Atlanta Falcons: Is Michael Vick the ‘Coach Killer’?
FLOWERY BRANCH — Maybe the elder Jim Mora had it correct in 2006 when he concurred with the basic concept that then-Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was a “coach killer.”
Falcons coaches Dan Reeves and Jim Mora were fired while Vick was the quarterback.
Bobby Petrino signed on to coach Vick. But when Vick was suspended and eventually went to prison on federal dogfighting charges, Petrino grew tired of Joey Harrington and Byron Leftwich and went back to the college game.
Now, Andy Reid, the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL with the same team, is doing the rope-a-dope to retain his job.
With Vick manufacturing turnovers at an alarming rate, both men are in danger of losing their jobs as they prepare to face the Falcons at 1 p.m. Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said Reid’s status will become clear at the end of the season. Reid said he is not ready to walk away from the job he’s held since Jan. 11, 1999.
“I haven’t gotten to that moment,” Reid said when asked if he was ready for his tenure in Philadelphia to end. “I can tell you no. I haven’t felt that way. We love the city of Philadelphia as a family. I’m very fortunate to be doing what I’m doing. I can’t tell you that I’ve haven’t come to that point.”
Reid has battled through the death of his son, Garrett, from a drug overdose Aug. 5, and the Eagles have a 3-3 record. But they have lost three of their past four games.
Vick, as he did sometimes during his tenure in Atlanta, is treating the football like it’s a hand grenade. He’s had five fumbles and eight interceptions to grease the Eagles’ slide.
Reid sent a message to Vick and the rest of his teammates by firing defensive coordinator Juan Castillo on Oct. 16.
“It sends a message to everybody,” Vick said. “Coach made it clear that if he felt like you weren’t performing up to your potential or his standards, then you are just going to be sitting beside him.”
Vick is backed by rookie Nick Foles and veteran Trent Edwards. Vick knows that if he doesn’t eliminate the turnovers, that he’s likely next before Reid’s firing squad.
“I just have to stay focused on going out there and when I’m out there, getting the job done,” Vick said. “I can’t play looking over my shoulder. I can’t play worrying about getting taken out if things do not go right. If that’s what happens, then I’ll just stand tall and keep pushing until the next (time).”
Vick knows he has to eliminate the turnovers.
“I’m trying to make all of the corrections that I can before Sunday,” Vick said. “The most important thing is that I have to protect the football. If we do that, we give ourselves a chance to win the game.”
Reid said the coaches can help Vick.
“Coach is trying to insinuate that they can maybe help us out with the play-calling, but still, at the end of the day, the ball is in my hands,” Vick said. “Just like last week against Detroit, I can’t throw the ball up in the air and pray for a guy to make a play. I’ve got to be accurate. … It’s not the coach’s responsibility. It’s my job to correct it.”
One way the Eagles could help Vick is to rely more on running back LeSean McCoy, who appears to be under-utilized. The Falcons are giving up 143.8 yards rushing per game and rank 28th of 32 teams against the run.
“Yeah, I think we’re going to have to run the football and be able to create different looks from the defense,” Vick said. “That’s going to be important. We have to make sure that we get him going. He’s a big part of our offense.”
Reid has posted a 139-93-1 record and is 13-0 after his team’s bye week. He knows a lot is on the line for himself and his quarterback.
“If you ask any player or coach in this league, they are going to tell you that’s all part of this game,” Reid said. “You always have that there, so what you do is, as opposed to focusing in on what you can’t control, you focus in on what you can control and that’s getting yourself better. … That’s the approach that Mike takes and I take [and] our players take and coaches take.”
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"Chef" Tim Dix
October 25th, 2012
5:27 am
yes among other things.
Realfalconfan
October 25th, 2012
5:44 am
almost first
Realfalconfan
October 25th, 2012
5:46 am
70% chance of rain there sunday!! It might just be a mud bowl!! Im ready and like are chances even better in that.. rise up!!!
falCANS
October 25th, 2012
5:47 am
Yea Vick is who Vick has alwaysbeen and thats an entertainer
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GregKennesaw
October 25th, 2012
6:29 am
Yes
stauff
October 25th, 2012
6:37 am
No doubt. He is talented but inconsistent.
Stepchild
October 25th, 2012
6:43 am
Wow, Vick killed Petrino too!! That’s laughable. Oh, the absence of Vick killed Petrino…lol……I wonder if the absence of Vick will kill Mike Smith too. Silly to include Petrino imo.
same old story
October 25th, 2012
6:48 am
VIck? yes. and now Cam.
BobDawg
October 25th, 2012
6:49 am
He will be one for Reid…. I look for the Rookie to take over when things go south for sure…
GT71
October 25th, 2012
7:11 am
No, Mike Vick is a DOG killer. He is the ruination of a coach’s career, a social miscreant and just not worth the protoplasm.
But he doesn’t ‘kill’ coaches. He’s at least got that going for him.
Guy Bailey
October 25th, 2012
7:11 am
Only if Coach is the name of someone’s dog
GT71
October 25th, 2012
7:14 am
No, he’s a dog killer. Oh, he’ll end a coach’s career perhaps, but kill him? No.
But he is a social miscreant and not worth the protoplasm, but at least he hasn’t (yet) ‘killed’ a coach.
At least he’s got that going for him.
(2nd try at posting this – first time seemed to ‘disappear’ in the ether….hnmmm.
Jamaaliver
October 25th, 2012
7:20 am
NO! Mora got fired after a single season in Seattle because he had no control of the locker room.
Mora got fired in Atlanta for making comments about another coaching job on a radio show; also, he had lost control of the locker room.
Reeves had let the game pass him by. If I recall, he got fired the season Vick missed with injury. Our team had drafted poorly and couldn’t compete without Vick. it was an embarrassment.
Vick has rarely dominated like he should, and turns the ball over too much. But his coaches have all struggled with personnel choices, too.
True Falcon Fan
October 25th, 2012
7:25 am
DLed —- “You are BEAUTIFUL” —- now i’m wondering your mode of operinda
Go Falcons — Eaglettes & “The Coach Killers” next = Nnambi & Mike
david
October 25th, 2012
7:39 am
This time it’s not Vick’s (eeerrrrrr the Dog Killer, the STD spreader) fault. Reid will be fired for moving his OL coach, and promoting him to defensive coordinator. Two years later the Eagles defense is one the worse in the league.
