How would you rate the Falcons’ performance?
Time for the report card on the Faclons’ effort Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles at the Georgia Dome. Rate the team on the following four categories: offense, defense, special teams and coaching.
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sam k
December 6th, 2009
4:45 pm
a direct snap on 2nd & goal was the dumbest call. you just gained 6 yrds on 1st and goal and you try to be cute!!! just pound it in! we score that TD and it’s one-score game. gosh, the same old falcons.
sam the sham
December 6th, 2009
4:45 pm
total failure
gman
December 6th, 2009
4:47 pm
Pathetic effort by everybody. Left a long time supporter with an urge to NOT watch next week. I don’t mind losing if it’s a good effort. This was not, I hope we don’t hear Coach Smith talk about how good the effort was and how resilient the team was.
Rod
December 6th, 2009
4:50 pm
Falcons lose 34 to MV7
Randy_O
December 6th, 2009
4:51 pm
This was an absolute embarrassment!! There was no redeeming element to this game, none. To let a team come into our house and flaunt MV in our faces is a disgrace! This smells like the MORA era all over again one good year and then crap the next. Coach Smith better get this through his head, 28th ranked defense is not acceptable! To be humiliated in our house is not acceptable. To let another coach do this to us is not acceptable!
Why in God’s name is the Falcons are always the team that gives other records??
I am so tired of the hype, the promises, and the let downs! If this is all we can expect, Author sell the team or disband it, tear the dome down and we can all watch decent college ball. After 40 years plus I am so over it.
If the Falcons can’t win the next 3 out of 4 the whole coaching staff should resign in disgrace.
Smitty
December 6th, 2009
4:52 pm
Man we have got to activate DJ Shockley from the practice squad to starter and get more creative with the offense.
sam k
December 6th, 2009
4:54 pm
well, i guess we should be grateful that we’re not detroit, cleveland, oakland, nor washington. The redskins found a way to lose another game. hahahaha
Courtney
December 6th, 2009
4:56 pm
What a joke! The Eagles had lost to the Raiders.
Randy_O
December 6th, 2009
4:59 pm
I wonder if the Falcon players that went over to Vick to congratulate him after the game properly kissed his ***, because he sure stuck it in our faces and the sad part these players applauded him. Professional courtesy be damned, Coach Smith should not have shook any Eagles hands.
Lil Larry
December 6th, 2009
5:00 pm
These Atlanta Falcons must be cursed for sure. They cannot put a winning team and coaching staff together to save their lives. Every good team in the NFL can bring in backups with no drop off and we have a QB that is no better than the 3rd string QB. The defense is a joke…front four and secondary. Do they really think they will compete with the top tier teams in this league? Our WRs cannot run crisp and the play calling is the second coming of Dan Reeves (two TEs, everyone stays in and blocks, run the ball, run the ball and try to run some more). Mularkey and Van Gorder need to both leave town. Arthur this GM of yours is quite the genius everyone was making him out to be. Get some REAL football guys in here…coaches and players.
I told you so
December 6th, 2009
5:01 pm
At the begining of the season, Falcon fans said the Falcons are the greatest and they were going to win the Super Bowl. Fans said Mike Smith was the greatest coach and was going to get the Super Bowl win for the Falcons. What happended to all the big hype. I have said all year, same old Falcons. Randy O, I was tired of all the hype and I quit being a fan after the Jerry G. hype. Once again Falcon fans, next year.
georgiadawgg
December 6th, 2009
5:01 pm
CHRIS REDMOND NEED TO GO BACK SELLING INSURANCE.HE REMINDS ME OF JOE COX FROM GEORGIA.AND MIKE MULARKEY IS FULL OF MULE CRAP. BUFFALO FIRED HIM AND AS ALWAYS THE FALCONS PICKS UP SOMEONE ELSES GARBAGE.
Real Fan
December 6th, 2009
5:05 pm
Anyone in this city who cheers for Michael Vick should be run out of town.
He is a low life scumbag, and will never live down the evil that he has done….
He is a thief and a lier, and should never be given a single hand clap as long as he plays the game of football……
brandon W
December 6th, 2009
5:06 pm
the falcons are toast. Started the season in fine fashion…looked positioned to make playoffs…this team is a bunch of quitters except for Roddy White…I am not impressed with Matty Lice or Ice or whatever..Ice melts…do you think Brett Favre would have sat out with turf toe with Vick coming to town? Ryan is a bum, right there with Jeff George, George was probably better…never mind Redman, what do you expect? Turner the Bummer too (he didn’t play again)…1st and goal on the 1….4 runs up the middle…no points…why did we fire dan reeves? this is sad…the Saints will kill us next week…maybe I will find something else to do next Sunday…
MCook
December 6th, 2009
5:08 pm
I’ve been a fan since 1968, and this is about as low as I’ve ever been after a game.
The fans embarassed the city of Atlanta as well.
Bad Karma
December 6th, 2009
5:08 pm
You can change the owner, you can change the coaches, you can tinker with the uniforms, you can sell cheap tickets, but it’s the same gutless, no pride, no character team. This team has no passion, just collecting fat paychecks and back up to get paid. Boo!!!!
vuduchld
December 6th, 2009
5:10 pm
Franchise QB? The Falcons can crow about Matt Ryan all they want, but until he shows that he can surpass Michael Vick by taking the Falcons past the NFC Championship game he will always be the other QB. Staying out today with a “turf toe” injury is not a good sign, especially in a must win game. But, The Falcons woes goes beyond Ryan. Michael Turner is beginning to look alot like former running back Jamal Anderson, too many carries. Jerious Norwood has never played a full season in uniform. The defense has become pedestrian at best. Last season, when the Falcons feasted 3-1 on an anemic AFC West is fast becomin known as a fluke season. This team can stomp on the the medicore and tomato cans of the NFL, but not the elite teams. This franchise is heading backwards, not forwards.
