Key question: Do the Falcons still know what they’re doing?

No!

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NOPE

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2nd i was close

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you’re right, it’s just not the fans who are confused, i’m positive the coaches have no idea what they’re doing.

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Yep, looking way too tight…especially on the road

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Agree Bosher is no Koenen, but the OL is a bigger concern unfortunately

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What about controlling the line of scrimmage, on both sides of the ball. Was Dirty Dahl so important? What about on D? Missing Babs and and Anderson. At least Jamaal was a good run stopper.

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FALCONS SUCKS BOTTOM LINE

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what is mike smith good at? is he an OFFENSIVE GENIUS or a DEFENSIVE GURU? Or is he just a vanilla corporate shill who gets along with ARTIE THE SIDELINE DWELLER? that game was as sorry as the SF-CIN game and the SEA-ARIZ game.

YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN and P-U!

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FALCONS WILL NEVER WIN A SUPER BOWL WITH MATT RYAN DO I NEED TO REPEAT THIS OVER AND OVER

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Poorly played and executed football game.

Am I the only one who thinks Artie Blank should stay upstairs in the owners box in the 4th quarter?

I’m fairly sure Stephanie will own half of the Falcons sometime in the future.

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Falcons stink and Braves stink – ATL is just blessed

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They can’t block. That is the biggest difference from last year. Ryan will not make it through the season. Run the no huddle all the time, and maybe he’ll make it. Why not, what have you got to lose. The Saints and Packers loom….

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH./////FALCONSSUCK~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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yall talk major $$$$ but then disappear when its time to face da music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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FALCONS NEED A NEW O/C AND A NEW REC COACH AND DEF/C THESE COACHES MUST GO THAT PLAY LIKE THE GA/BULLDOGS SORRY GO GATORS BEAT BAMA

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Why are people (Eric C.) so quick to say Turner is a problem? The offense cant do JACK if there is no blocking. I watched all three games and the common theme is that the offensive line has issues. If that doesn’t change we’ll be lucky to get to .500, regardless of our offensive personnel!

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Better quit living off last year and our offensive line is not playing well at all.

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Bring out da bandwagons…Cmon dudes..where’s da faith????????

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Hey Mark,

I’ve got a few questions related to what you have implied in your writeup.

Since the team moves the ball well with Ryan orchestrating the offense in the no-huddle, why don’t the coaches concede the point and leverge Ryan’s play-selection savvy on a fulltime basis?

Shouldn’t Ryan be allowed to call the plays at the line of scrimmage at all time, similar to the way Peyton Manning does? My recollection s that the tactic is always effective. What do you think?

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It stinks to watch a team with that much talent and yet again NO identity on offense. They are trying to be “everything” to “everyone” – it’s not working!

I see the Matt Ryan haters are out in full force, but if you are laying the blame on him today you didn’t watch the game or simply hate the guy and wanna see the team fail.

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Yeah, I think folks are going a little overboard…things are lot better right now with the win against the Eagles than they could be…got Seattle coming up so not the end of the season. Seriously, we all knew the Falcons would come out flat after the Eagles game.

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CANDICECANDY – Your mama said it is time for her to bath you, remember you have school tomorrow.

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MATTIE ICE=WEAK ARM

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falcons are becoming a patriots run offense soon we will not run the ball that much

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@FAN..LMFAO @YOUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..
Good One!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This is a poorly coached footbal team ! I have seen better tackling on a episode of pro’s vs Joe’s .
Horrible O line play, penalties, & QB who looks like a deer in headlights. Coach Smith needs to give up all the cliche’ post game comments about “we have to work harder” , “it is one me” ! Usally that means a coach doesn’t know how to fix the problem. Blank needs to stay in his box as well !

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And I’ve said it a dozen times, the fact that the Falcons beat the Eagles last week shows they are winners

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Total offensive flop once again. Any why does Van Gorder still have a job?

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MATT RYAN DONT HAVE ANY BALL SPEED AT ALLLLLL

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First, the Falcons don’t suck. They do have some issues. I believe it’s lack of practice from the lockout. For some reason it has not bothered some teams and his has bothered others. Falcons are not the only good team looking mediocre.

All will be well.

Second, there are some adjustments that must be made. I wonder to what degree loosing Musgrave has hurt?

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@archange….
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NO LOYALTY OR FAITH IN THEIR OWN TEAM..
Almost sad to watch..
They jump the bandwagon quick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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A serious question? LOL!

Personally, I had a good weekend. LSU kicked WVU’s rear end. Then Drew Brees and the Saints showed the Texans how to engineer a fourth quarter comeback, not once, but twice. Then, the cherry on the whip cream topping was Tampa sticking it to the falcan’ts. A tri-fecta! LOL!

GEAUX SAINTS!

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Blank looks like a doof down there. Stay in the box with your rich buddies.

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No mitch, all won’t be well…it’s already too late.

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@SEENTHISB4…

RIGHT ON BRO<<<<WHODAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tampa coach said,we hate the dirty birds,they wanted the game more than the falcons did.As bad as the falcons played,they still should have won the game.No excuse!

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Do not blame Matt Ryan for this loss. Do not blame the defense. Blame Mike Smith. Why he didn’t kick the FG early in the 4th is beyond me.

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The thing is, most Falcon and Bulldawg fans have a higher opinion of those two teams than is warranted. Almost always.

Maybe it’s the reporting from the AJC that puts fans in that mindset?

Ryan is slightly above average.

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Everyone knew the first games would be tough…2-3, or 3-2, or even 1-4 does not mean too much….November and December is when it counts.

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Falcons need better O-line instead of stinkys they gots now. Need to hire some mean nasties like Dawgs of Stinchcomb and Ben Jones. That would get OL back instead of taking 15 sacks in 3 games and not opening holes for Burner Turner. Falcons playing like they sorry team and has been for time since playoff embarrass last year. We got to get good OLs and not more stinkys. But hot sitting now needs to be on Coach Smith and not on Coach Richt.

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Let it free Mark—When it comes to my passion for the sports teams of Atlanta I rarely hold my tongue. Too slippery anyway. Reason why I was banished from Thrasher blogs during last season. Reasons many of my posts fail to materialize in public print. I care! The Falcons had no business losing to Bucs. None whatsoever! A team with any aspirations at all does not lose to the Bucs. A highly charged emotional victory over hated Michael Sick and Eagles was followed by this? Hard to accept for fans! Apparently not so much for jovial Falcons who were all smiles following giveup choke job. Champions hate to lose. The Falcons have been graciuos losers in seven of their last on field appearances! I have lost confidence in Matt Lice who has regressed markedly since his rookie season. The only offensive player with heart is Tony Gonzalez! Roddy White has returned to his old butterfingers form. Defense surrendered 16 points. Not terrible considering wretched performance of offense. Seahawks a sure win? I dunno. May be tossup. At best. Anyone up for 1-3?

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Yes, that was our former number one that just rumbled for a defensive TD…

We have an incredible knack in atl for getting rid of players just as they become hall of famers…

Sigh….

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Free up my post Mark or let me know why it was trapped in blog limbo.

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@ Mr. Charlie….yeahhhhhhh???Keep thinking that way…

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Whatever, Mike….you waste YOUR timethinking so…not me, not again…

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Right, Mr. charlie….we’ll be fine.

Just like we are every yr, right?

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Phil, yep, I am always fine. Fact is, what the falcon do have very little impact in my life.

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Candice…we beat you guys early, but you have come back strong. You’ll take the NFC South.

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@CANDICECANDY (All caps—just for you.) Damn, you are hot.

Such control of the language and all of this time on another team’s obscure football blog. I’ll bet your men are trying to tear you away from the keyboard at this very moment.

Can we go out? You are a MickeyD gal I’ll bet. So sexy.

Please hit me again with the multiple punctuation. I am holding my breath in anticipation.

Mmmm, posting twice is twice as nice. Still holding my breath.

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Ignorant observation, Mr Charlie. ALL regular-season games count. The more you win now, the less pressure you encounter in November/December (”when it counts”). Same thing with the Braves when they were losing back in April, and fans like you were saying, “Relax, it’s a long season. It’s only April.” Bet they wish now that some of those April losses had been wins.

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Games now are meaningless in Mr Charlie’s world….lose all you want and eliminate yourself BEFORE the games matter….

Do you have manure for your brains, Charlie? In this league, they ALL matter….

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How pathetic is this Bosher guy?

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Roddy blew it this week….oh well…in mr charlie’s fantasy land, division games in september are meaningless….

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I wonder if the lockout has had a really negative affect on this team. We look like a team that wasn’t ready for the season to start. We’re making silly mental mistakes that we’ve never made since Smitty has been here, and in all three games we’ve been extremely sluggish out of the gate. Instead of playing smart and executing, it looks like we’re having to rely on “out-talenting” our opponents. That’s never been the way we’ve won games over the last three years.

I still think this team will be fine. The two fourth quarter comebacks the last two weeks shows that this is still a team that believes in itself and can pull it together at crunch time. But Smitty has to figure out how to get these guys ready to play for 60 minutes, which is something we used to take for granted.

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Mr Charlie
September 25th, 2011
9:52 pm

Yes, are are doomed, we need to fire Smith, Mularkey and Van Gorder…Then we need to cut Ice. Then I assure you, we will win a superbowl.

