Live from Philly: Waiting on Falcons, Eagles – and Sandy
Whoa, Nellie. The skies are ominous above Philadelphia and Lincoln Financial Field. (Photo by M. Bradley)
Philadelphia — Nobody in the press box is discussing the game. Which does, you’d have to admit, look like a pretty good one. But the weather has superseded all.
It’s not raining at the moment. It’s cloudy, though, and the wind is picking up. The real heavy stuff from Miss Sandy isn’t scheduled — this assumes hurricanes hew to a schedule — to arrive until late tonight. Tomorrow and Tuesday are supposed to be the really rough days, and by that I mean really rough.
The forecast calls for intermittent rain throughout the day, which I guess is good for the Eagles. They have LeSean McCoy to run the ball against a Falcons defense that has trouble against the run, and the Falcons’ own running game remains mostly a memory.
Then again, Michael Vick does have trouble holding the ball on dry fields, and we shudder to think what might happen on a wet track. But what do I know?
Anyway, I’m happy to report that Team AJC — Mr. Ledbetter and I — are in the stadium, and we’ll endeavor to keep you apprised of all developments, meteorological and otherwise. I’d appreciate if you’d ride along, and I thank you, as ever, in advance.
FURTHER READING: 3 observations on today’s tilt — the Falcons’ offense, their receivers and that Philly crowd.
By Mark Bradley
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phil
October 28th, 2012
4:10 pm
Scam Newton…..
Ahahahahahahahaha!
jo
October 28th, 2012
4:10 pm
Nice to be 7-0, with a run game we could really do it this year!
Blackoutanyone?
October 28th, 2012
4:10 pm
Falcons 7-0… Bama unanimous #1… Saints suck and the barn is a dumpster fire
Life is good!
ROLL TIDE GO FALCONS!
FalconFan
October 28th, 2012
4:11 pm
Bears just kicked a FG against Panthers at final 4 seconds…
Sid
October 28th, 2012
4:11 pm
damn Panthers…..do not want to play the Bears in chicago in January.
Draggin Fly
October 28th, 2012
4:12 pm
Dhall ejected at Pitt. hah.
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:12 pm
I thought Griffin, III was league MVP?
I thought the Eagles were too good to lose today according to most of the known world?
Guess not.
Sid
October 28th, 2012
4:12 pm
go Broncos…..go Cardinals.
Michael "the dynasty" Vick
October 28th, 2012
4:12 pm
Hey, I did not lose the game today. My defense did. Hell, forget the pushing them under the bus, give me the damn bus and I’ll drive it over them myselfs.
Ok, the numbers. No turnovers. QB rating today 82.7 Year 77.7 Lifetime 80.7 I am the most consistent marginal QB on the field for close to 10 playing seasons.
Thanks for your blind support.
dean
October 28th, 2012
4:12 pm
Me Angelo Hall showed his arse again today in Pitt. Glad he is long gone
Go Jackets
October 28th, 2012
4:13 pm
I have been a Negative Nancy bout the Falcons for the past few years, but we are a top flight O lineman and a top flight D lineman away from MULTIPLE yes MULTIPLE SB wins…..Arthur gets what he pays for….I see a SB win within three years counting this one, easy.
Augusta
October 28th, 2012
4:13 pm
So happy for the Falcons team–and the long-suffering Falcons fans…This was one of the sweetest wins in my memory–and that goes back many years…
kevkat
October 28th, 2012
4:14 pm
Sid
October 28th, 2012
4:09 pm
Cowpokes will not be easy at all…..Romo is streaky and more bad history for the Falcons there. But they have steadily been erasing a lot of that bad history.
Ok Sid..let’s just enjoy this one for the moment…:-)
Joe Dirte
October 28th, 2012
4:14 pm
So where is SeenThisB4?
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:14 pm
Bears only a game back for homefield…..
We have to keep winning.
Draggin Fly
October 28th, 2012
4:14 pm
Bradshaw calls the highlights at “Wimberly” Stadium in London. Snort.
kevkat
October 28th, 2012
4:17 pm
Jimmy Johnson says “at least the Eagles didn’t have a turnover”…Still not props to Falcons….
cybo
October 28th, 2012
4:17 pm
@ linda31652
Are you telling me that the cart literally came on the playing field to pick him up?
UGH!!!! I am sick
FalconUGAFan
October 28th, 2012
4:17 pm
St Simons
October 28th, 2012
4:18 pm
could’ve put em away right before halftime
could’ve put em away w/1st & goal at the 3
could’ve put em away with that 4th & 9
could’ve put em away holding the ball with 4:49
they hung on again, a good team 13 pts behind would’ve scored
and onside kicked, we could’ve lost this by 1, because we
CAN”T PUT TEAMS AWAY. One & Done, again.
Don’t get me wrong. Its a great team. But those of us that
were sitting in Fulco in ‘79, we’ve seen this befo.