MCook
December 6th, 2009
5:11 pm
I will also admit when I am wrong. Redman is awful I don’t understand why coach did’nt put in JPW.
They just as well should have stayed home today…
Ken
December 6th, 2009
5:11 pm
This is not Chris Redman’s fault. Complete failure of coaching staff in preparing this team to play . No creativity. Terrible play calling. No intensity. Total futility by a supposely improved team. No heart. No passion to win. They will not make the playoffs. Sorry, Sorry, sorry team.
vafalconfan
December 6th, 2009
5:16 pm
Shame on the people that cherred for Vick..shame on Atlanta!..
Kenny
December 6th, 2009
5:19 pm
Redman is awful. They should start DJ Shockley next week.
brandon W
December 6th, 2009
5:22 pm
Brett Favre…300 consecutive starts.. he retired how many times?…Matt Ryan…toe problems…misses game that could keep falcons in playoff hunt against team that has punished Vick (when playing for Atl) and the falcons for years with Vick in toe (no pun intended)…start over..Ryan is a loser…
brandon W
December 6th, 2009
5:23 pm
is Roddy White a free agent after this season?
ken
December 6th, 2009
5:24 pm
Didnt CJ Spiller play with turf toe yesterday? The whole Vick thing is too much, the did the crime and the time move on! The falcons might be better off without him, time will tell, but didnt Vick flick off his own home crowd once? Luv the falcons, GEAUX SAINTS.
Ex wideout
December 6th, 2009
5:26 pm
Tech would have run the option offense and played the Eagles better than the Falcons. Somebody on here said Vick threw his career away. Well, all Vick did do was run for a TD and threw for another TD coming off the bench and to all the haters he looked damn good. Ryan ruled himself out of this must needed win back on Monday and said he wasn’t going to play. This guy should have waited and see in practice the whole week before speaking out about that. I’m through with this Matty Ryan that’s our so-called franchise QB. He needs to step up or step out. But this kind of thing is routine here in Atlanta where guys that still can play come back to defeat their old team. Brooking (Cowboys), Boley (Giants), and now Vick (Eagles). This crap is a damn joke.
MCook
December 6th, 2009
5:27 pm
The”fans” that cheered Vick are the same pathetic people who cheered OJ…
Nuff said
FL Falcon
December 6th, 2009
5:28 pm
If Redmond has a job tomorrow The entire staff needs to be run out of town this includes you TD. Are you listening Arthur
jsmuga
December 6th, 2009
5:32 pm
I agree about redmond it could not be worse let anyone start but him he was terrible in the tampa game….
Bonnie
December 6th, 2009
5:32 pm
Isn’t DJ Sockley the former UGA QB on the team? DJ was a great player at Georgia.
Kimy
December 6th, 2009
5:33 pm
Has anyone ever cheered MCOOK ? I think not.
jsmuga
December 6th, 2009
5:33 pm
Ryan should have played today what a wuss……..
Kimy
December 6th, 2009
5:34 pm
Thanks Vick for making us small again at a Falcon’s game.
Steve Powell
December 6th, 2009
5:34 pm
I grew up in Atlanta and a very long time fan. It is always the same old story. A sorry football team! I now live in Texas and on days like this it is good I can not see them on TV. Let’s hear another challenge from Abraham about how the defense needs to man up. What a joke of a defense.
vuduchld
December 6th, 2009
5:36 pm
Ah, CJ Spiller played with turf toe most of the season. Didn’t seem to stop his performance in games. Say what you want about MV7, but it’s clearly evident he came to play foorball. As the Eagles progress in the post season, most of the Falcons have begun to make vacation plans. During the latter part of the NFL season that is what losing teams do!
jsmuga
December 6th, 2009
5:36 pm
Not only have the Falcons not improved they have gone backwards the defense is the worst in the league………
hawesg
December 6th, 2009
5:37 pm
While the play calling was bad, I blame Dimitroff for the failures of this season.
No effort to really improve a dreadful secondary beyond cutting its leader in Milloy.
No depth along the D-line for when Jerry got hurt and Abraham got old.
No depth along the O-line, despite giving away draft picks last year to overpay for that walking band-aid Sam Baker.
Then blowing a second round pick on ANOTHER walking band-aid in William Moore.
Guys get hurt. I understand that. But why waste draft picks on players that come pre-injured?
Do that and you’re guaranteed to play short handed in November.
Mike
December 6th, 2009
5:40 pm
Shameful day to be a Falcon fan. Black people just set race relations back 30 years.
The damn beer guy decided to come into my section to tell us “We don hold dem down but Mike don come back and be free at last.”
<Facepalm
myra
December 6th, 2009
5:41 pm
Well great… murderer Vick comes back to Atlanta and wipes his azz all over us. Smitty and the big D (as in thomas d) better find us some tricks cause here come the unbeatable saints.
Id use every damn QB we got with wildcat,scared-icat,and frikin stayin- alive- cat options.
GregNortonIsHOT!!!
December 6th, 2009
5:45 pm
How do you leave Redman in for the ENTIRE game???
wayne
December 6th, 2009
5:45 pm
How do you let good defensive backs go and not improve your team. Makes you know why Mr D is no longer with the Pats and now you know why Redman was out of football two years. Why not give JPW a shot–it sure could not have hurt.
Big Daddy
December 6th, 2009
5:46 pm
We lost today because we played a far superior team. We lost the way we did today because the coaches did a poor job of putting together a game plan and an even worse job of play calling. Other teams have people hurt and the coaches make adjustments so that they team is at least competitive. This was not the case today. We looked awful and the proper calls for the downs and the blitz packages that were thrown at us were just not made.