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That's more like it!

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The Falcons have several “serious” problems (little explosiveness, kicking game, etc.), however perhaps the most serious is the beating Ryan is taking. Four more sacks today to go along with 4 more hits. Contrast that with zero sacks of Freeman and only two hits.

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New Orleans 2 – 1
Tampa 2 – 1
Carolina 1 – 2
Atlanta 1 – 2

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This is funny.

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Don’t blame Ryan. He’s as accurate as they come. Comfortable in the pocket, throwing between the seams. Jones is overhyped, horrendously less talented than we expected and we gave up a king’s ransom for this non-entity; Roddy is, well, just Roddy – an idiot, butterfingers, big-mouth receiver who scores a touchdown once every eclipse and Tony is over-the-hill who left his best days in KC. We have no creative offensive coordinator. Our defense is lucky we didn’t give up 40 today to Tampa – Let me say that again. WE WERE NEVER IN THIS GAME – AGAINST THE BUCS!!!!! Wake up people. WE’RE the ones who SUKKK donkey dongs….now we’re the dregs of the division. At least Carolina has Cam. What do we have? Ole Noodle Arm behind center. And we’re going to compete against the Saints? They went scoreless in the first quarter and scored 40 in the next two-and-a-half quarters against a Texas defense that gave up a combined 13 points in the first two games. Gonna be a loooooong season with Mikey and Mularkey folks. Just those names themselves should tell us a lot about what we have. Wake up Art….time to start reaching for resume’s.

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Charles…..let’s chat again when we miss the playoffs by a game…they all matter. It doesn’t mean we’re out of anything. My point is that giving away ANY game is not a good thing….it could well come back to haunt….

Now go finish scrubbing those toilets.

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I think our biggest problem is the O line. That does concern me, I would like to see a good game from them next week. I do think Smitty will figure it out…..BUT NOOOO., WE SUCK…WE ARE FINISHED. Because we lost our 2nd game. WE NEED TO FIRE EVERYONE, we will SURELY win the SB then.

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Streaking on Bourbon street right now! WHO DAT!

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You’ll see a good game from Seattle…we won’t be winning next week’s meaningless game either.

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Phil, sure, we finish a game out, come talk to me…But there is a lot of football to play. We will have some crunch games to play, but today was not one of them. I suggest you go see a doctor for that depression.

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Fun facts:

Matt Ryan career QB rating indoors: 93.4
Matt Ryan career QB rating outdoors: 78.4

If you were surprised by today’s result, you haven’t been paying attention.

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Ignorant comments, Mr Charlie. ALL regular-season games count. The more you win now, the less pressure you have to win in November/December. Same with the Braves losing in April, when other idiots said, “Relax, it’s a long season; it’s only April.” Bet they wish now that some of those April defeats had been wins instead.

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I’ve submitted my comment three times over the past 20 mins. or so, Mark. For some reason, it’s not being posted–even though I get a message saying it’s already been submitted. Can you take a look?

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one word explains all….Discipline or lack there of.

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Mr Charlie
September 25th, 2011
10:00 pm

Phil, sure, we finish a game out, come talk to me…But there is a lot of football to play. We will have some crunch games to play, but today was not one of them. I suggest you go see a doctor for that depression.

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I did. Made it worse. Pick on something else about people.

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Can somebody tell me why, in the past 2 games, we’ve waited until the 4th quarter to run the no huddle? How long is it going to be before the Falcons brass comes to the realization that MIke Mularkey is holding this offense back?

Did you see Brian Van Gorder’s reaction to Corey Peters jumping offsides? I know he wanted to blow several gaskets after that one.

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Correct on the braves, dawgnole….i was one of em trying to point that out back then….i was the idiot, of course….

Sure i was….

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last year this team played smart, to coin a phrase and pardon me if you don’t like the phrase but I will say they played Patriot like last year. They were smart, did not beat themselves and did their job when called upon.

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“I’ve submitted my comment three times over the past 20 mins. or so, Mark. For some reason, it’s not being posted–even though I get a message saying it’s already been submitted. Can you take a look?”

Yeah, I’m all over that. I’m sure that your comment was so relevent.

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I’m not too concerned with what a punter says….

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MB – lol!

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Not on me, you doof….on depression….that stuff is serious…ask my dead relative from suicide. Get some sense.

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Nobody in the NFL is playing good D….Somebody told me earlier the Jets were….Oakland hung 34 on them today.

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Actually, it was relevant, MB. Ask ol’ Phil; he knows.

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Fire someone…

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RODDY WHITE LOST THIS GAME WITH HIS DROPPED PASS ON THE 2 YARD LINE

TURNER TAKES 5 SECONDS TO GET TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND IGNORES HOLES TO HIS RIGHT & LEFT WITH HIS HEAD DOWN AND RUNS INTO THE CROWD

TINY MAN RODGERS GETS MOWED DOWN FLAT WITH ANY CONTACT – AND TURNER IS NOW LIKE JAMAL ANDERSON IN HIS FINAL GAMES – TOUCH HIM AND GOES DOWN – HE NEVER RUNS ANGRY LIKE HE DID THE FIRST YEAR WE GOT HIM

JUST THROW THE BALL 60 TIMES A GAME IS THE ONLY WAY WE’LL WIN

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i expect most bandwagon fans to jump ship about now. another wretched road performance. offensive line is in shambles. defense looks pretty shaky against the run. punter is awful. dimitroff is overrated.

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well you will hear tomorrow on the sport stations, who LOVE Matty dice how he has a strong arm (LOL) and can throw the deep ball(LOL). He is a big stiff in the pocket, and can not throw on the run. OL what OL, PLAYOFFS, will be a good time to watch some bowl games later this year, well maybe we will draft, oops forgot we have no stinking draft picks

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Last year all you Falcon “fans” was saying the Falcons were the greatest team ever. Then Green Bay beat the Birds. Now they are 1 and 2. Now all the Band wagon fans are jumping ship. I have sad it for years, the Falcons will not win the Super Bowl. I love the faces of BVG and Daddy Art at the end of the game. Maybe next year !!!!!!!! Rise up !!!!!

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The Falcon’s coaches sucks!!Mike Smith don’t have a clue!!Fire him now!!!

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amazing… from the writer of the article to every single post … you got it all wrong, TAMPABAY IS A BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM !!! haha … just admit it !

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We’re rebuilding come 2012

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your owner is a DORK walking the side lines !!! in a away game ? gotta love the horrified expression on his face in the last min of the game !!! priceless !

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Harvey Dahl……………………….nuff said!

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Yea, we need to keep Arty off the sidelines…..He almost looks as stupid as he does standing next to his soon to be exwife.

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It has gotten this bad: Even the Bucs are mocking the Dirty Birds now.

what the ??? Bucs were 10-6 last year and have WON a Superbowl… what have the birds done? what a bunch of blind homers !! AJC needs to find a new sports writer!

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Is everybody crazy?? The problem with this years Falcons IS THEY FORGOT WHAT THEIR STRENGTH IS AND THATS RUNNING THE DAMN BALL! Not throwing it 45-50 times a game! The Falcons handed the ball to Turner last year and put together more 6-8 minute scoring drives than anybody else! Now this team went out and got another receiver and now they have changed their identity from a dominating running team to a pass happy New England Patriots WANT TO BE:S! Matt Ryan was and never will be a great throwing QB, he is better when the running game is forcing teams to load the box and stop their running game and THEN HE HITS THEM WITH PLAY ACTION! Late in the 4th quarter they had 1st and goal on the 5 yard line. Instead of handing the ball to Turner, they threw it 3 downs in a row! Now I ask you, could Turner not run the ball in in 3-4 trys from the 5 yard line?? HELL YES! This would have worked better than throwing it 3 times! As long as they keep throwing the ball every down instead of running Turner some THEY WILL KEEP LOSING! THEY HAVE FORGOT THEIR WEAPON IN TURNER!!

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seems to be some discontent in birdland…i’m lovin’ it!

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We do miss Dahl, I think his intensity was contagious…We seem to be lacking urgency. If Ryan gets knocked out, we are screwed. I would like to see Jizz start and get 20 carries just to see what he does.

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looks like you’re screwed now !

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Peter Principle, Google It!

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Once again, the Falcons failed to move the ball down the field. Had they done that with consistency, we would not be looking at a “must-win” against Seattle. And why not give Merkin more carries? That is a failure on the part of the coaching staff. Giving Merkin the ball 20 to 30 times would have established a solid running threat and opened up the passing game.

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Julio Jones and Ray Edwards would have been icing on the cake, but there is no cake. Football is won or lost on the front lines, in the trenches. The offensive line had attained a certain chemistry up to last year, but the loss of Harvey Dahl was devastating to this team. Matt Ryan has no time to make a play. And the defensive front hasn’t been good for a long time. It was the team’s major weakness last year against Green Bay in the playoff disaster. This year does not look promising.

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Btw, the Saints defense has serious issues…the Saints fans on this blog can’t say much at this point.

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The coaching is abysmal…the playing is dismal…lordy, I need some pepto-bismol !

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Mr. Swamp People
September 25th, 2011
10:24 pm

FAILCONS go 0-16, SAINTS go 16-0 WHO DAT

The Falcons have already won a game, and the Saints have already lost a game. Idiot.

