Falcons understand that wins, No. 1 seed only set stage
Calvin Johnson is a special player but the Falcons may be a special team. (Detroit Free Press photo)
DETROIT – The schedule says there is a game left. The coach, Mike Smith, says, “We’ve said all along that if there’s games left to be played, we’re going to play them to win.” (And in his head, he probably adds: “Even if we play them with Luke McCown.”)
But this is the reality: Nobody is thinking about Game 16 against Tampa Bay. It’s about what happens in three weeks and that’s where everybody’s thoughts are. There’s no pressure to win the regular season finale next Sunday, no requirement to play in the first round of the playoffs, no pressure to jazz up the resume.
“We’ve done everything we can,” Falcons owner Arthur Blank said late Saturday night following his team’s 31-18 win over Detroit, which secured a bye and the NFC’s No. 1 seed in the playoffs. “Now we just have to go do it.” In the playoffs, he means.
Imagine being outfitted with the best ski equipment and taking four months of lessons, then one day being dropped at the top of a mountain and being told, “Try to get to the bottom without wiping out.”
That’s where the Falcons are today.
They’re 13-2. They can walk to the finish line of the regular season. Two weeks ago, they wowed skeptics and believers with a 34-0 win over New York. In Detroit, rather than suffer from the kind of emotional blahs that have plagued them, they jumped out to a 21-3 lead, endured some bumps in the third quarter (as Calvin Johnson took a wrecking ball to the NFL record book) and then pulled away in the fourth.
Blank is right. The Falcons have done all they can do. Now, it’s just a matter of validating their record.
They won’t know their opponent for two weeks. But after quick exits in 2008 (Arizona), 2010 (Green Bay) and 2011 (New York), their focus is, and should be, more on themselves. The words, “It’s not about them, it’s about us,” might as well be stamped on their foreheads.
“Going into the Giants game, we knew a lot of questions were going to be answered,” Tony Gonzalez said. “I think that day we realized how good we can be. Maybe we even surprised ourselves a little. But that helped us. The focus that we had that week of practice was the same focus we had in preparation for (Detroit). And yes, we’ve been here before. We’ve had a top seed. We’ve had a bye. It doesn’t mean anything. But this time we’ll come out focused and ready to roll.”
Safety Thomas DeCoud viewed the Lions game as another test passed. “We proved we can carry over from a really big win. We had a lights-out game against New Orleans but then just went through the motions against Carolina. It’s nice to know we can get this out of our system.”
There were some concerns before this game. Linebacker Mike Peterson, one of the team’s emotional leaders, walked into the locker room following warmups and sensed it was too quiet. So he banged two cymbals together, figuratively speaking.
“He riled us up,” Roddy White said.
Peterson smiled when asked about his pregame antics. He was the one who marched the team out of the tunnel and right through the Lions’ quasi-blockade for warmups in Detroit last season.
“They wanted to be relaxed,” he said. “When you’ve had success one game, the natural thing is to feel like you’ve made it. So I was just trying to keep the guys up, let them know what’s at stake.”
The Falcons started fast. Matt Ryan attacked early and often, completing his first 12 attempts and 15 of 16. He threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns. In the last two games, he is 48 for 60 passing (including 22 straight completions) for 549 yards, seven touchdowns and zero interceptions. The MVP candidacy just circled back.
Detroit’s defense focused on stopping Gonzalez (one catch). So White and Julio Jones (15 catches, 224 yards, three touchdowns combined) destroyed them.
Defensively, the Falcons gave up a ton of yards (522). Matthew Stafford threw for 443, more than half of that to Johnson (11 for 225). But the Lions reached the end zone only once, going one for four in the red zone. That’s why they’re 4-11. That’s why the Falcons are 13-2.
Said Ryan, “When you have a combination of guys who are committed to doing everything the right way, you have fun doing it.”
This much we know: The backdrop is impressive.
By Jeff Schultz
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NFC South Champs
December 23rd, 2012
1:11 pm
The Super Bowl stage is set.
Joey
December 23rd, 2012
1:20 pm
Jeff, that 3rd quarter makes me nervous of the playoffs. Mike Smith scares me sitting on leads. Most times, that just wears down your own D, and hands over momentum.
What do you think?
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
1:23 pm
Saints leading the Cowboys……I guess I will pull for the Saints today.
Before you people ask or start calling him out this happened last night so be happy.
Jeff Schultz
December 22nd, 2012
8:03 pm
Matt “Choke” Ryan – You know my policy on banning generally is limited to matters pertaining to race, profanity, etc. But I’m considering expanding the criteria just for you. So while you’re welcome to be critical of somebody or something, if the only purpose of you commenting on a blog is to stir up trouble and provoke a response (or responses), understand that you may be banned. And yes, this is completely subjective on my part. So be careful where you step from this moment forward. And this is your one and only warning. And no, I’m not up for a debate.
Buckeye
December 23rd, 2012
1:28 pm
4th
From Columbus
Hi dogs.
Steve
December 23rd, 2012
1:30 pm
Jeff, you rock! Very cool that you called out that “Choke” loser. Sad that people like that try to ruin your blogs. Go Falcons!
1990_Champs_GT
December 23rd, 2012
1:31 pm
I still think they should play the starters in the first half and then pull everybody out after halftime. Coaches like to think guys deserve a break, but some playoff games and THEN you deserve an entire game off.
Smitty coaches like he has in playoffs past, he deserves all of next season off!
Ray Edwards
December 23rd, 2012
1:34 pm
Okay, guys. I’m ready to come back now….hello? Anybody?
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
1:44 pm
OUCH……….Luke McCown. that was low.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
1:51 pm
Nothing like the least intelligent person ever to walk the campus at Berkley (and that is saying something considering the pharmaceuticals that flowed there in the 50s and 60s)to make you want the days till weekend of the 13th to move quickly…
Hillbilly D
December 23rd, 2012
2:16 pm
I expect there will be a debate, probably sooner rather than later, about resting starters in the last game. my 2¢ is that I would be against it, if I were running things. If the starters don’t play the last week and then you have the bye week coming up, it’s 3 weeks from this game to the next one. How many times have you seen a team come out flat after a bye week or a layoff? If you have a guy who is fighting an injury (more than just the normal wear and tear) then it might be the thing to do but, in my opinion, if you go with 2nd teams in the last game and then you have the bye week, you’re playing with fire. We all know what can happen to a team that comes out flat in a playoff game, sometimes they get it together, sometimes they get it together too late, and sometimes they never get it together at all. So I’d treat the last game just like the first or any other game.
Dose of Reality
December 23rd, 2012
2:22 pm
lol…. Am I only one who found the pic above of Johnson and Ryan hilarious???? It looks like Ryan was trying to dance with him and Johnson was trying to pull away.
NFC South Champs
December 23rd, 2012
2:29 pm
D. Orlando Ledbetter is on injured reserve, heal up soon D-Led.
NFC South Champs
December 23rd, 2012
2:34 pm
As far as resting Falcon starters,
Smitty should do the opposite of what he did in past seasons.
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
2:47 pm
Hey losers.
Bah! Humbug!
December 23rd, 2012
2:47 pm
The Falcons beat the lowly 4-10 Lions, and that is passing a test? You people are delusional! One and done come playoff time…can’t wait to read the article and the blog comments on that.
Jason
December 23rd, 2012
2:49 pm
I would play the defense the entire game. You don’t want a cold defense heading into the playoffs. The only player I’d let sit this game is Matt Ryan and Tony Gonzalez. Maybe Roddy White to get that knee 100%. But everybody else is playing. The O-line, the running backs, the defense, etc. Luke McCown can beat Tampa. No doubt about it. He’s not good as Ryan, but he can beat Tampa next week.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
2:54 pm
Bah! Humbug!…………..and who is your team and who have they beat?
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
2:55 pm
Jason………Tony G has to play until he gets 1 catch to keep his streak alive at 95 games.
David
December 23rd, 2012
2:56 pm
Jeff-
Please ban Choke. Though one playoff win will silence that guy for good I think.
Although I can’t bear the thought of one of our guys getting hurt, I feel like our first teamers need their reps against Tampa for at least a half or 3 quarters… too much time off till the next game is gonna make our boys rusty.
TH FROM MC
December 23rd, 2012
2:59 pm
We will be one and done if Turner touches the ball more than once or twice. He cannot get critical yardage – EVER. He gets stuffed after a yard or two nie times out of ten. Why can’t Smith see this? We need to play Rodgers or Snelling – period. Turner plays and we are gone in game one. Any one want to bet me?
TH FROM MC
December 23rd, 2012
3:00 pm
**nine times out of ten**
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
3:01 pm
David catch up……CHOKE was told off by JEFF last night. read my first post and you will know what happened.
NFC South Champs
December 23rd, 2012
3:01 pm
How ’bout them 13-2 Falcons!
The pitiful sAints are Bah! Humbug!
Come watch the Falcons win the Super Bowl
at the Mercedes-Benz Dome in your own backyard.
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
3:05 pm
Detroit…..wow
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
3:09 pm
who is this Guy choke? Sounds like he’s in a lot of heads here.
Jeff Schultz
December 23rd, 2012
3:34 pm
Joey — Third quarter concerning, actually whole game was in terms of yards allowed. But the Lions have moved the ball against everybody.
Jeff Schultz
December 23rd, 2012
3:38 pm
General comment — How about if we cool it on unprovoked attacks on other blogger(s)? I’ve got no problems with debates, let’s just try not to get personal. Thanks.
Steve
December 23rd, 2012
3:52 pm
Jeff, one would think you would need a degree in early childhood education to be in charge of sports blogs with the way some people are on here.
Jason
December 23rd, 2012
3:53 pm
The Vikings might make the playoffs. They slammed the Texans today.
DawgNole
December 23rd, 2012
3:55 pm
Anyone know the date/time of the Falcons’ first playoff game? Have they been set yet?
Steve
December 23rd, 2012
3:59 pm
DawgNole, the NFL will wait to see who is playing who and will then decide. Won’t know for another week at least.