The people who want to jump off the bandwagon, go ahead and do so. The Steelers lost for decades before they got the proper people to turn things around. The Chicago Cubs fans endured decades of bad ball, but stayed with their team. I have been a supporter of the team since 1966 and will continue to be there for them. I will urge them to get better and make better choices but, never will I turn my back on them.
Michael Vick did a horrible thing but he has been convicted, served his time and will be forever remembered for what he has lost. But, he has paid the price and I can separate what he did from the football player. He is making an effort for redemption and as someone who understands what that means, I find it hard not to hope that he gets to go far.
Someone posted that this the low point of watching the Falcons. I watched a game they played against the then Los Angeles Rams where they lost 54 – 0. That was the low point for me.
Mike
December 6th, 2009
5:48 pm
How does Mike celebrate? Slamming puppies skulls into the ground or hooking them up to a car battery!
halimaw
December 6th, 2009
5:50 pm
I blame this on Michael Vick. He stole $20,000,000 in his signing bonus. We could have stacked this team with a legitimate back-up quarterback, a defensive backfield, and a additional defensive end. Anyone who cheered for that thief (against us) is not a REAL Atlantan! Again the dog killing money stealing Vick was playing against a team who’s resources he depleted!
Tech Buzz
December 6th, 2009
6:03 pm
Hey vodochld…Vick never took us past the NFC Championship either!! The Eagles stopped us in 2002 and 2004. Get your history right.
I was SO disappointed at the Falcons”fans” today. Cheering AGAINST your own home team for a person, that yes, deserves a second chance and redemption in his life, as we ALL do, but, treating him in higher regard than your OWN team. I saw all the No. 7 jerseys out there today, and when Vick came on the field, all you low life, back stabbing, classless, unloyal fans, made me want to throw something at the t.v.
Yes, when Vick was a Falcon, I cheered for him with everyone else, but the past is the past and GET THE F OVER IT!!!!!! He screwed his owner, his team, the fans, and this city. HE made the bad choice to kill innocent dogs, NOT Arthur Blank!!!
Regardless of the fact that the Falcons gave us nothing to cheer for today, STILL, show some class and loyalty to your team-FIRST!!! If you want Vick to do good, fine, great, grand, wonderful. But don’t wish for it to happen at the expense of your OWN HOME TEAM. Good god almighty!! All you guys that cheered for Vick shouldn’t even go to anymore games this season.
But let me guess, NEXT week, you’ll be back to your REGULAR Falcon jersey you wear and “faithfully”, and “loyally”, you’ll be cheering the Falcons on to win…Am I anywhere near the TRUTH HERE? All you Vick lovers and supporters, move to Philly and BE Vick fans. Stop wearing his jersey when it’s pointless! By the way, Vick’s performance to day was nothing more than a BLATANT FU to Arthur Blank. If you think other wise, your a freakin’ idiot!!
By the way, I’m a Falcon football realist also..the Falcons will NOT see the play-offs this year and they will be VERY luck to break the back to back winning season curse. You can’t win with NO DEFENSE!!!!!!
MV7STAN
December 6th, 2009
6:05 pm
OK ! ENOUGH WITH ALL THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT MIKE VICK. HE DID TE CRIME AND HAS SERVED HIS TIME SO EVERYBODY NEED TO GET OVER IT.
THE SORRY FALCONS LOST TODAY AND THAT’S THAT.
YOU CAN’T BLAME MIKE VICK CAUSE THE FALCONS ARE SORRY AS HELL. HE IS A EXCELLENT FOOTBALL PLAYER AND HE PROVED THAT TODAY.
FOR EVERYBODY THAT HATES HIM I THINK HE SHOWED YALL TODAY THAT HE CAN CARE LESS WHEN HE CAME BACK INTO THE DOME IN A EAGLES UNIFORM AND SHOWED OUT!!! LOL!
LET’S SEE MATT RYAN DO WHAT VICK DID TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!
THE FALCONS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!
GO MIKE VICK!!!!!
GO MIKE VICK!!!!!
GO MIKE VICK!!!!!
KICK ROCKS ALL YOU MIKE VICK HATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike
December 6th, 2009
6:09 pm
OK ! ENOUGH WITH ALL THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT MIKE VICK. HE DID TE CRIME AND HAS SERVED HIS TIME SO EVERYBODY NEED TO GET OVER IT.
THE SORRY FALCONS LOST TODAY AND THAT’S THAT.
YOU CAN’T BLAME MIKE VICK CAUSE THE FALCONS ARE SORRY AS HELL. HE IS A EXCELLENT FOOTBALL PLAYER AND HE PROVED THAT TODAY.
FOR EVERYBODY THAT HATES HIM I THINK HE SHOWED YALL TODAY THAT HE CAN CARE LESS WHEN HE CAME BACK INTO THE DOME IN A EAGLES UNIFORM AND SHOWED OUT!!! LOL!
LET’S SEE MATT RYAN DO WHAT VICK DID TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!
THE FALCONS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!
GO MIKE VICK!!!!!
GO MIKE VICK!!!!!
GO MIKE VICK!!!!!
KICK ROCKS ALL YOU MIKE VICK HATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
You still AOL don’t you?
Tech Buzz
December 6th, 2009
6:13 pm
MV7STAN…get F over yourself. I ain’t pissed at Vick, God bless the guy for getting his life back together. I’m pissed at the sorry, low class, fans that cheered for him to “do good” against THEIR OWN DAMN TEAM!!!!!
If you want a former player to do good, fine, great…just NOT at the expensive of your own team. I loved Keith Brooking. He was my favorite Falcon, until he went to Dallas. I still wish him well, but do you think for ONE SECOND I wanted his NEW team to beat his old one?? HELL, NO!!! I hope Vick does go one to bigger and better things, for his own sake, but I sure as hell don’t want him to do it at the expense of the Falcons. And the fans that cheered for him to score against the Falcons, while THEY are wearing Falcons jersey’s, is just PATHETIC!!!!!
