those gangs from New Orleans that did all the luting during Katrina. I think the mayor was a member.
DDPO
December 29th, 2010
2:22 pm
Maybe Remi just wanted the Dome to smell like the city that he lives in currently?
Arthur Blank
December 29th, 2010
2:23 pm
Have no fear Atlanta Falcon fans, I have contacted some of my associates at The Home Depot to facilitate my revenge. The store locations around the city of New Orleans will carry a few surprise items that will include my personal urine and excrement. Soon, the whole city of New Orleans will be pooped and peed on by yours truly. Aurthur Blank out.
Zoomie
December 29th, 2010
2:24 pm
Doesn’t matter what the Saints players do or did after Monday night’s game. Whatever the reason, it’s a reflection on their character, good or bad. Nothing changes the fact that the Atlanta Falcons are the leaders of the NFC South, and that New Orleans has taken their rightful place behind them. Nothing changes the fact that Atlanta only has to beat Carolina to wrap up #1 seed and home dome advantage while the Saints take their show on the road. Just like the Falcons, the Saints get what they earned on the field of play — period. No amount of reveling or urinating on an inanimate, painted logo will change that. The frustration is understandable in both the Saints players and the fans who believe that their single season of success gives them some inherent claim to dominance over the Falcons. The Saints haven’t earned it this year, and the sour grapes that come along with that fact are just something all those delirious people will have to accept. When you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes — and it’s a tough view to live with; but it’s the only view the Saints have earned.
Danielle
December 29th, 2010
2:26 pm
Really? Really? It is a picture on the field…I also saw the Saints and the Falcons praying together on that same logo. All you Falcons fans that are so angry and making absolutely horrible remarks about a natural disaster that killed hundreds of innocent people..that by the way have nothing to do with this game..should be ashamed of yourselves. How would you like it if your family members were killed and we were talking smack about it? NOW WHO IS CLASSLESS?
SaintMan504
December 29th, 2010
2:29 pm
Like i said before real Sports Fans will understand where im coming from..you see ppl saying your not welcome bc u live in new orleans or ur a Saints fan..man grow the F… up and all u ppl talking bout Katrina shoulda wiped out new orleans… Come on Really u will stoop that low its one thing to comment about a football team or city but people actually died in Katrina some even from Atlanta. At least know one dies from a Team Losing a Game why would you bring that up anyway this is suppose to be about Football F…ing Loser i tell ya…Anyway to all my Real Sports Fans Good ass game Atlanta it took everything and then some for us to win and im pretty sure we will c u again either in the Georgia Dome or Superdome.
DC
December 29th, 2010
2:30 pm
Danielle…get back to doing the laundry..
boiler up
December 29th, 2010
2:30 pm
I totally agree with hoop235 about the offense hoding back. It just seemed to obvious that our play calling was different in that game. I give our team a lot of credit during and after the game. There were a few times the camera caught new orleans players and coaches doing tasteless things during and after the game. One was the db for the aints pulling on the facemask of rw after a play and the ref looking right at him and doing nothing. another was sean payton acting like a jerk at the end of the game to a fan that wated his hat. wake up nfl and television.. it’s obvious who had more class and which organization is heading in the right direction.. we will see the result this year and the very near future. gooo Falcons!!
mark
December 29th, 2010
2:32 pm
You know what who cares, that is why I love coach smith becasue it just business not personal. Our guys have heart and guts and show a lot of class, New Orleans only degrades what they did last year with this kind of behaivor. They must be very insecure in NO to have to do this sort of thing after winning a championship. I guess they still have not sent Bret Farve his ring? By the way is Drew Brees morphing into Bret Farve?
Falcons Fan
December 29th, 2010
2:34 pm
Dear Saints,
Your team is a reflection of your city. A big pile of crap! Bunch of disrespectful idiots. Bill Johnson is a classless idiot too.
Falcons Fan
December 29th, 2010
2:36 pm
Saint Man504,
Drink a big cup of STFU and get off this blog you idiot!
