Falcons can lead way to an Atlanta sports grand slam

Will this be a sign of the apocalypse?

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The Falcons do the things that great teams do, but sometimes go unnoticed.

They play fundamentals well.

Very few turnovers
Few penalties
3rd down conversions
Clutch 4th quarter drives
Defense is opportunistic

GO FALCONS!

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…and please tell Evander to retire a find a new hobby or cause to support!

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Aimin for a solid top ten finish in the comments section, thus keeping me in the hunt for the chase…

On a serious note, I’m really glad to be an Atlanta sports fan [generally speaking] for the first time in my life. I just hope that, with the lawsuit over and their respective teams playing well, the Spirit Group folks come together and make the ownership commitment that is needed to help push the Thrashers over the wall. That’s a promising young hockey team that plays in Philips, but after years of seeing our young stars go elsewhere, I think I’d like to see them actually work to upgrade what is already a good playoff team before the deadline. There’s no reason that, with the young foundation we’ve got on that roster, the Thrashers can’t be Stanley Cup contenders in two seasons with a little support.

Get out there and watch the Thrashers if you know or like anything about hockey, Atlanta fans.

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Jeff, Merry Christmas. Probably one of your best articles yet. Good work and Go Falcons!

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Go Falcons!!!!

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Falcons win Super Bowl
Braves take the Wild Card again in 2011
Thrashers make the playoffs
UGA rebounds and goes 10-2 before a bowl and wins the SEC
Tech and the Hawks though, who cares?

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I’m currently in Japan. Everybody here I talk to knows about Atlanta, especially because of the Olympics and Coke, and in several cases, the Braves. One middle aged guy recalled when Hank Aaron came here in ‘74 to battle the Japanese home run king.

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Great job as usual, Jeff!! Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? Who dat? Falcons! Beat dem Saints? Falcons!! RISE UP DIRTY BIRDS!!

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Like I said in an earlier blog…. for Christmas I hope Falcons get a LATE first round draft pick. Very late.

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Jack,

Actually all these sports were invented outdoors

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D Man, I love the Falcons more then anyone, but the Pats scare me. I would say the Falcons are the second best.

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Steve, before the season started, I thought the Falcons were a year or two away. Hoped for the wild-card (I thought the Aints would run away with the division) and maybe a first round win. Now, they have real chance to go to the SB.

I’m just gonna enjoy it until it ends. If they fall short of becomming the SB champs, it will be a little bit disappointing, but it will be ok because I am confident that this franchise will compete next season, and the next… We never had that!

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Great work Jeff.
Happy Holidays to you and your family.

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Pass the bottle Jeff.

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Not trying to argue, just stating my opinion. Go Falcons!

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Steve, not arguing either, I love spreading the word that the falcons are the best team in the NFL. I’m going to keep saying it as long as they keep winning because I don’t get that chance very often. Seems like I need to educate the Atlanta fans because they are abused by bad journalism on espn. Espn is so bias to the northern teams. They will do anything to talk up those teams. We need a new sports channel for the south…

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Who do people from New Orleans continue to make themselves look bad? We all know they are a bunch of poor people and that they are uneducated but the say that “Who Dat” thing. Unreal. If I were president I would cut the state of Louisiana away and let it float into the ocean.

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Ok Atlanta be content about making the playoff because you “AIN’T” gonna win nuttin’ !!!” WHO DAT!!!

Let us know when you get a ring for anything this decade!!! Settling for the playoffs is so Atlanta!!!

LMAO You said it right Shcultzy You were a city of losers and still are!!!!

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Only in Atlanta can the poster be over joyed about just making it to the playoff. SO ATLANTA!!!!! Just like having to winning seasons in a row. WOW!!! LMAO!!!! WHO DAT!!!!

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Wow steve great comeback from a dumb falcons fan that can’t spell

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Oh I can’t? Did you not see the post below by first one thug? What a moron.

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Hey Steve, after the pigeons lose monday how will the CROW taste idiot

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Stevey you seem to be upset??? I am just complimenting the ATL community of sports for you endurance for losing!!! LMAO

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Urma WHO DAT GONNA BREAK THE ATL HEARTS??? THE SAINTS DATS WHO!!!

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Geek? Wow. I have not heard that word in years. Good one!

Upset? Yea I am upset by that 12-2 record and winning AT New Orleans (AKA Thugville) This game means nothing. That’s whats so funny. We will beat Carolina which gives us home field throughout! Ha ha.

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urm…

December 24th, 2010
12:10 pm
who dat? da falcons dat who. looking back at u from our rear view mirror.

WHO DAT? Them Saints will destroy them falcons monday night thats who moron

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Let’s see, the Saints are better yet Atlanta won AT New Orleans and the Falcons have a better record. Yea that makes sense.

