Michael Vick as a Falcon: Some brief shining moments …
I remember how it was that Saturday in 2001. I remember so many folks descending on Falcons headquarters for a scheduled draft-day celebration that traffic backed up for miles and even Hall County police couldn’t sort it out. I remember what Dan Reeves said about driving to work that giddy day: “People were pulling up beside me and giving me the thumbs-up. Usually they give me some other sign.”
I remember how thrilled we all were that Michael Vick was a Falcon. I remember Jamal Anderson — not Jamaal, but Jamal — saying how heady it felt to be part of an organization that traded up to make such a wonderful thing happen. I remember the feeling that a door to the future had been flung wide open, and that ahead was nothing but seashells and balloons.
I remember waiting for his apprenticeship to end, and I remember the giddiness over the opening game of the 2002 season and how splendid he was in an overtime loss at Lambeau Field. (He would soon revisit the scene to even greater effect.) I remember watching him grow week by week, from the breathless tie forged in Pittsburgh to the overtime wonder wrought in the Metrodome, and I remember thinking Jeff Hullinger said it perfectly on Falcons radio, that this was indeed “the incomparable Michael Vick.”
I remember the thrall in which we approached the 2003 season, with Vick and the Falcons coming off the playoff win in Green Bay and a Super Bowl seeming near at hand, and the utter deflation that accompanied his broken leg that Saturday night against Baltimore. And even then what I remember about that season isn’t all those Vick-less losses but the moment in Houston when he trotted on the field and even the opposing Texans were yelling to one another: “Vick’s in the game! Vick’s in the game!”
I remember 2004, the apex of his career, the DVD backfield and the stomping of the Rams on a Saturday night in the playoffs, and how headed for Philadelphia and the NFC title game it seemed fully possible Vick could contrive to beat a better team in the chill and the snow. And when he couldn’t quite, it figured to be no big deal. He and his team would be back soon enough.
But they weren’t. And what I remember about those next few years is of a career unraveling and a franchise imploding and the layers of a famous person being peeled back until we weren’t sure this was the same guy. We don’t need a recitation of all the incidents at this late date, for we know them all by heart. And indeed, that’s what the decline and fall of Michael Dwayne Vick did to us all: It hit us in the heart. It broke our hearts.
And now he’s a Falcon no longer. We’ve known for almost two years the day was coming, but still it arrived with a thud. He was once the best reason, often the only reason, to watch the Atlanta Falcons play, and it wasn’t only Atlantans who felt that way. I remember the Christmas when my wife had to go find a No. 7 jersey to take back to Northern Kentucky because our little niece had asked Santa for one.
I remember seeing him in his glory, orchestrating the fourth-quarter comeback against San Diego in 2004 and throwing the ball so expertly in Cincinnati in 2006, and I remember talking with him and feeling — every single time I walked away — that he was a good guy with a good heart. And now, when I remember the sobering spring of 2007 and everything thereafter, I feel only sadness.
He was the biggest athlete this city has ever seen. As much happiness as he brought us, he could and should have done so much more.
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Najeh Davenpoop
June 12th, 2009
10:59 am
Nice article.
Not surprisingly, the Falcons weren’t able to find any takers for his contract. Don’t let that fool anyone into thinking teams won’t pick him up on the cheap when he is reinstated.
Curious George
June 12th, 2009
11:00 am
What will all the criminals in this town do on Sunday afternoons during the NFL Season now?
Why does it make me feel SO very proud right now to be a FALCONS fan once more?
Michael
June 12th, 2009
11:00 am
Sad but true! Well said Mark Bradley.
Marcus
June 12th, 2009
11:02 am
MB,
Hopefully his time for reflection and repentance will give him the opportunity to do so much more. Perhaps those lessons and mistakes will forge in him (and purge him of any traits/perspectives)of any that would comproimise his willingness and ability to do so much more.
I am pulling for him, and not only limited to his gridiron exploits, but for his remaining days.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
11:08 am
I remember feeling sick when the true Vick came to surface and it almost destroyed this team!
Bye bye and good luck with the UFL.
PMC
June 12th, 2009
11:08 am
Nice article Mark. A reminder that there hasn’t been one Baltimore Raven that has ever done a good thing in this city. They should enter and leave with a police escort.
mryan
June 12th, 2009
11:11 am
One of the happiest days as a Falcons fan. I’ve been waiting for this for too long. Let’s move on, Falcon Nation. We have nothing but positive leadership from the top down and it will continue as long as Thomas Dimitroff is in charge.
Mark Bradley
June 12th, 2009
11:13 am
Thanks, folks. And I’m including myself when I say it’s a sad day. I continue to have great affection Michael Vick. I wish him the best.
Mr. Obvious
June 12th, 2009
11:15 am
Mike Vick may no longer be a Falcon, but he is will always be a F E L O N !
mryan
June 12th, 2009
11:17 am
Sad day? Go sulk in the corner. I can hear the “Happy Days” theme running through my skull as I type.
Elbow Macaroni
June 12th, 2009
11:18 am
Dear Former-Falcon & FOREVER-FELON Mr. Vick:
Enjoy Dallas, Goofball !
Just like with my cheating EX-girlfriend, I say: “GOOD RIDDANCE, LOSER !”
azcat225
June 12th, 2009
11:26 am
You’re going to be busy deleting comments today, Mark (as I just said over on Jeff’s blog—nothing personal, just came upon his first).
Two different perspectives, both excellent opinion pieces.
The best thing every one involved can do, and I do mean every one, including Michael Vick, is to turn and walk away. Case closed, matter concluded, that’s a wrap.
Oh, if that were really the case…
Blindog
June 12th, 2009
11:27 am
Biggest athlete this city has ever seen ??? Hank Aaron, ever hear of him? Chipper Jones, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine ??? Shame on you for putting the likes of Vick ahead of these hall of famers! Only when we got a real Q.B. did we see the talent Roddy White has.Vick was a fast runner who could throw a little…very little! He was not even the best Q.B. to come through this city, get real!!
Spacemountain
June 12th, 2009
11:29 am
Nothing worse than potential unfulfilled.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
11:30 am
Blindog…….couldn’t agree more!!
Darth Hater
June 12th, 2009
11:33 am
I wish Mike Vick would be released…..
….. from the cargo bay of a helicopter and into the mouth of an ACTIVE VOLCANO !!!
Burn, Vick !
For how you have disgraced and humiliated our city and football team, BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Otto
June 12th, 2009
11:34 am
Mark, My memories of Vick are strikingly different from yours. Sure he had some great moments and as you said “Vick could contrive to beat a better team in the chill and the snow”. The most striking words are “He had” and “Vick could” It was all about him as it was in college. He didn’t win the BCS title game and he didn’t win the Super Bowl because it was not about the team. Vick was a selfishly good player which is good enough for 2nd best. I remember it became very clear the team was about Vick waking up to the radio alarm set to Z93 just in time for their news report that Vick had signed a large multi year contract. Any chances of the coaches teaching him to mature were highly unlikely. Hopefully Blank has learned alot. I like the current team much better than any Falcon team of the past.
NCFalconFan
June 12th, 2009
11:34 am
This is why I love you Bradley!!! Great article… I always tell people if it was not for Michael vick, I would not be a NFL Fan.
I have so many mixed emotions about this case. I can angry at Vick for making bad decisions. However I don’t believe he would have made those bad decisions if someone in his inner circle cared about Michael Vick the person, instead of Michael Vick the millionaire football player.
Hallmark
June 12th, 2009
11:39 am
Happy ILLEGITIMATE FATHERS Day , MIke Vick!
chc4
June 12th, 2009
11:40 am
Yeah… another Mike Vick timeline.
Steve
June 12th, 2009
11:40 am
I can’t say I am sad and I think Vick hates that he’s lost all the money and contracts. If he had never been caught he’d still be hanging out with the low-lifes he surronded himself with and he’d still be fighting dogs and he’d still be the single most overpaid, overhyped player in the NFL. He’s just sad he got caught, but most convicted felons are. To the kids out there who look to Vick as a role model, you’ll end up in prison just like him if you don’t have yoiur goals set a helluva lot higher than Vick. Kids, you can do way better than Vick as a role model.
SCN
June 12th, 2009
11:43 am
Mark you summed it up pretty well except for, as Blindog mentions, the “biggest athlete ever” part … unless “biggest” means most hyped … Vick no doubt beats Aaron, Chipper, ‘Nique, et al., and probably even Deion “Primetime” Sanders, on the Hype-O-Meter, but none of them if we’re talking performance. And there’s no doubt Vick will always be “incomparable” in this town as far as being a polarizing sports personality. Good luck and good riddance!
Joshua
June 12th, 2009
11:44 am
I feel the same way as you do, Mark. I wish him the best. We know this day was an inevitable necessity, and now starts, hopefully, a new chapter. I don’t think it arrived “with a thud,” as you said. On the contrary, I think it’s an event that hopefully allows new life to be brought to this situation. So, possibly, the measuring stick of interest from other teams can start now (rather than hearing things like “we cannot comment due to the fact that he’s still under contract with the Falcons.”) I think it’ll be quite interesting. I’m still going to root for him, wherever he goes. And, for what it’s worth, I’m one of the few people who never threw away my No. 7 jersey. Thanks for the article.
rob
June 12th, 2009
11:45 am
GOOD..now maybe we dont have to endure any more articles about MV7
Nostradamus
June 12th, 2009
11:45 am
Michael Vick will be back behind bars before he is ever back in a football uniform.
You can take that to the bank, DOG.
Biscuit
June 12th, 2009
11:46 am
Before the arguing starts, those were good memories of Vick and im really pi$$ed off that he started down the path that got us here. Forget the horrendous act of dogfighting for a second; it was giving the fans the bird that severed his ties with Atlanta, and for that I say good luck and f*ck off Mike Vick.
Sam
June 12th, 2009
11:48 am
Man, that was some exciting sh$%. And frustrating too. Oh well. At least we have a bright future again. Unless Matty Ice cooks up ice in his backyard shed. Could it happen again?
f leghorn
June 12th, 2009
11:48 am
Good article, Mr. Bradley. . .one thing is certain, this whole episode has revealed that there are still lots of haters in this city on both sides of the “color aisle”. . .shame.
Joey
June 12th, 2009
11:49 am
Great job, Mark – one of your best. I hope so much that his prison time has really changed him and that we can see the change, so we pull for him on the field again.
Optimist Prime
June 12th, 2009
11:51 am
Aw, Nuts!
I was hoping this was an obituary column.
Maybe tomorrow…
Darrin "The Vent King"
June 12th, 2009
11:51 am
I remember once saying when we drafted Vick (I was a fan of his when he was in college) that “man, this city will never be the same now!”, only to not know how that would end up being true for all the wrong reasons. I’ve seen this city go from being completely one in celebrating Vick to being the most polarized city in the history of professional sports in his downfall and now it truly won’t be the same. This scar will last for a very long time for some (small) people will always use this incident to hurl insults and degrade others, while others will just be saddened from it. It is a shame, it could have and should have been so much more and the blame really lies on #7 shoulders himself, not the fans. He had it all, the world in his hands and let it slip through his fingers. MB, you are right it is a sad day in a sense cause of all the hopes, dreams, and excitement people had in this town for him, BUT a new day is upon us as far as the Falcons are concerned and I am now focusing in on that. I was a Falcon fan before Vick, was a fan of Vick’s when he was a part of the Falcons, and will continue to be a fan of the Falcons now that he is gone. I know what sense you are saying this in, but for me the only way to depart from the ugliness of all that went down concerning MV7 and to let those scars heal is to smile and look at the possible good times watching the team we have now. I hope other fans do the same for there is nothing no one can do about what happened, we can only move on and we have something pretty good to move on with in Coach Mike Smith, Michael Turner, Matt Ryan, Roddy White, and now Tony Gonzalez. These guys are our future (a bright one at that!) and nothing unfortunately can be done about the past…
GO FALCONS!
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
11:53 am
NCFalconFan…………..stop making excuses for Vick. He did it to himself. He had the 130 million and could have very easily walked away and he didn’t.
mountain_jim
June 12th, 2009
11:54 am
I loved watching Vick play. At this point, I hope he plays again and does have the sense and the morality adjustment to reclaim his life.
I do wish the Falcons could have got something for his rights, but understand how unlikely that was.
Oh -I hope the hypocracy of PETA gets them what they deserve as well – saying they need a brain scan to see if he’s changed. MV was poorly represented and made an example of by the FEDS in a process that was way more policized than it should have been. Not excusing anything he did, but anyone without his fame would never have gotten 2 years in the Fed Penn for this, while war-criminals and torturers get away with murder in the name of ‘national security’.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
12:05 pm
Mountain-jim are my friend are just plain stupid.
Ted Striker
June 12th, 2009
12:10 pm
If you think Hall County police couldn’t sort traffic then, you ought to see Athens-Clarke County cops on a normal day.
