‘Explosive’ Falcons just opened season with a dud
What do they say about a picture telling a story? This one of Matt Ryan explains Falcons' day.
CHICAGO – When the Falcons said they wanted to get more explosive this season, did they mean like Wile E. Coyote explosive?
They said the intent was to open up the offense. Stretch defenses. They said they wanted to get more aggressive on defense. Pressure opposing quarterbacks. Let it fly, baby. Light the fuse. Problem is, when you don’t follow your own directions, it’s easy to inadvertently wire your big toe to the ACME dynamite kit. Then when you push the plunger on the season opener . . .
Boom!
The Falcons opened the season Sunday. Three hours later, all the remained was a pile of ashes.
Chicago Bears 30, Falcons 12. How’s that for your potential Super Bowl team? Instead of giving you a reason to forget their 48-21 playoff loss to Green Bay last January, the Falcons succeeded only in extending the hangover. They have been outscored in their last two games by 45 points.
And about that 0-4 record in the preseason. Maybe it’s not so meaningless after all.
“Stunned is an understatement,” linebacker Mike Peterson said.
“This isn’t what we planned on — it was awful,” Roddy White said.
It was worse than that. It was inexcusable.
Was all that talk about explosiveness just lip service? This was a season opener. This game followed months of hearing coaches, players and the front office talking about the need for wows and pyrotechnics on both sides of the ball. The Falcons traded a blur of draft picks so they could move up to draft wide receiver Julio Jones. They snagged defensive end Ray Edwards in free agency. They talked a big game.
But when the gates open, they pressed the trigger and a flag saying, “Bang!” popped out. The Bears didn’t play dead.
Many Falcons players chose to credit Chicago’s defense for playing a strong game and taking away the deep threat. But quarterback Matt Ryan and offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey seldom left the impression they were in attack mode. Ryan never threw deep. Never. He says he thought about it several times but there was nothing there. Ryan also committed two horrific mistakes — an interception by Brian Urlacher, which led to a second-quarter touchdown when the game was still 3-3, and fumbling in the third quarter, leading to an Urlacher return for another score.
Ryan also was hoping to leave his Green Bay playoff performance behind him. This didn’t help. He has five turnovers and one touchdown pass in his last two games.
The Falcons didn’t just look bad. They self-destructed. They did things that good teams, let alone Super Bowl contenders, never should do. The defense missed tackles, took bad angles on plays and blew coverages. They turned Jay Cutler (312 yards, two touchdowns) into Sid Luckman. They introduced Roy Williams, who got drop-kicked out of Dallas, to relevancy.
They were beat physically. Chicago defense may be good but it’s hardly Monsters, redux. This isn’t 1941 or 1985.
Offensively, the Falcons looked and played timid. They lined up White on one side, Jones on the other, and Tony Gonzalez and Harry Douglas between the two, as advertised. Then they cowered. Chicago often dropped eight players into coverage and taking away the deep ball. But don’t great players and great coaches adjust? They make plays. Instead, we were subjected to four quarters of check-downs.
Coach Mike Smith acknowledged the poor performance but he tried to temper concerns with, “Let’s not say the sky is falling.”
Gonzalez also sought to calm the masses.
“People outside the organization are going to push the panic button,” he said. “They’re going to think, ‘Oh my God. Overhyped. Over this. Over that. You know what? They’re full of it. If you want to think that, go ahead. Maybe it sells papers. Maybe it gives people something to talk about. But it’s one game. We’ve got the players to do something special. We just have to go out next week and play better. And we will next week, I guarantee it.”
Nobody should doubt the Falcons can still be a great team. But opening performances like this tend to alter perspectives, especially with Michael Vick and Philadelphia coming to the Georgia Dome next week.
Overhyped? It’s probably too early for such proclamations. But it would at least be nice to see the Falcons attempt what they advertised.
