‘Explosive’ Falcons just opened season with a dud

After watching that Carolina game, it may not be that far-fetched to say Matt Ryan could be the division’s worst quarterback by the end of next season.

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At least we will get a quality first round draft pick…..

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It’s just one game….we played lousy….we’ll do better next week….

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matt ryan behind cam newton? ah…the vick apologists never give up

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Hey Melt let you girl wear the hose….Rise up DUDE or else kick rocks………

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I’LL SAY IT AGAIN…. FALCONS TIED FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE DIVISION!!!!!!!

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WHY AREN’T MY COMMENTS POSTING?????????? FALCONS IN FIRST PLACE AFTER WEEK ONE

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the thing is, the Falcons could play a LOT better next week against the Eagles and still lose badly.

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You cannot blame Ryan for the loss; he did not play defense. Also, the O-Line could not keep the Bears off of him. Give him some credit. The Falcons got destroyed by Aaron Rogers in the playoffs bacause their secondary is horrible. Cutler exposed that glaring weakness again today. The Falcons did not need offensive help in the offseason, the needed defensive, especially secondary help. Going to be a long season…..

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The Atlanta Falcons will play better in their next game at home vs the Philly Eagles…and still lose. They’ll be 0-2 after next weekend. Believe it.

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…and we spent 5 draft picks to come up with that “better” offense – it was offensive all right…

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Also, DavidV is right. The O-line was horrible. Ryan wasn’t that bad. He still threw for over 300 yards despite spending all day with a pocket collapsing or running for his life. Urlacher made a good play on that INT. Receivers dropped balls all over the place. Defense didn’t tackle. Eric Weems doesn’t want to field punts. Our kickoff man can’t put the ball in for a touchdown. Lots and lots of problems.

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to all you idiots trying to say cam newton or josh freeman are better than matt ryan, have you lsot your mind? Its not Matt Ryans job to block for himself. and guess what, WHEN THEY TAKE AWAY THE DEEP BALL, YOU CHECK DOWN TO THE OPEN RECEIVER. But i bet all of you idiots moaning about that would be doin the same type of complaining if he took his shots down field into double coverage all day too right? Cant have it both ways guys. sorry to tell you. Its also not Matt Ryans jonb to call the plays, they come from upstairs, and Mularkey is a serious handicap to this offense, so please, blame Ryan for his happy feet and his lack of checks at the line of scrimmage, but not for making SMART choices to check the ball down or calling plays, HE CANT CONTROL THAT

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I thought our head coach was supposed to be a defensive specialist? 3 years into the regime and we have this crapfest?

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…still want BVG as UGA’s defensive coordinator…

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Well, they’re still tied for first place! Every other team in the division that’s supposed to be the best lost.

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@ SonOfBoh Cleveland owns the Falcons first round pick

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Say what you want to,but we need a leader at QB,this guy seams to be getting worse,insted of better.sad state of affairs!

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Well, the Falcons will go back to sucking, the dawgs suck, the Braves are choking and will probably miss the playoffs, the Hawks are locked out, and the Thrashers moved to Winnepeg. How’s the WNBA team doing?, looks like that is all we have to pull for.

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Noel Devine looked good today for the Falcons. I am sorry he is with the Eagles. LOL, the Falcons are a joke and so are the beat writers!!!! GO STEAK and tell baby Sophie I said hello!!!!!

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Memo to A. Blank. These great ‘character” guys maybe good in the lockerroom, but if they can’t block or tackle, then what good are they?

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Micheal Turner-yes did have 100 yards rushing, but I’d like to know why they put a Jaquez Rogers on their team. Running backs are getting smaller and smaller these days. Yes, Jaquez had a good preseason, but I would have overuled that decision and gotten some odd 253 pounder to push Micheal Turner. As for Ryan-you got what you got-no more, no less. He is who he is and nothing more. Teams can win with a Matt Ryan, but let’s not make him out to be a Rogers(who is clearly better) or even a Brees. At this point the Falcons fans and those who’ve been watching ever since Matt Ryan came to Atlanta-he’s a winner, but he has to have the pieces around him to showcase his skill set.

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Same ole chuck and duck. Would New England or Pittsburg trade away their future for an unproved receiver? Not likely. Michael Jenkins was a perfectly good target but if your QB can only throw twenty yards then you are screwed. Teams play both safties forward because anything over twenty is a floater.
I’ve been watching this team play defense for thirty years through Bobby Butler and Deon. They have never fielded a team that’s stopped the big play

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Matt Ryan wasn’t the problem ?! How many deer in the headlights look he needs to show you ?! A million or 2 ?! He is regressing, get use to it ! I use to be his biggest believer. But after 2 playoffs loses and today, Not anymore !

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@big wally

don’t think dunta and spoon would be considered “high character” guys necessarily. and they did not look good

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Alot of you are right, our defense is terrible, why didn’t we draft someone on defense. Matt Ryan’s head has gotten too big, there was so much talk about him last year. He isn’t that good, he likes to dance in the pocket. Give credit to Cam Newton today, he played great. Look on the bright side, if we get the 1st round pick in the draft next year, we can pick up Andrew Luck. Maybe Ryan will wake up and not be a pretty boy.

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Ok first!! Get rid of Chris Owens he was out of position constantly he does not know where he needs to be at any time!! Next Mike Mularkey you best open up the playbook and show us something!! The only explosiveness was the Bears D!! Brian VanGorder we have got to play better pass defense a blitz here or there mix some coverages but get out of this basic zone defens that a middle school could shred!! And last and most important this week the defense needs to practice tackling!! Wrap the man up graba leg and hold on!! Hard hits are good when it stops the ball carrier!! Start fining guys for missed tackles!!

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Ryan is bad I told my husband that awhile back. He looked scared and the team looked bad also. First game what a waste of time to watch it. They looked like they didn’t try at all.

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Didn’t know there was another Big Wally, so just call me Big Wally2……

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SAD, nothing left to be said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ryan looked bad, to be sure. But with the offensive line playing matador (which should have been no surprise to Mularkey after viewing the tape of Joe Hawley in the preseason which I assume he must have), WHERE WERE THE SCREENS? Snelling is an excellent pass catching back. Rodgers may have been designed by god as the perfect back to throw a screen to; I had assumed that’s why we drafted him. Chicago was eating our @$$es alive with the same screens we should have been running all game long, and we didn’t seem to notice. Instead, MM ran EXACTLY the same incredibly boring, predictable offense he’s run since he got here and looked astounded that it didn’t work again.

We keep hearing from media folk (even Jeff) that MM is an innovative OC. This is the fourth year, and I have yet to see him even make a basic adjustment much less be innovative. Utter nonsense.

BVG is starting to look more and more overmatched at the NFL level. Players were routinely out of position, taking bad angles, overpursuing and tackling poorly. Yeah, we get it that most of training camp didn’t happen. But why did that affect us and not Chicago, Green Bay or New Orleans?

By my estimation (and that of most folks coming into this game), Chicago is not nearly as talented a team as Atlanta. But just like with the Bulldogs, it doesn’t too much matter how much talent you have if the coaches can’t figure out how to use it.

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They are great at standing on sidelines. Look at Richt at UGA!
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Big Wally

September 11th, 2011
7:56 pm
Memo to A. Blank. These great ‘character” guys maybe good in the lockerroom, but if they can’t block or tackle, then what good are they?

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Falcons fans are embarrassing. I don’t think they get much worse.Even our bandwagoners don’t give them one game. It was awful, but the reaction is always much more disheartening.

Really bad performance, but for the people giving up on the team, please just be a jets or pats fan. and stick with them. and move out of the state. please.

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Has anyone else stopped to think that maybe, just maybe…The Bears are going to be REALLY good this year?