Same ish different day
October 25th, 2012
7:50 am
Mike Vick is 3-3. Phillip Rivers, Payton Manning, Tony Romo and Ben Rothlesberger are also 3-3. Drew Brees, Sam Bradford and Ryan Fitzpatrick are all below .500. Funny the only name you hear about possibly losing his job is Mike Vick.
Vince Young has a 31-19 record as a pro quarterback yet the guy who decided whether or not he would play in Buffalo has a 30-52 record as a pro head coach. I just don’t understand.
Yeah I’m saying it. There is a double standard when it comes to Black quarterbacks a standard that bums like Phillip Rivers, Carson Palmer, Matthew Stafford and Joe Flacco never have to concern themselves with. If the standard for greatness is winning a Super Bowl then take Dan Marino and Jim Kelly out of the HOF. If the standard is a better win than loss record the shut up and apply that to everyone, and threaten everyone at the position who is “under performing”.
Same ish different day
October 25th, 2012
7:54 am
Clowns. What has Matt Ryan done?
A Fan
October 25th, 2012
8:11 am
Well Duh,
Is Vick a coack Killer. Yall wrote that article back around Mora’s time. What’s changed. Has he had the same coach for four years, ever?
and?
October 25th, 2012
8:11 am
The rivalry is mostly a media play to get someone to pay attention to their article
Esquire
October 25th, 2012
8:13 am
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Esquire
October 25th, 2012
8:14 am
Think Vick can hold on to a wet ball………………?
Esquire
October 25th, 2012
8:16 am
Strange DLed why you filter out his name.
Esquire
October 25th, 2012
8:18 am
Can Viceroy Ichiban Cooter Kooter hold on to a wet ball……?
FalconsFaninVR
October 25th, 2012
8:18 am
To the troll who asked what has Matt Ryan done. Compare Matts winning % and TD to INT ratio and Completion % to Vicks and you will see what hes done. #Idiot.
David
October 25th, 2012
8:23 am
When he was in Atlanta all he done was kill dogs and smoke dope.
Just Sayin.....
October 25th, 2012
8:25 am
Ryan lost both the offensive & defensive coordinators in one season.
Just Sayin…..
Just Sayin.....
October 25th, 2012
8:29 am
To be a coach killer, a player must be a better value than the coach, in the eye of the team owner. Did Jay Cutler get Shanahan fired? Did Manning get Tony Dungy’s replacemen fired? Did Brett Favre get the Minnesota coach fired? Did Tony Roma get Phillips fired?
Just Sayin…..
SeenThis B4
October 25th, 2012
8:30 am
GEAUX COACH KILLER!!!
Whisky Breath
October 25th, 2012
8:33 am
Yes, he is.
Philly can’t seem to figure out what’s wrong with their team, but we who follow the Falcons know all too well.
Vick is what’s wrong with your team, Philly fans……and he will be what’s wrong until you get rid of him, Andy Reid, or both.
SimpleDawg
October 25th, 2012
8:34 am
Mike “Coach Killer” Vick is a pox on whatever team he’s on…..
Still, one of the few players in the NFL who can single-handedly keep both teams in the game.
Just Sayin.....
October 25th, 2012
8:34 am
0-3 in the playoffs is a coach killer on winning organizations.
Just Sayin…..
Najeh Davenpoop
October 25th, 2012
8:39 am
Read the headline to this article very carefully, then go watch this clip from last night’s Colbert Report, and then come back and read the headline again. See if you can figure out why I linked that.
Najeh Davenpoop
October 25th, 2012
8:41 am
Does this blog automatically block all posts with links or something?
Boot
October 25th, 2012
8:42 am
Maybe we could trade Ryan for Vick.
I usually just read but...
October 25th, 2012
8:42 am
Sounds like Andy Reid is sweating like a poodle at MV’s house.
Boot
October 25th, 2012
8:44 am
Maybe we can trade Ryan for kciV.
Boot
October 25th, 2012
8:45 am
That’s hilarious, the Eagles quarterback is Lord Voldemort in Orlando’s world. He who must know be named.
NoleRick
October 25th, 2012
8:52 am
Oh how ironic would it be if Asante Samuel pick 6s Vick(say that 5 times fast), 2-3 times and Vick loses his job against his former team….that karma thing escapes no one!
Saints are #1
October 25th, 2012
8:55 am
We all know this. The Saints are going to be a Falcon killer.
SeenThis B4
October 25th, 2012
8:59 am
Remember when kciV shot the falcan’t fans his index finger? LOL!
Hope he does that to them again this Sunday, metaphorically speaking of course!
EW
October 25th, 2012
9:03 am
VERY POOR UNPROFESSIONAL CHOICE OF TITLE D. NOT AMUSED
Cleaveland Sux
October 25th, 2012
9:17 am
“Ron Mexico” is a diseased dog-killer. Let maiming justice fall upon him!
1998 Was Our Year
October 25th, 2012
9:19 am
Vick is not a coach killer, and I will give you some facts in his defense. Ok, the first coach fired, while Vick was playing as his Quarterback was Dan Reeves, and Dan Reeves was fired because he put in the then “Franchise Quarterback”, Micheal Vick in a Pre-Season game, and Vick’s received a season ending injury, and Dan Reeves and his coaching staff could not make the adjustments, which resulted in a dismal season for the Falcons, which resulted in Dan Reeves being fired. Dan Reeves was fired because he couldn’t make adjustments after loosing one player, and not due to Micheal Vick’s poor performance. Second case, Jim Mora Jr., Mora was not a good coach, he never had a good mix of plays, his play calling was vanilla, it was either run the ball or throw it to Crumpler, because our receivers can’t catch, which was true, but his coaching staff never tried anything different. Jim Mora Jr.’s plan for every game was “Ok recivers you can’t catch so block, running backs your’re average so block, Crumpler you’re good so you’ll get the ball every now and then, otherwise block, and Vick just do your magic”, lack of play calling. As for Andy Reid, he should have been fired when McNabb got traded, he has done nothing with the plethera of talent they had in Philly since he has been there, and his play calling over the years have been too conservative, in times when it should have been explosive, and the only other coaches, that I can think of that has done less with lots of talent, Norv Turner and Rex Ryan. Also, the reasons why Andy Ried is on the hot seat is that in 10+ yrs he has been there and loads of talent, he can’t produce a superbowl winning team, and the other reason is that Philly put him in a position to fail, because when you go out and spend all that money in free agency, and put absolutely no money in protecting your franchis e QB, you are doomed to fail.
Jamaaliver
October 25th, 2012
9:21 am
Mora got himself fired for lack of control in the locker room, and his comments on the radio about his ‘dream job’.
