The Bird Babe

By ScottishFalcon

November 12, 2006 04:33 PM | Link to this

If the saints win today, no way the falcons make the playoffs…we’ll be fourth seed at ABSOLUTE best. Mora is not bringing that same intensity and Vick has been providing opponents with too many “gifts”. First half problems are on the receivers. Second half problems were on Vick. Overall loss goes to Vick. If you want to be called the Hero of Atlanta…ACT LIKE IT! PROTECT THE FU&^ING FOOTBALL!!!!!

By mj

November 12, 2006 04:34 PM | Link to this

How major unprepared for two weeks in a row. Our coaching staff should be embarrased. Injuries on defense didn’t cost us the game this week. Its that lame offense we have. Vick looked lost at best. Granted we dropped some passes, but some of the drops would be hard for the best veteran receiver to catch. We finish 7-9 or 8-8 at best. Can’t lose to a 1-6 and 2-6 team and expect playoffs. Just a major disappointment.

By scott case

November 12, 2006 04:35 PM | Link to this

Im officially a hater as our hip hop community calls it. i hope we lose the rest our games so we can get Calvin Johnson. Vick sucks and all the receivers suck. Why dont we just line up in the wishbone. What else are you gonna do with a 6 foot tall qb.

By Titothebear

November 12, 2006 04:39 PM | Link to this

F-O-U-L-C-O-N-S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya’ll seen enough? I sure have. The Falcons are headed down into bottom of the barrel and that’s where they belong!

By slick

November 12, 2006 04:41 PM | Link to this

Thank you MV7

By Wally

November 12, 2006 04:42 PM | Link to this

Don’t want excuses from Falcons about alot of injuries, the whole league has alot, we don’t have receivers and we have Reggie Ball Jr. trying to play quarterback. Compare Vick and Ball, they are inconsistent,does not look over the whole field. Falcons will never get to playoff with Ball Jr. also Tech will never win the ACC outright.

By scott case

November 12, 2006 04:44 PM | Link to this

Also Mora is not worth a damn. I wish we had Reeves. When every challenge is on emotion alone and you lose every one, then it’s time to not challenge anymore. Schaubb will be gone next year and it will be streetball for 4 more years. Every ball Vick throws is like a 500 ball in elementary school. The only time he hits someone in stride the awesome receivers drop it. Good talent evaluation. I’m embarresed to be from Atlanta. And yes, Im born and bred here and still live here. This is b******

By scott case

November 12, 2006 04:47 PM | Link to this

B u l l$ h i t

By Lawton

November 12, 2006 04:49 PM | Link to this

Yeah, vick made some mistakes. but I will let u guys in on a secret. I was hoping the falcons lose today because i want Mora and company out of atlanta. Put shaub in and the same lousy defense will give the points right back. Its just never been the same with the falcons when they got rid of dan reaves. Let me clue you guys. remember when atlanta dissed dominique wilkins and it has taken years for the organization to bounce back. when blank showed his true colors and dissed reaves the way he did and brought in all those loser coaches, it put a blight on any credibility this organization might have have,just look at the titans and how they dissed steve mcnair. you cant win like that because players might not say anything but they see whats going on and start looking out for self first.

By joe

November 12, 2006 04:52 PM | Link to this

pathetic, we will not go to the playoffs this year i’m afraid. i hope mr. blank gets rid of the coaching staff and i hope we lose the rest of our games this year so we can get calvin johnson, a reciever who can CATCH the ball!i’m sick of the stupid calls on offense, (4th and 1 and we throw the ball)witch turned out to be a turnover. i’m sick of the defense playing that STUPID SOFT ZONE DEFENSIVE COVERAGE. way to go dumbass donatell, lets start allen rossum instead of jimmy williams and he gets burned! why did we draft this guy if you don’t even play him? wasn’t he supposed to be a cover corner? keep giving those opposing receivers 10 to 15 yards of cushion. you need to be fired! along with knapp. i’m also sick of the excuses injuries,poor preparation, or the “we just need to execute better” excuse. here’s a shoutout to our 130 million dollar QB learn how to run with the football! your dumbass cost us the game! fire the receivers coach as well, apparently he thinks his receivers can catch the ball. i really hope we fire this staff if we don’t make the playoffs witch we won’t. amazing, all of this talent and we play like a bunch of scared pussies!

By spotman

November 12, 2006 04:54 PM | Link to this

What the hell is Blank doing on the sideline talking to Mora during the game?

By Slinky

November 12, 2006 04:54 PM | Link to this

Don’t blame Blank for Reeves being fired. His Highness “laidout” until Reeves was fired because Superman didn’t want to be a pocket passer.

Blame Blank for letting the Star think he is bigger than the team. Then again, with the amount of money he makes, he is bigger than the reat of the team.

By BirdDawg

November 12, 2006 04:55 PM | Link to this

Once again, Greg Knapp reverts to throw on first and second down, every series. What happened to trying to keep the opposing defense off balance?

GREG KNAPP NEEDS TO BE FIRED!!!

Also, Jim Mora is a piece of crap coach. He won’t fire his coordinators, or make them change.

FIRE JIM MORA NOW!!!

And while I am always here to jump to Vick’s defense, he didn’t have a great game. Yes, there were horrible drops by Lelie and Jenkins yet again. Yes, the O-line lost it’s mojo, which is Mora’s fault for screwing with their chemistry last week. But still, Vick had a poor game.

But you cannot just blame him. Greg Knapp needs to be fired right now, Arthur Blank!!

ARE YOU HEARING ME, RICH MAN?! YOUR PIECE OF CRAP OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR SUCKS AND IS KILLING YOUR FOOTBALL TEAM!!! HE REFUSES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. HE DOESN’T LET ANY OF HIS QB’S AUDIBLE (YES, SCHAUB ISN’T ALLOWED TO, EITHER), WHICH IS JUST RETARDED. YOU HAVE A WELL-QUALIFIED OC AS YOUR QB COACH IN MUSGRAVE.

FIRE GREG KNAPP NOW, RICH MAN, OR SAY GOODBYE TO ANY GOODWILL YOU HAVE GAINED THE LAST FOUR YEARS!!!

By Jeff

November 12, 2006 04:56 PM | Link to this

Enough is enough!! Fire Jim Mora, Jr, Gregg Knapp and Ed Donatell.

Why does it seem as if we’ve abandoned the running game. Weren’t we playing one of the worst ranked run defenses today? Why didn’t we run the ball more? Knapp does not have a clue.

I really hope Blank understands that the coacing is the problem. There is no way this team should have come out this flat after getting manhandled by Detroit last week. Despite all its talent, this team is not good. I’m afraid the Falcons will win a few more games and, in the process, save Mora’s job.

Let’s go after Mike Martz for 2007!

By Dwayne

November 12, 2006 04:57 PM | Link to this

Ahhhh, it’s another great week for Vick. He has two good games and people think he is sooo great, then he has these last two games and people remember what Vick is all about, the poor decisions, the not-so-good tuck and running.

By E man

November 12, 2006 04:58 PM | Link to this

Fire Jim Mora and his best friends!!!!!! No heart No heart no heart. We should not pay for this s** 7-9 SEASON BYE BYE Jim Mora and friends.

By Slinky

November 12, 2006 04:59 PM | Link to this

Mike Martz and Michal Vick???

HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA!!!!!!!!

Martz wants a QB who can actually throw a pass!!!

By T

November 12, 2006 04:59 PM | Link to this

This loss is on #7

Yeah, the o-line didn’t run block particularly well. Yeah, the defense gave up a few big plays. Yeah, there were a couple dropped balls. (many more poorly thrown than dropped)

All of the above happens in most every game, but you should still beat a 2-6 team at home.

Vick D-, coaching D-, Overall F.

By cc

November 12, 2006 05:00 PM | Link to this

I don’t know…..I just don’t know….

By Jeff

November 12, 2006 05:01 PM | Link to this

Where was Jimmy Williams? Was he hurt?

By Hotrod

November 12, 2006 05:02 PM | Link to this

Now Mr. Blank is looking more and more at fault.

Mora better start shaking up things with the QB unless he wants to take the fall.

You cant perform like this against the gimmes!

By justinitforthefalcs

November 12, 2006 05:02 PM | Link to this

I am a true Falcons Fan and an Africian American, with that said, this lost doesn’t fall on anyone but MV7. He lost this game with his careless tactics and lack of energy for the game! We need more Leadership on the offensive side of the ball Period. The Browns 14 points came from MV7. Coaching actually kept us in the game!

By TD

November 12, 2006 05:03 PM | Link to this

good luck against the Ravens next week. the offensive holding penalty was a killer. it wiped out a first and goal and put the falcons in a 1st and 20. so much for the great rushing attack. Plus, the play calling just puzzles the hell out of me sometimes.

By Andy

November 12, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this

The falcons deserved to lose—-the defense held—only one big play in the second half. The falcons on offense if you want to call it that was as predicitable as it has ever been. Dropped passes by the reciever lost the game—but the team deserved to lose due to lack of vision and execution. Mora will be fired at the end of the season.

By e.b.

November 12, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t go so far as to say “Vick sucks”. I would say, this team counts on Vick too much, he carries the load so often, that when the Falcons lose, unfortunately the blame goes to Vick. I will say this, we needed to win these last 2 games, and the season is in great danger. Now we depend on other teams losing, and trying to get back into the mix. Tough schedule coming up, and if you can’t beat the Lions or Browns, than I’m not sure who you can beat. Lets be honest here, those are 2 very bad losses in a row. VERY BAD!

By Jack

November 12, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this

Yep - it’s over and I am SO sick of Mora and his typical post game comments- Look genius you have been over your head since the day you romanced King Arthur into this job. The coaches need to go !! We have way too much talent to go 7-9 which is optimistic. How depressing…..

By Kudzu

November 12, 2006 05:05 PM | Link to this

Crack-Head.

How do all you Vick-Lovers defend this crap?

The Falcons need a quarterback who is a leader, and can lead, and I don’t know that this person is even on the team; but Vick’s a crack-head.

Don’t blame this loss on anyone else. Not the receivers, not the OL, not the DB’s, not the coaching; the loss lands right in Vicks lap, and lets see if he will (own up) to the responsibility- that’s his, that comes with the all “exalted one”. He loves the fame and praise when the Falcons win, but lose, then like all the Vick lovers, it’s somebody elses fault- bed wetters.

Own the responsibility…

Lets see, uh, no, “all he does is win” is a tired refrain.

He’s losing, cause he’s self-absorbed; he’s a crack-head. And the head coach and team owner have their collective crack-heads in the sand.

Good grief, I’m done.

By Joe

November 12, 2006 05:05 PM | Link to this

Just catch the ball. If they catch the ball this is a different game.

By gary

November 12, 2006 05:06 PM | Link to this

this is pathetic. this reminds me of how we played streetball back in the day. MV needs to be benched, the coaching staff needs to be fired! 2 weeks in a row this team looks flat and unprepared. NO EMOTIONS at all! i guest this fools got caught up into the hip hop awards this weekend! playing ball in pee wee, high school, teaches you when there is 7 to 8 men in the box you check off. what kind of schoolyard play calling is this bull. you can stick a fork in the DONE BIRD!

By joe

November 12, 2006 05:07 PM | Link to this

i agree with birddawg 100% fire knapp,mora and donatell along with everyone else on the coaching staff! just p** poor leadership. i usually defend the falcons but now what is left to defend? lose to teams that have 2 and 6 records? you think that they were just going to hand over a win to you guys? WHY can’t we run an offense like the colts? 9 and 0? WHY can’t we have a defense like the ravens or bears? i wish we had a big play receiver like a marvin harrison,or a randy moss,even a roy williams. like i said before the falcons are pathetic,and i hope coaching changes are coming, bring back dan reeves!

