Falcons will not scrimmage the Raiders next week
UPDATE, 4:39 P.M., Thursday
Two leaders of the Falcons’ seven-on-seven workouts told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution after Thursday’s workout that they have not been contacted by the Oakland Raiders about having a passing camp scrimmage and doubted that they would agree to such a scrimmage.
The Raiders are set to hold a passing camp next week in Duluth, less than 10 miles from where the Falcons are set to workout.
The Falcons expressed a concern about players getting injured in a competitive environment during the lockout.
ORIGINAL POST
About 40 members of the Oakland Raiders are set to hold their passing camp next Tuesday through Friday in Duluth.
Defensive end Richard Seymour, the former University of Georgia star, is hosting the camp that will be held at the Competitive Edge Sports complex.
Seymour will run the defense and quarterback Jason Campbell will lead the offense.
“Men, I hope that everyone is well and staying in shape because we are going to outwork everyone we face this season,” Seymour wrote in an e-mail to the Raiders. “It starts right now in the offseason.”
There has been some talk about an 11-on-11 passing scrimmage against the Falcons, who are practicing in a nearby suburb.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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SouthTexasRaider
May 19th, 2011
4:02 pm
lol, I think you should be more concerned with what your team HASN’T done the past 7 years especially with 4 playoff appearances.
SouthTexasRaider
May 19th, 2011
4:10 pm
So let me get this straight. You feel like the Raiders heads over heels better than the Falcons
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Pure Evil
which franchise would you rather have?
In 45 years of existence, Falcons are 298–402–6. Their first and ONLY SuperBowl appearance was SuperBowl XXXIII in 1999………………………………………………………………………………… n 50 years of existence the Raiders are 442-361-11. with 3 NFL Championship Titles
facts bro c’mon, waaay better franchise…… than the falcons atleast.
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May 19th, 2011
4:19 pm
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PureEvil
May 19th, 2011
4:29 pm
SouthTexasRaider
Yet you’re spending your time trolling on a Falcons blog? How big of a Douche nozzle does that make you? If you didn’t feel so insecure about the current state of the Raiders you’d stop living in the past bro.
eM
May 19th, 2011
4:29 pm
eM
May 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
eM
May 19th, 2011
2:20 pm
37-91 in the past 7 years and ya’ll Raiders want to talk smack…….there you go guys, that’s the diffinition of…….idiot
terrance X
May 19th, 2011
4:30 pm
thanks Leadbetter
eM
May 19th, 2011
4:35 pm
PureEvil
May 19th, 2011
4:29 pm
SouthTexasRaider
Yet you’re spending your time trolling on a Falcons blog? How big of a Douche nozzle does that make you? If you didn’t feel so insecure about the current state of the Raiders you’d stop living in the past bro.
Good on Dr. Evil. That’s what kills me about other NFL team fans, they like coming to our board and expect us to put up with their SH**! They need to worry about their team not ours. They are all pieces of ****!
Bruce Gradkowski
May 19th, 2011
4:35 pm
Dude the Raiders are close . Don’t understand the firing of Tom Cable but Hue Jackson seems ready . When you can run the ball with Bush & McFadden , Jason Campbell doesn’t have to do much though I bet I get my job back . I bet if there is a season this year we go to the playoffs . I bet even DHB evolves into a playmaker . Go Raiders !!!
eM
May 19th, 2011
4:42 pm
Bruce Gradkowski
May 19th, 2011
4:35 pm
Dude the Raiders are close . Don’t understand the firing of Tom Cable but Hue Jackson seems ready . When you can run the ball with Bush & McFadden , Jason Campbell doesn’t have to do much though I bet I get my job back . I bet if there is a season this year we go to the playoffs . I bet even DHB evolves into a playmaker . Go Raiders !!!
Man…don’t ya’ll say that every year? The problem is not your players or coach, it’s the owner. Ya’ll need to demand him step down or sell the team. That would settle 99.9% of the problem.
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
4:44 pm
typical faicans fans–namecalling when they can’t win a debate- hell , they can’t win a playoff game either!
Chucktown38
May 19th, 2011
4:46 pm
I think what Raider fan is missing is, the falcons future look alot brighter than the black and silver
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
4:48 pm
em– don’t y’all say that every year–sounds like a team i know …lol lol!
eM
May 19th, 2011
4:50 pm
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
4:44 pm
typical faicans fans–namecalling when they can’t win a debate- hell , they can’t win a playoff game either!