Reeves got fired because the game had passed him by, and because his poorly drafted team couldn’t perform when Vick was out injured.
Vick ain’t perfect, but his coaches have all had more than a few reasons to be let go. Andy Reid let his O-Line coach be in charge of the defense. Yet seemed suprised that his defense couldn’t hold leads late.
Judge Smails
October 25th, 2012
9:24 am
7 will be running for his life and will cough up the rock several times. 42-14 Falcons. Book it!
Saints are #1
October 25th, 2012
9:30 am
Why does DOL leave the 7 filter on when he know everyone will be talking about kciV and Saints. Uh, I Mean, Failclowns.
1998 Was Our Year
October 25th, 2012
9:30 am
1. Dan Reeves, Victim of circumstance
2. Jim Mora Jr., Lack of play calling
3. Andy Ried, Conservative play calling, and Philly’s poor bad investments in Free Agency
what of it?
October 25th, 2012
9:40 am
Absolutely, it was entirely Vick’s fault that Mora couldn’t control his emotions with the press or keep from saying dumb things. It’s also Vick’s fault that Mora continues to struggle with coaching UCLA in a relatively light-weight PAC-10. Clearly Andy Reid cannot help but make questionable challenges and horribly managed timeouts due to Vick’s efforts on the field. Let us not forget Vick’s part in single-handedly destroyed not just Reeves’ ‘98 superbowl bid but also his two with Elway and the Broncos in the 80’s. What else would explain losing with a future hall of fame quarterback. In fact, the league should expel Vick to prevent any further harm to its coaches.
JK
October 25th, 2012
9:43 am
Vick still making the same excuses. 13-0 after a bye? The blemish of 13-1 is coming. Vick will make sure of it.
Esquire
October 25th, 2012
9:45 am
Just Sayin…..
October 25th, 2012
8:34 am
0-3 in the playoffs is a coach killer on winning organizations.
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Winning organizations? You are talking about the Falcons or
you talking about this 0-3 in the playoffs?:
January 3, 1988
Minnesota Vikings 44, New Orleans Saints 10
January 6, 1991
Chicago Bears 16, New Orleans Saints 6
December 28, 1991
Atlanta Falcons 27, New Orleans Saints 20
at Louisiana Superdome
January 3, 1993
Philadelphia Eagles 36, New Orleans Saints 20
Oh whoops, that’s 0-4 in the playoffs. Sorry about that…!!
D man
October 25th, 2012
9:50 am
Yes, he makes too many dumb mistakes as a QB.
Same ish different day
October 25th, 2012
9:53 am
Wow. I didn’t realize the filter would be so strong. I’m no Falcons fan though I think Matt Ryan is a good guy. But the bottom line is Ryan has brought as many Super Bowls to Atlanta as Mike Vick. And by the way Vick was 2-2 in playoff appearances with Atlanta. Hardly coach killing numbers. What’s Ryan’s playoff record?
let it get away
October 25th, 2012
9:56 am
Vick’s a coach killer. When Vick’s contract is up for renewal, he’s a great player. When the contract is renewed, Vick is out with a hang nail every other week, leaving the coach holding the bag.
ASHCAN!!!!!
October 25th, 2012
9:56 am
Dled what’s your point????? (Vick) the falcons are 5-0 and you wan’t to start a race war. Oh i get it, uncle tom.
let it get away
October 25th, 2012
9:58 am
Clowns. What has Matt Ryan done?
Matt Ryan has led the team to a 6-0 start, best in the league and best in Falcon’s history.
Same ish different day
October 25th, 2012
9:58 am
Wow! It seems you can post about Mike Vick’s ridiculous conviction but nothing that blows the ridiculousness of this whole article out of the water.
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
10:00 am
Let it get away,
And your point is?
ASHCAN!!!!!
October 25th, 2012
10:03 am
Since my comments wasn’t posted how i really felt, i’ll just say stupid dumb retarded topic.
ParanoidAndroid
October 25th, 2012
10:05 am
Yes… he is a coach killer. A player with talent that GMs and owners give a lot of money to but can’t learn to play QB. The coach doesn’t stand a chance in that scenario. Doesn’t matter how good your RB is… if the franchise is invested in a QB that doesn’t know the fundamentals of the position, the coach is the first person to blame.
Let’s do all future coaches (and canines) a favor and put an end to Vicks career once and for all this Sunday.
ParanoidAndroid
October 25th, 2012
10:07 am
blah…
Yes… he is a coach killer. A player with talent that GMs and owners give a lot of money to but can’t learn to play QB. The coach doesn’t stand a chance in that scenario. Doesn’t matter how good your RB is… if the franchise is invested in a QB that doesn’t know the fundamentals of the position, the coach is the first person to blame.
Let’s do all future coaches (and canines) a favor and put an end to Vicks career once and for all this Sunday.
ASHCAN!!!!!
October 25th, 2012
10:09 am
Dled (AJC) get uncle tom of the year award.
ASHCAN!!!!!
October 25th, 2012
10:12 am
Guess AJC is the king of starting race wars. You know by now all you have to do is just mention vick and kill and the clan will eat that up.
Esquire
October 25th, 2012
10:13 am
Cleaveland Sux
October 25th, 2012
9:17 am
“Ron Mexico” is a diseased dog-killer. Let maiming justice fall upon him!
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Look, I too am appalled at how someone can torture helpless animals without blinking an eye but the bottom line is he paid his debt to society based on the guidelines of our judicial and legal system.
The only one left to judge is a higher authority than us or the courts.
Deuteronomy 32:35
DR. FALCON
October 25th, 2012
10:13 am
MICHAEL VICK, IS A TURNOVER MACHIN! HE’S BEEN IN THE LEAGUE 11 YEARS, AND STILL MAKES THE SAME MISTAKES HE DID WITH ATLANTA, DURING HIS 2ND YR! FOR YOU VICK LOVERS STILL IN ATLANTA, SUPPORT MATT RYAN! DAMN!
1998 Was Our Year
October 25th, 2012
10:14 am
ASHCAN!!!!! You are an idiot, and DLED is da Man and the voice of the Atlanta Falcons.
