Saints gone, Vick gone and Falcons ready to defend turf
Brent Grimes (20) and William Moore are two reasons for the Falcons' improved defense.
The New Orleans Saints are gone. Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles are gone.
Can you do without the drama? Thought so.
The Falcons’ first opponent of this postseason will be Green Bay. That hardly qualifies as an easy draw. At the outset of this season, many considered the Packers the best team in the NFC. But with the potential of Vick returning to the Georgia Dome in two weeks (nobody really relished that scenario) and the possibility of a third game against division rival New Orleans (were you really hoping for a showdown game against the defending Super Bowl champions?), this was as good a scenario as the Falcons could have hoped for.
They will be at home. They have had a week off. They will be facing a Green Bay team coming off a physical and emotional win and playing in a short week.
If you wonder whether the Falcons are good enough to beat Green Bay, maybe you’ve forgotten that they beat this team in November 20-17 at the Georgia Dome, when the defense wasn’t nearly as good as it is now.
Goodbye, Saints. Goodbye, Vick.
Now it’s just about football for the Falcons and trying to remember what postseason success feels like. When they play the Packers Saturday night at the Dome, it will be six years to the day of their last postseason victory — a 47-17 dismembering of the St. Louis Rams (Jan. 15, 2005). The following week, they lost the NFC title game at Philadelphia.
Then came the slide, then the misery, then the cataclysm.
It’s there for them. They are rested and they have the advantage of playing on their home turf, where they’re 20-4 since their rebirth in 2008 and quarterback Matt Ryan is 20-2.
It’s worth noting that when the Falcons defeated Green Bay in November, wide receiver Roddy White proclaimed: “I have no plans of going to Lambeau Field in January. I plan on staying right here and sleeping in my own bed in the playoffs.”
So let’s see where their own beds and climate controlled temperatures take them.
The path to a Super Bowl is there. That’s not just because the Falcons have a smart and efficient quarterback in Ryan, a game-changer in White and a versatile offense that prefers to pound the ball with Michael Turner. It’s because of a defense that nobody talks about.
This isn’t a game of real estate; it’s a game of points. The Falcons’ defense ranked only 16th in yards allowed during the regular season and 22nd against the pass. But they finished fifth in scoring defense at 18 points per game. In the final seven games of the regular season, the Falcons allowed 17, 17, 24, 10, 18, 17 and 10 points.
Has anybody noticed that?
Jack Tatum, the former Oakland Raiders safety, once proudly declared, “I like to think my best hits border on felonious assault.” (Worth mentioning: If Tatum played in Roger Goodell’s NFL, he would be jailed merely for thinking of inflicting harm.)
The Falcons’ defense doesn’t remind you of Tatum. They seem less a felonious assault squad than they do a bunch of sneaky pick-pockets.
We just watched the New Orleans Saints give up 41 points to the Seattle Seahawks. They’re out. So is Kansas City, which allowed 30 points to a pedestrian Baltimore offense. So are the Eagles, who finished 21st in scoring defense and couldn’t stop Rodgers and the Packers when they needed to
The Falcons’ defense hasn’t necessarily been some impenetrable force. But more often than not, it has made plays to win games or hold leads.
Defensive end John Abraham, from start to finish, has been the team’s best defensive player (the numbers: 13 sacks, one forced fumble, his first career interception). But the biggest difference of late is that the secondary no longer resembles scattering ants. Cornerback Brent Grimes and safety William Moore — who spent most of his rookie season on a training table – each have five interceptions. They’re two of the big reasons the lampooning has stopped.
“We know Abe has been a productive guy,” defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder said. “Those two [Grimes and Moore] really have been the next two guys in terms of lively production. Grimes really has a comfort this year playing corner in the NFL. His growth has been unbelievable. It’s been fun to watch. William makes mistakes but his interceptions and his impact in tackling are evident.”
They’re better now than the last time they played the Packers. The Saints are gone. Vick is gone. So let’s see where this road takes them.
