Are the Falcons the Raiders of the NFC South?
The Falcons and the Lions, two of the most penalized teams in the league in 2011, combined for 21 penalties in their raucous 23-16 affair last Sunday. AP
BYE WEEK VILLE – The Falcons committed 11 penalties for 80 yards against Detroit.
The Falcons are fourth in the NFL with 50 penalties. Last season they were the least-penalized team in the league with 57 infractions.
Detroit leads the league with 71 followed by Chicago (56), Washington (54) and Atlanta (50). Jacksonville and New England also have 50 penalties.
The Oakland Raiders, the perennial bad boys of the league, are eighth with 46 penalties.
The Falcons and the Lions combined for 21 penalties and 164 yards in that 23-16 smash-dancing fest last Sunday.
[Note to self. . . . make sure to ask Smitty what the bye-week "drill down" revealed about the 50 penalties in seven games.]
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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Cthom
October 27th, 2011
7:46 am
First
dean
October 27th, 2011
7:47 am
And still won the game!
Huh?
October 27th, 2011
7:52 am
Why would this make us the Raiders of the NFC South? The Raiders aren’t known for a high number of penalties. Seriously, is this supposed to be an article?
D. Orlando Ledbetter
October 27th, 2011
7:55 am
Huh? — Not an article. Just a bye week nugget. Raiders are first in penalties every year. Where have you been?
SeenThisBFalcon
October 27th, 2011
8:12 am
Roddy White is the New Raiders lol he fights everyone…he ain’t neva scared lol…
SealT2
October 27th, 2011
8:13 am
DOL: What is the status of Peria Jerry? Not injured, but seems to be a non-factor as a 1st round draft pick.
Samuel
October 27th, 2011
8:22 am
I don’t think the Falcons are the Raiders of the south. I’m starting to see the Falcons put together a few wins and more guys are making plays, so this team as the season progresses will make the mistakes and penalty adjustments.
ME TOO
October 27th, 2011
8:25 am
What does this mean? It means the Falcons are in the lower throngs of the NFL.
vesaversa
October 27th, 2011
8:26 am
Sorry but i don’t see the comparison.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
October 27th, 2011
8:27 am
ME TOO – Raiders are perennial leaders for “most penalties” in the league. That’s what it means.
WHO DAT BLACK
October 27th, 2011
8:31 am
Another example of how smart in tuned Falcons fans are. Just google Raiders and penalties and this article makes sense. No wonder they are in 3rd place.
Whit
October 27th, 2011
8:33 am
This makes zero sense.
Sly Boarders
October 27th, 2011
8:33 am
I’m with “Huh?”
Do you really have nothing else to stimulate conversation?
just sayin'
October 27th, 2011
8:33 am
coach clean shot sure is teaching some good stuff…and ‘rodney’ is living proof…
bob
October 27th, 2011
8:36 am
Does it matter that we played Detroit and it seems like every games they play they try and pick fights.
Glenn
October 27th, 2011
8:42 am
The Raiders play outside on natural grass . I would rather watch the Raiders ……even though they are quite mediocre .
A.S.
October 27th, 2011
8:46 am
Orlando,
You probably should have clarified your comparison. You cannot assume everyone knows what the comparison is in reference too. All your article says is, “The Oakland Raiders, the perennial bad boys of the league, are eighth with 46 penalties.” Are readers supposed to know that you mean the Raiders are the most penalized team over the past few years by calling them the perennial bad boys?
FAIL
October 27th, 2011
8:49 am
This article is full of fail…
Jason
October 27th, 2011
8:51 am
Yes, the Falcons have committed a good number of penalties this year. But by this reasoning, you could say that the New England Patriots are also the Raiders of the AFC East. When you put it in that perspective, it looks like a silly statement. Twenty percent of the league has committed as many or more penalties as the Falcons. So, they are not ready to be crowned as the bad boys yet.
What I’d be curious to know, is how many of these penalties have been committed by new starters? Especially Garrett Reynolds, as it seems like he has drawn a lot of off-sides penalties (I believe he had at least 3 in the Detroit game.
What would make this article really useful would be to show the spread of penalties. What types of penalties are the Falcons committing the most? It has felt like there have been many more offensive off-sides and holding penalties by the offensive line and that this is what has hurt the Falcons the most this year.
biz
October 27th, 2011
8:53 am
The raiders wear black and the falcons wear red….this just doesn’t make sense….hehe. I got your drift there Ledbetter. Sloppy.
RoadDAWG
October 27th, 2011
8:54 am
@ DLed – Your problem wasn’t in the comparison of Falcons to Raiders, as it’s perfectly appropriate, as it regards penalties. The problem was that you put the word ‘perennial’ in the body of the article. Judging by a lot of the so-called ‘banter’ on these message boards, if you publish any word over two syllables you’re liable to lose at least half of the commenters.