Mikey
October 25th, 2012
10:19 am
I’m a loyal Falcons fan but if Michael Vick holds on to the ball, he can still be a game changer. He has gotten more accurate and more consistent than he was in Atlanta. He still holds the ball loose and out of control when he scrambles though, just like a grade schooler… never could figure out why he can’t learn that fundamental skill. He does have other compensating skills however. I’m glad we have the QB we do though. The Eagles problems go deeper than the QB… if the whole team plays up to their potential, they will win. If the Falcons have been learning and growing during the bye week, they will win. I actually think that rain will benefit the Eagles. LeShawn McCoy is a premier running back and they can block for him. I really hope to see the Falcons’ O-Line breaking out this week though and if that happens, the game belongs to the Falcons. GO FALCONS! YOU ARE RISING UP!
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
10:19 am
Bobby Cox smacked his wife around and got less grief. Get your priorities straight people.
ParanoidAndroid
October 25th, 2012
10:20 am
Whats up with these postings?!
Yes… he is a coach killer. A player with talent that GMs and owners give a lot of money to but can’t learn to play QB. The coach doesn’t stand a chance in that scenario. Doesn’t matter how good your RB is… if the franchise is invested in a QB that doesn’t know the fundamentals of the position, the coach is the first person to blame.
Let’s do all future coaches (and canines) a favor and put an end to Vlcks career once and for all this Sunday.
ArkT
October 25th, 2012
10:32 am
Atlanta should think about trading for Tebow, he’d come at pretty much no cost and could exclusively work as a TE under the direction of one of the NFL’s all great TEs in Gonzalez.
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
10:36 am
ParanoidAndroid
October 25th, 2012
10:20 am
Did Jim Kelly get Marv Levy fired? How many Super Bowls did Dan Marino win? How many playoff games has Matt Ryan won. Fundamentals? 4x Pro Bowler at the position. Fundamentals, you’re killing me.
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
10:37 am
Did Jim Kelly get Marv Levy fired? How many Super Bowls did Dan Marino win? How many playoff games has Matt Ryan won. Fundamentals? 4x Pro Bowler at the position. Fundamentals, you’re killing me.
Pissed off Bird
October 25th, 2012
10:46 am
DOL you dn’t know what you’re talking about Mike Vick carried the Falcons father with less to work with in the history of the franchise.Outside of Chris chandler and when we went to the Superbowl Dan Reeves choaked who hands off and screen toss to your back all season and wait until you get to the show to pick it 7 yards deep to J. Anderson.Who gets to the show and doesn’t use anything you did to get there Dan did that n not just in that Superbowl but everyone he’s been in trying to out think the other team he stoped us before they did.And Jim Morra and his dad suck at coaching if that’s what they call it his idea of ajusting are game after half time was to keep the same plays just put Vick in the shotgun.A lot of people can knock Vick but he has done something no other player on an Atlant Falcon’s roster has ever done say what you want he put this team on the radar.
Chris Chandler took us to the Superbowl even that year we had blackouts Mike Vick took us deeper into the play off with less he had to under sized receivers in there mid 30’s and still what Matt couldn’t do with 2 pro bowl caliber receivers and a slot man that any other team would love to have yep Vick had Crump but Matt has the al powerful A. Gonzalez and for the record he couldn’t hit water if he fell off a boat. Mike Vick a Coach Killer tell Andy to ring him out of the pocket if his line can’t block and he was also under the gun when McNabb was there….
ParanoidAndroid
October 25th, 2012
10:47 am
@Forrest Grump
I have no idea what your argument is.
Matt Ryan wasnt even in the conversation. The article is about Vlck being a coach killer. Are you comparing Vlck to Jim Kelly and Dan Marino??? I didn’t say lack of Superbowl wins gets a coach fired. Its the lack of knowing how to play QB.
Really?
October 25th, 2012
10:48 am
Forrest,
Matt Ryan and what he has done for the Falcons shouldn’t even be questioned. Vick ranks low on the Falcon QB all time list under Bartkowski, Chandler, Ryan, Hebert and even Chris Miller. No comparison, Vick was a fly by night in Atlanta.
Really?
October 25th, 2012
10:50 am
Vick vs Ryan? Give me a break. Ryan has done more than Vick ever could. Vick ranks LOW on all time Falcon QB’s behind Ryan, Bartkowski, Chandler, Chris Miller, and for that matter even George and Hebert!
Matt "CHOKE" Vick
October 25th, 2012
10:51 am
Vick = Total waste of money.
Capt. Kangaroo
October 25th, 2012
11:01 am
I would have to say the difference between Jim Kelly-Dan Marino, and Micheal V. is, that Kelly & Marino were players that took their jobs seriously(from the beginning of their careers), and knew how to play their positions.
Capt. Kangaroo
October 25th, 2012
11:01 am
vick
Capt. Kangaroo
October 25th, 2012
11:05 am
Why does this man Ledbetter, write a blog about a person, but has a filter on his name, in the comments section?
Esquire
October 25th, 2012
11:05 am
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
10:19 am
Bobby Cox smacked his wife around and got less grief. Get your priorities straight people.
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once incident because he spilled some red wine on his wife’s brand new white carpet………..you don’t know of which you write
Paddy O
October 25th, 2012
11:05 am
Vick intentionally or not, due to his chronic ability to fail to live up to potential, sets up his coach for failure. Vick is a cancer. He is just pocketing the Eagles’ cash – he has just learned how to smooze with the press better and “say the right things’.
Paddy O
October 25th, 2012
11:07 am
some fine apologists posting here. Vick is a loser. A convicted felon. He has cursed the entire city of Philadelphia with his evil. The won’t win a think anywhere while he is employed by the Eagles.
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
11:09 am
How can a 4x Pro Bowler be in lack of knowing how to play the position? Are the talent evaluators not capable of proper assessment.
This article isn’t mentioning Mike Vick’s lack of knowing how to play at the position, it’s talking about turnovers which every QB commits. You seem like many others to want to place a lack of mental capacity for fumbles and interceptions. My point is if that’s the case we can make the same argument against many quarterbacks without their “lack of knowing how…” ever coming into the conversation.
If he didn’t have the capacity he wouldn’t have made 4 Pro Bowls as an NFL QB and this argument could be supported by the list of guy’s whom I would assume, you would say don’t suffer from your perceived “lack” but have never made a Pro Bowl or have any post season victories under their belts
ParanoidAndroid
October 25th, 2012
11:11 am
Exactly!! Dled, you’re killing me here with the MV7 filter.
Anyways, when your QB does not know how to read defenses, learn progressions, learn from mistakes, hold a football when running, slide, or know when to throw the ball away… you have problems.
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
11:11 am
How can a 4x Pro Bowler be in lack of knowing how to play the position? Are the talent evaluators not capable of proper assessment.