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I actually don’t feel too bad about the Falcons defense…think they are improving despite the pressure put on them by the poor play of the offense and special teams

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LOL !! LOL!! LOL!! What do you think .. cities like ATL should not pay to watch teams like Falcons or Braves, they are good for nothing.. they play for money .. no talent like GB to take the big step instead took 10 steps back this season .. so with this management and players we will never make to SB. Please fire Mike Smith, Mularkey we need a offensive minded coach and top aggressive defensive coach to build a new team from the ground up.. Trade Matt Ryan, Turner as soon as possiblewhen they have value.. get some draft picks for next year .. someone hear me before we are stinkers like Detroit was in past decade…

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Marty, don’t disagree with anything you say. Good analysis….not having another 13-3 season, but hopefully we get in the playoffs, and maybe even win a game.

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Prose, hate to tell you but the Falcons can’t go 0-16 they won against the “DREAM TEAM” Eagles

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For all of you who are doubting, don’t forget Green Bay backed into the playoffs last year with a 10-6 record and you see what they got!

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White got hot, he dropped a few, but rather now than later….Julio also got in the action, but he does not have “Green” hands, but who does? Would love to see Jizz get in the actions, loved the playcall to him, just good coverage. Lot of football to play..only a game out….lines gotta pull it together.

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Is Ray Guy still available ?

Can Charles Haley replace Abraham ?

Can Deion Sanders replace Brent Grimes ?

Can the Chiefs Tony Gonzalez replace the Falcons Tony Gonzalez ?

Can last year’s Roddy White replace this year’s Roddy White ?

Can the Falcons offensive line be replaced ?

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GetPrepared
September 25th, 2011
10:48 pm

Prose, hate to tell you but the Falcons can’t go 0-16 they won against the “DREAM TEAM” Eagles

I know that. I already pointed it out myself. I was responding to an earlier poster who made that comment.

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“Somebody should have clocked Freeman after he mocked the dirty bird ! No pride on this team at all…”

Actually he did get clocked in the 4th quarter on a helmet to helmet hit that didn’t draw a flag.

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Be patient – much of this I attribute to the lockout and the killing playoff loss. Everyone needs to relax, including the team. Detroit is 3-0 – are they going to be 10-0? No. Is Buffalo? No. Last year we got clobbered in a similar game on the road in Philly. We were 4-2. I’ll bet my hat we’ll be 4-2 again in a few weeks. We suck on grass. We only have two more grass games, in December when the field is likely to be faster. I knew when I saw the field it was going to be a long day – for some reason our schemes don’t work on the grass fields – maybe it’s just a matter of footwear.

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Like I’ve been saying, Falcons trying to change their identity by drafting Julio Jones. Wrong move. The fact is the Falcons aren’t getting all the breaks they got last year. They have problems scoring and can’t stop anybody. Boy, what’s going to happen when they play the Saints and need to score 35-40? Real ugly.

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Turner is not being used enough. All he needs is one crack of daylight………….Remember?

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this is the team we’re going to have until the offensive coordinater is replaced !!!!!!

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Matt Ryan is overrated people….

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We love it in The Big Easy! Fakeons are 1 and 2!

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The offensive line can’t protect. What happened? Did we get a new OLine Coach? If we did, bring back the old one. If we didn’t, he’s not doing his job and we need to get someone else. I think we need a new Offensive Coordinator. The big explosive plays aren’t there. And the Defensive Coordinator appears in over his head. A simple 4th and 1 where all the DLine needs to do is just stay put and not jump offsides, and it can’t do that. During that timeout, the DC should have told them to stayput over and over again. And in the end Roddy probably scores and we win the game if Roddy doesn’t drop that pass. Oh, and why pass the ball when we have a 1st and goal at there 5 – very bad play calling there.

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I am a Falcons fan for life but to be honest giving up four draft picks for one guy was the first mistake. The way we lost in the playoffs last year get some help on D. Basically CB’s. Fire Both the OC and the DC they both are weak as hell. Play calling sucks!!!!! And Ryan lookin like C. Chandler, garbage,
Just play wit a little more heart and urgency and stop embarrassing the city. Still early in the season, get yall head out yall ass and some F&*ing Football \/.
Lets go Falcons!!! w/o mike mularky or Dumb Van Gorder!

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So Mark, is coach Smith on “the hot seat”?

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P Nice
September 25th, 2011
11:31 pm

“I am a Falcons fan for life but to be honest giving up four draft picks for one guy was the first mistake.”

Absolutely.

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“It has gotten this bad: Even the Bucs are mocking the Dirty Birds now. ” Since when were the Falcons the NFL’s chosen ones? You speak as if they are entitled to be and elite team. It takes a franchise years to build a championship caliber club and the to go win one. I am saying this as a Bucs fan……..I speak from experience from watching the Bucs as a fan win a Superbowl title. You know, the title the Falcons dont have!

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I’m dam sick & tired of being sick & tired with these “dirty birds”!! Total team sucks from the owner to the water boy..These ass’s will break your heart from year to year and game to game!!

If Arthur Blank can’t control his personal life..what in God’s name can he do for an NFL franchise???
Hire a G.M. via web cam? Yeah..right!!

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I have been watching Atlanta sports since I moved here in 1971. At first I thought the Atlanta professional sports teams needed better players, coaches and owners. Now it seems to me that the teams just play for a paycheck with little emotion. Matt Ryan talks a great game like how they need to clean up a few things and they will be allright. C’mon Matt, two fumbles and an interception in the third game of your fourth year as a starting QB in the NFL. Ryan’s first pass was an off target heave to the fullback. You have to give the receiver a catchable ball and lead the receiver if you want yards after the catch.

On the last fumble Ryan was facing an obvious blitz package right up the middle and he had no backs in the backfield to block. How about taking a clue and checking off that play or fire the ball out right away or call timeout. Maybe we’re just not thinking how to win. Just punch the clock and collect a paycheck.

Show me some emotion and I’ll be back.

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The Falcons offensive line couldn’t keep toddlers – no blitzing corner or linebacker toddlers mind you, just the 4 down line-toddlers – from sacking Matt Ryan. It might be the saddest display of professionalism and pride I’ve ever seen. Apparently, Harvey Dahl was fairly important.

The only thing worse could be our punter, who’s managed to put together (I believe) a two game streak of punts <20 yards in length. By the time the sun comes up a printout of this blog might be longer than those gems.

Good thing I got excited about this season!

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The Defense played amazing, the offensive line sucks, and Roddy just dropped too manty passes. We need to stay in the no huddle.

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“NFL might forgive Mike Vick but looks like God is not done with him yet.”

I guess it was God’s off day when he got his $100 million contract a few weeks ago.

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O- line got no push today to free up some holes for turner. So matty had to throw way too many times. That said, turner’s production has gone down and that’s why I think we’ve seen matt throwing so much. This is a run first offense. We have to figure out how to become that again.
IT worries me, because the way this team has looked over the season’s first three reminds me a lot more of the team that got blown out by the packers in january than the one that went 13-3. granted, they Were pretty lucky last year and could have easily been 10-6. even so, that time had an offensive edge to it which the 2011 squad has yet to show but for fleeting moments. very worrisome i’d say

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TD has made to many mistakes. Mr. Blank please get someone in there that knows talent!!

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Ka-ching! Pay the low-lifes. Bling and blacks, no honor.

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Other than the offensive line I thought the team played fine and the defense looked the best it has all year. Something has to be done to get Matt some protection or run nothing but those quick routes. It seemed to improve as the defense tired, but early in the game he was running for his life and he’s getting hit too much to stay healthy.

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What makes anyone think the Bucs would be an easy team to beat? Did no one watch the ATL-TB games last season? They were both down to the final minutes of the 4th quarter. The Falcons are not going to blow out the Bucs nor the Saints. The Bucs were favored by 1.5 in this game. Tampa Bay is not Carolina. Bucs were a 10-6 team last year…only 3 games worse than the Falcons. And they always play Atlanta tough. They were bound to win sooner or later the way these games have gone. It’s week 3 of a 17 week season. Calm the frick down! Anyone that thought the Falcons would go 13-3 or even 14-2 like some were saying with this schedule in this division is delusional!

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Well said Dave…and several others that actually watched the games and are Falcons fans. To Candice the only the ones that come on the Falcons boards to talk smack about a game they didn’t actually play in is the 3 year old that needs a bath by mom…I think she’s calling you just now. LOL Grow up dude!

The Offensive Line and refusal to play the 3 WR set in the no huddle is what cost us the game period. We can’t pass block worth a flip right now and we move the ball in the no huddle. That is not even close to open for debate. So…the real question is…Will Mike Smith step up and say that’s what needs to happen inside the organization? Let MM design the plays…and let Matt call the game. Fire, fine, or set on fire OL until they do their jobs. Then we’ll win some ballgames. Go Falcons!

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If we keep playing like we did today, we aren’t going ANYWHERE, let alone, playoffs!!!!

Here are the biggest issues we have:

1. O-Line

2. If number one isn’t working our protecting, all other problems don’t matter.

First rule in football; Your QB is only as good as his O-line allows him to be!!!!!!!

Our defense is WAY TOO soft right now and we are not getting ANY kind of pass rush, and even if we do, it’s too late and we end up getting flagged for a personal for for late hit on the opposing QB. We have GOT to get Babineaux back ASAP!!

