Rich McKay, genius? Well, he drafted indispensable Roddy
And here we’d been thinking Thomas Dimitroff was the real brains in Flowery Branch. Silly us. According to Bill Barnwell of the Football Outsiders on ESPN.com, the Falcons own the NFL’s fourth-most indispensable player. (Link requires registration.) And now you’re thinking …
Dimitroff signee Michael Turner? No.
Dimitroff draftee Matt Ryan? Nope.
Roddy White.
Color me surprised. I think of Roddy White as a fine wide receiver, but when I think of wideouts I think first of Larry Fitzgerald or Steve Smith or Randy Moss or even — pardon me for mentioning the name, lest ESPN the network do an hour-long special — Terrell Owens. But here’s Barnwell’s list of indispensables, and it’s an eye-opener:
- 10. Kris Jenkins, DT, Jets.
- 9. Michael Roos, OT, Titans.
- 8. Ed Reed, S, Ravens.
- 7. Andre Johnson, WR, Texans.
- 6. Tommie Harris, DT, Bears.
- 5. Ryan Clady, OT, Broncos.
- 4. Roddy White, WR, Falcons.
- 3. Nnamdi Asomugha, CB, Raiders.
- 2. DeMarcus Ware, LB, Cowboys.
- 1. Peyton Manning, QB, Colts.
Barnwell makes a compelling case: “No wideout played a bigger part in his team’s success than White. Matt Ryan threw 32.5 percent of his passes in 2008 to White, the highest such percentage for any receiver in football. (Carolina’s Steve Smith was second, at 29.5 percent.) The Falcons added Tony Gonzalez to help ease White’s load in 2009, but it’s not as if Gonzalez made the Kansas City offense go last year. If the Falcons lost White, the effects on their offense would be catastrophic.”
Loading ...And who drafted White out of UAB in 2005 with the 27th pick in Round 1? Why, Rich McKay, who has since been kicked upstairs to the presidential suite. (The same Rich McKay drafted Jamaal Anderson with the eighth overall pick in 2007, and Anderson has amassed two sacks in two seasons. But I digress.)
So, all together now, let’s assign credit where it’s due: Roddy White is a really good ballplayer, and Rich McKay made a really shrewd pick.
And now you’re asking: Does this mean I’d rather have McKay doing my talent-spotting than Dimitroff? Uh, no.
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What an idiot, NO WAIT
June 23rd, 2009
7:44 pm
Just a story that White’s agent paid to have written. Don’t you people know anything?
Unca' Bob
June 23rd, 2009
7:45 pm
Shameless Thacker,
You, sir, are sick, twisted, and perverted. I like that in a person. You have, without a doubt, come up with some of the most laugh- out- loud lines I have ever read. Please, carry on.
Birds Suck!
June 23rd, 2009
7:46 pm
you white people are so funny! We have Matt Ryan!! PLEASEEEE!!!! One good year and now he is Brady…oh wait he did have a back that rushed for 1800 yards! Roddy White did start to act like a football player instead of a track guy! Lets see what happens if Turner goes down! Matt Ryan without the play action pass? Same old sorry Falcons!!!!! LOL
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
8:12 pm
No Matt Ryan Playaction = Losing season
Michael Turner Injury = Losing season
Falcons vs Mike Vick’s new team = LOSS
YEP!!
Mark Bradley
June 23rd, 2009
8:34 pm
As I usually do, I agree with Najeh. Lots of guys got better when Young Jimbo hit the bricks. The 2006 Falcons were a tremendous waste of personnel.
And I know I’m the only one in the world who wonders this still, but … I wonder how good Michael Vick would have been under Bobby Petrino. I know Petrino told somebody in Flowery Branch after some early Vick workouts that he thought they’d average — average — 30 points a game.
mcdawg
June 23rd, 2009
8:45 pm
i was a big time doubter regarding that pick but proved me wrong
wxwax
June 23rd, 2009
8:58 pm
Turner or Ryan?
Easy choice. Lots of running backs can be successful behind a strong offensive line (see Denver, Gibbs’ Redskins, Steelers.) But only a very few men can be successful quarterbacks in the NFL, regardless of the line.