Falcons Girl
December 29th, 2010
2:37 pm
SAD SAD SAD Falcons fans rise up and do the #dirtybirdtodallas…….this was an epic of unsportsmanlike conduct and they all should be fined according to the NFLs new rules and regulations
SickandTired
December 29th, 2010
2:38 pm
Hey Saints, at the end of the day YOUR team had to go back to New Orleans and smell the Pi$$. Enjoy your road travels and maybe, just maybe you can make it back to the dome and then we’ll talk about where your station in life is now.
gt
December 29th, 2010
2:38 pm
You think they would do this to Carolina or Buffalo? Nope they save this kind of stuff for someone that is in their head. I listened to one of the “experts” say NO would be division leaders if not for a missed field goal in NO. Well the same could be said of Atlanta if Turner had not fumbled on the one yard line with 2nd and goal. I think Atlanta is in a lot of heads that had an agenda that is not being realized. This really makes a lot of teams look bad when a too slick for prime time owner, completely puts a disaster back in working order in two years. I kind of think that is better that peeing on everybody, it last longer.
Fish Bisch
December 29th, 2010
2:40 pm
Danielle, how would you like it if someone peed all over those clean dishes you just washed?
John Marchant
December 29th, 2010
2:40 pm
Forget about the Superbowl..I just want another shot at the Saints in the DOME. anything after that is just icing on the cake..
mark
December 29th, 2010
2:43 pm
Dled you are the best, single wing priceless. They game in here and gave us on of the worst beat downs with no qb play. The difference is that we have a quaterback that shows up for every game and a coach with just a little bit difference on his coahing style. By the way do the Saints loose in St Louis? I mean without Bret Farve throwing a pick to give away a game and his protege Drew Brees throwing picks to the D line, anyting is possible. By the way Brett still has not gotten his ring? Total yards 466 vs 266 who dat who dat luck into a superbowl.
Trish
December 29th, 2010
2:45 pm
How bout next time try scoring more than 7 offensive points and maybe the visiting team will not primp all over the Falcons logo after the game.
Harleyman
December 29th, 2010
2:46 pm
“CHOKE” posing as a Saint fan this week. How pathetic and I wonder why?
Fish Bisch
December 29th, 2010
2:47 pm
Trish, go join Danielle in the kitchen. Isn’t dinner time coming up soon?
Aints Got No Class
December 29th, 2010
2:47 pm
Is Sean Payton gay?
Stan
December 29th, 2010
2:47 pm
I am a Die Hard Falcon. I dont mind them taking a picture on the Falcon, Hell…I wish they would let me take one. That Logo is Awsome. Make sure you display that one with your other tourist photos.
JD
December 29th, 2010
2:47 pm
We all need to realize that a few people cannot speak for the relationship that these two cities have with each other. The actions of these idiots needs to be handled in house by the Saints ownership. The city and people of Atlanta have opened their city, homes, and establishments to the folks of New Orleans since Katrina and through all of that we have met some great friends, families , and people from New Orleans. Mr. Blank has way too much class and dignity to allow his franchise to stoop to that level. We have the best owner in football right here in Atlanta and I’m sure Mr. Blank has a bigger goal to think about. There is no need for revenge. Revenge would be childish. Winning the Super Bowl would squash all of this and the bad sportsmanship of a few.
We have a great rivalry with the Saints and we can’t let a few stupid fighting fans and a few football players and a coach take this to an ugly level. The Saints and the Falcons are great for the NFL and for the cities of New Orleans and Atlanta.
Kudos to Mr. Blank for giving this city and it’s fans a team we can be proud of and support all the time. Keep screaming Saints and Falcons.
joewhite
December 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
And you would think they have never won a super bowl acting that way, but they know we the team to beat. But it must be done now in the playoffs since we still have dome feild so I hope they know they have to come back to the A. If they come back they azz will not make out alive.