This article isn’t mentioning Vick’s lack of knowing how to play at the position, it’s talking about turnovers which every QB commits. You seem like many others to want to place a lack of mental capacity for fumbles and interceptions. My point is if that’s the case we can make the same argument against many quarterbacks without their “lack of knowing how…” ever coming into the conversation.
If he didn’t have the capacity he wouldn’t have made 4 Pro Bowls as an NFL QB and this argument could be supported by the list of guy’s whom I would assume, you would say don’t suffer from your perceived “lack” but have never made a Pro Bowl or have any post season victories under their belts
ParanoidAndroid
October 25th, 2012
11:13 am
Exactly!! DLed, u are killing me here with the RnMexico filter.
Anwyays, when your QB does not know how to read defenses, go through route progressions, hold the football, slide, know when to throw the ball away… you have problems.
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
11:13 am
How can a 4x Pro Bowler be in lack of knowing how to play the position? Are the talent evaluators not capable of proper assessment.
This article isn’t mentioning Mike Vick’s lack of knowing how to play at the position, it’s talking about turnovers which every QB commits. You seem like many others to want to place a lack of mental capacity for fumbles and interceptions. My point is if that’s the case we can make the same argument against many quarterbacks without their “lack of knowing how…” ever coming into the conversation.
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
11:19 am
Paranoid Android,
Where do you coach? The article I’ve read is talking about turnovers. You seem to have some insight into the minds of QB evaluators. I think 4 Pro Bowl selections and a 2-2 playoff record kind of blows your perceived “lack of” argument out of the water.
will50
October 25th, 2012
11:21 am
“GT71
October 25th, 2012 7:14 am
No, he’s a dog killer. Oh, he’ll end a coach’s career perhaps, but kill him? No.
But he is a social miscreant and not worth the protoplasm, but at least he hasn’t (yet) ‘killed’ a coach.At least he’s got that going for him.
(2nd try at posting this – first time seemed to ‘disappear’ in the ether….hnmmm.”
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and what are you, a bird, bug, ant or Cat killer? you see, we can all attach label to our names, it’s just that Vick’s dogs were bigger and people adore them more while they are being licked and kissed about the face by them. You sir, can ridicule Vick for his dog ring fighting past, but in reality you are no better than him even though you think you are because you haven’t been caught killing dogs, but perhaps you have, on they sly, ran over a few, like most of us. Accidentally of course, but still, you killed the dog! so you too, are a dog killer!
SeenThisBFalcon
October 25th, 2012
11:22 am
ITS OBVIOUS THE SAINTS SEASON IS OVER…SO HATE ALL YOU WANT SEENTHISB4….LOL
musicrockinrobin
October 25th, 2012
11:23 am
I’ll take Matt Ryan over Vick any day of the week, based on any criteria you care to use.
Mr. Panic Button
October 25th, 2012
11:35 am
Mike Vick is what he is…a backyard, playground player. He actually did the Falcons a favor getting in trouble–because Lord knows we would have never won a championship with him.
ParanoidAndroid
October 25th, 2012
11:51 am
LOL. That doesn’t blow anything out of the water. Please try harder.
Ok. So you are saying turnovers are the topic? Turnovers caused by lack of knowing how to play QB. Not knowing how to read defenses CAUSES TURNOVERS, not protecting the ball causes turnovers, trying to force the ball causes turnovers!! Pro bowl is popularity contest, it does not prove his value as a QB.
GregKennesaw
October 25th, 2012
11:56 am
LYING TO THE COMMISH IS COACH KILLER!
GregKennesaw
October 25th, 2012
11:57 am
JUST ASK SEAN
Michael M .
October 25th, 2012
12:02 pm
Falcons coaches Dan Reeves and Jim Mora were fired while Vick was the quarterback…………………………………………you could put the shoe on the other side of he tracks with Bountygate and the Caints………………..no Coach over there either, at least the one they need most……………………………………………hehehehe
Michael M .
October 25th, 2012
12:05 pm
You can add Bountygate to the Coach Killer status as well………………………………….hehehehehe
Forrest Grump
October 25th, 2012
12:15 pm
So Payton Manning’s 3 picks against the Falcons are from “lack of”? Phillip Rivers throwing 4 against Denver is from “lack of”? You’re telling me they don’t know what they’re doing?
Your position holds no water since the metrics for making your determination can be used to put 2/3 of the QB’s in the league in the “having lack” category. If he couldn’t play the position he wouldn’t be there.
Barry
October 25th, 2012
12:24 pm
Hey Y’all:
“IT’S TIME TO KILL A COACH ON SUNDAY!!! Do you think our Falcons are feeling sorry for Vick and the Eagles. HELL NO!! We got our own battles to contend with, and that is to win the SUPER BOWL. And they are in the way!! We will be playing AGRESSIVE, SLICK, AND NASTY against these Eagles. WE WILL TAKE NO PRISONERS!!! WE ARE HUNGRY!!! Our offense will run NASTY, BLOCK NASTY, AND PASS AND CATCH ARTISTICALLY. IT WILL BE A THING OF BEAUTY. OUR DEFENSE WILL BE POPPING, TACKLING, SACKING, INTERCECEPTING, AND TAKING FUMBLES IN A NASTY DISRESPECTFUL WAY AGAINST THESES EAGLES. THUMP!!! We owe all the team in the NFL a butt kicking. Sunday, IT’s THE EAGLES. “IT’S TIME TO KILL A COACH ON SUNDAY!!”. It’s time to kill him in “ONE HEARTBEAT!!!”. We will make the funeral arrangements after the game in Philly. And we will send flowers while we are on the plane back to Atlanta with a win. WE WILL GIVE NO EULOGY. It’s on to the next game. WE TAKE THEM “ONE AT A TIME” playing with “ONE HEARTBEAT!!!”. This “ONE” is the Eagles. THUMP!!
Can you hear it? “THUMP!!!”. IT’S GETTING LOUDER!!!! THUMP!! THUMP!!! THUMP!!….etc. LET’s DO THIS IN “ONE HEARTBEAT!!!”.
NOW ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!??? I DAMN SURE AM!!!!!!
GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!
THE “PROCESS’ CONTINUES TO THE SUPER BOWL.
“FALCONS, RISE UP!!” WE “RISE UP!!” in “ONE HEARTBEAT!!!.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
This is a SECRET from a FALCON FAN. TELL EVERYBODY!!!!
……………….”ONE HEARTBEAT, BABY!!!”……..
