Live from Falcons versus Saints: Welcome to the Egg Bowl!
Borrowing a Mississippi custom, the winner of tonight's game gets a handsome egg trophy. (AP photo)
By now, you’ve heard that some workers at Hartsfield-Jackson greeted the arrival of the New Orleans Saints by pelting a team bus with eggs. What the humorless Saints apparently failed to grasp was that the throwing of eggs is an Atlanta welcoming tradition. Like draping a lei around an arriving tourist is in Hawaii. Or like tossing beads is during Mardi Gras.
Wait a second. Scratch that last one.
As if this rivalry of Big Ben Right and Drew Brees rubbing it in needed more fuel, the egg toss surely supplied it. These teams, as you know, despise one another. The Falcons hate the Saints because the Saints keep beating them and laughing about it. The Saints hate the Falcons because the Falcons never seem to get the yolk … er, joke. (And also because of Roddy White. Don’t forget Roddy White.)
Cold numbers in a heated series: The Saints have won 11 of the past 13 games against the Falcons and seven of nine since the advent of Dimitroff/Smith/Ryan. Yes, it’s getting old. Yes, it’s time for the Falcons to beat this team, which on the record isn’t all that good. Yes, I believe it will happen tonight.
And with that, the figurative floor is again open. I’ll be here to watch, comment and toss out the ceremonial first egg. I invite you to join me, and I promise to do my best to see that all of y’all have an eggcellent time.
By Mark Bradley
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You believe now??
November 29th, 2012
10:38 pm
Why do we let these nasty thugs hang with us??? I don’t get it.
Growler
November 29th, 2012
10:38 pm
First downs: Saints 20 to 9. Yardage: Saints 359 to 189. But the Falcons have the 2 INT’s.
sid
November 29th, 2012
10:38 pm
this is ALL on Ryan and the offense…..playing to not lose. so much for a new OC making it better. I see no difference between this mess and the last 4 years.
Seymour Scagnetti
November 29th, 2012
10:38 pm
me….you hit it on the head……it ain’t complicated
Falcaints
November 29th, 2012
10:38 pm
Time for another 3 and out. Turner for 2, then Roddy drops one, then a screen to the ever slow fullback.
J.J.M.
November 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
Falcons are at best the 5th best team in the nfl and will get destroyed by the 49ers
Big Crimson 75
November 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
Matt Ryan completely fumbled his MVP in the making Season.
It was intercepted!!
fatz
November 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
the great QB’s can handle the first rush wave. Ryan can’t. he will never be better than a B or B+ QB. doesnt matter what happens tonight. he can’t handle pressure, he doesn’t have the lightning fast release of peyton and he doesn’t have the athleticism of brees/rodgers/eli.
tyler
November 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
If don’t get some points here I’m afraid we’re done.
Al
November 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
Ryan pic time
Roy
November 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
Alright Matty, if you wanna be claimed elite, then go put it in the endzone.
St Simons
November 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
not playoff caliber professional football, one & done, you know it I know it
Scott
November 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
Falcons are SUCKING EGGS
ramblinwreck80
November 29th, 2012
10:39 pm
okay Matt Ryan…DO SOMETHING!!!!!
The Hitman
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
Can the OLine give Matt anytime to throw?
keith
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
Matt needs to be a leader now!! What was that crap???
kerryb
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
Did we sign a bunch of girls as guards and Center?
Scott
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
might as well punt on 3rd down
nodefense
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
Look at that pressure
me
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
This Oline is just a joke. Rushing 4 and Falcons can’t block them. All the bitching about Turner and Ryan and the defense. The weak link on this team is the Falcons OLine.
Al
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
Wow that was awesome!!!
LHarding Dawg
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
Falcons need to go hurry up.
Sam
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
Wow
Falcons65
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
What on Earth has happened?
phil
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
Looking good!
sid
November 29th, 2012
10:40 pm
pitiful
SCFalcon
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
This is unbelievable!
Jay Dubu
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
O’ line being manhandled! QB off his game tonight.
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November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
This does not look like a playoff team, much less a superbowl contender.
superdawg
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
FALCONS ARE WHAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE. A COMPLETE
JOKE
Falcaints
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Falcons are making the Saints look like the Texans,
Roy
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Can we just play outside on the road from now on? We are not good in the dome this year. Yes we are undefeated at home, but we are also undefeated in outside away games and we’ve looked much better outside.
keith
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Did they forget how they practiced during the week???
80sFalcon
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Ryan got happy feet.
Sam
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Roddy sucks balls
Falcons65
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Has Roddy caught anything?
tyler
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
wow- it’s getting worse
AndrewRiggs
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Oy
kerryb
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Another 3 and out and we will now lose this game. They have tired the defense out already with their ineptness.
fatz
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
this whole team has quit.
Roy
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
The offense is losing this game for us. Saints have the worst defense in NFL history but we still haven’t converted on 3rd down.
Al
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
Brilliant. 3rd and 10 and run a 7 yard route and then of course he drops it. Loser overrated
phil
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
This is nothing we haven’t seen this team do all along….
Scott
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
birds are playing like they are 1-10
Wow.
November 29th, 2012
10:41 pm
This is completely pathetic. What in h3ll is going on here.
Jay Dubu
November 29th, 2012
10:42 pm
Defense is tired.
sid
November 29th, 2012
10:42 pm
and the zombies in the dome do nothing
Falcons65
November 29th, 2012
10:42 pm
Here you go, Saints. Take it.
T-Dawg
November 29th, 2012
10:42 pm
Awful…..this team is just awful
Mark
November 29th, 2012
10:42 pm
They rush 3 and we still cant hold it long enough to throw a ball past the first down marker.