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Getting ready for some actual football
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s a zoo up here. Between fans waiting to get in, to protesters shouting at each other across Falcons Parkway, it’s hard to believe that there will be any actual football being played today in Flowery Branch. But thankfully there will be, and I’ll be updating you on the latest developments on the field here at training camp.
I promise, this is a Michael Vick-free zone - unless we’re talking about what the team is doing to replace him. There won’t be PETA mentions or dog fighting references. Just football. All training camp long, I’ll be here blogging from practice, updating you on how the 10-pound heavier Jerious Norwood looks as the potential primary ballcarrier and if this year’s rookie class is ready to contribute like many feel they will have to. Today, the updates will come every half hour once practice starts unless I’m escorted out by Falcons security. I’ll keep you posted.





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By falconsfan 05
July 26, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this
Can you give us some insight as to how D.J. Shockley is looking in camp and whether he’ll even be given an opportunity to play this year? Although, I would even suggest him starting…
By Daniel E. Steadman
July 26, 2007 3:51 PM | Link to this
I’m not a UGA homer by any means, but if Vick is out for the season, we should give Shockley a shot. At least we maintain some mobility at the QB position as the line gels and the offense picks up Petrino’s system.
By Black Out
July 26, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this
Yes, I am ready for NFL Football. With Vick gone, we can now get other games on TV besides the sorry Falcons due to NO SALE OUTS. Art Blank know Vick is his meal ticket so back to the good ol days where we can get to watch the other NFL teams. I hope Vick sign with Dallas or Washington and come to the dome and whup the Falcons butts. God Bless Vick and forgives him for his sins.
By EMPTY SEATS
July 26, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this
To all these VICK HATERS, sit and watch how many empty seats be at the Dome this year and beyond….I am laughing my buns off because VICK kept the house full. NOW, it will look like a high school game when the Falcons play. Parkview vs Tucker will have more fans at the game. Atlanta might as well play all 16 games on the road in front of REAL FOOTBALL FANS!!!!
By falconman
July 26, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this
With the great Joey Harrington at QB, the falcons will be lucky to win 6 games. Brilliant move by the genius falcon’s management, trading away a superstar in the making in Matt Schaub and keeping a criminal and bum at QB.
By Purestupidity
July 26, 2007 4:17 PM | Link to this
Allen Iverson needs to comment on this thing, “we’re talkin’ about dogs, we arent’ talkin bout humans, we’re talkin bout dogs, they kill dogs by the thousand in this country, we’re talkin’ bout dogs, we’re not talkin bout humans, we’re talkin bout dogs, you gonna take the mans livelihood over some dogs? We’re not talkin’ bout humans, we’re talkin bout dogs.” Joe Shcmo out in the country dogfighting and noone cares, this isn’t about dogs this is about Mike Vick, people, children, double homicides and we go crazy over not the “CRIME” but who the criminal is…Mike Vick, this is about Mike Vick and people trying to capitalize on a big name goin’ down.
By Bushwacker
July 26, 2007 4:20 PM | Link to this
Chernoff you’ve lost your mind if you think Vick is the most beloved or admired or whatever the hell you said, I got 6 names:
Aaron,Murphy, Neikro,Smoltz,Wilikins, and oh yea and a guy named Herschel, and God forgive me for mentioning that piece of trashes name in the same sentence as these great men!
empty seats you ned to get over it because VICK will NEVER wear a falcons uniform again.
And I promise you if they give DJ a shot, there are 100 times more Shockley/GA fans that will fill the dome win or lose!
By rg
July 26, 2007 4:23 PM | Link to this
Joey Harrington is better than that overrated Matt Schaub. What has Schaub ever done in the NFL. He is 0-3 as a starter. However, Vick will be greatly missed.
By me
July 26, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this
All the games are already soldout. So everyone in Atlanta can watch all the games at home.
By FalconFan
July 26, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this
For the love of God, I really wish people would stop saying that the Matt Schaub trade was a bad move. That trade HAD to be made, because if it wasn’t, Schaub would have been able to sign with any team next year and the Falcons would get nothing in return. By trading him, we were able to move up 2 spots in the first round to fill a big void at DE with Jamal Anderson, we got an extra pick in the second round to fortify the secondary with Chris Houston, and we get an extra pick in the second round of next year’s draft. Yes, it would be nice to have Schaub still with the team at this point, but his trade was a business decision that had to be done.