Ryan, in a landslide.
wxwax
June 23rd, 2009
9:00 pm
Yabbut Bobby Petrino is a college coach who knows as much about the pro game as Steve Spurrier.
Salt his opinions accordingly.
Ted Striker
June 23rd, 2009
9:23 pm
GDG73 — 1) I never said anything about Hue Jackson. (Not a word) You keep bringing up Jackson — a fine coach — to deflect attention from your claim that Joe Horn is largely responsible for Roddy White’s success.
2) Also Never Said: that you’re trying to justify Horn’s contract. The only two guys brazen enough to do that in public were Horn and his agent.
3a) Did the Math, Didn’t Even Get a doggone T-Shirt: You insisted I to compare White’s numbers from the year before Horn arrived to the year after Horn arrived. Okay. I did it. No revelation. What am I missing?
3b) Did the Math Part Two It’s true Joe Horn arrived in Atlanta in ‘07. So did Laurent Robinson. And Eric Weems. And Bobby Petrino. Plus the Falcons had new cheerleaders. (And Justin Timberlake was on tour.) I’m missing the obvious correlation. If you’re insisting that Horn is the reason White caught 88 passes for 1382 yards in ’08 — I have to cry foul. More likely it was Timberlake crooning Sexyback at Philps Arena.
4) Why didn’t Finneran’s professionalism rub off on White? Maybe it did. They’re still teammates, Finn and White. And Finneran isn’t out of a job like Horn, who hasn’t discovered a single takers in the entire 32 team league.
GDG73, I hope you understand I’m not knocking you. It’s just that I’m not buying the idea that Joe Horn is the reason Roddy White set all-time Falcons season receiving records last year.
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
9:39 pm
Mark Bradley
I’ve said alot of the same things that Najeh has said about the Vick Era and you hardly ever give me any props. Do I come across bad sometimes? Yes, in retaliation to some of the ignorant, racial nonsense that’s spewed on here all the time. I also wonder what would have happened if Vick played for Petrino, although I never really respected the guy. I also think that Vick would have done well with Mike Smith, being that he runs a more traditional offense and let’s his QB make changes at the line. I point out all the time the many mistakes of the Mora regime and the MANY mistakes made by the front office. i believe that this whole dogfighting fiasco has helped the front office realize that you have to build a TEAM and not just place the load on one player’s shoulders. As we all saw in 2003, and other times when Vick got hurt, it was obvious that the Falcons were a one man team. I think if Ryan were to miss some games, Redman could step in a win for them (a game or two). When Vick went down, we looked like a college team. I know that I get on Ryan at times, and I still would rather have Vick as my QB, but I really think that Ryan is a good QB. He can’t carry a team like Vick did many times, but at long as he has Turner, or some type of running game, he’ll be fine. I just wish the fans would look past the negative and respect what Vick did for the Falcons on the field. All of these people that bash him on these blogs were there cheering for him at the games, which I think is hypocritical, which is why I can’t support the Falcons. Just 2 years ago, they wanted Roddy and MJ ran out of town, and now they’re praising him (for now). Just my 2 cents.
Mark Bradley
June 23rd, 2009
9:46 pm
Props on that post, Vick Supporter. I agree: Vick would have done well under Smitty, too.
On the second day of camp in 2004, I remember writing about Knapp’s offense and asking: Why would you want the most dangerous guy in the league with the ball in his hands to get it out of his hands more quickly? Five years later, I still don’t know.
anotherfalcon
June 23rd, 2009
9:49 pm
White is no doubt a great receiver, but I don’t think I could ever value any receiver more than I would the quarterback. I’m sure, whoever White’s agent is, just loves this article. Don’t know that the Falcons are quite as keen on it though. You’re not getting a commission on this, are you Mark?
Tom Davis
June 23rd, 2009
9:51 pm
Vick Supporter – Time to buy a #2 jersey. I hope you choke on it. LOL.
Tom Davis
June 23rd, 2009
9:56 pm
Mark Bradley stop kissing Vick Supporter’s arse. The reason Vick could not change the plays was because he did not know the play book. It is a known fact that Vick was not a student of the game but a student of the WEED amongst other illegal activities.