Madden NFL online gamers are just waiting for Vick to be added to a roster, any roster. (You should see my patented McNabb double reverse bootleg that makes opponents pull their hips out of the socket).
Fred
June 12th, 2009
12:11 pm
Vick gave this franchise way more than he got in return from it. Dont be fooled like this franchise was a victim, get real. Before the Vick era, who gave a dayum what the Falcons did? This city didn’t even sell out the 1999 season that came after a super bowl run! That’s just how irrelevant this team was and sadly, is on its way to being again. When the best selling item from the Falcons store is D.Hall’s jersey, you can best believe this franchise is on its way back to 2 decades ago.
CDawg42
June 12th, 2009
12:11 pm
To all you hypocrites, how soon we forget. Look in the mirror. You know who I’m talking about. Mark…quite simply some of your best work, sir.
Marie
June 12th, 2009
12:14 pm
The Minnesota run with Jeff Hullinger’s call is an unforgettable memory that makes me sad. A remarkable moment and there should have been many more with Vick in a Falcons uniform.
Jimv
June 12th, 2009
12:22 pm
The biggest athlete this town ever saw was Hank Aaron, especially on the night he hit the shot heard ’round the world. Aaron is so much bigger, in so many ways, than Vick will ever be.
JM
June 12th, 2009
12:25 pm
GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE
2001-2009
Beautiful Monte
June 12th, 2009
12:27 pm
Michael Vick was involved in a dog-fighting operation that included the torture of animals.
Then there’s the middle finger in the Dome incident, the Ron Mexico incident, the airport water bottle incident, etc.
And yet, Mark Bradley continues to have “great affection” for this piece of human garbage? You’ve got to be kidding me!
Evidently, Mr. Bradley is one of those guilt-ridden white libs who believes that it is unfair to expect minorities to obey the rules of civilized society.
I guess Vick has just been “keepin’ it real”, huh, Mr. Bradley?
Ted Striker
June 12th, 2009
12:27 pm
Marie — I can’t handle anything with Jeff Hullinger. I’ll never forget watching a segment he was broadcasting about the Braves upcoming World Series berth. Rather than discussing the Braves, he broadcast footage of himself in a dental chair receiving emergency dental work and discussing his treatment. At the very end of the segment, he rolled some canned Braves footage and casually mentioned that the Braves were excited about the upcoming opportunity. End of segment.
Shortly thereafter a friend of mine was at WAGA studios and needed an ink pen. Hullinger told him to open his desk drawer and get one. My friend did — but he also spotted what must have been 2 dozen hairbrushes and 3 cans of hairspray.
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
12:30 pm
To me, it’s a sad day for the city of Atlanta who really apreciate the player that Vick was/is. He single handedly resurected the franchise and the city. We haven’t had anything like that sense and we won’t have that kind of excitement again. Vick was a good QB regardless what you people think, and I think its good for him to have a fresh start and he can come back and dominate again. I wish he wouldn’t have been involved in dogfighting, we would have been a better team if he was still here….Roddy would have been developed (which is the ONLY REASON he’s playing well with Ryan), and have a RB that can carry the load like Turner.
This time, he’ll go to a better franchise, better city, and have better fans that all the mess he had to go through here….I remember all of the racial taunts…which is why he gave them the finger and deservedly so. The Falcons will never be the same. People are latching onto Ryan so fast, and maybe he can get it done, but I doubt it. This franchise has made mistake after mistake during the Vick Era as far as personnel decisions, yet you people can’t even remember that. You people wanted Roddy ran out of town just 2 years ago, and now you love him. What a hypocrite sports city. They would never do that in Pitsburgh or any real NFL City/fans like those. ATL sucks as a sports city, and yes, Vick did all of this to himself, but the heart of the falcons is now gone. It is truly a sad day, but redemption is near for Vick. He can’t go anywhere but up from now on. When Vick comes back with his new team, the dome will be electric again, not some place where you can fall asleep in 10 minutes. We miss you Vick. ATL is still your city.
Vick 09
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
June 12th, 2009
12:33 pm
MIKE VICK: The Failure of Affirmative Action at the Quarterback Position in the National Football League
Curious George
June 12th, 2009
12:39 pm
RE: “This time, he’ll go to a better franchise, better city, and have better fans that all the mess he had to go through here….I remember all of the racial taunts…which is why he gave them the finger and deservedly so.” – Blogger Known as “VICK SUPPORTER” @ 12:30 pm
——–
Gee, VICK SUPPORTER, why don’t you go with Vick to that “better city,” get out of all our lives and make Atlanta a better place for everyone else in the process?
OldTimer
June 12th, 2009
12:41 pm
A dancing village idiot is still a village idiot.
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
12:46 pm
@Curious George
First of all, I like the city of Atlanta, I just think it sucks as a sports city.
Second, I say a better franchise/city, because he won’t have to carry the entire load like he did during his time here. If you can’t admit that it was a one man team you really don’t know football. It’s funny how the Falcons get Ryan, and all of a sudden, they’re a “team”. Vick carried the Falcons after Dan Reeves left or I should say unfairly fired. Deep down in your pure hatred of people, you know its true.
The Great Mike Vick Has Returned
f leghorn
June 12th, 2009
12:47 pm
Vick Supporter. There were no “racial taunts” that day Vick “fingered” the fans. .that’s my section. .I was there. They were booing a poor performance. .again. .by your hero that cost us a game. .again. Quit making stuff up to support your own racist view. Dope.
lawton
June 12th, 2009
12:47 pm
reminds you of when dominique wilkins left, the REALITY that the omni would never be the same. i am all for matt ryan and the falcons, but the ELECTRICITY inside the dome will never be the same. NOTHING short of a superbowl championship will get the stain of this out of TRUE falcon fans minds, athletes like vick dont fall from the tree everyday.
Coldwell Banker
June 12th, 2009
12:47 pm
Maybe ex-QBs MIKE VICK and VINCE YOUNG can get an apartment together here in Midtown and “mentor” one another…
…on the DOWN-LOW.
Keeping It Real
June 12th, 2009
12:48 pm
Fighting dawgs was never the issue. Race was and is the defining factor. We all know it yet we continue to hide behind the computer screens. MV7 was just the catylst to bring it out in the open. Hank Aaron did the same but made better decisions. Vick and Aaron are still the most exciting athletes to ever hit this City.
Good luck MV and have a good life.
North GA Nole
June 12th, 2009
12:48 pm
Interesting….2 seasons ago Roddy needed to be run out of town for failure at the WR position. 2 years later, he’s a Pro Bowler. What changed? QB and better coaching.
John OTC
June 12th, 2009
12:51 pm
“He was the biggest athlete this city has ever seen.”
Really? How about HANK AARON? I think he was the biggest athlete this city has even seen.
Naydean
June 12th, 2009
12:51 pm
Well done article. I live in New York and only became a fan because of Mike Vick. Keep your head up # 7 because from your current position you can only go up. You will rise again.
Stephen
June 12th, 2009
12:53 pm
NEWSFLASH: The HEART of the Atlanta Falcons IS NOT GONE. The Falcons will be just fine and the REAL fans will continue to be supportive of the team win or lose. THAT IS WHAT “REAL” FANS DO!!!
GO 2009-2010 ATLANTA FALCONS!!!!
AND…I agree with the other bloggers who have stated that Henry Aaron is without a doubt the GREATEST ATHLETE to ever play at a professional level in the ATL (Neon Deion will be in the NFL Hall of Fame as a Falcon before Vick).
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
12:54 pm
North GA Nole: “Interesting….2 seasons ago Roddy needed to be run out of town for failure at the WR position. 2 years later, he’s a Pro Bowler. What changed? QB and better coaching.”
I find it interesting that Roddy himself stated that he let Vick down as a WR and that he didn’t really learn how to have success (catch the football for once) until 2007. Of course you don’t remember that. You just like the sound of Roddy “becoming better,LMAO” after Vick left. Thats totally untrue. If Roddy truly felt that he got better with Ryan, he wouldn’t even attempt to defend Vick in the press, communicate with him while he was in jail, say anything negative about him as far a football, and support his comeback. Of course you don’t remember that either
Falcons Diva
June 12th, 2009
12:54 pm
@ Vick Supporter
We can all tell by your angry, sub-articulate posts that you are an angry, rage-filled jerk and not a very nice person.
No one called you any ugly names, but you still lashed out at “George” just for asking you a simple question which held you accountable for your own commentary. He never used that “T” word, yet you accused him of it and insulted him. You own him an apology.
We don’t need monsters like you here in Atlanta, GA, Vick Supporter.
Why don’t you move to some other “Better City” that you desire so much, Loser?
Buzz Capra
June 12th, 2009
12:55 pm
Mr Bradley: Regarding your recent post about Raul Ibanez and the steroid issue, dumping on Selig is an easy cop-out for the ill-informed..you are better than that. The MLBPA is 100% to blame for the steroid mess, not MLB. Fehr would never agree to drug-testing in any form and Selig would have had to shut down the game and break the union in order to start a drug-testing program. The MLBPA’s membership were the cheaters/users and their union protected them from detection until the scandal broke and they had to agree to the current testing program under extreme public and congressional pressure.
Ibanez might be clean and could be being unfairly scrutinized but I don’t feel sorry for him one bit. He should have been one of the many clean players in the steroid era (assuming there were some) who demanded that their union protect the clean players, not the cheaters, by demanding a vigorous drug testing program from day one. This is the price you pay for not standing up and demanding that the union look out for all of its members and not just the guys hitting 75 homeruns per year while losing their hair and sporting acne all over their backs.
Put the blame where it belongs: On the players and their union. If Raul Ibanez is really PO’d, he should not blame some blogger who is making a natural point about a 37 year old who is having a career year in the steroid era. He should go find Donald Fehr and punch him in the face!
Selig has actually done quite a masterful job of generating public pressure on the issue and then using that to extract drug-testing-concessions from the union. The Mitchell Report was 100% his idea and he was smart enough to realize that, even though it would generate bad publicity for his beloved sport, it was the only way he could get the leverage necessary to clean up this major problem long-term.
And when is someone with some common sense going to do a story on the rampant HGH use in the NFL? Does anybody with a brain really think that baseball players are the only ones who use PED’s? How do you think those guys get to be so much bigger and faster and stronger than the players who were in the NFL say 20 years ago?
Blake
June 12th, 2009
12:57 pm
Mr. Vick Supporter,
This is with all due respect, but, Michael Vick “single handedly” resurrected the franchise? Maybe, but he also tore it down to nothing, “single handedly.” You do remember 2007, don’t you. However, Arthur Blank, Thomas Dimitroff, Mike Smith, Matt Ryan, and the rest of the entire Falcons TEAM are bringing this franchise out of the Vick induced nightmare. THAT, my friend, is the difference. Team effort versus ME effort.
Having said that, I think Vick will play again. What he needs is a coach like Mike Singletary who will not only help him as a football player, but more importantly, help him to become a real man.
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
12:57 pm
Falcons Diva, trust me, I’m not angry. i happy that this day has finally come. Why don’t you mind your own business? If i was “attacking” Curious George, it would be alot worse.
Vick 09. Redemption time is here.
The Real Fan
June 12th, 2009
12:59 pm
When I see all the hateful comments I wonder if those are season ticket holders.
From a strictly business side this makes no sense:
1.Vick was never going to play for the Falcons again. We all get that, but we should have gotten something for him even a 7th round draft pick.
2.All cap money is money to being used on active players or picks.
3. The Falcons had a waiting list for season tickets and are now running specials to sell tickets. Wonder why?
4. Vick has a winning record as a starter.
All those are facts. There are those of us who are true fans of the Falcons and we want to win. Then there are the others who are just whiners and poser fans. Bandwagon. There is no better feeling than to be at a Falcons game with full stands causing the opposing team to jump off sides from the noise. (We use to lead the league in false starts).
It’s a new season. Stop the foolish hating and move on. We had enough hating this week in D.C.
modrod
June 12th, 2009
1:01 pm
Well said Beautiful Monte. It is mindblowing how and why people want to continue to make excuses for MV and not call him out and say what he really is. He only cared about one thing, and that was himself. Anybody that would want to continue to wear that jacka**** jersey and “support” him needs to be committed. I say good riddance. I have never been prouder to be a Falcon fan than today. To bad Blank cannot recoup the money he gave that assh***.
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
1:02 pm
@Blake
You are right about one thing, the Falcons did bring in the right people to form a “team”. To bad they didn’t try this 7 years ago. They got caught up in Vick’s mesmerizing ability just like the rest of us and they rode it into the ground by putting sub-par players around him and having him carry the team on too many occasions. You don’t see Ryan carrying ANYTHING, and he shouldn’t, because you can never truly win like that. It’s to bad the Falcons management thought Vick could do it alone. Good that the Falcons brass learned their lesson
Terrell
June 12th, 2009
1:03 pm
Curious George, I don’t know what they will do. You want a banana to think it over george?