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Jeff,
check your facts on the Braves, or have your proof-readers do a better job…they have NEVER gone 21 years between post season appearnaces…unless you consider their time in Boston from 1914 to 1948…
The ATLANTA BRAVES were the National Leagues 1st Western Division Champion in 1969…winning that division again in 1982, then when on that unbelivable streak in 1991…
Math counts in sports….

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Atlanta’s First CHAMPION was Robert “Bobby” Jones. Not many Pro Golfers back in his time.

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You know where ‘who dat’ came from? It started “what dat smell?” Oh that’s NO, then became “who dat smell?” oh dat my cuzin; then it was just shortened to “who dat” .. they all smell.

Source : Wikipedia- New Orleans

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golf is not a sport its a hobby

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we beat you in your house. Good proof right there.

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I know that the people from New Orleans can get a little carried away about their SUPER BOWL winning SAINTS!!!!

I am sure you know how they feel. Oh!! I’m sorry you don’t know how they feel. Let me help you a little bit.

Take that feeling you guys had last year when you had your second winning season(LOL) in a row in 45 years of trying and multiply it by about a million.

Then you can almost imagine what it is like winning a SUPER BOWL!!!

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yeah it blew away my box good come back geek from pee city

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Steve you talk about NO so bad but what about all the thugs in Atlanta you idiot, you are probably one also

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woops thats racist

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Nope. I am white, have a masters degree, and live in a $400,000 house. Far from a thug. Atlanta is bad but is Pleasantville compared to New Orleans.

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Steve get back to cooking my fries and fix my hamburger correctly

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If this is success then it clearly shows what a pathetic history Atlanta pro sports have been.

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Wow “Really,” that was a good one! Keep em coming!

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robertussen
Football is not a SPORT either. It is an Eating Disorder for 85% of the players.

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After Monday 13 & 2.

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Steve, forgive all of these non falcon fans on our blog. They don’t want to go to their team blogs because all other teams are not as good as the falcons and they are crying so they come to our blog to hear good news about our team to feel better.

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“To Steve,” Good one! Gosh that hurt. I am going to sign off now and go cry. My whole weekend is ruined now.

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That’s okay your mommy has your usual crying towel waiting. You know the same one you’re going to use when the Fall Cons are one and done in the playoffs

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Great article.. You nailed it !

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Steve get out of your moms basement, we all know you have a Masters in mooching off of your parents

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Saints’ Super Bowl record 1-0 The Fall Con’s 0-1. Who Dat has the ring Dumb Man?

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Merry Christmas to you as well!

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@Matt “CHOKE” Ryan

Eagles vs Steelers Superbowl, who ya got

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5150 P.O.A.D. : You and I get it. Golf is the ultimate sport.

Anyone, name another where you can penalize yourself?

Merry Christmas, P.O.A.D.

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NOLA fans, take heart. Your city comes in 2nd in nasty, just as your team will to the Falcons, to Paris, France.

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As a life long Falcons fan I can honestly say that seeing the Falcons win the Super Bowl for me would be great, like a child walking into a candy store and being able to eat it all. With Thomas Dimitroff as general manager and Mike Smith as head coach all the ingredients are in place for this team to compete for years to come. I’d like to see the Braves get back to the World Series in 2011 as well. It’s been 15 years since a team from Atlanta has won a World title, its due time for another and that could very well come on February 6th.

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@Really

Come on now – Vick and the Eagles are too explosive for “ANY” team.

Vick
Maclin
Jackson
Avant
McCoy
Celek

Way too many weapons. If they played the Falcons the Eagles would win by at least 30

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“TOO MANY WEAPONS”

LeSean ‘Shady’ McCoy Quietly Having Super Season

By David Elfin
NFL Writer

He doesn’t have the hype or the flash of teammates Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson, but the Philadelphia Eagles wouldn’t on the verge of clinching the NFC East without LeSean McCoy, who leads the NFC with 1,587 yards from scrimmage and is fifth in rushing with 1,036 yards.

Drafting the running back from Pitt in the second round in 2009 to groom behind long-time mainstay Brian Westbrook looks brilliant now. Westbrook’s pair of concussions last season allowed the rookie to show he could handle the starting job and prompted the Eagles to release the veteran this offseason. McCoy has more than fulfilled their faith.

Aside from his ground game stardom, McCoy leads Philadelphia’s top-ranked offense (and all NFL running backs) with 74 catches. His 551 receiving yards are five shy of Baltimore’s Ray Rice for the most by a running back. And among NFC backs, only Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson and Atlanta’s Michael Turner have more touchdowns than McCoy’s nine. None of McCoy’s fellow top eight rushers in the NFC come within half a yard of his 5.3 per carry.

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“U-N-S-T-O-P-P-A-B-L-E”!