Jason
December 23rd, 2012
4:05 pm
@ DawgNole, usually the #1 seed plays on a Saturday night. So I’m guessing it’ll be on January 12th at 8:00 p.m.
Jason
December 23rd, 2012
4:11 pm
Nevermind DawgNole, I told you wrong. Last year the Packers had the #1 seed but played on a Sunday. So I have no idea lol
Hillbilly D
December 23rd, 2012
4:14 pm
Jeff, one would think you would need a degree in early childhood education to be in charge of sports blogs with the way some people are on here.
It’s even worse on the political blogs. This place is a walk in the park compared to those.
air of mendacity
December 23rd, 2012
4:15 pm
I used to get on these blogs some – but the infantile behaviour of many ruins the experience. Go Falcons – they seem to be peaking to me and if they can get some breaks, I don’t see why they cannot win two games at home and make it to the super bowl. the other teams are not so great that we can’t beat them – especially at home.
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
4:22 pm
This is from Pat Yasinskas, who unlike Ledbetter and even Shultzie, is willing to say some truth about the stubborn, play-not-to-lose coaching of Mike Smith. Yas includes Koetter in this, but I think we all know from the last four-plus years of the Falcons stupid need to take their foot off the gas that it is Smith, not Koetter, who is the variable that’s never changed in Atlanta.
From Pat Yasinskas:
“But, again, this isn’t about numbers. It’s about how valuable Ryan is to the Falcons, who, once and for all, need to realize they aren’t the same old Falcons. And coach Mike Smith and offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter need to realize they should stop even attempting to be anything close to the same old Falcons.
Let’s be honest. Running back Michael Turner has had a wonderful run with Atlanta, but his days as the backbone of the offense are long gone. The Falcons are a pass-first team now, and Smith and Koetter need to lose the stubborn streak that’s prompting them to force a running game that just isn’t there anymore.
They almost learned that the hard way against the Lions.
After Ryan played a nearly flawless first half (15 of 16 for 184 yards and three touchdowns) and led Atlanta to a 21-6 halftime lead, the Falcons took the ball out of Ryan’s hands in the third quarter.
They got conservative and tried to force feed Turner at the start of the third quarter. That got them nowhere, and it almost got them into deep trouble. The Lions followed a three-and-out by Atlanta with a touchdown. Early in the fourth quarter, a Detroit field goal cut the lead to 21-16 and all the momentum seemed to shift to the Lions…
… But that’s when the Falcons put the game back into Ryan’s hands…
They’ll only be ready and they’ll only be a different team in the postseason if Smith and Koetter grasp the fact that they’re not going to get anywhere with the running game. They need to grasp the fact that this team can only go a long way if it’s riding Ryan’s arm.
The Falcons can win in the playoffs, maybe even the Super Bowl, if they just let Ryan go out and play like an MVP.”
Pat Yasinskas is saying EVERYTHING so many of us have said about Mike Smith’s insane refusal to stop being such a damn Marty Schottenheimer and embrace the MODERN NFL.
It’s time writers in Atlanta I admire stop writing pretty prose about how the Falcons “took care of business,” and instead shine the light about how they almost threw it all away… AGAIN.
SCFalcon
December 23rd, 2012
4:52 pm
When is C.J. Spiller’s contract with the Bill up? If he wants to come back south, he would make a great addition to the Falcons.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
4:57 pm
SMH, you going to have 3 weeks of this cut-and-paste now…Heaven help those with minds…
@ Hillbilly D…
Only the 2011 Patriots and 2009 Saints have come out the bye week with any manner of an idea regarding attacking the opponent… Those teams went on to face what were at best described as wars in the championship games those respective years… So we’ll see, but that is if you’re rationally watching these games…
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
4:58 pm
Spiller can’t healthy…
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
4:59 pm
“stay”
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
5:03 pm
@ Hillbilly D and Jeff Schultz…
I keep trying to tell Jeff Schultz that is child’s play as far blogging… However, It is still quite provincial in nature… That is the disappointing aspect…
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
5:16 pm
SMH, I see the blog is still plagued by the presence of a pseudo-intellectual basement-dwelling deviant.
Oh wow, JSS is still here! Wow. Why am I not surprised? Why am I not surprised to find this guy still here?
Is his BFF Choke around?
Because that would make it all the better.
Then again, the Falcons won, so that’s usually when Choke disappears.
The only time JSS disappears is when it’s time to climb up the stairs for his daily feedings.
Cannot believe JSS is still around. Would’ve thought for sure that his big fat head would have collapsed his spinal column, causing a passing mourned by no one.
Not even his mother, whose basement he dwells in.
DOOOOSH!!!
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
5:25 pm
BTW, dooosh, that was an Elephant Man reference.
I’m sure you’re still trying like hell to convince everyone of your brilliance, but I figured I should explain the reference a dullard like yourself has no true hope in ever understanding.
You see, there was this man, Joseph Merrick, who lived in Victorian England, who had a deformed and abnormally large head.
His head was so big, it broke his neck when he tried to sleep lying down instead of sitting it up.
It’s all quite sad. They made a film about it. John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins. It’s quite good.
You see, he looked like a deformed monster, but he was really a gentle, wonderful person.
So I guess I did the memory of him a great disservice in comparing his deformity, which he couldn’t help, with your insane doooshy ego.
My bad.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
5:32 pm
And so it begins…
See 3:38PM
You came up from the depths, so anything in possible in the world of the undead I see… Don’t worry, you’ll be gone again in 3 weeks, well me clarify that, you’ll be ranting and using words of the words of others to try to ramp up the same tired cut-and-paste that you used against Reeves, Mora, Petrino, and now Smith… Enjoy your annual visit before you go back to the deep for the next 49 weeks!
Sis-Boom-Bah Humbug
December 23rd, 2012
5:35 pm
Rest Michael “The Walrus” Turner until he is released. Yesterday, he gained over half of his paltry yardage on ONE Play out of thirteen attempts. However, for the nonsensical reason of placating him & Smitty, Turner could still be used to handle kickoff returns – it would then be interesting to see whether he could get out to the 5-yard line before collapsing!
To compound matters, Turner is central to Smitty’s obsession with trying to sit on a lead – like in his patented 3rd quarter fiasco yesterday. This variant of choking will not cut it in the playoffs. It not only makes the offense perform pathetically, but it seriously degrades the play of the defense.
As long & repeatedly asserted by respondents on the AJC blogs, the Falcons FINALLY need to get serious about having a credible running game, and hence having a more versatile/less predictable offense. That means Snelling & Rogers in a “Committee of TWO”.
There is a limit on miracles by the passing offense as well as on defensive takeaways. Playoff caliber opposition can make this painfully clear.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
5:36 pm
Well you do know saying these words oh so well: “I’m a man, not an animal!” Good luck with the treatments!
DawgNole
December 23rd, 2012
5:38 pm
Steve
December 23rd, 2012
3:59 pm
DawgNole, the NFL will wait to see who is playing who and will then decide. Won’t know for another week at least.
Jason
December 23rd, 2012
4:05 pm
@ DawgNole, usually the #1 seed plays on a Saturday night. So I’m guessing it’ll be on January 12th at 8:00 p.m..
Jason
December 23rd, 2012
4:11 pm
Nevermind DawgNole, I told you wrong. Last year the Packers had the #1 seed but played on a Sunday. So I have no idea lol
_____________________
Thanks, guys. I was hoping to get some lead time to plan a social occasion around the game with wife & friends. Saturday night would be perfect, but looks like we won’t know anything for another week.
45ACP
December 23rd, 2012
5:44 pm
Making a list, checking it twice, gonna ban those that are naughty, not nice!
Baby sitting adults should not be part of the job/blog. Long over due, thanks Jeff.
Falcons Rock!!!
DawgNole
December 23rd, 2012
5:46 pm
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
5:16 pm
SMH, I see the blog is still plagued by the presence of a pseudo-intellectual basement-dwelling deviant.
Oh wow, JSS is still here! Wow. Why am I not surprised? Why am I not surprised to find this guy still here?
Is his BFF Choke around?
Because that would make it all the better.
Then again, the Falcons won, so that’s usually when Choke disappears.
_______________________
Read the third comment on this blog. It will provide you an explanation of what happened to MCR. He got all indignant and stomped off after Jeff admonished him last night on the live game blog. We’re all better off for it if for no other reason than his eternal mindless rants had long since worn thin. Just have to hope he stays away; that likely will be determined by how the Falcons perform in the playoffs.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
5:49 pm
Listen here, I’m going to heed Jeff Schultz on this one… He says your “harmless.” I disagree, but you’re only going to rehash the same tired material and the same tired points of argument… So have it and try to impress the sheep in the gentry… Tick tock, 21 days until it goes back in the Disney vault forever…
phil
December 23rd, 2012
5:52 pm
With no pass rush and no running game, not to mention 2 weeks of sitting around, we’ll be one and done again most likely….
Sigh.
45ACP
December 23rd, 2012
5:53 pm
Points allowed is the ultimate defensive stat that matters. Giving up 522 yards to any team is a bit unnerving.
phil
December 23rd, 2012
5:57 pm
Pay no attention to our sieve defense….super bowl easily within our reach.
Lol
Captain Crazy
December 23rd, 2012
6:03 pm
I’ve suffered through 42 years of mostly BAD football. But, that first half last night was the finest 30 minutes of Atlanta Falcons Football – offense and defense – I’ve ever seen!
NFC South Champs
December 23rd, 2012
6:05 pm
Yea, the darling 49er defense gave up 34 points last week.
laugh out loud.
Georgia
December 23rd, 2012
6:07 pm
the Falcons are here because of Mike Smith. Somehow, he has heart this year; he’s for real. We are first seed because of Mike Smith.
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
6:10 pm
It’s funny how JSS can’t go five minutes without name-dropping Jeff Schultz or the numerous discussions they have.
It’s doubly-funny, JSS, because I know myself and others have had “discussions” about YOU with the man himself, and he tells us much the same.
That you’re “harmless.”
Toothless, is more like it.