By gary

November 12, 2006 05:08 PM | Link to this

“DJ” Believe it. PEACE!!!!!

By Vick hater club

November 12, 2006 05:08 PM | Link to this

To all that want Ron Mexico as a RB, how many fumbles/game would he have then? Where do youu put a 5-11 brainless speedster? If you’re the foulcoons, you don’t have any options.

By Tom Brady

November 12, 2006 05:08 PM | Link to this

Please, I beg the NFL and media, don’t ever compare or promote Michael Vick to me or Peyton manning again. Vick could not tote our water bottle. Peyton and myself will have a QB camp this summer, and Vick is welcome to attend. Ever since Rush Limbaughs comment about McNabb has proven to be accurate (McNabb is so ordinary) the NFL is trying to promote Vick in the same breath as Manning and myself.PLEASE STOP IT ALREADY.

By e.b.

November 12, 2006 05:08 PM | Link to this

Hey Kudzu, YOU IDIOT, read my message. Vick can’t do it all, YOU MORON.

By KevInAlb

November 12, 2006 05:08 PM | Link to this

LET THE COLLAPSE BEGIN!

So much for the “soft” part of our schedule.

Most of our problems this season have been with our defense. But the loss to Cleveland was all McVick (All packaging, no substance). What do you call it when you see the same mistakes being made over and over again? Poor coaching? Stubborness on the players part? Too much loyalty to certain players on the coaching staff?

The sad thing is that you can sense from the very beginning of a game if McVick is going to struggle.

Even when Greg Maddox was winning the Cy Young every year, there would be games where he got knocked around and Bobby would have to go to the bullpen. Mora! Don’t be afraid to go out and yank this kid. if he’s not getting it done, it ain’t gettin’ done! I know this guy sells a lot of #7 jerseys, but the way things are going, that won’t last much longer!

By e.b.

November 12, 2006 05:09 PM | Link to this

Hey Kudzu, YOU IDIOT, read my message. Vick can’t do it all, YOU MORON.

By e.b.

November 12, 2006 05:09 PM | Link to this

Hey Kudzu, YOU IDIOT, read my message. Vick can’t do it all, YOU MORON.

By Daniel

November 12, 2006 05:09 PM | Link to this

Mora is GONE PERIOD!This season is over, 7 to 8 wins at most. We have a grinny smiley no clue Coach that is afraid of telling our fumbling QB, that his play the past 2 weeks SUCK! Our off Coor needs to go back to Gay SF and join his friends at the bath houses, Donatel is a JOKE Period!This team is not worth the 55 dollars I spent today, I rather spend 7 dollars and watch Parkview HS play football. Mr. Blank the time has come to get rid our our intire coaching staff and bring in a top NFL coach or top assistant to get this ship right. I hate to say it, But Mr. Vick looks like a college QB trying to play the big mans game. Falcon history prenty much says it all, Totally inconsistant , Up and down every year, Rankin Smith passed it on to his son and rankin Jr has passed it on to Mr. Blank, We are the laughing stock on the NFL!

By Reggie

November 12, 2006 05:10 PM | Link to this

I can’t wait to read the “Vick Lover” comments this week. Here’s a hint for all of you….he is vastly overrated and overpaid. He soaks up far too many resources (money, coaching attention, publicity, etc.) for what he produces. Granted, he is a fine athlete. However, he is a mediocre NFL quarterback. These two facts are not that hard to understand

By David

November 12, 2006 05:10 PM | Link to this

The Falcons are simply a terrible team that has a running back masquerading as a quarterback. It is made even more evident by the fact that the the schedule has included only two teams with winning records (Saints and Giants).

By Larry

November 12, 2006 05:11 PM | Link to this

Would you like the definition of “stupid?”

Answer: Anyone who defends Vick on this blog.

Vick has lost the game two straight weeks with his carelessness and poor—not poor, nonexistant—leadership. Right now, all things considered, he is the worst QB in the NFL.

Okay, let’s hear from a “stupid!”

By Since 1980

November 12, 2006 05:11 PM | Link to this

Same ole Falcons. Aint nothing changed!

7 straight weekends with my Baby!

By Jason

November 12, 2006 05:11 PM | Link to this

Okay….time to make a decision. Do the Falcons want to win football games or do they want to please Vick and the media and try to mold him into a typical drop back passer. Let Vick be Vick and run and get first downs and make plays. There were several times he could have took off today and gained 10-20 yards easily. Instead it looked like he was forcing himself to try and make a pass play to prove his can throw. Vick is at best when he isnt just a threat to run every down but he does! Then he is able to pass because he causes the defense to have to concentrate on him. Dropped passes are not excusable but some of the passes were not the most well thrown either. Why aren’t we running the ball more? Anytime you only give up 17 points in the NFL you have to be able to outscore your apponent! If we want a pocket passing game, then trade Vick and put in Schaub!

By BirdDawg

November 12, 2006 05:11 PM | Link to this

Obviously, that should read — RUN on first and second down, no matter what — and NOT throw.

By buddy

November 12, 2006 05:12 PM | Link to this

kudzu-

just be honest about your reasons for not liking michael vick!

By Hate City Rocker

November 12, 2006 05:14 PM | Link to this

Hopefully this is a wake-up call for Arthur Blank to fire the incompetent Jim Mora (and staff) and get someone who will trade the unreliable Vick for several players that can make a difference. What a shame here in A-town.

By Najeh Davenpoop

November 12, 2006 05:15 PM | Link to this

Terrible game all around. Can’t make any excuses for Vick today, he was very jittery and didn’t take care of the ball. The defense played poorly in the first half, but they played much better in the 2nd half after Donatell grew some testicles and started calling more blitzes. The offense was just out of sync all day, and a lot of that has to fall on Vick’s shoulders. I’m usually inclined to fault the WRs and the offensive play-calling when Vick struggles, but today was all Vick. And more than anything else… PENALTIES!!! How many penalties were we called for today? A team with a good coaching staff that is prepared to play never commits that many stupid penalties. The really sad thing is, as badly as Vick and the rest of the team played, if Ashley Lelie catches that sure TD pass in the end zone, we probably at least go to overtime. Cleveland played pretty badly too, but the Falcons just handed that game to them on a silver platter. Worst game of the year, these guys are gonna have to do a lot of soul-searching after today’s loss.

By RZM

November 12, 2006 05:15 PM | Link to this

Bad game all around with the exception of the 2nd half defense. Plenty of blame to go around for the playcalling, special teams, and offense. It looks like our entire O is allergic to holding on the the ball - including the freaking quarterback!!!!

It has to be said though that being benched seems to have lit a fire under Roddy White’s butt.

By alabama crabdangle

November 12, 2006 05:16 PM | Link to this

we suck, bottom line,we play like a bunch of p**, we try to use every excuse in the book for our performance, we are not a championship caliber team, hell the saints have less talent and they are winners and a very competitive team in games they lost. maybe we should go after ken wisenhunt for head coach and mike martz as offensive coordinater, at least the qb will be able to audible at the line. is it to much to ask for to have a winning franchise? i say trade michael vick for a pocket passing qb, a running qb who fumbles the ball will not win the big one for us PERIOD!

By JAMES

November 12, 2006 05:18 PM | Link to this

I AM ALSO ALONE WITH YOU GUYS TIRED OF THIS BULL SHI** THAT MR. BLANK PUTTING ON THE FIELD. MAN TODAY YOU HAVE TO PUT 50% OF THE BLAME ON MIKE VICK AND 50% OF THE BLAME ON THE COACHING STAFF! MAN WE MADE A REALLY BIG MISTAKE FIRING DAN REEVES! IT JUST PUZZLES ME TO WONDER WHY OF ALL THE QUARTERBACKS IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE MIKE VICK DO NOT WEAR AN ARM BAND. I AM FINALLY FIGURING OUT WHY THEY HAD TO TAKE A LOT OF THE TERMINOLOGY OUT OF THE PLAY CALLING FOR VICK. YES, I LIKE MIKE VICK BUT I ALSO WANT A WINNING TEAM! I AM TIRED OF THE LOSING TO SUB PAR TEAMS! LIKE A TEAM THAT IS 1 AND 6 AND 2 AND 6. GUYS ALL I AM SAYING IS THAT IN THE ERA OF DAN REEVES MIKE VICK WAS MORE OF A LEADER FOR THE FALCONS BUT NOW HE SEEMS TO BE A LAME DUCK OH, I MEAN A LAME FALCON!

By VaBirdDawg

November 12, 2006 05:21 PM | Link to this

This is all we can hope to get as long as MV7 is our QB and Mora and Co. are running the show. The two weeks out of 5 years where MV looked like a QB were a total aberation. I am glad the game was blacked out here so I didn’t have to watch it because if it were on I would have watched all of it hoping against hope that we would pull it out with the last drive, BUT we need a REAL QB to wind games like that.

By REFMan

November 12, 2006 05:21 PM | Link to this

We need some WR’s that can actually catch! Vick is inaccurate as it is so those WR’s drops are crucial. Especially Lelie’s drop in the endzone & Jenkins drop on 3rd down that would’ve put us in the redzone. Also the playcalling was horrible. First down, let Dunn get ball & gain 2 yards. On 3rd & short & 4th & 1, instead of trying to pick up the first down… Knapp calls deep throws? WTF Vick, you had a lot of chances to pick up first downs with your legs but you were hesitant. Also Vick needs to stop holding the ball like its a loaf of bread. It’s the second week in a row where he fumbled the ball by hitting his own leg. This team looked so good against the Steelers & Bengals only to look horrible against cellar-dwellers Lions (1-6) and Browns (2-6). A lot of this has to do with Vick & the WR’s but the coaching is mainly at fault. It looks like another meltdown for the Falcons, last year start 6-2 & end 2-6… Mora might be in trouble if this trend continues. I won’t be surprised if the Falcons beat the Ravens next week though, this team plays well against the “tough” teams & horrible against the “bad” ones.

By beretverde

November 12, 2006 05:21 PM | Link to this

Vick is a highly paid, great athlete who simply cannot be an NFL Quarterback. GET RID OF VICK NOW!

By Larry

November 12, 2006 05:22 PM | Link to this

“justinitforthefalcs,”

Great courage, but what a shame we have to identify our race to have credibility for bashing the woeful Mike Vick. Me? I’d take Shockley or Schaub over Vick any day!

By Biatek

November 12, 2006 05:22 PM | Link to this

Same old Vick, same old coaching. If we make wild card it will be a miracle. PATHETIC OUTCOACHED AGAIN !!!!!!!!

By Jeff George

November 12, 2006 05:23 PM | Link to this

i think i can help u guys

By Slash

November 12, 2006 05:25 PM | Link to this

need a running QB?

By REFMan

November 12, 2006 05:26 PM | Link to this

Also Vick where is the touch passes? He was throwing those touch passes with precision against the Steelers & Bengals. But now all he’s doing is throwing Fastballs. Come on Vick, you don’t have to throw a rocket every time.

By The Bear

November 12, 2006 05:26 PM | Link to this

i don’t think i would throw a bomb on 4th and 1.

By Boots

November 12, 2006 05:27 PM | Link to this

The only explanation is that offered in the loss to the Saints: the NFL brass and team officials have put the “fix” out to achieve parity and make losing teams feel better. It’s a damn conspiracy!

