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	<title>Comments on: 5 reasons the Falcons will still have a winning season</title>
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		<title>By: Will Goodman</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/12/01/5-reasons-the-falcons-will-still-have-a-winning-season/comment-page-4/#comment-137796</link>
		<dc:creator>Will Goodman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does anyone know how to fix a computer keyboard after it gets wet? I&#039;ve been crying - actually, it&#039;s more like weeping - constantly since Saturday night&#039;s loss to U(sic)GA at Bobby Dodd Stadium. My stomach muscles are cramping from the non-stop sobbing. Anywho, the downpour of tears is wreaking havoc on my DELL - any suggestions?
-Will Goodman
Marietta, GA
Graduate, Georgia Tech</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does anyone know how to fix a computer keyboard after it gets wet? I&#8217;ve been crying &#8211; actually, it&#8217;s more like weeping &#8211; constantly since Saturday night&#8217;s loss to U(sic)GA at Bobby Dodd Stadium. My stomach muscles are cramping from the non-stop sobbing. Anywho, the downpour of tears is wreaking havoc on my DELL &#8211; any suggestions?<br />
-Will Goodman<br />
Marietta, GA<br />
Graduate, Georgia Tech</p>
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		<title>By: FALCONS SORRY</title>
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		<dc:creator>FALCONS SORRY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MIKE VICK BLACK MATTY HOPELESS WHITE FALCONS SORRY
THEY CALL MATT RYAN MATTY ICE I TURN HIS NICKNAME INTO ANOTHER WORD AND MAKE FUN. THE PEOPLES QUARTERBACK IS ANOTHER NICKNAME I INVENT. 

PS: I HATE COMPLETE SENTENCES AND LOWER-CASE LETTERS!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MIKE VICK BLACK MATTY HOPELESS WHITE FALCONS SORRY<br />
THEY CALL MATT RYAN MATTY ICE I TURN HIS NICKNAME INTO ANOTHER WORD AND MAKE FUN. THE PEOPLES QUARTERBACK IS ANOTHER NICKNAME I INVENT. </p>
<p>PS: I HATE COMPLETE SENTENCES AND LOWER-CASE LETTERS!!</p>
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		<title>By: Papadawg.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Papadawg.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m glad we have Redman as backup. He came in cold and without having many snaps with the team during the week I think he did great. He engineered the last drive with the winning score, what more do you want. Falcon teams in the past would have rolled over in the third quarter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad we have Redman as backup. He came in cold and without having many snaps with the team during the week I think he did great. He engineered the last drive with the winning score, what more do you want. Falcon teams in the past would have rolled over in the third quarter.</p>
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		<title>By: Mafia</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/12/01/5-reasons-the-falcons-will-still-have-a-winning-season/comment-page-3/#comment-137262</link>
		<dc:creator>Mafia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tell it like it is

I filed a missing persons report a few days ago. I hope they find him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tell it like it is</p>
<p>I filed a missing persons report a few days ago. I hope they find him.</p>
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		<title>By: Mafia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mafia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>lol our washed up tight end has almost 200 more receiving yards than your tight end. So what does that make Shockey?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lol our washed up tight end has almost 200 more receiving yards than your tight end. So what does that make Shockey?</p>
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		<title>By: hiramsaint</title>
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		<dc:creator>hiramsaint</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>barry , ya gotta have a qb first, second.. more than 1 reciever and a washed up te. third.. a coach! why do you think the falcons got smitty ? i&#039;ll tell ya, no real coach is gonna put up with king arthur walking the sidelines disrupting the game and the players. he should have hired a real coach ,and there are plenty of them out there, and sat his stupid butt down in the owners box so the coach can do his job. untill then enjoy 8-8 seasons</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>barry , ya gotta have a qb first, second.. more than 1 reciever and a washed up te. third.. a coach! why do you think the falcons got smitty ? i&#8217;ll tell ya, no real coach is gonna put up with king arthur walking the sidelines disrupting the game and the players. he should have hired a real coach ,and there are plenty of them out there, and sat his stupid butt down in the owners box so the coach can do his job. untill then enjoy 8-8 seasons</p>
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		<title>By: Tell it like it is</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/12/01/5-reasons-the-falcons-will-still-have-a-winning-season/comment-page-3/#comment-137197</link>
		<dc:creator>Tell it like it is</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does abe still play for the falcons?</description>
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		<title>By: Ken Strickland</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken Strickland</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JOHNNY UNITAS-I didn&#039;t say he hadn&#039;t been scouted. I said he hasn&#039;t been scouted extensively, or thoroughly, and he hasn&#039;t. Last wks gm isn&#039;t much for them to go on, and his previous experience with the Falcons was under an entirely different system, OL and HC. Before that he was out of the league for a while. I honestly think Philly would be more comfortable with MRyan starting at QB than CRedman(thanks a lot for the spelling correction).

I&#039;m really glad to see Norwood back. Teams have learned to stack the middle on us to stop MTurner and have been vulnerable to the outside. Snelling is a solid RB, but he lacks the speed and quickness to consistently punish a team by bouncing to the outside. Teams really fear Norwood getting past the line of scrimmage because they know he has the speed and quickness to take to the house from anywhere on the field. 