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stendek
September 12th, 2011
10:00 am
As a Falcon follower since game one of the first season I can honestly say it has not been much worse than this! I was so embarrassed after that debacle that I was forced to re-examine the entire season. It was that troublesome! The final score was 30-12 but it seemed more like 60-0. Matthew Ryan transformed into Chris Miller. Michael Turner morphed into Bubba Bean. The defenders could not stay upright long enough to make a tackle even though this gutless effort is far from just a defensive failure. Two dropped interceptions by an untalented bum in the first half who shall remain nameless set the tone for disaster. One of the most nauseating scenes in a day of nauseating scenes took place when Turner broke free but allowed a defender who he had a 15 yard head start on chase him down. Result was no TD. Falcon offense kept Bear EZ virgin. The offense was in the minus points area with two field goals but two Bear TDs. The defense was not that bad. Start with the 30. Subtract six for the defensive score for 24. Subtract 12 more points for the two Bear TDs courtesy of Falcon offense for 12. Should have been 12-12 overtimer. Ryan continues his regression from rookie campaign. Turner better lay off the fast food hamburgers. Defense needs How To Wrap Up When Tackling 101 Primer. OC started out with up tempo offense early. Strange that Falcons slowed things down tremendously offensively after falling behind! Do not think there was an urgency to accomplish anything offensively. Maybe Ryan and company just flat out gave up against the big bad Bear D which the Saints will probably riddle for half a hundred points! Chance to take early division lead wasted. If Falcons fall to 0-2 they will not win South! Best hope at that point will be wild card spot. No certainty there either! Yes. It was that bad!
Ravenlicious
September 12th, 2011
10:03 am
Hey…the decision to trade away the house to move up and draft Jones was a great idea! LOL
Oh, Patty Ice is so overhyped as were the Falcons….
Ray Edwards, the team's major offseason acquistion on defense, had one tackle. ...
September 12th, 2011
10:08 am
Sigh
Ravenlicious
September 12th, 2011
10:14 am
Falcons = lame, boring, overhyped. Packers would beat them 52-7 if they played them today. Ahhh…Falcons as SB pick is hilarious!
JSS
September 12th, 2011
10:16 am
@ Fake True Falcon Fan…
Go to page 10, now read the comment at 8:19AM. Now once you read it, come back and make your jungle comments again… Must stink to be you!
Jacques Strappe
September 12th, 2011
10:26 am
Bad tackling and turnovers should be fixable, but some things….maybe not so easy.
The bad: Same poor (or maybe worse) pass coverage by the secondary
The disappointing: Same dink & dunk offense (but Matt claims he “thought about” throwing the long ball)
The good??: We should set records this year….Matt has already been sacked 5 times vs the 23 for 2010
C’mon guys……you are breaking our hearts. Yes, it is only the first game of the season, and probably the best time to break down if you must do it, but we watched some really good play from other teams also out of the gate this week and we are already starting to get an uncomfortable feeling. Remember RISE UP?? Well…..RISE UP!!
PMC
September 12th, 2011
10:28 am
Meh, at least it happened early this year. They will be blacked out by October.
Ray Edwards, the team's major offseason acquistion on defense, had one tackle. ...
September 12th, 2011
10:35 am
This game was similar to things we saw in preseason. Sure, the preseason does not count, but it is a harbinger to what lies ahead.
North FLA Falcon
September 12th, 2011
10:38 am
I followed the game on “NFL dot com” so I may have a different perspective. Good points: Ryan threw for over 300 years. Turner had 100 yds. First downs and time of poss both very respectable. Abe had a couple sacks. We absolutely STUFFED the run on defense. We have ourselves a punter. We had terrible field position in the first half, on the road … tough to get out of that hole. Bad points: no deep passes. Getting burned on big plays. Poor O-line play. Poor tackling. Really questionable play calling. Ryan looked shaky. We are not a good road team. Big picture: No good solid win since Thanksgiving 2010, vs Baltimore (we have lost 7 of our last 8). Look, the Steelers and Colts got blown out too. The entire NFC South is 0-1. We have a lot to work on but we have some serious deficits on defense, o-line and even with Ryan.
matt
September 12th, 2011
10:41 am
Anyone who wears a Vick Jersey to The game at the Dome is putting there self out there to get smacked down.
ATL Native
September 12th, 2011
10:44 am
My question has always been this for all of Atlanta’s teams??? Where is the marketing dept. for these franchises? Atlanta has and prob. won’t ever truly market it’s players!!! Can anyone name me 8 players, including coaches names on all of Atlanta’s teams?? Watch Michael Vick get more cheers next week than Matt Ryan will! What’s wrong with this picture???
ATL Native
September 12th, 2011
10:46 am
Matt, sorry to break the news to ya, but Atlanta will always love Mike in the Dome, regardless of what the nay sayers think!
PMC
September 12th, 2011
10:49 am
The big difference is that Mike Vick was and is exciting. He has an unbelievable talent that people pay to see.