Mornhinweg architect of unstoppable Eagles offense

The Eagles’ offense, under Marty Mornhinweg, has averaged 404 yards per game this season. (Getty Images)Just like the Niners

They both featured a veteran left-handed quarterback who was equally dangerous throwing or running. Both were led by an electrifying big-play wide receiver supplemented by a very good No. 2 wide out. Both had a tailback who could make big plays on the ground or through the air, and both had a tight end who was capable of making big plays down the field.

With two games left in this remarkable 2010 season, the Eagles are on pace to finish the regular season with 4,331 passing yards and 2,395 rushing yards.

Only one team in NFL history has had that many passing and rushing yards in the same season.

That was the 1998 San Francisco 49ers.

Their offensive coordinator? Marty Mornhinweg.

It’s impossible not to compare the Eagles with Mornhinweg’s 49ers. They’re mirror images of each other.

“I don’t really get into comparisons very much because that group did it for a long time, and this group is so young and just getting started,” Mornhinweg said. “But there’s no question we can do a lot of the same things that group did.”

Michael Vick is Steve Young. DeSean is Jerry. Maclin is T.O. Shady McCoy is Garrison Hearst, Brent Celek is Brent Jones and Jason Avant is J.J. Stokes.

Heck, while we’re at it, Kevin Kolb is Ty Detmer.

It all lines up.

“Very similar,” Mornhinweg said. “I’ve been fortunate to be with a few teams now that have had great talent, great players. And I think there’s a chance that when all is said and done, this group’s even better than that one. But that’s a long way off. Let’s see how far this offense goes and then we can take a little bit of time and step back and analyze it.”

There are certainly many parallels between Vick and Young. Both blossomed a decade into their careers – for very different reasons.

“Steve did it over a long period of time and got a Super Bowl win, so that’s Mike’s challenge now,” Mornhinweg said. “Mike’s playing as good as any quarterback has played but for a small stretch. His challenge now is to do it year after year. That’s the next step for him.”

Back to head coach?

Marty Mornhinweg’s last crack at head coaching didn’t go so well. He didn’t have any players, he didn’t have any front office support, and he didn’t have any luck.

It’s been eight years since the Lions fired Mornhinweg after his two teams went 5-27 in 2001 and 2002.

Mornhinweg joined Andy Reid’s staff a year soon after leaving Detroit, first as a senior assistant to Reid, then as assistant head coach for a couple years, and for the past five years as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator.

Now, with the Eagles rolling toward the playoffs again and piling up yards and scoring points in record-setting fashion, Mornhinweg finally is again a hot head coaching candidate.

Mornhinweg’s reinvention of Michael Vick’s game, from athlete to quarterback, is at the heart of the Eagles’ 10-4 season and has garnered Mornhinweg the kind of national attention that serious NFL head coaching candidates get.

“He knows the game so well,” Vick said. “He knows personnel, he knows talent, he knows defenses, and he knows how to exploit the opposition and take advantage of their weaknesses.

“Those qualities are why he would make a great head coach, and I see him being a head coach real soon. I hope he gets that opportunity, he definitely deserves it, and I know he’ll be a great asset for somebody’s team.”

Mornhinweg, 48, said he’ll be open to overtures once the season is over, although he said he feels like he has a tremendous job right now, so he won’t jump at just any head coaching offer. It has to be the right opportunity.

“I’ve got probably one of the better jobs in all the NFL,” he said. “Better than many head coaches. This is a great organization. We’ve got great young talent, so it’s got to be the right spot.

“I do see myself as a head coach, and hopefully that will happen, and I’ve got my thoughts on what it would have to be like. If an opportunity pops up and I’m interested … we’ll see. Sometimes it happens when you least expect it.”

– Reuben Frank
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Posted: 12:44 p.m.

By Reuben Frank
CSNPhilly.com

The morning after he signed with the Eagles, Michael Vick wandered upstairs at the NovaCare Complex into the office of offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg.

“I didn’t know anything about him,” Vick said. “But from the first time I met him, I knew he was something special. Just his demeanor. I went up there, and the funny thing is, I don’t remember anything about the conversation. I can’t tell you one thing he said to me. But I just remember saying to myself, ‘Man, I can work with this guy.’”

Twelve years after he guided the 49ers to one of the greatest offensive seasons in NFL history, Mornhinweg is at it again.

With Mornhinweg designing the schemes, preparing the game plan and calling the plays, the 2010 Eagles’ offense has emerged as one of the most explosive in NFL history and the heart of a team many believe has a realistic chance to make a Super Bowl run.

With two games left in the regular season, the Eagles are averaging 404 yards per game, on pace for 6,462 yards, which would be the 13th-most in NFL history. They’re on target to score 470 points, which would be 26th-most in NFL history. They’re gaining 5.5 yards per rushing attempt, fifth-highest in NFL history.