Real
December 6th, 2009
6:15 pm
Do some of the people on here go to church,it doesnt seem like it.If people are trying to make things better and you see it you learn to forgive.Vick didnt have weapons when he was playing with us besides dunn and alge,but still lead us to the NFC Champ game.Ryan has weapons and is not playing at expections.HALIMAW you cant blame it on Vick.When we was doing good last year 20M didnt hurt us than or now.You didnt think Ryan would win ROY,or we would make playoffs.everything is not goin to work as you thought it was.
Shaun M.
December 6th, 2009
6:16 pm
Great game. I miss MV7. The Dome felt like it used to feel. Can Matty throw a 44yd pass like Vick did? Not with that weak arm!!!
Angel
December 6th, 2009
6:18 pm
Glad to see Vick do well today, BUT I’m a Falcons fans for life!!
Herb
December 6th, 2009
6:18 pm
Please read and understand – Vick does not, and never has ruled Atlanta.Heis an ex con and should still be in prison, He is a thug, and why does this paper print crap like these headlines? It is no wonder that readers are declining.
Real Fan
December 6th, 2009
6:21 pm
MV7 can go f himself. He is still a piece of crap, and should not be on the field with the rest of the players in the NFL…..
treaddawg
December 6th, 2009
6:24 pm
This offense was built around the sheer, raw, playmaking abilities of Turner, Ryan, White, Gonzalez, and a few others. The lack of foresight of the Falcons leadership to have a plan b in place is stunning. The second tier players simply aren’t the “playmakers” the first tier players are and therefore should have a different plan of attack. Having Shockly available and ready for these types of occurances (rampant injuries) would have made a lot of sense. This game is gone and it is probably too late for this year, but Shock definitely needs to get some major reps this week in practice, imo.
Real
December 6th, 2009
6:30 pm
Herb- please read and understand Ray lewis,Jamal lewis,Michael Boley are ex cons to and you call them thugs haha wow you need to rethink what you said
Football fan
December 6th, 2009
6:31 pm
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slim
December 6th, 2009
6:34 pm
Everyone who is crying about MV7 is a PUZZZY!! The Falcons lost get over it!!!!
Not an OJ fan but ...
December 6th, 2009
6:34 pm
We really enjoyed watching Vick and the Eagles run scrimmage on the Falcons today LOL!!
I just hope that a REAL Michael Vick fan caught his touchdown football, and not some PETA fan or someone else who will never get over what he did although he’s paid his debt to society.
Pete
December 6th, 2009
6:36 pm
We have become “Cleveland Browns South”
Absolutely pitiful.
Decatur Tech Fan
December 6th, 2009
6:45 pm
I hate to pour slat on already festering wound…but FYI, you know we coulda had if if werent for that idiot Reeves wanting that P.O.S. (piece of shhh—) Vick so bad…..Saints great D. Brees….THATS RIGHT!!!!! We traded up to get the lowlife scumbag who embarrassed our team and our city. Those of you who root for Vick obviously have no pride or sense of shame….You are as God made you, so nothing can be done….but those of us who blessed with a sense of our surroundings, responsibility, pay our taxes, and are law abiding citizens, we can only lament. And so far the jury is out on M. Smith….idk,….ohh well.
Tech Buzz
December 6th, 2009
6:49 pm
This team will not make the playoffs THIS year or ANY other year, if does not make SERIOUS, and I mean, SERIOUS defensive upgrades.
The entire secondary is piss poor pathetic, AT BEST!!
I’m sick of seeing Houston and Grimes getting burned EVERY GAME.
No Pass Rush!!
No healthy running back(s)
No real running attack-so far!
No Secondary to speak of!!
All that makes for is, well….an 8-8 team, AT BEST!!!!!
Decatur Tech Fan
December 6th, 2009
6:54 pm
Shoot misstyped salt in last entry, some of the Vick poopsmelling musta rubbed off. BTW, we need an o line and a dline BAAAAHHHD! Abraham cannot carry the whole load. time to cut anderson and get some new hungry blood. also, it doesnt matter who we put at QB, that O line SUUUCKKKS a fat one…….just like MV7 did for his cigarettes for 2 yrs…..eat that MV lovers. lolololol.
Tony
December 6th, 2009
6:54 pm
Vick did good!
tankdonovan
December 6th, 2009
6:55 pm
I`m sure most of you here know that since 1966[birth of the Falcons] they have NEVER had TWO back to back WINNING seasons! So, last years was a winning season. So, what can we expect this year? A LOSING SEASON! I know about injuries. But, bottom line! They will not have a winning season this year. I am a Falcon fan!
WinterMan
December 6th, 2009
6:55 pm
The Eagles are simply the better team but the Falcons coaching staff is def not ready for prime time on either side of the ball. Overall preparation was Zip. Play calling juvenile. Coverage …..uh well.
tspec
December 6th, 2009
6:56 pm
It’s fun watching all the “Southerners” cry and whine like little babies about Mike Vick!!!!!!!!! WOW!
vuduchld
December 6th, 2009
6:58 pm
Tech Buzz
You need to read what I wrote. I said that Vick got the Falcons as far the NFC Championship game and until Ryan gets the franchise past that stage then he will be known as the “other QB”. This guy didn’t play because of turf toe or that was the story. Until Ryan does something other than appear in shaving commericals he will be known as one among many as Mr. September.
tspec
December 6th, 2009
7:00 pm
LMAO @ DecaturTechFan…….. You mention “God” and “Blessed” in your post! When it comes to Mike Vick….What would Jesus do? It’s called “Forgiveness” I forgive you DecaturTechFan after all, “you are who god made you”
MysteryMoves
December 6th, 2009
7:03 pm
These southern rednecks that think civil war isn’t lost, but ok withcorporate in/out sourcing, which is another form of slavery can ‘t get over the fact that 1 wrong doesn’t equal another. At least Vick served his time, yet the southern rednecks haven’t and just too dumb to learn the lesson. Good Job M. Vick!