Mark Bradley
June 23rd, 2009
9:57 pm
I’m getting my usual fee — 100 percent of nothing.
Tom Davis
June 23rd, 2009
10:00 pm
That’s better than 50% of nothing
Ted Striker
June 23rd, 2009
10:03 pm
I’ve never had an issue with Vick Supporter’s posts. He’s true to his beliefs — whether I agree or not — and folks have the option of skipping what he has to say if they don’t like reading it.
In the words of Lenny Kravitz, “Let Love Rule.”
steven thomas
June 23rd, 2009
10:22 pm
coach smith is the most important falcon.
dagnabit
Scott Anderson
June 23rd, 2009
10:47 pm
I also think that Vick would have done well with Mike Smith, being that he runs a more traditional offense and let’s his QB make changes at the line.
### One of Vicks big problems was he never did learn the playbook. Any coach would suffer with Vick calling audibles. Vick only knew one audible , Vick run left, Vick run right. Vick run all around and out of bounds. Then jump up holding his hammy again.
Man get over it Vick Support ###
I point out all the time the many mistakes of the Mora regime and the MANY mistakes made by the front office. i believe that this whole dogfighting fiasco has helped the front office realize that you have to build a TEAM and not just place the load on one player’s shoulders.
## LOL – if that made sense I would give you a cookie.
The Falcons are finally building a team. It took getting rid of Vick, Crumpler, MeAngelo, Brooking, to do it. At least we are on the road to victory after so many years.###
As we all saw in 2003, and other times when Vick got hurt, it was obvious that the Falcons were a one man team.
## One man team. LOL thats because Vick couldnt hit the broad side of a bulls rear with a banjo. Roddy White got hit in the head more than the hands from Vicks errant passes. Get a clue ###
I think if Ryan were to miss some games, Redman could step in a win for them (a game or two).
## this shows you really dont know a QB. Redman is washed up. Shockly or Parker would both play better in the long run. Or short run if needed. ###
When Vick went down, we looked like a college team. I know that I get on Ryan at times, and I still would rather have Vick as my QB,
## Man, just like when I was drunk at 16 and puking my guts out, my mom came in and said. : Let it go son, let it go ###
I really think that Ryan is a good QB.
## First intelligent thing you ever said on here. ##
He can’t carry a team like Vick did many times,
## Pathetic. He carried the Falcons into the gutter with him. Can you say Federal pen
The dude lied to A Blank so many times to his face. Blank had the guy at his house playing Nintendo with his children. He pushed him in a wheelchair. He let him ride on his corporate jet. Oh yeh thats the past.
Let it go ####
but at long as he has Turner, or some type of running game, he’ll be fine.
## Running backs are a dime a dozen. We need Turner, but he can be replaced. ####
I just wish the fans would look past the negative and respect what Vick did for the Falcons on the field.
## How can you look past the negative. Remember when Dan Reeves gave Vick a book on leadership. It was right before he got canned. Vick looked at it and threw it in the trash. I dont need no leadership he said. Mike Vick can win games. Yeh ok team player. ###
All of these people that bash him on these blogs were there cheering for him at the games,
## you should have listened closer when he threw the finger at the Atlanta fans. What a guy ##
which I think is hypocritical, which is why I can’t support the Falcons.
## OK fool ##
Maybe Mark will come back in and give me some props like he gave Neigh
oh goody. grow up will ya
GO FALCONS !
