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The “Mora” things change…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One difference between a Jim Mora-led practice and a Bobby Petrino practice is already evident.
Pads are popping from the outset and coaches are barking like they own the players’ fates. This is no feel-good scenario brewing.
There’s far more snap in players’ steps than there was in the pre-season sessions I attended last summer.
Another difference: Petrino keeps his distance during calisthenics. No meandering around the talent, slapping backsides with a rolled-up playbook. No smiles. No small talk.
You get the sense that a hungry, collegiate work ethic’s being instilled.
And, unlike the Mora practices I’ve seen, this version of the Falcons does some extensive stretching before practice. Perhaps that will cut down on the nagging sort of injuries that plagued the team last year.
So far, Mike Vick’s moving with the urgency of an underclassman just trying to make the traveling squad.





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By EW
May 11, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this
Vick is moving to stay ahead of the law and out of prison. Jail the thug.
By Bugger
May 11, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this
Barking? Vick. Heh heh. That’s funny Walton.
By Matt
May 11, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this
Hey, if you don’t like it you can get out!
By Huh?
May 11, 2007 10:48 AM | Link to this
If who doesn’t like what, they can get out of where?
Are you from the planet Cryptic?
By Matt
May 11, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this
Vick, Atlanta - You Tard
By the truth
May 11, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this
vick is a low life piece of s—t, if he wasnt a baller, he’d be stealin cars. blank is a p—-y, he’ll save vicks a$$ again. never should have gotten rid of shaubby. the season is already in the toilet.
By cj
May 11, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this
Mike Vick plays harder than anybody on that Falcons team. He’s out their running for his life because blockers can’t block and recievers can’t catch! Dunn can’t pick up 3rd and 1. It’s suppose to be a team sport! You give Peyton Manning 9 years to win a Super Bowl with all of those weapons surrounded by him, but give my boy 6 years to start calling for his head. Please, ya’ll are sick if you don’t think that MV is a good QB. He’s already led the Falcons to the NFC championship once and to the 2nd round of the playoffs. That’s more than what Manning did in his first 5 years in the league!
By Um, no
May 11, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
There you go again, um, tard. How about a complete sentence? If Vick doesn’t like something, he should get out of Atlanta? Is that it? Is there something specific you feel he may not like?
By Matt
May 11, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
What? Shaub is horrible
By the truth
May 11, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this
cj, forget about his on field stats for a minute, would you let him date your daughter? that says it all. good day.
By Butters
May 11, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this
Harrington sucks and he is 20 times better than freakin’ Schaub. Why don’t y’all Vick haters jump on his bandwagon? Joe Montana wouldn’t have done anything in Detroit.
By Biggy Smalls
May 11, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this
“Steroetype of a black male mis-understood, but its still all good”
By mcdawg
May 11, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this
step aside Vick-DJ
By bk hawk
May 11, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this
Every month its something new on Vick…This sh#ts getting deep. Vick plays for Vick..etc. Not a team man.
By mike
May 11, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this
good. work their arses off, especially this time of year. they are big boys and are well paid.
By 1950's
May 11, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this
I’ve never realized how racist the world is until I started reading AJC blogs. Wow! African American athletes in general are considered “thugs” now or shall I say “n****”. It’s amazing that people can be so judgmental of people they have never spoken a word to.
With the disparity of wealth and poverty growing rapidly it’s seems like we are headed back to segregation. Unfortunate, but true! Barry Bonds (commissioner not recognizing record breaking), OJ (not being served in a restaurant) and the list continues. Negros in general think innocence the other races claim guilt. This continues to divide society.
Now this media frenzy that manipulates your simple minds: Pacman, Mike Vick and the list goes on are on “thugs” right or shall I say “n****”.
By Bushwacker
May 11, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this
Why is it when someone criticizes a black athlete black people want to scream racism?
Are you telling black atherletes NEVER doing anything that deserves criticism.