Joe Tess Fish House
October 25th, 2012
12:27 pm
No way is Vick a caoch killa. Reaves and Mora kilt them slefs. Both had boaring offence which cost them 2 loose 2 many games. Aslo Reaves was over the hill.
K Conway
October 25th, 2012
12:43 pm
OK to be a coach killer but leave the dogs alone!
ParanoidAndroid
October 25th, 2012
12:45 pm
I didnt state just one quality that he lacks. I stated several deficiencies that he has shown over the course of his ENTIRE NFL career (not 1 bad game). It’s the combination of all his flaws that make him bad.
Ok. i am done arguing with someone who brings Manning and Marino into a Vlck conversation…. smdh
Nick Foles
October 25th, 2012
12:46 pm
I sure would like to get some snaps on Sunday.
Jason in Gainesville
October 25th, 2012
12:50 pm
I dont know about being a coach killer, but he was one heck of a dog killer. Jerk.
kd
October 25th, 2012
12:55 pm
why all the cheap shots? come on who hasnt watched a falcon game, and on one or two plays when matty runs out of the pocket and falls, or takes a sack when all he had to do is step up into the pocket and run doesnt say,”man if we had vick” or commentators say, “not mike vick but he gets the first” cannot deny that mans talent
kd
October 25th, 2012
1:05 pm
cannot deny vicks talent, why dont we judge Pat Kerney as much as we do Vick??? Anybody remember what happened with him?? Seems just as bad to me
kd
October 25th, 2012
1:06 pm
cannot deny his talent
kd
October 25th, 2012
1:07 pm
why isnt Kerney ever talked about?
kd
October 25th, 2012
1:09 pm
and yea he was wrong, but he did his time guys its not much more he can do about the past. Another thing is that Reid’s head is out of the game. I feel like regardless of how well vick played Reids had a foot out the door
kd
October 25th, 2012
1:10 pm
DAMM D LED! anything that makes sense gets blocked on here, all we can do IS talk smack!
Jay Dubu
October 25th, 2012
1:10 pm
Are you serious?
- Reid has one of the best running backs in the league, and refuses to run the ball like he should.
- Reid put the OL coach in charge of the defense.
-Reid’s undoing was caused by Reid, and not those that work under his supervision.
The other coaches that you named, Mora, Reeves, Petrino…what are they doing this season?
-Was the Falcons their first and only coaching job?
-Who killed them at their other coaching stops, from which they were forcible removed?
- Mora Jr. may be still coaching (in college, after Seattle kicked him out), but he can’t keep his foot out of his mouth @ UCLA.
Is this lazy journalism, or pressure to get a story up quickly? Very few reporters work to get an original story now. Everyone is looking @ twitter, and other social media to get a quick hit story, and stir up the masses.
kd
October 25th, 2012
1:13 pm
If the falcons drop the ball and let the She-gles get a strong win, that may be all it takes to them building a big winning streak
R Check
October 25th, 2012
1:14 pm
Hey Seen, how’s that view of the Falcon’s tail lights !!! haha ! 2 wins !! WOW
Michael M .
October 25th, 2012
1:59 pm
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS…………………..this time next week
Falcons 7 – 0
Caints 2 – 5
Mucs 2 – 5
Pansies 1 – 6
I said ths was going to be a fun Season………………hehehehe
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:12 pm
Vick has never been consistent. When he’s playing well, he plays real well. But when he’s playing badly, he plays pretty darned bad. There’s never any warning to know when a bad game is at hand or, contrarily, when he’s about to light the sky up with fireworks.
That is indeed deadly for coaches because they love the fireworks show and want to have it… the problem is that it just doesn’t come around every Sunday. You never know what to expect.
I recall former Falcon Jeff George’s attempt to rein in his erratic performances by way of emotional counseling sessions and meditation. Maybe Vick needs to spend an off-season in Kathmandu…
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:13 pm
2nd post attempt – apologies for any repeats -
Vick has never been consistent. When he’s playing well, he plays real well. But when he’s playing badly, he plays pretty darned bad. There’s never any warning to know when a bad game is at hand or, contrarily, when he’s about to light the sky up with fireworks.
That is indeed deadly for coaches because they love the fireworks show and want to have it… the problem is that it just doesn’t come around every Sunday. You never know what to expect.
I recall former Falcon Jeff George’s attempt to rein in his erratic performances by way of emotional counseling sessions and meditation. Maybe Vick needs to spend an off-season in Katmandu..
billy bob
October 25th, 2012
2:14 pm
Saints aren’t quite where they belong. the only thing keeping you guys out of the NFC South cellar is your standing on top of the woeful Carolina Panthers. Your defense couldn’t stop a rock from rolling uphill. Too bad you cheatin’ b tards got found out or you could be “winning” the division again. Even cheating you guys couldn’t win in the playoffs last year.
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:14 pm
Good lord, 3rd attempt to post – more apologies for repeat postings *sigh*
Vick has never been consistent. When he’s playing well, he plays real well. But when he’s playing badly, he plays pretty darned bad. There’s never any warning to know when a bad game is at hand or, contrarily, when he’s about to light the sky up with fireworks.
That is indeed deadly for coaches because they love the fireworks show and want to have it… the problem is that it just doesn’t come around every Sunday. You never know what to expect.
I recall former Falcon Jeff George’s attempt to rein in his erratic performances by way of emotional counseling sessions and meditation. Maybe Vick needs to spend an off-season in Katmandu..
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:16 pm
4th attempt
Vick has never been consistent. When he’s playing well, he plays real well. But when he’s playing badly, he plays pretty doggone bad. There’s never any warning to know when a bad game is at hand or, contrarily, when he’s about to light the sky up with fireworks.
That is indeed deadly for coaches because they love the fireworks show and want to have it… the problem is that it just doesn’t come around every Sunday. You never know what to expect.
I recall former Falcon Jeff George’s attempt to rein in his erratic performances by way of emotional counseling sessions and meditation. Maybe Vick needs to spend an off-season in Nepal?
Mudwump
October 25th, 2012
2:18 pm
DOL – Why are my comments under my real name not showing?
-Mike Franklin
Redcoat
October 25th, 2012
2:30 pm
Seen…..ever apologized for your al qaeda remark?…..
Boot
October 25th, 2012
2:33 pm
kciVVick (just playing with the filter now)
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:33 pm
test
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:33 pm
Vick has never been consistent. When he’s playing well, he plays real well. But when he’s playing badly, he plays pretty doggone bad. There’s never any warning to know when a bad game is at hand or, contrarily, when he’s about to light the sky up with fireworks. That is indeed dedly for coaches because they love the fireworks show and want to have it… the problem is that it just doesn’t come around every Sunday. You never know what to expect.