I knew from preseason and I told my friends that if our starters get injured then we are pretty much screwed b/c our No. 2 defense couldn’t stop anyone in preseason.

It was good to see McClure back but he had that COSTLY snap that didn’t even get to Ryan, so he is going to have to shack some rust off.

Daunta, nothin’ but love for ya but you have GOT to play the ball quicker. Yet again, you slipped down after your receiver caught a quick slant. You get paid WAY TO MUCH to making ROOKIE mistakes like that.

Will Turner EVER hit the hole without stopping five yards in the back field first????? He has NO SPEED when Ryan hands off the ball to him. That’s why he only gets 3 yards per carry. Snelling at least hits the hole at full speed and says, “Try and stop me!”

The offsides on the last play of the game was COMPLETELY INEXCUSABLE!!!!! Again, these guys get paid way too much to making these types of STUPID mistakes.

In closing, I will say that the Falcons ARE BETTER than their 1-2 record, but as the old saying goes, your only as good as your last game!!!!!

Right the ship FAST or we are staring at an 8-8season….IF WE ARE LUCKY!!!!!!!!!

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If nothing else it was very cool to see that punk QB Josh Freeman nearly get his head torn off by the Falcons defense when he took off and ran with the ball in the late 3rd or early 4th quarter (I forget).

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No, this team is EXACTLY where I thought they would be after three games.

I saw the preseason and I saw the playoff game last January. We still can’t stop anybody on defense, we still can’t cover a reciever on a big third-down play and prevent them from catching it, we still can’t run the ball effectively on anybody more talented than a high school team, and our effing punter can’t kick it out of my dam* living room.

Until our offensive line grows some onions and chooses to BLOCK for our runners and PROTECT our quarterback; until our defense grows some onions and chooses to fight through blocks and STOP people in key situations (such as, oh, I dunno, 4 minutes left when we need the ball back); and until our special teams grows some onions and quits playing like a powder-puff girls team, then MAYBE we can win some games.

The schedule makers were also BRUTAL to the Falcons… the first 8 weeks of the year and we have to play all these dam* playoff teams? (Chicago, Philly, Tampa, Seattle, Green Bay, Indy AND New Orleans? My God, can we PLEASE have a Kansas City or St. Louis or Miami in there somewhere?) There are some softer games late in the year, but I doubt it wil matter. I made the prediction before the year: 9-7, miss the playoffs.

Atlanta will be 4-5 after a loss to the Saints on Nov. 13. They will rebound in December, but the NFC is fairly even and deep this year… the Packers, the Saints, the Giants, the Redskins, the Buccaneers, the Bears, and the Eagles should all be fighting for playoff spots. It will be tough for Atlanta to get in.

I feel good about the general direction of the team… but until we get some LEGITIMATE LINEMEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL and until we get some LEGITIMATE STOPPERS ON DEFENSE, NOT PRETENDERS LIKE DUNTA ROBINSON, the Falcons will struggle to achieve playoff success.

We need to get back to the punishing run game we had in 2008 and the ability to pull out some clutch wins like we did in 2010… otherwise, it’s going to be a long season for the Falcons.

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Mr. Blank has wanted to win the SB from day one, that hasn’t changed. I don’t question his dedication to the cause.

The issue as it has been for 45 years is blocking and tackling. Having the right players at the right positions. The people picking the players here have simply not been good enough. This team is not an upper echelon team and they won’t be until they start to exibit patience.

Julio Jones is a great add. The problem is what did you do with the rest of the draft? Sam Baker can’t play Left Tackle PERIOD!

They get Akeem Dent who as far as I can tell doesn’t play at all. They got more WR’s late last year that don’t really play. Some offensive linemen that aren’t good enough to play in the NFL and a punter who well to say something nice….he’s a great tackler.

This team does not resemble a team that could go deep into the playoffs without miracles happening.

They did some great stuff in this one late. FINALLY they found Roddy and Julio, but they couldn’t run the ball today.

The problem now, they need a new center, they need a left tackle, they need to upgrade Michael Turner in the near future, They have a #1 corner that better at hitting people than covering them.

Safeties are still young and play well sometimes and horrid other times.

It’s a team that wants to play dink and dunk passing/ smash mouth running in a vertical offense league.

The QB that they drafted is incapable of pushing the ball up field in the manner that the rest of the QB’s in the game can. At least that’s what he’s shown so far.

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Ka-ching. Ha-ha I got my money.

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Today they didn’t. It was their’s to lose. 1st and goal at the 5 with a little over 4 minutes left. Can’t belive they couldn’t score in that situation. Lot’s to be concerned about. Real protection for Ryan must become Job One, or nothing else will matter. And thinking back to the 49’s during the Joe Montana era, a running back with good hands coming out of the backfield on passing routes would create a huge advantage for Ryan and the Falcons. Especially after the decision has been made not to give Turner the ball at all.

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Probably would have been a great offense in 1985.

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I think an awful lot has to do with the porosity of the offensive line. They are just not a unit, not blocking well, not protecting well, and not opening holes. The defense is actually playing pretty well. The offense is sucking pretty badly. Unimaginative play calling, porous line, uninspired running. If your QB has no time to move, and set and throw, you got what we got now. I think it’s time to have a closed door, come to Jesus meeting with these guys and really lay it out. We shouldn’t be losing like this, we should be 2-1, nothing less, and that includes playing like we were a good team against Da Bears. Can we beat the Seahawks, I’m not so sure. I’m damn sure, as of now, we get our asses handed to us by the Pack.

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Too many third and long situations in the first half, also when you get inside the 10 yard line, you must score, a field goal is not good enough.

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Is this for real??? As soon as Mr Blank shows up on the sidelines in the 4th, the coaches decide to go to Julio Jones. Wow!! It took that long for them to realize that they can go deep??? I have been saying it all along, Mike Mularkey is killing this team in the Booth. Coach Smith you need to take charge man and be desperate in the 1st quarter not the Dam 4th, its to late!! We had the whole game, the defense held the Bucs in reach. No deep passes till the end, Dam. When are the Coaches going to WAKE THE UP?????

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Why must the long-promised “explosive” plays be saved for the desperate hours? << Well said MB, my question too??

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on the sideline late in the game, arthur blank should call plays and send them in—he probably can come up with something better than malarkey.

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Hey who Dat, If the Falcons dont win any game this season id be upset. But if they lose to the aints???? That would be a sad day in America. Not going to happen. Enjoy your NFL token fixed ring OK??

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Bottom line is, our offensive line is really not getting the job done in pass or rush blocking. That may be contributing to Ryan looking like he has Happy Feet which is a very sad thing to see.

That said we should have had the lead at the end. The thing that will chew away at me is the play call on our last drive after the roughing the passer call when we had first and goal from the 5 yard line. I feel that was a situation where you bunch up and ram our 250 pound bowling ball at them 4 times if needed. Instead they went for a pass that led to a sack and in one play call we severely reduced our chances our chances of scoring a TD on 2nd and 3rd down and eliminated the possibility of going for it on 4th down.

That play call showed me that this team has completely lost the offensive identity that gave us 3 winning seasons in a row.

I would like to hear from the Falcons coaching staff about their thoughts on that first and goal call from the 5.

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It’s too early to know where the Falcons are. Yes, they’ve struggled early, but let’s remember that there was no OTAs, very little training camp and we’re starting a rookie WR. I have no doubt the Falcons will be contenders when it’s all said and done. We’ve lost 2 road games against very good opponents (let’s not forget that the Bucs won 10 games last year and the Bears were in the NFC Championship Game).

Let’s get back to .500 against the Seaducks and take our chances against the Pack at home before we panic. If we somehow lose to the Seaducks, then i’ll panic, Braves style. 5 of the next 6 are infinitely winable.

Please Falcons, take my mind off the riduclous Braves!

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hey guys you were a Mike Vick injury away from being winless

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@DCSTAN – And you’re a few IQ points from being a retard. Thanks for stopping by, but this team will just fine.

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Let’s be honest. I think we can all agree that we would rather have the Falcons struggle early and lose 2 games against very good teams and wreck shop the rest of the way than play 5 months of great baseball only to historically collapse in the final month.

Please Falcons, wreck shop the next 6 weeks to make me forget about bad the Braves have been in September.

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Glad we blew our draft board up for this year and next year. Our GM is a genious.
Now what do we do?

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It’s pro football. Who really gives a crap anyway. This whole NFL thing (and the NBA & MLB, too) is going to collapse back to where it should be – a minor entertainment for weak-headed fans without a college team to root for who live vicariously through people most folks wouldn’t allow into their houses for dinner to salve their egos after a drudge-like job during the week. It’s a boy’s game played buy ne’er-do-well thug-types paid too much for doing nothing actually productive, supported and propped up by TV to sell products to people – that’s all.
Why care so much about them – they care nothing at all about you….except to sell you a ticket or a product.

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Too good to be playing this way? You have got to be kidding. They are not a good team. They did not get better from a team that last year got all of the breaks and won 13, they were not that good then and are a lot worse now. And don’t think about next year because TD traded away the next 3 years.