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Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
12:57 am
“I just don’t understand what there is about MV to cheer? The fact that he obliterated a team that had had his back from day one? The fact that he stabbed an owner in the back while lying to him after said owner paid him over $100 million? The fact that he was lazy and uncoachable in his time with Atlanta but decides that he better actually try to become a QB when he goes off to the hated Eagles? ”
Sure, they had his back when it came to signing him to the contract. They certainly never had his back when it came to providing him with teammates and coaches who would have allowed his talent to develop.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
12:58 am
(continued because the blog monster keeps eating my post)
The Falcons hired a head coach whose defensive units had never ranked in the top 10, a defensive coordinator whose claim to fame was 4th and 26, an offensive coordinator who rode the coattails of Steve Young to create his reputation, and a GM who took the credit for building the championship Tampa Bay team when in reality his understudy Tim Ruskell was the real brains behind the operation.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
12:58 am
(continued because the blog monster keeps eating my post)
The Falcons hired a head coach whose defenses had never ranked in the top 10, a defensive coordinator whose claim to fame was 4th and 26…
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
12:59 am
(continued again)
…an offensive coordinator who rode the coattails of Steve Young to create his reputation, and a GM who took the credit for building the championship Tampa Bay team when in reality his understudy Tim Ruskell was the real brains behind the operation.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
1:00 am
(continued again)
…an O coordinator who was only hired because he pretended to have been the brains behind Steve Young’s development even though he only coached him for the last three years of his career, and a GM who took the credit for building the championship Tampa Bay team when in reality his understudy Tim Ruskell was the real brains behind the operation.
jhughes
January 10th, 2011
1:00 am
najeh i know you are a knowledgeable fan from the hawks boards but i cant quite understand where your coming from in defending vick i get that you like theguy as a player but you act like he was a hall of famer here. he wasnt. he was an inconsistent player he showed flashes of greatness but on his biggest stages he tended to choke. i remember when he was here i had this constant hope that the light would turn on with him but it never completely did
ijonathan
January 10th, 2011
1:00 am
Najeh, true point on the coaches, especially Knapp. If ever there was a quarterback who shouldn’t be put in a quick-read, gimmicky modified option West Coast (or whatever the hell Knapp was running) it was Vick.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
1:01 am
(continued again)
At no point during Vick’s time here did they ever draft an offensive lineman higher than the 5th round to let him stay on his feet. At no point did they bother bringing in a kicker who could kick a field goal longer than 40 yards (which DIRECTLY led to the Falcons missing the playoffs in 2005). At no point did they bring in a running back like Michael Turner who could convert short yardage opportunities. At no point did they ever realize the plainly obvious fact that you can’t have a defensive line smaller than every opposing offensive line without expecting them to wear down over the course of the season.
Chea
January 10th, 2011
1:01 am
1. Vick was blamed for the Falcons failures under Mora. Unfairly.
2. I was trying not to violate Jeff’s rule about race on these boards. But I’ll explain. Vick’s success helps “refudiate” the pervasive nonsense spewed about black people and black qbs on the regular. The kind of nonsense that contributed to Warren Moon going undrafted.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
1:02 am
Sorry I had to split that post up… for some reason it wouldn’t let me post the whole thing at once.
5150 P.O.A.D.
January 10th, 2011
1:02 am
ijonathan
the NFL(The MAN) was just trying to keep W. Moon down by not drafting him. VICK was blamed for a water bottle to hide pot, for Ron Mexico, for Dog Killing, for not taking his 100 Million Dollar job serisouly, for lieing to Mr Blank. Mike Vick was perfect. He was/is not the Ghetto trash we now know he was when he played in Atlanta. It was all lies the MAN made up. Mike paid his debt. Well, he still MILLIONS to his creditors b ut he spent some time in jail so it is all good now.
jhughes
January 10th, 2011
1:03 am
…an O coordinator who was only hired because he pretended to have been the brains behind Steve Young’s development even though he only coached him for the last three years of his career, and a GM who took the credit for building the championship Tampa Bay team when in reality his understudy Tim Ruskell was the real brains behind the operation.