NFC South Champs
December 23rd, 2012
6:12 pm
Yea, the Green Bay defense let the Giants score 38 in a 28 point loss.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
6:14 pm
A creel eater would would know about being “toothless.” That, was the term I’ve heard…
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
6:15 pm
Looks like the ravens are proving last weeks game vs giants was a fluke.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
6:15 pm
Tweet that…
Ivan
December 23rd, 2012
6:20 pm
Bravo, Jeff for calling out and warning Choke. And don’t think you’re being immoral in your rules for the blog. MOST blogs do indeed ban posters for trolling. Which is all he does anyway. On any other blog, he’d have been banned a long time ago.
Again, good call. And Merry Christmas.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
6:25 pm
I notice HiramSaint hasn’t been around this season.
How many MV7 lovers are about to become RGIII & Redskin Lovers?
Georgia
December 23rd, 2012
6:30 pm
It’s strange to watch Eli Manning look so sandlot lately. While it’s great to see Peyton Manning come back dangerous as ever. This direct tv football package is the greatest invention in the history of mankind including the jockstrap, the sportsbra (two jockstraps sewn together), and Gatorade. BTW: the first sportsbra was indeed invented by a woman who indeed did sew two jockstraps together. That’s a fact. Thus, when Brandi Chastain tore her uniform shirt off in the 1999 Woman’s World Cup and revealed her sportsbra I said aloud, “HEY! That woman stole my jockstraps.” Where’s the supervision, you know?
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
6:34 pm
Haha. Oh, JSS… you’re such a pitiable person.
You come on here, day after day, hold court (from your mama’s basement) amongst those who don’t like you at all.
Your massive ego means you must boast at all times about how you know so much more than anyone.
You tell everyone you’re “objective,” but we know who you are.
We knew it last year. A complete and utter failure. That’s why you show up day after day, without fail.
You’re Ensign Mayo. You have nowhere else to go.
“Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung
Unwept, unhonored , and unsung.”
But unlike Bill Murray (or even Phil Conners), you’re not beloved, funny, intelligent, or redeemable.
Exiled_soccer first!
December 23rd, 2012
6:43 pm
I am buying some Falcon play off tickets Thursday but I pray that my buyers remorse will be slight after a Falcons win.
Actually,they might need my soccer luck to rub on,on them.
Soo…..
Hope the defense shows up,offense has enough weapons,minus the fat & slow Turner!
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
6:43 pm
Intellectual Ninja……..where did you develop your Katana skills?
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
6:44 pm
Oh BugKiller…
Whatever Phil Dunphy…
Be careful where you sit next time…
Same old tired references to social standings that you have no idea about… Like I said, 7 years later and you’re still using the same tired material from 80s movies… You’re only frame of reference I see. You’re as dated as a copy of ‘Planes, Trains, and Automobile.”
OldTimer
December 23rd, 2012
6:45 pm
I’ll be at the playoff game. Working out the cost now. I don’t plan on being a part of a losing effort.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
6:49 pm
On the back lines gravy-training on the real warriors in Gulf isn’t developing skills…
Jason
December 23rd, 2012
6:50 pm
The Giants aren’t very good. Maybe that 34-0 beatdown wasn’t so great after all. Falcons are going to make it to the NFC title game. It’ll be a home game, who knows? Super Bowl bound IMO.
Jason
December 23rd, 2012
6:54 pm
I don’t think the Giants are making the playoffs. In order for them to make it, they must beat the Eagles, have Detroit beat Chicago, have the Rams beat the Seahawks, and Washington beat Dallas. JUST to make the #6 seed. I just don’t see it happening. The Giants are done.
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
6:55 pm
Funny, JSS, for a intellectual titan such as yourself, you don’t know an incredibly Barney-easy Groundhogs Day reference or that the film is from the 90’s?
Silly, pitiful, little, little man.
Seven years later, and you still feel the need to come here day after day with your b.s. preaching about this or that.
Six years later, and you still must feed your psychotic need to impress everyone here by quoting facts without context and half-truths stretched to the breaking-point to try and make your ignorant arguments.
Five years later, and you can’t stop talking at anyone long enough to know that Jeff just banned one of the only people on the blog who LIKED you… and he was the guy NO ONE LIKED.
What’s that say about YOU???
As before, I just pity you.
I seriously just pity you and your waste of a life that affords you all of this free time to come here.
Poor little man. Poor, poor small man. Small in the most pejorative way the word can be used.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
7:06 pm
I just don’t care about “Groundhog Day.’ Just like I didn’t care “Officer and Gentlemen,’ or you’re desire to to a poor man’s cheap version of Kevin Smith… You just run out tired references, you’re a fictitious intellectual. It is like interacting with a bad interpretation of ‘Last Year at Marienbad.’ made by a 3 year old. Go and stalk Simon Pegg some more, they tell great stories on the Paramount lot about your tweets (in the security offices)…
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
7:06 pm
I think the FALCONS took all of the fight out of New York last week and they just couldn’t get up for a second road game.
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
7:07 pm
I guess it was not a statement game last week afterall considering what the ravens are doing without all their starters.
Wrecker
December 23rd, 2012
7:09 pm
It was a statement game. The Giants have given up.
Hillbilly D
December 23rd, 2012
7:22 pm
A statement game doesn’t necessarily have to make a positive statement.
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
7:24 pm
LOL… If only I were a cheap-man’s version of Kevin Smith, I would have more money than I do. But I’d have to smoke a lot of weed. We’re talking A LOT of weed.
And since it’s not for me, I shall just have to be, well, me.
It is amazing, I must say, about all the many things that you don’t care about.
You tell us all the time.
And yet you’re still here.
And you pretend to, or actually do, follow my twitter feed. Which is just hilariously sad, for you, for someone who claims so much to not care.
Amazing, the depths that deep-seeded personal failure will us to.
I mean, who follows someone they do not like? I pitied you before, but now that feeling changes to worry, for your deficient mental health.
Seek help, JSS. Seek help before it’s too late.
Hahaha… maybe it is!
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
7:37 pm
Nope, seriously, your stuff is in the security manual at Paramount… Don’t have to follow you… Anytime I walk into the offices, I get a kick out of that… Oh you didn’t know?
Try to get a guest pass on the lot and see how far you get! Ha ha, he didn’t know!
Matty Bicep
December 23rd, 2012
7:41 pm
I know this, most people who say the Falcons won’t win a playoff game also thought this was the year of the “dream team”, and thought Cam Newton would be a force in the NFL this season.
So, they are very ugly 0-2 in predictions, why in the hell would anyone even listen to them? Obviously they don’t know anything about football. Not the first thing.
DawgNole
December 23rd, 2012
7:44 pm
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
6:55 pm
Five years later, and you can’t stop talking at anyone long enough to know that Jeff just banned one of the only people on the blog who LIKED you… and he was the guy NO ONE LIKED.
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Actually, he didn’t ban him–just warned him. But MCR, coward that he is, seized the opportunity to depart in a huff, knowing that he would no longer have to face the blog’s wrath should Ryan take the Falcons deep in the playoffs, which seems more likely with each passing week.
So, mired in defeat–and indignant because he had his wrist slapped–the hater MCR tucked his tail between his legs and fled, because that’s what cowards and liars do. The blog was immediately uplifted and able to enjoy the ATL victory without having to hold its nose in the proximity of MCR’s garbage-flinging.
We can only hope he’s gone for good; the Falcons’ performance this postseason likely will determine that. If they’re one and done, I can’t see him resisting one last deranged potshot at Ryan and all of us “losers.” If they win it all, he’ll be invisible.
Matty Bicep
December 23rd, 2012
7:50 pm
We had a bunch of haters like MCR, we have Vick Supporter, Vick Supporter 2, CDG, but they have all be sent scurrying with their tail between their legs just due to the epic fail in Philly. But, your right, MCR is will never be heard from again of they win a playoff game.
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
7:58 pm
That’s pretty funny. It’s actually VERY funny.
The difference, well, one of many differences, between yourself and me, JSS?
I know of my many faults, foibles, and demerits, and never, ever take myself so seriously as you take yourself here.
Which is why I come and go… and you simply can’t leave. Even when others ask you to do so. Even when made plain that you’re unliked.
Tomorrow, I’ll hopefully be feeling better, and find something better to do.
But you’ll still be here. Trying so hard to impress so many who don’t care, who know exactly who you are.
The one thing you continue to engender from us is not any awe at your quasi-intellectualism, but again, pity and worry.
A lot of pity for the one who’s every word for us drips with contempt.
I like to think that proves the good in people. That we can know you here, and instead of feeling anger, revulsion, or some combination of both… we just feel sorry for you.
It really does prove the good in people, I think.
East Atlanta Ron
December 23rd, 2012
8:12 pm
The Falcons still can’t run the ball other than accumulating meaningless yards when the outcome of the game has been decided
I stick with the premise that in the NFL, championship teams run the ball and stop the run.
Jeff Schultz
December 23rd, 2012
8:18 pm
Just checking in.
I see I’ve been missing some real high-level debates here.
Let’s all meet up at Chuck E Cheese tomorrow for lunch.
Game tokens on me.
JSS and Intellectual Ninja: I’ve scheduled you two for a binding arbitration session in the ball pit.
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
8:19 pm
DawgNole I thought the moderator warned us earlier today about unprovoked name calling.
1 N Done
December 23rd, 2012
8:21 pm
I can’t wait for the pigeons to lose in the playoffs!! Y’all aren’t about this life!!! What does a Falcon fan do after winning the Super Bowl???????turn his X Box off and go to sleep!!!!!LOL!!!! Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
8:22 pm
East I agree. Looks like greenbay is in championship form.
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
8:25 pm
1 N Done that’s funny.
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
8:28 pm
I think that THIS falcons team is far more seasoned, and well coordinated on both sides of the ball than those of recent playoff years. This team is determined to write their own story, and achieve what they have set their sights on. I think that their character has been formed through tough hard-fought games, hi-pressure come from behind victories, and one very embarrassing road loss. This group now knows what needs to be done and how to get it done. As they keep saying, they just need to finish the job.