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This was pathetic all around. Mularkey and BVG are NOT going to get us to a super bowl. We’re going to need nrains trhat are creative and explosive. These guys are are plain and predictable.

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The Falcons are just simply the mos VANILLA team in the NFL. I don’t think we have the coaching staff to get out of this mess. Maybe the best thing that can happen is that we have a bad season and we clean house coachig staff wise. Three years, 0-2 in the playoffs and not a promising outlook after the pre-season and today’s showing. Need to get REAL coordinators fast.

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Maybe it’s those red and black uniforms. Wearing the same colors as the Athens mutts is a sure way to lose.

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Oh yeah, 33 wins in first 3 season, only one besides Dan Marino, all the fourth quarter and last minute drives to win the game for us. Man, this no talent, wanna be hack for a QB we have sure is awful. You guys really are pathetic. Say a guy sucks bc his play caller is terrible, and he actually checks down instead of throwing deep balls into double coverage. Some of you morons surprise me at how little you know

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Give me call, padna! Racing season is winding down. I’ve got some time on my hands.

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Well stated, Mr. Schultz. If you’re bending over backward to say you’re intending to accomplish specific things as a team (namely pressure the opposing quarterback and stretch the field with the deep ball) and then come out in the inaugural game of the season and do exactly the opposite, there’s far more to be angry about as a fan than just the loss here. Whether it’s Matt Ryan or Mike Mularkey, somebody is seriously hamstringing the offense; it’s like a kid who’s afraid to pull the car out of the driveway once they get their license. You’ve got the weapons now guys; what you no longer have is an EXCUSE! Fail this season to deliver and heads should most definitely roll!

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Who knew Todd McClure was that important? The O-line was a revolving door. The CBs were covering the waterboys. If you invite your opponent to sack your QB, and you give opposing receivers a 10-yard cushion, you wind up with a loss like today’s.

I don’t think the Falcons lack talent. There’s something else going on — or not going on.

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it doesn’t matter if ryan isn’t a top tier QB. you can win Super Bowls without one. The o-line looked lost, and outside of Abraham and Biermann the defense looked just as bewildered.

Gotta shore this up immediately.

I don’t give 2 damns about “explosive plays”, you can win games running the football and playing good D. and we don’t have a very good D right now, by the looks of it. Spoon and Dunta MUST step up.

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As ticked as I am, I’m inclined to hold off judgement on the Birds until I see this team play 4 games or so. I remember when the Pats lost to the Bills 31-0 in week 1 in 2003, and they won the Super Bowl that year. Also, we didn’t exactly light the world on fire in the opener last year and still won 13 games. The turnovers made the game look worse than it was, so let’s calm down.

I refuse to believe the Steelers, Falcons, AND the Giants are this bad. I also refuse to believe that the Rex Grossman led Redskins, Chan Gailey coached Bills, and the Cade McCown Jaguars are THIS good. Something weird was in the water today.

Back to the Birds: these guys have to be getting reamed out right now. This is a wake up call of the first order. The Falcons got the Eagles next week. They better get it together fast.

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Im speechless..Hey steak what you got???

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And now I leave this blog, because it is filled with the worst fans ever. Please do quit watching the falcons. thanks.

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Why are we surprised? We didn’t lose to the packers because our number two WR wasn’t good enough? They made one move for the defense that couldn’t stop anybody last year and he didn’t show up at all on the stat sheet. They partially dismantled an offensive line that was dominate and this one couldn’t protect Ryan at all today. They hardly ever took a shot down field before jones arrived. I think it is time to remove Mularky from OC and time to begin thinking that Ryan isn’t going to be the one to stretch the field out at all. He didn’t do that at BC and he hasn’t done that here yet. Because so far, all we have from the offense the last two games is mularky. Pure crap.

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The great GM! great at what snowboarding > Matt can’t throw deep. oh yea maybe the first play maybe wow!! All those draft pick for a ten yard deep pass, nuts!! 9-7 or 8-8 !!! Great GM you make the call!!!

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Falcants aint the Pats..

And the Steelers and Giants are not that bad..

Eagles 48 Falcants 16

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Change colors you look to much like another loser Georgia!

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Well what can we say? I’ll tell you. sit that 57 million dollar CB on the bench. That was the biggest mistake Iv’e ever seen any team make. The best CB we have is a 1.7 mil deollar man. That’s right. the smallest man, with the smallest check and the bigggwst heart. Fire VG and start over. If Cutler did all that what do you think ick is gonna do.

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Lol,lol,lol..

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Chuck and Duck might work Genius….

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While the rest of the NFL has shown back up after the strike, I’m still wondering WHERE THE FALCONS’ OFFENSIVE LINE IS!

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The Falcons are my team. I’m not going to jump off the bandwagon because of one game.

First, the good news. They’re still tied for first in the division. And our focus has been and will still be to win the division.

The bad. The defense played bad, the O-line was worse. (I don’t know how much blame you can place on Ryan or Turner when they’re not getting the blocking). I’m really surprised no one mentioned the one person that the Falcons really miss. Harvey Dahl. Reynolds looked lost, and everyone should know by now that Baker needs help (especially against Peppers).

Yes, we have a rough schedule, and yes, we played really bad. But we did lose Week 1 last year and still found a way to have the best record in the NFC (fwiw, I do not expect that to happen this year).

Hopefully everyone within the organization will take this whipping personally and turn things around next week.

Go Falcons!

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ryan is boring point blank too bad they didnt have that new rookie salary wage when we drafted him

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We waited all summer for this. The Falcons might be the worst team in the NFC South. They can’t score they can’t block they can’t cover or tackle. So next week don’t expect much different until they get aggressive on defense. The Offense need to use screens and block somebody. You can’t blame the QB if he don’t have time to throw. They can lose next week and still make the playoffs, but they better make changes.

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Wow…still think the preseason was just a fluke. This one actually counted!Hey Gonzales, don’t get mad at the fans. Get mad at the opposing team and take it out on them! We call it like we see it. Maybe you guys need to panic. Do something to light a fire under your behinds. Dang…same old boring offense! Same old no pass defending, no tackling, no push from defensive tackles….that we’ve had the past three years. How much are you guys paying sorry a$$ Dontae Robinson and tiny little Peria Jerry (We actually cut Lewis to keep your sorry behind)!!? Has anyone ever seen anything significant from this guy since he was drafted three years ago!?It’s going to be a long season! Jay Cutler just passed for 300 yards with no name recievers and a makeshift offensive line. Why do we keep getting our hopes up for any team in the state of Georgia!!?

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Jeff, your scathing crique is spot on.

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yeah right

September 11th, 2011
8:24 pm
Matt Ryan Carreer Stats:
2008: 16 td, 11 int, 3,440 yds, 87.7 QB rating
2009: 22 td, 14 int, 2,916 yds, 80.9 QB rating
2010: 28 td, 9 int, 3,705 yds, 91.0 QB rating

yep….the regression on this quarterback is TERRIBLE. howd he make it to the NFL? sucks. you bunch of losers

Bunch of losing GM all hype!

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Hey Yea Right…Love the way you posted Matt Ryan’s stats! ….and how does his stats add up in the playoffs? Exactly how many playoffs games have he won again? We don’t have anymore easy schedules to pad his numbers!

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loosen up—it will take a few games for the falcons to get in sync—they’ll beat the eagles by 3-6 and then explode the next week.

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Miss me yet?

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Falcons were all smoke and mirrors last year. Van gorder actually did a good job last year masking their lack of talent until the playoffs. Not happening this year…

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I knew we were in trouble as soon as Sports Illistrated picked us to win the Super Bowl! Jinx!!!

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If the Falcon don.’t beat the Eagles it all down hill. This is a must will!!

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I can coach them up…..

