Bradley’s Buzz: Did Smitty coach scared in Foxborough?

Not sure how this turned into a Ryan vs Vick thing but I agree Smitty was outcoached Sunday. I am sure he will right whatever is wrong and we will come out differently against SF. Vick won’t be an Eagle after this season so it won’t matter what Eagle fans say about him this year. He wants to be a starter and will be for some team next season.

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Tymar

What does a blogger’s income have to do with the Falcons problems?

You are just showing your racism and stupidity.

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Is being outcoached by Belicheck a sin? Is it even a rarity? I think he pretty much outcoaches 99% of the coaches in the league.

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Also, Tymar.

I’ve never once metioned my income on here. Like said…be original…quit riding other lame’s coatails trying to be funny,lol.

You must lack confidence in yourself….even with everyone attacking me on here for being a Vick fan…I’ve NEVER changed my stance…and I still give Ryan the props he deserves…..a good, but can’t carry a team QB. I say AGAIN….I do think that Ryan is a good QB….my opinion is that Vick is better/can be better. Ryan is better than Vick right now…we all know that…and he should be…but in the long run….the best will show..and we all know it will be Vick

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Has anyone seen the idiot “YUP” “WHAT UP” “WHAT”. He feels so stupid that he can’t show his COWARD face now

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JIMBOB—

At least you have the balls to admit that Ryan’s arm strenth is sub-standard. You’re also right that Ryan holds the ball a little longer when (if ever) he throws the deep ball. Will it work itself out? I doubt it. What Ryan has on his side is anticipation….but if your arm is weak..it really doesn’t matter i.e “Chad Pennington”. If i remember right, Chad Pennington is the most accurate QB in NFL history, or one of the most accurate, yet he can’t stretch the field so it really doesn’t matter. Ryan is accurate, but if you’re throwing “Harrington passes” it does you no good.

Vick had his issues….but he was/is very unique. People always complain about having a “mobile” QB, yet when they don’t have one “Bucaneers Leftwich” they complain/bench him. My only complaint with Vick is that he didn’t balance running and passing at the right time..nor did he have the coaching in place to learn to do so..Blank is at fault also because Vick’s scrambling sold tickets (you know you were there cheering). Vick scrambled because he was the best that ever did it, and he was ENCOURAGED to do so…by coaches, management, and WE FANS WATED IT ALSO. Throw 130 million in there and Vick gets arrogant…I’ll admit that. He will never do that again though,,,I gurantee that.

He will shine again

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Last time Atlanta played the Patriots, NE’s offensive line flattened the Falcons. Seems they did the same thing last Sunday as the Pats controlled the ball in the second half. I’m not sure the coaching staff has had enough time with this defensive group to teach them how to finess a game away from a team like NE that can overpower them so decisively. I’m pretty confident that they will, but we will have to be patient.
Meanwhile, with some improvements in twitter, maybe the Atlanta fans can call the plays, as I sense from many of the comments this crowd of experts has been wiping the field with the Pats on their Xbox.

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JIMBOB: “IMO, the coaches need to study the Saints offense, let Ryan fling it more than 20-30 times per game.”

If I’m not mistaken…you need balance to win in the NFL. if Ryan throws the ball 30 times a game for the entire season..it could get ugly.

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We all know the defense has issues, knew that from the beginning. Noone has said anything about the “potent” offense that opened up no holes for Turner and when they did Turner couldn’t manage to hit them fast enough(looking a little fat). Overall execution by the offense was terrible. The defense was actually pretty stout through halftime and even then they were ok. Its hard to defend when you are on the fileover 60% of the time. And when the offense has no momentum whatsoever. Any other thoughts on offense

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JIMBOB….people didn’t have a problem with Vick scrambling either……really man…think about it. Ryan is a star now…..everyone loves him….now…things can change very quickly. The media loved Joey “Field Goal” Harrington at one time….even Leftwich recieved some love. QBs get all the glory…and all the blame also

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Defense was actually ok?? Really what we expected. Offense was a dissapointment, no momentum, no fire, and they didn’t show up after halftime. The offense should be the defensive spark for this team. Instead everyone want to poit to the “D”. Even if the D would have held after haftime we still lose because guess what. THE OFFENSE NEVER SCORED AGAIN?? Any thoughts? valid or not valid?