Don’t believe yet this is an offense for the ages?

The Eagles have scored 26 or more points 11 times, and only 12 teams in NFL history have ever done that more in a season. They’ve netted 390 or more yards nine times, and one more 390-yard game will match the fourth-most ever by one team in a single season.

This is Mornhinweg’s fifth year as Reid’s offensive coordinator, seventh year as assistant head coach and eighth year on Reid’s staff. The four highest-scoring Eagles teams in franchise history have come since Mornhinweg became offensive coordinator.

As proficient as the Eagles have been moving the ball and putting up points the last five seasons, this year, Mornhinweg has taken the Eagles’ offense into the stratosphere.

This is offensive football as an art form. And Mornhinweg is painting with an unstoppable paintbrush.

“He’s got a very creative mind,” said head coach Andy Reid, who goes back 23 years with Mornhinweg – they coached together at UTEP in 1987.

“Marty came up through some systems with coordinators that coached him and that he worked with that were very creative guys, and then he has a creative mind himself, so he’s taken what he’s learned from those guys and adds to it. He’s like an artist. And he’s passionate. He loves doing it.

“He’s able to see players’ talents, and as opposed to harping on their weaknesses, it’s, ‘Let’s get them better at their weaknesses, but let’s exploit like crazy their strengths and put them in a position where they can go show off a little bit.’ And he’s a unique feel for that.”

Mornhinweg’s offense is predicated on striking quickly with big plays, on being impossible to decipher regarding formations and personnel, on being utterly unpredictable based on down and distance, and on always being aggressive.

You might stop ’em for a quarter. You might stop ’em for a half. But as we saw Sunday at the Meadowlands when the Eagles scored 28 points in the final 7 1/2 minutes against the NFL’s No. 2 defense on its own turf, you’re just not going to stop them for 60 minutes.

In each of the nine games Michael Vick has started and finished, the Eagles have scored at least 26 points and gained at least 373 yards. When either Vick or Kevin Kolb plays the entire game, the Eagles are averaging 32 points and 415 yards.

In other words, if you’re going to beat the Eagles, you better be ready to score four touchdowns and a field goal just to be in the game.

“Defenses are constantly on their heels because he’s going to shoot it at you,” Vick said. “He’s going to throw it at you all day and keep the pressure on. He might throw it at you 10 straight times and then he might run it four times, you’ve just got to be ready.

“That’s the reason we’re doing so good, because of Marty. The way he calls plays, the way he puts a game plan together. He has such a good feel for what we all do well, what we don’t do well, and he can play to our strengths. When things aren’t going well, he does a great job adjusting. Once we get into a game and find out what the defense is going to do, he does a great job figuring out what we can do against it. Every time he tells me something’s going to happen, probably 90 percent of the time it happens.”

One of the primary tenets of Mornhinweg’s offense is that it’s not dependent on any one person or any one phase. Jackson is the superstar, but Jason Avant has more catches and Maclin has more touchdowns. McCoy has been quiet as a receiver the last couple weeks, and Brent Celek has finally re-emerged as a receiving threat.

Five different guys have led the team in receiving in 14 games. Three different guys have led the team in rushing.

You think the Eagles are only about chucking the ball up and down the field? If they run for 99 or more yards in their last two games, they’ll become the second team in NFL history and the first since the 1990 Bears to record 99 or more rushing yards in all 16 games.

Then factor in the most dangerous, unpredictable, multi-faceted quarterback in the game today, and defenses are inevitably going to be off-balance trying to figure what’s coming next, where it’s coming from and how it’s coming.

“If a defense can tell by your personnel or formation or splits or anything else that this or that is coming, they’re going to slap you in the face,” Mornhinweg said. “You’re done. If they have no idea, then offensively you’ve got a chance not only to have a successful play but possibly a big play if the right things happen.

Really, the Eagles live on the edge. That’s why occasionally you get stretches where the offense looks terrible, pass protection falls apart, timeouts get wasted, guys line up in the wrong spot.

Because the thing is so complex, so cutting edge, there are going to be breakdowns.

But when it’s on? Well, you’ve seen it.

Thirty-five points in the first 16 minutes in Washington. Twenty-eight points in the last eight minutes at the Meadowlands. An NFL-best 11 offensive touchdowns of 45 yards or more. No other team has more than six.

That’s what can happen when everything clicks.

With that first quarter against the Redskins and the fourth quarter Sunday against the Giants, the 2010 Eagles became only the sixth team in NFL history with two 28-point quarters. Since 1980, the only NFL teams with two 28-point quarters in a season have been the 2004 Eagles and the 2008 Eagles.

Marty.