Tom
December 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
Hopefully Ryan will be ready this time and won’t flop
fromarealfan's perspective
December 29th, 2010
2:49 pm
Taking a picture on another team’s logo is completely disrespectful. If I am not mistaken, TO was reprimanded for doing the very same thing a few years back when he was playing for the 49ers’. He did it on the Dallas logo and everyone in the NFL had a ton to say about it.
As a season ticketholder who was in attendance Monday night, this was the least of what I consider to be a plethora of indecencies by Saints fans on Monday night. It all started with all of the pissy drunk NO fans who were loud and disrespectful throughout the entire game. Many season ticketholders who sit in my section walked out of the game because they had children with them and the NO fans refused to stop using profanity. We called security and nothing was done. I heard the security guy mention that he was from NO……figures…..
Just mentioning that he pissed on our logo is disrespectful enough, whether he did it or not. Mr. Goodell, please look into this matter and fine this player. You seem to have your nose in everything else, so please make an example out of this fool. This is not the way the NFL should be represented. What a class act for the SB champs. They were posing as if they had won another SB!
Roddy White’s comments were nothing compared to the racial slurs that the NO fans used against him and John Abraham. One even cursed and made disparaging remarks about Matt Ryan’s mother. Don’t come down on Roddy for what he said if the NFL is not going to set a standard for fan behavior across the board!
Ricky Bobby
December 29th, 2010
2:49 pm
Karma is a b*tch Saint fans!!!
rooster
December 29th, 2010
2:51 pm
STAY classy, New Orleans???!!! Gotta get that way first. And nobody is ragging on N.O. about Katrina, although it has not gone entirely unnoticed that Atlanta has absorbed lots of the evacuees and provided them a fresh start – something their half-assed hometown couldn’t do – and they STILL have to wear that sissy French flower logo everywhere, because they lack the good manners to do otherwise. The bottom line is Atlanta has to put up with lots of fans of teams in other cities because people move here from all over. This is very definitely not a problem for the Big Sleazy, which has not grown appreciably since the 1950’s.
bigred
December 29th, 2010
2:54 pm
What the Saints did is just a reflection of NEW ORLEANS as a city! NASTY, SLEEZY & in need of being put in their place. The NFL needs to fine them for such obscene behavior.They barely won but they act like they just rolled over the Falcons. Get over yourselves!
WHO DAT NATION!!!
December 29th, 2010
2:55 pm
all you cry baby falcon fans dont have alot of room to gripe here, after all the trash roddy white tried to bring last week bashing new orleans, us fans, and hurricane katrina victims i think the saints showed yall monday why we are the real champs and yall are always wanna be chumps! until you have the ring and knock us off, keep pretending. who dat say they gonna beat them saints, certainly not the dirty birds.
Stanley Feldman
December 29th, 2010
2:55 pm
None of this matters! The Saints want to beat the Falcons and vice versa, because these are two of the best teams in the league, conference rivals at the top, geographical competitors, etc. I didn’t like what Roddy White said, but I like Roddy White from my home town of Charleston. Same with Ovie, a class guy in every respect.
We all say and/or do dumb things from time to time. I don’t place much stock in the verbal exchanges or where pictures are taken. I just hate the waiting time in between games. The game Monday night was entertaining, to say the least. I love this time of year.
One thing, among others, that the Saints do better than anyone else is the spontaneous, after-the-game music or parade. Great game? Someone will go out to the car and get a horn and start playing some real music! It is fun, beyond sports, being a Saints fan!
Geaux Saints!
AG
December 29th, 2010
2:56 pm
When the Saints come back to the Georgia Dome we are going stick a vodoo doll up thier ass and send them home packing.
Saintfandiss
December 29th, 2010
2:56 pm
Hey SAINT…..hopefully there will another be another KAtrina, so no more of thes scumbags you refrenced will move here. Or, even better, the next KAtrina will take care of u…that would be funny.
blord
December 29th, 2010
2:58 pm
What more should we expect. After all they are from NO which is where even the best streets smell like pee.