Saints players say bus was egged in Atlanta
Former Falcons linebacker Curtis Lofton told the AJC’s Michael Cunningham that the Falcons aren’t really seen as a worthy rival by his current team, the Saints, on Tuesday.
A window on the Saints' bus. (Photo by Zach Klein of Channel 2 Action News)TV)
Lofton and his New Orleans teammates may feel differently after their bus allegedly was egged while the team was leaving Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Wednesday night.
The Saints were arriving in Atlanta for their game against the Falcons Thursday night in the Georgia Dome.
Saints backup quarterback Chase Daniel tweeted this just minutes after the team’s charter flight touched down:
@ChaseDaniel: Wow, as we’re boarding buses on the Tarmac @ Atlanta airport, we start getting eggs thrown @ us by airport workers! Guess they do hate us!
Tight end Jimmy Graham confirmed the incident took place with another tweet:
@JimmyGraham: Bus just got egged after landing in ATL by the ramp workers. Classy! “RISE Up” smh
A third player, linebacker Will Herring, also tweeted about it:
@wherring54 First time my bus has been egged by opposing fans! Tomorrow should be fun!! #WhoDatNation
Hartsfield-Jackson officials are investigating the incident.
New Orleans has won 11 of the last 13 games in the series, including a 31-27 victory on Nov. 11.
But the Falcons are 10-1 and the Saints are just 5-6 this season.
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MYOPINION
November 29th, 2012
6:06 pm
to sup: according to Kurt Warner it was a good, clean hit. Try again….a little harder this time.
SCFalcon
November 29th, 2012
7:01 pm
How does egging a bus compare with organized, paid hits intended to knock out or cart off professional athletes. I think the Saints players and fans need to reflect a little deeper. A little confirmation that it actually happened would be helpful as well. Tweets don’t always = truth………..
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November 29th, 2012
7:14 pm
[...] heard that some workers at Hartsfield-Jackson greeted the arrival of the New Orleans Saints by pelting a team bus with eggs. What the humorless Saints apparently failed to grasp was that the throwing of eggs is an Atlanta [...]
nomistake
November 29th, 2012
7:51 pm
To all the Falcon fans that are calling the Saints – Aints, Caints, and especially the guy that posted with the user name “we dat”… have got to be joking. The Saints have beat you guys so much in recent memory that in New Orleans this seems less like a rivalry and more like the Saints beating their little brother up again. Yes, you will go to the playoffs, yes you will have the first seed, and yes, you will be one and done. Why… because you skate by and barely beat teams that are not that good, and not just every once in a while…every week. The problem is that in the playoffs everyone is good. Oh yeah, enjoy this while it last because next year there won’t be any suspensions or penalties and the Saints will be resting their players at the end of the season. It is just too bad that even in this “down year” for the Saints, the Falcons still can’t muster enough guts to stand up to their big brother. WHO DAT!
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November 29th, 2012
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star falcon-native Georgian-Ivy League Guy
November 30th, 2012
8:18 am
Eggsxactly as I projected, the Falcons defrocked the Say ants. Although the Falcons played less than an eggs cel lent game. They stayed on the road to the super bowl.
ebonyeyezzz
November 30th, 2012
8:39 am
dolemyte I rememeber the last time Falcons beat the Saints… 11/29/2012