(I recall former Falcon Jeff George’s attempt to rein in his erratic performances by way of emotional counseling sessions and meditation. Maybe Vick needs to spend an off-season in Nepal…)
Boot
October 25th, 2012
2:33 pm
kciWick (just playing with the filter now)
Boot
October 25th, 2012
2:34 pm
If you don’t use the capital W for the mirrored V’s it catches it.
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:35 pm
Vick has never been consistent. When he’s playing well, he plays real well. But when he’s playing badly, he plays pretty doggone bad. There’s never any warning to know when a bad game is at hand or, contrarily, when he’s about to light the sky up with fireworks. That is indeed a mortal danger for coaches because they love the fireworks show and want to have it… the problem is that it just doesn’t come around every Sunday. You never know what to expect.
(I recall former Falcon Jeff George’s attempt to get ahold of his erratic performances by way of counseling sessions and meditation. Maybe Vick needs to spend an off-season in Nepal…)
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:36 pm
Let’s try this… breaking it down into paragraphs…
1. Vick has never been consistent. When he’s playing well, he plays real well. But when he’s playing badly, he plays pretty doggone bad. There’s never any warning to know when a bad game is at hand or, contrarily, when he’s about to light the sky up with fireworks.
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:38 pm
(Former falcon QB’s name) has never been consistent. When he’s playing well, he plays real well. But when he’s playing badly, he plays pretty doggone bad. There’s never any warning to know when a bad game is at hand or, contrarily, when he’s about to light the sky up. That is indeed (word meaning ‘mortal’) for coaches because they love the (what you see on the 4th of July) show and want to have it… the problem is that it just doesn’t come around every Sunday. You never know what to expect.
I recall former Falcon Jeff George’s attempt to rein in his erratic performances by way of emotional counseling sessions and meditation. Maybe (former falcon QB’s name) needs to spend an off-season in Nepal…
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:39 pm
Hot damn… it came through!
SeenThis B4
October 25th, 2012
2:41 pm
@Redcoat: Why don’t you post my al qaeda remark and I’ll see if I need to apologize for it.
Esquire
October 25th, 2012
2:44 pm
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:38 pm
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Damn near worth waiting for……………………
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:45 pm
Dang… did the AJC just sign up for TSA comment screenings?
Esquire
October 25th, 2012
2:48 pm
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Lol, sorry DLed………………..roflmao…..
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
2:48 pm
Esquire – Six posting attempts and a dozen rewrites… I feel like I should be on payroll somewhere.
vic k
October 25th, 2012
2:52 pm
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vic k
October 25th, 2012
2:53 pm
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DC Dirty Bird
October 25th, 2012
3:02 pm
Reid has been on the hot seat since 2009. You can’t be a coach killer when the fans have been calling for the coach to be fired for years.
drew
October 25th, 2012
3:34 pm
“I’m trying to make all of the corrections that I can before Sunday,” Vick said. “The most important thing is that I have to protect the football.”
What I have a hard time understanding is WHY Vick has been allowed to run around with the ball in his HAND, so that anyone can easily knock it right out. Dan Reeves, Jim Mora, Andy Reid….seems to me that one of these coaches should have sat him down and said, “If you are not going to secure the ball, you’re going to play.” Had someone done this years ago, it probably wouldn’t still be a problem today. Is Vick uncoachable, and just too stupid to do it? Or are his coaches to spineless to demand it? I guess good fundamental football is too much to ask of “elite” players.
SirReal
October 25th, 2012
3:35 pm
Vick wasnt a “coach killer”
1) Dan Reeves- probably the best coach Vick had honestly. Vick’s broken leg and Reeves ancient play-calling did him in. (I still have flashes of Woody Danzler taking direct snaps and all 11 men on the other side of the ball knowing what was coming.lol) They actually worked well together.
2) Jimmy Boy Mora- Such a mixed bag with this character. His mouth killed him more than anything. Not to mention being a little too partial to your players…also the second half season collapses we came to know. Lastly, any coach who let’s Greg Knapp run their offense won’t be a head coach for long. He’s working wonders in OAK right now.lol)
3) Puke-trino- This guy was a butt itch from the very beginning. He gave us nothing. He was a selfish coward who’s karma came back around on him last year. We can only wonder what he’d have done eith Vick…but when your coaching staff is yelling at grown men like they’re still in college….I dont think morale would be that great. He was a team killer.
4) Andy Reid- Come on guys. He’s be on and off the hot seat for years. I think his time may finally be up and it so happens that Vick is his QB. His stubborn affection for the pass while he has a pro bowl RB is the stuff of legend, and lets not forget promoting his OFFENSIVE LINE coach to run the ENTIRE DEFENSE. If anything, these factors alone are building his demise as head coach of the Eagles.
My humble opinions. What else say you Birdland?
SirReal
October 25th, 2012
3:36 pm
Vick wasnt a “coach killer”
1) Dan Reeves- probably the best coach Vick had honestly. Vick’s broken leg and Reeves ancient play-calling did him in. (I still have flashes of Woody Danzler taking direct snaps and all 11 men on the other side of the ball knowing what was coming.lol) They actually worked well together.
2) Jimmy Boy Mora- Such a mixed bag with this character. His mouth killed him more than anything. Not to mention being a little too partial to your players…also the second half season collapses we came to know. Lastly, any coach who let’s Greg Knapp run their offense won’t be a head coach for long. He’s working wonders in OAK right now.lol)
3) Puke-trino- This guy was a butt itch from the very beginning. He gave us nothing. He was a selfish coward who’s karma came back around on him last year. We can only wonder what he’d have done eith Vick…but when your coaching staff is yelling at grown men like they’re still in college….I dont think morale would be that great. He was a team killer.
4) Andy Reid- Come on guys. He’s be on and off the hot seat for years. I think his time may finally be up and it so happens that Vick is his QB. His stubborn affection for the pass while he has a pro bowl RB is the stuff of legend, and lets not forget promoting his OFFENSIVE LINE coach to run the ENTIRE DEFENSE. If anything, these factors alone are building his demise as head coach of the Eagles.
Just my humble opinions. Well said DC Drty Bird! What else say you Birdland?