Certainly, it can’t be Vick’s fault though he threw two picks and fumbled the ball twice!

Blame it on the coaches. Blame it on the playcalling. The team is “leaderless”, but strong leadership usually emanates from the quarterback.

Vick believes his own BS and doesn’t see himself as a leader of the team. He sees himself **as the team —- the freakin’ MESSIAH! Vick sees himself as untouchable because of his outrageous contract.

Coaches will come and go, but nothing will change because Vick is not a team player and a mediocre quarterback!

By T

November 12, 2006 05:27 PM | Link to this

Hey VaBirdDawg, The game was on CBS… MORON. Please submit your resume to Flowery Branch, you’re qualified!

By Done

November 12, 2006 05:28 PM | Link to this

The Falcons are done. The Bengals and Steelers wins were not that impressive now that those teams have showed they suck.

Whats wrong with the Falcons?

The Falcons will never be a great team with that moron at QB. He can’t spell playbook, let alone run one. He can’t hold on to the ball. He’s the most overrated player in the history of the NFL. He’s a joke. Yes, he’s a great athlete, but he’s a terrible QB. The Hawks will win an NBA title before Vick can get to a Super Bowl. How does this guy have the highest salary in the NFL Mr. Blank? And you really started Home Depot?

Highly intellegent move by Keith Brooking as well today-throwing the ball at a Brown after a fumble recovery. Way to go Brooking-way to cost your team 15. Nice. I thought you were a leader.

Night night Falcons. It’s sleepy time. You suck.

By BirdDawg

November 12, 2006 05:29 PM | Link to this

All of you retards who say Vick is dumb, blah, blah, blah… You do realize that Knapp doesn’t let any of his QB’s audible, right?

Why the hell is that? In todays NFL, why can’t our QB’s audible? We have the only veteran QB and veteran back-up QB in the whole NFL who is not allowed to audible by the the WORST OC IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL!!!

Hey ARTHUR BLANK… HEY RICH MAN! Maybe you should ask your idiot HC, you know, the one with the notebooks, who you hired over the far more qualified Lovie Smith, why his veteran QB and his veteran back-up QB is not allowed to audible, when that is such a necesary thing to be able to do in today’s NFL with disguized defenses!

Why don’t you ask the tough questions, RICH MAN?!!!

Or how about the media and the dumb freaking rag. Why do none of you explain to us why Vick and Schaub are not allowed to audible at the line to get the offense into the right play against different defensive coverages and blitzes?

Why are the FANS asking this question, and not the RICH MAN who own this team, or the dumb@$$es paid to cover this team?!!!

By robert

November 12, 2006 05:29 PM | Link to this

Pathetic just about sums up this sorry bunch of Falcons. I’m through with them until Blank gets a real quarterback and a real coaching staff. What will I do with my Sundays now?

By Vikingsouth

November 12, 2006 05:30 PM | Link to this

It’s time to recognize some fundamental truths about the falcons. One is that the offense is fatally flawed. There are too many talented skill position players on the team to be performing this badly. The cut-blocking scheme isn’t really effective. The smallish linemen can’t open big holes when they have to, and they can’t really pass protect. When receiver can’t make the tough catches, you have to look at the decision-makers who drafted them. Michael Vick has his weaknesses, but I’ve come to realize that (besides the fumbles and the occasional forced pass), the fault is mostly not his. Mora must take much of the blame, and Rich McKay must be held accountable. TheFalcons should be capable of better production given the talent (Vick, Crumpler

By Chris Miller

November 12, 2006 05:30 PM | Link to this

You should remember from my time at QB that the backup always seems to have potential but will never amount to anything! NOT!

By Madden King

November 12, 2006 05:32 PM | Link to this

Vick, your my homeboy and all, I love you dawg but you got to hold on to the ball at the end of the game, as for the playcalling, the defense played great after a shakey start in the first quarter, and Gregg Knapp! On fourth and 1 you call a deep pass play with our AWFUL receivers, PATHETIC. Vick being the great player he is should have taken over that play and ran for a the first, he had a wide open run lane in the middle of the field when they showed it on replay. After throwing the ball deep against Pitt. and Cincy and having success we revert back to that running on 1st and 2nd down and passing on 3rd and long and on top of that the Falcons run these short pass routes on 3rd and long thats not even long enough for the first down. Knapp should be fired today and kicked out of the league. The RECEIVERS ARE HORRIBLE! Roddy finally stepped up but Ashley Lelie 2 dropped passes one for a touchdown, Jenkins 3 dropped passes and Crumpler 1 dropped pass, thats 6 dropped passes and if Lelie catches that one in the endzone the Falcons win 20-17 and Lelie has the nerve to look at his hands after he droppes that touchdown pass, don’t look at your hands look at your mental toughness and get it together. I see why Denver let you go. As for Jim Mora he needs to be fired, the team is not being motivated at a higher level and he’s doing nothing but listening to the plays that is being called, we need a disciplinarian to run this team. It was a big mistake to pass up on Lovie Smith. HOLLA! GO FALCONS! VICK IT’S UP TO YOU TO TAKE US TO THE SUPER BOWL BECAUSE THE COACHING STAFF SUCKS!

By long time falcon

November 12, 2006 05:33 PM | Link to this

T, Have you ever heard the term regional coverage? Sorry pal but you are the MORON. I live in North Georgia and got the titans game on CBS instead of the falcons game. You might want think long and hard before you call people out on this blog stupid.

By Chris Miller

November 12, 2006 05:33 PM | Link to this

What ever happened to that Farve guy anyway?

By tim

November 12, 2006 05:33 PM | Link to this

I’m a big time falcons fan and I got to say people that the birds are finish for this year.Mike Vick turnover the ball again at a critical time in the game. Again poor decision were maked by the coaches on both offence and defence.Greg Knapp need to take a nap from the team for good because of his weak play calling.This man shouldn’t be no offensive coordinator for any team.49ers got smart for getting rid on this loser(bum). Mora got to go are the falcons will continue to fall.Mr. Blank get some balls and fire this loser.

By Larry

November 12, 2006 05:34 PM | Link to this

Hey e.b. & BirdDawg,

Where’s your courage? Afraid of being identified as a “stupid” for defending Vick again?

By samiam

November 12, 2006 05:35 PM | Link to this

Scott Case, Yes, Vick looks awful. However, Drew Brees is also 6ft tall and they are winning. So what’s you’re point?

And Yes, I’m a MV fan. But the truth is the truth.

By Lowcountry Bulldawgs

November 12, 2006 05:35 PM | Link to this

Second year in a row Mora cannot prevent a collapse. He has gotta go. The Falcons again deceided not to show up. The Falcons showed no emotion and the crowd had no emotion. The product on the field is broke. I am a fan of Vick, but honestly I was hoping he was hurt just to see Schaub play. What a horrible game to watch. College football is so much better to watch than the NFL!

By jerry

November 12, 2006 05:37 PM | Link to this

If you are not a Falcons fan, watching this d* try to play QB is hilarious, especially when he starts jumping around, actually turns his a* to the line of scrimmage and then gets sacked or drops the ball. hee hee

By Chris Chandler

November 12, 2006 05:37 PM | Link to this

Michael Vick sucks!

By saintsfan504

November 12, 2006 05:38 PM | Link to this

No way the Falcons could win today. I mean with all the emotion in the Dome today, no team could have won…once again, the NFL has made them the sacrificial lamb. Oh, I made a mistake, it was home game! Sorry!

By DanRather

November 12, 2006 05:38 PM | Link to this

What coaching errors are we talking about? Failing to tell Vick to quit turning the ball over or failing to bench him?

Vick went what 16 for 40 with 2 INTs and 1 fumble lost. 38 QB rating. I’m not sure what coaching staff could win the game with that.

By sl

November 12, 2006 05:38 PM | Link to this

If you give any decent coach, for example, Romeo Cronnell, the talent this team has and its an automatic playoff berth and maybe even more. This coaching staff is simply pathetic. Sure Vick’s fumble was the reason that they lost, but Atlanta shoudn’t have even been put in that position. This is just absolutley disgusting. I have been a Falcons fan for over 30 years and for the first time considering stopping my support for this team. There is simply too much talent on this team to be losing to average or below average teams like Detroit and Cleveland. That right there is a sign of poor coaching. The record of the two teams combined that beat us is 5-13.

By Dan Reeves

November 12, 2006 05:38 PM | Link to this

Fire Arthur Blank!

By BirdDawg

November 12, 2006 05:40 PM | Link to this

Larry,

Retard, read my post, I did defend Vick, and also assigned his fair share of blame.

The difference between me and you Larry, is that you want to blame Vick, only Vick, and give him more blame then he deserves.

I guess it was Vick’s fault for Lelie’s and Jenkins’ drops today.

I bet it’s Vick’s fault that he has the worst OC in football calling his plays, and this OC has such an ego, that he doesn’t allow audibles at the line to give the offense a better chance. And no, Schaub isn’t given that ability either.

I bet it’s Vick fault that Arthur Blank hired Jim The Notebooks Mora over the much more qualified and adult Love Smith.

I bet it’s Vick’s fault that Brooking acting like a retard and put the offense in a hole after his fumble recovery.

I bet it’s all Vick’s fault, right moron?

Larry, you never change. Like the Georgia blind homers on Bill’s blog… you’re just too dumb to ever change.

By falcouga

November 12, 2006 05:41 PM | Link to this

f*** the falcons until somebody show some since and get a real coaching staff we look like a real good college team not even great i love myself some vick but this is b******

By Mike Vick

November 12, 2006 05:41 PM | Link to this

Blame Ron Mexico!

By INeedANewTeam

November 12, 2006 05:42 PM | Link to this

I have never been as disgusted with the Falcons as I was after today. How in the blue hell do you lose to two 2-6 teams in a row???? The blame for this loss starts at the top and goes all the way down:

1. Once again, the play calling on both sides of the ball was atrocious. 4 and 1 and we pass the damn ball. WTF???? And what happened to Jimmy Williams getting the start for Jason Webster???? I really hope that whole staff is gone by next season.

2. The offensive line did an absolute pathetic job blocking for Michael Vick today. This is the same line that gave him great protection against Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, so what happened today? Every time he snapped the ball, there were a couple of Cleveland defenders in the back field. They really dropped the ball on this one.

3. Speaking of dropping the ball, our receivers are terrible. Roddy White actually shows up to play, but Michael Jenkins turns around and drops several passes. Alge Crumpler was terrible too. Ashley Lelie is usually pretty reliable, but even he screwed up, especially on that pass that should have been caught for a touch down. Also, our receiving corps does not know the meaning of getting separation from the defenders. When I watch other games and see their receivers making great catches, I sit back and wonder why ours can’t do the same.

4. Our defense still doesn’t get it. Granted, we have a lot of injured players, but they still don’t get the job done. A lot of that has to do with the terrible scheme that Ed Donatell plays. They stepped up a bit in the second half, but all their efforts were for naught, due to the terrible offensive performace.

5. 7. I like Vick, I really do, but after the past two games, I’m really getting the sinking feeling that this franchise will not reach the big game with him under center. As much as he runs the ball, you would think that he would learn how to carry the ball so that he doesn’t fumble it. Even though the receivers had a lot of drops today, Vick still has a tendency to put too much juice on his passes. Against Pitt and Cincy, especially Cincy, he was putting great touch on the ball, but it was right back to the same old stuff today. He also doesn’t seem like the type to get in the faces of his teammates when they screw up. He needs to show a little bit more leadership.