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Would “Vick Supporter” still be supporting MIKE VICK if # 7 were of Latin or Irish descent?

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lmao @Curious George

Woman, read my posts..they are not racist in any way. Could you point this out to himMark Bradley? if my comments are racist…please let me know

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Steve C is on point..yet the truth must be told…………

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No, Curious George, he would not support anyone who doesn’t look like him, no matter who vile and ugly that person my be ON THE INSIDE.

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“SUPER BOWL FAVORITES”

Brady and Patriots brace for Baltimore Ravens
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 08:05 AM ET
By: Chance Harper | http://www.sbrforum.com
In what could be an AFC Championship preview, Tom Brady and New England will host Ray Lewis and Balitmore this Sunday at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. Brady and the Patriots eased past Atlanta last Sunday for a 26-10 win and have seen their original 3-point chalk in this one bet down to just one. Meanwhile the Ravens come in off a 34-3 thrashing of the Browns, holding Cleveland to under 200 yards of offense.

Let’s see if you can survive this one, Mr. Brady.

Those pesky New England Patriots just don’t seem to know when their so-called dynasty is over. Just when all seemed dark – a defense with more questions than answers, a shaky offensive line – New England’s old guard came up vintage against the young Atlanta Falcons. Brady hooked up with Randy Moss for 10 of his 25 completions that covered 277 yards in total, Fred Taylor rushed 21 times for 105 yards, and the Patriots (-4.5 at home) pulled away in the second half en route to a 26-10 victory.

So the City of Boston should get back to preparing for the Super Bowl parade, yes? They’ll just have to ignore the fact that the Pats aren’t the SBXLIV favorites anymore. That honor goes to the Baltimore Ravens, whose betting odds have shortened from 11-1 at the open to 6-1. New England is now second best on the futures market at 13-2, down a tick from 6-1 at the open and as low as 4-1 before the start of the regular season. The Ravens were available at 18-1 just a few short weeks ago.

Baltimore continues to have the benefit of the doubt, judging by the fact that the Patriots are as low as 1-point home faves this Sunday afternoon (1:00 p.m. Eastern, CBS) on their own turf in Foxborough, down from three points at the open. The very early consensus reports show 60 percent support for the visiting Ravens; they’re one of four teams to start the 2009 campaign at 3-0 SU and ATS – the Jets, Broncos and Saints are the others. New England is now 2-1 SU and 1-2 ATS as we head into October.

This will be the second week in a row that the Patriots have to contend with one of the rarest of success stories: a quarterback who flourished in his rookie season. Atlanta’s Matt Ryan actually played well in Week 3: 17-for-28 and pick-free, but only 199 yards passing and zero touchdowns. Michael Jenkins had a catch in the end zone overturned for offensive pass interference. The Falcons had their problems on the run, where Michael Turner carried 15 times for just 56 yards and coughed up a fumble for the second week in a row. But mostly it was Brady and Friends holding possession for nearly 40 minutes that kept Ryan from working his magic.

This week, it’ll be Joe Flacco taking his shots against what still is a suspect New England defense. Flacco “earned” the reputation of being a management-style QB last year, throwing 14 TD passes (with 12 picks) while the running game and Ray Lewis dominated the headlines. Forget that. Flacco has a howitzer for an arm and has already found the end zone six times this year with just two interceptions and three sacks. His QB rating of 101.4 is fifth in the NFL, just ahead of Ryan at 100.4. Brady is ranked No. 22 with a 79.9 rating.

Let’s not get caught up too much in those gaudy numbers, though. It’s early, and two of Baltimore’s games were at home against the Chiefs and Browns – two rebuilding teams with a whole lot of work left in front of them. But this New England team is also rebuilding on defense. That project took a hit when LB Jerod Mayo (sprained knee) was lost in the season opener, and it took a second hit when NT Vince Wilfork sprained his left ankle in the first half versus the Falcons. Word is he’ll be fine for Week 4, but Mayo is still a way’s away.