They have certainly put themselves in the best possible position to succeed. This version of the Falcons will not be defined by the past and will not sway from the ultimate goal of winning the Super Bowl. The doubters and naysayers will have their opinions and will no doubt express them while this team just keeps winning and proving them to be the biased hacks they are.
and bench Turner!
Go Falcons!
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
@ Jeff Schultz
Only if I can bring fellow EMU alumnus Greg Mathis? Oh, that’s more name dropping…
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
Who is choke? I have yet to see him post but his name keeps coming up like a ghost.
1 N Done
December 23rd, 2012
8:36 pm
Thanks Django!!! I have a lot more of them in my back pocket!! Just waiting!! tick tock!! tick tock!! LOL!!!
DawgNole
December 23rd, 2012
8:37 pm
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
8:19 pm
DawgNole I thought the moderator warned us earlier today about unprovoked name calling.
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
Who is choke? I have yet to see him post but his name keeps coming up like a ghost.
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It wasn’t unprovoked.
And if you don’t know who “choke” is then you haven’t been on this blog much–all the more reason for you to step down from your self-appointed blog police role.
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
8:41 pm
I dunno, Jeff. Skeeball just doesn’t hold the attraction it used to do, though I used to love the gliders made of foam that looked like WWII-era fighter planes. P-51’s, P-38’s, etc.
Good times.
I don’t know, however, if meeting at Chuck E Cheeses would be the best idea for the other party. With his big-headitis cause by unduly inflated ego, the children may think him an unfortunate-looking character in costume.
Or even worse (better), a walking piñata… and then they’d start whacking his head with wiffle bats.
On second thought…
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
Well, looks like Choke is back as “1 N Done.”
Welcome, “1 N Done” (Choke). Your BFF, the man they call JSS, has been holding down the fort for your arrival.
Matty Bicep
December 23rd, 2012
8:48 pm
Chuckie Cheese? Don’t bring them here, something about probation violation.
East Atlanta Ron
December 23rd, 2012
8:48 pm
Have the Falcons won the division before? YES
Have the Falcons had home field advantage before? YES
Have the Falcons been 14-2 before? YES
Have the Falcons been to the Super Bowl before? YES
The 2012 Atlanta Falcons can only do one thing that hasn’t already been accomplished by the franchise in the past. Do I need to say more?
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
8:51 pm
I find it amusing that a couple of people try to be the Skip Bayless of the AJC Blogs…lol….Like Bayless they sit themselves up as an elite analysis and like their mentor they are usually wrong about what they predict will happen and just like Bayless they rarely admit it’s their fault when they are wrong. It’s always someone else’s fault and their reasoning was spot on…lol…Every now and then they will be right and then they crow about how smart they are for making the prediction and say I told you so. Get over yourself.
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
8:57 pm
Great! Another “haven’t one a playoff game in three tries so they can’t win this year” opinion. So trite and simplistic. I so look forward to this team serving notice to the football world that the proverbial corner has been turned and the Falcons will be a long-term franchise success. Every team with a Lombardi had to break through the same wall and emerge victorious to claim their title. This Falcons team is on the right track to do just that, and I don’t think they fear any team playing. They will be ready when the time comes to defend the dome.
Go Falcons!
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
8:57 pm
“Probation?” You must mean that restraining order for someone else, my sheets clean… Chucky E. Cheese is all his “intellectual” capacity can handle…
1 N Done
December 23rd, 2012
9:05 pm
@IN I’m not Choke!! I think he is quite amusing!! I think your obsessed with him you seem to think everyone his him, how funny. I will be him if it satisfy you. Oh and by the way watch what color kool aid your drinking, because it will stain your carpet when it comes up in a few weeks!!! ROTFLMAO!!
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
9:08 pm
Man the Seahawks are hungry and they will be coming to town.
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
9:09 pm
Oh, JSS, so quick to miss yet another meaning of a joke at your expense.
What he meant, is that you remind him of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71i4VnO-eY
Very funny, no?
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
9:16 pm
No, you’re 1990s joke book is still in need of updating… Since your business is so slow, you can disinfect the pit…
DJANGO
December 23rd, 2012
9:17 pm
1 N Done why is everyone obsessed with this mystery Guy choke?
Texas Pete
December 23rd, 2012
9:17 pm
Wishing we had Tebow for short yardage situations right about now…
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
9:17 pm
And we know your sociology career ain’t paying the bills…
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
9:22 pm
Sociology career? Hahaha! Don’t know quite as much about me as you claim, do you? Whatever it is I do, I assure you, although I’m not the poor-man’s Kevin Smith, I am very comfortable.
But thank you for your concern. It was almost human of you.
Matty Bicep
December 23rd, 2012
9:23 pm
Why is everyone obsessed with Choke? He is uncanny in how wrong he can be. Can you believe he thought the Eagles would compete for a title? LOL. He even said that Cam Newton would “own” the falcons….I mean, now can one person be so wrong? He is a legend of fail.
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
9:24 pm
Oh, okay… I get it. I’ll play along.
DJANGO has been asking questions like a dummy all day.
When he asked for the 10th time about Choke, 1 N Done pops up and then says, “Because I’M in their heads.”
Then, even though I caught him in that, he claims not to be Choke.
And now we see 1 N Done having a conversation with DJANGO, and it’s completely obvious it’s one guy talking to himself.
Very funny. Disturbed. But funny.
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
9:31 pm
Well it looks like the Seahawks are running roughshod over the “best team” in the NFL. I can hear all hear Skip Bayless and his cronies screaming “I would have never picked SF if I had known Seattle was going to score 21 points in the the 1st 17 minutes….had I known that I would have picked the Seahawks so I was really right”.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
9:31 pm
I know the phony crap you posted in 2007 hacking that discredited research on sociopaths… Thus, I know that is not paying your bills… Trash in, trash out… Your paper always comes back to bite your phony butt… Stick to crashing folks web sites Sonny…
1 N Done
December 23rd, 2012
9:32 pm
@ Django Choke drives the pigeon fans crazy!!! They seem to think everyone who dislikes the pigeons is him!! What’s the difference between a dirty tub and a dirty bird??? The tub a ring!!!
LOL at the Aints
December 23rd, 2012
9:45 pm
Ah the Trolls are out, Under different names,, and of course there’s JSS, he’s like a fly that wont go away LOL.. like i said every good blog needs a douche bag or 2, Keeps things lively. LOL, Good night fellers!! and Merry Christmas. Go Birds!!
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
You are insanely hilarious, JSS.
You seriously have some major issues. Besides the ones you continue to display here. I love it. You’re seriously a paranoid little man.
Again, I may not be perfect either, but I’ll feel better soon enough and find better things to do… but you’ll still be here.
Here’s another reference: you’re like a demented Brick Tamland. You have mental problems, man.
LOL at the Aints
December 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
JSS is many thing but hilarious does’nt come to mind, he’s the only one that knows what he’s saying half the time, He likes making obscure references and speaks in riddles which “He” thinks make him sound intelligent. Poor little fella.
LOL at the Aints
December 23rd, 2012
9:52 pm
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
9:54 pm
Yeah, yeah, yeah BugKiller, I’ll be gone in February (like I was gone most of October and November) and you’ll still living in your lies and fantasies about what my daily life is all about… You haven’t a clue…
LOL at the Aints
December 23rd, 2012
9:56 pm
Excellent!! We cant wait LOL,, why you do us all a favor and go ahead and check out early LOL
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
9:57 pm
@ 9:51P…
Stay out of this little boy, this is grown man (I) and a sociopath blogging… You’re not invited, go and gravy-train somewhere else…
LOL at the Aints
December 23rd, 2012
9:58 pm
One more thing,, San Francisco looks like crap, LOL
LOL at the Aints
December 23rd, 2012
9:59 pm
When some grown men show up i’ll leave dip stick,
LOL at the Aints
December 23rd, 2012
10:03 pm
thanks,, i’ll be here all season,, try the veal. LOL
DawgNole
December 23rd, 2012
10:04 pm
LOL at the Aints
December 23rd, 2012
9:58 pm
One more thing,, San Francisco looks like crap, LOL
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Or Seattle looks like world beaters. The Seahawks are hot and dangerous. Hoping the Falcons can avoid them.
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:09 pm
Nolan would wipe that rookie sensation out with a wickedly confusing and frantic pre-snap read. The Falcons could handle the Seachickens, Bring’em on!
Go Falcons!
phil
December 23rd, 2012
10:09 pm
Seattle….
So that’s who craps on our parade this year.
Why does this keep happening to us?
phil
December 23rd, 2012
10:11 pm
No.
The Falcons can’t handle anyone.
The Giants imploded. It wasn’t us.
phil
December 23rd, 2012
10:14 pm
Fire Mike Smith now, before we’re humiliated in three weeks!!
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:14 pm
I don’t know to who’s parade you are referring Phil, but it doesn’t rain in the dome! Nor on the falcons for the rest of their run. Hail Lombardi! (Hail)
Go Falcons!
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
10:14 pm
Big crap talkers… None of you want a part of the Seahawks, and the Vikings aren’t scared to travel even with that lousy Christian Ponder…
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:16 pm
Quite “Phil of yourself” there aren’t you?
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
10:17 pm
From everything we’ve seen tonight, JSS, the only one living fantasies is you. The rest of us know our limitations as well as our capabilities.
We don’t spend so much time as you to convince others of our superiority. It’s almost like you’re compensating for something.
Hilarious.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
10:17 pm
How many Rookie QB’s have won playoff games?
How many Rookie QB’s have won a playoff game on the ROAD?
Sorry I Ain’t Skeered of no Rook QB.
phil
December 23rd, 2012
10:25 pm
You better be scared.
I certainly am.
Unlike most of you, I’ve noticed how many super bowl’s we’ve won.
That would be zero.
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:25 pm
Every game this year that the Falcons have game-planned to make an opponent one demensional they have done so.”They can’t stop the run so muscle-hamster will tear them up”= 50 yds rushing.
“Drew Breeze will expose their weak and depleted secondary.”= No td passes+ end of record streak.
We had our hiccup @Carolina. We took the lesson to heart and are on pace to complete the mission set forth by Smitty during training camp. Exorcise the demons!( and blog trolls)
Go Falcons!