Here…I’ll help translate:
“The Oakland Raiders, the perennial bad boys of the league, are eighth with 46 penalties.”
Translation: “The Oakland Raiders get a lot of penalties. It happens year after year. This year they are eighth in the league with 46 penalties.”
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL
waynester
October 27th, 2011
8:55 am
Some of ya’ll have sand in your shorts this morning….It’s a bye week. There is no news. Ledbetter is reaching to find some content to keep folks occupied until there IS some news…..
DSGB
October 27th, 2011
8:57 am
The heading does make sense to anyone who has cognitive learning ability!! I understand over the past years that the Raiders have been perennial leaders as the most penalized team in the NFL. The Falcons are well on their way to being the leaders this year, if they don’t quit making stupid mistakes. One big example is last week’s kick return when Weems was clearly headed for a touchdown, boom Antone Smith blocks a guy in the BACK 5 yards behind the play, bringing back a touchdown!
True Falcon Fan
October 27th, 2011
8:57 am
Huh,,,, some people just never will get it, “here’s your sign”,,, you’ got to be a blonde……..
gabugman
October 27th, 2011
8:58 am
No, the Falcons are the Dalas Cowboys of the NFC South…
True Falcon Fan
October 27th, 2011
9:00 am
DSGB – You have “NEVER” played the game of football at any level – “here’s your sign-TOO”
Stepchild
October 27th, 2011
9:01 am
Based on penalties…yes they are the Raiders of the NFC South. And based on drafting Matt Ryan vs. the Raiders drafting JaMarcus Russel….you can also state that they are the Raiders of the NFC South since he is the worst QB in the NFC South this year.
Great article/nugget DLED!!
True Falcon Fan
October 27th, 2011
9:01 am
I’ve got a J.O.B – will ya’ll please go get a J.O.B.
PerPlexed
October 27th, 2011
9:06 am
This must be a slow week in sports.
I’m not a Raider or Falcon’s fan, but the real Raiders would have started a fight if someone had treated their quarterback like Detroit did the Falcons. You think you could do that to Baltimore, Pittsburgh, or even New Orleans. There are a few true players on the Falcons’s team, but as a team, do they not have that “Killer Swagg” Defend your quarterback. I got a feeling that you will see Detroit again…………
DSGB
October 27th, 2011
9:07 am
True Falcon Not- you have to be kidding me right? I’ve played at the collegiate level, so what’s next? Also a season tickets holder several years, your football knowledge is like primary school compared to this!
coachx
October 27th, 2011
9:08 am
50% of our penalties are due to our O-Line. We have good run blockers but some below average pass blockers who get twice as many holding calls as most teams.
Plus we started the season attempting deep pass plays that take longer to develop. We just didn’t have the pass blockers to play that style……..at least things are improving with that regard.
I can’t relate holding to being a “bad boy team.”
M. Johnson is hurt but has been dissapointment and Reynolds realy struggles vs. the pass.
My crystal ball has the 2nd and 3rd round picks of next year going to a G and TE.
DHunt
October 27th, 2011
9:08 am
After reviewing that play by Antone Smith, I think he was just running behind the play and the guy drifts over in front of him and slows down, causing Antone to run into him from behind. The officials should never have thrown a flag for that weak, completely innocuous contact.
And since the frist three really sloppy weeks of football, I thought we”ve done a better job with penalties. And as Jason mentioned above, the drill down will likely show that the o-line is skewing those numbers, as well as Roddy’s weekly unsportsmanlike.
Obama Supporter
October 27th, 2011
9:10 am
The stimulus is working!
M
October 27th, 2011
9:16 am
Kick @SS BABY!! Let the skull cracking commence, somebody get me some popcorn. Just win!!!!!!! Rise upp!!
True Falcon Fan
October 27th, 2011
9:17 am
@Huh & DSGB – OS —- has got two your # – “here’s your sign” — read on……
Obama Supporter
October 27th, 2011
9:10 am
The stimulus is working!
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Crimedog
October 27th, 2011
9:18 am
Georgia is the Raiders of the south, coached by Fred Rogers and Fester Adams.
M
October 27th, 2011
9:18 am
SUPERBOWL BABY!!!!!!!!!
True Falcon Fan
October 27th, 2011
9:20 am
IF,IF,IF – you ever played football at any level or point in time in your life, you still didn’t gain “ANY” knowledge of the game, you fricking “MORON” – NOW go get a J.O.B.!!!!!
True Falcon Fan
October 27th, 2011
9:26 am
@M —- Right-on —- I’m a hopin’ & prayn’
Go Falcons
True Falcon Fan
October 27th, 2011
9:29 am
Damn, looks like I’ve been a rancher all my life and just didn’t know it.
alt
The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor Standards claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him.
GOV’T AGENT: “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them.”
RANCHER: ”Well, there’s my hired hand who’s been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.