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
10:55 pm
Now you see why I say what I say Mark Bradley? This dude Tom Davis is a straight up idiot. Now, neither of us has ever played in the NFL, also, I know for a fact that Tom Davis has never been on the field for practice, nor in the film room, etc etc etc, yet he makes some stupid comment like that. Now, someone explain this to me. How in the hell can you be a STARTING, 3 time PRO BOWL, RECORDING SETTING, 6 YEAR STARTER, I say again, 6 YEAR STARTING QB IN THE NFL, and the most important stat, A WINNING QB, not know the plays?!!? LMFAO. Some of the fools that be on these blogs man…WOW. Playing QB in the NFL is the hardest job in sports, and for someone to be an NFL starter for 6 years and not know the plays is absolutely impossible. You take a poll on all of the QBs in the NFL and they will tell you it can’t be done. He wouldn’t even be able to get on the field. You can’t be an NFL QB by just “winging it”. Yet, this fool has the nerve to say some idiotic crap like that. Mark, posts like that is the reason I say what I say at times regarding race. i would rather talk just football, but it’s impossible to do on here. I give Ryan his props as a QB, and its my right to believe that Vick is a better QB in the right system and not have to carry the entire franchise (which Ryan now has the luxury of not having to do). Anyone who’s watched Falcon football during the Vick Era, whether they will admit it or not, knows that the front office or the coaching staff had no clue what to do with Vick. If Vick could have stayed in a traditional offense instead of the west coast/hybrid crap they ran, we would have seen better results in the passing game. The games where Vick was able to get in a groove he was very good as a passer in my opinion. What about the times when Vick and Alge complained about not being able to call audibles? Thats absolutely insane. You were exactly right in your post, Mr. Bradley. I’m not saying that Vick was the perfect QB, as no one is, (Brady is very close), but people like Tom Davis just do not know football at all.
LMFAO at Tom Davis
BugKiller
June 23rd, 2009
10:56 pm
Okay, here’s where the line of B.S. from VickSupporter need to END.
How do you know, or even believe, or even think enough to wonder if Vick would have been any good under Petrino or Smith?
Vick’s lack of attention to detail, his lack of willingness to study film (even under Reeves), his lack of willingness to be a LEADER of his teammates…
… it was there from the moment he showed up to the moment he lied to Arthur Blank and The Commish before he admitted to his dirty deeds.
Mike Vick is another of the athletes who come out of college who’ve been told since they were in 7th grade that they were the greatest and that the normal rules don’t apply to them
They’re so good, so they don’t have to study film.
They’re so good, so they don’t have to work hard in the weight room.
They’re so good, so they can be the last guy in and the first guy out.
Mike Vick. MeAngelo Hall. Vince Young. Matt Leinart. Reggie Bush. JaMarcus Russell.
Go over to Mike Florio’s site, profootballtalk.com and read what Warren Sapp has to say about this new breed of young players in the NFL.
They all come into the league with a sense of entitlement about them. They don’t want to work hard. And when they find themselves languishing on the bench, or struggling in games, it’s NEVER their fault.
You notice with enablers like YOU, it’s never Vick’s fault. And for Vick, it was NEVER his fault.
Amazingly, the same receivers who sucked with Vick, are much better with Ryan, but you don’t want to credit Ryan for that.
You want to pass credit on to anyone and everyone else.
Vince Young’s posse and Vince Young himself, they don’t give credit to Kerry Collins for winning the starting job. No. Vince “lost” it and it should be given back to Vince without him having to work for it.
Matt Ryan came into the league the anti-Vick, the anti–Leinart, the anti-Young.
He came in humble and with the Brady-Manning drive to work hard.
You know who else is a last guy in first guy out kind of guy who doesn’t do enough work in the film room?
Tony Romo. He’s fat and happy where he’s at. He has no drive to be better. That’s why he goes to Cabo before the most important game of his life, which he promptly loses to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Giants quarterbacked by “noodlearm” Eli Manning.
Yeah. Vick has a rocket arm. Who cares if he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn, right?
You’re such a massive hypocrite, Vick Supporter. Keep being an enabler. Keep being a Vick Good ‘Ole Boy.
The Falcons don’t need you. Go cheer on the Redskins or UFL Orlando, or whatever team is stupid enough to sign Vick.
And Bradley, stop giving credence to the kind of guys who refuse to recognize the hard work and DEDICATION TO TEAM that Matt Ryan has and wants to glorify the ME ME ME attitude of Mike Vick and the players like him.
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
11:02 pm
@Scott Anderson
Is that all you got? Out of my entire post, you mean to tell me that the only truthful thing that I said was that Matt Ryan is a good QB? I complimented your QB. I stated what I believe. What more do you want?