I think they should cut their ties with Vick not just because all of the off field crap we have to put up with, but because “he ain’t all” that like we thought he was.
He is not smart enough to [play the position.
Before all you idiots call me racist, just remember I’ve been saying all along I WANT DJ to be our QB, and in case you guys don’t know it, HE IS A BLACK MAN!!
By EW
May 11, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this
Vick is the the worse sorriest excuse for an NFL role model on the field today. The man is prison thug ghetto trash, just look at him, who can understand the idiot when he tries to talk. CY just comparing him to someone who doesn’t need subtitles when they speak, someone like Manning, shows what an idiot from the projects you are. Can you imagine Vick doing a commercial? What a joke. He is a pansy crybaby always full of limp excuses. I keep it locked and loaded in case i see young men in a number 7 jersey now, thats street for gang now, number 7 falcons. I will give Vick one thing, I bet he is the most admired NFL player for those in prison. Hopefully someone will snap his neck on the field this year.
By uh huh
May 11, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this
Now thats racist!
By Blazer
May 11, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this
1950 A “thug” is a “thug” no matter the color. Please forget the N word, my brothers use it more than whites.It’s time to stop the hate.
By kew
May 11, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
EW, you crazy or stupid.
By Wake Up!
May 11, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this
Hello?!?! Has everyone forgotten that the NFL is a BUSINESS???? Michael Vick coming to Atlanta is the single best thing that has happened to the Falcon’s franchise. You used to be able to get free tickets to a game in the early 90’s, now there is a waiting list for season tickets. The bottom line is Blank doesnt give a Sh*t about what any of us think, nor should he. The number on his bottom line has gotten a lot bigger, and thats all he should care about.
By Mark
May 11, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this
Dog Fighting, waterbottle none of this is lifethreatening. Why are we discussing this. A women was raped at Kearneys home, while he was at home. Why is AJC and Terrance Moore not talking about this?
He is white and Vick is black.
See any racism??????
By will50
May 11, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this
I am sick and tired of all the Michael Vick hoopla already…let it go until all the facts are known. It seems that there are those who want to see the man “buried alive” just on hearsay. I say enough is enough…why keep bringing this up day after day after day, when not all the facts are known. I don’t see the need to keep getting a hernia over something that, to this point, no one can do anything about. Vick may not be an angel, but he is not the worst human being playing in the NFL and the things he is alledged to have done, is not the worst thing that an NFL player has been accused of..so stop beating up the guy until all the facts are known. Let me be the first to dsy…regard-less what what comes out of this, he will not be suspended nor serve any jail time, so all you Vick bashers, don’t hold your breath. The most I see him getting is a very stiff fine and a stern warning that any further such incidents or negative publicity will result in a suspension or ban…
By Mark
May 11, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this
Dog Fighting, waterbottle none of this is lifethreatening. Why are we discussing this. A women was raped at Kearneys home, while he was at home. Why is the AJC and Terrance Moore not talking about this?
He is white and Vick is black.
See any racism??????
By johnny
May 11, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this
ew is talking about murdering people that wear mike vick’s jersey. what a freakin’ psycho. Take a valium buddy. I don’t think Mike Vick has ever done anything to you. Or the people who wear his jersey for that matter. From the way your talking, it sounds like you are ‘thug trash.’ Get a grip on reality nutjob…
By PIMPIN AINT EASY
May 11, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this
C’MON MAN… THERE HAS GOT 2 BE SOMETHING BETTER IN YOUR LIFE THAN THIS SH#T. ITS FOOTBALL. THERE’S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK. WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT ROOTS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. DONT MEAN WE GOTTA USE THE SKIN TONE AS THE FIRST OFFENSE THOUGH, SH#T. IM WHITE AND YOU CAN HATE ME OR LIKE ME BUT ITS GONNA BE ME YOU HATE OR LIKE NOT THIS LIL’ EPIDERMIS. LEAVE THAT COLOR SH#T OUT OF IT ON BOTH ENDS AND LET A MAN BE CRITICIZED OR PRAISED FOR HIS ACTIONS… SCREAMING BOUT COLOR IS SUCKA SH#T. YOU AINT GOTTA DEFEND NOBODY, WE ALL GROWN.