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I suspect it will be all the Falcons can do to win 8 games this year. Poor coaching and poor playing was the answer yesterday. Falcons, stop acting like you’re the “it” team from 2010, and act like the up and comer team, like Detroit and Buffalo. Otherwise, this will be a long season. P.S. Mr. Arthur Blank, please stay off the sidelines during the game. It’s quit embarassing to see you, and although the players won’t say it, since you sign their paycheck, you’re a distraction. And, quite frankly, it makes the team look bad. Stay off the sideline until the final knee is taken in a Falcon win.

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Right now the Falcons are just not a very good football team. They are one of the teams that maybe needed OTA’s. They are getting penalized at crucial times in the game. Matt Ryan is making bad decisions: For instance, if you have 4th and goal why wouldn’t you got to your bread and butter rather than a 5′7″ rookie blanketed by a 6′1″ safety. Who does that? Live and die with your go to receivers and give yourself a chance to win. The coaching staff see that the no huddle is working, but they use when they are down. Who wants to play comeback football all the time. The offensive line looks really bad and Matt Ryan is taking a David Carr beating right now. He looks very uncomfortable. The punter seems to be very unsure of how and where to punt the ball. The defense are not playing that bad, but they cannot get away from the mental mistakes. They do not put enough pressure on opposing QB’s. They are not scoring points at all and if you want to win, you have to score. They have to fire off on Seattle this weekend, because the PACKERS are headed to town the following week. I am a loyal FALCON fan, but they actually look bad right now. I don’t thnk that Arthur Blank will deal with these losses too much longer, before he start to question some of the staff.

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With virtually no pash rush, the defense gets shredded by opposing team’s quarterback. And the Falacons’ offense won’t use their wide receivers down the field as do other teams. Result: A losing record.

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I wish Roddy was as good as he thinks he is.
Looks like smith and richt are on the same bus.

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Did you, or anyone, as Smith why he didn’t take the points and kick the field goal on fourth down? If so, tie game and OT. Yes, hindsight.

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I wish roddy was as good as he thought he was.

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Problem = Mike Mularkey, most predictable OC in the entire NFL. Easy to stuff Turner when everyone knows he’ll be running on 1st down. Is it a coincidence that the offense only starts chewing up yardage when they go no-huddle and let Ryan call the plays? Nope.

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I’ve said it before. Last year the Fortunate Falcons had many a break on their way to winning the division. Those breaks aren’t there and now all of the those close ball games from last year are going the other direction. Last year Falcons had lots of 50/50, coin flip wins. That doesn’t mean your SB bound. Means that you need to figure a way to put teams down for the count.

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Boring game til the 4th quarter. Falcons finally got it going in 4th but too late.

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What is T Dimitroff on? Julio is good but not 5 picks good. Clearly, the Falcons have other holes. And when you have a dink & dunk; field position type team/offense wouldn’t you want a good PUNTER??? Mistake not to keep a key component of the way you play football.

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Traveling to Seattle next week. Better not lose to them or the Saints fans will be all over us. Expect that game to be a dog fight.

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I thought they looked pretty good late in the game when the Bucs went into their prevent defense.

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Dimitroff thinks he’s still with yhe Pats. Julio would have been an affordable pick in New England. Come on all those picks for Julio, the Falcons couldn’t afford to give away draft picks with a weak offensive line and a d line thats one or two injuries from being over the hill. Don’t even talk about the secondary. Richt would be a better coach right now in Atl. The way it stacks up now Atl finishe 3rd or if Ryan goes down like he will, 4th.

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hey coach ‘clean shot’..how’s robinson doing this morning? those leading with the helmet clean shots must be taking their toll..and the payback helmet to helmet on freeman..did you call that? and blank, he does look kinda creepy on the sidelines…but who’s gonna tell him to stay away?

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I say it again, Atlanta must go out and take chances on Veteran Free Agents and this includes free agents that have had past problems.

I also say Terrell Owens is still available. The difference betweeen NO and GB is it does not take their wide receivers long to run a route allowing a quick release by their QBs which prevents an aggressive rushing defense from getting to your QB.

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that’s what prevent defenses do..make a mediocre QB look good..dink and dunk and hoping for a couple of missed tackles to break one…the fal cants got lucky last year and those five/six yard bombs by melt got them into the end zone..looks like this year may be more difficult…

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Now everybody trying to blame Turner, Turner has been carrying Mattie Ice for three years. The problem is Mattie Ice. He has a weak arm and he is very slow.

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we were lucky last year. winning just about every game at the end. this year’s team is not lucky. Mike Mularkey is a dinosaur and needs to be fired. Yesterday in the first half we scored 3 points. Ryan was getting mauled. Our brilliant OC finally came to his senses and started throwing quick passes to the wide outs and quick slants over the middle to slow down the pass rush. Then we start moving the ball and actually scored a TD…..wow! Way to come thru in the clutch Roddy. McClure did you forget how to hike the freaking ball? The OL has forgotten how to block. TD definitely blew it by not resigning Big Harvey. Dunta Robinson reminds me of Chris Houston. And Bosher? Holy Jesus! TD you sure missed the boat on him. We ain’t no playoff team. That is for sure.

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No, they have no clue.

Looks like the old Falcons are back. Remember those days not long ago? Well, they`re BACK!

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They wouldn’t accept my comments because they dont wont the damn truth !

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StepChild I agree with you 100%. The last year falcons was sorry also, they havn’t destroy a team the wins last year could have went the other way.

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Ask yourself, why is it that this Offense always seems to find success in the no huddle? Answer: Matt Ryan is a better Offensive Coorindator than Mike Mularkey. Believe it.

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Mark my word, the Falcons will be the GB Packers of last year. They will pull it together. Julio showed what he capable of Sunday. ATL just needs to protect Ryan!

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first to worst…good job off season. T.D.

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NOT “A” DROPPED PASS! MANY DROPPED PASSES…NO RUNNING GAME….WHERE IS THE VAUNTED OFFENSE I READ SO MUCH ABOUT????

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don’t know what the folks at Sports Illustrated were smoking when they picked this team to go to the Super Bowl…
I never thought they were that good…and now, they are proving it.

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Look Schultz want a be, the time to ask that question is not right now. Try a little farther down the schedule. Did Jeff give you this subject? A better topic would be “Bad decisions?” or “Failed opportunities”.
I want the old Mark back before Jeff got a hold of him. That guy actually had an original thought.

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You are what your recoed is.
You cannot win when the QB turns over the ball in each game.
Can’t happen!

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Matty “ICE” Ryan reminds me of Billy Joe Tolliver! He fits perfectly in the UGA Nation!

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Why is Dum-Tay still onthat team… ne brings NOTHING……ok, he got in one tackle… whooo hooo…. even a blind squirrell finds an acorn every once in a while………Im just say’n

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Anyone know how many 3rd and 7s have we had so far this year?

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Let’s not forget, we got beat terrible on Time of Possession! Though I defense played great, time of possession we got killed.

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Matt Ryan sucks. I don’t care what anyone writes about him, statistically – he’s a dinky-dunk kind of QB with a weak arm.

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What a trainwreck Atlanta _____ is/are….

You can pretty much put anything in that blank;
or you can just leave it blank – its still true.

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When people are talking about Ryan’s weak arm, are they watching the same game as the rest of us? Or is it that they just disregard any evidence to the contrary of their predisposed position. If I recall correctly, Ryan had several well-placed deep balls that were either dropped (Roddy White) or missed because a rookie looked over his wrong shoulder for the ball (Julio Jones). Also, those who want to over-analyze his decision-making….does he make mistakes…YES!!! Every human-being on the planet does. Even Brady threw 4 picks yesterday in their loss to the Bills. Ryan is not perfect, but despite the rantings of those who still have man-crushes on the oft-injured MV7, he is an excellent QB. This team is under-performing, and Mularkey is appropriately named for his play-calling, but as a “homer” and I wear that tag much more proudly than the ilk of those who would join the ranks of the bandwagon clan, I believe this team will get things headed in the right direction. Oh….and another thing….The beating that Ryan has taken during the first three games has revealed a lot about him in my estimation. He’s had some crappy line play in front of him, yet has refused to throw his O-line under the bus, and has displayed incredible toughness.

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The Falcons will never move to the next level with a conservative coach like Smith . The man is just not NFL head coach material .And the Thomas Dimitroff trade during the draft for Jones is looking more and more ridiculous now . Especially when Smith and Dimitroff is not on the same page about scheme. The Falcons are sure paying a lot of money for Jones who doesn’t seam to have a starting roll on the Smith team . But the Falcon are back to normal they will once again become the worst team in the NFL if Smith isn’t fired .

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Atlanta has so many problems and I have only so much ink thus I will not make an attempt. The people that gave Vick 100 mill had to have receive stimulus money from obama. Nobody is that stupid.

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Keeping 7 defense backs will be the worst decision made in years

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Writers need to make up their minds—are we a high scoring throwing team (why don’t we get the ball to Julio, explosive team)or are we a running team like what has brought us 3 straight winning seasons?

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The O-line needs to play much better and the secondary is pitiful..It’s gonna take 2 to 3 drafts to fix our problems..and you can add TE to the list of needs next season..Tony G probably won’t back with this like it is…

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The play-calling was MISERABLE. Calling a reverse on a 3rd-and-2? Really? And why did always have to be pass-pass-pass on that drive that could have put the Falcons ahead? They had plenty of time on the clock to mix it up with running plays and could have kept Tampa off-balance. Matt Ryan is a very good quarterback, and showed it against Philly, but he needs help from the play-calling and running game to continue win games. He can’t do it all by himself.