Matt Ryan simply has no qualities that people pay to see. His intangibles are good. He did a great job making a bad team a decent one. His tangibles aren’t good enough, and it’s obvious.
People still love Mike Vick because the Falcons haven’t won enough to make them stop harping on the past.
JSS
September 12th, 2011
10:53 am
Marketing is not coercion, perception is a powerful position. No amount of banner ads, commercials, old media print ads or billboards is going to change the overriding feeling that the Falcons are now Hall County’s team and no longer the Atlanta Falcons…
Ravenlicious
September 12th, 2011
10:53 am
Matt – the only smack down that will be happening next week is the one Vick will be laying on the Falcons. Look for more of the same from week one. Patty Ice stinking, and the Falcons getting lit up. Vick is going to have a record setting offensive explosion. Patty Ice on the other hand will be slow and make more mistakes.
PMC
September 12th, 2011
10:54 am
Taking what the defense gives you doesn’t work all the time in the NFL. Everyone is good, you have to make plays. The Cover 2 is designed to allow dink and dunk passes. The Bears got massive pressure with the Front 4. The Falcons have decided not to upgrade the massive hole at left tackle. That’s on them. If they want to go down field, they need to find a Left Tackle that can play because Matt Ryan doesn’t have the arm to make plays down field without a perfect foundation. It’s been 4 years. If he had some zip on the ball we could see it. He doesn’t. He can usually be trusted not to make the plays that lose games. In the last two games. Ryan has not put the Falcons in a position to win.
I don’t care if he recognizes every defense on the field. He had better start proving he can do something athletically or we’ll find a new QB.
stendek
September 12th, 2011
10:56 am
Were Mike Sick to suffer a broken neck in the Georgia Dome it would be divine justice! So stuff it all you dog haters. Cheer for the Falcons or move your sorry a$$es to Philly. A worse cesspool of garbage than Atlanta!
step
September 12th, 2011
10:57 am
Explosive, try exploded. Turner, Owens, Dekook, Edwards, Robinson, Grimes should I go on. All mentioned played BAD. Next week we’ll witness another version of this explosive(exploding) offense. Stay tuned!! Go Falcons!!
stendek
September 12th, 2011
10:58 am
Sorry Jeff. Just infuriates me when some continue to defend lying convicted criminal dog killer. Man has USA sunk to the bottom!
gadawgs
September 12th, 2011
11:03 am
The “Ice” has melted. He looks more like a tennis player than a football player. Hey Matty why not hit the weights a little and work on that arm strength. My eight year old could stretch the field better than you.
TN Jeff
September 12th, 2011
11:04 am
The first game of the season seems an idiotic time to finally put all the starters out on the field to try to gel together. Never understood the lack of concern after the apathetic exhibition season.
TN Jeff
September 12th, 2011
11:05 am
And to answer either Jeff’s or Mark’s early question as to why there is NO BUZZ about the Falcons prior to the opening game. Well, game 1 is now exhibit A. I fear game 2 will be exhibit B.
gadawgs
September 12th, 2011
11:09 am
And for all of you “fans” that say hey it’s only one game and look at Pittsburgh they lost two. First of all it’s HOW we lost people. A team as highly regarded as the Falcons supposedly are should not make the mistakes that they were making. Our secondary is pathetic, or offensive line is pathetic and we have a QB who could not throw it out of a wet paper sack. Also, the difference between the Steelers and the Falcons is the Steelers have PROVED to their fans over the years that they can still come back and WIN the Super Bowl many, many,many times and the Falcons have PROVED to their fans over the years that they CANNOT!
Icepack
September 12th, 2011
11:09 am
The Falcons = Humility via Humiliation
Lame-Ass effort is too weak a description. Bring on the Family Guy marathon for the season. 8-8 if we are lucky.
only 1 game
September 12th, 2011
11:15 am
no big deal—the falcons were just flat and overconfident against the bears, expecting an easy win. Against the eagles, they’ll get their game together and win by 10.