By reality
May 11, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this
Pimpin, theres no way you’re white, not at least by your diction and use of poor grammar, now lets get to the vick thing, he is a joke, will never be a good quarterback, and has the mindset of a thug, what a terrible mistake to entrust this guy with the falcons future. it’s the only bad mistake artur blank has made with money, but in this case if was a poor decision. We should have never traded schaub
By Mike Vick
May 11, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this
WE
ARE
VENOM!!
By Remember? Business?
May 11, 2007 11:48 AM | Link to this
“it’s the only bad mistake artur blank has made with money”
What??? You know how much money he has made off of Vick? Your an idiot. By the way, Arthur has an H in it you dumba$$.
By will50
May 11, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this
Who gives a rat’s a.. about Schaub? Schaub hasn’t done anything in the NFL..nothing! So why is the all of a sudden the great “white” savior?…get over it. All of you wannbe Schaub fans will get to see in real life just how good your Schaubby will be…I predict that he will be nothing more than a wannabe journeyman QB who all the White Atlanta Falcons fans are drooling over, that will turn out to be just average, even worst than Vick. If Schaub was so great, he would have been starting from the off set, inspite of Vick. Schaub couldn’t beat out Vick for the job, so why all the crying for him. Let him prove himself, which thus far, he hasn’t. All Schaub has is “potential”. He hasn’t won anything, not even a game and his performances have been mearsureably worst than Vicks. Vick is not the greatest QB int he world at this juncture, but he is and will continue to be a lot better than Schaub and that is a fact…..
By DJ Fan
May 11, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this
I hope DJ Shockley beats up that sorry Vick on behalf of all the other DAWGZ Vick hurt and takes over as FALCONS QB!
Vick = Punk
Shockley = DA MAN!!!!!!!
Go, DJ SHOCKLEY!
Go, FALCONS!
By Buster
May 11, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this
Let’s break it down simply .. MV is a human being living in a country that has laws. He is also a very high profile public figure and a role model to our kids ( whether he want’s to be or not).
If he is found to be involved in the dog fighting thing and convicted.. Black, white, blue or green in color…. He is guilty.
“Thug” would be the minimum I would refer to him as.
As for the commitment to his team, the francise and the community, making personal decisions such as the company he keeps and his off field activities. Those decisions fall squarely on MV.
Running for 1000 yards as a QB doesn’t give him a pass on breaking the law (if guilty), and participating in the barbaric act of dog fighting.
I have tried, as a white guy to support him as a Falcon fan, but if these things bear truth, it will be difficult to continue to do so, and I would hope that the NFL and King Arthur do the right thing for the community that supports the Falcons.
It is simple …
By reality
May 11, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this
It’s always easy to see which side of the fence someone is on.I don’t recall any NFL owners not making money on their players. I think that’s the reason they invest in teams. The only thing Michael Vick has done is sell jersey’s to the masses. He can’t read a defense and never will be able to. Let’s talk about his inability to pass. No running Quarterback has ever succeeded in the NFL. He’s a loser thug and always will be. Time to take out the TRASH.
By Newt
May 11, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this
Vick is not and never will be an effective Q.B. Blank is not and never will be an effective owner. Vick is employed by the Facons who are owned by Blank. Blank is waiting for the Commissioner or Nike to repremand Vick. What a whimp is Blank. I guess it was Bernie wo had to make the hard, correct decisions at H.D., because Blank doesn’t have the backbone to do the right thing. The Falcons need a new poster boy and an owner who has the fortitude to do the right for the team, the league and the fans. It is because of thugs and drugs that I can’t get interested in pro sports anymore and it is people like King Authur who enable and prepetuate this deplorabe situation.