How did the aints close out the season? Oh that’s right, got beat by a 7-9 team. And again I know we got clobbered too. When you are a Raiders fan trully want to “debate” it will happen. Until then Himey………you too can shut up and leave the board.
jj
May 19th, 2011
4:52 pm
glad im a packer fan falcon fans r annoying go away falcons move to los angeles
eM
May 19th, 2011
4:52 pm
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
4:48 pm
em– don’t y’all say that every year–sounds like a team i know …lol lol!
Good “debate’ Himey. Sorry piece of CRAP! Now shoo and get out of hear, you’re stinking up the place.
Bruce Gradkowski
May 19th, 2011
4:53 pm
AL doesn’t call down as many plays as he used to : ) Actually he just sits there now covered with his blanket . The last two drafts have been sound . I was not happy about the Tom Cable firing at all . Nice to see him in as assistant HC in Seattle . I really think Hue Jackson is ready . We have silly talent . We should have been 10-6 last year . Not Superbowl bound but close . The trade we made with the Patriots for Seymour looks GREAT . LOL !!! Al Davis handed it to Bill Bellichick . I bet we win the AFC west if there is a season .
eM
May 19th, 2011
4:54 pm
jj
May 19th, 2011
4:52 pm
glad im a packer fan falcon fans r annoying go away falcons move to los angeles
Ding ding……..another idiot has arrived! If you don’t like us why come to US!! Stupid fudge packer.
eM
May 19th, 2011
4:54 pm
Bruce….Tom was a good coach. I was floored when that happened.
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
4:55 pm
awwwww em ain’t in a good mood. after squandering all your picks on O instead of the D , i’d feel like you too. thankfully my team is not run by the 3 stooges so we adressed our needs most efficiently and got a bonus rb.
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
4:59 pm
em – are you a dem? you sound like one. all that nasty namecalling ’cause your not able to come up with anything else. i guess if everyone agreed with you the world would be better off. maybe you can be an advisor to obama!
terry
May 19th, 2011
5:00 pm
My 2 favorite teams working out together, an ideal situation. As of now we both know who 2 of the playoff teams will be this season, if there is a season.
eM
May 19th, 2011
5:01 pm
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
4:55 pm
awwwww em ain’t in a good mood. after squandering all your picks on O instead of the D , i’d feel like you too. thankfully my team is not run by the 3 stooges so we adressed our needs most efficiently and got a bonus rb.
Bwaaa ha ha ha!!! Mmmmkay……himey. You mean a RB no one else wanted? Hear that everyone, Himey thinks all the rooks are gonna make the aints contenders again! We shall see young asshopper.
eM
May 19th, 2011
5:06 pm
By the way Himey, I’m in a great mood. Takes more than an idiot like yourself to get me upset. Why be upset, life’s to short. I just like to insult with a smile on my face.
SouthTexasRaider
May 19th, 2011
5:11 pm
only on this blog cause it mentions the Raiders in the article, other than that, this blog is full of wishful thinking failcans fans, lmao.
0 RINGS, ENOUGH SAID!
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
5:16 pm
you remind me of someone who used to go by the name truth. same spelling of letters trying to impart a sound effect , same smiley face and calling me himey. yep your right -no one wanted mark ingram. if it weren’t for us , he’d probably be sweatin’ a free agency call. i’m sure quizno was way higher on the wish list. he’s gonna get squashed
Ackshun
May 19th, 2011
5:40 pm
WELL DUH!?! did anybody really think this would happen. Anyone anyone…. didn’t think so.
yeahsure
May 19th, 2011
6:04 pm
@SouthTexasRaider
Thanks for the history lesson. Do you remember what our Rookie quarterback did against your #1 pick last time we met? Honestly, I always liked the Raiders, but if you think the Raiders organization is anywhere near the top at this point, you are crazy my friend. Get a QB, new owner, find a way to keep Nnamdi, and then we’ll talk.
@hiram
If a nice civil football debate is what you wanted, you wouldn’t troll every Falcons blog with your saints BS. Go home buddy, no one likes you.
SouthTexasRaider
May 19th, 2011
6:43 pm
@yeahsure
that was in 08, speaking of history. I never said the Raiders organization is anywhere near the top at this point, I said the Raider Franchise is better than the Falcons, the stats don’t lie. we have a QB, our owner is fine and Nnamdi will stay. you have a good team but can’t seem to do much in the playoffs. yall do good one season, then bomb the next seems to be pattern for yall. history repeats itself so the failcants are due a dud season in ‘11.