Wilfork had better be okay, because he’s about to encounter arguably the best offensive line in the NFL. The strength of the Baltimore running attack is twofold. First, it’s a group of talented linemen that now features Harvard alum Matt Birk at center, plus the one and only Michael Oher already steamrolling opponents at right tackle. Second, it’s the versatility of handing the ball to any of Willis McGahee, Ray Rice or 260-pound fullback Le’Ron McClain, who is being used as more of a blocker this year while McGahee (hardly a small man at 6-foot and 235 pounds) enjoys a revival of sorts. Ball possession should be in Baltimore’s favor this time. And that should be the difference in Week 4.

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This team is going to be a 9-7, 10-6 kind of team, and as said above, Steve hit the nail on the head. There’s life in Falcon football again. Don’t squash it with unrealistic expectations.

In Dmitroff and co. I trust.

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Hmm…thats’s funny…the other QB i admire is Peyton Manning….well what do you know…he’s white. Makes no sense to mention him on a Falcon blog. Vick gets mentioned on here because he IS the Falcons…STILL. He STILL dominates the conversations on here…whether Vick supporters mention his name or not

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Since the Browns need a QB, and we need defensive players, is there any trade potential for Shockley? But then again, is there anyone we want from the Browns?

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Hey Y’all:

I have to admit, we played soft against the Patriots. We did not attack on offense nor on defense. The Patriots was sorry and we should have destroyed them with our weapons.

On offence, the running back,Turner, was tipping through the holes. He has been doing that since the season started. He is not blasting through holes like he did last year. We had a passive running game. On passing, we also was passive. We did not go deep but a few times. When we did we were pretty successful. Then we just stopped throwing down field. the Patriots secondary was horrible. We could have attacked them all day. Moreover, we caould have gotten a lot of interfwerence calls of this bunch, but we played soft. TOO SOFT!! We need to be a lot more nasty and aggressive on offensive. We need not fear anybody with the talent we have on offense. ATTACK THE DEFENSE!!
Even if they are trying to play what you want to do. ATTACK THEM!! Make them earn their keep by stopping us. Hey, they do it to us, don’t they??

On the defensive side of the ball our defensive linemen were involved in too many “individual battles” with the opposition linemen wherein they were not looking into the backfield to make plays. They have been doing this since the season started. The defensive line coaches must start teaching these guys to fight their man off while looking into the backfield to make plays on the quarterback and the running backs. They have to be alert to running backs running by them while they are “pussy footing” in fighting the blockers for too long. THEY HAVE TO FIGHT, LOOK, AND TACKLE!!! ALL DAY!!!!! The defensive line played soft on Sunday. More agressive coaching in this area would help.

Well, I guess we got the “BYE WEEK” to upgrade. And I guess the coaches need to upgrade also and stay in their agrresive coaching style as they did last year. There is never a time in football were you should start coaching non-agressively. YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME! YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME. I do not care who we play. We should never be intimdated by any team when we hit the field. I hope we learned from this game. We let a sorry Patriot team beat us because the coaches believed the “HYPE”. I love you guys but you can’t play in the NFL like that or you will not be here( NFL=NOT FOR LONG). You are professional football players and coaches and you should play to win the game “BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY”, no matter who you play. By all means you should play agressive on both sides of the ball. Even in “play calling”. Our secondary, on the other hand, played “GREAT!”. They had a number of great stops and are getting better every game. They wiil be our strength by game 5.

Nevertheless, the “PROCESS” continues, all all ends, coaching, included. NEVER AGAIN DO I WANT TO SEE THE FALCONS PLAY PASSIVE FOOTBALL!! That’s not our style. We have a hard nose, nasty bunch, of aggressive playing football players on both sides of the ball. Therefore, our coaches need to be NASTY, HARD NOSED, AGGRESSIVE COACHES in theie coaching and play calling.

WE ARE WITH YOU COACHES!! WE ARE WITH YOU, PLAYERS. WE ARE THE NASTY, HARD NOSED, AGGRESSIVE FANS. AND WE ARE DOWN WITH YOU IN
“ONE HEARTBEAT!!!!

GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a SECRET from a FALCON FAN. TELL EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

……………………….”ONE HEARTBEAT, BABY!!!!”…………….