BossLady
June 12th, 2009
1:04 pm
It is sad to see a young talented man ruin his life so badly. As a parent it is quite disappointing. He had all the potential to have
done so well in life.
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 12th, 2009
1:05 pm
the Biggest Atlanta Sports Figures were in the NWA with Gordon Souly as the “PLAY-by-Play” guy on TBS in the 70’s. Abdula the Butcher, Andre the Giant, the 4 Horsemanand, the Minnosota Wrecking Crew, and Mr. Wrestling # II just to name a few. A Pro from GEORGIA I will go with WILD BILL from DAWSONWILLE ELLIOT. 212.86 mph in a stock car and the first $1 million dollar race winner.
David C
June 12th, 2009
1:06 pm
Hey Mark..I was giddy that Saturday too. I live 3 miles from the training facility. I heard about the draft party on AJC and drove over. Stood in line not knowing it was for season ticket holders only and when I got to the front two cheerleaders asked if I had my ticket.. I said No…they looked puzzled..guess they don’t hear No too often..shrugged and waved me in..This is a sad day. But the dead money does get us closer to the cap floor if not over it. Its just accounting. Good luck Vick. Hope you have your life together. There will be no third chance.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
1:09 pm
Vick Supporter………..Vick almost single handedly destroyed this franchise…come back and dominate again?….what was his last two seasons like?…don’t want that kind of domination in Atlanta again…..better team because of Vick….again go back to his last two seasons.
His only season starting every game w/o injury was 2006 and the team went to a grand record of 7-9!
No vick Supporter, the Falcons are better off with out Vick!!
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
1:13 pm
@What!!!
We shall see….. That’s why they play the games. How about blaming the ENTIRE TEAM FROM TOP TO BOTTOM instead of one player (on the field). I assume Vick missed tackles and field goals too, right?
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
1:15 pm
One thing i do know…..if the team fails this year, Ryan won’t recieve any of the blame……
Lynn
June 12th, 2009
1:18 pm
What…..there still seems to be a problem on the Falcons store’s website. Look at the best sellers.
http://store.falcons365.com/store/
Is that right? What’s the problem? How come you and your friends won’t support the Falcons financially? Dont blame the economy, the Saints did just fine with their ticket sales.
modrod
June 12th, 2009
1:20 pm
Vick Supporter, what a fitting name. There is a MV jock for sale on Ebay. Why don’t you buy it to sniff it.
At least we have a QB now that doesn’t refer to himself in third person.
BRAVESHATER
June 12th, 2009
1:20 pm
GOODBYE FALCONS! ITS BACK TO OLD DAYS.
BRAVESHATER
June 12th, 2009
1:21 pm
YOU ALSO HAVE A QB THAT CANT THROW 50 YARDS.
BRAVESHATER
June 12th, 2009
1:22 pm
BUT THATS WHAT U CRACKERS LIKE SINCE ALL OF YOU ARE UNATHLETIC AND NEED STERIOS TO GAIN STRENGTH.
Mac
June 12th, 2009
1:26 pm
Bradley wrote: He was the biggest athlete this city has ever seen.
You really shouldn’t insult Hank Aaron like that. Maybe the biggest athlete since you’re been here is more accurate. And, even then, there was ‘Nique.
Jerome
June 12th, 2009
1:26 pm
Once again we see there are still some true white trash hicks in GA.
rte2
June 12th, 2009
1:27 pm
Nice lie Stricker..you coward
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
1:36 pm
Vick Supporter….No Vick did not miss field goals but he did miss alot of tackles when he would fumble the ball.
He went through 3 Coaches. Blank and the GM did everything they could to help Vick be successful. I mean come on, trying to teach a runningback how to be a quarterback is like trying to teach a rock how to float on water.
Again look at the over all facts. We all can see this one trick pony was figured out and again his last two seasons proved it!
I’m glad for one thing and that’s Vick getting caught. The Faclons team have been 100% better because of it.
No team is shaking in their shoe because Vick “MAY” come back. Heck alot of defenses just see him as a tackling dumby coming back!
IDC
June 12th, 2009
1:37 pm
Braveshater, you might want to tell Barry Bonds he’s a cracker.
Keeping It Real
June 12th, 2009
1:37 pm
Mac,
I saw Hank, Nique and MV7 play. Vick was the best athlete to play here because he did not have good players around him. He carried the team on his back every Sunday.
Dawg4Life
June 12th, 2009
1:38 pm
I was out at a restauraunt up at Lake Lanier, and sitting outside was the entire Falcons Oline and sitting right in the middle of them was Matt Ryan. VIck would have never done that. What Vick did here was great, but it was always about him and the other poo stains on the team like D Hall. Then you had Jim Mora Jr. letting these guys get away with murder. He has no team concept. It was always about him taking off running. Matt Ryan is 10 times the QB that Vick ever was or will ever be. All you people that are saying that the Falcons have set themselves back by releasing them are downright ignorant.
Whatever
June 12th, 2009
1:38 pm
To BRAVE SHATER…you are really troubled, are’nt you? Running from blog to blog to spill nothing but hate and vile. Suggestion to you my friend: GROW UP, move out of your mom’s house and get a job. You really need some serious help….how pathetic.
Barry
June 12th, 2009
1:40 pm
Hey Y’all:
Vick will always be a Falcon legend. One day, he will return with all the “old guys” he played with during his six years in Atlanta. I am more than confident he knows he ended his career here due to his lack of judgement, not for anthing he done on the football field. And that alone is what is going to “reignite” his career: What he does on the football field. We pray that he is a better man now due to he has rid himself of all those insane, negative, so called friends he had. I know he feels better just in that regard. So let the man go on with his career, but to a lot of folks around here, he will always be a FALCON. But right now , our FAclcons are too busy building
“NEW LEGENDS” that will call the GEORGIA DOME home.
Good luck Vick. We will see you on the field one day to play the game the “NEW ATLANTA FALCONS” way and that’s in “ONE HEARTBEAT!!!
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
This is a SECRET from a FALCON FAN. TELL EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…………………………”ONE HEARTBEAT, BABY!!!………………
aj
June 12th, 2009
1:43 pm
Good!! let him go work in a chicken processing plant like the rest of the felons out there. If this was anyone else do think they would be givin a chance to make that kind of money? Heck No!
midnite
June 12th, 2009
1:44 pm
There is no way that Vick will be able to stay clean for 3 years. He has not quit smoking marijuana you can bet on that. He will violate his parole in less than a year. Plus he is fat and so out of shape no team will take a flyer on him. Might ought to hold on to that $10.00 per hour construction job Mikey.
Petrino Hater
June 12th, 2009
1:44 pm
@ Vick Supporter and the rest of us. You have to place blame for the team from 01 – 07 first and foremost on Rich McKay. He didn’t draft one OL worth a lick and made bad move after bad move to kill the locker room with guys on the team and no one, not McKay, not Blank, not anyone on the team during that time held Vick accountable.
If we had the structure we have now 6-7 years ago a lot of things would be different…but you can’t live in the “what if.” Vick brought this downfall onto himself and never surrounded him with the right people off the field. Too bad McKay never surrouned him with the right coaches/players on the field either.
I truly thought we were turning the corner to greatness after the loss in Philly in the NFC Championship game, but that was Reeves’ last team that Mora got to coach. 80% of the moves after that failed and hence the blow up of the front office, coaches and players the past 2-3 years.
It will always be unfortunate that Dimitroff and Vick never worked together. I think he could actually assemble the right team around him. This is a big part why Ryan will be successful this year and for a lot of years ahead. He has a great GM, and a true NFL guy at head coach who can relate.
Daniel
June 12th, 2009
1:46 pm
Bad News: Vick owes lots of money to all his creditors.
Bad News: Vick’s salary in the CFL won’t even make a dent in this debt.
Good News: Vick has the chance to take his CFL team “to the next level”.
Enjoy the snow in Canada, MV7. Just don’t go buying no dogsled to gallant through the snow.
Mac
June 12th, 2009
1:48 pm
Yeah, he carried them to a 15-18 record his past two seasons. Hank Aaron is the best professional athlete Atlanta has ever seen. That’s what’s real.
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
1:50 pm
Great point Petrino Hater. Too rest of the city can’t see the big picture.
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 12th, 2009
1:50 pm
THE VICK BOYS are “GETTO TRASH” and don’t even try to say they are not. You are right “Vick Supporter” I hate NIG$#rs just ask my black employees. Yes, I did say BLACK because that is what they tell me to refer to as not Afreak’n Mericans. Vick was a cute expirement but that was all it was. Vick is a POT SMOKING GETTO NI**ER and he will continue to prove that fact.
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
1:51 pm
@Mac
Let’s see Ryan carry a team by himself. Whoops!!!! I forgot. We already did. ONE AND DONE…..Arm looked like a noodle by week 10. It was obvious.
FalconFan60
June 12th, 2009
1:52 pm
mountain_jim you need to research your comments a little better before you type. After Vick was convicted I looked on the internet and found a dogfighting case in North Carolina in which a WHITE man (non-celebrity) was convicted of eight cases of dogfighting and given 5 years for each charge. 40 years is a helluva lot more than 23 silly months. The bottom line is he was guilty. He lied to everyone about everything and listened to that idiot attorney who said he would be found innocent. Don’t forget him flipping off fans after a WR was ripped for dropping easily caught passes. Yes, he may deserve another chance but he also should be suspended until the 2010 season. That moron Adam Jones was suspended and he wasn’t even convicted. Vick is a remarkable athlete and that’s it. He’s not a QB and never will be.
Mark Bradley
June 12th, 2009
1:55 pm
By “biggest” I meant as a personality, not as a performer. Obviously Hank Aaron was a better baseball player than Vick is a football player, but Aaron did not dominate this city’s discussion of sports the way Vick has (and still does). Aaron did not energize the Braves in the same way Vick rejuvenated the Falcons.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
1:57 pm
There’s not an o-line in the league that could block for Vick. A d-lineman would fart and Vick would take off running.
Once Vick was figured out he couldn’t do a darn thing!! WHY? Because he was not a true QB when all was said and done!
Let him go and play with all the college and NFL rejects. He will look like a superstar in the UFL or CFL. Good luck and good bye Vick!
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
1:57 pm
FalconsFan60: “He’s not a QB and never will be.”
What a f-ing idiot statement. How in the hell do you be a starting qb in the NFL for 7 YEARS and not be a QB? Since anyone can do it, why not make all RBs be QBs then? How in the hell would he learn how to run plays at the NFL level if he wasn’t a QB? Why don’t you go to a hunting blog or something and blog about something you know, because football isn’t your strong point, if you have one
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
1:59 pm
@What!!!
You really need some mental help, woman.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
2:02 pm
BWAA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! Team fans vs Vick fans. Team wins every time. Cutting Vick…….just the biggest part of the process!!
Hey Vick Supporter after you get through watching the UFL we Falcon fan will let you back on the bandwagon to watch Matt take the team to the superbowl!!
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
2:05 pm
@What!!!
Sorry, woman. I’ll never cheer for this team again…the fans here caused me to lose interest in the team. Not that it matters to you people anyways…..Who cares
Zoomie
June 12th, 2009
2:12 pm
Very well put, Mark. Your article accurately reflects my Michael Vick experience. Lots of hope, some confusion, then ending with a feeling of heartbreak for MV and the Falcons organization. I told my sports-fan friends and family repeatedly over the MV years that the Falcons organization completely lacked any semblance of leadership at any level. That really killed any potential MV had.
I don’t dispute MV lacked apparent leadership characteristics; I don’t dispute that he was maddeningly inconsistent as a passer; I don’t dispute that he often looked confused in the heat of play; I readily acknowledge that each time he took off holding the football in his left hand, I responded with a gutteral “Oh s__t!” knowing that a fumble was likely. I will say this: I watched, in its entirety, the game after which MV flipped off fans in the Dome. In that game, though a bit out of the norm for the team at that time, MV was the ONLY Falcons player who, during that game, played his guts out from start to finish. What he did was unjustifiable, but understandable. (Wasn’t that the game where Roddy White, at a dead stand-still facing the quarterback, dropped a beautiful pass lobbed into his hands when there wasn’t a defender within 15 yards of him; a guranteed TD that would’ve won the game?)
I don’t want him back on the Falcons. I’m glad he didn’t get a pass for his transgressions, but he’s paid the price we, though our legislative representatives, deem appropriate for his crimes. I hope he can play again and I wish him the best. At the same time, I’m a Falcons fan first, so let’s close the MV chapter and move on to bigger and better accomplishments!