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
10:26 pm
BugKiller, how’s that fire Mark Richt campaign going? Yeah, just what I thought… Compensate for your lack of sense…
Bills fan
December 23rd, 2012
10:29 pm
Love your comment Jeff, “I’s all about us.”
Have mentioned this before, but will always hold true: John Wooden never emphasized winning, just always giving 100% esp. in practice. Winning would take care of itself. His national championship teams had games during the season he was more proud of his team losing than winning the nat. chmshp., because they played their very best.
In this age of parity, it sometimes just comes down to who is willing to play their best every single down and not rest.
The Carolina debacle was a perfect example of “Who wants it more?”
Yeah, for the Falcons anything but a ring is failure, but it won’t happen to this club if they just leave it all on the field.
phil
December 23rd, 2012
10:29 pm
Seattle 46 – Atlanta 13
phil
December 23rd, 2012
10:31 pm
The problem is the more talented overall ballclub that leaves it all on the field….
That’s the one that crushes us each year in January.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
10:33 pm
As far as Rookie QBs, you don’t have to look too far, Flacco and Sanchez won multiple games on the road… 2008 and 2009
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:34 pm
Seachickens 20 – Falcons 41
3 ints for the defensive backfield.
3 td passes for Ryan
Pete Carroll cries during postgame interviews
San Francisco comes to town to determine NFC crown
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
10:35 pm
Phil……are you stoned or just Drunk on Wilson’s jock fumes?
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:37 pm
For real dough!
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
10:38 pm
JSS….I knew there were some just didn’t know who or how many.
Michael M.
December 23rd, 2012
10:42 pm
I thought this was a football blog, not a social class guided by the Professor…………….lmao………………………………….Seahawks would match up well with the Falcons, be a real good entertaining game with Atlanta coming out on top. Don’t think so?
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
10:45 pm
Overall, since the merger in 1970, 5 rookie QBs have won playoff games… TJ Yates, Sanchez, Flacco, Rothleisberger, and Shaunn King in Tampa…
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
10:47 pm
@JSS Flacco and Sanchez
lol….maybe the Falcons GM is on the phone trying to trade Ryan for one of those two…..you know the Ravens and the Jets would love that trade.
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
10:48 pm
I dunno, JSS… as good as Mark Richt is, he’s not great, leading one to wonder if that’s all there is.
But my Fire Soft Willy Martinez campaign sure was gangbusters.
But I say that not to impress, because any time I’m right about sometime, I’m sure I’m wrong about two things. Unlike you, I possess that kind of self-awareness.
You’re the only one here constantly trying to impress, constantly telling all us just how much you’re above the fray, as it were, and how that makes you better than us.
Michael M.
December 23rd, 2012
10:49 pm
Who are the Falcons going to get in the Dome in the playoff game, the NFC is so evenly matched they can’t make up their own minds which one wants a shot at Atlanta in the first game…………………………………………………………….
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:49 pm
I hope that Coach Smith will treat the Tampa Bay game just like a third pre-season game. Dominant first half performance by starters (not including Turner), followed by one series each in the second half then begin substitutions. Too much off time has a history of poor results for this team and as of late, in this league. My opinion is that if you continue to push yourself as a team, you will continue to achieve the desired results as a team.
“You play to win the game!”-Tony Dungy
Go Falcons!
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
10:53 pm
And Bama is still running the ball down your throat… Only thing that you’re “self-aware” is that you can lie…
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
10:55 pm
JSS…………shouldn’t Dan Marino be in there too?
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
10:55 pm
@icndark “You play to win the game!”-Tony Dungy
I think you mean Herman Edwards, Dawg.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
10:56 pm
“You play to win the game” is Herm Edwards
Thomas Brown
December 23rd, 2012
10:57 pm
JSS December 23rd, 2012 10:23 am
“Home Field didn’t help the 1989 49ers”
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Who lets you get away with this B.S. of yours in here, JSS ?
The San Francisco 49ers in 1989 Lost in the Play-Offs at Home ?
That’s a lie. They won every game at home in the Play-Offs, which is a feat we’d like to Duplicate, having the same advantage the 49ers did in 1989 of
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Home Field Advantage in the Play-Off Games.
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JSS December 23rd, 2012 10:23 am
“The Falcons still scare no balanced NFL playoff roster, Dome or not…”
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Seriously, JSS ?
The Falcons scare no one in the play-offs with Home Field Advantage throughout the play-offs to reach the Super Bowl Game ?
That’s pure B.S., and you know it.
JSS December 23rd, 2012 11:27 am Fan since 66 asked JSS why do you post here ?
“You asked “why?” I answered: “It’s professional football.” The blogs of other teams have no problem with dissenting voices, Only AJC Falcons bloggers and Cowboys fans have a problem…”
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There is no one who has a problem with dissenting voices. We’ve asked you direct questions about the made-up statistics about previous 1989 season San Francisco 49ers losing at home in the play-offs with the Home Field Advantage in the Play-Offs. You just duck, run and hide, JSS.
We’ve read you make-up B.S. that yesterday’s game was not a great game by Matt Ryan and that Matt Ryan is not the MVP of the 2012 season for the NFL. Sure he is. He has had a great season 2012.
You just don’t want to admit it.
So, you run in here and say rather than comparing his 2012 season with everyone else in the NFL this season and what they meant to their teams 2012, that we have to instead compare Matt Ryan 2012 with what Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees did in 2010 and compare Matt Ryan’s season 2012 with what Tom Brady did in 2007.
Michael Vick and Joe Flacco, we cannot address those TROLLS either attempting to put down Matt Ryan’s NFL MVP 2012 Season, comparing Matt Ryan to them.
So, we put up their season to Matt Ryan’s season and they look horrible compared to what Matt Ryan’s NFL MVP 2012 Season looks like.
You don’t like that.
JSS, you say you never were a Falcons fan, have a better education than we do, and say you have enjoyed rooting on your 1-AA FCS football team for your alma mater, Eastern Michigan, the # 80 US News and World Report REGIONAL college. But, that you don’t root for college football teams ?
And, you say now that you’re in here because fans of no other team have a problem with dissenting voices, but that only the Falcons’ fans on the AJ-C have a problem with dissenting voices ? Yet, when we ask you direct questions, our reply to whatever your responses are, are always the same :
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What in the name of Hell did you just say ?
JSS, your replies are indecipherable.
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Your summary of yesterday’s game is that Matt Ryan is not even the best QB Rating of his own conference this season.
I thought he played well.
I think Matt Ryan has played well this 2012 season.
I think Matt Ryan has meant more to his team’s success than any player on any team 2012.
You call that fantasy football.
You tell us every one of us sucks.
You tell us the Falcons suck.
You tell us you will NEVER be a fan of the Falcons as long as Arthur Blank owns the team.
Good Heavens, son.
That is not a dissenting voice. That is a little snot hiding behind his keyboard acting as if his doesn’t stink to high freaking heaven, grasping at straws and not summarizing the game the rest of the nation watched all day yesterday in a manner consistent with anything close to reality.
So, you attack us.
So, you attack the fans of the Falcons.
So, you attack the Falcons.
So, you attack Matt Ryan.
So, you attack ALL SOUTHERNERS with Neil Young helping Southern Farmers with your DETROIT hell hole education from a hell hole 4th tier regional college – a NOT a good one at that.
So, you give us URL Links to Kibble and Bits 1981 ads.
So, you give us URL Links to nasty tracks not fit for this blog with incomprehensibly lewd song titles, about your man-love for grown men in the NFL when if that is what you want, please it doesn’t bother me a bit that that is what you want – not my persuasion – but if it’s yours, please I see nothing wrong with that. But, you don’t have to shove down our throats to the unsuspecting masses that your URL Link will take us to a song title like that. I don’t want to hear it. It is a
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DISGUSTING TITLE to track 6. Repulsive. Ghastly. Filthy. Revolting.
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I do want to hear why it is you think you have earned the right to post that appalling URL Link to that Horrible song track number 6 song title. It is against the rules of posting on the Internet and you know it. Providing that URL Link is a violation of public posting, twit.
What we’ve witnessed is a string of nothing but incomprehensible posts which no one understands.
Lies.
Personal Attacks.
Made-Up Statistics.
And, claims that what I’ve written of my own words is copyrighted material cut and pasted.
You’re a peon on this blog because you make-up whatever the hell you want to make-up to support your desire to run in here and not summarize the same football game all of us watched, but one which apparently only you did.
Matt Ryan 2012 is NOT a fantasy. He’s real. He’s the Real Deal.
Now, I know you know that.
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JustSomeSucka is a Troll December 23rd, 2012 11:47 am
“I find it absolutely amazing that The Blog Troll has the testes calls anyone else out on this blog. For ANYTHING. Why does anyone else take anything The Blog Troll says seriously? “Thomas Brown” is absolutely correct in pegging this turd as nothing more than an incessantly arrogant, needlessly narcissistic, and completely and totally in love with his own sense overrated, google-enhanced intelligence jerk.”
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He’s also a habitual liar, whose points & whose posts, no one can understand.
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Fan since 66 December 23rd, 2012 11:55 am
“@JSS is a troll We all know what make JSS tick, I think. Right now he is probably rereading your post several times, “laughing all the way”.
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Or, posting a reply none of us can begin to grasp.
Answer This December 23rd, 2012 12:03 pm
“I see a hungry team that is not scared of anyone either…..who cares if no other team is afraid of us….we are not afraid of any other team (bears repeating).”
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Yes. I did not follow that made-up position of JSS either, Answer This, that none of the 2012 play-off teams fear the Falcons. Yours is a good reply to that; he’ll not address it. He’ll duck the point, and write something no one understands. Then, he will correct his own post, and still no one will know what in the hell he just said. Again.
And, for the record, I firmly believe that all the 2012 play-off teams, fear this Falcons’ Football Team because of what Matt Ryan can do to them. I believe if you ask every NFL Football Team’s players who in 2012 they fear facing the most, that the answer would be unanimous that it’s Matt Ryan 2012, they all fear the most.