Then there’s the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here.
He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night so he can cope with life.
He also sleeps with my wife occasionally.”
GOV’T AGENT: “That’s the guy I want to talk to – the mentally challenged one.”
RANCHER: “That would be me.”
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2011
9:41 am
AS – Umm yes i think thats what perennial means.. Every year.
Ok.. Im not mad at the falcons for playing with a mean streak. In the immortal words of Suge Knight “I’d rather be feared than loved because fear lasts longer.” Now that does not apply to every day life but in this situation I think the Falcons need to be feared. People need to know if they are gonna get the business every time they come around here. A few penalties.. So what. The message has been sent. And the nastier the better. Get after ‘em. do whatever needs to be done. After all this is “TACKLE” football and not tiddly winks or go fish..
I guarantee you this. When you play the Raiders you know you have to be ready for whatever and Im glad to see people are starting to fear the Falcons. Like Dunte might hit me really hard across the middle. Grimes will give his whole body up for a play. Peters is coming. Abe is Coming. Witherspoon is going to knock my block off. Lofton is gonna kill me.
All I need to see now is Turner break a few more arm tackles and instead of running out of bounds because a DB is in front of him.. Run his @$$ over. At Full speed. After a few of those DBs start getting out the way.
Adam
October 27th, 2011
9:43 am
YYYYAAAWWWWWNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
huntersdad
October 27th, 2011
9:54 am
Now that is funny!!!
Bart
October 27th, 2011
9:56 am
WHY DOES EVERYTHING FROM ATLANTA TRY TO BE THE ______ OF THE SOUTH!?!?!?!
BE ORIGINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Birdman
October 27th, 2011
9:59 am
DOB, do you have stats on penalty by player? I might be wrong but it seems to be the same few who are repeat offenders. Am I “misremembering” or has Antone Smith ruined several kick returns with blocks in the back? Garret Reynolds is king of false starts? Sam Baker the Holding King?
huntersdad
October 27th, 2011
9:59 am
WoW! The man was just trying to make the point that penalties are up from last year. Give him some slack. Jumping offside 10 times a game does not instill fear. It is just sloppy play.
cdog
October 27th, 2011
10:05 am
yes, that let you know that officiating can decide an outcome.i have been watching the falcons since 1968.i use to tell my father that certain games and teams, the officials don’t call fair for them.you can call a penalty on every play as an official if you really wanted to.its when the falcons are being penalized. for example, usually iin the second half if they are behind to a team who suppose to be better, the birds will mount a big drive or play only to see an official throw a flag to halt their progress.i see certain teams do the same thing and is hardly ever penalized.i keep harping on the green bay game.first half, the packers didn’t have a clue as how to stop the falcons offense. then came the second half.i told my grandson,i guess the officials figured something was wrong with the way they were officiating,. so it was obvious, that almost every call went against the falcons in the second half. they stalled the falcons offense by putting them in predictible situations for the packers.if they officials had called the game right, the falcons would have won by 2 tds. then everyone started questioning the falcon’s offense when it was obvious the men in the striped shirts were at fault.
Stepchild
October 27th, 2011
10:11 am
Hmmm….I wonder if any of the top newspapers in the country write blog about penalties. Not a hotbed of excitement going on in ATL.
ATL Fan
October 27th, 2011
10:11 am
When I think about the “perennial bad boys” I don’t simply look at the number of penalties, I look at the type of penalties.
Just saying
October 27th, 2011
10:26 am
Say, Waynester, DOL is doig a pretty good job at it, isn’t he? His article has brought on an onslaught of comments! Go Falcons just keep on winning. Give us something to talk about!
iceBIRDcold11
October 27th, 2011
10:27 am
Last year being the “least” penalized team in the league got us a first round loss. What would make your article more interesting would be to tell where Green Bay and Pittsburgh ranked last year.
falconsrus
October 27th, 2011
10:31 am
word cdog us against the world RISE UP
THE INFAMOUS DK
October 27th, 2011
10:44 am
As for me.. Im a Falcon fan for lie.. My parents have been season ticket holders for 37 years and i have been for ummmm 15. Wow! Didnt know it had been that long. Im a every year when I was growing up the family vacation was a roadtrip to New Orleans kind of a guy. I bleed this.. I just want to see my Falcons win one before my Mom leaves here.. Yeah she’s a bigger fan than my Dad and he’s a rabid falcon fan. So Falcons we support you in whatever yall doing but dagnabit win one for the hometeam..
lowdownjj
October 27th, 2011
10:55 am
Yo @Who Dat We aren’t in 3rd place. And this is pretty alarming. Penalties kill drives on offense and extend drives on defense. We need to clean this up. Procedural and pre snap penalties are the ones that really are inexscusible. I can live with the effort penalties or the ” I am beat, save my QB’s life” holds
Dwayne
October 27th, 2011
11:31 am
DOL, I understood your article.