Ivan
October 28th, 2012
4:20 pm
I’ll also have what St. Simons is having
Dr. Warren
October 28th, 2012
4:21 pm
St. Simons — That was January 1981, and yes, I was there. Were you?
Auburn is 1-7, about to be 1-8
October 28th, 2012
4:23 pm
where is the defender of the dog killer?
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:23 pm
Yep, St Simons….
Makes it hard to get TOO excited.
Sad, isn’t it?
We are always destined to fail.
Ivan
October 28th, 2012
4:24 pm
Anyone know where to get the stuff MCR, phil, and St. Simons are smoking? I wanna celebrate being 7-0
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:25 pm
Fraudburn, not Auburn……
Seven and O Falcons
October 28th, 2012
4:25 pm
Undefeated ‘ Frankenstorm Falcons ‘
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:26 pm
7-0 and destined to fail…..
Sad, isn’t it?
Bears. Giants. Niners. Packers.
All better and deep down, we know it.
Sid
October 28th, 2012
4:28 pm
Dr. Warren….i was there too…..froze my butt off and cried all the way back to Columbus College….that’s what I mean about old ghosts of the Cowboys.
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:28 pm
Browns beat the chargers……lol
More proof we aren’t really that good.
tmc
October 28th, 2012
4:29 pm
old cliche: Teams take on the personality of their Head Coach.
But they can also take on the personality of their QB too.
Falcons got the same type guy in both… what’s Philly got?
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-!…
Seven and O Falcons
October 28th, 2012
4:30 pm
Now the Eagles need to fire their Offensive Coordinator.
Falcons Rule !
Voice of Reason
October 28th, 2012
4:30 pm
Maybe Choke returned as St Simons? This is silly. We beat Philly on the road by two scores, in the wind and rain. I suspect St Simons does not watch much NFL football. And Phil — perhaps you are chanelling you inner Choke? Don’t be silly.
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:31 pm
As his speed fades, Vick is fading….and fast.
He did little against our porous D. Pathetic for the dog killer.
MFranklin
October 28th, 2012
4:31 pm
Oh yeah (almost forgot), to Mr. Bradley… the Dawgs won and the Falcons won.
You’re FIRED!
Seven and O Falcons
October 28th, 2012
4:32 pm
……… mike vick that
Not So Fast
October 28th, 2012
4:33 pm
For all you Falcon haters not true fans. The Falcons just did what no team has ever done. Wrap your brains around that. No team had ever beat Andy Reid coached team after a bye (even during down years). Plus, they might have just sent Vick to the bench. I’ll take it, all your negative vibes can’t stop us. Rise up!
Seven and O Falcons
October 28th, 2012
4:33 pm
Mark Bradley picked the Dawgs to win, do your homework.
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:33 pm
Nope, voice of reason, just seasoned by decades of failure….
Answer This
October 28th, 2012
4:33 pm
Beat it St Simon!
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:35 pm
Not so Fast…..
Check in with us in January after our playoff collapse, ok?
Seven and O Falcons
October 28th, 2012
4:35 pm
No FrankenStorm can slow down undefeated Atlanta.
Voice of Reason
October 28th, 2012
4:35 pm
Phil, I probably have a decade or so on you, so relax and enjoy the ride!
Augusta
October 28th, 2012
4:36 pm
The players and coaches deserve full credit for this win–and they should spend two days celebrating–but no more…
It is absolutely essential that SOMEBODY start drawing up some running plays with high percentage of success–and more nifty screen plays–anything but Turner up the middle…
Reminds me of what Hank Stram (when he was a commentator) used to say about that famed Redskins running back, Riddle–”Diddle, diddle, diddle, Riddle up the middle…”
Or was it Riggins?
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:36 pm
Nope, not gonna relax, reason.
That’s for losers.
GregKennesaw
October 28th, 2012
4:38 pm
Let’s see, the Falcons just win on the road in Philly no less to go 7-0 and people are complaining?
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:39 pm
Not complaining.
Just not overreacting.
Answer This
October 28th, 2012
4:39 pm
Again…same negativity! We did not beat anyone!2 weeks had to hear about Shady McCoy and how he was going to shred our D. Again you got our D giving up 17….(7 a gift) but still got negativity Nancys hating on the Nation! Sad! Lol.
phil
October 28th, 2012
4:40 pm
Answer this…..
Shut this, would ya?
Not So Fast
October 28th, 2012
4:40 pm
It’s negative. Every week all you negative fans come on here spouting your negative karma. Talking about how this is why we are going to lose today. I think fans like you are more disappointed when we win than if we would lose and you could say I told you so. Dwell on last year, I’ve been a Falcons fan my entire life… Last year is last year. It has no effect on this year. How many playoff games did Manning lose to begin his career? Did he cry and give up? No, not at all and I believe he turned out okay. Some of you are pathetic that you can’t enjoy a win. How many points did the Giants score on the Eagles? So get out of here with that weak mess!