Barbara
December 6th, 2009
7:05 pm
No effort today, I thought Shockley was on the practice squad, they should have taken Redmond out of the game!!!!!!!!!. They made him second Quarterback, that’s a joke. I’m glad they lost the game it seem like they didn’t care.
Decatur Tech Fan
December 6th, 2009
7:08 pm
tspec………..I certainly do not imply that I know the mind of the good Lord, but I DO KNOW Jesus would NOT hang dogs by the neck and put electricity through their bodies, He would NOT beat a dog till it died.
I happen to love this city and this team. Please dont try to bring me down to ur level of acceptance. i may not be able to soar like the Eagles(no pun intended) , but I will NOT swoop like a buzzard…you want Vick…hes all yours. Like I said I happen to have a sense of shame. I AM sorry God didnt bless you with one. Mores the pity.
Decatur Tech Fan
December 6th, 2009
7:10 pm
Hahahaahhahaha where are all the Southern rednecks comments coming from? Is someone trying to inject race into this…..hahahaahaha loveit love it love it.
vuduchld
December 6th, 2009
7:10 pm
Tech Buzz
Until the Falcons begin to be CONSISTENT winners instead of shoulda, coulda beens then Falcon fans have every right to cheer for who they want, REGARDLESS of what uniform is being worn. I get sick and tired of people like you who apologize week in and week out for the sorry product being put on the field. The fact is that if the Falcons want the fans to cheer them then WIN GAMES PERIOD!!. To sit and watch this pathetic display of a team rapidly headed south was a complete waste of time. This team has not beaten a credible opponent this season and all you can do is complain about the fans!? Arthur Blank loves people like you because he knows that as long as he puts trash on the field, there will be lemmings like you who’ll pay for it!!
tspec
December 6th, 2009
7:12 pm
Decatur Tech Fan, I ask one question. Would Jesus Forgive? Enough Said!
halimaw
December 6th, 2009
7:12 pm
Atlanta is famous for having the worst fans in sports. The city itself is terribly polarized. Everything is divided along racial lines, from sports to politics. The so-called fans are fickle at best. Basically Atlanta is the Detroit of the south! Anyone who wants Michael Vick to succeed is a fan of Michael Vick. Anyone who wants to see him do well against the Falcons is NOT a Falcons fan PERIOD! He is a felon! He handicapped the Falcons financially by taking and keeping a signing bonus he did not fulfill the contract of that bonus to earn that money. We have depleted resources because of him! Remember when Mark Bradley had an Afro, I do!
MysteryMoves
December 6th, 2009
7:13 pm
Decatur Tech Fan: You are the prime example of Ignorant-southern redneck, which I go on to suggest too stupid to understand
HAPPY AS HECK
December 6th, 2009
7:14 pm
I really enjoyed today’s game . I love seeing Michael Vick back in the Dome.
Vick keep your head up you are loved by many hated by a few.
You are destined for greatness.. you have showed your humility
you served your time. you will always have people hating you because
they hate themselves if God can forgive who are we as humans not to forgive.
Love you Vick keep your head up. and keep God 1st no matter what.
You have showed a lesser man would have committed suicide going through the storm
but you have come through the storm and there is always light after the storm
love ya .. Happy as Heck
Goooooooooooooooooo Vick
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tspec
December 6th, 2009
7:14 pm
DTECH FAN, I seriously doubt God told you what he did or didn’t bless me with. Have you been to church lately because you have a lot of hatred in your heart towards Vick Fans, If you need a good Christian Church to attend please let me know, If you’re not a Christian I understand why you think the way you think! God Bless
Sam
December 6th, 2009
7:14 pm
Hey Falcon Folks. It’s not easy being Falcon Fan. It’s not going to get any better.
Bobbi Dud
December 6th, 2009
7:15 pm
All us Southeners could careless about what you non-southeners( Yankees Trash) think ! Delta is ready when you are ..if you can beg good enough for a ticket like you whine for everythingelse to be given you!
halimaw
December 6th, 2009
7:15 pm
I’m not an apologist! I am pissed off at the Falcons for giving Vick such a front-loaded contract in the first place. We are several free agent acquisitions poorer because of that stupid contract!
Decatur Tech Fan
December 6th, 2009
7:20 pm
Halimaw….good points. I would also add that as a native born and raised here, I am a Falcons fan first. If A. Blank (not me) woulda kept MV7, I would be rooting for him. As it is, he didnt. But HIS actions, no one elses, caused OUR franchise to suffer. He is accountable. No one player is bigger than the team, even tho the press tries to make it so. root for him if you want, but if it is at the expense of our long suffering franchise, imo u R A DUUMBAARSEEE. (or not a Falcons fan). BTW tspec, Im NOT Jesus….I AINT gotta forgive nuthin!!!!
Eric Amous
December 6th, 2009
7:21 pm
Let’s start looking forward to the draft and another 2 plus years about how he haven’t had back to back winning seasons. Can’t wait!!!!!!!
Decatur Tech Fan
December 6th, 2009
7:24 pm
Mysterymoves…..nice comment (opening up the name callin)
U have no idea of my race, so who is really ignorant…NOW if want some facts….provoke me further. Probably the only “mystery” here is who ur dad is….hahahahahahaahahaloloolol.
stendec
December 6th, 2009
7:27 pm
Is there a grade worse than F? Give it to all Falcon players/coaches! STILL higher than they deserve. Fumigate the Georgia Dome! Sickening stench will still remain. ++STENDEC++
Falcons Tradition
December 6th, 2009
7:35 pm
Now folks……those are the Falcons that I know!!!
Poor coaching, poor play, poor show of professional pride!!!