Frank Gerber
October 27th, 2011
12:05 pm
People who post “First” live vapid lives. Do something productive!
Tommy
October 27th, 2011
12:26 pm
Raiders of the NFC? No. The penalties are starting to come down a bit, and we draft players based on more than their 40 time.
What we the Falcons are becoming is the Chargers of the NFC–10+ wins a year, but no playoff success (so far).
tt44
October 27th, 2011
12:50 pm
Hey DOL, are the Falcons picking up another blocking back to allow Snelling the opportuinty to rest up Turner? What say U?
darren
October 27th, 2011
12:56 pm
Damm Orlando ! Is this what you came up with in a eight hour day ? Please cut and paste from the Atlanta Falcon website like you normally do. At least I can read a good article twice. How did you get your job? Wow !
Someone get Sean Peyton his painkillers! His leg hurts!
October 27th, 2011
1:01 pm
At least he doesn’t subject us to stupid song lyrics like the Braves’ beat writer.
Mikey
October 27th, 2011
1:43 pm
Thought provokking comparison… however, I don’t see the Falcons as “bad boys” so much as just to sloppy a football team at this point. I know our guys are capable of much more and I expect that with additional work they will improve. The majority of the penalties have come from lining up offsides, poor blocking, not understanding what “blocking in the back” is and not remembering the snap count. Our team is better than this and I’m sure they all understand how detrimental these dumb penalties are to winning in the NFL. I have no doubt that our fine team of coaches and players will be working on this. They will soon be operating at a very high level when we see the penalties diminish.
Delbert D.
October 27th, 2011
1:47 pm
The Raiders haven’t been the same since Stabler and Biletnikoff. Just no fun to watch.
St Simons - we're on Island time
October 27th, 2011
1:57 pm
Certainly not the Raiders, they’re the biggest team in the NFL
and we’re one of the smallest, if not the smallest. Went out to
Flowery Branch on fan day, and swear to bejeesus, my cute but dizzy
wife says, “I guess the Falcons will come out right after this High
school team gets through practicing” Um honey……
You know DLed you can pull down those dork posts on p 1
keith
October 27th, 2011
2:08 pm
I wouldn’t mind more silver and black on the uniforms
John Kimble
October 27th, 2011
2:11 pm
You might want to look up the definition for the word perennial, Dled.
Lets do some research:
2005. 28th with 101 penalties.
2006. Tied 26th with 85 penalties.
2007. 7th with 99.
2008. 30th with 74.
2009. 25th with 86.
2010. 2nd with 117
John Kimble
October 27th, 2011
2:13 pm
http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/downs/sort/totalPenalties/position/defense/year/2009/order/false
and a link, so you can double check.
John Kimble
October 27th, 2011
2:22 pm
The stats above are for the Raiders.
John Kimble
October 27th, 2011
2:28 pm
The Raiders are perennially near the top in least penalties committed. Nice try, Tootsi.
CGD..
October 27th, 2011
2:48 pm
SuperBowl WINS:
Raiders: 1
Falcons: Maybe never? 0×46 and counting….Yawn…………………………….
CGD..
October 27th, 2011
2:50 pm
Ryan is 24th in passing now?? Wow…
Velocity is killing your accuracy Sir…..Watch the film…
rudy
October 27th, 2011
3:18 pm
the thing is, the falcons are winning football games and pretty well organized organization….
jackets77
October 27th, 2011
3:57 pm
This dude is a joke for a beat writer…no way he would ever make in a real media city with his usual crap he puts out there
Falcons > Everyone
October 27th, 2011
4:45 pm
I think the Falcons were (and still are) feeling the effects of no OTAs. Nobody else had OTAs either but some of the things we did well last year, such as protect Matt and limit penalties, are problems this season. With all the struggles, the Falcons are still only one game behind the Saints and one game behind where we were last season (5-2). C’mon, people, the Colts are next. 5-3 is inevitable going into the New Orleans home game.
Have some confidence in your team, folks. They’re one game out of first – don’t pack up your tent and go home, only to say “go Falcons” when they’re doing well. Just because we’re not scoring 62 points on an 0-7 team with their third-string QB is no reason to panic. Just because we’re not leading the league in every category you want them to doesn’t make our boys losers. Underachieving? Yes, but it’s early and we do have a favorable schedule coming up. I feel good about where the Falcons are right now, and that’s on an upward trend.
hiramsaint
October 27th, 2011
4:52 pm
what you actually are is…….3rd place in the nfc south-no surprise there!
hiramsaint
October 27th, 2011
4:54 pm
@ rudy–i find that to be rhetorically rhetoric
extremus
October 27th, 2011
5:26 pm
I’m not at all happy with all of these penalties this year, especially the drive-killing (or on defense, extending) ones. I don’t know who or what’s at fault; it may be that the Falcons underestimated the impact of the personnel changes on the lines especially, but it HAS to stop. I’m sure it has Mike Smith frustrated but he has to get this problem under control.
rash
October 27th, 2011
5:37 pm
well no d. orlando ledbatter i believe the lions would be!!!!!