By reebok
May 11, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this
We traded the wrong QB. I hope Schaub (an authentic QB, not a running back playing out of position like MV), comes in and kicks the crap out of the Falcons when the Texans come to town. Maybe MV will be in jail by then…it couldn’t make the Falcons’ situation at QB any worse.
By cj
May 11, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this
Hey, EW chances are I am far more educated than you are. You also seem to have a lot of hatred in your heart towards people. You seem to have personal issues that go far beyond this falcons blog dude. You have no clue of what a thug is apparently. Being falsely accused of carrying a fake water bottle does not make you a thug. Being accused of owning a house that someone else is living in and doing something illegal in does not make you a thug! It just makes people like you continue to look and sound ignorant by showing your stupidty towards humanity! The guy gave back to the VA Tech Families dumd A$$. That’s not the act of a petty thug.
Also
By the truth! This is football, go f*%^#ing watch Oprah or something if your looking for someone to date your daughter!
By mike
May 11, 2007 11:58 AM | Link to this
can we get more frequent updates on camp
By The Truth
May 11, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this
Mike Vick is the best QB in Falcon history and present at the age of 26. If you clowns think he is going anywhere anytime soon you’re kidding yourself. He’s not even at the age where QB’s finally reach the top of their game and he has already made it to 3 pro bowls and won a few playoff games. You can trust that once the facts are revealed in this dog situation Vicks’ name will be cleared. You people want to exaggerate every little incident, when the fact is that Mike Vick has never even been charged with one crime in his life. How many thugs have never even been charged with a real crime? We finally may have a real offensive system in place, and you bandwagon fans will start to act like you’ve always been a Mike Vick fan.
GO FALCONS!! G VICK!!
By will50
May 11, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this
I’ll tell you what…I’d much rather have Vick on my team than some of the other so called “thugs” that I know and have heard of. Thus far, what Vick has been accused of is minor compared to what some of the other NFL players have been accused of , such as attempted murder, rape, gang affiliation, drug use(though some have been trying very hard to get evidence of with no luck). I am sorry, but Vicks transgrssions are minor at best and at worst rather petty that some are trying to make out to be much worst that it really is. Vick didn’t invent dog fighting and while I personally don’t condone it, I am not ready to throw him to t he wolves based solely on hearsay and ownership of a house/property that it is alledgely to have occured on. To ruin a guys life and career based on hearsay is not just and inheritly wrong. You can hate and dislike a guy witout piling on unjustly, until all the facts are known, and in my mind, in so far as Vick is concerned…that is just what the masses are doing…
By cj
May 11, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this
Well said “By The Truth” & will50
By John C
May 11, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this
That’s what you get when you draft a black quarterback. A dope-smoking, dog-killing, hip-hop thug. Poor Atlanta. The city seems like it has a black anchor around it’s neck.
By KKK
May 11, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this
The dry cleaner called, your Klan robe is ready to be picked up
By Mark
May 11, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this
Time to take out the trash is right. It’s about time the nfl cracked down on the thugs of the league. People, these players only went to college to play in the nfl. Most of them are book illiterate yet make millions?? Vick ought to be suspended for the season. Time to stop acting like n**** and start acting like role models.
BTW, the Falcons suck, and this yr will be no different.
By NGA Please
May 11, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this
I wish all you Vick haters would stop hating on this man. Get over it! Matt Scrub is gone, and you all will see the bust that he really is in Texas. You Matt Scrub lovers was probably Doug Junk-son lovers too and where’s he now…Oh just as I thought out of the league. Matt Scrub was 0-3 in the Atl and he will probably fair no better in Texas. So please get a grip because Vick will retire as a Falcon.