By Roswell Ed
July 26, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this
Yes Bocephus I am ready for some football!!
By rg
July 26, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this
Jim Mora is off laughing and coaching in Seattle while he is getting paid by the Falcons.
By Sold Out
July 26, 2007 4:37 PM | Link to this
The games are sold out but how many people will be there. Remember this is Atlanta? Without Vick I am hearing and seeing folks trying to give their tickets away. EMPTY SEATS, yes there will be a ton of them on game day.
By OK
July 26, 2007 4:37 PM | Link to this
So, Rush Limbaugh now acts like he supports the black QB’s ??? Rush made a good point about devaluing human life and people tryin’ to put animals on the same plane as humans. Folks, this is rediculous…like previous poster said..this is about Mike Vick because noone cares if it were a different figure or not a public figure, people are capitalizing and PETA and the Humane Society are like a sorry politician running their mouths because they see an opportunity to get some PETA or Humane Society money. If people love dogs so much where is the outrage when 1,000’s are euthanized every day in this country. Ray Lewis was accused of double murder and got in no way this kind of response…this issue is big because it has Mike Vicks’ name on it….I do agree with Rush on another point too. Sports journalists are just as big a bunch of liberals as other journalists.
By tom
July 26, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this
I say give Vick a 20 dollar fine and let him play. That is all his crime is worth. Ok is right. It is all about the name. PETA I say kill a dog if needed, Save the babies.
By JSS
July 26, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this
I’ve been a Falcons fan since 1978, they never have to worry about me setting foot in Flowery Pollution, Vine City, or anywhere else they play again…
Que Arturo vamos de Gwinnett con casa de racistas… Oh the Dow is down 400 pts. I hope it tanks and watch all of those so-called “up-standing citizens” go to selling their own mothers out to keep those mortgages paid…
By MIKE
July 26, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this
If my offensive line could block, I wouldn’t have to leave the pocket ,If my recievers could catch I wouldnt have to run all the time, and if I could change the plays, maybe we wouldnt be so predictable. In my first season as a starter, I carried a mediocre team to the playoffs on my back. We defeated Green Bay in Green Bay when nobody said we could. I was injured in the pre-season the following year which rushed my owner into firing the best coach thats ever been here. “SEE DOUG JOHNSON” In 2004 I led the Falcons to the NFC championship game, with the dumbest coaching staff ever. Their stupidity showed in 2005 and 2006, which led to them being let go. We brought in Petrino this year with new philosophies and better coaches, and also brought in Joe horn to help tutor our sorry as recievers, and now after all this yall want to let me go, just because my cousins might have misused my Kennel, that I bought to take them off the streets and give them something to do, LEGALLY. Damn, what a city? Just turn your back on me when I need your support desperately. I am innocent of all these charges, please dont let the media influence you into believing otherwise. Thank you, MV7
By powderhound
July 26, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this
I think DJ is going to step up. He is smart and athletic. If he gets the chance and if the running can continue to be solid, the Falcons could surprise some people.
By P
July 26, 2007 5:02 PM | Link to this
Wat Football Vick is gone!! Joey cant play if dont believe he cant play sit back and watch us loose!!! As for Mike Vick I wish u all the best. Way 2 go Ajc wat u gonna say when the falcons go 0 and 16 and coach petrino quits!!!
By Pago Pago
July 26, 2007 5:05 PM | Link to this
We don’t care much for the pro$, but bring on college football. Nothing is better!
By dummasses
July 26, 2007 5:08 PM | Link to this
Save a dog, kill a human, eat a steak tonight, maybe a chicken sandwich, these PETA nuts need to be picketing animal shelters killing dogs by the 1,000’s.
By Roswell Ed
July 26, 2007 5:14 PM | Link to this
I’m no animal lover except for steak, chicken and bacon, but to say this is not a crime is insane.
The association with gamblers is enough of a red flag to warrent some kind of investigation.
The bottom line is that whether you agree with the law or not, is that Vick broke it.
There are a lot of laws that I don’t agree with and if I break them I know that there will be reprecusions.
Speeding Mary Jane etc
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
By P
July 26, 2007 5:23 PM | Link to this
PETA!! WHAT A BUNCH OF NUT JOBS !! THE CASE IS IN VIRGINIA NOT FLOWERY BRANCH!! VICK WILL NOT PLAY THIS SEASON IT’S OBVIOUS!!! SO TAKE YOUR SORRY A* SIGNS AND LEAVE YOU LOSERS!!