Jamal Robertson
September 12th, 2011
11:19 am
I am not here to explode or rant at all. It is true it is week one and we could still see the Steelers and Falcons in the Super Bowl at the end of the season so I refuse to say anything rash or that I hope I regret later. So I’ll just say that I am very disappointed in the effort that I saw on the field yesterday, but even more than that isn’t it best to just keep your collective mouths closed and play the game? Didn’t the Falcons know who they were playing week one? Were they surprised that they were playing a Tampa 2 (cover 2) defense? Honestly how many times did I hear the word explosive this off season. Did anyone honestly think that you were going to go into Chicago on opening day a run out the same vanilla offense, and slap an explosive sticker on the side of the box and make it the “greatest show on turf?” Trading all of the picks to get JJ was the right move, because it is what you wanted to do. The next move should have been to keep your mouth closed and execute. It was obvious what was broken last year, and drafting Jones began addressing some of the offensive issues. Do you need to tell the entire league you are going to be explosive on offense? Seriously doesn’t the OC know that a Tampa 2 defense is supposed to keep plays in front of you? So what is point of willingly showing your cards and then choosing not to play those cards? Matt Ryan said he thought about throwing deep a few times but it wasn’t there. What in the world does that mean? Did anyone really believe that Roddy, Harry and Julio were ever going to be wide open by 20 yards behind the safeties? I didn’t because the last time I checked we still have the same OC who has run the same offense for 4 years in Atlanta and hasn’t changed one bit. If there is a huge playbook I haven’t seen it. A good DC, and I consider Lovie to a much better DC than HC, will prepare for what he has seen not what we tell him we are going to do but haven’t ever shown. If the Bears would have prepared for the hype we would have killed them with all the check downs to Snelling and Turner. That was a pathetic excuse… Defensive back boast when they break up a play or the ball isn’t completed but they also know inside that they almost got beat but if you never stretch the field all they do is keep creeping up, because how in the heck is a DC or a defensive back supposed to know that the opposing QB is thinking about throwing it deep??? They game plan for what you do and what you’ve done not what you think about. The run and shoot wasn’t explosive here in Atlanta it just put 4 and 5 WR on the field. My point is that it doesn’t matter your personnel as much as your execution with that personnel. Come on Mike M. do we even know if Harry can get open in the seam of a cover 2 with JJ to his right running a deep route? You have to challenge a team to see if they have weaknesses. You can’t just hope that all 11 defensive players are going to fall down on a 2 yard check down to Snelling and hope he can gain 60 yards and score a TD. You have to make things happen and not hope the defense falls down. Thinking is for the meeting room and half time… execution is for the field. Enough with the offense let’s move to the other side of the field….
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that if the Falcons continue to play zone they will continue to get killed. I never played DB in HS or college but I know enough football to say that if there is someone lined up in front of you and they run past you it is easier to stay with them until they reach the safety than to pretend you are covering him and then let him stand five yards behind you and have no clue where he is and just pray that Thomas or William will cover them. How many times on every down but especially 3rd down did the Falcons defense just stand and watch the Bears just get in the dead part of the zone and make plays. They made Cutler look like a HOF QB yesterday. Good thing we didn’t play Green Bay or the Saints because the Falcons could have lost by 50 points. Look man up unless you are bringing a blitz and if you choose to play zone at least play bump n run for the first 5 yards to throw off the timing between the QB and the receiver. That was awful. Grimes will make plays so I will give him a pass on the two potential INT’s he dropped, because playmakers can’t catch everything but Thomas and Dunta can’t afford to give up plays because they usually don’t make them. It was shameful the way the defense played, because the Bears offense wasn’t potent or even really that good it was just consistent and didn’t turn the ball over. There is something wrong with a defense that almost always gives up a 3rd and long plays. Something is inherently wrong with the core of who you are as a defense when you can’t get off the field on 3rd and 10 and 3rd and 8 because those are obvious passing downs. If the front 4 can’t get pressure then bring a linebacker and actually have him try and sack the QB, and stop sending DB that can’t tackle. Zones can only slow you down or help you against an inaccurate QB or a QB that is hurried because if you play zone you are technically covering no one and that means everyone is open. This is the deal… the Falcons could go on a 15 game win streak, finish the season 15-1 get a first round bye in the playoffs with home field and punch their Super Bowl ticket for INDY. It is possible, but highly unlikely. Before the season started I would have been happy with 10+ wins against this very difficult schedule, but those 10 wins included a win against the Bears… Where are they going to make up that game now? I had them beating the Bears, Tampa Bay (2x), Seattle, Carolina (2x), Detroit, Indy, New Orleans (at home), Tenn., Minn, Houston, and Jacksonville. With losses to Philly, Green Bay and New Orleans (away). 13-3 is still possible, but getting less likely. It must start by shutting down the Eagles at home. This is the Falcons home opener and not the return of Michael Vick to Atlanta. If the Falcons are a Super Bowl contender it is time to start punching teams in the mouth with play and not with words. That is still possible but not like this. Yesterday could have been a fluke and it still can be if you throw the ball down the field and stop expecting other teams to make mistakes before you choose to try and be aggressive. A good boxers punches waiting for the right opening they don’t hold their hands up looking for a shot at the chin because it rarely ever comes until you throw a punch. In the words of the OLD MIKE TYSON PUNCH OUT… “I want to see less Glass Jaw Joe and more Mike Tyson!!!”