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That wasnt his problem this year although yes gregg knapp is a TERRIBLE offensive coordinator
Once "Recent" Reader
January 10th, 2011
1:03 am
OK my last post must have been too long. Just got back on blog after watching alma mater BC lose to Nevada. Terrible Off showing, but great Def showing by BC. Now to the discussion about rooting for opposing players. I could have a big dilemna if Pats/Falcons meet in SB – which is a dilemna I’d love to have. As a Mass. native and original/long time Pats fan, I’ve come to the realization I will root for the Falcs!! That is due to the time and effort I’ve put into defending my fellow alum M. Ryan. I know the only way to “sort of” silence his detractors is for a SB win . . .which I think is ridiculous. So am I a bad fan?? Maybe, but really not a bandwagoneer as I have liked Falcs for many years, even more so now with Ryan. Plus – if I was a real bandwagoneer . . I think I’d be sticking with Pats. So guess what . ..like the fans here who root for other teams because of Vick, I root more passionately now for Falcs over Pats because of Ryan.
Eric
January 10th, 2011
1:04 am
Najeh, you can’t blame Mora & Co for Vick’s shortcomings. He admitted that he was obstinate and had no desire to improve his game. He would have ended up the same way with ANY coach at the time. The only reason he did well with Reid is because he had NO CHANCES LEFT and he knew it. This was his one last shot to reclaim his life and he finally took the game seriously. That shows desperation, not character. If he ever does get another huge payday that will be the end. Mark it down.
Once "Recent" Reader
January 10th, 2011
1:04 am
OK my last post must have been too long. Just got back on blog after watching alma mater BC lose to Nevada. Now to the discussion about rooting for opposing players. I could have a big dilemna if Pats/Falcons meet in SB – which is a dilemna I’d love to have. As a Mass. native and Pats fan, I’ve come to the realization I will root for the Falcs!! This due to the time and effort I’ve put into defending my fellow alum M. Ryan. I know the only way to “sort of” silence his detractors is for a SB win . . .which I think is ridiculous. So am I a bad fan?? Maybe, but really not a bandwagoneer as I have liked Falcs for many years, even more so now with Ryan. Plus – if I was a real bandwagoneer I think I’d be sticking with Pats. So like the fans here who root for other teams because of Vick, I root more passionately now for Falcs over Pats because of Ryan.
ijonathan
January 10th, 2011
1:05 am
So Chea, what you are saying is that part of the reason you root for Vick is because he is black?
jhughes
January 10th, 2011
1:05 am
knapp is offensive coordinator for the houstan texans i think that is probably why shaub regressed but he was still solid
Once "Recent" Reader
January 10th, 2011
1:05 am
OK my last post must have been too long. Just got back on blog after watching alma mater BC lose to Nevada. Now to the discussion about rooting for opposing players. I could have a big dilemna if Pats/Falcons meet in SB – which is a dilemna I’d love to have. As a Mass. native and Pats fan, I’ve come to the realization I will root for the Falcs!! This due to the time and effort I’ve put into defending my fellow alum M. Ryan. I know the only way to quiet his detractors is for a SB win, which I think is ridiculous. So am I a bad fan? Maybe, but not a bandwagoneer as I have liked Falcs for many years, even more so now with Ryan. Plus – if I was a real bandwagoneer I think I’d be sticking with Pats. So like the fans here who root for other teams because of Vick, I root more passionately now for Falcs over Pats because of Ryan.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
1:05 am
“You love both your parents right? I will bet you love one parent a lil more. If you have more than 1 child you love them all, but you love 1 more. I love college football and Tech. I want all the Tech players to do well in the pros, but I would never wear their pro jersey from another team to the DOME when they play the Falcons. Do you Cheer for Brooking and Dallas? Brooking is from GA. played at Tech, and then wanted nothing more than to be a FALCON for life. Do you have his jersey? Would you wear it to the Dome like you want to with your Vick jersey?”