Hot Tuna
May 19th, 2011
6:47 pm
Is the lock out over? No! Its not! Thank You!
dvd
May 19th, 2011
6:47 pm
why do you start counting the raider record since 2003 when they started losing? why not 2002, 2001, 2000? you can try to make any angle work for you..the truth is the Raider’s were always and will always be more relevant than the falcon’s win or lose.
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
6:49 pm
@ yeahsure- how do you know what or who everyone likes? you must work for the gov. to have such insight and ignorance. if you knew that you actually knew nothing , that would be someting but you don’t even know that! i think i’ll stay and irritate you buddy
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
6:56 pm
to all the raider fans- the failcans have the worst fans , as evidenced by the empty ga.dome against the packers . they will build their non-championship winning team up every year like it’s gonna be something that the nfl has never seen before then they choke- hence the name matt choke ryan or matty meltdown as i like to call him. when they can no longer debate the fact that you have several trophies to their none , they will result to name calling. i’d say the average age of a failcan fan is 12 . hang around and have fun cause they are an e-z target and a good warm up for the real teams once the season starts
SouthTexasRaider
May 19th, 2011
7:09 pm
http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/644135-nfl-power-rankings-counting-down-the-nfls-most-fair-weather-fan-bases#page/1
look who’s number 8, lol. I don’t see the Raiders on here. read it and weep fair weather fans…… lmao!
Small Will
May 19th, 2011
8:14 pm
I see that everyone always has something negative to say about the Raiders but we’ll see who’s talking when this lockout ends. F*** the falcons & if you ask me they’re more like humming birds…lol
hiramsaint
May 19th, 2011
8:47 pm
@ str- i didn’t need that to show me. i just can’t believe their not higher!
Troll Exterminator
May 19th, 2011
10:48 pm
I have to laugh at the trolls that come to the AJC and spew their caustic dung, flinging it all over everyone, including themselves. They swoop in with ignorant bliss, thinking they have the angle to get under the skin of the Falcon faithful. All the while fooling themselves into thinking that anything they say on this blog is of relevance to anyone, especially the true Fans of the systematic way the Atlanta Falcons organization has completely reinvented itself. As we have been close to the process and watched it unfold, we have become strong believers in the FO, the coaching, and the players.
We are experiencing, finally, what the Raiders fans have experienced in the past. Succesful seasons. Three in a row. For the first time in hour miserable existance. So no matter what you have to say, or how you say it, whatever piss poor paltry pathetic argument or totally trash talking tail shaking sham of a lie you dream up…we don’t care.
Our time is now.
Fussball Fan
May 19th, 2011
11:44 pm
The Raiders have been down lately, but they are a staple of the AFL ad NFL. They have their own theme song and poem (The autumn wind is a Raider). If you check with Steve Sabol and NFL Films or NFL merchandising, the Oakland Raiders are one of the most popular and followed teams in the NFL. They have numerous players in the Hall of Fame, have won the most Monday Night Football games (at one point they were 21-3 on Monday Night), have played in some of the most entertaining games (The Heidi Game, The Sea of Hands Game, The Ghost to the Post Game, The Holy Roller Game), have played in numerous AFL and AFC championship games (many legendary ones against the Pittsburg Steelers) and have won 3 Super Bowls. The Atlanta Falcons just recently had back-to back winning seasons after almost 50 yrs.!!!! Which team do you think the Falcons stole the idea to have black jerseys from? Anyway, the Falcons have a very good team and a very bright future (could play in a Super Bowl again in the next couple of years), but please do not get ahead of yourselves and believe that the Falcons are one of the traditional powers or one of the teams that has built the NFL to be the brand that it is now. The Oakland Raiders, Cowboys, Steelers, Packers, Dolphins, Bears, are some of those teams. The Atlanta Falcons are not one of them. BTW- For any of the Saints fans that love to jump on here and bash the Falcons, just because you have won a Super Bowl, does not mean that you are a traditional power, so stop raging on the Dirty Bird fans.
Raw Blake
May 20th, 2011
12:26 am
Atlanta…enjoy your 5 minutes of fame because you will once again be “The Atlanta Falcons” in the not too distant future. Remember what happened when Deion Sanders left? Hahahahaha!
REALLY????? A Raiders fan who wants to talk trash…….REALLY?
Yea REALLY! Atlanta, how many Super Bowls you have? I thought so…. and goodluck being the new age Philadelphia Eagles and choking in every NFC Championship game you attend… Yeah, you’re good, but not good enough to beat the best
SeenThisB4
May 20th, 2011
7:46 am
An unbiased analysis of both the falcan’ts and raiders player roster today, would show that both these teams are likely to end up with the same 8-8 record next year. They are both going to be also rans, and they know it, and that’s why they’re both talking smack about how successful their player organized work outs are being. What a joke.