Mark Bradley
June 23rd, 2009
11:04 pm
I echo, as I often do, Ted Striker: I have no problem with someone rooting for Michael Vick. I still like the guy myself and wish him well.
What I’ve never understood is how it became a Vick-against-Ryan thing. Matt Ryan had nothing to do with what happened to Vick. Ryan wasn’t even here. I don’t see why it’s not possible to appreciate the talents and accomplishments of both men. Because I absolutely do.
DrJ
June 23rd, 2009
11:14 pm
McKay’s picks just take a few Years to get it together.
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
11:24 pm
@BugKiller
“Vick’s lack of attention to detail, his lack of willingness to study film (even under Reeves), his lack of willingness to be a LEADER of his teammates…”
Its funny that NOT ONE PERSON on the team has EVER said those things about Vick, even 2 years after he’s been gone. Not Mr.Blank, McKay, Jim Mora, NOBODY. If anyone has the right to say those things about Vick, it’s Arthur Blank..and I find it funny that Blank is going to SUPPORT HIM coming back in the league. So much for that! LMAO
“… it was there from the moment he showed up to the moment he lied to Arthur Blank and The Commish before he admitted to his dirty deeds.”
You’re right about that, BugKiller. Vick lied to everyone. The funny thing is, that what people do, including yourself, when they get in trouble. You’ve lied in your lifetime, BugKiller. We both know it’s not right, and I’ve never said Vick was the perfect person. We all have flaws, even Matt Ryan, if you could believe that. I guess you’re so high and mighty that you can judge people. What would you have done in that situation, BugKiller? I know you’re gonna say that you would never fight dogs, but would if you did, and you had 100 million on the line? You would lie too, BugKiller. You’re not God.
“Amazingly, the same receivers who sucked with Vick, are much better with Ryan, but you don’t want to credit Ryan for that.”
Have you ever heard of the words experience, maturity, or coaching? Where was that during the Vick Era? Explain to me why Jenkins was riding that bench during the Vick Era? Explain to me why Brian F’in Finneran and our freakin TE was our best recievers? As far as the Matt Ryan question, Roddy had improved BEFORE Ryan even got here, numnuts. He had a good year with Redman and Joey “Field Goal” Harrington at QB. Have you ever heard of a breakout season? Thats what Roddy had, and it would have happened with Vick at QB. You say Vick couldn’t “hit the broadside of a barn”, LMFAO. Well, Roddy couldn”t catch a pass if you handed him the ball at that time. Remember the pass against Dallas I believe where the DB fell down, and Roddy STOPPED, TURNED AROUND TO CATCH THE BALL, ALL BY HIMSELF, AND HE STILL DROPPED IT!!! I wish I could find the link. I’ve said that Ryan is a good QB. Read my posts, woman.
“And Bradley, stop giving credence to the kind of guys who refuse to recognize the hard work and DEDICATION TO TEAM that Matt Ryan has and wants to glorify the ME ME ME attitude of Mike Vick and the players like him.”
Just look at the 2003 season, BugKiller. There was no team. It was Vick. He went down, and the season was lost. Where was the team building then? Oh Yeah!!!! THERE WAS NONE.
Sarah B
June 23rd, 2009
11:29 pm
Amen Mark, I’ve never had a problem with Vick Supporters comments either just VS2’s which I simply ignore. I to refuse to be a hypocrit as I to sat in the stands and cheered the guy and team on. We shouldn’t be so quick to judge. The problem was Mora & Co.
Although I am soooo grateful for the arrival for Ryan and Smitty & Co, Turner too and now Gonzo. This is the year.
And I really hate the people who bring in race from either side – let it go for God’s sake! It’s 2009. Who cares what color anyone’s skin is???? People are people – let it goooooo.
Dawg'94
June 23rd, 2009
11:31 pm
All any Atlanta receiver needed was a REAL QB. The Falcons have one now in Ryan.
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
11:33 pm
Amen!!! Sarah B.
Tell that to your friends BugKiller and Tom Davis
meansonny
June 23rd, 2009
11:35 pm
Turner is the indispensible player.