By Pit Bulls
July 26, 2007 5:24 PM | Link to this
First and foremost I am a dog lover. But if every Pit Bull on earth was killed I could care less. Pit’s maul and kill people everyday!!!! LOOK IT UP PETA NUTS>>> Mike Vick is a good man, so what if he fought these so called dogs, these dogs are more dangersous than a rattle snake….LET MIKE PLAY!!!
By moneyhoney
July 26, 2007 5:25 PM | Link to this
Mike Vick is guilty of being a superstar and falling victim to a politically correct culture run amok…yes, dogfighting is bad but this is being blown way out of proportion. I love dogs but I’m not stupid about loving them, they are what they are. I have never seen anyone crucified like this before over somethin’ that is not that big…IT’S DOGS FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD. The next time a pit bull kills a child…………….will there be outrage?, MAYBE IF THE DOG WERE NAMED MIKE VICK
By Singletary
July 26, 2007 5:30 PM | Link to this
ABsolutely. Let’s set up a stringent blog where the Falcons most recent quarterback cannot be mentioned by name. I’d welcome the chance to talk about football (for a change.)
What’s the rumor about Archer saying Harrington isn’t showing well in camp? What are the players like Brooking saying about camp? Is Horn being a leader? What’s the latest on Blalock’s signing? How is Demo doing?
There is so much we haven’t been able to learn because of the other really unfortunate static.
By Enough
July 26, 2007 5:42 PM | Link to this
Its time for us real Falcon fans to step up and rally behind Vick. The people who Blank listened to never attend games or supported the Falcons in the first place. If you ask me, they have betrayed the real Falcon fans. We’ll support them, but it looks like with the QB’s they are bringing in, we will revert back to the Henning, Campbell days. It’s not to late Blank, we have supported you and the team despite doubling our ticket prices. You know certain people never supported Vick in the first place and you have jumped right in to the trap. It’s time to fight back and have our voices heard. The Peta folks can go back to midtown and there hangouts at little five points.
By been vicktimized
July 26, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this
i hope we play well this season. i have been a falcons fan for longer than vick has been here and i’ll be one well after he is gone. i know that some people are just vick fans and thats ok, but he is gone and might not be back. so if you’re not a falcons fan and you just like vick, leave with him! you can follow him to what ever team he plays for next, since you would’ve left if he went somwhere as a FA just leave now. the falcons will be fine, us FALCON fans will be fine and hopefully we can get down to what’s important, the FALCONS!
By Phoenix
July 26, 2007 6:01 PM | Link to this
Mike Vick has been Falcons football every since he got here. We’re talking bout dogs here people, not human beings. Joey Harrington is not a proven qb and Shockley hasn’t taken a NFL snap in his life.
By WAKE UP
July 26, 2007 6:06 PM | Link to this
The next time a PIT BULL MAUL or KILL someone I want to see the same outrage folks………PITS are not dogs they are creatures…..
By mike vick rules
July 26, 2007 6:18 PM | Link to this
who cares about the falcolns they are going to suck at least mike vick is exciting when we lose and he puts fans in the seats thats the same way I feel about the hawks when they have Josh Smith
By IMPISSED
July 26, 2007 6:18 PM | Link to this
Political correctness has totally taken this country over, it has triuphed over all common sense, you’d think Mike Vick killed his wife and kids or somethin’….oh, nevermind, nobody cares about stuff like that..people care about a friggin’ dog that would eat a newborn child given half a chance…oh, and dont tell me people make animals bad…AMIMALS ARE ANIMALS YOU LEFT WING PINHEADS !!!!
By THEWAYITGOES
July 26, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this
I guess when Rush Limbaugh is on your side, you’re screwed
By vick supporter
July 26, 2007 6:34 PM | Link to this
screw PETA screw Joey Harrington and screw the Atlanta Falcolns I hope they go 0-16 pitbulls shouldn’t even be considered pets all they do is attack people anyway what kind of animal mauls children to death
By amen
July 26, 2007 7:22 PM | Link to this
Love the terrence moore comment, I’m white and I’m sick of the Mike Vick crucifixion, this isnt’ black and white this is the media and scum protestors pouncing on an opoortunity. I hope the liberal rag AJC goes under like all the ohter left wing newspapers
By tyger
July 26, 2007 7:38 PM | Link to this
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