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 But the weather has superseded all.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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J.J.M.
October 28th, 2012
2:45 pm
Come on defense
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:45 pm
Big play…..
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:45 pm
Yes sir!
Great job!
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
2:45 pm
Vick hit on throw. Field goal
ohhhhYEAH
October 28th, 2012
2:46 pm
Love this game
Mark
October 28th, 2012
2:46 pm
Vick is taking a beating right now
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:47 pm
We can live with that unacceptable result…..
Time for the offense to grind out a 15 play, 8 minute TD…..
Henry
October 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
Grind out another one offense! No turnovers! Game isn’t over
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
People on that commercial laughing at Nolan’s porous D……
ohhhhYEAH
October 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
Now it’s time to KEEP the foot on the throttle, dont let up like we did against Denver, and win this game BIG!
"Chef" Tim Dix
October 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
MB: Think Vick can kill hurricanes like he kills coaches?
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:49 pm
Henry, you just sounded like me…..
Not good, Henry.
Must be a hater too, eh?
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:50 pm
The Burner for three…..sigh.
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:50 pm
Nice misdirection.
"Chef" Tim Dix
October 28th, 2012
2:51 pm
How bad are the Eagles? Philly fans throw batteries AT THEM…
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
Coming back. Hold on Roddy nullifies a huge Jones gain
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
Holding…..boooooooooooo!
Henry
October 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
I hate when flags take away good plays. Great plays.
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
Henry is a welfare recipient…..
Henry
October 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
Oh, nevermind.
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
No! It was offensive interference, and the officials decided it wasn’t!
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:53 pm
No boooooooo after all….
Great play.
Henry
October 28th, 2012
2:53 pm
Phil, now that’s just childish. Come on man
ohhhhYEAH
October 28th, 2012
2:53 pm
wrongggg
dean
October 28th, 2012
2:53 pm
Wow. ATL never gets those breaks
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:53 pm
Great run, well blocked!!
ohhhhYEAH
October 28th, 2012
2:53 pm
Uh oh…..The Burner is starting to smolder
FalconFan
October 28th, 2012
2:54 pm
Looked like Turner of old
ohhhhYEAH
October 28th, 2012
2:54 pm
The embers are heating up
Mark
October 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
Turner reels off an 11 yard romp!!!!!
Man if we had a running back we’d be something offensively.
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
Run, matt, run!
Henry
October 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
27-10, nah I want 31-10 here
Mableton Falcon fan
October 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
I enjoyed those shots of Philly fans unhappy in the cold.
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
It’s not really cold. A bit chilly.
Michael
October 28th, 2012
2:56 pm
Is Mike Smith losing weight?
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:56 pm
Big play here…..
TG for the 100th TD?
J.J.M.
October 28th, 2012
2:56 pm
Spread the field and run a draw!
dawgnation1
October 28th, 2012
2:56 pm
Hate wasting time outs. Might be big later
Mableton Falcon fan
October 28th, 2012
2:56 pm
Henry, that would really bring out the boo birds in full throated form.
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
31.
Yes.
kevkat
October 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
Henry
October 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
27-10, nah I want 31-10 here
Yes, please..just don’t turn the ball over
"Chef" Tim Dix
October 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
MB: Why haven’t tweets been updated for all columnists?
Mableton Falcon fan
October 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
Won’t need the timeouts.
Blowout W is in the making.
DeepDiver
October 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
Matt Ryan did not look at all like MV7 on that scramble. He’s no MV….that seems to be a good thing these days.
Augusta
October 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
If those biased commentators complain about Matt not being “hit or touched” one more time I think I’ll scream…
Mark Bradley
October 28th, 2012
2:58 pm
Snelling shovel pass to the 5
phil
October 28th, 2012
2:58 pm
What a beautiful play!!
Sweet!
ohhhhYEAH
October 28th, 2012
2:58 pm
Oh, my…..I do like that shovel pass
kevkat
October 28th, 2012
2:58 pm
beautiful play
Mark
October 28th, 2012
2:58 pm
Nice play