I didn’t know other people pick sides between their parents and children. Doesn’t sound very healthy to me.
I have Vick, Brian McCann, Jason Heyward, Joe Johnson, and Al Horford’s jerseys hanging in my closet. I wear whichever one I feel like on any given day. Sometimes I wear the Vick jersey to the Hawks game. Sometimes I wear one of the Hawks jerseys to the Braves game. Just depends on what I feel like.
I like Brooking. I think he gets a bad rap among Falcons fans for blowing the coverage in the 2008 playoffs. The man played out of position most of his career, and the genius coaches and GMs the Falcons had never bothered to get him a DT who could occupy blockers and allow him to make more plays.
Once "Recent" Reader
January 10th, 2011
1:06 am
Posts not getting through. Just got back on blog after watching alma mater BC lose to Nevada. Now to the discussion about rooting for opposing players. II’d have a big dilemna if Pats/Falcons meet in SB – which is a dilemna I’d love to have. As a Mass. native and Pats fan, I’ve come to the realization I will root for the Falcs!! This due to the time and effort I’ve put into defending my fellow alum M. Ryan. I know the only way to quiet his detractors is for a SB win, which I think is ridiculous. So am I a bad fan? Maybe, but not a bandwagoneer as I have liked Falcs for many years, even more so now with Ryan. Plus – if I was a real bandwagoneer I think I’d be sticking with Pats. So like the fans here who root for other teams because of Vick, I root more passionately now for Falcs over Pats because of Ryan.
Chea
January 10th, 2011
1:07 am
“So Chea, what you are saying is that part of the reason you root for Vick is because he is black?”
Yes.
Once "Recent" Reader
January 10th, 2011
1:08 am
Posts not getting through. Just got back on blog after watching alma mater BC lose to Nevada. Now to the discussion about rooting for opposing players. I’d have a big dilemna if Pats/Falcons meet in SB – which is a dilemna I’d love to have. As a Mass. native and Pats fan, I’ve come to the realization I will root for the Falcs!! This due to the time/effort I’ve put into defending my fellow BC alum M. Ryan. I know the only way to quiet detractors is for a SB win, which I think is ridiculous. So am I a bad Pats fan? Maybe, but not a bandwagoneer as I have liked Falcs for many years, even more so now with Ryan. Plus – if I was a real bandwagoneer I think I’d be sticking with Pats. So like the fans here who root for other teams because of Vick, I root more passionately now for Falcs over Pats because of Ryan.
Eric
January 10th, 2011
1:10 am
“At no point did they bring in a running back like Michael Turner who could convert short yardage opportunities.”
I take it you forgot about T.J. Duckett?
Nobody is saying Vick didn’t have the potential to be great. The problem I have with him is that he sat on his ass and wasted his talent in Atlanta only to burn all of us in the end while going on to the Eagles and finally becoming the QB he should have been here. If you can’t understand why that hurts us Flacons fans then I don’t know what to tell you….
Once "Recent" Reader
January 10th, 2011
1:11 am
Hope this gets through. Just watched alma mater BC lose to Nevada. Oh well. I could have a dilemna if Falcs/Pats meet in the SB. Longtime Pats fan from Mass, but I’ve come to realization I’ll be pulling for Falcs. Why? Well after all the time/effort put into defending fellow BC alum Ryan, I know the best and maybe only way to quiet his detractors will be with SB win. I think it is ridiculous that only that difficult feat will do it, but so be it. So am I a bad Pats fan? Maybe. But not a Falcon bandwagoneer, as I think most would say the Pats bandwagon is currently the one to hitch on.
Once "Recent" Reader
January 10th, 2011
1:11 am
testing
ijonathan
January 10th, 2011
1:11 am
Najeh, are you forgetting Grady Jackson and Rod Coleman at DTs? Not Hall of Famers, but you could have done a lot worse. I think you went a bit overboard in your recollection of history to explain Vick and Brooking shortcomings.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
1:12 am
“Najeh, you can’t blame Mora & Co for Vick’s shortcomings.”