I really had high hopes for this team going into the season, but now, not so much. There are so many things that this team needs to fix, and I’m not so sure that we’ll be able to do it and get a good playoff spot. If we go to Baltimore with that same effort, the Ravens will kick our arses all up and down M&T Bank Stadium.

By Biatek

November 12, 2006 05:42 PM | Link to this

And I liked the previous comment. Since this season is a wash, let Shockley and Schaub alternate and give’em some snaps and offer up Vick to get Duckett back. AND TELL MORA TO REBOOT HIS COACHING TALENT OR HE CAN GO TOO. Blank standing on the sidelines at game’s end looks like he’s had a frontal lobotomy, smiling cluelessly with Mora. Surely, if he got bad advice hiring him, he can surely figure out that this once promising season is disappearing faster that a Thanksgiving squirt into a black hole…………..

By Talons of Fire

November 12, 2006 05:42 PM | Link to this

Same old drivel from kudzu I see. How the hell do you know that this man is on crack? Unless, of course, you’re a creackhead yourself. Yes, Vick’s had two not so good games. It happens. Tom Brady lost AGAIN today. The falcons have lost TWO winnable games, but the season is no over yet. The coaches can’t take the blame for this one either. The falcons do not play with any passion, urgency, or fire! The players (Especially Vick) have to decide whether they want to tank it for the season or keep on fighting.

By professor

November 12, 2006 05:44 PM | Link to this

Roddy was on the mark. Our real starter came with his A game.

By Larry S

November 12, 2006 05:45 PM | Link to this

When will one of the Falcons Coaches or one of Mike Vick’s teammates get up the balls to tell, and show him how to carry the football. In high school … no … in youth league football, this problem is corrected in one weeks practice. Get to work boys!

By INeedANewTeam

November 12, 2006 05:46 PM | Link to this

BirdDawg, you bring up a great point. Like you, I can’t figure out why our ignorant azz OC will not allow our QB’s to audible. Does he really think that his plays are so great that they can be properly executed regardless of what the defense is doing? I still can’t figure that one out.

By T

November 12, 2006 05:47 PM | Link to this

Hey long time falcon, Am I supposed to know that you are not in Atlanta? You just posted thanking the regional coverage… Why don’t you post all the info? I can read and would not have called you out.

Be glad you didn’t see it.

By JAMES

November 12, 2006 05:48 PM | Link to this

HEY GUYS LETS TRY TO LURE COACH PARCELL OUT OF DALLAS AND BRING SOME REAL LEADERSHIP INTO FALCON’S NATION!

By Jeff Philbeck

November 12, 2006 05:48 PM | Link to this

I live in Charlotte and love the falcons.I cant believe I bougt the NFL ticket for this crap.Blank needs to fire the whole coaching staff.Mora does not have a clue,why do you through on 4th and 1?

By Eric C.

November 12, 2006 05:48 PM | Link to this

Definitely the worst loss since the OT loss to Tampa last December…man it stings. The last two losses have shredded the integrity of this “team.” SEASON OVER!!

By Larry

November 12, 2006 05:49 PM | Link to this

samiam,

Answer: Because Brees, unlike Vick, has a triple digit IQ!

By John Minnix

November 12, 2006 05:50 PM | Link to this

The game was beyond bad. Vick, why do you insist on holding the ball out like a crazy person? You are amongst the league leaders in fumbles every year and yet you make no attempt to change.

Let’s face it. Vick is not getting better. It is time for us as fans to except that sad fact and start putting pressure on the team to make a change at QB. I have been on the Vick bandwagon since day one. I am now off it. He doesn’t get better. He doesn’t learn from mistakes. On top of that, he’s the highest paid player in the NFL. We could use that money for recievers, an O line, or many other areas. I want Schaub in next week.

By chichi

November 12, 2006 05:51 PM | Link to this

Seasons starting to go down the drain the falcons look beat already where was Jimmy they must have no faith in the guy hes proably better siuted as a saftey

By Gary

November 12, 2006 05:51 PM | Link to this

Falcons Sux! Falcons Sux! Falcons Sux!……..It is time to blow it up! Its not working, the Jim Mora and Michale Vick Experience! Vick may prosper somewhere else and Mora can make a living as a defensive Coord…

By Greg from Marietta

November 12, 2006 05:51 PM | Link to this

It has been said in this blog again and again that the Falcons are flat and faltering. Therefore, I am not going to beat a dead horse but just want to tell the coaches and players that This Fan is Fed Up with the Mediocrity that has befallen the Falcons and hopefully so has Arther Blank!!!

By Peyton Manning

November 12, 2006 05:53 PM | Link to this

Vick is Great! G-R-A-T! I mean G-R-E-A-T! I wish he was up here throwing passes to Marvin and Reggie. I would be proud to be his backup!

By Larry

November 12, 2006 05:53 PM | Link to this

It’s official!

“BirdDawg” is a certified “stupid.”

He is one of those who blames others for Vick’s shortcomings.

BirdDawg,

How does it it feel to be stupid?

By sl

November 12, 2006 05:53 PM | Link to this

quote from the announcer of today’s game: “The Browns have not scored in the first quarter in 11 games.” Next play, touchdown, Browns! Pathetic, simply pathetic. Just like last year, start out strong and then give up. I guess we’ll hear how the Falcons have so many injuries and they just weren’t prepared. STop the B******

By Zach

November 12, 2006 05:53 PM | Link to this

throwing on 4th and 1, what are u kidding me. i am a kid and know not to do this crap, they need to fire Jim Mora and Trade vick and have Matt Shaub as their QB.my pee wee team the Belmont NC Red Raiders are better than this team we have only losted 3 games in 5 years and are the 2006 state champs.

By EDH

November 12, 2006 05:54 PM | Link to this

Vick does have a butterfinger problem..However, it all falls on the Coach’s for not making him correct his mistakes. DONATELL.. YOU NEED TO GO..You are way too soft. KNAPP….Please. You are about as good as mini-me playing basketball. The two cordinators should be gone. Mora has good coaching in him, he needs better cordinators.

By OpinionsAreLike

November 12, 2006 05:54 PM | Link to this

Yes, fire the coach and hire a winner like Bill Parcels or maybe Joe Giggs or bring Dan Reeves back. Falcon fans are the stupidest fans in the NFL. You idiots think coaches read these blogs and take your advice. I rather be a loosing NFL coach then have any job any of you have. Fire Mora and he will have accomplished more in his life than you ever will. You all don’t know squat about football. You get what you deserve.

By Nancy Pelosi

November 12, 2006 05:55 PM | Link to this

say what y’all will, but Vick and the Falcons will wipe the floor with the competition, just like we beat down the republicans this week! Two steps away from the presidency, baby!

By T

November 12, 2006 05:55 PM | Link to this

For all that continue to post things like: “the WR had a lot of drops, or their were a lot of dropped passes…

There is a big difference between “drops” and bad throws that were not caught. Their were a couple drops that could have made a difference. But #7 made many more poor throws than “drops” by the receivers. Please get it right.

By gary

November 12, 2006 05:58 PM | Link to this

JOhn, I agree, I have defended Vick ever since he came into the league out here in San Antonio…amongst the Cowboys nuts. They are scared of Vick…It is time to hold him accountable…although I know receivers drop balls, but who can catch a 125 mph football. How bout a little touch…!

By Dano

November 12, 2006 05:58 PM | Link to this

Hey Lawton,

You said: “Put shaub in and the same lousy defense will give the points right back.”

Lousy defense??? They held the Browns to 3 points in the second half and gave Vick good field position 3 times in the fourth quarter….go watch basketball.

By Tim

November 12, 2006 05:59 PM | Link to this

The team came out flat and never got it going. That reflects poor coaching. The great Jim Mora experiment may be nearing an end, especially given our injury situation. Too many people out of the lineup for this team to make a serious playoff run. The great Michael Vick experiment will continue - most likely under a different coach and offensive system next year. As for today’s effort, someone should be fired on the staff. Personally, I’d can the special teams coach. We’ve had problems all season long with the block in the back penalty on kick returns. That cost us field position on at least two first half possessions and was a contributing factor to us falling behind by two touchdowns. I also wonder if at some point soon one of the receivers will be cut. Lelie and Jenkins both had more drops today that cost us dearly. Lelie dropped one that would have been a touchdown. Vick definitely bears some of the blame for not taking care of the football, but he’s got a legitimate beef about his receivers. At some point, Rich McKay has to be evaluated. His off-season moves simply have not produced any positive results. Abraham is never in the line-up. Neither is Hartwell. Lelie drops more passes than he catches. Doesn’t seem to me like anyone in the organization is doing a good job right now. I hate to say it, but I wonder if Warrick Dunn may be nearing the end. His production has clearly dropped off since the first two or three games of the season. Add it all up, and it’s hard to believe that this team will do anything with the rest of the season. After the Cincy game, people were talking about NFC supremacy. Now, it looks like the Falcons will be watching the playoffs on TV (again). Same old Falcons - they suck.

By walter

November 12, 2006 06:00 PM | Link to this

I like vick and love the falcons, but this is terrible, to lose 2 games to a 1-6 team and 2 -4 with one of the games at home is pathetic. i know on any given sunday, but this is two weeks in a row. I will continue to root for them but I sure expected more from this team.

By Richard Cory

November 12, 2006 06:01 PM | Link to this

Robert—You could go to church.

By Larry

November 12, 2006 06:01 PM | Link to this

Hey BirdDawg (AKA: STUPID),

Who is “Love Smith?”

Man, you are really embarrassing yourself with both your stupidity and perpetual endorsement of Vick.

Consider changing your username so people won’t automatically think “there’s that ‘stupid’ fellow again!”

By Gary

November 12, 2006 06:02 PM | Link to this

To Opinions: Would you rather have my Job…pulling 300K and saving lives… or a losing NFL coach who sleeps 2 hours per night worried about a stupid game of football that has no meaning in life….

By Rock

November 12, 2006 06:03 PM | Link to this

Bottom line. Too many dropped passes. Cut, Jenkins, Lelie, and White. Get a new set of receivers. If you are paid to catch the ball, CATCH IT THEN! Alfred Jenkins, Andre Rison, Terrence Mathis where are you? 16- of 40 passing I’d bet 20 were drops. I give up! Next year for these guys. These turkeys are done.

By Rock

November 12, 2006 06:04 PM | Link to this

Bottom line. Too many dropped passes. Cut, Jenkins, Lelie, and White. Get a new set of receivers. If you are paid to catch the ball, CATCH IT THEN! Alfred Jenkins, Andre Rison, Terrence Mathis where are you? 16- of 40 passing I’d bet 20 were drops. I give up! Next year for these guys. These turkeys are done.

By Let'sLaugh

November 12, 2006 06:04 PM | Link to this

Let’s laugh.

* Vick is, check that, was 7-0 against AFC inside the Dome.*

* The Browns had not scored a offensive touchdown in the first quarter in 12 games.*

I love it when Gannon was commenting on Vick’s improvement. I swear I started laughing because I knew what was coming and sure nuf, Vick threw a pick on the next play. However, I did not think it funny when Gannon said, “hopefully Vick will complete a long pass”. Why in the hell does an anchor (even ex-QB) chooses sides.

Notice the team will not even play Schuab. The agenda continues.

By Boots

November 12, 2006 06:04 PM | Link to this

EDH —- You don’t make MV7 do anything. He’s freakin’ untouchable!