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Hey, guys. Why don’t you look on the bright side? At least the game wasn’t in the Georgia Dome. The place would have been empty by the end of the third quarter as everyone fled to beat the traffic out to the ‘burbs.

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Awful game! Awful performance! Not the end of the world or the end of the season unless of course you were stupid enough to assume the Falcons would win every game they played? They got their hat handed to them by a good team today. Now lets see just how good they really are. Philly comes in here next week and if the Falcons consider themselves as Super Bowl contenders the will need to show it. Green Bay looked average most of last season (injury induced) but got it together and won the Super Bowl.

11-5 or maybe 12-4 still seems very likely.

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There is no shame in getting beaten; however, how you lose can be shameful. No fight, no guts, no clear thinking, and a scared looking quarterback. You can always have your own opinion about this team, but not your own facts. The facts of the last two games point to a team that simply is not a winner. No heart, no fight, just a bunch of millionaires strutting around. Jesse Tuggle, where are you?

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The Falcons looked this bad and they didn’t even wear the UGA Underoo uniforms.

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Year 4… Matt Ryan is what he is. Skittish and non effective with the Deep Ball.

And for everyone saying that he didn’t have any blocking… Well, this is the NFL.. You will not have all day to pass. You will have to make quick and precise decision from the pocket or get out the pocket and be a play maker.

Sorry guys. We cannot beat the avg. to good teams. Last year was Last year. Getting Lucky with Wins will not happen this year.

We have to show that we can beat the Playoff caliber teams and then we can hope for Playoff success.

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yeah right

September 11th, 2011
8:24 pm
Matt Ryan Carreer Stats:
2008: 16 td, 11 int, 3,440 yds, 87.7 QB rating
2009: 22 td, 14 int, 2,916 yds, 80.9 QB rating
2010: 28 td, 9 int, 3,705 yds, 91.0 QB rating

yep….the regression on this quarterback is TERRIBLE. howd he make it to the NFL? sucks. you bunch of losers

And yeah !, I rather have playoffs wins and Superbowl wins than career Stats !! Yeah, Right !

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Its just the first game! The Good news is the other 3 loss in South division, the bad news is the QB can’t be getting sacked and roughed up like that or else he will go down with a injury! The offensive line must definately improve or its going to be a week end and week out same process of loss after loss. the QB has to have time to find open receivers and thats the lines job to protect the QB. Period!!!!

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Matt “Vanilla Ice” Ryan
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After next weeks game the falcons will be 0-7 in thier last 7 games including preseason,sounds like a team on the rise to me.

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Mr Blank, how much did you pay this bust Meltdown??? Ask for a refund….

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Mike Vick

September 11th, 2011
8:31 pm
Miss me yet?

No we don’t ! But we could have retain our QB we gave to Texas. And we could have gotton Bret Farve here too !

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Jim in augusta, how in the world can vick bring down a team, that was already down thirty something years before Vick came to atlanta? And i remember, before Vick came, ALL falcon home games were blacked out……….

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My head is hurting, See you all next week. I’m Gone!!!!!!!!

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Matt “Vanilla Ice” Ryan… Do you actually feel that you’re going to make a difference next week.

( Remember last year in Philly. Your Homecoming when we lost to the Eagles without # 7) .

I hope you are ready this year GUY.

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Eagles 30 falcants 3 @ the Half……

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Hey Matt. I’m re-watching the game as I type this.. Why did you throw that PICK directly to the Bear’s Defense man.

Damn, You really no how to F up a Lovely Sunday Afternoon.

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Am I mistaken, or did Brian Urlacher take me to school last seasson too?

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Vice was 14-32 against the terrible Rams

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Romo is looking much better than Ryan. Jets are bringing the house and Romo isn’t freaking out and staining his pants like Ryan did today.

Did you guys notice, The Falcons never attacked the End zone today with 1 pass? Even inside the Bears 10 yd line Ryan never threw toward the end zone.

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0-5 you have to be concerned! If we would have found a way to keep M. Jenkins with Jones, Roddy, Gonzalas, Douglas plus the beast Dalh on the OL then the Offense would have been explosive. The OL is not Super Bowl or All Pro caliber. The DL either, we did a POOR JOB tackling. TD and CMS had better take a look at that roster and see what is available and stop messing around. The competition is explosive, we just can’t afford to sit still and rest on last year, we are the hunted! It looks like we are so interested in making the FALCONS explosive instead of playing what got the Falcons on the throne last year, Turner and Snelling pounding.

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Correction:
“He did “not” say they were better, he said that there is a strong possibility that by the end of “next” season they could surpass Matt Ryan in their skills and abilities in the division.

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Turner was “on”, ran for over 100.. Ice was melting…What else was news in the sports world today….

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If I read the score correctly, the Panthers lost. I won my first game.

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“I know Cam had a great game. But its only 1 game, and it was against the Cardinals, a team not not exactly known for their offense.”

True, it was only one game. It was also, by yardage, the greatest debut game a rookie QB has ever had. It is of course possible that when Newton faces better defenses — like next week against Green Bay — that he will suck. But today I saw him face complicated blitz schemes and maintain his footwork, keep his eyes downfield, and consistently hit the open man. He looked every bit as poised as Matt Ryan did against Detroit (another horrible defense) in his debut, and considerably more poised than Vick did in his rookie year. For a guy coming out of a single-read system, to play that way in his first game against a non-traditional defensive scheme was phenomenal.

Like I said, maybe better defenses will bring him back to Earth, but the way he put up those numbers today told me that this game was not a fluke.

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Falcants going 0-5 will mean at least 2-3 year setback…..

Mr. Blank you may want to start selling hammers again?

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you people need to stop it. The Falcons finally played a GOOD team and got EXPOSED. Over half of the teams that the Falcons played last year were .500 or less and some of you actually had the nerve to think superbowl? Come on…. The whippin they took from Green Bay last should have told you something.

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How do you figure 0-5 is a 2-3 year setback. Noboby ashcanned a franchise worse then me, yet Ice took them to the playoffs the next season. NFL stand for not for long.

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And what is up with Robinson? Why did we sign him? Was he good at Texas? Cause he is a big fat awful mistake so far. Might as well have you playing Schultz.

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i guess it is a red and black thang…..lmao….2 loser teams….

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Fact….Ryan is 7-8 against 10 win teams, Vick is 4-11….Please explain…

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Think your offense could score one next game????? Losers.

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@ najeh…
No problem… They had their feelings hurt today..

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Najeh, if you indeed watched the Panthers game today, you would have seen that first long touchdown to Smith was quite underthrown and Smith was about 10-15 yards wide open behind the defenders. If you can’t make that throw, you don’t play in the NFL. I also saw Cam throw a “checkdown” pass at the end of the game, short of the 1st down, when he needed to get it in the endzone. Next.

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J ATL…did you see the Steelers game?

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Stat man…
That is easy, Greg Knapp…

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Jim Mora….

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Ed Donatell

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MV7 ran for 98 on only 7 carries? He’ll get a buck fifty on 12 carries this Sunday if he like..

Naw just air it out and go deep for at least 3 TD’s against this cheese cake secondary…

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I turned the channel after the first 3rd down conversion by Chicago. After 30+ years of embarrassment this team has brought on me as a fan, I quit. Screw the Falcons. This team will never win a Super Bowl in my lifetime. I can truely see why college football is so much more loved than NFL in the South. Blank, move this bumbling bunch of wannabes to LA.

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Peerless Price

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How many of those are still in the league?

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Is Matt Ryan’s new wife the reason for his play? So getting sex on the regular makes for terrible play on Sundays? He needs a divorce!!!

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@ I have never watched the NFL before.