Yes, I absolutely can. Vick was developing pretty solidly as a passer in 2002 under Dan Reeves and looked improved in the ‘03 preseason. He put up a higher passer rating that year than Sam Bradford did this year or Matt Ryan did last year. Of course he broke his leg in the ‘03 preseason, sat out most of that year, and when he came back in ‘04, the Moron/Knapp regime had been installed, and Vick’s development as a passer stalled as a result. Didn’t stop him from making plenty of great plays through the air, but it’s hard to have any consistency passing when the coach is making you roll out and run sideways before every throw. If he “didn’t work hard” when Moron was the coach, presumably he didn’t work hard when Reeves was here either, so what is the explanation for him putting up better passing numbers under Reeves?
Like I’ve pointed out before, everything Mora and Knapp have touched has turned to sewage in their NFL careers. Jim Mora Sr. tried to take the blame off his son by calling Vick a coach killer. Well, Vick just made Andy Reid and Marty “We’ll Take The Wind” Mornhinweg look like geniuses, while Matt Hasselbeck and Matt Schaub have seen their numbers take a hit as soon as Knapp joined them.
Statesburr
January 10th, 2011
1:13 am
How could you be happy with Vicks performance as a Falcons player..in Mikes last 15 games as a Falcon he failed to throw a touchdown pass in each of those games in the 4th qtr. He failed to rally his team or put the other team away…
If it is a race issue, why not pull for Garrard in Jax… Campbell in Oakland… etc as strongly on this blog. Those that make it a race issue have it so wrong…if you ever played the game you know that during the season you could care less what color your teammates are
Once "Recent" Reader
January 10th, 2011
1:14 am
Wow, so hard to get comments to go through. Well, I’ve been trying to say as an original Pats fan, if they meet the Falcs in SB, I’m pulling for Falcs. This is because of the time/effort I have put into defending fellow BC alum M Ryan. It seems the only way his detractors will be “quieted” is with a Falcon SB win. Kind of silly that is what it will take, but so be it. Am I a bad fan? A bandwagon fan? Well, I guess the bandwagon most are jumping on is the Pats. I’ve always liked the Falcs, and even more so with Ryan. So someone can be a fan of a player as well as another team.
ijonathan
January 10th, 2011
1:14 am
Well Chea, thanks for your honesty. To the degree that African Americans in Atlanta feel the same, that certainly explains some of the attachment to Vick. Not shocking I know, but many people seem to take great pains to deny that it has nothing to do with race (either for the love or hate of Vick). Thanks.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
1:14 am
“Najeh, are you forgetting Grady Jackson and Rod Coleman at DTs? Not Hall of Famers, but you could have done a lot worse. I think you went a bit overboard in your recollection of history to explain Vick and Brooking shortcomings.”
Big Grady didn’t come here until a couple of games into the ‘06 season. Rod Coleman was good, but he was an A-gap DT whose game was more suited to penetrating the line of scrimmage than occupying blockers.
Chea
January 10th, 2011
1:14 am
“He admitted that he was obstinate and had no desire to improve his game.”
People have the tendency to say things like that when they are trying to present themselves as reborn. You don’t get to be that good an athlete without enjoying sport and trying to get better. Vick’s coaches and front-office here put him in a situation that wasn’t too enjoyable.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
1:18 am
“I take it you forgot about T.J. Duckett?”
How many short yardage opportunities did he convert after Moron and Knapp instituted their zone blocking scheme? Duckett was drafted for Dan Reeves’ scheme, and he did pretty well there. Then Moron took over, Duckett saw fewer touches, and didn’t do a whole lot with the touches he did see. Falcons cut him after the ‘05 season.
Falcon Fan
January 10th, 2011
1:19 am
@ Chea, Earlier you said “And that, Dirty Birds, is why ATL still supports Vick”.