Turn on the Hip Hop Awards show tonight and you’ll probably see Vick all decked out, with a whoppin’ smile on his face, out partying with the Brothers! It just doesn’t mean that much to him and you can see it in his face. He’s gonna be there regardless of what else happens. He’s the man and he gets paid whether he wins or loses.

The fans, by spending their hard-earned money for tickets are merely encouraging this pitiable fiasco!

By Geno

November 12, 2006 06:05 PM | Link to this

go to hell Nancy, The falcons will win the GOP????

By BobbyThompson

November 12, 2006 06:05 PM | Link to this

Fire Mora. Bring on Sly Croom.

By sunndial

November 12, 2006 06:06 PM | Link to this

Dear Mr. Blank:

We, the fans of the Atlanta Falcons, are primarily interested in our falcons playing consistent winning football leading to a SuperBowl win(s). We are more interested in your having faith in a proven winning system of grooming a consistent, well tuned athletic “pocket” quarterback who knows how to read changing defenses and who can consistently pick apart opposing defenses with accurate, catchable passes, and occasional needed runs, than we are in an experiment with a running occasional highlight reel mediocre passing quarterback in M. Vick. How long do you intend on playing out this experiment? How long do you think M. Vick will be able to fool defenses with his trickery? How long are you planning on having your team, fans, and city go through the emotional ups and downs of an inconsistent leader? What is your primary goal for this team? A winning franchise with SuperBowl wins? Or occasional highlight reels. We await your thoughts with bated breath. Thanks Mr. Blank.

By Larry

November 12, 2006 06:06 PM | Link to this

“Rock,”

You now will join BirdDawg as an official “stupid.”

Two and counting…

By Bob Mills

November 12, 2006 06:06 PM | Link to this

The time has come. Either give Shockley the chance he deserves, or trade Vick to Seattle for Green, and then platoon the former UGA greats and salvage what you can of the season. Of course, it will never happen: makes too much sense. No guts, Arthur, just gory.

By b

November 12, 2006 06:06 PM | Link to this

The Falcons neeeeeeeeed Cal J from GT in a big way he will not drop passes, and you know it!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Paul

November 12, 2006 06:07 PM | Link to this

Stop wasting your money on the Falcons. Go to a high school game every Friday, 7 dollars a ticket, and buy burgers and drinks to support the band. You can help a school and watch kids who play for the love of the game. Much better football.

By breal

November 12, 2006 06:07 PM | Link to this

I cannot do this anymore….I have get the NFL package. I wasn’t able to see the Chargers and Bengals game today or any game that was actually interesting. The Falcons absolutely without a doubt suck!!! I am a Vick supporter and even I have to agree with many of you, bench him right now and let some else play for a couple games. Vick you are killing our team. Bad decisions again and again. The TV commentators even tried to excuse your fumble at the end of the game. It is time for you to sit and try and learn something about this game.

We will not make the playoffs. I am not sure we can even go 8-8 like last year. Mr. Blank it is time for this crappy no sh* coaching staff to leave our franchise before you have no more fan support. I am calling my cable provider right now to see about getting the NFL package…cannot watch this sh anymore.

By Geno

November 12, 2006 06:08 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry Nancy at least you don’t FUMBLE, Love ya

By b

November 12, 2006 06:09 PM | Link to this

CJ at ATL Please!

By Dano

November 12, 2006 06:09 PM | Link to this

Hey E.B.,

You said: ” I would say, this team counts on Vick too much, he carries the load so often, that when the Falcons lose, unfortunately the blame goes to Vick.” Another fumble when we could have scored due to hot dog ball hadling by Vick. Vick didn’t learn anything from last week’s fumble???? UNFORTUNATELY VICK IS TO BLAME. A 16/41 WITH 2 INTERCEPTIONS PERFORMANCE….YOU CAN’T BLAME THE RECEIVERS….DID YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE “THROWS.” VICK ALSO MADE SOME PRETTY PASSES, JUST NOT ENOUGH. GET REAL E.B. FACE THE FACTS!!!!!!

By Yad

November 12, 2006 06:09 PM | Link to this

When your only consistent offense comes from a 76 year old placekicker your team is in serious trouble.

By morris

November 12, 2006 06:09 PM | Link to this

If you folks want a real laugh go to atlantafalcons.com and watch our moron of a head coach do his press conference. I couldn’t believe this retard as he stood there and talked about how the NFL had great parity. He actually gave examples of other games today where teams with bad records beat better teams, Unbelievable! Talk about burying your head in the sand, mora is an expert at it. He also talked about how great mike vick is and his carrying the football around like a loaf of bread was just part of his game. Are you kidding me? Finally, he talked about how he loved adversity and everyone was going to see just how awesome the falcons season would end. And yes he did use the term awesome, that wasn’t me characterizing anything.

By John Lighthart

November 12, 2006 06:11 PM | Link to this

I couldn’t express it any better. This team just sucks period.! John Charleston, SC

By KC

November 12, 2006 06:11 PM | Link to this

HAS ANYBODY HEARD WHO THE COACH WILL BE NEXT YEAR?? I JUST HEARD THAT MORA IS GETTING LET GO

By Larry

November 12, 2006 06:12 PM | Link to this

Vick is a talented athlete but never will be a winning QB in the league. Trade him for value and start Shuab or DJ and move on. His throws have no touch and he makes really bad decisions. Secondly, our coaching staff leaves much to be desired. They can’t make adjustments and it’s really obvious they can not motivate to players. How can any respecting franchise lose back to back to Det. and Cleve? Sad fact, we are already in the “wait till next year mode” whether we know it or not. Trade Vick and start to rebuild the program. And find some receivers!

By Bill

November 12, 2006 06:13 PM | Link to this

I don’t think I have eveer seen a quarterback line up in the shotgum behind the wrong guy and have to have the center wave him over to the right spot before the snap.

The sight of that should be on the highlights.

By Steve

November 12, 2006 06:14 PM | Link to this

I’m a lifelong Falcons fan (30+ years).

The Falcons Suck. I see a lot of effort on the field from a lot of the players: Brooking, Hall, Coleman, etc., but there appears to be no rhyme or reason to our offense or defense (mostly the offense). Vick looks so bad for two games, then so good for two games, then horrible again for two games. He’s not consistent enough to be a QB in the NFL. SIX YEARS IS ENOUGH TIME TO FIGURE THAT OUT. Suck it up and trade him or cut him. Oh yeah we can’t because we are paying him half a bajillion dollars. I’m really tired of the Falcon’s inconsistency over the last five years. I’m not sure if I could really get excited if the Falcons go on a run of wins, just because I know they’ll collapse. And to two of the NFL’s worst teams! Ugh. Enough!

And Mr. Blank has the right to be on the field disrupting the head coach, but he shouldn’t be. It’s embarrassing.

By midniterider

November 12, 2006 06:17 PM | Link to this

One misdrection play got the td never ran another.The way the Browns were rushing it would have worked and slowed down the rush on
Vick .But i have to say Vick is not a week in and week out good qb and it aint because hes black its because hes inconsistant.But the play calling is also very very bad for any qb.

By Slinky

November 12, 2006 06:17 PM | Link to this

Please don’t fire the coaches!!! I can’t another three years of hearing that Vick is still learning the offense and it takes three to five years to master it.

There maybe another answer….

By JAMES

November 12, 2006 06:18 PM | Link to this

THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE FALCONS LACK LEADERSHIP. THE QUARTERBACK POSITION NEEDS TO BE THE LEADER OF THE TEAM. AND MIKE VICK IS NOT GETTING IT DONE. I THINK THAT IF PEYTON MANNING, TOM BRADY, DREW BREES, PHILLIP RIVERS, WERE IN THE SAME POSITION THAT VICK WAS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT!! FALCONS WIN! FALCONS WIN! BUT BACK TO REALITY FALCONS LOSE, FALCONS LOSE! WE GOT TO REALIZE THAT A GREAT INDICATOR OF FUTURE OCCURANCES IS A LOOK IN THE PAST TO LAST YEAR AT THIS VERY TIME! THE SAME THINGS HAPPENED. SEND JIM MORA BACK TO HIS DADDY ALONE WITH GREG KNAPP AND THE REST OF THE COACHING STAFF EXCEPT FOR THE SPECIAL TEAM COACH.(DECAMILLE)WE CAN KEEP HIM! EVERYBODY ELSE MUST GO! I STILL IMAGINE IF WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT GUY THAT PLAY FOR THE CHARGERS. YOU KNOW THAT GUY THE BEST RUNNING BACK IN THE NFL- THAT TOMLINSON GUY!!!!

By Yad

November 12, 2006 06:18 PM | Link to this

P.s. Watching football being played in a dome SUCKS!!

By moo

November 12, 2006 06:19 PM | Link to this

WTF when the offensive lineman has to tell the QB that the CENTER IS OVER THERE <—.

Vick is a loser. I’m sick of Hip-Hop football. I’m willing to bet he’s on his way to laughing, playing, and picking up prostitutes at the Hip-Hop awards right now.

By a bunch of morons

November 12, 2006 06:20 PM | Link to this

All these posts and not one talks about the holding call that causes MV’s run to get called back from the red zone. That was the winner right there! Dumb decisions all around. That says coaching to me.

Also what says coaching is that 6 years in and Vick still carries the ball low and away from body in traffic. That says coaching. Time to go coaches!

By james

November 12, 2006 06:20 PM | Link to this

Sit Mike Vick down and fine him for every fumble he has and put in the back up QB to run the team. So don’t blame the coaches on this lost blame Mike Vick for this lost.

By Samkon Gado

November 12, 2006 06:21 PM | Link to this

Man it’s been over a year and I am still running over that Falcon defense.

By Fansince73

November 12, 2006 06:23 PM | Link to this

If I were the NFL commissioner, I would make Atlanta change the logo on their helmets to a Turkey. Face it, put a fork in them. These birds are done and just in time for Thanksgiving.

Jimmy Moron and the rest of his knuckle head coachs should be fired. We’re not even good at special teams anymore. 40 pass attempts against a team that is the NFL worst against the run. What offensive genuis came up with that strategy? It should be a real rout when we play a good team……

By John Kerry

November 12, 2006 06:23 PM | Link to this

Personally, I resent rich people.

I think Arthur should take MV’s salary and use it to hire enough poor people in all of the Home Depots across America so those of you that shop ther (at Home Depot) could get some service while you are there.

By blq byrd

November 12, 2006 06:25 PM | Link to this

The entire team came out and looked completely lethargic at best. THe offense went back to running Dunn up the linesmens butt for one to two yards, the receivers continued to attempt to catch with butter on their hands and the Defense cound’nt stop granny in her wheelchair.

Finally the defense stepped up to the plate and played an exceptional second half but my man Vick decided to make us laugh instead, atleast I thought he was funny. The play calling will insure that we won’t win no more than two more games the rest of the season.

No matter how things end up I will continue to root for my team as I have done since 1966.

I hope that I am wrong about them only winning two more games.

Go Falcons!

By Rock

November 12, 2006 06:26 PM | Link to this

A.S.S. Another Sorry Season. We are Lossersville as usual. Santa Please send us a winner. How can the Saints find rookies like Colston and Copper and they are low round draft choices that have caught more passes that the Falcons 1st rounders?

By P

November 12, 2006 06:27 PM | Link to this

it was all bad we suck !!!! Go hawks go thrashers !!! looks like the braves and falcons have take ur former positions as the city’s bottom teams. P.S mora give schaub half the snaps in practice this week. If vick plays like he did last week in Baltimore Pull his 100 million dollar a* and sit him on the pine!!! If u have any guts that is???? and fire Knapp!!!!!