Look at Matt Ryan’s stats his Senior season at BC. He needs a running game to take the pressure off (maybe after a few seasons in the league he won’t, but as of 2008 and probably 2009 he does).
We had the 2nd best running back in the NFL.
And consequently we had a smart QB go from 17 INTs in 12 games in college to 11 INTs in 17 games in the pro’s.
Ryan also improved his yards per attempt in the NFL.
Give credit to Ryan for his accomplishments. But also recognize where the workload originated. And recognize who the workhorses were. The OL and Turner deserve the team MVP.
Ryan didn’t have the talent at BC. The talent in the ATL is what will allow him to blossom into a Brady type QB (improving every year to a point where he can be the focal point of the offense if needed).
BugKiller
June 23rd, 2009
11:39 pm
Mark,
It’s the guys who support Vick that have made it Vick vs. Ryan.
Like your hypocrite buddy Vick Supporter here.
To them, Ryan doesn’t deserve ANY credit for anything. It’s all everyone else. There’s a TEAM around him.
Even though, you know, how it’s ALL the same players, minus MeAngelo Hall. Same o-line (considering Baker was hurt). Same D-line as when Vick was here. Same slow linebackers. Same “crappy” receivers.
So what changed? Vick Supporter would have you believe that EVERYTHING changed, when really, the only thing that did is that Atlanta drafted a QB who was willing to WORK.
He is willing to study film.
He is willing to work with his receivers when he doesn’t have to.
He’s the first one in the building and the last one to leave.
And to Hypocrite Vick Supporter… the stories about Mike Vick’s unwillingness to work hard have been there since the Reeves years.
You refuse to see them because you refuse to blame Vick for ANYTHING. You shrug off his bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior.
It’s okay that Vick lied, because EVERYONE lies.
Nope.
Donte Stallworth didn’t lie. He called the police. Turned himself in at the scene of the crime. He didn’t hit and run.
Some people, when they do wrong, have the MORAL COURAGE, to own up to their mistakes.
You and your guy, you wouldn’t know what moral courage or moral fiber was if it bit you in the @$$.
Again… Vick vs. Ryan on exists with guys like Vick Supporter.
Because the REALITY of the situation is, there is no competition.
Vick loses every time.
Because he was never willing to study up for the test.
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
11:48 pm
BugKiller
Why dont you come up with some proof to back up your statements instead of pure hate. AT LEAST I GIVE RYAN HIS PROPS (THERE, I’VE SAID IT AGAIN AND PUT IT IN CAPS FOR YOU), yet you say Vick couldn’t do anything right during his time here. And you talk about a hypocrit…….
i do know one thing, you keep mentioning Dan Reeves……Another person that has a right to say anything about Vick, its him. Reeves to my knowledge isn’t they person to hold back what he thinks, and he’s NEVER said any of the things that you say about Vick. You’re lame man. You’re just full of hate…you know the kind I’m talking about…..
BugKiller
June 23rd, 2009
11:51 pm
Ooooh, yeah, I’m a big old racist because I don’t like Mike Vick.
I’m a big old racist because I say Vick didn’t work hard enough at being the QB of the team, that he had a sense of entitlement like many of the young players coming into the league right now.
Wow, Vick Supporter… didn’t take you long to get there, did you?
BugKiller
June 23rd, 2009
11:54 pm
Wow, Vick Supporter, it really didn’t take you long to go there, did it?
Notice, people, when a Vick Supporter is getting owned in an argument about their guy, they always have their trusty race card to fall back on.
Amazing.
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
11:54 pm
I didn’t see the word racist one time in my post. Quit trying to start shi…. You hate Vick and refuse to say he did anything good here, yet, I’m being the bigger man by saying that Ryan is a good QB. You tell me…..
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
11:58 pm
Also, BugKiller, Mark complimented my post because its the truth. No one liked what Vick did, but you can’t deny the skill. I gurantee you Vick will be better than Ryan. I gurantee it. Even if Vick won a Super Bowl, you would still not spew your hate. God be with you. You must live a miserable life.
BugKiller
June 23rd, 2009
11:58 pm
“You’re lame man. You’re just full of hate…you know the kind I’m talking about…..”