“You try your very best to put your players in a position to have success and keep your opponent off-balance and be aggressive – even to the point of being over-aggressive,” Mornhinweg said. “Now, look, that can bite you in the short term on occasion, but in the long term over the course of a program, over the course of a year or many years, typically it pays off 10-fold if you’re very, very aggressive.

“We’ll have those plays – ‘What the heck was that? – but it was us trying to be very aggressive. … And precision. You’ve got to be precise in offensive football. The precision has to be there, especially in the way I teach, we teach. It’s got to be precise or it doesn’t work.”

It drives some fans crazy when the Eagles throw on third-and-one. Which they do a lot.

It doesn’t drive them crazy when they nail a huge play on third-and-one.

It’s all about giving a defense something they’re not prepared for.

“You have to do those things,” Mornhinweg said. “It’s about keeping a defense off-balance. Third-and-one, sure, the percentages are higher to get the first down when you run the ball. But the number of big plays is higher when you throw the ball. That might be one of the very few plays where you get DeSean Jackson or Jeremy Maclin singled up in coverage, so you have to be willing to do that.

“I’ve been fortunate because Andy Reid is an aggressive guy, and he once in a while will question me but very, very rarely, so he allows myself and the rest of the staff and the players to be aggressive.”

Since Mornhinweg took over as offensive coordinator in 2006, the Eagles have scored 1,991 points – fifth-most in the NFL. During that span, only four teams – all in the AFC (Patriots, Colts, Chargers, Steelers) – have won more games than the Eagles. They’re also third over the past five years in total yards.

The defense has been up and down. Special teams has been inconsistent.

Marty just keeps pouring it on.

“In order to do what he does, he’s got to have a pretty good feel for the canvas, and that’s your defense,” Reid said. “He’s got to be able to look at a defense, know what the defense is doing, get the matchup he wants against that defense, and completely understand the scheme and be able to call the play that goes with that defense when he thinks that guy is going to call that play, it’s a whole chess match, and he’s very good at that.”

The Eagles, 10-4, face the Vikings Sunday at the Linc with a chance to clinch the NFC East title. Two wins and a Bears loss will give the Eagles a first-round bye.

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Have I mentioned I loves me some Michael Vick!

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Matt “Choke” Ryan

December 24th, 2010
1:50 pm
Wow,, that was goot one,,, I am the Copy and paste KING OF THE WORLD!!!

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When pot calls the kettle black, it seems truly silly…
ATL: 288-392-6 That’s .424… 3 more wins, and 10 more losses…
calling out
New Orleans: 285-382-5 That’s .427 by the way…

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JSS
Nobody said the Falcons have a rich winning tradition… Aints fans on the other hand act like winning championships is what they do,,,, year in and year out,,,,

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robertussen
I have never seen Tiger drink from hole-to-hole. Well not hole-to-hole on a golf course. I guess baseball isn’t a sport either. We play Beer Baseball/Softball and drink the whole time so I guess that makes the pro version not a sport too.

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How come nobody is talking to me, I DEMAND ATTENTION,, Time for another copy and paste job,,,

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I’ve been in the Federal pen,,, does that count

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Even a name stealer can’t crash my holiday joy today…

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And on that note,, I’m outta here,, Merry Christmas everybody! I must go tend to my tenderloin,,,
GO FALCONS!

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No way the Flacons can win the Superbowel with all the fist round busts they are stuck paying. Add cheep shot artist Donta Robinson and this team is full of over paid under acheving talent. It will come back 2 hunt them. Mark my words.

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Roddy, please just keep your mouth shut and let your on-field play do the talking!

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1eyedjack@11:02am……..”football was invented as an outdoor sport”,
Yeah, and the feet were invented to walk, but the automobile was invented to give the feet a ride. Cold weather, rain, and snow sux.
A game is so much better, in perfect conditions.

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lol is that black dude in black n’ red on the left samuel l. jackson?

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and that was “snarky” idot just to be clear…

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I throw quick slants, so I don’t hurt my rotator cup.

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idot

December 24th, 2010
5:13 pm
Matt “choke” ryan…….Scrolled right on past your 1:43…….Why don’t you go to an Eagles blog and post that windbag entry, someone over there might actually read it.

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Sorry I don’t make requests

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Just so you guys know, only 2 of the teams the Falcons have beaten have made the playoffs, during the same season, during that “Overrated” home record by the CHOKE.

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Merry Chirmas Matt “Choke” Ryan,,, your my hero!!

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Matt Ryan is a damn good

NFL ….. QB.

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@ MCR…
Don’t always agree with your approach; but you have just as much as right to say what is on your mind as the next person… You’ve never stooped to being a race baiter or just plain snarky as the ones who are always calling you out… Have a good safe holiday, that goes for everyone on the blog… That is especially for those who I never agree with or even respect…

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JSS

The feeling is mutual and you keep it clean as well.