By john

November 12, 2006 06:28 PM | Link to this

In the next weeks or so, We will see what type of owner Mr. Blank is. Does he really want to win?

By azbird

November 12, 2006 06:30 PM | Link to this

Jim Mora, you suck,suck,suck

By LOL

November 12, 2006 06:30 PM | Link to this

I will say it again…MV is the dumbest QB in the NFL…period. 3 turnovers…one lead to a TD and the fumble lead to the game being gone. The receivers sux, the only bright spot was the defense. Did anyone see MV line up behind the guard…lol. What an IDIOT!!!

By bret

November 12, 2006 06:32 PM | Link to this

its not so bad when you look at the playoff picture put still we could have been in a better position like 7-2 lookin at home field at advantage lets get off of vicks nuts n give him a chance this was his first bad game in a while n tha recievers dropped about 10 passes includin a touchdown we are so banged up too a couple wins in a row will turn this season around GO BIRDS

By Japan Bird Fan

November 12, 2006 06:33 PM | Link to this

Everyone can keep blaming Vick but at the end of the year Mr. Blank is not going to blame him. Reason 1 If the coaching was better he wouldn’t be trying so hard to do it allhimself. Reason 2 If the recievers would catch a pass or two earily in the game we could run better late in the game and again Vick wouldn’t try so hard to do it all himself. Reason 3 there are other coaches and receivers in this league dying to be on the field with Vick. Let him go you guys are stupid. Just like we let go Bret right right

By clay

November 12, 2006 06:33 PM | Link to this

Let’s put the horrible play calling and the horrible play aside and look at another issue: Why the hell is Arthur Blank down there talking to the head coach with five minutes left in the game and the team only three points down? Get back up in your owner’s box and let the coach do his job! (This happened last week in Detroit as well) And coach, teach Mike Vick not to hold the football like a loaf of bread. He should know better by now. In fact let’s stop this whole Vick experiment right now. Put Schaub in as QB and use Vick as a wide receiver, running back and tight end. It’d drive defenses crazy and Schaub would be the leader this team so desperately needs.

By mdh

November 12, 2006 06:34 PM | Link to this

This team has no heart. The falcons resemble my golf game-on again, off again! How is it that quarterbacks that have been in the league half as long as Vick seem to ” have a grasp for their offenses”. This guy not only drives opponents crazy, but the fan base as well! Let’s face it, this team is going nowhere fast.

By brent

November 12, 2006 06:34 PM | Link to this

GREG KNAPP SUX NOT MORA its not all that bad u guys were still in tha playoff hunt we are very banged up the recievers are not catching tha ball they dropped about 10 passes including a touchdown its not all vicks fault this is his first bad game in a while a win next 2 weeks and we will be fine just take it one step at a time GO BIRDS GET OFF OF VICKS NUTS

By mdh

November 12, 2006 06:38 PM | Link to this

I can appreciate optimism for our team, but this team is not going anywhere. Too many other teams in the NFC are in the hunt for those spots. Any team pushing for a playoff run beats the teams they are supposed to beat. And where is the Defense? All that high priced talent watching from the sidelines is not going to get the birds into the playoffs

By Chris

November 12, 2006 06:39 PM | Link to this

You know I’m tired of hearing some of you Falcon fans continually defending Vick regarding all the dropped passes! The guy had 24 incompletions in 40 attempts today?? Vick’s stat line today: 16 out of 40 for 197 yds. One pass TD and 2 INTs. He averaged 4.9 yards per pass. The guy just does not get it done at QB and you fans need to put the kool aid down and see him for what he is….an extremely talented RB. And today was a prime example of how he is not a leader and not improving as a passer. You guys wonder why your WR’s drop passes? One reason could be because he fires every pass at 90mph. He has no touch!

While I have never thought Mora was a very good head coach even as far back as his SF D-Coordinator days, I feel for him having to deal with the “Vick issue.” You know he can’t bench the guy? What’s the guy to do? He spends all his time giving real time recaps to Blank on the sideline. BTW - memo to AB. I realize its your team and you can do what you want with it. But the grandstanding on the sideline pumping Mora for info DURING THE GAME just looks tacky!

But back to Vick - It also seems the team feeds off his emotions. Today he looked out of it and the entire offense seemed to play that way. I’m not sure Schaub is the answer b/c he has never proved himself at the pro level. And making a change at QB mid-season would be catastrophic for this team and in some ways say their season is over. But ultimately Mora is going to have to make a decision. He either goes down playing the role of company man or he say’s, “if I’m going down, I’m going down my way!”

Just look at the remainder of their schedule. @ Baltimore N.O. home @ Was @ T.B. Dal home Car home @ Philly

None of those are gimmies. A case could be made they will be lucky to get a win in any of those games. Everyone of those teams has a solid to good defense. My belief is the Vick era is on life support and if the Falcons are down big next week at Baltimore….you have to get Schaub in there because at that point you have nothing to lose.

By Curious Observer

November 12, 2006 06:41 PM | Link to this

Another 7-9 season coming up. We need an NFL-caliber QB, some good receivers, and a new coach. When the Falcons lose to the Browns—the Browns, for Christ’s sake, and at home against a second-year quarterback!—it’s time to recognize that the current crew ain’t cutting it.

I don’t care what you say about the offensive line. We could build a 20-foot wall around Vick and he’d still throw interceptions and fumble the ball. He has never learned to throw a touch pass, and he never will learn. He has never learned to put the ball away when he runs. And how come the Saints can draft a receiver out of Hofstra—yes, Hofstra—and the guy looks like an all-pro, while the Falcons have wasted four first-round draft choices on guys born with brick hands?

It’s time to build for the future. The Falcons will never make the playoffs again with these guys and this coaching staff.

By Y do your support change every week?

November 12, 2006 06:42 PM | Link to this

ATLANTA HAS THE MOST UNLOYAL FANS IN THE NFL. WOW, THE O-LINE DOESN’T PROTECT. BLAME VICK, THE RECIEVERS DON’T CATCH THE BALL, BLAME VICK, THE DEFENSE CAN’T STOP A TURTLE IN A BOWL. AND WE BLAME VICK. WE GET IT. VICK IT AVERAGE AT QB WITH SOME BRIGHT MOMENTS BUT THE ATLANTA FALCONS ARE A TEAM AND AS SUCH THE TEAM SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. NOT JUST SINGLING OUT PLAYERS, COACHES, ETC. COME ON GUYS. I THOUHT ATLANTA WAS BETTER THAN THIS???

By mdh

November 12, 2006 06:42 PM | Link to this

I second the idea to move AB to Flowery Branch on gameday. What the heck is doing in Mora’s ear towards the end of the game while still in the balance.

By roby binkley

November 12, 2006 06:48 PM | Link to this

somebody needs to be fired or droped,start with mora!

By Rev. Dudley Doright

November 12, 2006 06:49 PM | Link to this

The “prayer warriors” of the Ladies Missionary Society at the First Apostolic Church of the Good God Almighty were at work and the Birds had their winning streak. But, no! You losers on this blog began to disrespect our efforts and engage us in theological arguments about God not being interested in football. Well, that’s a crock and I said so.

But, anyway, I told you guys that I would withdraw from this board, but that there would come a time when you’d want us back.

Are you ready to apologize?

Just say the word and we’ll put the wind back in their sails. The Birds can “mount up with wings like eagles” as the Good Book says, but you’re gonna have to ask us back.

The Ladies had their feelings hurt. We can get them back to work for next Sunday, but we need to know pretty soon. They’ll have to get their white dresses washed and ironed.

We, the First Apostolic Church of the Good God Almighty (with adjoining Rib Shack) is ready to be the 12th Man on this pitiful team. Let us hear from you or you can continue this terrible spiral into Satan’s lap! Amen and Amen!

By I could give a rat's a*

November 12, 2006 06:49 PM | Link to this

The only thing smaller than Vick’s hands is his brain! He is real exciting and will win some games, but when push comes to shove the guy does not appear to be able to get it done. The trade for Vick…what did San Diego get…..LT and Drew Brees…Oh well guess we can still blame the Smiths for that one.

Warrick Dunn looks tired and has not run well the last few weeks….hope Norwood is not out long…..At least Demario Williams is on the field since Ed “no heart” Hartwell’s knees hurt too much to earn his salary. Time to cut the losses there in the off season and get rid of that bum….anybody would look good playing next to Ray Lewis.

So what do we need in the draft…oline, dline, dbacks?

Spring training is only a few months away..

By DecaturTechFan

November 12, 2006 06:49 PM | Link to this

Watch what i tell ya. Falcons NEVER EVER NEVER win a Super bowl with Vick @ QB. No doubting the talent anmd ability. He is severly limited by what is between his ears. Make himn a H. ward redoux and he will be fine.

By Falcon Facts

November 12, 2006 06:49 PM | Link to this

Here are some Falcon facts: - Entire coaching staff stinks. Mora does not have a pair and our OC calls a 10 yard pass play over the middle with 18 seconds left in the game. Nothing will improve until these bozos are gone. - Vick is the most overrated player the game has seen since Ryan Leaf. Our receivers are not as bad as Vick makes them look. You could bring Marvin Harrison to Atlanta and Vick wouldn’t be able to get him the ball. Someone needs to nut up and bench him or we will continue to be inconsistent.
- Every player Rich Mckay drafts/acquires becomes a disaster. Price, White, Jinkins, Crocker, Hartwell, Abraham, et al. - Brooking is a complete joke. He is not even worth the dinner Blank lured him in with. Brooking collects a fumble today that you and I could have picked up and he throws the football at a Cleveland player costing his team 15 yards. Way to celebrate an easy play you idiot. - Blank has gotten way too close to the players and coaches. It is his money but he will not win with that strategy.

By Chris

November 12, 2006 06:51 PM | Link to this

To: By Y do your support change every week

You can’t blame the fans for their frustration with Vick. He signed the 2nd highest player contract in the league behind Peyton Manning yet based on his own play….he is not even one of the top twenty passers in the league. Just look up the stats.

By NCR

November 12, 2006 06:51 PM | Link to this

We need to trade Mike Vick while we can still get a franchise player for him. Seriously. How many more years can a running quarterback run after 7-8 years in the league????

By VABird Dawg

November 12, 2006 06:55 PM | Link to this

Moron T, The Va in my name refers to the state of Virginia. The game was not on here. I have to watch the Skins every damn week and other Northern teams. Moron

By Putaforkinmikevick

November 12, 2006 06:56 PM | Link to this

I used to be a Vick fan but it’s time to put a fork in him big time. This guy is a clutch quarterback. Get rid of him!!

By mdh

November 12, 2006 06:56 PM | Link to this

From an SEC homer, I would like to see some players with an attitude drafted by the Falcons. Let’s face it, there’s a good reason Roddy White went to UAB. Jenkins, although improved recently, came from a school that runs the ball. The Falcons have had some terrible luck in free agency-PPrice, EHartwell, JAbraham. Yes, good intentions, but to no avail thus far. Honestly, I believe the problems are with the coaching staff- Blank needs to drag Jimmie Johnson out of the FOX booth & let him have a crack at it. This team is like the tin man-they need a heart. And DHall, could you please just shut up & play. Too much of a “me” player. Who cares how many times you go to HI?

By The foulcoons have sucked a long time

November 12, 2006 07:00 PM | Link to this

A long time. A long long time. A long long long time. If you want to cheer for a perennial LOSER TEAM, go ahead. Just don’t expect everyone to get excited about a bunch of lackluster millionares, year in and year out. It’s actually fun to watch them implode.