Please don’t paint with such a broad brush. I am sure there are many Atlanta Falcon fans in Atlanta who don’t support Vick, and wouldn’t dream of going to the Dome and cheering for him against the Falcons.
Falcon Jim
January 10th, 2011
1:19 am
Great gogalimugali.
Eric
January 10th, 2011
1:19 am
Chea, you’re basically saying that Vick is a liar and a fraud, which is kind of “par for the course” when talking about MV7….
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
1:20 am
“I’m not making this stuff up Najeh. Vick himself admitted to not working on his game when in Atlanta. I don’t care who the hell the coach is, if the player doesn’t give a $&$% he will never be great…”
I know you’re not making this stuff up. I saw the interview, too, where he said that. You’re misrepresenting what he said. He said he didn’t study film like he should have. Big difference between that and not caring. If he didn’t care he wouldn’t have taken the insane number of hits he took or played through injury over and over again.
Eric
January 10th, 2011
1:21 am
The Falcons did NOT cut Duckett, they traded him to Washington for Ashley Lelie (in a 3 team deal with Denver). Duckett continued to play a huge role in scoring short-yardage TD’s throughout his Falcons career….
Steve
January 10th, 2011
1:23 am
Actually, after Seattle won the best scenario we could have hoped for was Philly beating Green Bay. That would have left the Falcons against the #4 seed Seattle. A game I would have felt MUCH more comfortable with than Green Bay, who may be the best team in the NFC right now.
It would also have meant Chicago would have a tougher game. I think they will beat Seattle, but you never know. I would have preferred they played and beat Philly while the Falcons beat the Saints. I think Chicago and Seattle were the two weakest teams coming into the playoffs and now they get to play each other.
Of course, IF the Falcons beat the Packers .. the NFC Championship game won’t include a team with some sort of personal grudge against us. That could be a good thing.
Great to see Vick implode the last few weeks against good defenses. Spent the first part of his so-called MVP year beating 6 or 7 defenses in the bottom half of the league. As I predicted, when the going got tough, Vick lost. Great player. Flashy player. His style can be hard to stop, but he just gets too beat up having to play a few tough defenses in a row and you can tell the difference. Kolb wins that game tonight .. bet on it.
Eric
January 10th, 2011
1:24 am
Thats not all he said in that interview and you know it. The overall tone of if was that he was a legend in his own mind and didn’t think he needed to learn anything. History proved him wrong. It wasn’t until he started listening to guys like Reid and Mornhinweg that he finally started to “get it”…
Najeh Davenpoop
January 10th, 2011
1:26 am
“i cant quite understand where your coming from in defending vick i get that you like theguy as a player but you act like he was a hall of famer here. he wasnt.”
Never said he was a Hall of Famer here or that he would have been. Just saying that he and the team would have enjoyed a lot more success with a half-decent coaching staff.
“he was an inconsistent player he showed flashes of greatness but on his biggest stages he tended to choke. ”
He led the Falcons to the first ever win for an opposing QB at Lambeau Field. He made it to the NFC Championship Game in his 2nd full season. He had two playoff wins at age 24. He had the Superman game when he “flew” into the end zone for the tie against Carolina on MNF. Not exactly “choking”.
ijonathan
January 10th, 2011
1:27 am
Najeh, there is a HUGE difference. You can argue he played and took those hits because he cared for the PAYCHECK (you know, to fund his “entourage” and his “activities”). But, he didn’t put in any EXTRA effort that would have paid off in a higher likelihood of winning, benefitting his teammates and the fans, the owners, etc.
For that, Blank can be blamed somewhat for throwing 100+ million at him.
All Vick had to do was pull out 2-3 super athletic plays a game, keep all of his sycophants at the dome happy, and there was no way anyone on the Falcons would dare question him.
He had it good.
At least, that is one way to look at it.