By Bonehead Mora
May 11, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this
Mora was an idiot and a prick. He had no clue as to how to run a team more or less a play. He kept ineffective coaches around long after they had proven they were incompetent. That said, Vick has not even closely resembled a $130M talent to this point. This year will prove whether it was Vick or Mora. Petrino wants Vick to complete 65% of his passes when he has never completed more than 52% in a season. We’ll see.
To CJ: It took Manning 9 years to win a SB but his numbers were always there. Defense held Indy back. Vick on the other hand has not had the stats year in and year out. That’s why he is getting the criticism.
To the idiot asking for the media to hammer Kerney, remember that Patrick has no history of wrongdoing. This was an isolated incident. Vick has had a littany of issues and deserves the attention he receives today.
By Mike
May 11, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this
it’s more than just hating on Vick. It’s sad when you got grown men who haven’t matured enough to stop being racist. Vick isn’t convicted of anything but because there’s speculation all of a sudden “that’s what happens when you draft a black qb,” but it’s okay for Tom Brady to get 2 women pregnant at about the same time. It’s a shame we pay more attention to dogs than we do to our female counterparts
By anotherdamnjack
May 11, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this
I believe what Vick needs is some “time off” & a HUGE fine. (Not a few thousand dollars) Then maybe he’ll realize what a great position he is in. Acting like a common street thug is unacceptable, not only to the fans but to the NFL, the Falcons and to companies who Mike endorses their product. If he was to lose a few of those then maybe (hopefully) he would straighten out his act!!!
By AG in Jville
May 11, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this
Most of these Vick Haters will be loving him come week 5 when the Falcons are 5-0. Get over it guys, Schaub is gone. And for all those who think Vick is a coach killer, Vick was very successful under coach Reeves. Reeves got fired the season VICK broke his leg!!!! Mora opened his dumb mouth and got his request…back to Washington!!! I apologize white guys in Atlanta, but most of you are still very racist.
By MV7
May 11, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this
Putting the off-field issues aside, Vick’s problem is that he is an AVERGE quarterback tying up SUPERSTAR salary cap dollars. A reporter on ESPN yesterday said that Vick would not be a starter on 70% of NFL teams and I completely agree. The stats that many here crow over are more suited to a RB than a QB. Let’s call a spade a spade folks. Does Blank regret giving Vick the huge contract extension a few years back? I can almost guarantee he does. Is it entirely regret over off-field issues? No chance. Blank sees that Vick has been a major underperformer on the field just as we do.
By will50
May 11, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
Having a history or no history, when rape is involved, you get no free pass. In my mind, rape is far more serious than dog fighting. Kearney gets no free pass here, especially since rape can have a lasting effect on the person that it is perpetrated against. Vick has a litnany of what?…spreading herpes, which is “personal”, not a public issue, pointing the finger at a fan for slinging a racial epithat at him(which I would have shot the finger also), the water bottle incident at the airport that they tried to frame him on as holding drugs(lab tests proved that no evidence of drugs to ever have been in the bottle at all) and the alledge dog fighting incident (no positive evidence to prove him guilty thus far), don’t even mention the missed flight, that is so minor as to not even be a concern. Where is the smoking gun here that makes Vick any more culpulable than Kearney and the rape at his house? It is a case of people being jealous of a so called “dumb” black jock having more money than them for playing a sport. I’d wager most of the venom thrown at Vick is due to the jealousy that most “white” fans feel towards most black athletes due to the fact they feel they are more “educated” have degrees and they are $50,000/yr hams and not the millionaires that the athletes (dumb black jocks)are, who they percieve as been less intelligent. It is jealousy and nothing more or less. If the jocks were being paid, $20,000/yr, we would have nothing near the temper tantrum from the “white” populace that we have now, and that is a fact…
By Best D is a good O
May 11, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this
I understand that Vick supporters seek to find fault in others a a primary defense for MV. The Brady Defense is the funniest - Yes his longtime Girlfriend (3+ years) is pregnant but the “rumored” pregnancy” of the Model he now dates appears to be a work of fiction. So, what you have is a guy who has a pending child with a longtime companion not some random w******* - Mind you these were prime Brady years as one of the most eligible dudes on the planet and he stayed monogamously with one. Long story short - you need better counter argument than Brady.