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JustSomeSucka is a Troll December 23rd, 2012 12:28 pm
to JSS : “You’ve been flinging crap against the wall of this blog since last night. Really, dude, you have absolutely no situational awareness or self-awareness, do you? You say something like that, without any idea of the crap you come on here and fling after every single Falcons game. You pretend like you don’t care. You protest weekly that you don’t care. And yet here you are. Telling us again how much better you are than the rest of us. Impressing absolutely no one with your internet-gleaned facts and figures that are all full of sound and fury signifying nothing.”
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Well-said to just some sucka (JSS.)
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JustSomeSucka is a Troll December 23rd, 2012 2:12 pm
“Please, Blog Troll… if you don’t care so much, prove it. If you’re above us all, prove it. If you’re so much smarter than everyone else, prove it. We come here to talk about a team we enjoy. You come here to do nothing but run everyone else down. And you don’t care? And you’re above us all? Prove it, Blog Troll. Prove it.”
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Matt Ryan is impressive – not some fantasy.
Michael M.
December 23rd, 2012
10:58 pm
The Niners are just in the wrong house tonight…………………….just like the team that plays the Falcons in the Georgia Dome !
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:59 pm
You’re right ramguy…my bad,
Go Falcons!
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:00 pm
Marino lost his first playoff game…
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
11:04 pm
Whomever comes to the dome, they will be battle weary and in inhospitable environs. The dome will be ready and the Angry Birds will be unleashed on whatever team dares to step on our turf! That felt great to say.
Go Falcons!
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:04 pm
Ha ha, it is Cut and Paste Junior… I never thought anyone could out cut and paste you BugKiller, but this idiot even found a way to top you… He’s even a big stalker of 18-22 year olds then you too… And you dolts have the nerve to to talk about mental illness…
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
11:06 pm
He went to the Superbowl his 2nd season. I forgot. His first season he wasn’t the starter most of the season.
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
11:08 pm
I would like to think that Marino would have won several Championships if he had played for the 49er’s, It’s a team sport cuz.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:09 pm
Hmmmm, I provided an URL to a disgusting song? Where? Come on, provide the link…
playmeortrademe
December 23rd, 2012
11:13 pm
Seattle looking scary good. Good running game and a mobile QB, plus a tough defense. Not who I’d want to Falcons to draw in the divisional round.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:14 pm
Marino started 11 regular season games, he lost the old wildcard round to Seattle the year they went on their only run to the AFC championship game with Kurt Warner and David Kreig…
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
11:18 pm
The Niners are just in the wrong house tonight…………………….just like the team that plays the Falcons in the Georgia Dome !
The Falcons have an incredible record at the Dome with Ryan at the helm and they are undefeated there his year. I think the Seahawks are the only other team without a home loss…not counting the Fail Mary pass vs Green Bay so you have a point…..and just think about this. There are people here who think other teams don’t mind playing here…..laughable.
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
11:20 pm
I guess Seattle is the new “best” team in the NFL this week.
Michael M.
December 23rd, 2012
11:21 pm
Hard to judge a team on how they playing against another team until they play you and beat you, they are just another ball club…………….
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
11:22 pm
Ramguy – That perception or previous reality will become a thing of the past starting this post-season.
Book it!
Go Falcons!
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:23 pm
“Home Field didn’t help the 1989 49ers”
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It’s the 1987 49ers genius…
Come and cut-and-paste the results when you find that fantasy URL…
Fishbone must have hit to close to the bone! Ha ha, you’re a dolt…
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
11:24 pm
No-one will want to trifle with us after this year.
Go Falcons!
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 23rd, 2012
11:25 pm
JSS Marino played in the Super Bowl. It was his First year as the Full Season Starter but his second season playing. he was quoted as saying “I was young and I didn’t know it was so hard to get to the Super Bowl. I never made it back but I never even imagined I wouldn’t play in another Super Bowl.”
After starting the season as a backup to incumbent starter David Woodley, Marino was given his first NFL start in Week 6 versus the Buffalo Bills. Marino and Miami lost that game 38–35 in overtime. As a rookie, Marino set several records: he posted a 96.0 passer rating, he was selected to the Pro Bowl as a rookie, he had the lowest percentage of passes intercepted with 2.03, he was the only rookie quarterback to lead a conference in passing, and he had the highest passing completion percentage with 58.45
In the following year, the Dolphins finished with a 14–2 regular season record, clinching home-field advantage for the playoffs. In the first round, the Dolphins avenged their playoff loss of the previous season to Seattle Seahawks 31–10, and they defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game 45–28.
In Super Bowl XIX, Marino and the Dolphins faced off against San Francisco 49ers and Joe Montana in Palo Alto, California. The Dolphins, who had 74 rushing attempts in the previous two weeks, ran the ball only eight times in this game. Marino finished with 29 completions out of 50 attempts for 318 yards, throwing one touchdown pass and two interceptions. The Dolphins lost 38–16 in what was Marino’s only Super Bowl appearance.
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
11:29 pm
I hope you’re right icndark……in any case I don’t think anyone is going to come into the Dome and put a beat down on the Falcons. I have a good feeling about the Falcons but I’m not about to make predictions. I’m not not as all knowing as some of these folks who tell us the Falcons will lost their 1st playoff game.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:30 pm
“The Fail Mary” was no more of a gift than fumbling Cam or the Oakland gift… It is playoff football, sorry but the Dome is not going to scare of this year’s playoff teams in the division round. Excluding Washington who has a veteran coach, they’ve all been there… Even Seattle has recent road playoff experience in 2009 when most these kids were rookies…
Michael M.
December 23rd, 2012
11:33 pm
Seahawks will think they are worldbeaters after beating the Niners………………….lmao
cloudodust
December 23rd, 2012
11:33 pm
Maybe the Mayans had the New Orleans Saints in mind when they penned their calendar?
Michael M.
December 23rd, 2012
11:35 pm
ha ! ha !
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
11:36 pm
“The Fail Mary” was no more of a gift than fumbling Cam or the Oakland gift
Yeah right. I guess we should just forget that the Fail Mary wasn’t determined on the field and directly caused the end of the replacement refs.. I think what you really need is to find yourself a woman. It might improve your disposition.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:37 pm
Three weeks of 40 plus points (Seattle) would be sneezed at on these blogs…
Michael M.
December 23rd, 2012
11:40 pm
yups they hot right now, who’s the teams they did it against?
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:42 pm
Got one, but you can keep fishing for more phony sexist excuses to demean other teams… Fail Mary was a travesty, but those are the breaks in Goodell’s labor hating world…
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:43 pm
A gift is a gift, no matter how it is wrapped…
ramguy68
December 23rd, 2012
11:45 pm
Sure you do scooter…..if you do I would suggest you do what I plan on doing and that is paying my woman some attention.
Thomas Brown
December 23rd, 2012
11:47 pm
JSS LIAR :
JSS December 23rd, 2012 11:23 pm
” “Home Field didn’t help the 1989 49ers” ___________________________________
It’s the 1987 49ers genius…”
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JSS December 23rd, 2012 10:23 am
“Home field has never been a substitute for being better than another team that is prepared better ad executes while minimizing mistakes in all 3 phases of the game…
It didn’t help the
1989 49ers
1986 Bears
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1998 Vikings
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2007 Packers
2010 Falcons
or the
2011 Packers…
But, if it makes you feel more secure, so be it…”
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Lying sucka, just some sucka – you did not say 1 freaking word about the 1987 San Francisco 49ers, now did you
LIAR ?
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:47 pm
Arizona 58-0 @ SEA
Buffalo 50-17 @ TOR
SF 42-13 @ SEA
Intellectual Ninja
December 23rd, 2012
11:49 pm
Wow… that’s a lot of b.s. all in one place. I’m surprised ajc.com didn’t crash from the weight of it all.
And JSS keeps on getting so many things wrong. I guess it’s really not surprising anymore. To say anymore would be to start name-dropping, and unlike JSS, I don’t get any kind of thrill from that (b/c, you know, I don’t feel the constant need to “impress” people on a sports talk blog).
I think the Nyquil’s kicking in. Time to enter into the (hopefully) still, restful sleep of the dead(like)… to sleep, perchance to dream…
It’s been real, homies.
And remember… don’t allow JSS to drive you to anger. Feel pity for him. He’s mentally disabled.
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:50 pm
This guy is a true moron…
It is 1987… When you have that stroke from having no self-control, tell the doc why… Geez…
Michael M.
December 23rd, 2012
11:53 pm
ha ! ha ! ha ! Ninja…………………….Buffalo wasn’t doing nothing and neither was Arizona and the niners are a run first team unlike the Falcons who gave up on the run……….. and now pass first and if the run works………….just gravy on the steak!
cloudodust
December 23rd, 2012
11:57 pm
Make no mistake,the Seahawks will be a different team on the road come playoffs. They aren’t ready to pull a knock-out punch on the road to the Super Bowl. Good team, but will be eventual fodder for somebody. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to all
JSS
December 23rd, 2012
11:59 pm
Sorry phony, we’ll spend all X-Mas weekend in LA hanging out with Fishbone… I’ll sing the Thomas Brown theme song especially heartily! And word of advice wisea##, I don’t talk about people’s personal relationships, their mothers, their fathers, or their sexual orientations… If you’re one of that kind of bloggers, so be it, but stick to play with the children like Thomas… Leave me and those in my life out of it…
Fan since 66
December 24th, 2012
12:05 am
Sigh!!! I see with disbelief that Jeff doesn’t ban all this CR@P on the blog. Thought it would be about the Falcons, but you have to search through the insults, self-aggrandizing posts, and downright meanness in order to find posts that are actually about the Falcons. Can’t you people go find another blog to spew your stuff on? I mean really…how does it make you feel good to mess up a venue like this? I’m not trying to be smart, intelligent, belligerent, pushy or anything else. I just want to be able to discuss the Falcons with other people who are interested in my team. I just don’t get it. Jeff, I beg you to get a handle on it. You’re going to lose readers if you don’t.
Anyway…for what it’s worth…Go Falcons!