Here&#039;s what&#039;s puzzling to me. The Falcon DEF definitely does a good job of putting teams in 3rd and long situations, but for some reason they seem to fall apart on 3rd down. We actually do a much better job on 3rd and short than we do on 3rd and long. Now that&#039;s crazy.

If the DEF plays solid, especially on 3rd down, we&#039;ll win this gm. If our pass rush and CB play are as ineffective as they&#039;ve been the last few gms, McNabb will carve us up like a Honey Baked spiral ham. This is going to a very interesting gm to watch. GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JOHNNY UNITAS-I didn&#8217;t say he hadn&#8217;t been scouted. I said he hasn&#8217;t been scouted extensively, or thoroughly, and he hasn&#8217;t. Last wks gm isn&#8217;t much for them to go on, and his previous experience with the Falcons was under an entirely different system, OL and HC. Before that he was out of the league for a while. I honestly think Philly would be more comfortable with MRyan starting at QB than CRedman(thanks a lot for the spelling correction).</p>
<p>I&#8217;m really glad to see Norwood back. Teams have learned to stack the middle on us to stop MTurner and have been vulnerable to the outside. Snelling is a solid RB, but he lacks the speed and quickness to consistently punish a team by bouncing to the outside. Teams really fear Norwood getting past the line of scrimmage because they know he has the speed and quickness to take to the house from anywhere on the field. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s puzzling to me. The Falcon DEF definitely does a good job of putting teams in 3rd and long situations, but for some reason they seem to fall apart on 3rd down. We actually do a much better job on 3rd and short than we do on 3rd and long. Now that&#8217;s crazy.</p>
<p>If the DEF plays solid, especially on 3rd down, we&#8217;ll win this gm. If our pass rush and CB play are as ineffective as they&#8217;ve been the last few gms, McNabb will carve us up like a Honey Baked spiral ham. This is going to a very interesting gm to watch. GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Barry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Y&#039;all:

We need to do something with our &quot;OFFENSIVE PLAY CALLING AND SCHEMES&quot;, especially in the passing game.   We do not show a v&quot;THREATENING&quot; passing game in stretching the field and spreading the ball around, long and short passes, to different receivers.  I look at so many teams like New Orleans, the Colts, the Vikings, and these teams passing game is fast passed and aggressive.  They throw down the field witth aggressiveness with their player catching the ball on the run.  Our plays, quarterback, and receivers play slow ball.  Everyhting they do is methodical and slow.  I hate to say this, but they are not moving in aggressive &quot;ONE HEARTBEAT!&quot; style.  The offensive coach, the quarterback coach, and the receivers  coach need to get together and come up with some innovative and creative passing routes where our receivers can reat space between defensive backs and catch the pass o the run.  This will allow our receivers to get more &quot;RUN AFTER CATCH (RAC)&quot; balls, which can eventually lead to touch downs.  WE PLAY TO WIN THE GAME. WE PLAY TO WIN THE GAME.  ANd the last time I heard is that &quot;YOU WIN THE GAME BY SCORING POINTS!!!&quot;.  Let&#039;s &quot;FIX&quot; this COACHES.   IF SO, WE WILL WIN MORE GAMES.


GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THis is a SECRET from a FALCON FAN.   TELL EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...............................................&quot;ONE HEARTBEAT, BABY!!!!!&quot;..............................</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Y&#8217;all:</p>
<p>We need to do something with our &#8220;OFFENSIVE PLAY CALLING AND SCHEMES&#8221;, especially in the passing game.   We do not show a v&#8221;THREATENING&#8221; passing game in stretching the field and spreading the ball around, long and short passes, to different receivers.  I look at so many teams like New Orleans, the Colts, the Vikings, and these teams passing game is fast passed and aggressive.  They throw down the field witth aggressiveness with their player catching the ball on the run.  Our plays, quarterback, and receivers play slow ball.  Everyhting they do is methodical and slow.  I hate to say this, but they are not moving in aggressive &#8220;ONE HEARTBEAT!&#8221; style.  The offensive coach, the quarterback coach, and the receivers  coach need to get together and come up with some innovative and creative passing routes where our receivers can reat space between defensive backs and catch the pass o the run.  This will allow our receivers to get more &#8220;RUN AFTER CATCH (RAC)&#8221; balls, which can eventually lead to touch downs.  WE PLAY TO WIN THE GAME. WE PLAY TO WIN THE GAME.  ANd the last time I heard is that &#8220;YOU WIN THE GAME BY SCORING POINTS!!!&#8221;.  Let&#8217;s &#8220;FIX&#8221; this COACHES.   IF SO, WE WILL WIN MORE GAMES.</p>
<p>GO FALCONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
THis is a SECRET from a FALCON FAN.   TELL EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#8221;ONE HEARTBEAT, BABY!!!!!&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: hiramsaint</title>
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		<dc:creator>hiramsaint</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>chaos...further in the playoffs than last year, really , y&#039;all are done dude. the only way you get close to the playoffs is if you move your chair closer to the t.v.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>chaos&#8230;further in the playoffs than last year, really , y&#8217;all are done dude. the only way you get close to the playoffs is if you move your chair closer to the t.v.</p>
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