You’re an idiot. You’re a race bater. And we’re done.
Continue on your lonesome highway preaching the Gospel of entitlement and enabling. It’s your every right to be stupid in this country.
I shall no longer infringe upon it.
Vick Supporter
June 23rd, 2009
11:59 pm
“Notice, people, when a Vick Supporter is getting owned in an argument about their guy, they always have their trusty race card to fall back on.”
When did this happen? You lost me there,lol.
Vick Supporter
June 24th, 2009
12:03 am
“You’re an idiot. You’re a race bater. And we’re done.
Continue on your lonesome highway preaching the Gospel of entitlement and enabling. It’s your every right to be stupid in this country.
I shall no longer infringe upon it.”
Good. Spew your BS to someone else.
BugKiller
June 24th, 2009
12:05 am
As for articles about Vick (that I and EVERYONE in Atlanta can remember reading) about the fact that he never studied his position like Manning or Brady, that he was frequently if not always the last guy in and the first guy out, that he never did any of the little things to make himself a better player and leader…
… well, YOU Google “Mike Vick work.”
I’ve spent the last 30 minutes searching through crap.
I remember reading those whispers. Mark Bradley can remember it, and he probably wrote some of them.
Why can’t you just admit that your boy came in to the NFL with the kind of sense of entitlement that he so obviously did?
Just like Leinart. Just like Young. Just like Russell.
Nothing was ever his fault.
He refused to come back early from injury to play for Dan Reeves. Who drafted him. Who took a chance on him.
Dan Reeves got fired. Notice Vick didn’t come to Reeves’s aid. At all.
Now, I loathe Little Jimmy Mora, and blame him for just about everything that went wrong with the Falcons, INCLUDING feeding Vick’s massive ego and never holding him accountable for not studying, for not leading, for not working hard.
But in Mora, Vick found yet another scapegoat.
Vick’s other scapegoats over the years included his receiving corps, especially Peerless Price, who comes out of this now that Roddy White and Mike Jenkins look so much better with Matt Ryan, looking much better to me.
NOTHING was ever Vick’s fault.
And now, really, I’m done. Time to get to sleep. Early day.
Vick Supporter
June 24th, 2009
12:05 am
BugKiller has been defeated.
That’s all folks!!!!!!
Sarah B
June 24th, 2009
12:07 am
Bugkiller – spell baiter right when attacking….
Vick Supporter
June 24th, 2009
12:09 am
Googled “Mike Vick work.”
Nothing there.
What else you got? And again, I never said nothing was Vick’s fault. Get it right for once in your sorry life
BugKiller
June 24th, 2009
12:09 am
Never defeated.
Not by a race BAITER such as yourself.
Go peddle the race card on another blog.
BugKiller
June 24th, 2009
12:11 am
And your reading comprehension needs work as well.
Of course there’s nothing there. If there is, it’s on page 30.
If I had an 8th grade education, maybe I would have been confused, too.
Vick Supporter
June 24th, 2009
12:12 am
Sorry, BugKiller. I forgot. Vick hired and fired the coaches to,lol. I guess you’ll blame Vick for field goal kicking next
Sarah B
June 24th, 2009
12:13 am
Blue, green,red, yellow black, brown… what does it matter… They are football players!! And Falcons!
BugKiller
June 24th, 2009
12:14 am
Yep, because I blame him for everything. That’s exactly what I do. Again, with someone with your reading comprehension issues and 8th grade education, your inability to actually understand what I’ve said is understandable.
Vick Supporter
June 24th, 2009
12:14 am
“If I had an 8th grade education, maybe I would have been confused, too. ”
That’s pretty funny. Last time I checked, there was a Bachelor’s Degree on my home office desk. that’s prety far from an 8th grade education.
Vick Supporter
June 24th, 2009
12:16 am
Sarah B, please read my posts. I didn’t race bait this clown BugKiller at all.
Vick Supporter
June 24th, 2009
12:18 am
BugKiller
Go put a dip in your mouth and take your as… to sleep. You come up with these “facts” and they aren’t there. You’re lame man. I’m done with you