Leeman Bennett
October 27th, 2011
7:29 pm
If you can’t really think of something to write a column about, don’t write it! Best in the league last year, now fourth in the league. I don’t get it.
SeenThisB4
October 27th, 2011
7:37 pm
APS must be to blame here.
Leeman: Read it again, they were best in the league last year. This year they are fourth, but fourth worst. In other words, they are ranked 28th in the league, this year. From 1st to 28th. Get it now?
mopman
October 27th, 2011
9:08 pm
O K ….I LIKE THE WAY YOU GUYS ,PLAYED ALL 4 QUARTERS, KEEP IT UP.” AGAIN PLAY 4 BEAT ANYBODY”
extremus
October 27th, 2011
9:21 pm
Maybe aliens abducted Mike Smith and inserted Jerry Glanville’s brain into his skull; as I recall, the Falcons were heavily penalized during his “black uniforms and helmets” tenure.
Nah, it’s not THAT bad or inconsistent…yet. But the penalties DO need to end.
topman
October 27th, 2011
9:34 pm
THE OFFENCE GOT TO STAY AGGRASSIVE, TAKE CHANCES DOWN FIELD, AND MABE A FEW TRICK PLAYS. Y’ALL GOT THE TALENT ,” JUST DO IT “. OFFENCE YOU GOT TO WANT TOO BE ON THE FIELD, BE GLAD TO BE ON THE FIELD.TAKE OVER.
al davis says
October 27th, 2011
11:37 pm
JUST WIN BABY!
hbcuclassics
October 28th, 2011
12:51 am
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CuseFalcon
October 28th, 2011
2:18 am
Dled………you must be seriously bored…….cmom man!!!!!
falcon
October 28th, 2011
7:50 am
Bring back Harvey Dahl. I would have loved to have seen Big Harvey going up against Suh.
Penalties smenalties! It’s all subjective. The refs could throw a flag on every single play if they wanted to. I’ll bet there are officiating crews who lead the league every year in penalties called.
Nativebird
October 28th, 2011
8:08 am
Nope. Falcons penalties are bonehead mistakes and poor play, very few to aggressiveness and excessive roughness, the type of penalties the Raiders have been known for. ie. Sam Baker holds because he get’s his lunch handed to him by most DE’s. He’s becoming another bust in a long list of Falcon 1st round busts.
The Real Falcon
October 28th, 2011
8:50 am
Why is this guy a starter? And now with Johnson out we are stuck with him:
Courtesy of Pro Football Focus:
He’s no Harvey Dahl
Finances are finances, and in the condensed free agency period we had this year Harvey Dahl was able to escape Atlanta leaving the Falcons short on talent at the spot. Garrett Reynolds (-7.1) has replaced Dahl, only missing 14 snaps against the Packers, and has failed to play up to anywhere near the level of Dahl’s performances. This week against Detroit marked the sixth time he has graded negatively this season with this performance being comfortably his worst. He started badly by giving up a sack to Ndamukong Suh early in the first quarter, saved only by Suh trying to take Matt Ryan’s helmet off by the face cage, and followed that up with two further pressures (both to Suh). Of as much concern as anything else will be his trio of false start penalties, including two on back to back plays. Whether down to noise or the knowledge that he needed a good first step to match Suh, these were drive killers that the offense could do without as they pushed the Falcons out of field goal position and cost them points.
The Real Falcon
October 28th, 2011
8:52 am
Is he hurt or what?
Courtesy of Pro Football Focus:
Missing tackles in bunches
This week’s game marked the fifth time in the last two seasons that William Moore (-1.9) has missed multiple tackles in a game. Not exactly what you’re looking for in a safety. Moore missed three tackles this week, two in the running game and one in the passing game, to mark his worst day tackling since he missed four in an abysmal performance last season in Tampa Bay. Not executing in this facet of play is a problem anywhere on defense but deep in the secondary it tends to lead directly to bad things and that was the case for Moore here. Pursuing an in route by Calvin Johnson late in the third quarter Moore failed to secure his tackle on the massive wide-out, falling off and allowing Johnson to scamper away to a 57 yard score. The coverage may not have been Moore’s but the missed tackle led directly to the score. The Falcons need much better security from him and right now he has failed to deliver on his draft stock for Atlanta.
The Real Falcon
October 28th, 2011
8:54 am
But here we go.