Yes, i did watch the Steelers game. They lost to a division opponent and they were not talking the talk without backing it up. Also, they were not picked to win the SB. Anymore questions?? Smart @#$

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“Matty Bland”, perhaps.Makes more sense…
Thomas DeCoud, what is Plan B for you, sir?
Dunta, you got paid, my man. You might be too distracted however with your portfolio ’s performance . May I suggest to you the financial planning services of Jim Donnan?

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So much for the explosive offense, more like imploding offense. When is mgmt going to realize that our coordinator sucks and needs to be fired NOW. We spend all those draft picks to get Julio, and we still do the same old BS run first and dink and dunk, nickle and dime crap. My 98 year old grandma with dimentia can predict what plays Mularkey is going to call. Of course it won’t matter because the way our O-line blocked today Matt won’t make it through the first month of the season. I thought maybe the spanking Green Bay laid on the Falcons would make them man-up, but today was just as embarrassing because the Bears are not in the same stratosphere with the Packers. The way the Falcons played today really makes me want to puke.

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JSS, god I love your excuses.

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Don’t worry…Mularkey is fast at work, drawing up some new 5 yard passing plays for next week!! You haven’t seen a 7 yard curl pattern until you check out these bad-boys!!! SWEET!

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Oh – Matt Ryan, here’s a tip for you -

Quit running OUT of the pocket and step UP into the pocket and make the throws. I know I know, you might get knocked on your pretty little derriere you panty-waist. Stand in the pocket and THROW the ball you worm… quit running from the contact!

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Melt for Cam..Make it so….

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^^That should say highest yardage total in his debut for a rookie QB. Sorry.

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Cam stood in the pocket or step up and let it go..His throws will get better. He’s a rookie..Whats Patty Melts excuse in year 4??????????/

Super delusional, not Superbowl…

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Fact is, Cam lost. Nothing else matters, and he did underthrow Smith, had a Dback been anywhere near, it would have been a pick. Plus another pick was called back, and once D-coordinators start getting some film on him, they will play with this mind. Long story short, if he does anything near what Ryan had done in his 1st three years, you guys would want him in the HOF….That said, he did look better than I thought he would, but my expectations were not very high.

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Decloud drops 2 pics, and bears put in on the ground twice in the 1st half. Just one of those days.

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All you Matt Ryan haters…you idiots.
Here are Ryan’s stats for 2010:

62.5% completion rate ( 357/571) 3,705 yards, 28 TD’s and 9 interceptions.
He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2011.
I won’t take the time or effort to list all the awards he’s won.

Ryan may have a terrible year in 2011.
The Falcons may struggle.
But you haters are simply here because you enjoy the attention…not because you can prove with stats that Ryan is as bad as you claim.
Morons.

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But they very high for Ice Melt?…Be honest…He aint the ONE NEO…………..

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Once again…It’s 1 game!!!….if the poor play continues then yeah i will be worried, but right now?? Let it play out a little bit!!

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Pocket management-I agree with Who Me?. Matt Ryan needs to stop being scared and step up into the pocket and fire the @#nm ball to his “explosive” receivers. The good news is that it was the first game and not the seventh game. Adjustments can and will be made. A game like this can set the tone for the rest of the season: good or bad. John Madden once said that you cannot evaluate a team until the seventh or eighth game into the regular season. A word of caution to the Falcons: a game two loss would deepen the hole of a culture of losing, which this team can easily slip into very quick-if nothing is done at ALL LEVELS-to stop the bleeding. Blank-step up and get into the face of your subordinates and let the @$%t roll downhill.

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So, let’s take stock of all the great, awesome, athletic quarterbacks that are much better than Ryan and who draw the love of so many on this board…
[Soon to be MVP and dome-owner] Mike Vick
[the emergin, under the radar force in the sunshine state] Josh Freeman
[Late addition to the party] Cam Newton

Did I miss anybody? Maybe Donovan McNabb?

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I have never watched the NFL before… I agree with everything that you said. BUT Pitt. lost in an unusual fashion and will prob not lose another game like that in a long time. What bothers me is, if you look at the last few losses most of them being big games and even a few that we squeaked by and won, we play horrible all around. Maybe you know something that I don’t but I don’t see many of the top tier teams losing like this as often as we do. And that’s what concerns me

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Oh yea, GET RID OF BOSHER. I have yet to see that dude kick mid-way into the endzone! If the league ever moves the kickoff back again, average fielding position will be the damn 10 yard line.

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Bingo John! Nailed it..
Based on stereo typing jr was able to gain the White House with 2 DUI’s, 2 bankruptcies and other failures i wont mention..Imagined if the guy in the drivers seat Today had the same track record or 911 happened under his watch? Sheeple……

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MR. CHARLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

HA HA HA

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Mat stats are miss leading…..he got the yards after the game was out of reach…He has knot shown real touch on the ball..those quick outs everyone can through them…Every team in the NFL has post routes,etc to get down field …maybe we need a receiver coach as well…He seem to be worried about his overall stats…His 1st yr was the bomb….Got to be a little of a gun-slinger to get to the next level as a elite qb….He thinks to much…..he played better reacting to the players on the field oppose to playing the team he watches on film..

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it is not about race, I like Aaron Rodgers… I liked Tom Brady… I can’t stand Jay Cutler… I think Rex Grossman is one biscuit short of a dozen, just like Jeff George. I knew D.j. Shockley would never be a good QB because of who tutored him before he got the League. I’ve never been Claussen fan… You are telling me after watching that fiasco last year that you’d rather have him instead of Newton under center? Talk facts with me… Tell me the 11 above .500 teams that the Falcons lost to, then you’ll line the sorry under coach line-up that Falcons rolled out there and you’ll understand why…

Here’s a stat for you, 1-3.. Whose record is that over the last 4 games(including the playoffs)?

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Yuse guys shouldn’t be so hard on yourselves. Yuse guys were simply beat up on by a superior team. There is no shame if you get smacked around and the one doing the smacking is bigger faster stronger and smarter than you . Buck up little birds , yuse got Philly the the Pack to practice for. I know I’ll be sorry next week too cause I really don’t think we can beat the Saints but it will be fun trying!

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You know, I just have to say it again. People on here will tell you how bad Ryan is against good teams, and somehow, that Vick is some pressure game clutch player.

Yet, Ryan is 7-8 against 10 win teams, Vick is 4-11. I am accused of having an agenda, my agenda is the truth, it appears the ones blowing Smoke about Vicks greatness, when he is a miserable 4-11 (including 0-2 last season) against 10 win team have an agenda.

You guys are a joke, either you have an agenda, or you are too lazy and stupid to find facts, and mindlessly just parrot what you hear…personally, I do not think you are smart enough to have an agenda.

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I think Matty Ice is a decent QB, and I think the coordinator doesn’t allow him to do things his arm isn’t capable of…and there’s nothing wrong with that. The Falcons will make the playoff, but not yet built for the SB. The experts have been picking Dallas for years and they haven’t made the playoffs since T.O. left.

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Hey Stat guy has Ryan ever come from behind to win one? Help us remember…..

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JSS, I like Vick. But, I remember a guy who led us to 8-8, 7-9 seasons and made one bone headed play after another. I just tell the truth, some people just can’t handle it.

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Mr Blank do you really think you can win a SB with a decent QB?

Didn’t think so…

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He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2011.
I won’t take the time or effort to list all the awards he’s won.

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Please don’t because awards don’t win playoff games.

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Hey Jim Moron go to sleep ya got school in the mourning!!!

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Ryan is an average qb. Maybe slightly above. That’s it. He can not “take over” a game, like the upper echelon qbs can. I never bought into the hype concerning him.

I consistently see fear in his eyes. Trade him. (They never will).

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Thanku..

Eagles 48 Falcants 16

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And I do believe Matt is a good quarterback, he just needs to stop hiding behind the team and say the burden of winning is on him. He is our leader, right? These are the same criticisms that Vick had to deal with, right? We expect our highly paid quarterback to get his team to rise to the occasion, right?

