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Monday, November 10, 2008
Bradley’s Buzz: Honk if you love the Falcons
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hey, these guys are pretty good
You might recall that Sports Illustrated’s eminent Dr. Z picked the Falcons to go 2-14. Well, as of Monday morning the same Falcons have cracked Peter King’s top 10 in his weekly Fine Fifteen on SI.com. They’re No. 9, and ol’ Pete — I’ve known him for nearly 30 years, I should stipulate — confesses: “I really like the Falcons.”
So, journalistically speaking, does Steve Wyche of NFL.com. Having covered Sunday’s game in the Dome, my esteemed former colleague was so moved he likened this Falcons’ season to the Saints’ improbable ascent in 2006.
Also on hand was Pat Yasinskas of ESPN.com, who goes to great lengths to laud the Falcon defense. I would, however, quibble with one of Yasinskas’ points: He claims the Falcons have only one playmaker — John Abraham — among their front seven. I’d nominate Michael Boley as a playmaker.
And Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports, rejecting the assertion that Drew Brees is the NFL’s MVP, suggests Matt Ryan is even more valuable. He also suggests what has become increasingly apparent: That Ryan is at worst the second-best rookie quarterback in modern NFL history, trailing only Dan Marino.
Honk (softly) if you love the Hawks
There’s not yet a groundswell of appreciation for the unbeaten local NBA franchise. Indeed, the Hawks’ rise to 5-0 garnered only a fleeting mention on ESPN.com’s Monday morning Daily Dime. And the best I could do for an updated power rating was Marty Burns of SI.com, who had the Hawks No. 8 as of last week. (They’ve won three times since.)
Late-breaking update! At 5:50 p.m. Monday, I found Marc Stein’s latest rankings on ESPN.com. And he, believe it or not, has the Hawks fifth. Hooray!
I also found something on the Bleacher Report, where someone by the name of Coach Samuel contends the Hawks are legit. And who might Coach Samuel be? According to his online bio, he lives in Atlanta, coaches high school basketball and “is a regular on Sekou Smith’s Atlanta Hawks blog on AJC.com.”
Unsolicited endorsement: I’d advise everyone who isn’t already to become a regular on Sekou’s blog. It is, in a word, outstanding.
Diagram this one, will you?
Writing for the Athens Banner-Herald, David Ching reports that Georgia’s winning touchdown pass against Kentucky came on a play called F-Jet 346 Crimson, which doesn’t really mean much since the whole thing collapsed. As Ching notes, Georgia won because Matthew Stafford scrambled and A.J. Green ran along the back of the end zone and a broken play would up golden.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
You’ve just gained 74 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead your North Carolina Tar Heels past Georgia Tech in a key ACC tilt. If you’re Ryan Houston, how do you celebrate? According to Lenox Rawlings of the Winston-Salem Journal, the 242-pound back planned to hop in the tub and watch “SpongeBob SquarePants.”
Didn’t Bronko Nagurski used to do the same thing?
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