The Truth
June 12th, 2009
2:15 pm
Excellent column Mark but did you ever dream that it was caused such rage and rants in your life?? Yes, Vick brought fans and attention (a lot of it unwanted and unwarranted) but he was never a complete QB. No, he did not make good choices and has lost it all along with a lot of respect. But it is now water under the bridge and time to move on….everybody just chill out and let it go…..I guarantee your blood pressure would be happy.
By the way Mark, I wish we could get about 10% of this passion involved with the Thrashers……
Lynn
June 12th, 2009
2:20 pm
Still can’t figure out why “What” won’t buy season tickets since he loves the Falcons so much now that MV is gone for good!
http://store.falcons365.com/store/
Arthur Blank would prefer your financial support as opposed to your blatherings on this blog. You didn’t support his team last year either and he thought for sure you would THIS season…I mean, the Saints fans came thru! Why not here? Say WHAT?? Say WHAT?? I can’t hear you…WHAT?
matt r
June 12th, 2009
2:21 pm
Truly a sad tale. Our city finally has “the guy” and it is all over so quickly. This column exactly reflects my memories of the 2000s Falcons. We are very lucky we have rebounded this quickly with a new QB, coach, and GM. Kudos to AB for never accepting anything less than success. AB, BUY THE BRAVES!
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
2:21 pm
Great post Zoomie
Jimmy Repine
June 12th, 2009
2:25 pm
Michael Vick could have been one of the greatest PLAYERS, not just QB, but considered one of the greatest players ever to put on an NFL uniform. I think that it’s interesting that he had his best season under Dan Reeves, and I wonder at times what he would have done had Reeves remained the HC.
I don’t regret that we have Matt Ryan. Quite the opposite, I think he’s a great QB and a great guy. But the lingering sting and pain of what could have been with Vick will always be there.
He does deserve another chance. I just wonder what team has the courage to do it.
gdawginkalamazoo
June 12th, 2009
2:31 pm
The only sad thing about this day Mark is that it didn’t happen 2 years ago when Vick made his plea deal and the doors slammed shut behind him. Blank should have had the guts to come out cut Vick the day he admitted his guilt. Yep that would have ended the chapter then and there. New start, new head coach, big season last year to erase the Vick chapter and move on to positive things like next year. Blank had to know Vick wouldn’t be worth a dime after all this. Nobody would want to touch him or be associated with him in any professional manner. Should have had the guts to cut the ties. Blank doesn’t need the money. His reputation is worth more than what he gave Mike Vick.
Wes
June 12th, 2009
2:34 pm
I’ve got to agree with whoeever it was above that said Vick would have been successful had he had time with Dimitroff to build a proper team around him (or, for that matter, if Dan Reeves had never been let go).
And for the Vick Supporters … listen, I’m white, and I bought season tickets in 2004 because I wanted to see Vick play. There was no racisim directed towards Vick at the Dome, everyone at the Dome were Falcons fans and wanted the Falcons to win. If you’re basing your opinions on what is written in these blogs, you should be ashamed of yourself.
That being said, I hope this closes it out. He’s done his time, that’s the point of jail. He should be allowed to resume playing now, be it somewhere else.
And, hopefully, the rest of the city, Vick Supporter and all, can now get behind Matt Ryan, Roddy White, Tony G, and the rest of the new Atlanta Falcons. The franchise has a bright future ahead and this petty racist crap (on both sides) that always shows up on these blogs is so old. It’s 2009, and you live in one of the most racially diverse cities in the country. Get over your petty differences and pull for the team!
Keeping It Real
June 12th, 2009
2:37 pm
Zoomie,
Finally someone who can express all points of view without a racist spin. Good post.
Casey Stinkle
June 12th, 2009
2:38 pm
That face Vick is making is the same one I had when ESPN aired the dog fights. Wasn’t much of a passer anyway. Wasn’t ever going to lead this team like Ryan does. Like Johnny Ringo said….”bye”.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
2:39 pm
JUST ONE QUESTION – “WHEN WILL THE FRANCHISE EVER WIN ANOTHER PLAYOFF GAME”?
GO FALCONS!
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
2:39 pm
That would be me who said that Vick would have been sucessful had he worked with Dimitroff. Can you believe that?
All I'm Saying
June 12th, 2009
2:40 pm
While I agree with your article Bradley, I do have to ask what do you think you know about what Hank Aaron meant to Atlanta or the Braves? Fact is you were not even living here when he played in this town and, furthermore, you moved here years after his playing days were done. Just write about Vick and don’t compare him to Hank Aaron at all—Hank deserves far better.
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
2:41 pm
Matt Ryan = Noodle arm, one and done in the playoffs.
Mike Vick = Leads a one man team to the NFC Championship Game. 2 playoff wins and 3 probowls, numerous NFL Records.
You know who the best is
Vick 09
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
2:42 pm
GREAT ARTICLE MARK – HERE IS A QUOTE FROM THE FOUNDER OF THE UFL:
UFL founder Bill Hambrecht says Michael Vick, whom he called “probably the best football player in America,” deserves a spot back in football
HERE IS THE LINK: http://blogs.usatoday.com/thehuddle/2009/06/ufl-founder-fans-want-to-see-michael-vick-back-in-football.html
Officer Rivieri
June 12th, 2009
2:46 pm
Vick Supporter, will you please attack me in-person? You can even come at while I am off-duty.
I’d like to see just how much of a “man” you are when you are not hiding behind your keyboard, your blind rage and your immense stupidity there at your unearned, Affirmative Action-acquired job you always brag about on these blogs while on you type about Vick while wasting your employer’s money.
What are you going do, “pop a cap” in me and thump your chest in victory?
I think you will find me a bit tougher to slap around than a lady like Falcons DIva.
Simpleton.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
2:49 pm
MY NAME IS MATTY, SO SAD VICK IS GONE;
I CAN’T WIN PLAYOFF GAMES, HELL VICK DID IT ALONE.
NO MORE SELLOUTS, THE SPONSORS ARE ALL BROKE;
COMES DECEMBER, ONCE AGAIN I WILL CHOKE.
BAD GAMES AS A ROOKIE, MY FANS SAID IT WAS RUST;
BUT UNTIL I WIN PLAYOFFS, I AM JUST AN OVER-HYPED BUST.
CAN’T THROW 40 YARDS, I JUST THROW LOBS;
IF MY EYES WERE NOT BLUE, WOULDN’T EVEN HAVE A JOB.
THANKS TO MIKE TURNER, I LOOKED LIKE PRO;
BUT WE ALL KNOW, BY 2010 I WILL BE CUT AND LET GO.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
2:49 pm
Lynn…..my friend. Been a support of the Falcons financially long before Vick was even born. What? What? Give me part of your check and I’ll let you go to your 1st game with me. Just let me know if you get that check each week or at the first of the month so as I can make sure we set a game you will be able to attend.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
2:54 pm
Qouting a UFL owner with no fan base, no mascot, and only 4 teams…..priceless.
The Real Fan
June 12th, 2009
2:54 pm
It is time to close this.
We all know who the people are that use the code words. Like thug. Like banana.
We understand what is at play here.
There are those who were not and would not ever be happy with Michael Vick, and it had nothing to do with his football skills or dog fighting. We got it and get it still.
Wednesday’s event in DC said it all. Some are threatened by change. Mostly cowards since it is only through change that we grow and evolve.
I’ve been a season ticket holder since 1985 and will be there again this year. Because all the Falcons are my team and I don’t wish for them to fail. Any of them Like some people.
Green Tea
June 12th, 2009
2:54 pm
Mark, just because the media in Atl decides to shove Vick down our throats does not make it news.
Vick supporter, why are you posting with two names? Braveshater is obviously you as well ya moron. There I said it. You are a complete and utter MORON. Maybe you along with the Vick blogs will go away now that he isn’t a Falcon anymore…
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
2:55 pm
@Officer Rivieri
That was a nice racist taunt you gave me. I’ll “put a cap” in you cause I’m black, right? The funny thing is, I don’t even own a gun, or have ever owned one. Meet you face to face? That would be lovely. I would love to smash my fist in your face
party pooper
June 12th, 2009
2:59 pm
vick supporter two….better keep your day job,if you have one
Paddy
June 12th, 2009
3:04 pm
If MV could have waited to be arrested till yesterday, he could be in that same cell with his brother Marcus. Did these two guys have parents? House arrest and county jail, now thats a pair to draw to.
Fred
June 12th, 2009
3:05 pm
Forbes Magazine
Free Michael Vick
Michael Vick spent 19 months in prison for financing a dog fighting operation and was released yesterday under home confinement. The 28-year-old must now be totally free to do what he is most capable of doing—quarterbacking an NFL team.
Vick has served his time under the law. He should not have to bend over backwards and do summersaults to prove anything to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Vick should not have to kiss the butt of the Humane Society or assist the animal rights group in any way. He should not have to “donate” any of his future earnings to any causes to repent. The law is the law. Vick broke it and paid the price. It is now time to completely free him.
http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoneyblog/2009/05/free-michael-vick.html
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
3:05 pm
BWAAA HA HA!!!! THE ONLY THING VICK FANS HAVE TWO HOLD ON TO IS 2004!! Why not talk about his last two years in Atlanta? Why not talk about his only full season when he started every game….2006?
WHY NOT? BECAUSED THEY SUCKED!!!!
Mookie
June 12th, 2009
3:09 pm
Vick supporter, you should punch him in the brown eye…
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
3:11 pm
@What!!!
I think that the 2006 season was pretty good for what he had to work with. Undeveloped WRs dropping wide open passes for tds, running back (although a great person) who couldn’t get the tough 1st downs, etc etc etc. The entire offense was turning the corner towards the end of that season. You seem to have forgotten about the 8 td passes in 3 games stretch and the 1,039 yds rushing. Of course you would
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June 12th, 2009
3:12 pm
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VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
3:13 pm
WHEN WILL THE FALCONS WIN ANOTHER PLAYOFF GAME? ANYONE?
Lynn
June 12th, 2009
3:13 pm
I was quoting a billionaire with a fat checkbook and who would pay Vick a couple of mil to be a stepping stone. Apparently you didn’t get the memo that this is all the UFL HOPES to be. However, it should be crystal clear today that the NFL doesn’t want to chance losing merchandise sales like that. LOL You think the Falcons released Vick because it was “the best thing for us and Michael”….LMAO! Yeah, right. You’ll find out before July 2nd, just how it was the best thing for Michael…for the Falcons? not so much.
Pete
June 12th, 2009
3:13 pm
It feels like taking a nice hot shower after working out in the fields all day.
Clean………….rid of the dirt.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
3:17 pm
2009 PLAYOFF GAME VS ARIZONA
2-INTERCEPTIONS
1-SAFETY
LOST TO UNDERDOG……ANYBODY KNOW WHO WAS THE QUARTERBACK?……..ANYONE?
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
3:23 pm
Only thing that I remember about 2006 is the team record of 7-9. Could careless about Vick’s stats because those stats didn’t do a thing for the team. Stop making excuses for your man Vick. The whole team has been better because of Vick doing the stupid things he did. Now those stats has proven to help the TEAM and for that I thank Vick.
Toto
June 12th, 2009
3:25 pm
Is anyone here really surprised that VICK SUPPORTER wants to beat up a police officer just because of his skin color and for his dislike of # 7 ?
Uneducated, ignorant and angry people, like VICK SUPPORTER, always want to mock people who are different from them and settle disagreements with violence due to not knowing any other way.
MV7’s collective fan base may be even dumber than he is.
Chris Chandler
June 12th, 2009
3:28 pm
Thanks for the props there Mark. I am the only Falcon QB to take the team to the Super Bowl. Also the only one to be named after Tiffany glasswear that hangs from a ceiling.
gdawginkalamazoo
June 12th, 2009
3:33 pm
Vick Supporter 2, the Falcons history book is full of disappointments. The fact they even made it to the playoffs last year is a miracle. You want something to complain about? Try being a Lions fan.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
3:33 pm
QUESTION:
LAST WEEK – SAINTS COACH VISITED MIKE VICK
THIS WEEK – RELEASED BY FALCONS
COINCIDENT?
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
3:35 pm
THE LIONS ACTUALLY HAVE A QUARTERBACK THAT CAN THROW PASSES DEEPER THAN 40 YARDS
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
3:38 pm
I hope Vick goes to the Saints. I would love to watch him fumble for another team for a change. Oh, but let’s not forget, Goodell has to give the ok to let Vick back. I hope he does cause Vick is who we thought he was! LOL!
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
3:40 pm
MATT RYAN voted best player under 30……BWAA HA HA!!! Makes ya’ll Vick fans mad don’t it.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
3:41 pm
VICK WAS SELECTED TO 3 PRO BOWLS – WHEN WILL THE NEXT FALCONS QB GO TO THE PRO BOWL & WIN A PLAYOFF GAME? ANYONE?