HomeField
December 24th, 2012
12:19 am
We’re in great shape showing we’re capable of winning to the point of playin at home…Naysayers keep hatin!
FalconUGAFan
December 24th, 2012
12:27 am
@Fan since 66…Agree 100%…I seldom come here anymore for that very reason. I’m so tired of this crap its not worth the aggravation.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 24th, 2012
12:29 am
OK it is Christmas Eve……..can we now start to show a lil of the Love the Season is about?
God Bless you all no matter your faith or your team loyalties.
Fan since 66
December 24th, 2012
12:40 am
@Put in…Why does it have to be Christmas eve in order for us to be civil? I respect everyone’s opinion, (no matter how wrong they may be!) and expect the same in return. I just don’t get the vileness put forth by some. I mean…it’s a football blog for pete’s sake! OK…over my frustration! God Bless You and yours as well. We sometimes forget how fortunate we are no matter what our circumstances. (Oh, and btw, the reference to opinions being wrong…that was a joke!)
May Peace, Love and Cosmic Tranquility prevail until I wake up in the morning!
Go Falcons!
JSS
December 24th, 2012
12:45 am
“Neither was Arizona”
You didn’t say that when they came to the Dome, how many turnovers was it exactly? How many minutes was it before your team finally caught up with that 2nd and 3rd QBs and contained that off the street RB who broke 125 yards in rushing?
boykin
December 24th, 2012
12:50 am
Its Christmas Eve and our Falcons cannot be in a better place!
billsaints
December 24th, 2012
12:53 am
all the teams in the playoff. can win in the georgia dome. falcons mouth to big.win
dewberry
December 24th, 2012
12:55 am
Thomas, your’e outside the box tonight..not badmouthing your Bulldogs…haha
copper wire
December 24th, 2012
12:57 am
All the teams in the playoffs can win anywhere don’t you think, billsaints?
billsaints
December 24th, 2012
12:59 am
the falcons is a .500 team win the superbowl.ha,ha
billsaints
December 24th, 2012
1:03 am
copper wire not the falcons.14-2 .500 teams
copper wire
December 24th, 2012
1:03 am
haha. you make no sense
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 24th, 2012
1:07 am
billsaints is just being stupid to be stupid and has no football knowledge to share.
billsaints
December 24th, 2012
1:14 am
nfc south champs the pitful saints won a super bowl.choking falcons 0-3 ha.ha,
billsaints
December 24th, 2012
1:18 am
the falcons is a stupid.500 team.
billsaints
December 24th, 2012
1:20 am
the falcons is not a champion team.ha,ha,
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 24th, 2012
1:44 am
billsaints….how can you even afford a computer? You obviously didn’t get more than a 6th grade education.
Mora less Petrino
December 24th, 2012
2:26 am
billsaints, save a little eggnog for later bud, you’re slurring your speech. ha, ha,
Zoomie
December 24th, 2012
7:06 am
“Imagine being outfitted with the best ski equipment and taking four months of lessons, then one day being dropped at the top of a mountain and being told, ‘Try to get to the bottom without wiping out.’”
This is how I learned to snow ski in Colorado, except the parts about the best equipment and the lessons.
The key is to have Amaretto Slammers for breakfast . . .
RunninWithTheDawgs
December 24th, 2012
7:14 am
Marinated asparagus and Bloody Marys for breakfast also works.
Samuel
December 24th, 2012
7:21 am
Intellecual Ninja, You make some good points about Turner and the running game. And the fact that the Falcons are a pass first offense. But you don’t mention that there’s ebb and flow in a game. Also that maybe the other team can adjust to what you did the first halve. Plus you can’t be just one dementional, you must run the ball to keep the defense honest. Even if your run game is not having the success you’d like. I think these coaches know more about what their doing than you do. If the Falcons sit or play their starters against Tampa Bay, I support that dicision. Part of being a Falcon fan is believing they can beat anybody.
phil
December 24th, 2012
7:40 am
Merry Christmas!
But go ahead and prepare yourselves to lose to Seattle.
It’s on the horizon.
Common Sense
December 24th, 2012
7:59 am
Jeff, what happened to freedom of speech, or does that only apply to people that look like you? I see racists comments on your UGA articles all the time, especially after a loss. Guys calling black players hip hop thugs and things of that nature. So what if Choke is critical of Ryan. You didnt mind when bloggers would call Vick a dumb black QB. It sounds to me like you have a selective memory. Your behavior is very typical of the old south mentality.
RunninWithTheDawgs
December 24th, 2012
8:40 am
I don’t see anything wrong with playing McCown or DD against Tampa Bay. Let the guys get a few snaps in a regular game. As for the running game, use Antone Smith and Cox. We’ve also got back up players around the board who could take some of the heat off of our main guys. I really don’t care who plays against Tampa Bay as long as everybody’s healthy and ready to play and play hard when the playoffs start. This is a free week to rest and rehab players who need it the most. If the Falcons go out and play full throttle against Tampa Bay someone needs their head examined. GO FALCONS !
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 24th, 2012
8:46 am
Common Sense…….different posters submitting similar themes in their posts is very different from what CHOKE does. Choke says the same crap in every single post and only tries to start Blog Fights with other posters. Some of us do pick and poke fun and try to irritate others but also bring good humored ribbing into the discussion. CHOKE only comes to cause arguments with not discussion of facts or solutions to the article posted.
DawgNole
December 24th, 2012
9:00 am
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:25 pm
Exorcise the demons!( and blog trolls)
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The latter will prove more difficult, but it CAN be done. Thanks to support from Jeff, we appear to have banished MCR (for the time being, anyway), who stood head & shoulders over ALMOST all others in terms of despicable trolls.
DawgNole
December 24th, 2012
9:18 am
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:25 pm
Exorcise the demons!( and blog trolls)
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The latter will prove more difficult, but it CAN be done. Thanks to support from Jeff, we appear to have banished MCR (for the time being, anyway), who stood head & shoulders over ALMOST all others in terms of abhorrent trolls.
DJANGO
December 24th, 2012
9:33 am
Sounds like a lot of nervousness here. Poor falcons play their hearts out, get their fans excited then catch a Hot team and it’s over.
DJANGO
December 24th, 2012
9:37 am
Why do you guys throw personal attacks when someone doesn’t agree with You?
DJANGO
December 24th, 2012
9:39 am
Amen common sense. Amen!
DawgNole
December 24th, 2012
9:47 am
icndark
December 23rd, 2012
10:49 pm
I hope that Coach Smith will treat the Tampa Bay game just like a third pre-season game. Dominant first half performance by starters (not including Turner), followed by one series each in the second half then begin substitutions. Too much off time has a history of poor results for this team and as of late, in this league. My opinion is that if you continue to push yourself as a team, you will continue to achieve the desired results as a team.
“You play to win the game!”-Tony Dungy
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Agree with your strategy. No time to relax. Need to stay sharp. Starters need “practice” under game conditions. Mix in others as game progresses. A W under such circumstances is still a W, which maintains momentum and sharpness entering postseason. There will still be two weeks to rest up after this Sunday.
As you know by now, the quote was Herm Edwards’.
Matty Ice Cubes
December 24th, 2012
9:49 am
Bottom line if Falcons defense can’t get pressure on opposing qbs and if Falcons offense can’t establish running game then the playoffs will be one and done again. Its time for Abraham & Turner to earn their big paychecks !
Matty Ice Cubes
December 24th, 2012
9:55 am
I’d use Snelling as main ball carrier against Bucs. That way he will be better conditioned for playoffs to step in for Turner or Quizz if needed. Let McCown play a whole half so he will be a game ready backup if needed. Experiment with players to benefit team in playoffs.
DJANGO
December 24th, 2012
10:12 am
Common Sense to amplify your thoughts, DawgNole and others blatantly IGNORED the moderator’s WARNING about unprovoked name calling and nothing happened but he created a rule for this choke Guy. Hypocritical.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 24th, 2012
10:14 am
Throw the ball to Bull Cox on the full back in the flat pass. It was open for a 4-5 yard gain a few times against the Lions.
DawgNole
December 24th, 2012
10:14 am
Common Sense
December 24th, 2012
7:59 am
Jeff, what happened to freedom of speech, or does that only apply to people that look like you? I see racists comments on your UGA articles all the time, especially after a loss. Guys calling black players hip hop thugs and things of that nature. So what if Choke is critical of Ryan. You didnt mind when bloggers would call Vick a dumb black QB. It sounds to me like you have a selective memory. Your behavior is very typical of the old south mentality.
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Do you look like Jeff? No. Did he let you post? Yes.
MCR was not a contributor. He was a narrow-minded antagonizer who brought nothing of value to the blog. He also posted outright lies on the blog. He cared nothing about discussing the Falcons or the game. Just continued to blast Ryan and tout Vick and Flacco–over and over again for years. He’d already been banned from the other blogs, so Jeff has been more than reasonable in letting his crap go on for as long as it has–despite repeated calls by others on here to give him the boot.
Actually, Jeff didn’t ban him; he simply questioned the motivation for his mindless drivel and issued a warning. MCR then left in a huff–in effect, banning himself–much to the relief of most of the rest of us.
Don’t despair, though, Common Sense, if the Falcons go one and done again, I doubt MCR will be able to resist making a grand “Ha Ha” return to once again diss Ryan and all of us “losers” he loves to hate. On the other hand, if (as most of us hope) the Falcons go deep in the playoffs, he’ll likely remain under his rock.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 24th, 2012
10:17 am
DJANGO…………give it up. Stop trying to carry on a conversation with yourself in a losing argument. If you have never been here you don’t know what you are talking about. If you have been here before then you do know and you have changed your regular Blog Name and you are one of the pain in the butts anyway trying to carry on a bad fight…..Give It Up….
DawgNole
December 24th, 2012
10:25 am
DJANGO
December 24th, 2012
10:12 am
Common Sense to amplify your thoughts, DawgNole and others blatantly IGNORED the moderator’s WARNING about unprovoked name calling and nothing happened but he created a rule for this choke Guy. Hypocritical.
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You still on here trying to police the blog? I TOLD you Sunday that it was NOT unprovoked. Can you read?