Have a safe holidays!

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Seriously? No mention of the Dream at all? Just on the hopes that the Thrashers and Hawks might make it to the playoffs? I think that’s a bit disappointing.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Go Falcons, you are what hard work, desire and discipline are all about.

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Switches, coal and “dirty socks” for CHOKE.

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2 Weeks until Falcons draft watch

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Be Content!!!!

December 24th, 2010
11:59 am
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this decade? jeez dude ….only 7 days left, give us a chance!

….and that saints sb once in a blue moon win…………that only happens every 400 years….sit down, relax, it will be awhile!

And by the way…..we did get to the Super Bowl before the Saints, we just had a lil problem with the
Robinson’s lack of action at home

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Merry Christmas!

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I still refuse to bite on the Falcons. Once bitten, twice smitten. Or is it, Once smited, twice bitten. No, Once bitten twice shy. that’s it. The braves and the falcons, except for 1995’s world series ring, are perenial heartbreakers and I have got to protect my ticker here.

I am the number one sportsfan in all of Atlanta. I think sports 24/7 365. I am sports. I play sports all the time too. I’m playing sports right now. I’m presently in the middle of a baseball game. (I just happen to have a really big lead off of second).

BTW: are you supposed to tag up after every foul ball? Yeah? I guess I’m out, then. Oh well….

Anyway, I’m not falling for the great Falcon Tease of 2010. They will lose the first playoff game. It’s written in the cold stone that has replaced my heart. Not gonna doit. Not gonna do it. Na ga da.

na ga da!

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Somebody’s gonna have to put the Eagles away. Not us, cause I can’t remember when the Falcons were even competitive against Andy Reid.

Maybe NO or NY can handle that job, then hopefully, it’s Falcons / Pats in the Super Bowl.

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JSS @ MCR…
Don’t always agree with your approach; but you have just as much as right to say what is on your mind as the next person… You’ve never stooped to being a race baiter or just plain snarky as the ones who are always calling you out… Have a good safe holiday, that goes for everyone on the blog… That is especially for those who I never agree with or even respect…

Well isnt that sweet.

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Vodka,

How can you be the sports fan you claim to be if you deny the future potential. You must be the life of the party.

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Hey Rope. Merry Christmas. I haven’t been around lately very much since D-Led “band” me for fighting with the Taints and the racist.

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Old joke: Man wearing coat in purgatory, and the devil ask him why. Because it would be a cold day in hell when all of the Atlanta franchises made the playoffs in the same year.

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Oh and Jim,, YOU ARE BAND!

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Sid

December 25th, 2010
1:31 am
Didn’t this “choke” fella used to tout Flacco as the second coming………..

……………..dude, that ain’t what the chicks are saying.

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2008 SEASON

Flacco 2 playoff wins……1 championship game appearance.
CHOKE 1 and done….no playoff wins…..2 picks, 1 fumble, 1 safety.

2009 SEASON

Flacco 1 playoff win.
CHOKE no playoffs.

What more explaining do you need?

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Frozen Rope

December 25th, 2010
11:09 am
Merry Christmas Jim,.,,, wow,, D-Led banned YOU,,, thats funny,,, JS is always threatening to ban me,,, so far I have managed to avoid getting the boot,,,, At least JS is fair and allows everyone to be equal opportunity idiots,,, Hang in there Buddy!
GO FALCONS!!

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Oh a Jared Diamond moment – so happy for you fellas

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Tony Gonzalez thinking about retirement as playoffs approach

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on December 25, 2010, 9:58 AM EST

In Tony Gonzalez’s 14 NFL seasons, he has yet to win a playoff game. But the 35-year-old Falcons tight end can’t help thinking about possibly retiring at the end of this season. Especially if his team wins a Super Bowl.

“I would be lying if I didn’t tell you that I didn’t think about it,” Gonzalez said of retiring to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I’d be a fool if I didn’t think about it; just trying to be prepared a little bit. But you think about it and then you detach from it.”

On NFL Network the other night, Matt Millen quoted a scout that said there are two guys in the NFL that have no speed left, but still get open regularly: Hines Ward and Gonzalez. When Ward heard the comment, he told Millen not to tell anyone his secret.

It’s no secret that Gonzalez has slowed down, but he’s still very productive. Gonzalez has 62 catches, 591 yards, and five scores on the season. He could wind up with his lowest numbers since 1998, yet he’s still the second most valuable receiver on the likely No. 1 seed in the NFC.

Gonzalez worries about a possible lockout and his desire to play in 2011.

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Since the thought of Atlanta winning a superbowl this season is O-U-T of the question, it looks like once again the Falcons made another blunder.