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
3:42 pm
JOE FLACCO……. 2 PLAYOFF WINS
MIKE VICK…….2 PLAYOFF WINS
MATT RYAN “LEAF”…… 1 PLAYOFF CHOKE
Wes
June 12th, 2009
3:43 pm
Mr. Supporter 2, this is espn’s list of the top 10 players in the NFC South they would build a team around. I stopped at 4. I’m assuming you only make stupid comments to get a rise out of people, and that’s cool, it’s a blog, but I’m curious whether you feel that you know more about the NFL than actual sportswriters and NFL scouts? If so, why aren’t you coaching or working as en executive in the NFL?
1. Drew Brees, QB, New Orleans. You start a franchise with a quarterback and this guy threw for more than 5,000 yards last year.
2. Jordan Gross, T, Carolina. When you start with a quarterback, you’ve got to protect his blind side. Gross is the best pass-blocker in the division.
3. Steve Smith, WR, Carolina. If I were ranking by best overall players in the division, I’d start with Smith. As it is, I’ll take him third and let him be Brees’ top target. He originally was drafted in the third round anyway and this will keep the chip on his shoulder.
4. Matt Ryan, QB, Atlanta. I’m taking two quarterbacks because I can. If the window had been five years, I probably would have started this list with Ryan.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
3:46 pm
Vick Supporter 2…..was you even born when Vick went to the pro-bowl? Man, ya’ll really think that’s a big achievement.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
3:47 pm
MATT RYAN “LEAF”….. 5 YEARS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
MIKE VICK……..2 YEARS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
MATT RYAN “LEAF”…… ZERO PLAYOFF WINS
MIKE VICK ……….TWO PLAYOFF WINS
MATT RYAN “LEAF”………. ZERO CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
MIKE VICK…………….1 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
MATT RYAN “LEAF”………. ZERO PRO BOWLS
MIKE VICK …………THREE PRO BOWLS
MATT RYAN “LEAF”………. 1ST PLAYOFF AT AGE 23
MIKE VICK………….1ST PLAY OFF GAME AT AGE 21
***YAWN***
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
3:51 pm
MIKE VICK………….FIRST MAN TO GET A CALL FROM PRISON THAT ENDED WITH I MISS YOU TO MY LOVE.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
4:06 pm
Now Marcus is looking at possible jail time. Would an NFL team want this families mess?
jmt
June 12th, 2009
4:09 pm
God Bless you Michael new beginning a new life time to move on and leave the past behind. Stay encouraged this will be good for you.
midnite
June 12th, 2009
4:16 pm
Well I see another of (real)BIG Mama Brenda Boddie’s boyz may be facing jail time, young Marcus that is. Brenda you have done a wonderful job raising yo’ lying boyz. Can’t blame their daddy(s) for leaving you. Will the real Mike Vick’s daddy(s) please stand up. Mike will violate his parole in less than a year, even before his indefinite suspension is lifted. Fine young men.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
4:22 pm
jmt…it will be good for Vick. Has already been good for the Falcons.
bigeasy830
June 12th, 2009
4:32 pm
The page has officially been turned, so good. So on to the state of the Falcons franchise. The Falcons suck, 2008 is in the past. Let’s see them repeat in 2009. Most of you Falcon fans that want to talk about 2008 thought the Falcons would suck last year as well. They had a good season not a great season. The Falcons were not the turn around team of last season it was Miami. Matt Ryan was not the most successful and surprise rookie of 2008 it was Joe Flacco. The most important stat in all of sports is win and loses, play-off wins and ultimately championships. I don’t care what Ryan’s QB rating was last year and don’t care what it will be this year, lets see how many games the team will win. Don’t use the schedule as your excuse. If your team have improved from last season they will at least make the play-offs again and win 11 games. But they won’t, they will go 4-12 because Ryan is a one hit wonder and the Falcon’s suck.
2009, Back to life, back to reality.
Mark Bradley
June 12th, 2009
4:45 pm
I’ve had, shall we say, an interesting day. I had my All-Trade Friday all plotted out — Francoeur, Kovalchuk and Josh Smith — and then the Falcons up and released Vick and I wound up writing on that, too. And at some point I typed this Tweet: “Should the Falcons deal Jeff Francoeur?”
So I’m sorry to have responded so infrequently today, and I’d like to say thanks for the kind words. And thanks also for keeping this dialogue on a high plane. It’s greatly appreciated on this end.
jeff
June 12th, 2009
4:49 pm
Enter your comments here
so true
June 12th, 2009
4:50 pm
great article. great article. i remember the Pittsburg game in OT when he did the shove pass and norwood for the first down. I think alot of people in atlanta still love Mike Vick, we just broken hearted. i’m sure he NOW realized how many fans and people he hurt, and what he really represented to people outside of the fame and money he saw at the time
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
4:57 pm
WOW!! Bigsleezy830, you have proven all the experts wrong.
Fred
June 12th, 2009
4:59 pm
Love how you numbnuts jump to conclusions from an article that clearly indicates its speculation at best regarding the younger Vick. Is reading comprehension that hard for you inbreds?
BTW…..Both of Belichek’s sons have been arrested, both Andy Reid’s sons have been arrested – and they were born with silver spoons in their mouths.
Fred
June 12th, 2009
5:01 pm
Not a day goes by on the Falcons own website where the fans message board doesn’t have at least two threads about Mike Vick on the “Talk About The Falcons” page. The AJC might as well be his myspace page…and every blog generates 10 times the comments than any other sports topic. Vick runs this place. You haters dont realize you’re his biggest supporters.
NFL FAN
June 12th, 2009
5:02 pm
Written by VICK FAN:
QUESTION:
LAST WEEK – SAINTS COACH VISITED MIKE VICK
THIS WEEK – RELEASED BY FALCONS
COINCIDENT?
_________________________________________________
Check today’s news. New Orleans has been added to the teams that say NO VICK.
“Saints general manager Mickey Loomis had this to say on the topic: “We have no plans to bring Michael Vick to the Saints.”
Payton addressed the topic during the team’s recent minicamp: “I’ve read about our interest in certain players and putting in that (wildcat) system. Right now, we’ve got too many other things we’ve got to work on. I just don’t want to take away any snaps from Drew Brees. End of story. Let’s everyone move on. Please.”
If you like to see a list of the other teams that have said NO VICK check out this link:
http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/02/14/the-anti-vick-list/
It’s pretty long and growing everyday, just as it should.
Those who want to label what Michael Vick did as a mistake has a screw lose themselves. What some need to know, is that Vick didn’t ONLY participate something as horrific as dog fighting. Those dogs that wouldn’t fight were hung, drowned, starved, electrocuted and beaten to death. This man could have afforded humane euthanasia for the dogs he didn’t want, instead he thought up some of the most gruesome, sadistic methods possible to kill these animals. He didn’t do it once, or for a few months, he did it for 7 long years, or maybe even longer if you listen to his father.
If throwing a dog in a swimming pool, with his ears clipped to battery cables, and electrocuting him doesn’t curdle your blood, then something is very wrong with you. If hanging a dog, and if he survives that holding his head down in a 5 gallon bucket of water doesn’t curdle your blood, then something is very wrong with you. If throwing a dog repeatedly against a concrete flooring until all his organs ruptured doesn’t curdle your blood, then something is very wrong with you. If pulling a dog’s teeth, with pliers and no anesthesia so you can put her in a rape stand and have other vicious dogs mate with her doesn’t curdle your blood, then something is very wrong with you. If throwing family pets in the pit with a abused, tortured fighting dog and laughing while the family pet is ripped apart doesn’t curdle your blood then something is very wrong with you. And finally, if you have actually DONE these things, then something is extremely wrong with you, as is MV. He is a monster, and the public is on to him. You’ll see. Every team that has even considered taking that stench into their locker room, the very next day, has a press conference to deny it. Why? Because of the massive email and phone calls they get from their fans, threatening to boycott that team if they pick him up. Practically every coach and fan that says, “MV deserves a second chance”, follow it up with ” but not on my team”. There’s a reason for that. People are not going to forget what MV did, it’s just that simple. And if you think any team that picks him up isn’t going to suffer the consequences of that choice, then you must be a moron.
Sad day huh Bradley? There were lots of sad days for lots of innocent animals, torturous, painful days, all for the sake of the entertainment of a millionaire who could have enjoyed anything he chose, and he chose to torture, mutilate and fight dogs. The sad thing is that I will never read an article you write now, without thinking about this one, and how much of a delusional person you must be.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
5:02 pm
ACTUALLY THE “EXPERTS” IN LAS VEGAS BETTING STATED THE FALCONS WOULD WIN NO MORE THAN 8 GAMES THIS SEASON. THAT IS, IF THERE ARE NO INJURIES OR UPSETS, THEN “BIGEASY” YOU MAY BE RIGHT WITH YOUR PREDICTION.
THEN AGAIN – WHAT DOES VEGAS KNOW ABOUT BETTING
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
5:05 pm
THERE WERE EVEN MORE “SAD DAYS” FOR THE PETS THAT P.E.T.A. SLAUGHTERED AND MURDERED – SOMETHING LIKE 23,000 LAST YEAR ALONE.
Former Season Ticket Holder
June 12th, 2009
5:13 pm
These haters LOVE MIKE VICK! They will be the main ones intently watching his every play on the field. LOL Don’t they know the ratings dont care about like or dislike? Goodell knows it! He saw the ratings dip from 2007 to 2008 and you can bet he’s banking on an increase for 2009! Blank better hope Vick signs with a team that has to play the Falcons in the Dome…then he can check off ONE SOLD OUT GAME.
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
5:14 pm
How many games did Vagas pick for the Falcons to win last year VICK SUPPORTER 2?
I’ll give you a guess……it’s the same as your I.Q.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
5:20 pm
Tax Exempt,PETA & Humane Society Mislead
by seamus mcdooby
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Tax Exempt,PETA & Humane Society Mislead
Folks I’m merely a small time farmer and no one loves animals more than I ,but I have a common sense farm upbringing.But I have a bone to pick with both so called animal loving groups
seamus mcdooby’s diary :: ::
First off I am no writer so please bear with my humble attempt.I am not a foaming right winger and I am not a fan of the worldnet daily idiots.But being a farmer these two organizations affect my life and living.How can these groups get away with so much lobbying and like Cheneys energy task force be eyebrow deep in crafting animal laws,yet remain tax exempt?how can they claim to love animals when they contribute next to nothing to animal shelters and it is well known what animals they do take in they have a close to 90 % kill ratio.KILL is a much harsher word than the gentle euphenism ‘put to sleep’ is’nt it?
Additionally they take their money deceptively from little old ladies’ cookie jars while their steadfastly against grandma even owning her beloved pet!Hypocritical? you bet your boots they are.here are two links http://www.drovers.com/...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
I wish folks would pay more attn to whom they donate money to. Thank You for your time
Diane
June 12th, 2009
5:24 pm
These comments are for all of you Michael Vicks Haters! YES-That is what you are now.I am glad that waon’t be FALCON FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT THE FALCONS DO NOT DESERVE- They turned their backs on him and because they found Matt Ryan-They feel as they doy don’t need him – I hope the falcons nevr makes ift to the Super B.Again. I do believe that Mike will get an opportunity to play with another team. When he does play and come the Atlanta- i shall be there supporting him regardless of what team is paying in the NFL. The most saddest thing about this day is that you hippocrites that act as though you are God- It is not left up to any man to set Mikes’s Destiny.Everyone has been so jealous of him because of the money that he made-I believe that is truly why most people wanted to bering him down!!!- The disgrace to tis city is DANNY HEALY WHO KILLED A HUMAN IN A CAR AND WAS STILL SUPPORTED BY FANS- WHAT ABOUT THAT? LEAVE MIKE VICK ALONE !!!- HE WILL BE A WINNER – JUST WATCH!!!!!!
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
5:26 pm
FORMER SEASON TICKET HOLDER…………..If a team wanted him so bad then the moment Blank releasted him you would think a team would show interest. Forget the aints bigsleezy830 they just turned Vick down. BWAA HA HA!!! Breaks your heart don’t it.
Like I said alot of times when Vick was QB in Atlanta……. maybe next year!!!
What!!!
June 12th, 2009
5:30 pm
Diane what the Falcons didn’t and will not get from Vick is another loosing season!!! Oh, and he brought himself down!!! Quit blaming someone else for Vick’s bad choises. 130 million and he couldn’t keep clean. He will always be what he is and you put whatever you want to there!
kevin
June 12th, 2009
5:35 pm
diane, i bet you work at the dmv
kevin
June 12th, 2009
5:40 pm
vick sopporter two, come on now someone else at the library wants some internet time too.
Phil McCrotch
June 12th, 2009
5:46 pm
Excellent post NFL Fan!