You didn’t even know who MCR was, so you’re hardly one to jump in here and act like you have any knowledge at all of his distasteful background on this blog. As I mentioned earlier, Jeff gave him a lot of rope, and it was way past time to let him hang himself, which hopefully he’s finally done.
If everyone who name-called were banned, there would be no blog. MCR took hatred, bigotry, and dishonesty to a new level–repeatedly, for years–and, as a result, doesn’t deserve the privilege of posting here. Despite all that, Jeff hasn’t banned him (yet); only questioned his motivation and cautioned him.
You need to let this one lie.
DawgNole
December 24th, 2012
10:32 am
Put in Timeout . . .
December 24th, 2012
10:17 am
DJANGO…………give it up. Stop trying to carry on a conversation with yourself in a losing argument. If you have never been here you don’t know what you are talking about. If you have been here before then you do know and you have changed your regular Blog Name and you are one of the pain in the butts anyway trying to carry on a bad fight…..Give It Up….
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DJANGO–whoever he is–didn’t even know who “Choke” was, and yet he’s on here pontificating about him. Anyone who’s been on this blog knows who MCR is and what he represents. Kudos to Jeff for stepping up and admonishing him. We’re all better off for it.
bigbobbles
December 24th, 2012
10:41 am
django is Choke!! He is just showing, slightly more intelligence, than usual!
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 24th, 2012
10:45 am
bigbobbles………we already suspected that…..because of his love for MV7 the use of Django was meant to be symbolic.
Joey
December 24th, 2012
10:50 am
bigbobbles, I don’t think so. He doesn’t have HaHa! at the end of his sentences.
I haven’t read the posts yet, but has anybody mentioned the 800 lb gorilla in the room, that is the Seattle Sea Hawks?
Their last three weeks have been more impressive than any I’ve seen all year. If russell Wilson and Co can light up the 49ers . . .
Maybe somebody else knocks them out . . .
DJANGO
December 24th, 2012
11:06 am
It seems you guys wanted this Guy gone but you bring him up constantly. Why?
dawg tired
December 24th, 2012
11:24 am
Swartz and the Lions are wasting Calvin Johnson’s talent as much as Chan Gailey and Tech did.
DJANGO
December 24th, 2012
11:28 am
Why are falcons fans so sensitive?
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 24th, 2012
11:34 am
dawg tired………….Johnson probably breaking 2000 receiving yards is hardly WASTING his talent. The Other WR’s were hurt and the Lion have no running game so Calvin is ALL the Lions have. They have used him a lot. Could they have used him more? Yes. His talent has been far from wasted by the team. Calvin could be wasting his Time & Talent in Detroit but he got a nice contract to hang around a few years before he asks for a trade.
DawgNole
December 24th, 2012
11:35 am
Joey
December 24th, 2012
10:50 am
I haven’t read the posts yet, but has anybody mentioned the 800 lb gorilla in the room, that is the Seattle Sea Hawks?
Their last three weeks have been more impressive than any I’ve seen all year. If russell Wilson and Co can light up the 49ers . . .
Maybe somebody else knocks them out . . .
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I was noticing that, too (see post below from last night).
DawgNole
December 23rd, 2012
10:04 pm
“. . . Seattle looks like world beaters. The Seahawks are hot and dangerous. Hoping the Falcons can avoid them.”
DawgNole
December 24th, 2012
11:37 am
DJANGO
December 24th, 2012
11:06 am
It seems you guys wanted this Guy gone but you bring him up constantly. Why?
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Same reason we’re bringing you up: you’re a constant irritant with little if anything of substance to offer. And you’re trying to defend the indefensible and the inexcusable.
goFalcons
December 24th, 2012
11:52 am
FALCONS are the best!!!!! This is a Dream Season we are having! Enjoy the ride great fans! GOOOOO FALCONS!!!
goFalcons
December 24th, 2012
12:03 pm
COMMON SENSE
Real smart buddy! Way to win a arguement,,,Call Schultz names and that will really make you look smart and make him look bad? YOU SIR have no common sense by saying that!
DawgNole,
No need to worry about Seattle…They will not be able to bully our Falcons!
DawgNole
December 24th, 2012
12:10 pm
goFalcons
December 24th, 2012
12:03 pm
COMMON SENSE
Real smart buddy! Way to win a arguement,,,Call Schultz names and that will really make you look smart and make him look bad? YOU SIR have no common sense by saying that!
DawgNole,
No need to worry about Seattle…They will not be able to bully our Falcons
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The Seahawks have been pretty impressive lately; hard to ignore that. Just glad they’d be playing in ATL, which goes to show how really important homefield advantage is–or can be.
Boo Boo
December 24th, 2012
12:30 pm
East – Washington (10-6)
North – Green Bay (12-4), WC Chicago (10-6)
South – Atlanta (13-3)
West – San Francisco (11-4-1), WC Seattle (11-5)
Chicago @ San Francisco – SF 17-13
Seattle @ Washington – Wash 41-10
San Francisco @ Green Bay – GB 42-7 (if -20 degrees + 40 mph winds) GB 30-17 (if mild and clear)
Washington @ Atlanta – Atl 34-21
Green Bay @ Atlanta – Atl 38-16
Houston vs. Atlanta – TBA
SawThat1nce
December 24th, 2012
1:11 pm
Mathew Stafford also set a record in that game.
He had the most yards passing……without throwing a TD……. by a QB, in a single game.
PMC
December 24th, 2012
1:12 pm
The Falcons were up 21 to 3 and trying to get the game over with, 522 yards don’t bother me in the least.
Actually...
December 24th, 2012
2:31 pm
I would be nice if the Falcons actually went to the Superbowl and won. I’m by no means a fan of that team, but they have gone this far with winning. They won 9 of those games by 3 points or less. Unfortunately people are creatures of habit. The Falcons will play on playoff game and that will be the end of it. They will lose in their own dome the very first game like they always have done. It’s so disappointing for their fans. This is the truth. If they were to actually play in the Superbowl this year it would be a miracle. I honestly don’t think they have a snow balls chance in hell to win one playoff game. This is the truth.
Actually...
December 24th, 2012
2:31 pm
The Falcons will play one playoff game and lose it.
Actually...
December 24th, 2012
2:34 pm
The Superbowl will be played by the Houston Texans and the Washington Redskins. The Texans will win.
D silent
December 24th, 2012
2:35 pm
DJANGO….is the ‘D’ silent..hahahahahahahaha!
cowdogit
December 24th, 2012
5:42 pm
#44 is a great weapon to stop teams from blitzing Ryan!
LOL at the Aints
December 24th, 2012
6:33 pm
By the way,, The Deboned sausage stuffed turkey from TCMC is off the chain. That is all.
LOL at the Aints
December 24th, 2012
6:34 pm
Go Birds, LOL
Atlanta Peach
December 24th, 2012
7:01 pm
Jeff Schultz
December 22nd, 2012
8:03 pm
Matt “Choke” Ryan – You know my policy on banning generally is limited to matters pertaining to race, profanity, etc. But I’m considering expanding the criteria just for you. So while you’re welcome to be critical of somebody or something, if the only purpose of you commenting on a blog is to stir up trouble and provoke a response (or responses), understand that you may be banned. And yes, this is completely subjective on my part. So be careful where you step from this moment forward. And this is your one and only warning. And no, I’m not up for a debate.
merry christmas to me !!
falconsrus
December 24th, 2012
7:05 pm
Ha Ha !!!
bigbobbles
December 24th, 2012
7:57 pm
I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and the bloggers a special thanks including;
Custers, Ninja,Thomas Brown, JSS, Ken S, DawgN, (and all the lil dawgs, GTBob, (and all the Techies) and anyone else who could type a sentance without using all caps! Merry Christmas to the AJC columnists, for without their articles, we would blog elsewhere! And one last BEST WISHES,
FOR CHOKE!!
mgm
December 24th, 2012
10:32 pm
The previous three seasons that the Falcons made the playoffs they ran into teams that all were very hot going into the playoffs. All three went to the Super Bowl and only Arizona didn’t win it but they came very close and were arguably the worst of the three teams that beat Atlanta. Don’t look now but this seasons playoffs scenario is pointing toward Atlanta playing Seattle in the first round. Seattle will probably get the #5 seed (San Fran will beat Arizona and Seattle will beat the Rams in the final week). Seattle will play either Dallas or Wash in the first round and quite frankly they are better than both of those teams. Seattle is peaking and they have an X Factor QB, a strong defense and they play tough. They just dismantled three straight teams and hung 50 points on the first 2 and over 40 on San Fran. The bottom line is, Atlanta may be cursed with facing another Super Bowl Bound up and coming team a la Arizona, Green Bay, New York. Good Luck.
Ed
December 24th, 2012
11:38 pm
If the falcons approach this game the same way they did for the meaningless games at the end of the previous seasons, then the playoff results will be the same.the wild card teams won’t rest their players…. And Seattle looks better than anybody.
DJANGO
December 25th, 2012
12:34 am
D silent yes the D is silent and I have some payback!
Mora less Petrino
December 25th, 2012
2:53 am
Merry Christmas to all you Falcons fans, and a lump of coal to all the trolls!
SawThat1nce
December 25th, 2012
5:27 am
mgm..10:32……………..How do people know what is going to happen in a football game,before it happens?
The Seahawks “dismantled” the Cardinals and the Bills(a couple of teams already self-dismantled before the seahawks played them) and an injury depleted 49ers team(in the Hawks homegrounds).
SawThat1nce
December 25th, 2012
5:44 am
If the Seahawks had home-field advantage, their playoff hopes would be greatly enhanced.
But, if you look at their record, they don’t do that good on-the-road.
5 away game Ls, the noise level in their stadium, is really a big factor in their success.
They did look pretty good Sunday night.
Esquire
December 25th, 2012
8:15 am
Merry Christmas from New York City!!!
WE ARE THE MIGHTY MIGHTY FALCONS!!!
zbulldawg
December 27th, 2012
9:30 am
Tell what’s the purpose of writting a extra long comment !! Just Rise Up