Al Bruce
October 25th, 2012
3:45 pm
Vick is not a coach killer. Dan Reeves’s time was long gone, Mora’s teams collapsed in the second half of the season two years in a row when coaching really counts in the NFL (not to mention his comment about being willing to leave for another job in the middle of the playoff hunt in 2006), and do I really need to say anything about Petrino? If Andy Reid gets fired at the end of this year, it won’t be because of Michael Vick. It will be because he is out of time and excuses. @AlBruce7
Falcon James
October 25th, 2012
3:50 pm
It amazing that STDB4 was nowhere to be found for 5 week. Let the Saint win 2 game and you can’t shut him up.
Al Bruce
October 25th, 2012
3:52 pm
Michael Vick is not a coach killer. Dan Reeves’s time in the NFL had passed, Jim Mora Jr.’s teams collapsed in the second of the season twice, not to mention his comments about being willing to leave the Falcons for another job in the middle of the playoff hunt in 2006, and do I really need to say anything about Petrino? If Andy Reid gets fired it will be because he is out of time (13 seasons) and excuses, not because of Michael Vick.
NoShamSam
October 25th, 2012
3:59 pm
Falcons 6-0
Philly 3-3
Philly favored by 2.5
All right, where are you Rodney Dangerfield? I know you are hiding around here somewhere!!!
Michael M .
October 25th, 2012
4:32 pm
If I was STB4 this would be the last place I would show up after the humiliating way the Caints have played this year………………….it just goes to show you what an complete idiot moron bafoon STB4 is and the Caints imploded from within……………….hehehehe and I am out …………………………..
keith B.
October 25th, 2012
5:33 pm
I hope that they do not stand pat at RB and make another free agent move/trade.
CGD..
October 25th, 2012
6:49 pm
This blog by D-LED is lame, just like his Fal-cons..
They have beaten 6 straight opponents with a combined record of 47-65. Yawn……
If Ryan goes 0-4, watch his deer in headlight coach get his walking papers
NFC Championship win or bust..Bar set lower. No shot at a SB.. This QB= Tony Romo -1..
CGD..
October 25th, 2012
6:53 pm
BTW Genius: MORA JR killed his own career….Duh…
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
7:11 pm
CGD said: “If Ryan goes 0-4, watch his deer in headlight coach get his walking papers.” “NFC Championship win or bust..Bar set lower. No shot at a SB.. This QB= Tony Romo -1″.
There are clinics and hospitals for people who do nothing but hate. In fact, nearly the entire fan base of the NO saints may be eligible if the Falcs with the SB in their beloved shack. Care and treatment is far better than seeing so many wig-out and hurting someone.
Mike Franklin
October 25th, 2012
7:11 pm
CGD said: “If Ryan goes 0-4, watch his deer in headlight coach get his walking papers.” “NFC Championship win or bust..Bar set lower. No shot at a SB.. This QB= Tony Romo -1″.
There are clinics and hospitals for people who do nothing but hate. In fact, nearly the entire fan base of the NO saints may be eligible if the Falcs win the SB in their beloved shack. Care and treatment is far better than seeing so many wig-out and hurting someone.
the know
October 25th, 2012
7:14 pm
Yeah, Mora JR killed his careeer. Eagle #7 just put the knife under him to fall on.
lowdownjj
October 25th, 2012
9:31 pm
So glad M. &ick is a THEM problem and not an US problem. Good riddence. Flicking off the fans…weed in Miami Dade airport…last one to practice 1st to leave…telling reporters he did his job cause he rushed for over 1000 yrds (he was asked what he could do better after another losing season). Glad he is a THEM problem. #2 is my QB hands down
I usually just read but...
October 26th, 2012
7:53 am
It’s unfortunate that black people are so racist that they will defend someone like MV against whatever he does. Like running to AB and whinning about “Dan makes me stay in at night, watch film and brings my mother here to watch me like a child” So Dan was fired, MV never studied the game or applied himself. What he could be is not what he is and never will be. BTW, theres a black man in the White House so put the race card away, that ship has long sailed. Grow up and be responsible, expect the same from everyone else. geeez!
Morning Muse: Eying the enemy – Atlanta’s view of the Falcons-Eagles matchup Philly Sports Muse
October 26th, 2012
8:40 am
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JuliusCesaer
October 26th, 2012
2:20 pm
Dan Reeves was fired because he couldnt stand up to his own player, Eugene Robinson and BENCH HIM for the superbowl in 1998. Instead, coach reeves was a coward by not disciplining robinson and suspending him for the superbowl, causing the distration (eugene robinson) to not be in the building at the time the falcons were busy at work. Robinson played the WORST game of his life in the superbowl, the the other falcons were clearly distracted as the Falcons played their worst game of the season that year and lost big to Elway, Terrell Davis and the Broncos. Had Robinson not played the Falcons would have accomplished what they had accomplished earlier that year when the FALCONS HAD BEAT THE BRONCOS ALREADY IN THE REGULAR SEASON. Most fans dont realize that, except the die-hard fans such as myself. The falcons had proved already that they were better than the Broncos, but for the Falcons to win the game, Dan Reeves should have SUSPENDED Eugene Robinson and dropped him from the roster for that BIG GAME. Reeves caved in and and decided to give robinson a break and it cost reeves his first superbowl title as a head coach. I feel bad for Reeves because Reeves will be remembered as the guy who took the Broncos to several superbowls along with the Falcons AND COULDNT WIN ONE, due to poor decisions from himself. Reeves cost us the superbowl because reeves made the dicision to play robinson when he should have benched him.
Dan Reeves
October 26th, 2012
6:15 pm
say it with me THUG!!!!!!
dee
October 26th, 2012
6:30 pm
Love His Skin and Bones!
Coach Killer is a Punk/Thug
October 26th, 2012
7:09 pm
Once a Punk/Thug always a Punk/Thug…..he has absolutely No Redeeming Qualities about him – should have died like his dawgs -executed.
intelibird
October 26th, 2012
7:29 pm
Big delay on postings. Censors working overtime.
I usually just read but...
October 27th, 2012
12:02 am
I love myself cause I’m so smart.
CGD..
October 27th, 2012
12:06 am
Hey Mike F, there’s a hospital near you. Go for it..
Sammy
October 30th, 2012
1:30 pm
Hmmm I don’t see as many guys from Stone Mountain and Lithonia ripping Ryan these days… Perhaps they am not happy about the success of the new face of the franchise?
peeping tom brady
October 30th, 2012
10:37 pm
Juilus yep you are a fan, and you remember that fact only because you created it.
BobDawg
October 31st, 2012
2:13 pm
How can you not say he is a Coach Killer…. Andy Reid put his whole life savings in the the dude and now he is on the way out along with that sorry O-line of theirs….