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
5:47 pm
MAY I SUGGEST “HOOKED ON PHONICS”
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
5:50 pm
WINNING ANOTHER PLAYOFF GAME “MAYBE NEXT SEASON”
CSIN3
June 12th, 2009
5:59 pm
Great article Mr. Bradley… Just want to offer that like it or not, Michael Vick was the biggest thing to hit Atlanta from a sports perspective when he arrived in 2001. No disrespect to Hank Aaron (or ‘Nique Wilkins, wow, whoever said that must not be from the ATL) but Vick did not receive death threats like Hank did which in my eyes means that perhaps Mr. Aaron was not as “big” a “thing” as people like to remember. Alas, nostalgia is usually positive and certainly usually slanted to fit our particular cause or perspective. I wonder what Hank would say about being such a big thing in his day and how it felt to have much of the city loving him and much of the state wanting him dead just because of his black skin. He has even commented on being scared to death of the two guys that ran up to him on the field as he rounded the bases after his record shattering homer. While some of us like to think that all is forever dandy “between the races” in the land of cotton, underneath the surface is the torrent of bigotry that feels, at least on some days, like it will forever divide us. Unfortunately, this torrent is ever present on the AJC message boards, especially when the article pertains to MV7.
Mike, good luck in your future endeavors but know that this country does not believe in reform or rehabilitation. Even though you have served your time, I am afraid that your real “time” is only just beginning!
mars
June 12th, 2009
6:00 pm
Diane, what Danny Heatly did was a mistake, one that had horrible consequence of ending his dear friends life and nearly costing him his career. Mr. Heatly (of whom I am NOT a fan) did not plan the events that led to this mistake. Mr. Vick, on the other hand, did not make a mistake. He knowingly and purposely funded and took part in an underground illegal and brutal activity over the course of 5 years (plenty of time for any reasonable person to ask themselves ‘what the hell am I doing’) while camouflaging the place of his heinous activity. He knew full well what he did was wrong, and yet continued his activity.
That being said, he has served his time, and should be allowed to succeed or fail by his own determination from this point forward. My broken heart caused by Mr. Vick has healed, and I believe that supporters and detractors alike should go on with their lives, to live and let live.
NORRIS
June 12th, 2009
6:24 pm
I dont really understand why we didnt trade him to someone for somebody. I dont get releasing him. He is still a talent. Many teams will be interested and we just give him away. Michael left football because of nonrelated football conviction. Now we question whether any one will want him. That is ridiculous. The guy will be back in the NFL and scoring touchdowns in no time.
NORRIS
June 12th, 2009
6:27 pm
The man will prove us all wrong when he steps on the field again.
He was sent to jail for something people do everyday and get a slap on the hand for. This was a misdemenor and vic was made an example of for the whole world. Dont get me wrong. he was wrong for what he did. But he didnt deserve jail time.
Mavis Beacon - Morehouse English Professor
June 12th, 2009
6:32 pm
@ NORRIS 6:27pm
“The man will prove us all wrong when he steps on the field again.
He was sent to jail for something people do everyday and get a slap on the hand for.”
//////////////////
Dear NORRIS THE MORON,
Do you know many people who run high-end, illegal, interstate gambling operations everyday?
No?
Then, please be quiet, Little BOY.
Also, please do not end your sentences with prepositions.
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
6:39 pm
The Great Mike Vick Has Returned
Atlanta Journal Constitution » Blog Archive » Michael Vick as a Falcon: Some brief shining moments …
June 12th, 2009
7:02 pm
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Harleyman
June 12th, 2009
7:06 pm
When Roddy said he let Vick down, it was an apology for not having 10 feet arms.
Harleyman
June 12th, 2009
7:08 pm
Vick released. And now our only hope is with Obama.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
7:24 pm
2007 HERE WE GO AGAIN – “MAYBE NEXT YEAR
Lynn
June 12th, 2009
7:40 pm
Cant wait for this fall when every Tuesday before a home game we get to see the headline “Falcons Game May Be Blacked Out”……and maybe by that Thursday at 1pm, some company has to step in and by 5,000 tickets – its a fun game to play to see who will step up and IF they will step up!!
Monique
June 12th, 2009
8:27 pm
Vick Supporter = Super Racist
preston
June 12th, 2009
8:34 pm
I agree with you Mark Bradley………..Vick was avery exciting player who I really enjoyed watching play, sure he had a lot of bad games, but he had a lot of games and made a lot of plays that left everyone breathless. I hate that he made the choices that ultimately led to his demise, but he has already paid a hefty price and I do hope the best for him. Now, to all of the haters here….are you people freakin serious? Danny Heatly can come back to the sport that has made him millions, and get a standing ovation after his irresponsible decision directly led to the death of his team mate? But the very mention of Micheal Vick or the thought of redemption on his behalf is unpardonable?
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
8:56 pm
OH NO! ANOTHER BLACK OUT
michaelgee
June 12th, 2009
9:10 pm
as much as Vick rejuvenitated the Falcons, he also deflated an entire city with his gross dishonesty and river of lies. This city put MV on a pedestal, he had us in the palm of his hand.
Once I thought that maybe we didn’t deserve Michael Vick, today I clearly see we didn’t deserve him nor what he did to the City of Atlanta and it’s Falcon Fans.
In Matt Ryan I trust, we have a complete man at QB now. Our future is bright.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
9:12 pm
WILL ATLANTA EVER SEE ANOTHER PLAYOFF WIN & SELLOUT WITHOUT DONORS?
SOMEBODY TELL ME WHEN – PLEASE!
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 12th, 2009
9:27 pm
2009 EXPECTATIONS:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/180269-atlanta-falcons-year-two-could-be-much-more-difficult
2008: 9TH “EASIEST SCHEDULE”
2009: 3RD TOUGHEST SCHEDULE
MAYBE NEXT YEAR
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
9:30 pm
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=28962&displayPage=tab_recap
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
9:36 pm
Monique = George Wallace supporter
Mark Bradley
June 12th, 2009
9:44 pm
Here’s why the Falcons didn’t trade Vick: Because no other team wanted to be seen as the team that traded for Vick. Signing him as a free agent is different, especially if a team suffers an injury at quarterback. Fans would figure to be more understanding — perhaps even supportive — of that.
Vick Supporter
June 12th, 2009
9:47 pm
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter?game_id=28877&displayPage=tab_gamecenter&season=2006&week=REG2
Hamad Meander
June 12th, 2009
10:18 pm
My 2 cents. Loved watching MV7 play football, even though the results weren’t up to expectations. I’m not faulting the Falcons for releasing Vick – he didn’t have any trade value. Time to move on – for both the franchise and for Michael. Franchise – keep drafting and signing high character players. Michael – keep your nose clean, stay away from bad people, and play football.
Julie
June 13th, 2009
12:41 am
How would you like to be electricuted when you don’t do your jobs. Michael deserves what he got.
what about this, why don’t I force you fignt with someone bigger than you and if you lose I will starve you.
Vick Supporter
June 13th, 2009
1:01 am
The outstanding folks at ESPN Stats & Information just sent over a whole packet on Michael Vick.
Here’s a look at some of the highlights of Vick’s career:
**VICK’S PLAYING CAREER (2001 to 2006 with Falcons)**
**W-L Rec: 38-28-1**
**Playoff W-L Rec: 2-2**
First overall selection in 2001 NFL draft (Virginia Tech)
Defeated Packers 27-7 in 2002 NFC wild-card game at Lambeau Field (Packers’ first-ever home playoff loss)
Led Falcons to 2004 NFC Championship Game (loss to Eagles)
Rushed for 1,039 yards in 2006 (NFL single-season record for quarterback)
Most Rushing Yards By QB Since 1970 (Season)
Player Team Year Yards
Michael Vick Falcons 2006 1,039
Bobby Douglass Bears 1972 968
Randall Cunningham Eagles 1990 942
Michael Vick Falcons 2004 902
Michael Vick Falcons 2002 777
Falcon Obit
June 13th, 2009
7:22 am
Now will the Vick haters stop boycotting the Falcons and buy season tickets? I assume the reason y’all didn’t buy them and made Blank have to beg companies all around Atlanta was because Vick was on the roster. Well he’s not now so no excuses!! Haters BUY SEASON TICKETS. The Falcons have been reduced to having a 2 game special just to try and sell out the home opener! Haters will you actually show that you LIKE the Falcons now or was it all about Vick the WHOLE TIME! We’ll see won’t we? We’ll see if it was about Vick or do you really care about the Atlanta Falcons! HA! I bet we’ll see that the haters actually supported Vick! LOL Too bad Blank! I bet you thought all the buzz was your marketing genuis! NOPE! It was JUST #7!!
RK
June 13th, 2009
8:19 am
as Simon would say, this was not your best work but it is inspiring, based on the comments. the Vick brothers unfortunately had to grow up on the fly. One didn’t make it and the other is a question so far. another great nfl qb named Favre also came through A-town and missed the boat here as well due to his old habits. Vick hopefully is now closer to grown up and unfortunately we won’t be on the same side, because as you say, Mark, someone will use him. Vick is indeed a super star. I spoke with Nobis in Vick’s second year and we discussed Vick’s tendency to run past the line of scrimmage – dangerous unless you are sure you can clear the linebackers.
And for players who excited the town, Nobis certainly raised the level of interest in football here as the one who stuffed Joe Willie in the Orange Bowl, so this may be a generational thing. Nobis should be in the HOF – Vick is a work in progress.
Vick also needs to read Tommy’s playbook when it comes to PR. It is a simple formula – God blessed you with talent, pay it forward to the city with public service and they will bless you back.
Harleyman
June 13th, 2009
8:58 am
Next thing the Falcons need to do is build a new stadium in the burbs where it is safer.
Fred
June 13th, 2009
9:13 am
Simply put, was the Michael Vick era in Atlanta worth it? The answer is yes, it absolutely was.
Detractors will point out his 53.8 career completion percentage, the undeniably mediocre touchdown to interception ratio (1.37 to 1) and his reckless, and injury prone, style of play.
What you can’t deny is that Michael Vick won. Quarterbacks get too much credit for wins and too much blame for losses. While it’s unfair, it’s the nature of the sport.
Vick was 38-28-1 as a starting quarterback. For a lot of franchises, that’s not that great of a record. For Atlanta, it’s worthy of a parade.
Michael Vick was responsible for two things Atlanta had never had before. The first one is buzz. Even in the 1998 Super Bowl season, noone thought Atlanta was for real until the end of the season. Nobody gave them a snowball’s chance in **** of beating Minnesota in the NFC title game.
Michael Vick gave the franchise instant notoriety. Jerseys flew off the racks. Tickets sold in bunches. The Falcons sold out every home game of the Michael Vick era once he assumed the role of starter. That was unheard of in this town.
When I was growing up the only way to see Falcon home games was to go to them.
Secondly, Michael Vick brought a radical concept to the city: expectation. Vick led the team to a playoff win at Lambeau his first year as starter in 2002.
After missing most of the 2003 season with an injury, he led the team to the NFC title game in 2004. Atlanta collapsed down the stretch the next two seasons finishing 8-8 and 7-9 in ‘05 and ‘06, and people were livid.
I don’t remember a single season in my lifetime where anyone complained about a .500 season in Atlanta. That was the futility of the Falcons franchise over history at work. We had dramatically lowered expectations.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/197834-was-the-michael-vick-era-worth-it-for-the-atlanta-falcons
Fred
June 13th, 2009
9:21 am
Harleyman, shouldn’t you be somewhere in a cabin deep in a North Dakota forest writing a manifesto against the federal government now?
blankfan
June 13th, 2009
9:51 am
Mr Blank good move ,#7 don’t let the door hit you in the a## lets move on ,baveshater get off your front porch and get a job!
preston
June 13th, 2009
9:55 am
wow…….reading over some of these posts regarding the hatred and disregard for Mick Vick is amazing. I see that a blogger wrote “How would you like to be electricuted when you don’t do your jobs.” WTF??? So now Vick is going to come to your house with his jumper cables in hand ready to jolt the living hell out of everyone that displeases him…..okaaay. Well I got one better than that….how bout we warn track runners and sprinters that every time they suffer an injury or come up lame in a race that they will be “gently” euthanized as routinely as horses and dogs who suffer the same fate in competition (http://www.chai-online.org/en/compassion/entertainment_racing.htm)…..or lets run the hell out of the winter bobsledders until they freeze to death just as some of the dogs do on the iditarod trail (http://www.adn.com/iditarod/2009/story/731154.html.).
Don't Revise History
June 13th, 2009
10:02 am
The Falcons moved all right, back to 1999.
mike
June 13th, 2009
10:04 am
Always so much hate for Mr Vick. The man done his time but most of you pale faces act as if he’s done something to you. People who look like Mark and live in the hills of Georgia and Tennessee have been fighting dogs and interbreeding for years and you folks have no problem. You have a whole religious sect in Texas and Utah breeding females to marry old pale faces and you have no problem. You got a home grown terrorist killing people in DC and you have no problem. The Atlanta sports scene will go back to being loserville as it has always been.