By peanutgallerian

November 12, 2006 07:01 PM | Link to this

put a fork in it and bring out the sauce. this bird is done. right in time for thanksgiving. the atlanta turkeys. wonder who mr. blank will carve first?

By mdh

November 12, 2006 07:04 PM | Link to this

Dude, that is out there. And they say us southerners are racists!

By matt

November 12, 2006 07:05 PM | Link to this

you’re kidding right?

By Larry

November 12, 2006 07:12 PM | Link to this

Japan Bird Fan,

Congratulations on becoming the newest member of the “stupid” team!

By Dano

November 12, 2006 07:13 PM | Link to this

I went to the Falcons web site as suggested. I watched the Mora response to the loss AND Mike Vick’s also. So sad, too bad. Mora needs to go see Dr. Phil. He has major problems…… The biggest is ignoring the shortcomings of Vick…..and Vick, he stood there and scratched his head and said he really didn’t know why they lost. He needs to sit and watch the last two game films until he does understand. I’ve recorded the games and have watched plays over and over…. Those of you that say we need receivers are NUTS….we have the receivers, we need a QB that can pass consistently. Vick passed some and THREW many. Mora needs to go and he can take his boys with him (coaches.)In his interview, Mora said “it is a tough defense, I think they gave up only 9 TDs this year. NFL stats shows 18 TDs by the Browns opponents. Where’d Mora get his info???? The Browns before this game gave a total offense yards of 2596 with 1453 of it passing……so I guess they thought Vick would shine passing……NOT 16 of 40 for

By tech fan in sc

November 12, 2006 07:13 PM | Link to this

You can’t blame this one on the defense. D-Hall and the crew played well. I have been in Vick’s corner from day 1, but now I am starting to get tired of the same old thing over and over.Trade him for the #1 pick and several other picks at the end of the yr. I think some teams will give a lot for him just for selling tickets purposes.

I think we need a new OC and DC. Schaub to Calvin Johnson would be a great tandem.

By Dre

November 12, 2006 07:16 PM | Link to this

Where were all you whinning pieces of sh*t at the other weeks when the Falcons were doing great and winning. This blog barely made it over 100 when they’re winning, but when they are loosing, yall break out the sticks and want to have a firehouse sell. Keep it up though, these blogs make good conversation around the water cooler for the work week.

By Nikki

November 12, 2006 07:20 PM | Link to this

It feels like the entire falcon nation got a wake up call saying, “Welcome back to falcon reality. Forty years of frustration!” I’m still a fan. Just a frustrated fan.

By DEADBIRD

November 12, 2006 07:22 PM | Link to this

I think Schaub must have slept with Blanks wife while Shockley was watching. Otherwise, either one of these guys would have been given a shot by now. I’m sick of the Hi-Def Circus, this season is over. Go Schaub OR Shockley!!

By David

November 12, 2006 07:24 PM | Link to this

This loss really frustrates me to no end.I have been a loyal fan since 1974 and I have seen plenty of good and bad that this franchise has to offer.We have to bury these past two games from memory and play like we started this season.Now we have two tough games ahead of us and, no momentum to build on.If i were Mora i would ask each player to do some soul searching this weekend, get some of our starters back, and go on a late season run to the playoffs (if Pittsburgh can do it we can too!).Everyone is responsible for this loss and if we continue to play this way we will be home again this winter.

By sc

November 12, 2006 07:24 PM | Link to this

Duke is looking for someone to beat this season,,,,

By dirty byrd

November 12, 2006 07:32 PM | Link to this

I HAVE FIGURED IT OUT THIS LAST 2 WEEKS IF VICK WALKS ONTO FIELD FOR 1ST OFFENSE SERIES WITH HEAD DOWN SHOLDERS SLUMPED IN LOSER POSTURE GO AHEAD AND TURN TV BECAUSE THE RESULTS WILL BE SAME HE DID NOT EVEN LOOK LIKE HE WANTED TO PLAY THE LAST 2 WEEKS. HE HAD THE LETS GET THIS OVER WITH LOOK I FEEL HE KNOWS THAT THE GAME PLAN IS CRAP,SO WHY TRY WE DID GREAT NAPP BALL TODAY RUN OFF TACKLE 1 YARD RUN OFF TACKLE 3 YARDS THEN THROW TO HAVE DESPERATION OF PICKING UP 1ST DOWN HOW MANY 3 AND OUTS PAST 2 WEEKS DOES IT TAKE MORA TO REALIZE WE GOT NO OFFENSE AT ALL WITH PRO BOWL PLAYERS ITS VERY SAD TO WATCH US MAKE HEROS WEEK END AND WEEK OUT OF 2-6 TEAMS THAT BEAT US / GONNA BE LONG YR FOLKS SO IF MR VICK LOOKS LOKE HES NOT INTO PLAYING NEXT SUNDAY SAVE YOUR SELF NO REASON TO WATCH RUN,RUN,INCOMPLETE, PUNT OTHER TEAM DRIVE THROW AND SCORE NEXT SERIES IS THROW ,INT, THEY SCORE AGAIN THEN ITS BACK TO RUN OFF TACKLE NO GAIN THEN VICK RUNS FUMBLE THEY SCORE AGAIN THEN ITS BACK TO WELL YALL ALL SAW IT PAST 2 WEEKS SAD BUT TRUE

By sc

November 12, 2006 07:32 PM | Link to this

Duke is lookin for someone to beat

By TTCO

November 12, 2006 07:35 PM | Link to this

All you Vick HATERS must be wrong because I have read the blogs all season from the Vick LOVERS that he is the best QB in the NFL. I mean the HATERS only dis him because he is black right? I mean the fact that he is ranked 27TH of all QBS in the NFL must be wrong because he is the best QB in the NFL right? I mean the fact that he gives away more points than he gets dosent matter because he is the greatest QB of all time right? I mean those recievers should catch those balls that are thrown over thier head, behind thier backs, at thier feet or in the other teams hands because he is the greatest you know! I mean he is still young he has only been in the league 5 years and that is not enough time to learn that you dont run with the ball extended from your body so the defenders can slap it out of your hand or you can knock it loose with your own knee right? These things are not taught from the time you are a 6 year old Pop Warner player it takes time to learn these things right? I read from another blogger that with Vick you get a half empty glass when you compare his stats to others because he is unique at the position. Let me tell you folks something is half empty but its not the glass its his head! It is way past time to give DJ Shockley a shot at the job. He will show you people that there are a lot of black Quarterbacks that have the mental capacity to play the position just as there are a lot of white Quarterbacks that dont have it. Come on Mora give DJ the shot it will probably save your butt from being fired. People Vick is a good athlete but not a good QB that is just the facts look at the stats. Sure he has flashes of great play but he is so inconsistent he will never be a good NFL QB. Im sorry to have to break it to you Vick lovers but facts are facts. Broaden your mind and you will see that its true Vick just aint gonna cut the mustard. Blank needs to just admit he made a million dollar mistake and see to it that Vick gets traded and start trying to win the old fashioned way WITH A REAL QUARTERBACK NOT SOME SO CALLED FREAK OF NATURE!

By What's the over and under?

November 12, 2006 07:37 PM | Link to this

on how many shootings there will be tonight around this “hiphop” event? God, you got to love Atlanta. Does Vick have body armour?

By bmac66

November 12, 2006 07:39 PM | Link to this

Some of you so called fans make me sick! I’ve had enough of eveyone making a escapegoat out of Vick. You blame him for every loss and mistake the team makes. Was it Vick who called a designed qb run with 2:00 min. left in the game or Vick who called a pass on 4th and 1 or a hook and ladder with 17 sec left in the game and I’m sure it wasn’t Vick dropping all of thoes very catchable balls today that would have gone for touchdowns and firstdowns. How about we give some of the blame to the O-line who has given up over 25 sacks this year. If you really want to see Schaub wait till next year when he’s found a new team and watch them and get the f#*ck out of Atlanta and take Mora and Company with you.

By Nojo

November 12, 2006 07:40 PM | Link to this

**I feel like throwing up——that was awful——-its like watching a one man time bomb. Give Matt a chance next week please———

By Cedrick

November 12, 2006 07:41 PM | Link to this

Horrible is too nice. I say fire everyone starting with Greg Knapp. Why must I suffer like this every year? Maybe I should try and be a Cowboy like Hershel Walker. These guys stink. Everyone should donate there check to repay fans for coming an watching this mess.

By Turd Ferguson

November 12, 2006 07:43 PM | Link to this

Why not draft JoeT III from UGA? I’m sure he wouldn’t do any worse than Michael Sick…

By Ron Mexico

November 12, 2006 07:46 PM | Link to this

Vick actually lined up behind an offensive guard, scrambling into the right spot only after center Todd McClure noticed that the quarterback wasn’t behind him. It only got worse from there.

What is priceless is how Artie Blanche stands on the side sideline in his cuffed, creased slacks, his wing in a sling — and that ab-so-fudgin-lutely dumba$$ look on his kisser.

By Reynard B

November 12, 2006 07:46 PM | Link to this

Truth-be-told the falcons are not a GOOD ream. They are not a bad team, just an average one. As much as I like Mike Vick, I don’t see the falcons winning it all with him as the leader of this team. He is too mistake prone(namely fumbling) and is getting worse,not better.

By e.b.

November 12, 2006 07:48 PM | Link to this

Hey Slinky …”superman didn’t want to be a pocket passer”? Vick had his best year w/ Reeves as coach, YOU IDIOT.

By dannotdan

November 12, 2006 07:49 PM | Link to this

Stop with the “Trade Vick” talk, Coach Blank paid him ten times he is worth and there are no owners out there stupid enough to even consider taking Vick. Why on earth would anyone else trust their team to this guy. Careless with the ball when he runs, inaccurate when he throws, unable to recognize defenses, undersized, and overpaid he is absolutely perfect for this Blank/Mora band of misfits.

We should also stop with the fire Mora, fire Knapp talk. These poor guys have to change direction and game plan around Coach Blanks whims and irrational desire to make Mike Vick more than he is capable of being on the field. Lets give Mora a break after all he has allowed himself to be neutered by the owner for this team, how many of you would give your nuts for Falsons.

Lets all come together and pull for Vick at tonight’s Hip Hop Awards where he is the odds on favorite for best Hip Hop XBox quarterback.

By David

November 12, 2006 07:49 PM | Link to this

Vick suc@#…..Can someone teach him how to hold a football, pitiful!!! Go back to college ball Mike

By TTCO

November 12, 2006 07:50 PM | Link to this

bmac66, You couldnt see the real truth if it were perched on the end of your nose. Give it up man he really does suck. Sorry, I wanted him to make it also but it just aint gonna happen.

By Jonathan Swift

November 12, 2006 07:51 PM | Link to this

On Oct. 22nd, assorted loudmouth deluded braggarts were anointing Vicki as Joe Montana & Johnny Unitas rolled into one. Where are you now? I’ll tell you: booing the herpes-ridden loser as he sat on his butt with his helmet in his hand after losing the game to the Cleveland [turd]Browns. Falc00n “fans” get precisely the team they deserve.

By Jon

November 12, 2006 07:51 PM | Link to this

So, who wouldn’t swap Mike Vick for Ladanian Tomlinson, Drew Brees and Tim Dwight?

Yeah, great move Dan Reeves. Vick stinks.