Is everything old becoming new again?
tyson
December 6th, 2009
7:37 pm
Listen Mike Vick didn’t beat the falcons today at all, McNabb and the defense did ok, Mike just got In and did what any QB would have done at that time. I have always have and will always be a falcon fan and I have had season tickets for six years. Now I was a vick fan since he was In college and as a falcon fan , I don’t like all the comments on here about the fans that was chanting for vick to play and to score, So folks are vick fans before falcons fan and some has become falcons fans cause of vick so you would be out of place to try to call out so fans. Vick has done his time for his crime and we shouldn’t be judgemental cause no one Is a saint here we don’t have to like what he did but don’t hate on him for what he is doing. So now again the falcons lost the game cause the Eagles was a better Team today so I really hate to start calling some folks out on here………………
Falcons Tradition
December 6th, 2009
7:40 pm
It’s the NFL and all teams have to deal with injuries. Just goes to show how thin the roster remains. Looks like no one on the roster is fired up about playing time opportunities.
Sad state of affairs at the Branch ;-(.
peeved
December 6th, 2009
7:47 pm
Lets see..”Flick” 14-Falcons 7..yep..he outscored our entire TEAM..!!
This Was One Of The Most Assanine Games? I Have Seen In A Long Time!
NO effort..Out Coached..Out Played To Be Brief!
Another Loss To Go Squarely On The ENTIRE Coaching Staff..I For One Am SICK Of The
Entire M.Smith Regime..We Have One Of The WORST Staff’s In The NFL Along With The T.D. General Manager..How In The World Did They Win Those Honor’s Last Year??
We Have NEVER Improved From One Week To The Next..We NEVER Put Our Best Players
On The Field..How In The Hell Is WILSON To Gain Experience If He NEVER Plays In A Game??
I Really Don’t Think M.Smith Has A CLUE..Otherwise..Why Would He Surround Himself With All Those CLUELESS Coaches?
brandon W
December 6th, 2009
7:54 pm
I am white and I voted for Obama. I will again. I hate what Vick did. I loved the man. I wish he hadn’t committed the crimes…He did his time…Jesus does forgive if you actually believe in that stuff…Whoever said that the rednecks can’t get over the civil war is correct…Obama is the N word terrorist sleeper cell…Muslim…anyway…the south is full of religious retards who watch football…Mike Vick showed you all about redemption today and the falcons sure did stink when they needed to be good …man this blog is getting serious
Bobby Lee
December 6th, 2009
7:57 pm
PPP – (p… poor performance) as Norm Van Brocklin would say.
phildis
December 6th, 2009
7:57 pm
I just wonder if coach smith will say he’s not concerned about not winning. Eli played with a heel injury. Matt can’t hand the ball off with turf toe. Same old falcons just lose baby lose!!!! bring in a coaching staff where you have to earn your job can any body say stone face get him out of the booth. bring a coach who has won it all and start from there. PLEASE TRADE WHITE,JENKINS AND GET A PAIR OF REAL WIDEOUTS
rfgh
December 6th, 2009
8:21 pm
The people cheering for Vick are the same ones who were happy OJ got away with murder. That said, Dimittroff drafted players with injury issues then overpaid Roddy White who is a number 2 at best. He didn’t address the CB problem at all. Peterson for Brooking was not an upgrade. Lofton only solid player on defense and Gonzo and Dahl only ones on offense. Turner will never duplicate last season. he’s not quick enuff for screens or draws. And Norwood? A stiff breeze knocks him down. Atl fans are an embarassment. Those Vick fans aren’t Falcon fans. Problem is, the real Falcon fans are too few in number compared with any other NFL team.
I have been a fan for 40years. Atl doesn’t deserve a franchise. I wish it wasn’t so.
rfgh
December 6th, 2009
8:24 pm
assanine? Dang, anyone not pulling for Vick or disagrees with Obama is an ignorant rascist? Now THAT is a rascist comment.
Danielle
December 6th, 2009
8:28 pm
To the Real Fan,
I’m not leaving Atlanta because you suggested it. Michael Vick got so
many cheers from me. Are you a bit too serious about your suggestions
to people? Why don’t you pack up and leave? Maybe Alabama,Mississippi,
or South Carolina.Go Figure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Danielle
December 6th, 2009
8:30 pm
What does Michael Vick have that so many racist WANT?
Danielle
December 6th, 2009
8:31 pm
Maybe, it’s dog stew.
prissy princess
December 6th, 2009
8:39 pm
I would like to say that we are all Gods children on this earth. It saddens me how we continue to beg for God’s forgiveness daily but won’t do the same for others. For all of you that commented on the Mike Vic. Imagine God holding a grudge towards you for the last 2 years as you all have done Vick. Everyone is looking for someone to blame. Yes. He was responsible for his actions. Yes. He paid his debt. Yes. He should be forgiven and for some of the Fans today that cheered for Vick, the majority were diehard Atlanta Fans, but we are a big city with a big heart and he was apart of our family for years. It was for closure to let him know we loved him, forgave him, so he can have closure as well as we did. Imagine God being upset with us for 2 years, we can’t deal with not asking for forgiveness for one day which is why we pray and repent. Vick is apart of our history, we learned from it and so did he. MOVE ON AND STOP LOOKING FOR BLAME! God does not blame anyone, we can’t judge, we all will be judged and I sure would not want my HATE for another individual on this earth, Mike Vick, or anyone else of the matter, HOLD ME BACK FROM MY BLESSINGS! THEY DON’T HAVE THAT MUCH POWER UNLESS YOU GIVE IT TO THEM!!! STOP BLOCKING YOUR BLESSINGS AND FORGIVE THE MAN, AFTER ALL GOD FORGAVE YOU! We love our Falcons first, but we want him to do well and we wanted our Falcons to win! We need to clean house first, deal with home first, and no ONE PERSON WOULD CONTROL A GAME!