EddieKang
June 13th, 2009
10:10 am
This one of the most racially divided issues since the OJ deal, and he supposedly killed someone. So you set him up to finally get him locked up, now is the other side truly happy. You want us to come to your colleges and be your prize buck, and bring you notoriety. The man was the biggest athlete this city has ever seen b/c of the other names that have been here before. You want Matt Ryan to be that and he’s not. He won games last year, but when he doesn’t cut the mustard. Then what he’ll not be good enough either or will he pass the eye test. Everybody hates a black man who has money, and this boiled down to hate for VICK because of his bank statement and he didn’t pass the eye test.
A Realist
June 13th, 2009
10:24 am
Potential blackouts for this coming NFL season is not just an Atlanta Falcon’s problem.
There are several other teams that have already expressed concerns about their pre-season ticket sales due to the current economic conditions.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who had a waiting list thousands long a few years ago are now selling season tickets in half-season packages to drum up interest.
In Jacksonville, the Jaguars have sold roughly 35,000 season tickets. That’s behind the pace of last season, and could lead to all 10 home games being blacked out.
It’s the same in a lot of other cities so let’s not try to blame the Falcon’s potential blackouts on the lack of people not going because Vick won’t be playing at the Dome. That’s just not factual!!!
Paddy
June 13th, 2009
10:34 am
Diane…The Falcons turned their back on MV???? You can’t be serious? He lied to his boss and was convited of running and financing a criminal enterprise. I believe your boss would kick you to the curb if that happened. This is what happens in the “big boy” world. This is not a child’s nursery rhyme or story book. Any NFL team would have done the same situation when presented with this set of facts. He is now a felon. He has paid his dues. Lets see where this now goes. But do not blame the Falcons for showing him the door. Any law abiding person would expect the same treatment under the same circumstances. You are not allowed to color outside the lines and expect to get a free pass from those in authority. The Falcons Mgt. did the right thing and I am proud of their actions.
preston
June 13th, 2009
10:45 am
Mars- of course Heatly didnt intend to cause an accident that took the life of his friend…….but to say that he made a “mistake” is kinda mindboggling and troubling to hear. First of all, Heatly was not even drunk that night, so his actions are much more deplorable to me because he was fully aware of what he was doing. Heatley was charged with vehicular homicide, he pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain a lane, and speeding. Heatly willingly made soo many bad decisions that night that it’s incredible to me that he still has a drriver’s license, and that he didn’t serve any jail time, and this is where the hypocrisy lies. Heatley avoided having to go to trial as part of a plea deal that dropped the first-degree charge of vehicular homicide, and went on to sign a 3-year 13.5 million contract with the Ottawa Senators after he left Atlanta. Heatley began the 2007–08 season with a new 6-year contract extension with the Senators worth $45 million. So Heatly avoids any jail time, gets a chance to heal from his injuries and resumes his life, signs multi-million dollar contracts, hears the adorations and screams of the fans: but Micheal Vick goes to jail, has his livelihood taken away from him, is subjected to the demands of a “brain scan” test, and has become the scum of the earth for his actions which did not lead to the death of any person?
EddieKang
June 13th, 2009
10:52 am
Preston, that was great research and was the truth. So it goes back to the point of VICK not passing the eye test.
the ATL truth
June 13th, 2009
11:37 am
It’s amazing how many people go out of their way to project hatred, ignorance & pass judgment on other human beings… I guess that’s just the world we live in. Back to football: A man(Vick), made a mistake for which he has paid his debt. A franchise and a city must move on, not by choice, but by necessity. I to, was a “Vick Supporter” as well, but I was a “Falcon Supporter” long before Vick ever wore the Red & Black. I to, was extremely disappointed in the decisions he made. We needed to move on; WE being the franchise, the city of Atlanta, Falcon Nation, & even Michael Vick. This move helps everyone involved. I wish Vick well, & like any man he deserves a second chance, it just wont be in a Falcon uniform. Sad, but very true… Some of you bloggers have bigger issues than Mike Vick does; so my prayers are for you. Vick will be fine, in football or not. I hope I can say the same for some of you. Let’s GO FALCONS ‘09!!!! Nice work Mark.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 13th, 2009
12:25 pm
WHEN WILL THE FALCONS WIN ANOTHER PLAYOFF GAME? WHEN WILL THE DOME BE SOLD OUT AGAIN, WITHOUT DONORS COMING TO THE RESCUE?
ANYONE?
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 13th, 2009
12:29 pm
YOU WOULD THINK THAT A PLAYER THAT PLAYED 5-YEARS OF COLLEGE BALL WOULD BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO WIN A SINGLE PLAYOFF GAME.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT A PLAYER THAT PLAYED 5-YEARS OF COLLEGE BALL WOULD MAKE THE PRO BOWL.
WHEN I THINK OF COLLEGE PLAYERS PLAYING 5-YEARS, THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY BASICALLY ARE NOT NFL MATERIAL – AT LEAST NOT PLAYOFF WINNING MATERIAL.
Don't Revise History
June 13th, 2009
12:33 pm
VS2, The Dome will be sold out again the first game played there against Vick’s new team. It will be a scalper’s dream game. You’ll see more #7 Falcons jerseys on that day than you ever have. Just watch…it should be great. I can’t wait to see the sour looks on the faces of the Atlanta media.
Don't Revise History
June 13th, 2009
12:49 pm
VS2, remember the Midtown Touchdown they had in Piedmont Park?? LOL, back in 2005 and 2006 that thing was so big that the second year, you had to pay. Then in 2007 – hundreds showed up (though they tried to pretend it was a thousand)- no Vick no crowd….2008, they just cancelled that and had a scrimmage game out in the boondocks at Mill Creek High School, and will be doing the same lame thing this year. My how times have changed! LOL
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 13th, 2009
1:22 pm
ACTUALLY IF WE PROSECUTED CORRUPTION, MASS MURDERS, COWARD RACIST, CHILD MOLESTERS, RIGHT WING KLANSMEN, OBAMA AND FORMER CONGRESSMAN FORD WOULD BE THE ONLY ONES LEFT IN WASHINGTON
HOWEVER, MY QUESTION REMAINS THE SAME………….
WIN WILL THE FALCONS WIN ANOTHER PLAYOFF GAME OR SELL OUT THE DOME? IT’S OBVIOUS IF IT WAS UP TO THE MATTY ICE FANS, THE GAMES WOULD BE BLACKED OUT FOR AN ETERNITY – I GUESS HATING & MANURE SHOVELING JUST DON’T PAY THE RENT
VICK SUPPORTER $upporter (i.e. Taxpayer)
June 13th, 2009
1:51 pm
Well, I am certainly glad my tax dollars are going to help fund Internet access at the local libraries so all the uneducated Vick Lovers can spew their ignorance and racial hatred.
Matty Ice
June 13th, 2009
2:04 pm
Does this mean I have to win playoff games?
If I don’t, will you still be my friends?
This won’t have any negative effect on my salary will it?
crabapplejoe
June 13th, 2009
4:20 pm
Well, another “Great Black Hope” at QB bites the dust…following in the footsteps of Akili Smith, Andre Ware and others. Will Vince Young be far behind? As to the poster that said European-Americans hate black men with big bank accounts….following your logic we “pale-faces” should love ole MV7 now cause he ain’t got no money. LOL
Don't Revise History
June 13th, 2009
4:26 pm
Well we can’t count the number of Great White Hopes have failed at QB, and they are usually given far more support and years to fail than any black QB, who wasn’t even allowed to play the position for the vast duration that the NFL has been in existence…but dont let facts stand in the way. Rex Grossman, Alex Smith, David Carr and countless others thank you for your support. Without the racism and bias they surely wouldn’t be NFL QBs.
Don't Revise History
June 13th, 2009
4:28 pm
Operators are still standing by at Flowery Branch just waiting to take season ticket orders!!! Hello!! Hello!!
aj_ga_gr8
June 13th, 2009
4:29 pm
the falcons are stupid for letting vick go. it kills are salary cap and we could have used him at a diferent position we need help in. as in corner back or returner. we should have given him another chance. everyone deserves a second chance. arthur blank just was to scared of what people would think of him…instead of winning!
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 13th, 2009
5:39 pm
RYAN LEAF, REX GROSSMAN, MATT RYAN, DAN MCGWIRE, ALEX SMITH, JOEY HARRINGTON, MATT HASSELBECK, JUNE JONES, TIM COUCH, JAKE PLUMMER, TRENT GREEN, CHRIS MILLER………
ALL WINNERS
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 13th, 2009
5:40 pm
STILL NO ANSWER ON MY QUESTION………
WHEN WILL THE FALCONS WIN ANOTHER PLAYOFF GAME AND SELL OUT THE DOME WITH OUT DONORS………
ANYONE?
Don't Revise History
June 13th, 2009
6:49 pm
I told you VS2, the first game in the Dome against the team Mike Vick is on, that game will sell out. I cant wait for it either, so I can see the bitter looks on all the media faces as they watch the Dome fill up with a whole bunch of Vick jerseys – and half will be that falcons #7 jersey. I cant wait to hear the grumblings and rumblings of the AWM’s as they clench their fists and grit their teeth mad that no matter what….all they did was set him up for the ultimate comeback. They are mad as all get-out that there is no way to keep him out now. Trying to force the concept of changing positions is not working, trying to keep him suspended won’t work – in fact, they never saw the possibility of him being able to use a new league to get back in the NFL- that’s gotta sting. Its driving them mad that all they did was set the man up for the ultimate comeback story of the year. Please, they are clinging for dear life to the “he’s been out for 2 years!!”…and what? Chris Redman had been out of football for 3 years and selling insurance. Mike Vick could have been bedridden for 2 years and would still be better than 75% of the QBs in the league right now. They are clinging to every silly excuse in the world – fictional protestors, the imaginary PETA members who apparently have been diehard NFL season ticket holders all this time! LOL Yeah haters, the weed-smoking dogfighter managed 3 Probowls in 4 full seasons, 2 of those years in the playoffs and another breaking a NFL record. Yeah, the weed-smoking, dogfighter made Falcons fans think they should expect to(gulp) WIN GAMES….alright haters, guess what…ya cleaned him up! That’s right, he managed to do that while being high and fighting dogs on the side…now he’s focused and all cleaned up! Thanks haters!! You bought your worst nightmare to life. You didn’t want him to change the way the QB position is played, now you’ve guaranteed he will.
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 13th, 2009
8:08 pm
“D.R.” HISTORY – COME ON YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
THEY ARE SO FRIGHTENED & TERRIFIED THAT THE LAST POSITION IS IN DANGER OF BEING TAKEN AWAY.
I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT. IF HE WAS SO TERRIBLE OF A QUARTERBACK, WHY IN ALL THE YEARS OF THE NFL DOES A 22-YEAR OLD KID RECEIVED THE RICHEST CONTRACT IN HISTORY OF THE NFL.
THAT INFURIATED THEM
LOOK AT BRETT FAVRE – NONE OF THE INTELLIGENT THINKING, ONE DIMENSIONAL, DROP BACK PASSERS STOOD A CHANCE IN BEATING BRETT FAVRE IN GREEN BAY IN THE PLAYOFFS.
THEN COMES THIS “THUG” YOUNG MAN FROM VIRGINIA, WALTZES INTO GREEN BAY, WITH ALL THE HISTOR-Y IN THE PLAYOFFS, AN UNDERDOG, ALL THE CRITICS SAYING GREEN BAY WOULD DESTROY THE FALCONS – VICK SHOWED THEM SOMETHING THE LEAGUE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND HE SHOVED ALL THAT HISTORY DOWN GREEN BAY’S THROAT.
SO YOU AND ME BOTH KNOW WHAT ALL THE HATE IS ABOUT – IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT LAST POSITION BEING TAKEN AWAY.
SORRY HATERS – TOO LATE
I’M HEARING THAT NEW ENGLAND IS IN HOT PURSUIT AND GUESS WHAT – NEW ENGLAND IS ON THE SCHEDULE. CAN YOU IMAGINE VICK, BRADY, FRED TAYLOR IN THE BACKFIELD AT THE SAME TIME, WITH MOSS ROAMING DEEP.
IT’S GONNA GET UGLY
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 13th, 2009
8:28 pm
“NFL NETWORK” SIZES IT UP PRETTY CLEARLY
From the beginning, justice could clearly see when Michael Vick committed an unholy trinity of sins.
His first was the brutal treatment of man’s most beloved best friend. Secondly, was his blatant lying to both his owner Arthur Blank and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Lastly, his financial support of an illegal gambling operation across state lines violated the Federal Rico statues which brought the federal authorities down on Vick and cost him 23 months in a Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan.
