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 But the weather has superseded all.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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Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:10 pm
Splendid throw. White first down. Drilled it.
phil
October 28th, 2012
1:10 pm
Dick Stockton is a worse announcer than Bradley is a writer…..
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:11 pm
This is a nice drive, albeit in short increments.
dawgnation1
October 28th, 2012
1:11 pm
How wwas that a completion???? Talk about threading the needle.
phil
October 28th, 2012
1:11 pm
The Burner for seven…..
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:12 pm
Odd set. Julio at TB. Turner was the fullback. Got the handoff and the first
phil
October 28th, 2012
1:12 pm
The Churner…..
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:13 pm
Already 6 1/2 minutes on this series
Henry
October 28th, 2012
1:13 pm
Loving the ball control
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:13 pm
Ryan to Gonzalez. First down at the 18.
dawgnation1
October 28th, 2012
1:14 pm
Methodical. This is how football is supposed to be played.
Henry
October 28th, 2012
1:14 pm
O-line needs to learn to run block however
Henry
October 28th, 2012
1:15 pm
Keep this up and Philly’s defense will get so tired they’ll be worn out by the 4th
phil
October 28th, 2012
1:15 pm
Booooo!
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:15 pm
Touchdown. Davis. Wide open
J.J.M.
October 28th, 2012
1:15 pm
Run blocking is very bad
Henry
October 28th, 2012
1:15 pm
TOUCHDOWN!! Drew Davis!
dawgnation1
October 28th, 2012
1:16 pm
Offensive line seems like it is giving him all day to throw.
Big Crimson 75
October 28th, 2012
1:16 pm
Give it to him!!!
Bye bye HD.
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:16 pm
Eagles fans booing.
DAWGFAN13
October 28th, 2012
1:16 pm
Ahhhhh Who the Hell is Drew Davis?
J.J.M.
October 28th, 2012
1:16 pm
Lol why we don’t use douglas like that?
FALCONSRUS
October 28th, 2012
1:16 pm
DD TD !!!!!!!!!!!!
phil
October 28th, 2012
1:16 pm
Drew Davis…..
Wow.
Well done, young man!!
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:17 pm
Sixteen plays, 8:44.
ramblinwreck80
October 28th, 2012
1:17 pm
nice TD catch!
atlfalconsfan0125
October 28th, 2012
1:17 pm
TD! Love it.
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:18 pm
New defensive coordinator Todd Bowles did not impress on first blush
Pat
October 28th, 2012
1:18 pm
Nice control of the time
Mora less Petrino
October 28th, 2012
1:18 pm
Nice start! Now time for a turnover.
playmeortrademe
October 28th, 2012
1:18 pm
That was awesome. Where has Drew Davis been? He looks like a Julio/Roddy clone.
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
1:19 pm
Brandon Boykin returns — he’s a UGA man — but only to the 17.
FALCONSRUS
October 28th, 2012
1:19 pm
Can we get S williams effect on D# today Dawgs roll Falcons Roll
DAWGFAN13
October 28th, 2012
1:19 pm
The run blocking can be better but i think its more the running backs. You cant run a stretch play for Turner. Rogers has to be more explosive on his runs, he was faster at Oregon State.
FalconsFan25
October 28th, 2012
1:20 pm
best of that TD drive, we kept Vick off the filed for 9 minutes!
FALCONSRUS
October 28th, 2012
1:20 pm
I hope we draft Rambo next year
phil
October 28th, 2012
1:20 pm
Apparently Harry Douglas isn’t good enough to make plays like that…..
Or he would.
Big Crimson 75
October 28th, 2012
1:21 pm
Thanks for deferring, Andy.
Benjamin
October 28th, 2012
1:22 pm
There are worse places to be stuck in a storm than Philadelphia. See: Cleveland, OH and Toccoa, GA.
tmc
October 28th, 2012
1:23 pm
Drew Davis is already better than Harry Douglass.
He needs to stay in the starting lineup.
Big Crimson 75
October 28th, 2012
1:23 pm
Get off the field #7
Henry
October 28th, 2012
1:24 pm
Make it 14-0 and we could start talking this one up already. Let’s Go Falcons!
The Truth
October 28th, 2012
1:24 pm
Is Harry Douglas injured?
Pat
October 28th, 2012
1:24 pm
Good job D
FalconsFan25
October 28th, 2012
1:24 pm
3 and out and sack of Vick! Nice start by the D as well.
DAWGFAN13
October 28th, 2012
1:24 pm
I think we are going to see the back up QB today!
Big Crimson 75
October 28th, 2012
1:24 pm
Mike Vick is a bum.
Pat
October 28th, 2012
1:24 pm
It looks as though Philly is tired of their team with the booing
FALCONSRUS
October 28th, 2012
1:25 pm
Eagles threw DC under the bus could be energy vampire move to ring death nell for Reid and Vick
phil
October 28th, 2012
1:25 pm
Great start…
Need a TD and no Turner tip toes here!