Go Falcons!!

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How does an opposing defense rattle Matt Ryan? They look at him and say ‘boo’. Sean Weatherspoon’s nickname should be ‘rubber’ as everythng bounces off of him. Most people didn’t realize that Decoud in French means ‘one who couldn’t catch a cold if he was standing naked in a blizzard in Greenland”.

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Falcons are going to get stomped again next week. Take that to bank.

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I don’t understand why they moved up to draft a speedy, downfield WR threat when the Falcons don’t have a QB who can throw it downfield.

Ryan’s got a noodle arm, Falcons fans. Prepare yourselves for an 8-8 (at best) year.

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If you spend 5 seasons at Boston College and can’t win a lousy A.C.C. Title what makes you think you will win a playoff game in the NFL?

Only the Falcons would draft that NOODLE ARM Loser. Miami passed on him for a lineman that has made the pro bowl every single season.

The Rams passed on him and looking what they have now behind center.

“With the 3rd pick in the 2008 draft, the dumb azz Falcons choose”

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Fact, Vicks last season as a Falcon QB was a 7-9 season, we were 8-8 before that.

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Cam Newton looked better than the four year Pro Matty Melt! Looks like I will be wearing the Philly #7 next week…. SMDH

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I don’t understand why they moved up to draft a speedy, downfield WR threat when the Falcons don’t have a QB who can throw it downfield.

Ryan’s got a noodle arm, Falcons fans. Prepare yourselves for an 8-8 (at best) year.

We are on the same page.

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He lost to the Bears and the Packers, those were the two teams that play in the NFC Championship game! What about does not sink in to you? And for all of the pounding that he took in that Bears game they were still in the game until the final turnover salted it away. The same goes for the Packers playoff game. The Falcons under Ryan have looked absolutely clueless in their last three games that they lost to the NFCs elite. They have not been been in one of those since the Saints put them away in the final meeting between them.

By the way, If you stopped trying to cute with your user name people might take you seriously. Otherwise, you’re just spitting watermelon seeds in the dark.

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I hope Matt Ryan does become a checkdown qb like joey harrington

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John, I still think Vick is a bust in the long run, if that’s what you are intimating.

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Yuse guys need to have a bratwurst and chill out. The season isn’t over yet but it will seem like it after week 3!

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“When you move the ball down the field, you’ve got to finish those drives off with touchdowns,” Smith said.

Heard this all last year
DON’T TALK ABOUT IT, BE ABOUT IT!!!!!!!

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Hetch Hetchy

September 11th, 2011
10:02 pm
Falcons are going to get stomped again next week. Take that to bank.

Give me the odds and I will !

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ICE Melt is a bust in the short run..imho

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Odds aren’t out yet lol

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The truth is , yuse guys stunk up my stadium

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Stat Man

September 11th, 2011
10:04 pm
Fact, Vicks last season as a Falcon QB was a 7-9 season, we were 8-8 before that.

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Fact: Vick was last Falcons qb to beat Philly

Fact: Vick was last Falcons qb to win a playoff game

Fact: Vick is last Falcons qb to start pro bowl

Fact: CHOKE is the only qb in NFC (HISTORY) not to go from worst to first.

Need more facts?

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Hate to say it but we are in a funk. We have lost our last 6 games since the playoffs last year. I knew things were bad when we didn’t win a pre-season game. Need to get this fix in a hurry. The only good thing about this weekend was that everybody in the division lost.

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Lovie Smith is so ingenious with his Tampa-2 that he can prevent his opponents from even trying to challenge his guys deep. And the defense not only prevents ATTEMPTS at deep passes, it also bottles up the short pass and prevents ATTEMPTS into the end zone. And yes, as an added bonus, there is enough left over to also stop the run.

Lovie Smith is a pure genius. (Why didn’t Blank hire him instead of Mora?)

I wonder, since the Tampa-2 can stop teams from even ATTEMPTING to challenge our guys, since it stops teams from even ATTEMPTING to throw into the end zone, why don’t we deploy it exclusively? It is obviously the perfect, fool-proof defense, impossible to score against.

What are we waiting for??? Let’s play Tampa-2 so that we can go 15-1 and not yield any down field ATTEMPTS the rest of the year!

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I’m not a Ryan or Vick fan. Bring back Sara Jessica Parker Wilson.

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Yuse guys need to lighten up on Matty Melt , I hear he has sensative skin!

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atlanta—1 fluke title in all their pro sports. this is why atlanta is called loserville. but, it’s black mecca, so that counts.

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Fact, most accomplished QB in the 2001 draft? Hands Down Drew Brees, but we got suckered into taking some guy who had motivational issues.

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haunt^^^^^^

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Fact, being loserville and black mecca does not have to be mutually exclusive.

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if the falcons don’t make the playoffs this year, smith and dimitroff must go!

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“Hey, I’m not saying the kid didn’t have a great game. He did. One for the ages. But to say he looked incredibly impressive in every respect is a bit much. Hopefully you will get over your crush before he inevitably breaks your heart.”

If he had a “great game” “for the ages” in his first ever NFL game how is that not incredibly impressive?

Yes, for a guy coming off just one year in college running a single-read offense, it was incredibly impressive. He’ll only break my heart if he costs me money, though, and I don’t have him in either one of my money fantasy leagues.

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Stat Man…if Vick wins a Super Bowl, his accomplishments would be on par with Brees right? Brees only has 1 Super Bowl…

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September 11th, 2011
10:19 pm
atlanta—1 fluke title in all their pro sports. this is why atlanta is called loserville. but, it’s black mecca, so that counts.

Black Mecca ?! What do you mean by that ?!

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DONT PANIC!! IT’S JUST ONE GAME…………………………

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John, stat man applauds your math skills, I will never understand why Beverly Harvard thought she needed to cheat the CRCT with talent like you in the APS student body.

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UGA in Athens are 2-10 against Ranked opponents..6-7 last year are they considered loserville?

Oh thats right u voted for the guy with 2 dui’s twice…

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HELLO CHOKE!!!!

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I cant figure out why everyone over looked the Bears. They would have beat the Packers last year in the NFC championship game had Cutler not gotten injured. No need to panic. We’ll win our share. Just need to clean up the tackling and work on protections for Ryan.

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It’s simple really, I don’t care who the qb is, if there is no pass protection, they all look bad. I missed the Dahl trade reporting but I was concerned when I heard it. Dahl had a rep as a tought, intimidating, and dirty player. He may have been the spirit of the OL. I don’t know but I heard he was good. Is his non-presence the reason the OL played so poorly? I thought the GM was supposed to have a nose for talent. What happened here? Anyway, first game but this was not what you want to see anytime. They were beaten in every phase of the game and this always goes back to coaching. Forget criticism of Matt, ask what in the hell happened to the coaching? The team was not ready. What changed from last year?

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Duntae Robinson should be benched. He either played drunk today, or he is very uncoordinated. He fell down every other play. I’ve seen toddlers learning how to work stay upright better than did today.

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“I just can’t figure out your instant infatuation with Cam Newton. One freakin’ game against the Cardinals. smh.”

I like players from Atlanta in every sport, so I am inclined to be a Cam fan. Aside from that, nothing. If he had gone 7 for 21 today like I expected him to, I wouldn’t be posting about him here.

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Billy O
September 11th, 2011
7:39 pm

It’s just one game….we played lousy….we’ll do better next week….

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No, Billy, we won't. I warned you boneheads weeks ago to forget success with this team.

Remember Green Bay in Jan? I do.

We were and are pretenders.