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It will just about make you sick to see how little time Matt Ryan has in the pocket compared to Tom Brady…Our OLine is a liability…The Sam Baker experience needs to end.

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I said it in pre-season, I said it after the Chicago game, and I say it now: I LOVE THE FALCONS…AND WILL REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER….that being said, I can honestly say that WE WILL NOT WIN ANYTHING THIS YEAR….NOT THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP…NOT THE DIVISION…NOT THE SUPER BOWL…. Matt Ryan is TERRIFIED in the backfield….the first time he hears footsteps, he will throw the ball straight to the side-lines…which is the sign of a heartless leader. He is not a POCKET PASSER of any worth, and the Offensive line could very well be the reason partly. I am disgusted with the Offensive Linemen. They have NO PRIDE, NO GUTS!!!!! THE OFFENSIVE LINE PLAYS INTIMIDATED!!!! AND I WILL SAY THIS; MICHAEL TURNER IS A BUST..AND POSES NO REAL THREAT OFFENSIVELY…HE IS SLOW AND PLODDING, AND BY THE TIME HE GETS TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, THE HOLE IS CLOSED!!!!! THE O.C. AND THE D.C., NEEDS TO BE FIRED!!!!! THEY ARE HORRIBLE COACHES AND IF ARTHUR BLANK KEEPS PULLING STRINGS FOR THEM, THEY WILL PROVE HOW SORRY THEY ARE.

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Steve-O…I agree, would never root for our arch-rivals (Saints)…..especially considering they were a bunch of stupid refugees who wouldn’t listen to the anyone to get out when Katrina was barrelling down on ‘em…

That said….this Falcons administration made a very bad decision by not shoring up the O-line after Dahl left. Ryan has “happy feet” and I don’t blame him….he’s getting killed back there!!!

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AlanFalcon hit the nail on the head. Our O-line, particularly Sam Baker, sucks. As a result, Ryan hears the footsteps and has developed a serious case of happy feet – no composure whatsover. Turnovers put all of the pressure on our defense, which spends far too much time on the field. Dimitroff mortgaged the future to being in Julio, but apparently forgot to tell Mularky, who either isnt able or willing to put together a play book to match. Great championship teams are built from the ground up, starting with the linemen, particularly the O-line. You can’t get to the big dance by mortgaging the future for one lone receiver if you can’t provide pass protection. This team is litered with gapping holes – Weems makes terrible decisions fielding punts, our punter can’t kick, Robinson and his CB’s get penalized for undisciplined play and late hits……what a mess.

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Still in disbelief by the sloppy game I witnessed yesterday, not even the rain soaked field was as sloppy as that performance. Tampa(as someone already mentioned) was just sitting there waiting to be beat and the Falcons didn’t answer the call. How was this offense(Falcons) only barely able to make one Touchdown against the Bucs? It really doesn’t make sense(at least on paper), you can have as many pro bowl players possible but that doesn’t substitute for great heart… something has got to give, Yes, it’s still early, but we need some type of overhaul to shake things up a bit on this team (especially the offense)…

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Maybe Harvey Dahl was more important than I thought he was. This o-line hasn’t had a good game yet; D played OK but the missed tackles is maddening

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I’m tired of all the people who call Dimitroff a genius, let’s see his record of failures:

Sam Baker
William Moore
Peria Jerry
Dunta Robinson
Chris Owens
Michael Turner (except his first year here after which he got fat and slow)
…and the jury is out on Julio

and don’t forget our imaginitive OC—-Mularkey
and our DC Van Gorder who can’t instill any discipline into his players

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and don’t forget Sideline…..we lost a hockey team (for the SECOND time!!) and the Hawks??? Well, there the Hawks…..

and don’t even get me started on the Bulldogs….

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I still think they are as good as we thought they were/ The Falcons proved last year that they can catch fire and stay lit for a while. In fact they almost look the same. They will get right and continue to bring that offense along and when they do, wstch out now.

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Now do you see why I left can’t even score when the opportunities are given PATHETIC!!!!!!!

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BeerDawg, A-B is “showcasing himself” for the women . . . you know he is replacing his current wife and needs every young lady to see what a prize he would be. They don’t show the owner’s box often so therefore he has to go down to the field.

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Get a O-Line damn it.

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Ouch!!!

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I can’t wait to read the excuses from Peter King. LOL

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These boys need some serious coaching. The coaches need to chew their butts out today not just for yesterday, but for the season. This is not acceptable…

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Falcons a cheap team!!! When Arthur will understand that he needs to spent some bucks… then we will be world champs!!!

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No dang offensive line at all.

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I’ve said it before and will say it again: Smitty’s rah-rah schtick will wear off at some point and it looks like its already starting to lose its luster. He can’t keep putting up cheesy slogans in the locker room and expect that it will overcome his lousy coaching on both sides of the ball. Both of our coordinators are horrible and everyone sees it except for the head man. This guy is in way over his head.

And Turner loses a step every game. His only yardage has been the result of a non-existent defense or complete defensive breakdowns on the other side of the ball. The guy is soft as baby doo.

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On a side note, they need to fire these weenie announcers that always want to say defenders are leading with their head against a defenseless player. That guy was ready to cry over a clean hit on Freeman by William Moore. He led with his shoulder and Freeman was far from defenseless. Kudos to Brian Billick for calling the other announcer out on the spot. Freeman was far from defenseless and our guy led with the shoulder. It just so happens that the helmet is ALWAYS going to be close considering its freaking attached to the shoulders- not much you can do about that.

I’m sick of these announcers who’ve never worn a jock strap in their life crying about helmet to helmet hits when they have no idea what they’re talking about..

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The Falcons are like every other pro teams in Atlanta, cheap teams!!
Braves-Hawks-Falcons, they are all in the same bag!!
The Falcons had 6 coaches in 10 years:
Dan Reeves
Wade Phillips
Jim Mora
Bobby Petrino
Emmitt Thomas
Mike Smith

Green Bay 2 coaches in 10 years!!! Colts 2 coaches!! etc etc…

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talented team + poor execution = inept coaching

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With the Falcons stinking it up, the only entertaining thing I saw was Vick moaning about getting hit too much and the refs not calling it. He went on for another 5 minutes but finished up stating he wasn’t going to complain about it. Even the ESPN guys got a kick out of that.

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I ben tellin ya there are a bunch of fist round busts on this team and instead everone make fun of me.

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After the green bay, playoff loss would you have confidence in that slow, conservative offense the falcons run, no.when teams like new england, new orleans and green bay’s prolific style offenses that can score very fast on anybody. what chance do the falcons have. they found out who they are in the green bay playoff loss. and so did some of us!

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Poor draft that did not address the team needs. They needed defensive and offensive linemen help, not a wide receiver. If you can’t protect the QB the quality of wide receiver doesn’t matter. If you can’t defend the pass drafting a wide receiver is useless.

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This organization plays to the level of its opponents. Michael Turner seems slow. I am beginning to they either let Ryan call the plays, or hire a new OC.

I thought the Philly game was their statement game, where they grew up and became an elite team. Wrong.

Still seems they are playing not to lose, instead of going on all cylinders and giving it all we have no offense every game.

Mental mistakes suddenly? Can’t happen.

Put up a 4 receiver set, run the no huddle and throw to Turner if the other 4 are covered.

Man this is frustrating.

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There is no escape from the law of averages. We go to superbowl. we lose. and no amount of idiot analysis from Tuesday Afternoon Special Teams Wannabees is going to change that fact, Jack!

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I do not watch much football. I do not claim to know much, if anything, about football. But, I will tell you, it seems like this team never has a line that can keep the QB from nearly getting crushed on every play. I do not know whether that is coaching or players; but, that is what I have observed over the years.

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Wait a minute you gor to wait this out atleast 2 more games to see the verdict …..pretenders or contenders or bust…..!

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Very uninspired. I have been a loyal fan throughout the years but if they can’t put the effort for the fans then as a fan I will no longer put forth my support.

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beginning with the packer game till now 1-7. It is time to count pre season.

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Our O-line is the key!!!!!!!!!!!! (Sam baker)

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I still can’t help but wonder why all the penalties and stupid mistakes against the Falcons so far this season; they seemed to run a tighter ship than this the past couple of years. And no question, penalties cost them the game yesterday; seemed every blasted time a flag got thrown it was against Atlanta.

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I;m sorry,….these are far too important games to be losing.

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Just a couple thoughts – Our O-Line is playing terrible this year. No RB or QB can perform well without them doing their jobs. Call the Rams and tell them we want Harvey Dahl back and give them whatever they want for him. Either he’s the best OL in football or he is responsible for the lost chemistry. Correct me if I’m wrong, wasn’t he very aggressive and mean and played to the whistle and even after it sometimes? Secondly, why are we keeping that punter and kick-off rookie(Bosher) who kicks like he is in middle-school? His average is around 32yds per kick and most of his KO’s don’t even reach the end-zone? Hell, HS kickers out here in Gwinnett, kick to end end-zone and put around 40yds per kick!