By Mark
May 11, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this
Kerney is innocent. That’s why you don’t read about it in the papers anymore. And will50, I’m far from jealous. I just want the nfl to be like it was before blacks. Just football without all the jive, criminals, dopeheads, and overall poor sportsmanship that now thrives in the nfl. The blacks have managed to turn the nba into a joke. You simply cannot have blacks AND law and order. Simple fact.
By Best D is a Good O
May 11, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this
Football before “blacks” - I didn’t know 75+ year old men were bloggers?
By will50
May 11, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this
So when the “good” white guy commits a sin or goes counter to norm, it is okay, but when a black guy does it, he is a “thug”… seems to be along racial lines to me. I don’t care if you have been with the person for 50 yrs, if you leave them pregnant, that makes you just as culpable as someone who leaves them after six months or what ever the time. I am sorry..but Brady gets no free pass here. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. If one does something wrong, they should be held just as accountable as those who we resent or hate..you can’t go dividing this between racial lines as it appears to be done against most blacks. It’s okay if you are white and do something wrong, but if you are black, you are dumb, a thug and needs to be ran out of town on a rail(or wagon). Something is inheritly unfair about that.
By Mark
May 11, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this
Best D is a Good O, Well now you know….
By bugger
May 11, 2007 12:51 PM | Link to this
To call Vick the best thing to ever happen to the Falcons franchise is an insult to Tommy Nobis, Steve Bartkowski, Alfred Jenkins, Jamal Anderson , Jessie Tuggle, Buddy Curry, etc.
By Underdog
May 11, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this
Vick was smart to put his Virginia property up for sale. If a new owner or someone else is living in the property, the authorities cant come in and investigate. Of course, with Schaub being gone we dont really have a good quarterback to fill in for Vick should Vick end up in jail for his dog-fighting operations. Vick will lose ALL of his endorsement deals if Vick is convicted of a crime and his football career will be finished for good or I should say that Vicks career will have pretty much gone to the dogs.
By Mark
May 11, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this
bugger,
You got that right!
By ???
May 11, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this
From the business side of things, yes he is the best thing to happen to the franchise, hands down.
By Best D is A Good O
May 11, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this
Well I guess in a society where well north of 50% of all married relationships, not to mention non married relationships, end in divorce - the bulk of which involve children - You have a greater than 1:2 chance of condemnation for this “crime” Was MJ labeled a “thug” and overall bad guy for divorcing his wife and “leaving” his kids? I know he was married for 15 years but by your logic we should be all over him. Seems pretty silly.
By will50
May 11, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this
So “you want the NFL to be like it was before blacks”…sounds to me that you pre-date me or even my mom or dad. I can’t remember the NFL before blacks, thus it make you a feeble minded ol white guy who was born back in the days when blacks and other minorities were slaves…well, get over it, we are not going back to the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s, which it seems is your era. No wonder you are divided along racial lines, you nothing but segregation,racism, KKK and other crimes against humanity. I am sorry, the abolitionist days are over and “The Birth of a Nation” is long past its use. Just go back to your cocoon and shrivel up..the world has passed you by.
By nowitall
May 11, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this
I told everyone months back Vick Mexico would fall from the cloulds. #one he’s no qb, possible at best a running back / receiver. See you have to have the gook between the ears to be a qb. Vicks on and off field plays are catching up w/him and when everything is said and done Mr Blank will wish him the best of luck.
By Hannibal
May 11, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this
I’m pretty new to Georgia. Is the hate always this deep in the ajc blogs??? They should change the name to hatejc instead of ajc. God is love. Embrace him sometimes.
