Atlanta Falcons: Demaryius Thomas hurt by the loss
Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (88) is unable to make the catch as Atlanta Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon, left, and cornerback Dunta Robinson, right, defend in the first half of their game against the Atlanta Falcons in the Georgia Dome Monday night in Atlanta, Ga., September 17, 2012.
CHAMP BAILEY
(on playing back in Georgia)
I don’t care where we are, I just want to win. Plan and simple.
(on Peyton’s awful start)
It’s not just one person. You can’t put that all on Peyton. He made some plays down the stretch. We’ve got to get off the field on that third down at the end.
DEMARYIUS THOMAS
(on the TD catch)
It’s hard to talk about that because I just wanted to win. A loss hurts.
PEYTON MANNING
It was a disappointing start. Any time you come on the road and throw three interceptions in the first quarter you put your team in a hole. It gave Atlanta great field position. It was a poor start, I won’t make excuses. They were three poor decisions.
(was he pressing)
It was three bad decisions. I’m sure when I see the film I will see somebody open short underneath for the checkdown. I will learn from it and the team will learn from it.
(still adjusting to offense)
I don’t make any excuses when I turn the ball over.
(felt chance at end)
I felt like had we gotten the ball aback we had a chance to go down there and score. We had momentum certainly. Atlanta did a great job converting that third down at the end.
Most teams that turn it over four times don’t have a chance and people are leaving. We still had a chance.
KEITH BROOKING
Four turnovers in the first half and defensively we got our hands on some balls and couldn’t make the plays. We were talking before every series, we have got to do our part and put our offense in a good situation. We were unable to do that against a very good football team.
We had a chance at the end. We couldn’t get that stop on third down and give our offense a chance.
(Matt)
I played with Matt for one year and you knew from the very beginning that Matt Ryan gets it. From Day One, the way he carried himself a true professional at the very beginning. They’ve done a really good job of getting weapons around him and built that offense for him to be very successful. He’s done everything that I thought I knew he was going to do.
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22 comments Add your comment
Falcon James
September 18th, 2012
1:31 pm
Falcons 2-0 is all that matters at this point. Let’s get ready for San Diego.
warfalcon
September 18th, 2012
1:43 pm
U are right Falcon James,but I have a ? WHERE ARE ALL THE doubters at today? West Coast here we come to meet the Charger of San Diego.LETS GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Falcon James
September 18th, 2012
1:58 pm
The doubters have been unusually quiet this morning. I think the Saint fans jumped off the bridge. There villages have been calling morning saying they are missing.
DAWG POUND
September 18th, 2012
2:02 pm
What an awfull game but we’ll take it! 2 – 0 headed for the SHOW!
BigHittas
September 18th, 2012
2:09 pm
Go Dirty Birds!
BigHittas
September 18th, 2012
2:10 pm
not mentioned much is the top job our offensive tackles did. great job guys!
OPEN YOUR EYES
September 18th, 2012
2:14 pm
STILL NO PLAYOFF WINS!!!!!!!
Samuel
September 18th, 2012
2:22 pm
Going into Chargers game, I hope we get more effort from Turner and Ray Edwards.
Cejay
September 18th, 2012
3:20 pm
just syain’ , I found Mr. Coward himself, Mat “choke” ryan, he’s alive,well and posting over on Mark Bradley’s blog. go,say hello
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2012/09/18/3-points-about-the-winning-falcons-who-put-peyton-in-his-place/?cxntfid=blogs_mark_bradley_blog
Hey
September 18th, 2012
3:38 pm
Might wanna “OPEN YOUR EYES”. the playoffs aren’t for a while yet.
gaAllDay
September 18th, 2012
6:01 pm
the falcons are kind of banged up in the secondary honestly ,I think this game against San Diego is gonna be harder than some think ,cause there is no real information on the new players they have on defense or offense ,the will suffer in the rush defense only because we play a lot of nickel and just a portion of 4-3 ..I see us winning the game though by 14 pts ..good defense will pull us thru again
Falcons Chic
September 18th, 2012
6:55 pm
Anytime you win on Monday night, you are likely to lose the next game. The West Coast trip, just makes it tougher.
falCANS
September 18th, 2012
6:58 pm
Nit enough was said about ourr pass rush!! Very impressive. Im Very Proud!!!
SirReal
September 18th, 2012
7:55 pm
Man, we should be ready for the Chargers. They’ll be tough sure enough but even with the west coast trip we should be fine. They’ll be there two days before the game anyway. Short week? Big deal. Why should we keep making excuses for why we shouldnt win. Starting to sound like Denver all over again….and we just saw how that turned out! LOL
backatcha
September 18th, 2012
8:53 pm
It was a good victory last night, but we have not arrived! At least, not yet! Let’s go Falcons!!!
to real
September 18th, 2012
9:11 pm
We beat SD last time in SD which they had a much better team then its gonna be a tuff game but we should get da win match up’s favor us LETS GO FALCONS
haha
September 18th, 2012
9:14 pm
Turner Burner is the man. ha ha ha ha ha ha haha
GTGirl
September 18th, 2012
11:17 pm
We love you Bay Bay, but glad the home team won! Go Falcons!Love those 3 pics against Peyton!
I usually just read but...
September 19th, 2012
8:36 am
Chargers 2-0 but look who they’ve played. Coast 2 Coast trips after MNF games are tuff for any team. Still, we match up pretty well with SD. My biggest concern is D Franks. It scares me to death to see him in at nickle.
True ATL Fan
September 19th, 2012
12:10 pm
As much as we threw him under the bus, we gotta give SAM BAKER, of all people, credit where its due. Great pass protection throughout the entire game.
Mark (another one)
September 19th, 2012
7:05 pm
I always liked Brookings and loved his play. This was his home and he should be welcome. I know he’s the opposition but he’s a good person.
Gamer
September 20th, 2012
11:04 am
Falcons victory should have never come down to a decisive Ryan to Julio third down conversion……….Bad coaching put the Falcons in that predicament….
The series prior to that decisive Ryan to Julio third down conversion,,,,the Falcons should have called run plays on 1st & 2nd down to burn time off the game clock or force Broncos to use timeouts….
Poor coaching in the final minutes nearly cost the Falcons an easy victory…….
Coach Smitty got to play percentage calls in game situations……Not what he thinks or his co-ordinators think…….Previous NFL games have pre-determined tactics for games situations….
Guarantee you that Legendary coaches(Lombardi or Landry) of NFL games would have never put Broncos in position for comeback victory…..And to think,,,Coach Smitty owns a SuperBowl ring???? Very questionable last minute playcalling against a hall of famer QB licking his chops for a game winning drive…
FALCONS ON THREE, DOMINATE….!!!!!!!