Courtesy of Pro Football Focus
Another rounded performance
A week after a spectacular interception on a screen Corey Peters (+2.2) came up with another strong all round showing, outshining his fellow defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux. Peters was stout in run defense, providing difficulties for Rob Sims (standing him up on two occasions at the line, including the first snap of the game) and Dominic Raiola. Peters also showed that he is not only a load in the middle but, as with last week against the Panthers, flashed his ability in space. Last week he pulled off the interception, while this week he was able to cut down Matthew Stafford for a sack in the right flat on third & goal and then, most crucially, picked up a pass defense on the Lions final drive of the game that prevented a pass interference call on third down. The Falcons have been looking for some time for a player to go with Babineaux in the middle of their defense, so when Babineaux rediscovers his best form Atlanta could now have a fine pairing at tackle.
Where is Jerry?
Tracy Mitchell
October 28th, 2011
9:25 am
The Falcons will be lucky to get a wildcard spot. At 13 and 3 last year you get blown out in the second round of the playoffs with a bye week. Granted you got drilled by the eventual champion, so what chance does this team have to go any where. i am not drinking the Kool-Aid. We are just playing out the string. Playoffs….NOT THIS YEAR.
lanier
October 28th, 2011
10:18 am
nope afraid they are just the same old Falcons
PMC
October 28th, 2011
11:23 am
Wouldn’t the Falcons have to win a few championships before this designation?
D Money
October 28th, 2011
11:41 am
DOL, you swung for the fences and missed on this one…lol
GHunt
October 28th, 2011
12:06 pm
DOL, What are the chances that Svitek will supplant Sam Baker at the RT position? Will Smitty during the bye week take a look at Baker at the right guard position? Svitek had no holding penalities, nor sacks allowed in the Lions game.
The Real Falcon
October 28th, 2011
12:25 pm
Baker plays LT
Derrick Orlamdo Ledbetter
October 28th, 2011
1:42 pm
Seen & Hiam……………………go back to gigging crawl-dads.
Derrick Orlamdo Ledbetter
October 28th, 2011
1:42 pm
Detroit played DIRTY ! ! !
Derrick Orlamdo Ledbetter
October 28th, 2011
1:44 pm
Obankruptbama…………….worst presiedent ever.
Nihilist.
Fundamentally f’d America.
not a fan of ledbetter
October 28th, 2011
6:51 pm
Actually the NFL statistics show that there are eleven teams with more penalties than the falcons Mr. Ledbottom
Lame
October 28th, 2011
7:43 pm
Next ‘nugget’- The Falcons uniforms are red, white and black! Ha! Does this guy get paid?!
clockwork
October 28th, 2011
8:35 pm
Three pages of comments on an article that wonders if the Falcons are the Raiders of the South because of penalties…..is this a bye week?…..
Bird Dawg Country
October 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
NO…..But demographics of fan base might be starting to look like raiders criminal fanbase, though. We still have more normal people at moment.
SeenThisB4
October 29th, 2011
2:29 pm
Another weekend is here and as I look around, what do I find? The falcan’ts are still in third place!
Navigator
October 29th, 2011
2:34 pm
No predictions here, but against Detroit the Falcons looked tough. They were able to dish it out and take it to, and if this trend continues, they stand to make the playoffs two years in a row, and three out of the last four. Last year they played up to every team, but didn’t seem to scare anyone with their aggressiveness. That seems to be changing now, and taking some bloody noses early seems to have helped them. Remember, they’ve already played Green Bay, Chicago, Philly, Detroit, Tampa Bay, and only Philly has a losing record. They should finally be ready to step out on the big stage and impress some folks, which they didn’t do last year with a 13-3 record.
katherine
October 30th, 2011
3:13 pm
SeenThisB4
October 29th, 2011
2:29 pm
Another weekend is here and as I look around, what do I find? The falcan’ts are still in third place!
Actually, the falcons are tied with tampa for 2nd and the saints are losing right now near the end of the 3rd qtr 24-0…….so you should get your facts straight before posting.
Robert08
October 30th, 2011
3:27 pm
We need a blog to make fun of Saints fans as they are losing to the Rams 24-0 … the winless Rams. It seems the Saints just might lose their third game of the season.
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
3:29 pm
Its the last Sunday in October and watching the Rams demolish the Saints…whoops the Aints…oh my the Cants! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! what about dem Aints are they not the best ? Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! ………………….The Birds will Crushhhhhhhhhhhh the Aints they call the Saints that are the Caints ! LMAO
katherine
October 30th, 2011
3:57 pm
well as much smack as the saints fans talk…..im not surprised they arent here now
katherine
October 30th, 2011
4:05 pm
lol so sorry scam newton…guess you lose again hahahaha……oh and drew brees, so sorry falcons had a good week even while having a bye
Robert08
October 30th, 2011
4:20 pm
How about them Rams …
falconsrus
October 30th, 2011
4:45 pm
are the saints the miami dolphins of the nfc south they suc
katherine
October 30th, 2011
4:53 pm
hiramsaint
October 27th, 2011
4:43 pm
you’re in 3rd place and you’re fantasizing about a playoff run? truly laughable
lololololol…the rams….lolololol and the falcons were tied for 2nd….now who is laughable
katherine
October 30th, 2011
5:06 pm
what…no rude posts from saints fans?