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The Falcons couldn’t blitz the Pats like the Jets did. The Pats spent the entire Jets game in shotgun, clearly showing pass so the Jets knew what was coming. The Pats wisely had Brady under center vs. Atlanta with lots of successful runs which opened up play-action. Abraham himself mentioned the D was caught off-guard.

Interestingly, the Pats looked their worst when they went shotgun in the redzone…something Atlanta clearly was prepared for.

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This Falcon team plays about as SOFT as a girls Catholic Convent bowling team.
Pretty embarrassing to watch.

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Vick Supporter,
Thanks for your undying fascination with us. Doesn’t matter what you say, you still waste your days blogging here and it feels pretty good knowing that you can’t eyes off the ajc website and the mighty Atlanta Falcons. We’ll see you in a few minutes…and tommorrow….

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Dave, His time on the library computer has run out.

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SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE SO COMEDY!!! FIRST OF ALL NO NEED TO PANIC ITS JUST ONE GAME. SECONDLY I THINK THE FALCONS DEFENSE DID ENOUGH TO WIN THE GAME. DID WE PLAY FLAWLESS FOOTBALL NO, BUT WE HELD NE TO I TOUCHDOWN OUT OF 5 CHANCES IN THE REDZONE. WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FROM A YOUNG AND COMING DEFENSE. THIRDLY WE DID NOT BLITZ BRADY A LOT, I WISH WE HAD BETTER BLITZ PACKAGES IF YOU ASK ME BECAUSE IF YOU WATCHED THE GAME MOST OF THE FEW TIMES WE DID BLITZ WE WERE STILL NOT ABLE TO GET ANY PRESSURE ON BRADY. IT WORKED FOR THE JETS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A COACH THAT HAS THE TYPE OF PLAYERS AND SCHEME THAT BLITZ THE QB EFFECTIVELY AND THEY HAVE THE CORNERS WITH THE SPEED AND COVER ABLITY TO BE ONE ON ONE IN THE SECONDAY. BRIAN WILLIAMS IS THE BEST CORNER WE HAVE AND HES ONLY BEEN ON THE TEAM A MONTH. GRIMES IS TO SMALL, JACKSON IS TO SLOW, HOUSTON JUST FINDS A WAY TO GET BURNED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GAME, THE REAL PROBLEM WAS THE OFFENSE NOT THE DEFENSE. THE D HELD THEM TO 19 POINTS THROUGH 3 AND 1/2 QUARTERS. THE OFFENSE ONLY PUT UP 10 POINTS. WITH THE PLAYMAKERS WE HAVE ON OFFENSE THERE IS NOT REASON WE SHOULD EVER SCORE UNDER 21 POINTS A GAME. PERIOD!!!! I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT THE OFFENSIVE PLAY CALLING WAS HORRIBLE. EXAMPLE WHEN THE SCORE WAS 19-10 AND WE HAVE THE BALL AND IT 3RD AND 3 WE CALL A SHOTGUN PLAY THATS A SPRINT OUT TO THE RIGHT FOR MATT RYAN TO TRY TO THROW THE BALL TO RODDY WHITE! WHICH IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT WE HAD ALREADY RUN THAT PLAY EARLIER IN THE GAME FOR A FIRST DOWN. IF YOU DO A SPRINT OUT AND THE ROUTE IS NOT THERE YOU SET YOU QB FOR FAILUER CAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE TWO ROUTES AVAILABLE AND THE SIDELINE BECOMES A DEFENDER. LET YOUR QB STAY IN THE POCKET READ THE DEFENSE AND MAKE A THROWN DOWN FIELD AND STOP TRYING TO GO FOR THE SAFE PLAY. CALL A BETTER GAME MIKE MULARKEY!!! AND FOR YOU JOE FLACCO FANS, NO DISRESPECT TO JOE, BUT IF MATT RYAN HAD THAT DEFENSE TO PLAY BEHIND HE MIGHT HAVE WON A SUPERBOWL LAST YEAR. JOE IS NICE BUT ALSO HELPS WHEN YOU DEFENSE IS ALWAYS PUTTING YOU IN GREAT POSITIONS.

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