I am a pure breed of Atlanta, always will be:) Have a great week Guys!
Falcons Fan
December 6th, 2009
8:41 pm
This was a sorry game from 2 teams going nowhere. Vick is toast. Donavan is toast. He is just a shell of what he was and the Falcons and the entire organization are absolutely pathetic. please fire the offensive coordinator now.
Falcon Fan
December 6th, 2009
9:02 pm
Did the Atlanta Falcons shut down the messageboard at the teams offical website? Its like a firewall is preventing access. I guess they don’t want anyone to talk about the game.
Smitty
December 6th, 2009
9:06 pm
Mularkey better use Shockley before he loses his job. The fans are really on Mularkey and the only way he can open up the playbook with great trick plays is with DJ.
Falcon Supporter
December 6th, 2009
9:14 pm
YOU GUYS are Hilarious….. ALWAYS making excuses… VICK DID NOT flick off All the Falcon Fans… He flicked off an IDIOT you was shouting NASTY REMARKS to him… WHAT MAN OR WOMAN, WHITE OR BLACK would feel compeled to let someone say something degrading in their FACE… PEOPLE always have to find something to say that is sooo stupid… BUT OH NO,, I forgot you are the type of PEOPLE that LIKE TO THROW THE ROCK AND HIDE YOUR HAND…. GROW UP and See what is really meaningful in LIFE…
wayne
December 6th, 2009
9:18 pm
dam I hate I have tickets to the New Orleans game. After the Falcons lost to the Giants, I knew the season was shot. Failure to address the defensive back problems prior to the start of the season shows that this organization is a long ways from developing a championship team. I think with a little more time Ryan will be a decent quaterback. We also need to draft a power running back with speed. Turner will never have the season he had last year. The off season and how well we do in the draft will tell how committed this organization is to winning. I’m pulling for Vick to make a great comeback.
Bill
December 6th, 2009
9:23 pm
tspec,
gfy
Look it up, dumb Yankee.
s
December 6th, 2009
9:26 pm
The Eagles got the VICK-tory.
I thought the Falcons played an awesome game.
InYourEyeGuy
December 6th, 2009
9:31 pm
I just LOVE all the misery that you miserable Vick hating, suck @ss self-righteous weasels are experiencing right now.
May it stick with you forever. No amount of hate is going to stop this man from getting his life back. Second chances should be given, “let’s move on”, that is unless he happens to wear cornrows and listens to rap music!
HA! I LOVE it. Do your thing Mike. Great game, keep humble, stay focused and make your way again brother.
Bill
December 6th, 2009
9:48 pm
InYourEyeGuy,
Cute screenname, or is it your job description…
If you love the dog-killing gangster so much, why don’t you two just go ahead and go up to Vermont already and get it over with!! It would confirm the rumours about MV7 anyway…
Get lost, hood rat!
atlantanative
December 6th, 2009
10:15 pm
like it or not, he’s baaack
Ex wideout
December 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
To all the racists comments, the stupid dogfighting activists, Vick’s back whether you like it or not. But we all knew this was coming so suck it up and stop hating. They know damn well they still like his game so stop with all the damn hate.
Keisha
December 6th, 2009
11:04 pm
So are a lot of our politicians, clerigy, etc in this city. And I was born and raised here, next! The man has paid his for his wrong doings that past is the past get over it. Excellent game MV7 and I am a season passholder, and will continue to be one.
TNJeff
December 6th, 2009
11:51 pm
Turf toe – you got to be kidding me. Missing 2 games with turf toe. Somehow running backs can play with it but a non-running QB can’t. It’s not like the season was riding on it – oh, wait, yes it was. No heart – no fire. Why was the three named QB in there at some point – Redmond is pathetic. Oh, and this teams chances of a winning season? Equally pathetic – collective turf toe!
broogha
December 6th, 2009
11:53 pm
for the person who commented on african americans cheering for vick, i must say, some of you just have a hard time dealing with persons of color who choose to think/feel differently from what the majority in the country deem to be “the right thing”. but it is okay to worship a george washington or a jefferson who owned and raped slaves and never did any time for it. i would suggest you put yourself in the shoes of those african americans who choose to cheer for vick (and note i said those african americans who choose to cheer for vick not all african americans) and you might be able to understand things from their perspective….not an easy job, but it might provide you some insight. it is called diversity of thought, and in this case their cheering did not hurt anyone. the falcons did not play well and the vick cheering fans cannot be blamed for that.
Steve Holtcamp
December 7th, 2009
12:06 am
My gripe is’nt about Mike Vick, it’s about the low class trash that cheered for him. That was pathetic.
broogha
December 7th, 2009
12:31 am
steve,
nane calling of people whom you know nothing about except that they cheered for someone that you happen to have problems with -someone who has paid his debt to society- shows very little class on your part.
Tech Buzz
December 7th, 2009
1:14 am
I am not a Vick hater! I hope to God they guy does get his life back on track. I took issue with the fans chanting, “We Want Vick!”, so loud that the t.v announcer(s) kept talking about it. My whole point was that regardless of how bad the team played, like crap, trust me, I know, that you should never want a former player to win with their new team at the expense of the Falcons, if they came form here.
All you “holier than thous” out there, I am a God fearing man. Yes, I screw up everyday, and trust me, I know the power of God and forgiveness. I supported the Commissioner allowing Vick back in to the League. He did his time, and he should get a second chance.
My issue was NEVER with Vick. It was with the fickle Falcons fans, that wore Vick’s jersey today, and next week, they will go back to wearing another one and cheering for the Falcons again. Like I said before, if you like Vick, fine, I cheered for him when he was a Falcon too, but the past is the past, move on. We have a new QB now, that in my opinion, is a hell of a lot better than Vick will ever be.
But here is a stat that will blow your mind:
2001-Falcons go 7-9, then draft Vick with the over 1st pick.