R.New
May 20th, 2011
8:04 am
SeenThisB4-I bet we smash the Aints twice in the reg season! That’s a promise. The Falcon offense will have too many weapons. The defense is fine now, but if we land Ray Edwards, it’s a wrap.
yeahsure
May 20th, 2011
8:52 am
Did someone just reference BleacherReport!? yeah, no thanks.
In 2010, the Raiders beat Rams, Chargers, Broncos, Seahawks, and Chiefs. Congratulations. That’s a good start but I don’t think you’re ready for the Falcons.
@hiramsaint.
You complain that Falcons fans can’t debate and just call names. Yet your two responses show just what Aints fans are about. Hahaha. What a joke.
Good call on the govt though. I actually have put in many years of service in the federal govt so that upstanding citizens like yourself can live your life and troll other teams blogs.
@Seen
Don’t know what you are watching, but the majority of reports bragging about player workouts include Brees n company so I don’t know how you’re trying to dog on Raiders or Falcon player workouts.
eM
May 20th, 2011
9:14 am
Sorry Himey not truth. I’m refuring to “himey” from Eddie Murphy singing Himey town on SNL, poking fun at Jessie Jackson. As far as aints RB’s goes, everyone knows they are irrelevant on sunday. Remember your last 1st round RB, you know the one everyone praised coming out of college, the one your team most likely will let go. I just hope we have football so we can see all this unfold. The NFC south will be fun to watch this year. Well, minus the Panthers.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 20th, 2011
9:17 am
The blogs of AJC always bring out the best of opposing teams, so called fans. I would think that any fan from Louisiana would be too busy trying to help out his state survive the latest weather tragedy to even bother to come onto a blog and insult the Falcons. I guess it is business as usual though. Wait for the federal government to spend the money to help them out and then complain that the govt. is useless.
chris
May 20th, 2011
9:36 am
I think you guys should have a scrimmage, charge the public and keep the cash amongst the team. Heck your all not working so you might as well get paid for a scrimmage/flag football type of fun game and make some money while doing it. Where is a good promotor when you need one.
chris
May 20th, 2011
9:40 am
How about a fund raiser scrimmage at the local high school, raise some cash for a charity. People will pay to see you football especially if they are not giving it to the owners of the teams.
GO PLAY FOR FUN
Mave2124
May 20th, 2011
10:42 am
Well, they can just hangout and chill, maybe compete over bowling, LOL
eM
May 20th, 2011
11:13 am
It Ain’t Rocket Science
May 20th, 2011
9:17 am
The blogs of AJC always bring out the best of opposing teams, so called fans. I would think that any fan from Louisiana would be too busy trying to help out his state survive the latest weather tragedy to even bother to come onto a blog and insult the Falcons. I guess it is business as usual though. Wait for the federal government to spend the money to help them out and then complain that the govt. is useless.
A huge AMAN!!!
Bruce Gradkowski
May 20th, 2011
2:25 pm
Maybe both teams could get together for a cookout . I would go .
hiramsaint
May 20th, 2011
9:07 pm
em- if the fed gov is as dumd as you , and they are , then i can see why you fit right in. to prove my point , it’s not a weather tragedy , it’s a swollen river that has affected many people in many states besides la. from your ignorant comment i can now see how you truly could have worked for the regime. brain dead organizations breed brain dead individuals and hence we have you-a person with no clue. you’ll notice my namecalling , it’s so i can reach down to your level of understanding which after reading you post , is close to nill !—smiley face!
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 21st, 2011
7:37 am
Hiramsaint,
You reaching my level as you call it, OK. So the swelling of a river isn’t weather related at all. Gosh, need your brain in the science field for sure. The reference about the govt. not helping is from an earlier post on this blog about the govt. not helping from one of your LSU fans. We realize other states are affected as well.
As for your name calling. People that really have no point of view usually resort to such tactics so no worries, it doesn’t bother me a bit, and I doubt EM is bothered as well. Looking at your logic and understanding of things, it is obvious why you see the need to be childish.
I am not sure about your regime reference. I am guessing you mean the U.S. Govt. It appears that both political parties have helped out LA. in the last four or five years quite a bit, so I am not sure, if all of the Govt. displeases you, or for that fact, if you have even bothered to vote at all. Yes, I guess I did work for the Govt. as I was a career military person, so at least you got that right.