Ricardo
September 12th, 2011
11:22 am
This is just ridiculous … Ok, there’s no excuse for the way we played, we were outmatched, outcoached and outplayed.. But to go from a horrible game to say: “we won’t make the playoffs, Cam Newton’s a better qb than Matt, blah blah .. that is just as shameful as the game itself. Go ahead and read a Pittsburgh paper and read about the whopping the Ravens gave them and you won’t read anything about them going to be a horrible team the rest of the year and be contending for the 1st overall pick. Btw, Big Ben played a horrible game, and I don’t hear any steeler fan saying Cam’s better than him. I guess those are real fan bases, not like this “fan base” who totally give up on a team and a QB that has given us 3 consecutive winning seasons (something never done, not even by your precious Mike Vick) … Shame on the ugly game, and even more shame on YOU so called Atlanta Falcons fans …
Fish Bisch
September 12th, 2011
11:26 am
@ Wall o’ text above: I know the game is not the return of MV to the dome, but it sure was being hyped up by NBC last night as such.
Najeh Davenpoop
September 12th, 2011
11:35 am
“Anyone who wears a Vick Jersey to The game at the Dome is putting there self out there to get smacked down.”
I’ll be in Section 320 with my Vick FALCONS jersey. Bring it.
Ricardo
September 12th, 2011
11:36 am
Ben Roethlisberger’s stats after week 1: 22/41, 280 YDS, 1 TD, 3 INT. Completion%: 54%
Matt Ryan’s stats after week 1: 31/47, 316 YDS, 0 TD, 1 INT, Completion%: 66%
Number of comments saying Big Ben has lost a step, that we is overrated and will be the worst qb of the division: ZERO.
Number of comments saying Ryan has lost is, he is overrated, he will be the worst qb of the division, Cam Newton (yes, I am Cam) will be better by the end of the year: I can count at least 10.
Wow, no wonder why people make fun as the Falcons “Fan base” being one of the least loyal ones out there. And FYI, Chicago was a top 7 defense last year, Arizona, bottom 5.
Jamal Robertson
September 12th, 2011
11:42 am
Najeh Davenpoop why would you wear a Vick jersey if you are a Falcons fan? He quit on this team when a brok the law? Please help me understand your thought process?
JoeFan
September 12th, 2011
11:43 am
The schedule is a killer for the Falcons.This team is not good enough to overcome its difficulty. 7-9 or 8-8 is all this team will do in 2011. Speaking of duds don’t leave out the Braves and UGA.
True Falcon Fan
September 12th, 2011
11:50 am
@JSS – 12th Sept 2011 – 8:19 am —- are you dense —– This country we live in is “FREE” & and this country the lst time I looked has “Freedom of Speech” —- if you chose not to read, then don’t read. If you don’t like what reading then don’t respond or at just “SaY I DON’T LIKE WHAT YOU WROTE” – U big cry baby. Folks do have an opinion whether you agree or not. My suggestion to you is go to a blog where you can express your nicey, nices. These Falcon fans on this blog, thier Falcons lost yesterday and it was very UGLY! These folks want to hold somebody responsible. The head Coach stepped up to the plate and stated we will “Fix it”!
Con-Vick is coming to town next Sunday, 50% of the fans want to see his A$$ laid out on the feild! The other 50% want to get down on their knees and worship Con-Vick. You JSS, are what makes dense folks “LOOK DENSE” – “stupid is stupid does”
Escaped from Email Purgatory
September 12th, 2011
11:50 am
I see Tony Gonzalez must have been working on his glamour muscles the last day he could register for Public Relations 101 at Cal.
It’s a TEAM game. As a TEAM, the Falcons have absolutely disgraced themselves and the fans [i.e. paying customers] their last two games that counted.