Robert08
October 30th, 2011
5:11 pm
What is laughable is getting your butt kicked by an 0-6 team …
Mike Franklin
October 30th, 2011
5:27 pm
If the Falcons are perceived as the ‘bad boys’ of the NFC South, it is because of you guys in the sports media that play us that way. Tough hits don’t make a don’t make a dirty team. The new rules have put lace on NFL players to begin with. Beyond that, our only sin is the same one the Saints share; a formerly losing team that is winning.
The stereotyping is sickening.
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
6:24 pm
Its all over the News, in fact its the big news……………..” Aints get tail kickin by the St. Louis Mighty Mites ! ” Whats the matter boys ? Mama need to get you some grease rags to wipe the Tears again ?
You guys are a big Joke when you come on here and talk the crap about our Team and cutting them down when in fact they are going to hand you your next butt whooping !
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
7:01 pm
And here’s the rest of the news: NFL investigators have uncovered this evening that the falcan’ts are still in third place, failing to move out of that position even though New Orleans lost early this afternoon. Said one NFL spokesman, ” Yes, the S a i n t s lost, but the falcan’ts are still mired in there own mediocrity and remain in third place in the NFC South, a position they will likely remain in for the rest of season.
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
7:02 pm
Third Place! LOL!
Robert08
October 30th, 2011
7:46 pm
Rams 31, Saints 21! LOL!
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
7:50 pm
Third Place! And some of you claim you’re tied for 2nd! LOL! Talk about denial!
Third Place!
Najeh Davenpoop
October 30th, 2011
8:07 pm
I’m sorry, but if your team just lost to the Rams, you should have a moratorium on any trash talking for at least a week.
SNF time, which of course means #7 time. Go Eagles.
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
8:12 pm
@Najeh:
LOL! Yeah right, and if the we didn’t post, you and your buddies would be the first to be calling us out! So live with it! You’re still squarely, in third place!
Tell it like it is.
October 30th, 2011
8:15 pm
The cants are pretty bad,loseing to the Rams,i don’t thin they will be on top of the NFC long.
Tell it like it is.
October 30th, 2011
8:16 pm
Mke that the NFC south!
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
8:23 pm
Atlanta Public Schools strike again!
Tell it like it is.
October 30th, 2011
8:24 pm
Seen this before—get used to loseing! The falcons have a better defence than the cants.The cants are heading down in the standing.
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
8:32 pm
Stun gun
St. Louis shocks the league with massive upset. Ha Ha HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !
You got to love it !
Chew on that the rest of the week Aints Caints Troll Fans ! Hilarious ! lmao
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
8:34 pm
Oh I left this out……………………… When the Birds play the Aints ,Matty Ice is bringing the Shotgun !
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
8:35 pm
Double Barrels ……………….BOOMMMMMMMMMMM !
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
8:36 pm
@ Spell it like it is. Yeah, but the Sa ints have a better offense than the falcan’ts. And that’s why they can lose and still remain in their rightful place atop of the NFC South, while your team still dwells near the cellar.
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
8:38 pm
Third place Mikey, third place. Chew on that the rest of the week.
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
8:42 pm
Enough said…………..no sense arguing with a moron…………..wait n see !
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
8:44 pm
Mikey: I’ve been waiting since training camp, and we’re now at mid season, and your fool team is still down in the basement of the division. Always the personal insults, …a indication of frustration and weakness. LOL! Third place!
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
8:46 pm
BOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ! ! !
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
8:47 pm
THIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDD!!!!!!!!!
SeenThisB4
October 30th, 2011
8:52 pm
Third Place. Of course, that’s pretty self-evident. What is more so obvious is that when the season is done, the Sa ints will be far ahead of the falcan’ts.
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
9:00 pm
Yeah ! Aints …………….in the loss column .
Robert08
October 30th, 2011
9:35 pm
Who cares if the Falcons are in third place in Week 8 of a 17-week schedule? Oh yeah, desperate Aints fans. The Falcons – and the Bucs for that matter – are only a 1/2-game back. This is only a function of the schedule. Oh by the way, Aints were whipped by the previously 0-6 Rams. Rams, 31, Saints 21! LOL!
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
9:47 pm
lmao ha ! ha ! ha ! How bout dem Who Dat Ainsters !
Michael M.