Last season they “Wasted” a Number 2 pick for an aging tight end with no more speed. Now, when he retires they have to use another top draft pick to maybe get lucky finding a replacement. So that’s 2 draft picks for one roster spot, just to make CHOKE look decent, because he just plain S-U-C-K-S.

Now, look at the Eagles, Brent Celek, 25 years old and already at the top of his game and he will be around for a long time and he wasn’t a top draft pick.

That’s why the Eagles, in a rebuilding year, are years ahead of the Falcons in what is supposed to be their best shot at winning something as simple as a playoff game.

So, next season its back to the drawing board, but now they are behind the 8 ball, because while they were sleeping behind the wheel, Tampa is on the rise and the Saints are in their prime.

The Falcons will forever be the laugh of the NFL, no matter how many quick slants are thrown by the “Check Down King”

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Rope, thanks.

I should be “band” for what I’m thinking about this “Choke” idiot.

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“CHOKE’s” theme-song:

If I Only Had a Brain.

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Falcon Jim

December 25th, 2010
1:09 pm
What I think about this “CHOKE” guy would be considered a hate crime……………

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In case you didn’t know – a band plays musical instruments

Secondly, he complains he was banned because of racists on D-Led blog

“Pot meet kettle”……….. ha ha ha.

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Falcon Jim sounds like another ignorant falcon fan, nothing but a classless piece of trash you ignorant moron. After we beat the pigeons monday night what will you say then Pigeon Jim

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RODDY WHITE LIVES IIN THE WHITE HOUSE ,AND IT’S ABOUT TIME SOMEONE SAID WHAT EVERY FALCON FAN FEEL’S! TO SAINTS LAST YEAR IS OVER,AND LAST TIME I CHECKED WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY MEANS VERY LITTLE! GO RODDY GO FALCONS, THE 2010 FALCON’S ARE AWESOME!

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The worst thing about playing the Taints is it brings out their classless, brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked, half-witted, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, out to lunch, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, thick-headed, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless, apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless fans.

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Hey Pigeon Jim after the your overrated team loses monday night what will you say then idiot

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One idiot cajun and “America has spoken?”

This Pigeon Fan doesn’t have a brain at all, Dude do you know the Who Dat nation will be in full force in Atlanta monday moron

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Who DAT

just eat $h!+ and die……………

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Who Dat nation in full force:

BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH ! !

WHAT A FRIGGIN JOKE ! !

HA HA HA HA…………

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Taints record:

Total 275-378-5 5-6 in Post Season play

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Falcon Jim

December 25th, 2010
2:55 pm
Who Dats,

Don’t forget your bags. You will need them Monday.

You will handle them at the airport

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Falcon Jim

December 25th, 2010
3:02 pm
Taints record:

Total 275-378-5 5-6 in Post Season play

And ONE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONSHIP, how many do the Pigeons have?

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Falcon Jim

December 25th, 2010
2:49 pm
Who DAT

just eat $h!+ and die……………

Great comeback from an idiot

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who dat was fin butt he got a small peter

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I’m sorry Falcon Jim. If Seen This B4 says so, than you ARE better than me.

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I’m just a lonely little guy with pimples and glasses and fat with no girl friend. Mo was right. I’m leaving and NEVER coming back. And you are right, I wouldn’t have the guts to come back on here after we lose to the Falcons.

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I’ve been looking for this Who Dat guy. I’m going to put him away for a long time.

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Sheriff Dick Enhan

December 25th, 2010
3:19 pm
I’ve been looking for this Who Dat guy. I’m going to put him away for a long time.

Wow I am so scared

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Pepe Le Pew

December 25th, 2010
3:20 pm
Who Dat smells like me…………………

And so does your mom

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Seen This B4

December 25th, 2010
3:10 pm
Leave my friend Falcon Jim alone. He has more class in his little finger than all of “Who Dat.”

I know you and Pigeon Jim have LOVE for each other

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This Who Dat guy sure is a stupid fock.

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Starting to see a LOT more Falcon’s gear out in the city. Exciting time to be living in Atlanta. Merry Christmas, everyone, and enjoy all the snow. Go Falcons!

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@ Choker

Why are you copying and pasting that garbage on our blog! Can someone please block him.

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I am a loser, and our Aints nation do not have a blog, because someone stole it.

I live in Atlanta, because I have warrants in NO.FEMA is looking for me for filing a false claim.

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I’d band this Who Dat Nation guy.

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I’d knock-out this Who Dat guy.

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Saints fans have stink-foot.

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SUPERBOWL FACT:

Since the creation of the NFC South, the Falcons is the only team not to make it to the superbowl.