Now that Vick has paid his debt for committing the latter sin, justice appears to be peeling off her blind fold and setting her sights on further retribution. As emotions run deep, it seems as though prison and bankruptcy is not enough of a price to pay. So many are wanting more than a mere pound of flesh. Animal rights groups are painting signs and organizing to protest any team who is willing to sign Vick. Members of the media are encouraging Commissioner Goodell to strip Vick of even more time away from the game with a lengthy suspension.
The scales of justice are clearly unbalanced when Vick loses two seasons or more, but the Patriots received no suspensions at all for videotaping the Jets’ defensive signals in 2007.
Blind fold back on please. In this case, justice has been served.
crabapplejoe
June 13th, 2009
9:05 pm
Jockstrap 2 wrote: “I’M HEARING THAT NEW ENGLAND IS IN HOT PURSUIT AND GUESS WHAT – NEW ENGLAND IS ON THE SCHEDULE. CAN YOU IMAGINE VICK, BRADY, FRED TAYLOR IN THE BACKFIELD AT THE SAME TIME, WITH MOSS ROAMING DEEP.”
Funny how you left off the New England wide receiver that has caught more passess in the NFL the last two seasons than any player (and who happens to be European-American)….showing your prejudices just a little bit? And you want to come down on European-Americans as being “racist” for being glad a complete f**k-up like MV7 is being released by the Falcons. ROTFLMAO.
Don't Revise History
June 13th, 2009
9:39 pm
crabapplejoe…did you get your season tickets? Operators are standing by! So many choices of seats still available! In fact, call now and you can get the special! 2 tickets and 2 jerseys for just the low low price of $199!!! Please hurry…the operators are….falling asleep. Why won’t you Vick bashers go to the games? Thought that it was Vick that was keeping you away? Well it seems strange to STILL be boycotting the Falcons! He wasn’t there in 2007 and you wouldnt’ go, he wasn’t there in 2008 and it took the corporate sponsors to make sure the games were televised (even though they bought the seats, nobody sat in them) – and now going into 2009, Vick’s been released, you got your Golden Boy…and you STILL won’t come! LMAO!! Oh….I guess it really wasn’t about the “Falcons” afterall! Hope Arthur Blank sees how y’all punked him! Y’all claim Vick lied to Blank…well y’all lied to Blank too! He BELIEVED you bashers would support his team!………………NOT!
Center For Disease Control
June 13th, 2009
9:43 pm
This also applies to “Keith Can’t tackle Brookins”
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 13th, 2009
9:46 pm
THE ERA OF “SLOW 1-DIMENSIONAL” QUARTERBACKS IS OVER
Vick Supporter
June 13th, 2009
11:40 pm
@Don’t Revise History
Damn man!!! You’re killing them!!! LMAO. These Falcon “fans” really don’t understand what its like to have a great player. The main reason I stopped supporting the team is because the “fans” always bashed him, even when he played well. Vick is gonna do it man. It pisses me off that just because he’s fast they have to change his position, but we both know what that’s about….. You’re right about the fans here….they just sit on their asses and criticize people and don’t even go to the games,lol. The fans here are the lamest fans in sports. I love the city, but the fans here are sh…. One more thing……VICK WILL PLAY QB. It would be stupid to make him a WR or a RB. The only position he’s ever played is QB. I don’t wish injury on anyone, but if a QB gets hurt and Vick gets in the game……………………..
Vick 09
The Great Mike Vick Has Returned
crabapplejoe
June 13th, 2009
11:54 pm
jockstrap2 wrote: “THE ERA OF “SLOW 1-DIMENSIONAL” QUARTERBACKS IS OVER”
Is that why Tom Brady was on the cover of Sports Illustrated last week? LOL….Check out the QBs in the last 20 or so SuperBowls. You need to find a better “Next Great Black Hope” than MV7. He’s gonna be shootin’ pool in the pool halls and bettin’ on dogs. ROTFLMAO
crabapplejoe
June 13th, 2009
11:58 pm
Center for Disease Control wrote: “This also applies to “Keith Can’t tackle Brookins””
Dude, based on your screen name and your “Brookins” label it appears you have serious childhood issues with the letter ‘S’…LOL at you folks south of I-20. KB56 has an NFL contract and is projected to start for the Dallas Cowboys in 2009….MV7 is working construction for $10 an hour….. really, really ROTFLMAO…!
crabapplejoe
June 14th, 2009
12:01 am
Don’t Revise History wrote: “you got your Golden Boy”
You have a real problem with European-Americans and their beautiful hair don’t you….maybe if Matt Ryan put his hair in dreadlocks and had a permanent scowl on his face you might like him….oh never mind…you just hate white folks….that will never change.
Vick Supporter
June 14th, 2009
12:27 am
crabapplejoe you are freakin lame man,lol.
Go take a dip somewhere and sit your a.. down
Atlanta Falcons Talk » Blog Archive » Interesting (quick) AJC (Bradley) Article
June 14th, 2009
1:00 am
[...] Interesting (quick) AJC (Bradley) Article [...]
Vick Supporter
June 14th, 2009
1:18 am
2008 NFL Playoff GEM
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d80dda614/Cardinals-30-Falcons-24
Don't Revise History
June 14th, 2009
7:26 am
crabapplejoe, so did you buy your season tickets yet?? Why are you protesting the Falcons games?? What’s that about? LOL! Why are you and all the Vick bashers boycotting NOW?? They lowered the prices and everything for ya! (never ONCE lowered ticket prices from 2002 thru 2007. Blank raised the prices every single year!) Now they have a special going on and you Vick bashers are STILL boycotting! Why?
Paddy
June 14th, 2009
8:49 am
Maybe people are not buying alot of season tickets because THEY ARE OUT OF WORK. Just a thought.
Don't Revise History
June 14th, 2009
8:58 am
Nice try Paddy, but do you think everybody is working in New Orleans? So they have 100% employment rate down in Nawlins? NOT! How about people are not buying tickets because THEY JUST DONT WANT TOO! When is the fan appreciation day? Will it be out in Coweta or Hall County somewhere again this year? No need to bring it back to Piedmont Park if only 500 people are gonna show up at most.
crabapplejoe
June 14th, 2009
9:14 am
Paddy wrote: “Maybe people are not buying alot of season tickets because THEY ARE OUT OF WORK. Just a thought.”
Paddy, you have to realize that people like Jockstrap2 and Don’t Revise History don’t understand that this is the most serious economic downturn since the great depression. They have never had a job, so the concept of a lot of folks being out of work, and not being able to buy season tickets, has no meaning to them. A small government check comes to them each month…good times or bad.
ProFootballTalk.com - Sunday Morning One-Liners
June 14th, 2009
9:40 am
[...] Bradley of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution remembers the good times of the Falcons’ relationship with QB Michael [...]
Don't Revise History
June 14th, 2009
10:18 am
crabapplejoe, obviously YOU get a check each month and can’t afford season tickets, but that’s not why the Falcons are reducing ticket prices as if its a going out of business sale. The Saints sold out and Nawlins has a higher unemployment rate than Atlanta and always HAS had a higher unemployment rate. So why have you and your bashers decided to just boycott the Falcons starting in 2007? Why didn’t you boycott the Falcons when Blank was raising ticket prices from 2002 through the season leading into 2007? Huh? Strange way to boycott, you didn’t like the starting QB so you spent more money and assured straight sold out games…yet when he is NO longer the QB, you boycott? Hmmm, bet King Arthur didn’t see that one coming! I guess he’s wondering exactly what is it that you want? Guess he’s finding out that it was really never about the Falcons afterall. Oh well…maybe there will be at least a decent crowd at the Fan Appreciation Day out in the boonies, sure wasn’t last year!
VICK SUPPORTER 2
June 14th, 2009
11:11 am
“TOP 10 JERSEY SALES FOR 2008″
http://www.bestnfljersey.com/tag/top-selling-jerseys/
SORRY FOLKS MATT RYAN “LEAF” DID NOT MAKE THE LIST
Build More Prisons !
June 14th, 2009
11:51 am
Mike Vick: No Longer a FALCON , Forever a FELON !
mars
June 14th, 2009
12:35 pm
Preston, your ramblings have nothing to do with what I said, and certainly do not correct your mistaken value system. I never claimed Heatly was innocent, nor do I even care anything about the guy. However, what he did do was in the moment. A bad decision, with or without dire consequences, is something that every human being has done, and will continue to do. You know this through your own incredibly stupid decisions, don’t you?
On the other hand, funding and running a large brutal illegal criminal operation is not, let me repeat for this retard, IS NOT a mistake or a bad decision one will regret 24 hours later. 5 years. 5 years. 5 years. 5 years. Plenty of time for any reasonable person to say “my God, what kind of lowlife have I become?” However you are correct in stating that there are ALLEDGEDLY no deaths to humans caused by this venture. Who ever heard of a large interstate gambling ring that has led to the loss of life, eh? Besides, in your logic, the lack of evidence is proof of innocence. If the bodies are buried deep enough then no crime is committed. (As long as you are manufacturing ridiculous scenarios, I shall indulge in a little ‘fairness doctrine’ activity.)
That being said, the man has done his time for things of which he was proven guilty. This is called justice. I, for one, hope he comes out of this a better man. I wish him all the success in the world, except when he plays the Falcons.
preston
June 14th, 2009
1:55 pm
The funny thing about these type of blogs is that a lot of people will use them to promote their feelings of ignorance concerning hate, racism, and whatever prejudicial agenda they may have. A lot of the comments posted have absolutely nothing to do with Vick becoming a productive citizen and resuming his life just as others who have done things just as harmful as him. Vick’s criminal actions are understandably looked upon by some with a little more scrutiny than others, but the fact remains is that he has been judged by the laws of the land and has served his time, he has apologized to all for his actions, and whether you choose to accept that or not is not his problem anymore, and he has a right to get his life together. I would be much more comfortable being around Vick at this point in his life, than to be anywhere near some of the clowns that post some of the nonsense here, and it doesn’t matter what side of the issue you side with, some of you people are crazy as hec.
Unca' Bob
June 14th, 2009
7:32 pm
Zoomie,
Well thought out as well as written. Nothing but Kudos to ‘ya. I’ve read a couple of your posts and you tend to make sense. Not too many of you left.
Vick Supporter,
You seem to be a bright young man. Please, do not take the bait. There are enough haters in the world. Let them go. Continue to do what you do best, support the Falcons
preston
June 14th, 2009
9:37 pm
Mars- You are the stereotypical blogger…state an opinion to which someone disagrees, and you true nature comes out. I only stated an opinion in which I disagreed with your assesment of the two situations, nothing more…nothing less. I didnt resort to, nor am I interested in stooping to a level of immaturity such as you and the majority of bloggers do. If you can’t agree to respectfully disagree with me than there is really nothing left for me to say to you.
What!!!
June 15th, 2009
9:42 am
I HATE VICK!! BWAA HA HA!!!
Vick Supporter
June 15th, 2009
1:27 pm
Vick 09
RTN
July 17th, 2009
2:30 pm
He that is without sin among you, let him first, cast a stone at him. And when they read it, being convicted by their own conscience.
Michael where are those thine accusers? Hath no man accused thee? Neither, do I condemn thee; Go, and set the NFL on fire, and sin no more.
DHD
July 18th, 2009
10:49 pm
More Vick articles. Unbelievable!! When are you AJC reporters going to get over your man crush on Vick? It’s really getting sick.
derrick
July 19th, 2009
12:19 am
I am so sick of you Vick Bashers(whom are mostly white people). Every thing is Vicks fault. Yes he made some dumb mistakes like most you have but just didn’t get caught because you’re not a superstar like this BLACK GUY! Now you what you want again. Vick didn’t get half the protection that Matt Ryan is getting. He oractically was surrounded by a whole new team mainly an OFFENSIVE LINE. Under Reeves when Vick had protection he could throw and complete passes. Nobodys mentioning the fact that Roddy White couldn’t catch a cold at the time and Warrick Dunn was past his prime.. But no ones going to mention this because you’ve got your white hope now.
derrick
July 19th, 2009
2:52 am
I will say this.. When are these black athletes going to learn that they are under a constant microscope and they can’t do what others do(read between the lines on that one). They are constantly being watched. Behind the scenes everyone is not praising you, they are sitting back waiting for you to mess up. Especially if you are a 130 million dollar black guy.
ClevelandRocks
July 19th, 2009
7:46 am
Responding to Pi$$onaDAWG
To bad your employees don’t know how talented you are. After you put your trailer on blocks, cooked your Meth, punched your uncle/daddy, slapped your mom, beat your sister/wife, then molested your children, you still had time to comment on Mike Vick. You are the Talented Mr. R$dneck or should I call you the Great White Hopeless. Try using that N-word in a crowd, see where that gets you. You Racist POS COWARD!!!
I feel sorry for so many of you
July 19th, 2009
10:40 am
So full of hate, jealousy, bigotry, envy and so on. Just sad.
Old News
July 19th, 2009
10:43 am
derrick=racist