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Sanchez just threw a pass over 20 years..wow! forgot what that looked like

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ATL Defense certainly gets as much blame as Ryan. That “attempt” at tackling Forte early on was a joke of an effort by the team. To even let a Cutler-led team defeat you that thoroughly speaks volumes as to where a huge part of this team’s problems lie.

Plus, Ryan can’t (not won’t) throw downfield. Guy’s got a weak arm, sorry Falcon fans. Did he even attempt a bomb today?

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Can someone tell me why we gave away 4 draft choice for Julio Jones? It’s nothing against julio but when your OC don’t know how to call plays it seems like we wasted these draft picks. Plain & simple we need a coaching staff that knows how to call plays on both sides of the ball. When will Mike Smith take it upon himself to tell his coaching staff to RISE UP or RAISE OUT. I’m tired of hearing we got out coached or out played. Please Mr. owner, Mr. GM, & Mr. Pres. find yourself a coaching staff that can coach this team because the one you have now they will never RISE UP when they have too!!!!

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The Falcon’s forgot to…. RISE UP ! Falcons are sorry…. Saints will get another Super Bowl ring !

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Only reason Cox got the one Championship in 95 was because Glavine pitched the game of this life with a game six shutout and one of the best Braves clutch power hitters ever in big games David Justice hitting that 8th inning home run to win the game 1-0..Cox got lucky.. Its good to be lucky!

Right Mr Richt?

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john..

your exactly tight. I wanted Rex Ryan badly..but he was probably too fat for Blank..did not uphold the corporate image.. Mike smith could not hold a candle to Ryan’s schemes and coaching abilities. We need coaches who can outscheme, not administrators like Smith.

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Mckay just got promoted to CEO? Hey Greyhound is waiting for you too…

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Moron:
Your name says it all.

Because you don’t like Cox that win was “lucky”.
The slip of your agenda is showing missy.

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Having said my piece about Ryan, though, I think y’all are way overreacting to this loss.

Look at the splits last year for Ryan. QB rating indoors: 100.2. QB rating outdoors: 76.2. The Falcons were 9-2 indoors and 4-2 outdoors. Safe to say, they are a much, much better team when they are playing under a roof, and 12 of their final 15 games this season are in a dome. I am not that surprised that they underperformed today, but I wouldn’t be concerned unless they lay an egg next week.

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Dallas is putting a butt whopping on the Jets featuring Prettyboi Ryan…

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groundfog:

Let me get this straight–
Ryan is no good.
Mike Smith is no good.
TD is no good.
Yet somehow we went 13-3 last year.
I guess that was luck in your estimation?
Pathetic.

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Najeh…maybe Blank needs to consider Ryan’s record indoors to outdoors before he tries to build a outdoor stadium in ATL.

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At least Ryan completed one long pass today. Oops, nevermind no he didn’t.

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Jim Moron

September 11th, 2011
10:40 pm
Only reason Cox got the one Championship in 95 was because Glavine pitched the game of this life with a game six shutout and one of the best Braves clutch power hitters ever in big games David Justice hitting that 8th inning home run to win the game 1-0..Cox got lucky.. Its good to be lucky!

Right Mr Richt?

Ah, I think it was the bottom of the sixth ?!

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What people don’t seem to realize is that Mike Smith never bought into the wide open offensive philosophy. The proverbial 3 yards and a cloud of dust is his style. As long as he’s coach don’t expect that to change. This will make the trade for Julio a huge failure cause he won’t get used the way TD wants. Look for a rising conflict between TD & Smith in the coming weeks. Smith is a very conservative coach and won’t change.

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Ryan CANNOT throw deep. Does not have the arm. Why draft Julio if you can’t get it to him.

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John

September 11th, 2011
10:41 pm
Phil….I agree, I think Vick is gonna try to rub Blanks nose in it. He may put up fantasy numbers with this Falcons “much improved” defense.

And was it Blank’s fault he was fighting dogs ?! When someone dies, Don’t the sun rise the next day ?! Vick was in jail and Falcons life went on !! Nobody, including the fans, did nothing to michael Vick !

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He is..Enough said….lol

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M&M….a lil sensitive aren’t you buddy? Matty Ice, is that you?!

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Totally pathetic performance. Add it to the 46 years of disappointment this franchise has delivered.

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I think i’ll go fishing next sunday. I’ll look at the highlights later on.

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John

September 11th, 2011
11:04 pm
M&M….a lil sensitive aren’t you buddy? Matty Ice, is that you?!

No, I’m just speaking the truth and you know it.

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M&M…the truth as you see it? Everybody’s got a opinion…

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Typical Atlanta…that’s why they call it Loserville! I’m not sure excatly what people thought when they went winless during preseason…I guess they thought that equated to Superbowl Champ! Their secondary couldn’t stop a HS team, much less a NFL team.

LMAO.

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I wanna see some big DT lineman..No more of these athletic linemane…u need beef in the middle

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John

September 11th, 2011
11:11 pm
M&M…the truth as you see it? Everybody’s got a opinion…

So what you are saying is, The Falcons should have put their life on hold for Mike Vick ?!

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But there is a buyer remorse on here concerning Mattt Ryan. And I’m included !

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M&M….nobody said that, however they were free to sign him out of prison just as any other team…as least as a back-up like Philly.

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Yeah Vick is going back to those bad habits, Winning! Its going to be worse next week. Hopefully they bounce back against Tampa Bay.

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Matt Ryan looked like he always does against good defenses/ playoff teams/ good coaches…
like a DEER IN THE GD HEADLIGHTS !!!!!!!!!! Once again, he WET THE BED !!!!!!!!!
We never outcoach anyone. Our schemes suck !!! Our godawful secondary STILL SUCKS !!!!\
WTF has changed ???? Not a GD thing !!! Same old sorry Falcons….same old sorry excuses from Matty Sue !!!! Take off the GD dress Matty Sue !!! Your a$$ ought to be sore from the gangbanging you took from the Bears. They pa$$ed your puscatore a$$ around and made you there b*tch !!
I hate to see what Philly and Vick does to this pi$$poor defense.

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M&M, let me let ya in on a little secret..Mr Blank knew whats up..But he had to go public and play ignorant like he did not know.. Did you know that NFL security are former FBI people?

They know when you scratch your arse or pick your nose dude….

Blank is not innocent!…Sell the team Mr tool chest…

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FalconFan….Football conservatives love to put limitations on Vick’s ability to run with the ball. When no receivers are open, Matty Ice chucks the ball out of bounds, while Vick takes off for 20…this clearly bothers Vick critics, the belief it gives him a unfair advantage that most immobile QB’s don’t have.

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Cant blame Authur for letting Vick go, its was the principle of the thing. Don’t get it twisted though, however you may feel about Vick, next week against this defense, Vick will look MVPish.

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Dimitroff is not looking so smart to me. Did not address the offensive line or the sorry sack secondary. he way overpaid for Dunta Robinson, Weatherspoon, Matt Ryan, and Baker sucks out loud.

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UGA = Bad Team
Braves + about to lose the wild card
Falcons + gets embarassed on the road, forget about superbowl, its not happening with Van gorder as the coordinator.

Really bad weekend for Atlanta Fans, Hope there are no suicides…

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“If you didn’t notice, Vick completed 43% today for 183 yards. All MV fans better be concerned with the 93 yards he had rushing. He is going back to bad habits.”

Vick had a less than stellar game, but the good news for him is that he and the offense as a whole got better as the game went along. They looked really out of sync in the first quarter but things got smoother for them as the game went along. The Rams have a good D-line, so it’s not like it was going to be a cakewalk for them anyway.

Next week’s game will be interesting for both teams. Interesting to see if the Eagles can come out of the gates clicking on offense (I am particularly interested to see the Brent Grimes-DeSean Jackson matchup) and to see if the Falcons’ O line can handle the Eagles’ pressure.

