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More gushing over the Falcons? Now I’m really worried

5:13 am July 10, 2009, by Mark Bradley

In the Digital World, anybody can write pretty much anything and have it be noticed. Even so, this one jumped up and shouted, “Hey, look at me!”

From Clay Cunningham of the Bleacher Report comes this offering: “Why the Atlanta Falcons are the frontrunners of the NFC.”

Not the NFC South. The whole NFC.

Cunningham’s key paragraph:

“This team reminds me a bit of the 2006 Bears, in the sense they came out of nowhere the year before and just needed an extra year’s boost to elevate themselves to an elite level. I predicted a Super Bowl appearance [albeit a biased one] then, and with the addition of Tony Gonzalez and an improved defense, I’m calling it for this Atlanta squad.”

A year ago the Sporting News picked the Falcons to finish 1-15. Now we’re seeing a summer in which the same club has been the subject of every sort of gushing:

I, being the ultimate contrarian, am taking all these raves as a very bad sign. And I’m starting to wonder if I’m alone. So I spoke with the man who owns the Falcons, and if you click here you’ll discover whether Arthur M. Blank is as skittish as I am.

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Clay Cunningham

July 10th, 2009
11:41 pm

I would like to thank you Mr. Bradley for feeling my chicken scratch B/R piece was worthy of being quoted alongside pieces from actual professional sportswriters. But for those of you who expressed disgust with the usage of an amateur bloggers words in such a story, perhaps justice was served, as my actual birth name, Clay, was replaced with the name Craig, a moniker I do not go by. Even though you did not get my name correct, I am still flattered, and even though it would make me look like a hack, seeing as how I support another potential NFC contender, jinxing the Falcons may not be such an awful thing.

Mark Bradley

July 10th, 2009
11:45 pm

I’m really sorry, Clay. Stuff like that shouldn’t happen, but obviously it did. I’ve corrected it above. Thanks for letting me know.

Clay Cunningham

July 10th, 2009
11:57 pm

It’s really ok, man. Seriously I was really honored to have been mentioned.

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mobetter

July 12th, 2009
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to all mv#7 let it go.he is the past we have talk to much about him anyway . over payed rb that could not read the d that why alll wr could not catch his ballls over or under thowen. and by the way if you live in the atl and u are not an bulldawg fan ( a dog fan) …………… IT is time for u to pay now watch mv#7 in a diffent city in better words move to that city weeeeeee in the atl dont need fan like u

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