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comments keep being deleted….how irritating

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Sports in GA = Huge letdown EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR! Braves choke, Falcons are chokING, Hawks stink, Thrasher left, UGA has a moron for a coach, etc…..

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I read both Bradleys articles and he does not mention the REAL PROBLEM with this team right now-THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS PITIFUL. But that dont suprise me based on the past crap he has written.

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Who put together this offense. I don’t watch often, but even I know their plays. They don’t seem to have plays that match their personnel and the play calling sucks.

LET MATT CALL THE PLAYS. Time for 2nd cup of coffee.

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It begins and ends with a porous offensive line. Michael Turner held to 30 yards by the Bucs? Matt Ryan hurried or plain pancaked in the backfield how many times yesterday?

The offensive line is just that, offensive, and as long as that is the case this team’s “high powered” (or at least “high dollar”) offense will continue to fizzle and move backwards down the field. I don’t see Matt Ryan staying healthy through this season.

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Why are all these Non- Falcons fan on a Falcons blog? Go blog on your teams website!

It appears that Kroy is getting the same amount of snaps as Ray, is Ray not performing @ practice.

I also noticed that when Sidburry is in on passing situation he gets to the quarterback, I said he should be getting more playing time 2 years ago why is he being held back?

The season is not over there are still 13 games to be played, RISE UP falcons Fans!

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It’s reported historically that 5 teams that made playoff last year will not make it the following year…Kansas City, Seattle…

Atlanta do not fall into this statistic.

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FALCLOWNS are NOT TOO GOOD…their record is reflective of the quality of their team….fact…they can’t win big games, they can’t finish and do not have a winning spirit or identity…hurts, huh?

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Still not happy bird watcher Mark. Fairweather fans fail to recognize trends. I have been a Falcon follower since the opening kickoff of their inaugrial contest in the 1960s. I have seen all the good, bad and ugly. Mostly ugly. I was alerted from within after Packer debacle in playoffs that this squad has serious chemistry problems. I felt like it was important to get back into W column. Even in meaningless preseason game. Did not happen. Disaster in Dome followed by four practice losses. Fans who do not know any better continued to smell roses and believe all fantasy press releases about how good Falcons are and will be for decades to come. I was definitely not buying any of this baloney. Matt Ryan has regressed tremendously since his rookie season. Michael Turner has lost two steps plus his will to hit the line with desire. Still do not know where our damn punter went. Defense is not perfect but will hold up its end in most battles. Hard not to surrender points when offense is doing Santa Claus impression all the time. Yes Matt, I am talking to you. Roddy White has regressed back into dropper of critical passes. Where the Hell is Brian Finneran? So the loss streak went to five. Delusional fans said the real Falcons would show up for regular season. Not to worry. Then the apparently real Falcons gave up in Illinois for a sixth straight setback. The Eagle home win could easily have been a loss. The Buc debacle could easily have been a victory but Falcons would have none of it. What it boils down to is that the defending NFC South champions have lost seven of the last eight times they have suited up. Not a trend? Interested in some prime swampland? Real cheap! Fans who have been with team since Rankin Smith days know what I say is true!

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Everyone said last year that the Bucs only got to ten wins because of their easy schedule. There is a lot of truth to that, but what people don’t talk about is how the Falcons had practically the same schedule the Bucs did. Both teams played the same conferences, the only difference was a few games. Like the Falcons played the Eagles while Bucs played the Redskins.

The Falcons last year were not deserving of their 13-3 record as became painfully clear in the playoffs. They also aren’t deserving of the Super Bowl Contender talk early in this season. The Falcons last year were just a little better than the Bucs and they are closing the gap.

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Should be 0 – 3. to boot. When will heads roll.?…probably at the end of an underachieving season.

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Everyone said last year that the Bucs only got to ten wins because of their easy schedule. There is a lot of truth to that, but what people don’t talk about is how the Falcons had practically the same schedule the Bucs did. Both teams played the same conferences, the only difference was a few games. Like the Falcons played the Eagles while Bucs played the Redskins.

The Falcons last year were not deserving of their 13-3 record as became painfully clear in the playoffs. They also aren’t deserving of the Super Bowl Contender talk early in this season. The Falcons last year were just a little better than the Bucs and they are closing the gap. 2

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My feelings all along was that the Julio Jones trade was not appropriate for this team at this moment in time. They were not a dynamic receiving prospect away from the Super Bowl. This team needed multiple players on defense, and along the offensive line to continue its climb towards greatness. They do not have an identity right now, they abandon the run too soon, and when defenses are not pressing them because of large leads they are experiencing moderate success against looser coverages.

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We have a good fundamental team, but we have weak points just like many other teams. Problem is we got too many of them, we got a little lucky last year, and the rest of the league knows it. Don’t get caught up in the hype, I’m a Falcon fan, but real. Our “O” line is not as strong as previous years, hopefully time, will tell, if they get that cohesiveness, others have had. I think Ryan’s confidence has waned abit, with all the Vick comparisons. Winning that game was great, but he has to win in the post season, before many will forget Vick. Still has not seen half the jsutification for Jones being a 1st round pick. Turner is in better shape, losing maye half a step. Our defense is medicore to good. Love Abe to death, he is it as far as superstars. Lofton is a good LB, maybe even Pro bowl , but it seems he does not mtoivate the de. Outside backs are backups on other teams. Secondary , is below average. everyone, myself included, love Grimes, but he is overmatched, Robinson is a waste of money. Our safeties take off on plays. Unfornatuately, the season, is started, so we are stuck with what we have. If our offensive can’t get it going soon, and keep our lame defense off the field, we are in for long season. “We are who we thought they are”. I sa look for a 7-9, or 8-8 season. I would like to be wrong.

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O.K First off who seen that Sam Baker was a bust from the beginning ? A lot of us. They only drafted him because his dady was the coach of the Force. And they both suck. 2. Dunta Robinson, are you just a fluke ? Yes you are. Do you wear a mask and hold a gun when you get your paycheck ? you should. 3. Bosher , need I say more ? Mike Mularky is running scared upstairs and only pulls the brakes off the offense is when he gets desperate. Brian Van Goober , 2 words , Good Bye. The Bucs sat and waited knowing that Matt Ryan was hurt and we still had a chance to win the game and blew it. Playoffs , Super Bowl ???? Fat Chance with this group. The Buffalo Bills or Jacksonville Jaguars have a better chance than the Falcons. They are who we thought they were. I travel all over the world and this team is not taken serious by anybody out there. Good Luck , I will be working on my bike’s instead of watching the birds.

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Weren’t the Falcons predicted to win the Super Bowl. How the might have fallen!

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I didn’t see the game but reading about it tells me the coaches learned nothing from the 2 previous games. Maybe they can’t solve the OL problems because they don’t have the talent. Dahl???

Ok, I haven’t played at the pro level but I’ve been watching for 50 years and what I’ve observed is something I’m sure most coaches would agree with and that is if you give me great talent on the OL and DL that I’ll win ball games even with average skill players. Atlanta has gone the other way, great skill players and average to subaverage OL and DL players. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady look average or worse when blitzers get to the quarterback about the same time the qb gets the ball from center. When a qb gets his head buried in the turf a few times, anyone will tell you there’s a good chance he’s not the same guy for the remainder of the game. Line play will determine whether the birds get to the playoffs. Second to that is how the game is called. The birds are predictable!!!

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It’s not how many you win, it’s about getting hot during the playoffs. Last year we coasted into the playoffs and the Packers blindsided us. 1-2 is by no means the end of the world (the schedule is much easier the 2nd half) but even so, it’s already shaping up to be a fight for a playoff spot. 10-6 should do it (and the tiebreaker over the Eagles could be HUGE).

That said, my take is that the talent is getting beyond the capabilities of the coaching staff. Mularkey and Van Gorder are calling the EXACT same game plan they were using in 2008, when they nursed a 8-8 team into a surprise playoff appearance. But now, with a 4th-year quarterback, julio jones instead of michael jenkins, ray edwards instead of jamaal anderson, and sean weatherspoon instead of what was left of keith brooking, they are running the same formations and schemes. This team is too good to run 12 counter-rights a game and cover-2 on 3rd and long.

That said, something must be done on the line. 4 of 5 of them are returning. Other teams watch our game film and are having a field day blitzing. So, what does our offensive coordinator call??

a draw play??? nnope

screen pass?? nnope

a toss play to the long side of the field instead of straight into the sideline? nnope

The team can’t move the ball the first half, and then looks like the ‘85 dolphins in the final 10 minutes. That is poor game planning.

They’ll get it together, as long as they can avoid big injuries. The Saints have deeper structural and personnel problems then we do. Had we played the Texans and Bears at home and the Pack on the road, we’d be 2-1 too.

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It seems that the Falcons are like a baseball hitter who is just not getting wood on the fastball and they are a hair slow. What is making them “out of sync” ? Someone needs to tune in the guitar a little….

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“The Falcons are too good to be playing this way.”

You gotta be kidding me. The FailCaints are a bunch of loozzers. My beloved Saints have played three of the top NFL teams and are winners. Who have the FailCaints played? No team worth mentioning. Last year was a fluke. The Dirt Birds are destined to finish last in the NFC South. Mark my words. WHO DAT!