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The defense made choker Cutler look like a hall of famer today.. LOL.. I really think the Falcons are not as good as the experts think they are..
If they come out like this next week, dont even watch the game, Philly blows them out like Green Bay did.. It feels like they need a miracle, and pre season is more important than you think.
If falcons lose next week, here are the rankings for the NFC South and probably end of season:

Saints X= Playoff team
Panther
Falcons
Tampa bay

Reasoning, if you are an contender and lost 4 games in the preseason. Get blown out on the road, Saints showed more heart.. I hope everyone sees Van Gorder is the weak link on the coaching staff… Her needs to get replaced with his Marion Campbell (bend dont break) defense.. Even the experts are second guessing the Falcons as we post, saying if we lose, the Falcons are not as good as they thought they were.

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The Falcons played today’s game as if they thought is was a playoff game – in a daze. Dunta Robinson was pathetic! Anytime a Chicago player with the ball got anywhere near Robinson he fell down as if he were shot by a sniper. When it comes to tackling, Dunta Robinson makes Deion Sanders look like James Harrison.

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IceMelt=Romo

Turnovers are comin from these 2 at the worst times….

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This rise up motto is so lame!

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Blank won’t blink till the Falcons are 0 wins until after their bye.

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This was a game for some individual players to look in the mirror and decide if they belong. Witherspoon — you gave em a touchdown. Wrap up man, this is the big league.
Decoud — two picks make this a different ball game.
Turner — quit running like u dont wanna get hit. Where’s the Burner????
Ice — bow up and grow a pair.
O line — any body home?
Dunta — see Ice above.

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Wasn’t totally Matt fault!!!..jus sayin

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ijonathan – I watched most of the game. Ryan interception was outstanding diving interception by Uralocker and he was running for his life when he laid ball on ground and fumbled. He did not play great game but was not as terrible as it sounds. My take on game is bad tackling on D, not enough pressure on QB, bad coverage, safetys dropped several interceptions in their hands. Terrible punting(35 yd average), poor KO return decisions. O had a 100 yard runner, 300 yds passing, but was limited to short passes because of Bear coverage. Too many poor performances to single out 1 guy!

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The Falcons are in trouble. Matt Ryan needs to go. There is a reason why the Falcons aren’t explosive. It’s because ryan’s abilities are not conducive to that style of offense.

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Also, Turner looks more like an undersized offensive lineman than he does a running back. He should practice not eating seconds at the dinner table

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The honeymoon is over for this coaching staff and the entire organization …INCLUDING OWNERSHIP !!!! And Arthur Blank has the nerve to demand a new stadium…with this garbage a$$ product ????!!! I think not Artie !!! Give us a GD secondary!!!! a GD real QB!!! a GD offensive line !!!!
and REAL COACHES !!!!! who know how to design and call plays and adjust game plan as necessary!! This QB, coaching staff and GM have reached their potential…and it looks alot like the same sh*t we have seen for the last 45 years… GARBAGE !!!!!!! The only player who showed up today was John Abraham !! He is paid less than Weatherspoon, Dunta Robinson and Matty Sue…the sissy QB we have….that can’t play the position like her high heels and dress get in the way.

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Falcons just imitating UGA.

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Mularkey with his vanilla never go deep offense and Van Gorder with his ridiculous zone defense have got to go. You better change your scheming before next Sunday or the Eagles are liable to run us out of the dome.

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Matty Ice needs to quit camming on the Adult Friend Finder and start honing his football game!

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I’ve seen enough. Sean Weatherspoon is a Bust!!

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Are the UGA fans that cant handle a couple of understandable down years calling for Smith’s and Ryan’s heads yet? LOL. Lose another and they will be! LOL.

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No wonder the rest of the country looks down on Atlanta as one of the worst sports cities. It certainly doesn’t help that there’s only one newspaper in town and the writers must get a drama queen bonus each week for the most alarmist article.
Yes, it was bad, but it was just one game. No sane person would jump to conclusions based on that. Case in point, the Steelers got blown out worse than the Falcons. Are their postseason chances flushed down the toilet? Is anyone predicting that they will finish below .500?
For all the doomsday so-called fans out there, dry your eyes, change your diapers and get ready for next week. With only one sample as a foundation for your proclamations, you sound ignorant at best, and at worst; pathetic.

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We traded Matt Schaub to move up to draft a player (Jamaal Anderson) we eventually cut. Is there anyone who seriously thinks Ryan is better than Schaub?

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Chuck Steele
There is a big difference between the Steelers and Falcons. Steelers have been there and done that and have credibility. The Falcons DO NOT have credibility!!! So do not compare the 2 teams. It’s just week 1 and NFC South is 0-4. The Falcons loss was more alarming though because they didn’t do anything right..no bright spots anywhere and now the Eagles come to town.

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You can tell who lost money on this game

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5 picks for julio, all that money for dunta? bad investments.

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The Score next Sunday after the Eagles leave town………………..4 billion to 6 Eagles win! No seriously, I would not be surprised if the Birds don’t pull the upset and beat the Eagles because they are long overdue for a win against them. As Dion Sanders use to say, ‘This is my House, you ain’t coming in my House and walking away with no win!’

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1. The game will serve as a major wake up call.

2. When is McClure back? The O-line was a sive.

3. The tackling (or should I say pushing) was abissmal.

4. The good news? The entire NFC South lost.

5. The better news? The dogs are 0-2 and may fall out of the Top 40!

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Buckeye – right on the money with your post. Except the dogs, I love them(daughter a grad), they should not be in top 100 much less 40!! Scheduling Boise and SC first two games not a bright idea, should have went GT’s direction, like playing of Emory and Devry!!

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the secondary sucks again…dunta is lead sucker…owens second sucker!!!!!!

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Harrington Jr. aint the one NEO….

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WOW…I’m amazed that everything is put on MR’s shoulders, he doesn’t make the gameplan, he threw for over 300 yds while running for his life. The problem is Mularkey does not have a creative offensive bone in his body. He has the talent, White/Jones/Gonzalez, etc., he simply doesn’t know how to design a game plan to take advantage of this talent. Also the O-line sucked today, against Chicago physical is the game and the Falcons’ line couldn’t handle it. As for the defense, our D Backs have to be the worst in the league, they can’t cover and/or tackle and their Zone Coverage just doesn’t work. Rumeal (sp) just isn’t worth the money given to him. The D-line played well, except for Mr. Edwards, who was no were to be found. As for Witherspoon it was a bad mistake on the one tackle, but I like what he brings to the table. I’m confident they will turn it around and be the team they were at least last year, but to do this it requires a better plan from the O & D Co-ordinators. My only concern is whether or not Mularkey and BVG have the imagination to make this happen?

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Well there’s always FANTASY FOOTBALL!!! At least I can root for winners!

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Amazing how the Atlanta masses are still protecting Ryan, as if no one can criticize our “franchise” QB. Look, I want more than anything for him to turn out to be the real deal. Fact is, he doesn’t play to win…he plays not to lose (see the millions of check downs). Even if there’s tight coverage on the deep routes, throw it up & let your receivers try to make a play. Players that play to win don’t just “take what the defense gives” them. To do such a thing means you’re simply playing into their hands…falling into their gameplan…doing exactly what they want you to do. They are, in turn, the dictators. It would be nice to see our QB find a way to dictate, as the truly great QB’s do. Of all the “intangibles” folks claim Ryan has, I find it disturbing that none of those “intangibles” seem to mean anything against agressive, top tier defenses. And before you start with the “he threw for over 300 yards” mess, I say this: I’d rather have a QB throw for 200 yards with no INT’s & one TD than have one throw for over 300 yards with a fumble & an interception. Yes, Ryan has regressed. Let’s hope he can turn it around.