October 30th, 2011
9:49 pm
The Butt Kickin of the Week ! Dree Breeze bent over and grabbed his ankles and said Who Dat kick my butt ? lmao
Monday Morning QB
October 30th, 2011
11:38 pm
This Saint loss is very familiar, in fact I have SeenThisB4. In the playoffs last season the Aints played a lousy NFC west team and got drilled. Still we have to endure the crazy ramblings of a miss-placed Saint fan in this Flacon forum. The Saints have the same division record as the Falcons, a worse conference record and their so called first place division standing is nothing more than bye week scheduling. I predict that SeenThisB4 and hiramsaint will soon need to remove the sack from their head and use it to catch the discharge spewing from their lips as the Saints fall out of contention. Then again they can just puke in the streets of the big sleazy, who would know the difference.
DR. FALCON
October 30th, 2011
11:52 pm
WHO DAT? WHO DAT? WHO DAT GOINT TO BEAT THOSE SAINT? THE 0-6 RAMS! THAT’S WHO! HA! HA! HA! LOL! ONCE AGAIN, THE AINTS ARE THE TALK OF THE LEAGUE! LAUGHING STOCK! DAMN!
SawThat1nce
October 31st, 2011
12:43 am
Rams 31 – saints 21, and that score is kind of deceptive, as the Rams really rammed it to the saints. Kind of kicked their butts.
Har de har har.
Chandler Going Deep..
October 31st, 2011
12:48 am
Im just saying Cam made throws today that Melt can only dream of making…
His velocity and accuracy is sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is the real deal… Noddle arm : not!
Julio and Cam would be an awesome combo? Ya think?
Chandler Going Deep..
October 31st, 2011
12:52 am
SuperBowl Wins,
Saints: 1
Fal-cons: 0-46 and counting for the next 50 years…….Yawn……….
Chandler Going Deep..
October 31st, 2011
12:52 am
Go Eagles!!!
How bout them Cowboys?????????????lol
SeenThisB4
October 31st, 2011
7:03 am
Another beautiful morning in the Crescent City and all’s right with the world. As I survey the landscape of the NFL, the Saints are still at their rightful place atop of the NFC South, and the falcan’ts still in third place! Have a good week falcan’t failure fans! G E A U X S A I N T S!
Michael M.
October 31st, 2011
7:34 am
Happy Halloween morning you turdy Ainster Trolls……….another loss for your boys with dree breeze bending over all day long grabbing his ankles and telling the Rams to ” kick me in the butt as hard as you can ! ” Stick that in your corn pipe in Louisisana and smoke it while you read the morning newspaper on the toilet tissue roll at the local supermarket bathroom !
Michael M.
October 31st, 2011
7:37 am
Boooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
SeenThisB4
October 31st, 2011
7:38 am
Mikey: You certainly seem to have persistent compulsion for clammering about grown men bending over grabbing at their ankles…have you discussed that infatuation you with your parole officer?
SXS
October 31st, 2011
7:40 am
People hate on Atlanta teams. Enuff said.
Michael M.
October 31st, 2011
7:41 am
You can line up and bend over with em if yah wanna Seen !
Michael M.
October 31st, 2011
7:43 am
and the 2nd time the Birds play the Aints Matty Ice is going to bring n the Rocket launcher and bow away the scraps that the shotgun left from the first meeting…………………..its just not the Ainsters year !
Michael M.
October 31st, 2011
7:45 am
You cant get over on me Son……..I am just too good for yah !
Michael M.
October 31st, 2011
7:49 am
Yah have to forgive me D-Led but them turdy Ainster Trolls just seem to bring out the best in me………..lmao !
Michael M.
October 31st, 2011
8:35 am
one last thing before I go to work………………to Seenthisb4,Hiramsait and cdc , I left U Boys my dirty Snot Rag on the blog desk so U could borry it to wipe the many Tears from your eyes after the buttkickin the Rams put upon your Wonderful and so glorious Team the Aints that Caints this Sunday past !
CGD..
October 31st, 2011
9:00 am
SXS
October 31st, 2011
7:40 am
“People hate on Atlanta teams. Enuff said.”
Cause Atlanta Professional Franchises have a track record of coming up short year after year, Decade after Decade, Century after Century, Millennium after Millennium .BLAH BLAH BLAH..
The land off excuses…… Not a fluke? Ya think?
GOT IT?
CGD..
October 31st, 2011
9:06 am
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Hail No
October 31st, 2011
10:52 am
U crazy man!…………..the Falcon’s are better than the Raiders…..they are about as good as the Eagles!
Barry
October 31st, 2011
4:13 pm
Hey Y’all:
JUST WIN,BABY!! JUST WIN!!! In “ONE HEARTBEAT!!!” THUMP!!
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
This is a SECRET from a FALCON FAN. TELL EVERYBODY!!
……………. “ONE HEARTBEAT,BABY!!!………..
KQuark
October 31st, 2011
8:36 pm
You must be bored because the Lions had 10 penalties and more penalty yards. They are the dirty team including their coach.
SawThat1nce
October 31st, 2011
8:55 pm
These saints fans should enjoy being on top for as long as it last, because it ain’t going to last much longer.
GO FALCONS!!!!!!