Eric
January 10th, 2011
1:28 am
Anyway, I’d like to get back to the Falcons. You didn’t respond to my points earlier about the Atl/NO game on Monday night. It is my contention that the Falcons dominated the entire game and just got gassed defensively at the end. Not to mention uncharacteristic turnovers, ultra conservative coaching, and a lack of urgency. The Falcons win that game if it was a do-or-die situation, but they had the #1 seed locked up with a victory against the worst team in the NFL the next week. No need to to tip their hand so to speak…
Chea
January 10th, 2011
1:30 am
“His style can be hard to stop, but he just gets too beat up having to play a few tough defenses.”
Steve, you do realize that there are highly paid players on NFL teams whose main job is to keep the QB from getting beat up. Philly’s unit was never up to that task, and that was one of the main reasons Reid went with Vick over Kolb. Not only because Vick can salvage an offense with woeful protection, but also because he’s one of the toughest players in sport, and gets up repeatedly after taking hard hits.
5150 P.O.A.D.
January 10th, 2011
1:30 am
Chea
Rid’n 4 doors deep with his peep to all da best clubs on 24″ DUBs. Smokin’ the finest weed. Shak’n off on the hod rat fleas while they crawled at his knees. Come on … Please.
That was MV7’s life while he was a Falcon getting the BESTest MOSTest MONEY in Da NFL. Mike thought he was BIGGER than the game. REAL Team players are STUDENTS of the game and that was not a VICK strength. EVERY GENERAL and Military Leader studies the Tactics of famous leaders. Vick studies the ATL map to the Clubs and the places his POSSE wanted to live large. GEN. PATTON was a SOB too but he knew how to eat Rommel’s azz on the battle field because he studies tactics. R.E. Lee was the same. Vick is more like CUSTER and believed in his overblown persona in Atlanta.
UGABugKiller
January 10th, 2011
1:30 am
So basically, Mr. Poop and the other DogKilla Lovers refuse to even take the DogKilla at his own words:
“I was LAZY.”
“You know man, last one in, first one out”
“I didn’t try hard in practice.”
“I didn’t watch film”
“I didn’t work with my receivers.”
No one knows how much a dumpster fire Knapp & Mora were / are.
But for you DogKilla Lovers sufferring from battered wife syndrome, even when the man himself TELLS you he didn’t try hard enough, he treated his job in Atlanta like a joke, that he was entitled and didn’t care enough to do his best, unlike how Matt Ryan has done with his short time in Atlanta…
… even when the DogKilla TELLS you how much of a screw-up, lazy-@ss fool he was in Atlanta, YOU STILL WON’T BLAME HIM!!!
You people are SICK.
DogKilla fans invade our Dome, and we fall back. They assimilate whole blogs, and we fall back.
Not again! The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!
And I will make them PAY for what they’ve done!!!
jhughes
January 10th, 2011
1:32 am
He led the Falcons to the first ever win for an opposing QB at Lambeau Field. He made it to the NFC Championship Game in his 2nd full season. He had two playoff wins at age 24. He had the Superman game when he “flew” into the end zone for the tie against Carolina on MNF. Not exactly “choking”.
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Im not saying he didnt have his moments..the lambeau game was great the but kicking he gave st lious in th eplayoffs was nice dont get me wrong… what im talking about is losing to philly twice in the playoffs losing back to back weeks against the browns and the lions the year we started 5 -2 or 4-1 and finshed 8-8 i think or 7-9
Eric
January 10th, 2011
1:33 am
Meanwhile, Atlanta’s defense has come on strong of late. They stifled Brees making him very uncomfortable. They also did a good job against Freeman and Hasselbeck. Grimes has turned into a bonafide game-changer and Abe has come on really strong. Why is it that nobody is mentioning any of this stuff and instead acting like the No. 6 seed Packers will waltz into the Dome and beat a team that has already beaten them?
ijonathan
January 10th, 2011
1:35 am
Eric, don’t you know? Aaron Rodgers has a really quick release and a strong arm. And Clay Mathews has huge guns and long hair.
Eric
January 10th, 2011
1:35 am
Nice “ST: First Contact” reference Bugkilla!