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So DOL said this was the worst loss under Matt Ryan and that there were no blowouts last year. http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-falcons/falcons-suffer-worst-regular-1171799.html

Was he in a coma when Philadelphia handed our butts to us last year?

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Well, they were crap in training camp and they’ve carried it on through to the regular season.

Starting to wonder when Dimitroff’s picks are going to start making plays…. any plays. Explosive? I’ll take a decent tackle at this point.

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I’m not a bit surprised by this game, in fact, I picked Chicago to win. Alt is a terrible road team and nothing changed my mind about that in this debacle. I like Matt Ryan but I’m really starting to question his toughness, he just checked down all day. O-line looked bad, I knew we’d miss Harvey Dahl and McClure was out, too. Ohh and dare I say, Matty would’ve liked to have his 3rd down security blanket, Finn, there to block and move the chains. Also, he was fab on special teams. This team is a joke. We might be 0-3 with this schedule. At least we’re home next week, it might be a close game but I’m not overly confident about that either.

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ryan2atl: Yes, it’s just “one game,” but fans are absolutely justified in complaining/worrying if that “one game” shows the team struggle in the same areas they struggled in last season. Things like the inability to stretch the defense & the inability to stop the pass. Folks are concerned that these are issues that haven’t been sufficiently addressed/fixed…& have every right to be.

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you cant blame all this on Ryan..some yes…but that offensive line was horrible! The announcers were calling the o-line out all day too…He had no time to find a deep man..

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The greatest show on purp!!! 6 points??? No TDs. You traded up and got Julio Jones to run underneath routes?? That’s just hilarious. If you have Roddy White and Julio Jones, throw it up and let them go get it. You think you had trouble against da Bears, wait until you try and throw on Nnamdi and the dream team. Just watch next week and we’ll show you how it’s done!! Who Dat!!!

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The Beerman, Abe, Tony G, and our money kicker showed up to play. Sure glad we had that primo wide receiver,,,,NOT. We needed defensive help, I didn’t hear Ray Edward’s name called once all day. Overpaid D Robinson and horrible safeties. Disgusting.

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Didn’t the Falcons draft a wide receiver from Alabama by the name of Julio Jones???? Number one draft pick and he wasn’t used!!! What is up with that Mike Smith and his ridiculous coaching staff. Especially the offensive co-ordinator which apparently was absent during the game. If you’re so scared to throw it down field—-why in the world do you fatten up the outside receiver positions???? Mike Smith needs to get his head out and get plays called that involves the big money receivers—PERIOD!!!!

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The Falcons’ problems can be boiled down to one thing: an unlovable, cluck of an owner. By now, even the dumbest Falcon knows Blank. Anyone else notice the morph of Mike Smith after the honeymoon was over? It takes more than $ and talent to win in the NFL. Blank is poison to the team.

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Matt Ryan is going to be an above average NFL QB but I don’t see him ever rising to elite status (Brees, Rogers) or borderline elite (Vick). He’s a QB that needs protection & he may not get it this year. He’s a ‘by the book’ guy but a great QB has to improvise & find receivers down the field when he’s out of the pocket. He’s not bad but he’s not great & that could mean Falcons squeak in playoffs as wild card & lose in week one. Hope I’m wrong but that’s way I see it.

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Good teams dont get beat like Falcons did yesterday. Maybe we need to realize the truth, Falcons are just a soft football team, horrible defensively, and medicore on offense. Loss of Harvey on OL, and picking up Ray Edwards is not going to cut it. Neither is counting on a rookie to make your offense explosive

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It’s Mularky. With Roddy-Julio-Douglas-Gonzo MuLarky calls for 5 yard passes?

The Falcons have the most predictable offense in the NFL. Don’t fire him-deport him.

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Knew we’d miss our fab punter, Koenen, too. Also, we suck In Prime time and next week, yup, going to stink it up in prime time.

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When the Con-Vick & Eaglettes come to ATL – My bet is we will see a totally different Falcons team. You read it – Coach Smith stated it loud and clear “We will Fix IT”!!! I’m holden you Coach to your word!!! Yesterdays loss to the Bears was a perfect game to set the stage for next Sunday 18th. Hey Coaches, now work your magic”You better have this team ready for the DOG meat comin to town” —

We shall see, bring in the “CON-Vick” – Eaglettes next

Go Falcons

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DC, son, you may be too young (or a transplant) to know about the Falcons of yesteryear. The team had the same problem when owned by the Smith family all those years. Money and talent was never a problem. Highly regarded players would come, play with the Falcons a while, and either fizzle out or move on to another team and win games. The Smiths were nearly equally on par with Blank in the unlikeable department, just in a different way. Look at the perennial winners in the NFL. Nearly all have great organizations, including great owners.

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Well, as you all know, my 3rd wife is divorcing me and I expect her to clean my clock. With that being said, I am putting the Falcons up for sale. The asking price is $1 Meeeelyon dollars. Plus if anyone knows a young hot girl looking for a Sugar Daddy, have her give me a call.

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I can’t believe it.
We must have the worst………FANS in the league. You are ready to give up on the basis of one game. You are upset because YOU were denied the opportunity to high five (or whatever) your buddies like YOU accomplished something. I am as sick at the loss as anybody except our coaches and players. Suck it up. Tighten your jock strap if you need one, but get behind the guys. We finally have a class owner, coach, and organization. We have expectations of winning every game. That won’t happen to any team ANYWHERE. That is why the NFL is so exciting. If you have no tolerance for the possibility of a loss, then you are no fan, just a whiny butt kid.

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Guess I’m still here. GEAUX SAINTS! I’m out,…….. for now.

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One more positive and my tank is empty on this game….At least we are tied for 1st place.

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Two things. First, watching Philip Rivers play is a thing of beauty. He KNOWS how to go downfield with the football. It isn’t always about what’s OPEN downfield, it is getting the defense to respect that you intend to go downfield no matter what. You have two fast physical wideouts in RW and JJ and you don’t even give them a chance to make a play!?? That’s criiminal. It’s like having a loaded gun and still let the burglar rob your house. If you are going automatically check down because nothing is OPEN, it is going to be a long season. Second, Van Gorder, teach your defenders how to tackle and put Decoud on a short leash and Cris Owens on an even shorter one and get Kelvin Hayden and James Sanders up to speed and into the starting lineup.

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6 straight loses dating back to the Green Bay playoff loss. Something is very wrong with the Falcons and it starts with NO DEFENSE.

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Yes Jimmy Crack, I did see Owens chasing butterflies out on the field yesterday. I used to wonder why he is still on the team let alone on the playing field, but I’m afraid we are stuck with him.

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I am starting to question the whole Matty “ice” thing… He seems to be making no progress in taking the next step. Way too timid. Afraid to go deep. And what is with all the wide open receivers chicago had yesterday?

I think the Birds may have been reading their own press clippings too much and came back to earth yesterday.

By and large, I thought Atlanta could have been in complete control with their start, but the INT followed by the Weatherspoon OLE, really changed the game.

Nice Tackle Sean!

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Wow, I guess somebody didn’t get the message? Man, say this for AJC Bloggers, dense is a word that can be spread like Peanut Butter and Jelly on most of them! See 9:39AM for the latest example!

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Preparation was lacking in every phase of the Falcons team. To pick out one point however, starting two rookies on the offensive line was the kiss of death. The Falcons have to dedicate themselves to giving 100% next week or get beaten just as badly. This is no home game for them either, as half the people attending will be cheering for Michael Vick, and the other half will be Falcon fans. Life is what it is and you have to deal with that.

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JSS – You jealous

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In the last several years we have drafted OL “depth” and gone heavy on defense.

ARE ANY OF THOSE PLAYERS EVER GOING TO MAKE A PLAY???? This is Matt Millen territory folks.

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