2002-Falcons go 9-6-1
2007-Falcons go 4-12, 50% Vick’s fault…50% Petrino, we draft Matt Ryan with 3rd pick.
2008-Falcons go 11-5
So in essence, Vick only made the Falcons 2 games better as a starter from previous year.
Ryan makes the Falcons 7 games better as a rookie starter, cleaning up Vick’s mess.
Oh, by the way, after 2004, need I remind anyone, that the Falcons tanked for two seasons straight WITH Vick, and before he got busted (2005, 8-8; 2006, 7-9).
Vick looks a lot different from this perspective now doesn’t he?
used 2 B a Falcon fan
December 7th, 2009
2:26 am
U hav no Hearth…..
derrick
December 7th, 2009
4:47 am
never should have cut DJ.
derrick
December 7th, 2009
4:49 am
redman sucks
Same ole same ole
December 7th, 2009
9:00 am
Once again, this blog is about race and not football. What a sad state of affairs in the city of Atlanta. You people get what you deserve. Look around you. With few exceptions, most people reap what they have sowed. Just plain sad.
Raji
December 7th, 2009
10:31 am
Why, pay 20-30 dollars just for parking to witness a 28th ranked defense and players who need a GUT check. Falcon players with the exception of a few, gave no do or die effort in this game(process!). This is not acceptable. A new defensive plan and/or coordinator has been warranted.
GTfootballspazz
December 7th, 2009
11:35 am
It’s pretty sad to see where the Falcons have gone this year considering they had a great season last year. As a Falcons fan it pains me to see this collaspe. injuries for sure have hurt the Falcons this year. Next year, Atlanta needs focus on the NFL Draft and get better defensive players then what we already have. Plus it would not hurt to sign some free agents next year too who can actually play some defense.
GTfootballspazz
December 7th, 2009
11:39 am
As a GT fan, I wouldn’t mind seeing DJ Shockley play. Redman was awful. The offense looked poor.
Ex wideout
December 7th, 2009
11:53 am
Did someone say this blog is more about race than football? Well, okay let’s talk football again, Falcons get blowed out in their own dome, they just did avoid history by avoiding shut out, another former player beat his former team and looked good doing it coming off the bench, Ryan probably could have played in a must needed win, no backup, injuries, no good coaching staff, which are issues now coming to light. So there you have it, football talk with game summary included. How much are those orange bowl tickets again?
An Observation
December 7th, 2009
12:00 pm
The entire team stunk up the field but Redman was A-W-F-U-L yesterday. Hopefully now the coaching staff will realize that he is not a quality #2 NFL QB in the league. I wish they had put in Wilson because he could not have been any worst than Redman on yesterday.
sad brotha
December 7th, 2009
12:19 pm
The same people that cheer Vick are the same that cheered OJ when he was let go. Never forget!
MV#777
December 7th, 2009
7:33 pm
THE REDEMPTION OF MR.MICHAEL VICK!!!!!!!!
CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!!!
PHIL 34 – ATL -7
VICK SCORED 14-7=7
1)14-7=7
2)3+4= 7 =#7
3)ATL= 7
THE PROBLEM IS THE ATLANTA FALCONS NEED…. MICHAEL VICK #7.
YOU HAVE AN ATHLETE IN MIKE WHO THROWS LIKE JOHN ELWAY, WHO RUNS LIKE BARRY SANDERS, WHO IS AS FAST AS DEION SANDERS, AND WHO IS PLAYING THE QUARTERBACK POSITION. PEOPLE LOVE IT,ALL OVER THE WORLD, I LOVE IT!!!!!! MR.BLANK THINK!! AND THE DOME WILL SELLOUT AGAIN,AGAIN AN AGAIN.
YOU ARE A BUSINESS MAN…. HE’S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
broogha
December 7th, 2009
7:59 pm
Tech buzz,
let us not forget that one man does not make a team. most people would agree with me when i say that vick had very little back up where defense was concern. say what you want, but matt ryan does not make a team alone either. anyone who knows football knows that. i will say again, fans cheering for vick had nothing at all to do with the slaughter that the falcons experienced on sunday.
broogha
December 7th, 2009
8:00 pm
when i say very little back up where defense was concerned, i mean when vick played for the falcons.
tyson
December 7th, 2009
8:57 pm
.Steve Holtcamp, I hope really didn’t mean this ( My gripe is’nt about Mike Vick, it’s about the low class trash that cheered for him. That was pathetic ) LOOK man I was a vick fan before he came to atlanta and he made me a falcon fan as well, so Steve I felt It was class to stand u and cheer for him for the work and determination after all he has been through so lets not spreak on my behalf for cheering for him.
o-me
December 7th, 2009
9:53 pm
Damn we need some back up players…when you have 5 out on D and 3 on O it hurts….Bad! But I still love my Falcons without #7.
AthensMatt
December 8th, 2009
3:24 pm
Mike, sounds like you’re the one kicking rocks.. around the prison yard. Redman needs to go away right now. Promote JPW or DJS.
Oh and Tech Buzz – 30-24, Suck it Nerd!
Gamer
December 9th, 2009
5:51 pm
After watching Redman guide his passes against the Bucs, I suggested that Redman must have some ROCKET FUEL stashed somewhere for Eagles game because there were NO ZIP ON HIS THROWS during the Tampa Bay Bucs game!!!
And the Eagles suckered the Falcons into a passing game, to pick Redman apart!!
Furthermore, Ryan haven’t been MUSTERING ZIP on his passes either. Falcons quarterback coaches better find a way to strengthen Ryan’s throwing ARM during the OFF SEASON!!!
Next season, he will need it!!
Gamer
December 9th, 2009
5:55 pm
Maybe they should call Vick and ask him how does he throw the ball so far with such ease.
Just a suggestion!!1
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