Elite I tell ya

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Only in Atlanta would their delusional fans prefer to have 3 back-to-back winning seasons, over winning a superbowl

Say what you like about the Saints, but they have one and the Falcons never will – with CHOKE that is

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This “Choke” guy is an ignoramus.

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Here we are, and I’m here to tell you, “Choke” is indubitably the most ignominious individual on this blog.

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This is one big f__king game coming up.

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Don’t forget the Atlanta Knights, Turner Cup Champions!

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You have two kind of people in sports, you have the guy that is a competitor, like Matt Ryan, and then you have the guy that just watches sports, like Matt “CHOKE” Ryan. Matt CHOKE Ryan probably played for his daddy when he did play or he wouldn’t have played at all. I am so thankful that the real Matt Ryan is a Falcon and man has he made some spectacular throws this year. Good Luck Falcons!

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You cannot out smart Matt “Choke” Ryan, like Roddy White you can only hope to contain him,,, aside from being the copy and paste KING OF THE WORLD,,, he also has those stupid little smily face things,,, how can you compete with that…

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Considering how the city almost completely shuts down with just a flurry, turnout for tomorrow’s rally and game will be a true testament to how many die-hard fans the Falcons have. Sure hope they come, if not I want their tickets.

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Matt i hope you do not have to choke your comments…do not know what will happen Mon. …do know we beat the Saints…a great team by the way on their home field..let’s see who sounds delusional on this blog me or you

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behind..buy you a paper tom choke on it and check the current standings

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I got a ryhme for you stick your head where the sun does not shine…dam…I do not think that ryhmes

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beautiful Kath….

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Falcons will do what is in their DNA….LOSE

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Matt “CHOKE” Ryan is……=…….Seen This Before.

What’s wrong with you? ? ?

His attacks. The verbal pattern. The Hate. The ludicrousness.

Common……this is THE …………Seen.

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Katrina, Life kinda sucks for you now, eah?

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Katrina……………Seen……………….CHOKE,

Give it up man. Just give it up.

Your mom has some Christmas cookies upstairs.

Have some egg-nog (with maybe a shot if momma will let you.)

Enjoy the games tomorrow and get ready to cry Monday night…………………

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I’m really starting to lose faith in you “Choke”,,, at least Joe Tess Fish House is consistently funny,, damn

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Rope,

It’s Christmas, man. We can’t be cussing. But don’t you think this “CHOKE” character is “Seen?”

This is SO funny. The more things change, the more they stay the same. I miss Joe Tess. (He was “Seen’s” best character. )

F.J.

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Rope, cool. Again, Seen’s best character.

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To answer your question Jim,, yes,, all one in the same,, I think they’re on the payroll,,, and if they are not they should be,,,,,, I mean really,,, thats like a full time job,

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Yup, Rope. Honesty gets you nowhere. Ignorance, these days, opens all the doors.

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Its ok,, I will be here until they Band me,,, fighting the good fight,, now lets kick some Aint A@@,, and continue the process,,,
Go Falcons!!

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GEAUX SAINTS GEAUX!!!

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I think that I read somewhere that Saints fans were offended by Roddy White’s comments this week. Really? You mean it hurt the who dats iddy biddy feelings? The same who dats that talk more smack than any other group of talkers other than Phillies fans? Wow, imagine that.

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This match-up Monday night is gearing up to be a classic.

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Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith is GOOD.

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Wow, I actually saw a person use a derision not used since the late 80’s! Seriously, why were you folks on here deriding each other on a perfectly good day off yesterday?

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JSS,,, I’m a big fan of late 80’s Derision,,, could you be more specific.

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JSS………….wow.

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Anyone hear of the Atlanta Dream?! Conference champions after only 3 years as a franchise? Oh, and rookie of the year Angel McCoughtry? Yeah, they are pretty good too!

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@ Dream Fan…
Yep, got my tickets for the season opener on June 5th vs the Liberty… Jeff Schultz is anti-WNBA; he won’t say anything good about them… The women sport bashers will come out the wood works now… “Believe in the Dream,” they actually win playoff games!

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Do you mean “whine” like we are exposed to daily by the “Southern natives” who come on here and brag about “6-6″ juggernauts and “We Run This State” (maybe because they never leave this State)? Seriously, do you really want to go there?

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That be right, Jim.

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I stick by what I said. And I’m nobody’s “son.” Old and parents dead.

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And I’ll say it again: “what they did when they had a choice to do better.” It’s is your choice to keep harping that myth that someone is showing bigotry towards “White Southerners.” There is no greater fallacy remaining on our landscape… Enjoy that lonely view, the rest of the World is sweeping past on the way to the 22nd century…

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Just think, where would the Hawks be if I was their coach….

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born in 65……

15 years later…UGA won the ncaa championship in football.

15 years later…the Braves won the world series.

Well Falcons….guess what? its 15 years later.

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