By haha
May 11, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this
The problem that I have in general with all of the people of this is what you people fail to realize is he is just a football player!!! No more No less!!! He doesn’t raise your kids He doesn’t make your decisions He’s not the role model for your kids YOU ARE!!! He set an NFL record last year and his shoes are already In the Hall of fame. How many other falcon players can you say that about? And as for the money he gets what about the money Arthur Blank is making off of him? Clearly more than Vick Is getting paid! I would hate for all of you people to live under that microscope he does! let he without sin cast the first stone!! I wish Vick wouldn’t have gotten all that money then we wouldn’t be having this discussion but as soon as a BLACK MAN gets more than YOU think he deserves you got ballistic!!! Last year wasn’t a failure because of Vick It was that bad defense those many many dropped passes as well as a COACH who ran out of Ideas and plays 4 games into the season!! He had Vick Playing RB? Come ON was that really a formula for success? Lets let Vick be human Just once!! Lets just pretend our lives aren’t perfect and that we made mistakes (stupid ones too) In our life! Lets just for a day act like he isn’t the reason the falcons suck Its a team sport and he plays 1 position and weather you like it or not he is our QB So show a little back bone and loyalty for once and maybe we too can have a championship!!
By Mark
May 11, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this
will50, Believe me son, this country was a much better place in my day. Blacks knew their place, and crime was almost nonexistant. If you think that this country is better off than then, I feel sorry that you never knew an era that triumphs any era since. Now run along….
By BossLady
May 11, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this
This is a sick blog, it is more about racists that NFL sports. I’ll pass
By Mark
May 11, 2007 1:34 PM | Link to this
Some proof to back me up. http://sports.myway.com/news/05112007/v1564.html
By marbo
May 11, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this
So MarKKK, all crime was nonexistent…except for the crimes committed against blacks huh? I hope a black man cuts your throat!!!!
By 420
May 11, 2007 1:40 PM | Link to this
Yeah, so no white people smoke marijuana. Look at Colorado. You are an old racist piece of crap.
By Best D is a Good O
May 11, 2007 1:44 PM | Link to this
I think you are more likely going to need an article from KKK weekly to “prove” your point. I really liked “when blacks knew their place” Your crime stat’s pretty funny too. Strangely enough my grandfather was a cop in the 40’s onward and he arrested people. Get this - some of them were white! My Father was a cop in the 60’s 70’s and 80’s - Crime was awful. Again, as crazy as it sounds - white people getting busted.
By David
May 11, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this
Believe me son, this country was a much better place in my day. Blacks knew their place
I’m glad that people like you are old and will be dead soon. The world will be a better place without your small-minded, useless point of view.
By WTF
May 11, 2007 1:52 PM | Link to this
Blacks knew there place? So let me get this right Mark you liked it better when black people were inslaved you like it better when whites acted as terrorist to the native americans you like it better when you were the dominate force and now your not? All I can say is ant the future great where a man like you has to hide behind his computer and wish things were like yeaster year! you make it almost worth living in this racist state now squirm u maggot!
By Greedy
May 11, 2007 1:59 PM | Link to this
2500 passing 1100 yds rushing. 41 dropped passes. and a sorry defense that could not sack my 300 pound grandma. yea all vicks fought!!!
By Mark
May 11, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this
wtf,
With your lack of spelling and sentence structure, it’s quite obvious which direction this country is going. How come you didn’t finish school?
Whites smoke pot, but don’t let it jepordize their careers. Players are supposed to be role models. I suppose your kids have better ones??
By 420
May 11, 2007 2:07 PM | Link to this
Mark, pro atheletes are not role models and you have to teach YOUR kids that. It’s no one’s responsibility to raise your kids except yourself. Do I think Mike Vick is a good athelete? Yes. Do I think he is a good person? I don’t know and I don’t care. He is paid to play the game, not raise your kids, thats your job.