As far as I know, handsome, you’re still part of the TEAM. As a future Hall of Famer, perhaps you should be venting some of your rage at that locker room full of goldbricks and sad sacks you shower with rather than ripping a fan base that’s demonstrating nothing more that 20 / 20 vision.
You guys SUCK.
Please do something about it.
DawgDad
September 12th, 2011
11:55 am
Yeah, that was a dud. The Falcons are NOT an “elite” team, they are going to have to claw and scrape their way into the playoffs.
I have never bought into the notion that Matt Ryan will not become an elite QB, or that the Falcons won’t win a Super Bowl with a Mularkey offense, until yesterday. Matt Ryan and the Falcons did the best imitiation of Joey Harrington I’ve seen since . . . Joey Harrington. I truly do not believe Ryan has the arm to throw deep, unless he’s injured and it’s not being disclosed. You get no points in this league for being yellow or wimpy. And, when Ryan did throw to Jones, even though he was well-covered, HE CAUGHT THE BALL! You HAVE to give Jones a chance to make plays. Watch some Michigan-Notre Dame film, Matt.
The offense needs a back with open field elusiveness who can catch a pass. Dumping off to Turner is like throwing to a lamppost.
Najeh Davenpoop
September 12th, 2011
11:56 am
“Number of comments saying Big Ben has lost a step, that we is overrated and will be the worst qb of the division: ZERO.”
Two super bowl rings extends you a much longer leash than zero playoff wins.
Najeh Davenpoop
September 12th, 2011
11:57 am
“He quit on this team when a brok the law?”
The team quit on him long before he got caught with the dogfighting thing, by installing the Jim Moron/Rich McKay regime to derail his career.
Treeofwoe
September 12th, 2011
11:59 am
Secondary – Can someone please tell our DBs that when you are on a receiver you don’t release him into the middle of a zone 5 yards away from any other defender and call that doing your job. Please get rid of Owens now and start playing Hayden…seriously…it couldn’t be worse. Also please buy DeCoud some stickem or some new hands.
Overall Defense – Do our defenders ever try to strip the ball from the opposing team. We had some good individual efforts out there Sunday, but I don’t see m(any) of our defensive players trying to punch at a ball to knock it out. If someone is already holding a player up…HIT AT THE BALL!!! Tackling all over the league ain’t what it used to be, but…wow…extend two arms and wrap a guy up will you?!
Kickoffs / Punting – when the punter shows up more and more on the coverage unit as the one making the tackles some chewouts are in order. Are there any veteran punters still available for cheap? Bosher ain’t impressing anyone.
Offense – Granted we had two new linemen in the game versus a VERY stout Chicago defense, but Ryan has to be able to stand up to throw the ball.
realitycheck
September 12th, 2011
11:59 am
It’s pretty simple…….the Falcons aren’t playing in any SB with the QB and defense they have……it’s that simple. For those who think they will….cut, paste, and save this post and shoot it back at me when they go to the SB…LOL!
PMC
September 12th, 2011
12:00 pm
This would be a great week for the Thomas Dimitroff is a genius blog. Maybe we could go through the draft picks and mark the successes. I’m not sure it would take very long.
Ricardo
September 12th, 2011
12:04 pm
Oh, so Najeh Davenpoop you want to talk about things done in the past, why don’t you give me something worth telling that Vick has actually acomplished for you to call yourself a falcons fan and plan on wearing a vick jersey to the game?
Just so you know, the following 3 don’t count: show you and the whole falcon nation his middle finger, lie to our face about his dog killing business just to see him later end up in jail and, last but not least, be caught with marihuana? take your pick
JuneBaby
September 12th, 2011
12:05 pm
Matty (N)ice…, the greatest 6 yard passer in the entire N.F.L. 1st it was get him some weapons that can get deep, 2nd it was the offensive play calling, 3rd it was a weak offensive line. It all adds up to more excuses for a player that many of you trumpet as 1) maybe the best QB in the league, 2) the best player the falcons have ever had. It is now year 4 and the masses are still making excuses for the fair headed wunderkin that couldn’t throw deep if his life depended on it!
Najeh Davenpoop
September 12th, 2011
12:11 pm
“why don’t you give me something worth telling that Vick has actually acomplished for you to call yourself a falcons fan and plan on wearing a vick jersey to the game? ”
He won playoff games and single-handedly kept an otherwise atrocious team respectable while he was here. In 2003 and 2007 we all got to see what that team was without Vick. That’s good enough for me, especially in light of the otherwise abysmal history of the Falcons franchise.
