7:32 pm October 25, 2009, by AJC Sports
Time for the report card on the Falcons’ effort Sunday in Dallas against the Cowboys. Rate the team on the following four categories: offense, defense, special teams and coaching.

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Still a Falcon
October 26th, 2009
11:44 am
Take it easy boys! We still have a long season ahead of us. Even the Patriots and Steelers have bad game. Not many team can beat Romo at home, so dont get too beat up over the lost! We should go .500 the next 10 games and have first back-to-back winning seasons with a playoff chance at 9-7. We should beat Tampa twice, Carolina, Washington and Buffalo. Hopefully pull out 1-2 more wins agaisnt the rest of the team (Eagles, Jets).
T.C
October 26th, 2009
12:51 pm
Falconfan,there was never a bandwagon to jump on.What have the falcons done since 1966? Absolutely possitively nothing.Tired of getting hyped up year after year after year and get the same ol sorry ol stinky birds.
ohmy
October 26th, 2009
1:44 pm
like the bandwagon Cub fans are on? sometimes you love ‘em because its YOUR HOMETOWN TEAM!
Bobby
October 26th, 2009
3:32 pm
You Falcon fans will soon find out that Matt Ryan is overrated. He did have 4 turnovers in the game against Dallas.
Steelers Fan
October 26th, 2009
4:19 pm
Sorry Falcon fans, this is the beginning of the end for your season. It needs to be said. Maybe next year, AGAIN.
georgiadawgg
October 26th, 2009
5:54 pm
Here it is people. Fatboy turner is so slow and fat he is lazy and inconsistent.Pretty boy Ryan got a lesson today from Romo the homo. Atlanta has never had a good football team they have just been lucky.
Bill
October 27th, 2009
2:35 pm
folks, give it a break, a week ago everything from owner, management and coaching staff were the greatest. all teams have bad days, there is a fine line between winning and losing in the NFL. The falcons will be ok in the end. So chill the f… out!
Steve Allen
October 28th, 2009
6:34 pm
You all seem much more aware of the terminal weaknesses in the Falcon secondary, offensive and defensive lines than the Falcons front office and coaching staff appear to be.
Maybe it’s a case of (Falcons brass) not being able to see the forest for all the tress. They’re just too close to the situation to realize and acknowlege that Brent Grimes and Chris Houston aren’t even taxi-squad material, much less NFL starters.
But even more disappointing is the pathetic, whimpy offensive play calling of Coach Smith and Mike Mullarkey. And the Falcons defensive scheme appears to be “don’t rush the QB and don’t play tight on the wide receivers and let the other teams RB’s run up 100+ yards per game.”
Okay girls, tell us ~ WTF are you afraid of anyway? Go for the win! Get your heads outta your rear ends and MAN THE F UP! We Falcons fans have been watching one Falcons regime after another play scared football FOR HALF A DECADE.
Enough already! WE DON’T CARE IF YOU LOSE, JUST MAKE AN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO WIN!!!! NO MORE PREVENT DEFENSE!!!! NO MORE CRAPPY, LOSING CONSERVATIVE OFFENSIVE & DEFENSIVE PLAY-CALLING!!!!!! IT SUCKS!!!
Ultra-conservatism is dead in the NFL; it’s an offense-oriented, high-scoring league. So stop with the whimpiness already, you’ll get where you’ve always gotten with it ~ home in front of the tv watching the other NFL teams in the play-offs.
Rodster
October 29th, 2009
3:27 pm
Yeah, it’s been predictably disappointing this year after the great year last season. The Falcon’s can’t sneak up on anyone. They can still have a good season but lots of concern on defense and running game.
D. Watson
November 3rd, 2009
1:24 am
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