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I know exactly how all teams can beat the FALCONS for the remainder of the season…Simply throw the ball on the same side that cheapshot Robinson is playing on. SERIOUSLY, He plays far too conservative, he’s not that fast, and if you remember Beirman had more interceptions last year than he did…….think about it. He’s over rated and needs to go…..oh wait a minute, he had one tackle yesterday… but even an old blind cripple squirrel can find an acorn every once in a while………..Im just say,n

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Right Guard Number 75 is the problem I have watched this kid and in the Eagles game, I saw this guy get beat and almost get Ryan Killed by the Defensive lineman by looking to his left( the defensive lineman), They played the replay and i said the Birds are in trouble they must get it fixed.

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13 sacks in three games is pathetic.

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The reason why Ryan keeps getting hit because most teams can tell when the falcons are going to throw the ball and not run it. The falcons run the ball an average of 3 to 5 times per quarter and the o-line stance and pressure on the tips of their finger give it away. I can see that from my TV so i knonw the player can see it.

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Will the Falcons ever win a championship? Next week at Seattle in a MUST WIN. I feel sorry for Matt Ryan with this O-Line. Baker is horrible this year, Blalock average, Mc Clure better than Hawley, (but a costly bad snap on a 3rd down in the shotgun) Reynolds is a questionable NFL starter, and Clabo looks average so far.

The D-line is not much better so far, especially with Babs hurt. Edwards has a fumble recovery vs Phi, but that is about it.

This team had too many holes to fill to be trading up to get Julio. Now we are left with no 1st and 4th round picks next year.

I see a 8-8 year or 9-7 at best

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I LIKE Blank, but ya know ,,,I dont like seeing him down there on the sidelines until the last few seconds…(could be a jinx ya know..) BUt Mr. Blank, I know you want this team to perform better and bring a Super Bowl ring to the Atlanta Fans…
The O line is weak, slow, and playing poorley. Ryan wont finish the season it this is not corrected. The Defense, ya know , I dont understand how our Falcons get in the back field 8 to 10 times per game, and only , MAYBE, one sack? We do not create any HAVOC back there…(as shown last yr in GB game!) FIX PLEASE!

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Looking at the schedule I believe we can go 8-8 at best.

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since most of TD’s picks seem to be a bust, maybe we can improve the situation in the next two drafts

oh wait, – we don’t HAVE any – thanks, man

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NO! and they were lucky last year.

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“Why do the Falcons start so slowly? …Why must the long-promised “explosive” plays be saved for the desperate hours?”
Answer – Mularky.

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Why can’t they cut the punter?! Surely there is a punter out there that could do no worse!

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Owner, GM, Coach, Falcon Nation
Let’s stop fooling ourselves…period, the reason we don’t have a good passing game is the offensive Line. The line is garbage, especially Sam Baker. So stop the nonsense talk about the WR not getting open. Matt Ryan does not have a strong arm one, two he needs time to scan the field to be effective, but that can’t happen when the OL and Sam Baker’s 300lbs of mush is being pushed around by every DE in the league. Offensive play calling still sucks…..period, the bend but don’t break defense is garbage, it is now and always has been. Mike Smith has not evolved with the game, he either needs to get some new innovative coordinators or let all them go. I understand Mike is from the old school and believe in loyalty, but what comes first? The team and Falcon Nation or his personal emotions (a good question for Mr. Blank to ask Mr. Smith and the GM). If you think you’re not losing money by the Falcons playing so poorly early in the season after the media predicted them to make a deep run in the playoffs, don’t fool yourself (how often do you here the NFL Network or Sports Center talk about them) . There are going to be those who say it’s early in the season, but we just lost two NFC games, one a divisional game and that make a big difference especially when you have a couple of pretty good team in the NFC that are unbeaten and we still have to face. There are six slots, 4 division winners 2 wildcards….. Can our defense compete with the Saints that put up 40pts a game to our 12 pt average? If Green Bay wins the North will we have more wins than Detroit or vice versa. Will we have more wins in January than the Eagles, Bears, Giants, Redskins, Dallas to snag the last wild card spot? It’s time to get real honest with this team and call it like we see it. This team is not even headed to the play offs if it does not win some pretty big games (i.e. Green Bay, Houston, N.O., Detroit) and all the so called easy games. It most likely is going to take 11 wins to make the wild card this year, can you pick 11 wins off the schedule, and we already have lost 2….

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The Falcons should start max protecting until they can unfuc the offensive line issues.. Ryan will not last if this keeps up.

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Dum-Tay has to go too….he is posion……..oh wait a minute he made a tackle yesterday – well I guess even a blind sqwerl can find an acorn every once in a while……..

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Jammal Anderson got a TD for the Colts. Now thats frikin ironic.

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For that punter who said what he said down in Tampa. “Kickers are like horse manure. They’re all over the place.” That’s a quote from John McKay. Punters don’t win games. I always see these ignorant idiots that pretend to blog and all they’re doing is showing their ignorance. We lost a game yesterday. We lost two weeks ago on the road to a team that’s also subpar to this Falcons team. I see a lot of mistakes. Mistakes that are from lack of pure concentration. Most of this stems from the Lockout. This Falcons team will iron out it’s mistakes over the next couple of weeks. This rookie WR we went after is a rookie. Look at his play. That’s why Roddy White got the ball all day yesterday. When will the rookie figure it out? In 3 to 4 weeks. The rookie punter? same…. The defense will get better as the season progresses. If the Falcons were 1 and 5? Then scream. But 1 and 2? Give me a break.

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DUM-TAY is the most over rated, most to do about nothing I have ever watched.. if you remember Bierman had more interceptions through the entire seaon that Dumtay….. the nucleus of this team is still there from last year but its like theres no chemistry with the additions……..its alomst like we went 2 steps backwards with supposedly better players….

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Do we have enough salary cap space to bring in another LT, it doesn’t matter if he is a second string player he can’t be worst. Oh yeah I have a RG on my wish list to, and by the way didn’t we give the RT a lot of money in the off season to lock down the right side? While I am dreaming can we get Matty Ice a operation that will make his arm strength equal to Matt Staford? Just a thought.

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Alot of haters on Matt Ryan (rightfully so since everyone is on his nuts after wins), but he is a good QB, there are not alot of QBs that can run an offense like he does on no huddle. It reminds me of Peyton Manning but let’s not get crazy he’s definitely not Peyton at this point in his career. It is becoming blatantly obvious that he is much better than Mularkey calling the offensive plays. Michael Turner’s best runs from the last few weeks were off Ryan’s calls in the no huddle. Here are the things I think we can do at no risk to help the team:
-Coach better to prevent penalties: we were tops last year in not getting penalized, this year we are somehow one of the worst teams
-Replace the punter: Bosher is a below average punter, there are tons of jobless punters that are servicable and won’t lose you games
-Replace Sam Baker: this guy is a complete bust, like Bosher, there has got to be a serviceable rookie or free agent that can replace him before Matt Ryan dies in the Georgia Dome, he has singlehandedly killed our offense

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Mularkey and VanGorder are clueless!!!

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Is it against the law to Run Mughelli in the red zone? In college had a lot of carries. Just sayin’

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If the personnel that played last year for 16 games would showup to play we would be standing at 3-0
Let the highly intellegent QB call the plays,when he has he has won the game.

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I for one am glad AB was trolling the sidelines. After all, IT’S HIS DAMN MONEY PEOPLE!!!!! I think it is good for all those20 something year old instant millionaire to have to look in the eye of the man who gave them huge $$$ to play a game and then they go out and stink it up. Same goes for the coaches especially Brian (marion campbell jr.) Van Gorder,.

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Mark,
Thanks for this commentary and you are exactly right. I am glad that Koenen said what he said because sometimes the Falcons do look scared when they are playing. And so true about Blank coming on the field. The only other owner who does that is Jerry Jones and look at his team, which doesn’t always play consistently. Stay off of the field!!!!! There is nothing wrong with Matt Ryan than a little protection and imaginative play calling wouldn’t solve.

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Trent Cole looked like Lawrence Taylor in his prime against the Falcons OL..

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Don’t blame this loss on Ryan or the defense. The blame lies squarely on the shoulders of Mike Smith. How you do not kick the FG with 10 minutes to go in the game to get within 10 pts is beyond me. Hmmmm, let’s see, he didn’t take the sure 3 pts and we lost by 3 pts.

Of course the OL is a huge liability.

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OK, someone help me with this. . .

The Falcons lost to the Bucs for the first time in their last six meetings. Five out of six against ANYONE in the NFL is an achievement. But all of the usual fair-weather fans are already jumping ship.

Meanwhile, the Dawgs–the kings of underachievement in local sports–have beaten the Florida Gators THREE TIMES in 22 years, and these same fans will make excuses for them until they’re six feet under in their official UGA red and black casket. . .

The problem around here stems from that fact that fans cannot distinguish between pro and college sports. 10-6 or 11-5 in the NFL–which is where the Birds will likely end up–is usually good enough for a shot at a championship. (Ask the Packers). The Falcons would look pretty good too if half their schedule was Vandy, Kentucky, Ole Miss and two 1-AA teams.

That all said, it would be nice if mike mularkey added the words ’screen pass’ to his vocabulary.

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Put blame on o-line. No QB can run a offense or running back run, when they are being hit in back field.

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