Boo Boo
September 12th, 2011
12:12 pm
0-5 so far in 2011. Everyone knows the first 8 games of the regular season are just a tune-up for the stretch run. By game 13 (including preseason tune-ups) the Falcon offense and defense will have their “game plan” faces on, and watch out for those “deep balls”!
11 out of 89 teams that went winless in preseason have made it to the playoffs, with none having won a super bowl. Don’t practice winning, don’t win. Swami see 4-12 this year. Even if the offense turns it up a notch, that defense can tackle, can’t cover, the secondary can’t intercept passes (can’t catch), and they back up an extra 20 yards on 3rd and 8, allowing 10-yard slants be an all-day availability.
Sav Fan
September 12th, 2011
12:12 pm
Explosive? I have made a bigger explosion passing gas. Someone please teach M. Turner some moves. This is the NFL, he can’t run over everybody. Matty Ice maybe a nice guy but he would not be my fantasy QB. Is it the secondary or the defensive schemes because the personnel changes but the results are the same. Hire Deon to teach this guys how to defend the pass and how to intercept passes.
welikebaseball2
September 12th, 2011
12:15 pm
Najeh: Don’t even get into that with him/her. He/she thinks his/her tired & not-very-creative monicker for Vick makes him & his high powered offense coming to town less imposing. Vick has a rocket arm, turns busted plays into big gains, & has Desean Jackson at his disposal. Trust, I’m a Falcons fan for life, but our secondary is indeed looking down the barrel of a loaded gun with Vick & the Eagles offense coming to town. I’m hoping for the best, but I won’t deny the obvious. Their being angry with Vick for what he’s done & already paid for won’t help our secondary on Sunday. The game won’t be played in a courthouse or in the court of public opinion, but on the field. No matter what they think of Vick, it’s what he does on the field that’ll determine whether or not we get what would be a big win. I don’t know, maybe they think a loss at the hand of “CON-Vick” won’t count. Ridiculousness.
JSS
September 12th, 2011
12:16 pm
True Falcon Fan
September 12th, 2011
11:50 am
“@JSS – 12th Sept 2011 – 8:19 am —- are you dense —– This country we live in is “FREE” & and this country the lst time I looked has “Freedom of Speech” —- if you chose not to read, then don’t read. If you don’t like what reading then don’t respond or at just “SaY I DON’T LIKE WHAT YOU WROTE” – U big cry baby. Folks do have an opinion whether you agree or not. My suggestion to you is go to a blog where you can express your nicey, nices. These Falcon fans on this blog, thier Falcons lost yesterday and it was very UGLY! These folks want to hold somebody responsible. The head Coach stepped up to the plate and stated we will “Fix it”!”
Con-Vick is coming to town next Sunday, 50% of the fans want to see his A$$ laid out on the feild! The other 50% want to get down on their knees and worship Con-Vick. You JSS, are what makes dense folks “LOOK DENSE” – “stupid is stupid does”
All of that and you have not a clue what the concept of “Freedom of S-p-e-e-c-h” even means. It is a Constitutional right to certain areas that keeps the “Federal government” from infringing on the free speech in the public square and to a free press. There is no constitutional right for you to sit on a blog and call anyone a “jungle monkey,” “monkey jungle,” or try to be cute with “alfa monkey.” You hate Michael Vick, good for you… When they lower you in the ground, I hope they etch it in your grave marker…
By the way, I thought “Fix it!” was the message he sent everyone after January 15, 2011? I guess it is back to the laboratory for Barney Rubble!
JSS
September 12th, 2011
12:22 pm
Oh, if somebody hasn’t clued you in yet, I’ll flame you out of here in ways that would make Sherman envious! I’ve taken down way more powerful forces than you!
welikebaseball2
September 12th, 2011
12:23 pm
So…Schultz…you’re deleting my entries while the inflammatory “True Falcon Fan” posts remain? Maybe I was premature in giving you props for deleting posts. In case you weren’t aware, his/her use of the word “monkey” can be offensive to a group of people to which you don’t belong.
True Falcon Fan
September 12th, 2011
12:26 pm
@JSS – Child Please,,,LOLOLOLOLOLOL – You are beautiful — Got to be a “FLAMING DEMOCRAT”
Jeff, what have hir is failure to communicate —