By nebulus

November 12, 2006 07:54 PM | Link to this

I Think Vickie wants to Win it all by himself but has he forgot the other 10 guys on offense? He Doesn’t have the ability physically after five years of being tossed around by NFL backs and linemen, maybe when he sleeps at night he thinks of the glory days when did win games all by himself——I don’t doubt his spirit just his talent——* Will Arthur sit him on the bench where he belongs!!!!!!!*

By e.b.

November 12, 2006 07:54 PM | Link to this

You know, TTCO - GET LOST. Vick can’t do it all on his own. He needs help. This guy carries the load so many times, it’s obvious the falcons are lacking in skilled offensive players to help him out. if not for Vick, this team would be 0-9.

By Jim Rome

November 12, 2006 07:55 PM | Link to this

Mike Vick will lose more games for the ATL than he will win for them. His fumbles show he cannot be coached into holding the dam ball correctly. He doesn’t care…

The TV announcers said he looked fatigued- well…..if he was, why wasn’t Schaub in there giving the team the best chance to win ? Cause Blank and his little butt buddy Mora will not pull the trigger on superman…err….stupidman.

Out.

By keeping it REAL !

November 12, 2006 07:58 PM | Link to this

Vick play today was a d+ the coaches F Receivers d- Defence C-. Vick I love you man but you must hold the ball . You can’t keep carrying it like you do!This team had been flat two week in a row ,coaches has to do a better job. Something wrong 4th and 1 . coaches called a bad play. We are in deep troblem. Deep pass burn us two week in a row. as for Mr. Blank being on the side line this is his team if you don’t like it pull for tampa. some for our fan want to rule people rule your own house!

By benw1828

November 12, 2006 07:58 PM | Link to this

First we need to address the offensive coordinators position. The whole first half we were running on 1st and 2nd when the defense was putting 9 players in the box. On defense we need to learn to play man up and quit playing zone because when you play zone you will get picked apart. The receivers got so much talk over the two week period they have slacked off like the first 4 games. Vick can only do so much by his self. Why arent we questioning the players like Dunn who had a couple droped passes. He is not a work horse so quit trying to run him the whole game. Fans want Vick to be a pocket quarterback but where is his protection? There is no excusses for getting embarrassed two weeks in a row by teams with losing records. Just because S.D. ran all over Cleveland doesnt mean we are going to be able to do the same. Fans on here downing Vick need to learn football and know he isnt calling the plays. That is Mora’s best friend Knapp who is going to cost him his job for being to loyal. Better get things corrected before next week or the season may be about over.

By e.b.

November 12, 2006 08:01 PM | Link to this

Hey larry, I’m not afraid of defending Vick. Read my posts. Even the guy calling the game was saying how Vick has to carry the load. Every time a play breaks down, Vick has to run the ball. The O-Line still stinks, the receivers forget how to catch the ball, and you want to blame Vick? You really are a moron.

By bmac66

November 12, 2006 08:02 PM | Link to this

TTCO, let me tell you something all vick can do is hand the ball off or trow it there has to be someone else to make plays. He can’t trow it and catch or block for himself. Other players have to make plays. How many incompletions did you see today where the ball was really undertrown or overtrown b/c I saw many where the passes were dropped or the wrong route was run and is it really Vicks fault that his rec. can’t get separation from the cb or the oc can’t call plays.

By t

November 12, 2006 08:02 PM | Link to this

Vick needs to sit and give Schaub or Shockley a shot. Vick cannot throw accurately. It is very frustrating to watch. He reminds of another “next great quarterback” with great speed, manuverability, arm strength and large contract… Kordell Stewart. Anyone know where he is?

By Kudzu

November 12, 2006 08:02 PM | Link to this

Vick needs to be drug tested…looks like a leprechaun to me…must be a crack-head…

By Larry

November 12, 2006 08:04 PM | Link to this

bmac66,

You are now an official “stupid,” along with e.b, BirdDawg and Rock.

Let’s see, that’s 4 “stupids” and dozens of smart folks. I’m impressed.

Any more “stupids” out there who want’s to blame any one else but Vick for today’s game?

By Madden King

November 12, 2006 08:04 PM | Link to this

Here go these racists coming on this blog and saying that Vick should play wide receiver and put the white boy in. If Arthur trades Vick which he won’t what will happen is that he is going to do what Brett Favre, Dieon Sanders, and Andre Rison did when they let them go win a Super Bowl and then throw it into the Falcons fans faces and Atlanta will be sitting here with our d#$k in our mouthes looking stupid for saying trade Vick. The NFL is 65% black yet only 5 black QB’s start in this league and if these white fans had the power Vick and Young will be at receiver and there will only be 3 black starting QB’s. What all the black players in the league should do is to go on strike if a good or great black QB gets benched and not play until there is a change within the NFL system. I bet when it is an all white game and you have people like Joe Jurevicious being your all pro receiver and the game is slow and boring and have have no mobility at Quarterback and the black fans stop watching the game I bet they would love to bring the black players esoecially the black QB in the game. HOLLA! GO FALCONS! VICK YOUR BLACK PEOPLE HAVE YOUR BACK!

By James Earl King

November 12, 2006 08:04 PM | Link to this

Get this through your heads: Icky Vikky will NOT be benched. Blank-look does not want the ajc to foment a race-riot on ‘Sweet’ Awburn Avenue.

By bmac66

November 12, 2006 08:06 PM | Link to this

James you’re a stupid racist

By e.b.

November 12, 2006 08:07 PM | Link to this

Hey dano, was Vick to blame last week when his receivers had 8 dropped passes? Is he to blame when the O-Line lets him get sacked 7 times against the Giants? Come on man, if you’re a falcons fan, you love # 7 when he was beating the Steelers and the Bengals. But you’re so quick to blame him when they lose? I don’t see anything that says any of this is based on facts. The facts are this. The team is banged-up, the receivers drop a ton of passes, and the O-Line stinks. Those, are the facts.

By Who's Your Daddy

November 12, 2006 08:07 PM | Link to this

The excuses are already made-too many injuries. The announcers were even saying that Vick was tired and that was the reason for the fumble. This coaching staff is minor league, the team is not prepared and here comes the 2nd half swoon. Been there, done that. Booorrring. Making matters worse when confronted with their shoddy performance Vick, Mora cop an attitude. How come Blank isn’t being asked these questions? He likes lurking on the sidelines. How about it Mr. Blank? Your gazillion $ investment isn’t performing and hasn’t for two years is this what you demand in return for shelling out all that money? Can you invest in anymore injury prone big $ busts? 8-8 looks like a longshot, playoffs? Not this year…again! These coaches need to go.

By t

November 12, 2006 08:08 PM | Link to this

The racism only detracts from how bad of a passer Vick is. Please stop the racist comments so we can freely talk about how bad this is getting.

By Kudzu

November 12, 2006 08:11 PM | Link to this

hey, e.b. the falcons can’t afford to put in “better” players on the field to support your idol, cause he’s stealing all the cash, he ought to be ashamed of himself, and you too, for your “lovefest”.

By L. Hull

November 12, 2006 08:11 PM | Link to this

I KNOW that Vick is trying, but there is a time for desperation and a time to be “cool”. The time that Vick lost that fumble was NOT a time for desperation, is was a time to be cool. Vick’s problem is that he doesn’t appear to know which is which.

By benw1828

November 12, 2006 08:12 PM | Link to this

To all those who are hating on Vick probably think Leak will come into the league and be the next Payton Manning. Until the team learns to make other teams respect them then we are always going to be complaining about something win or lose. Why are we not talking about that sorry safety Chris Crocker who cant seem to learn how to play coverage.

By willysee in n.c.

November 12, 2006 08:12 PM | Link to this

Some combos just don’t work pickles and milk,tractors and gangsta rap,Blank Mora and Vick.Who thinks Blank yakking at Mora with the game on the line was constructive? How is it Mora couldn’t find a way to at least slow the spy on Vick? How could Vick look like a polished vet for two games and revert to looking like a green second year qb? All I’m sure of is this combo is going nowhere in a hurry.

By Karnack the Magician

November 12, 2006 08:12 PM | Link to this

Prophesy: The next time the Birds find themselves behind, Marvelous Michael will go down and out of the game. This will give the fans an opportunity to see what the other QB’s can do —- and hopefully, beg for him to come back and save the Birds!

This is a “mighty” risk for him to take, but after two dismal performances, it’s a risk work taking.

By Dr. Doomed

November 12, 2006 08:13 PM | Link to this

Michael Vick has the incurable venereal disease herpes. Not only does he have it, he passed it along to a woman, who then sued him. She received a large settlement after Vick was tested [positive] for the disease during the Discovery phase of the legal action.

By Michael Vick

November 12, 2006 08:15 PM | Link to this

Alright I suck. I know it. Coach Mora bench me, please. I can’t take the pressure. I am posting this online because I can’t face you after I dropped that ball. Bench me now! Your friend, Mike.

By Dano

November 12, 2006 08:16 PM | Link to this

Hey e.b.,

Give it a rest. How many times are you going to say: “Vick can’t do it all on his own.” Tell that to Mike Vick……No one is asking Vick to do it by himself……He needs to LEAD his team to victory, not give the game away with interceptions and fumbles. The interception to begin the second quarter lead to a Browns TD. The second interception came when we were on the Browns’ 31 yard line!!!! The fumble came on Browns’ 27 yard line….The Falcons have a good team that needs a leader and a CONSISTENT PASSER!!!!

By bmac66

November 12, 2006 08:17 PM | Link to this

I wish the falcons would just trade Vick to a Team and City that would appreciate his talent. Some of you people are quick to forget Vick lead us deep into the playoffs in ‘03 and ‘05 and would have gone in ‘04 if he had not gotten injured and thoes two teams had horrible defenses and in ‘03 the running game was no where as near as good as it is now so how did that happen.

By gizmox

November 12, 2006 08:25 PM | Link to this

I see changes in the coaching staff this off season. Maybe not Mora after signing an extension last year, but both coordinators and thier staff will be in trouble if this team finishes .500 or below. I see why Terrell Owens had problems with Knapp in S.F. The Falcons dialed this game in and maybe the rest of the season as well. Perhaps McKay can sign another high priced free agent injury to walk the sidelines and motivate the team next year. If this team does not right the ship soon several more embarassing weekends are soon to come. Next week in Baltimore will be the first.

By This gets old

November 12, 2006 08:28 PM | Link to this

What a bunch of weenies, crybabies and whiners. Yeah they’ve lost two that they should have won. But they’re one game out of the division lead.

If they fail then there’s plenty of time to talk, but lets try and be fans and not pre-suppose a dismal finish just yet?

By dan

November 12, 2006 08:29 PM | Link to this

No need to bring race into it. Vick is the most inconsistant QB in the league. Period. If those defending him can’t see it. You’re stupid. Every time you think he’s turned the corner with a couple of good games he stinks it up again. It’s just a pattern that keeps repeating itself.

By Darrin "The Vent King"

November 12, 2006 08:30 PM | Link to this

Man, I don’t know where to start. I will try my best not to swear to much, but good grief- how stupid do you have to be to have the talent we have and lose to the Lions AND Browns? How dumb to you have to be to run the same lame @#$% runnning play ALL DAY on 1st down for a couple of measley yards and THEN when you need just ONE freaking yard on 4th down in the FOURTH QUARTER when you are LOSING, now you want to throw bombs to the end zone to recievers who’ve been “dropping it like it’s hot” all freaking day?? I wish there was a way to sue someone over this false advertisement of a football team. EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ORGINIZATION is responsible for this “FUBAR”. Vick, Knapp, Blank, the rcvr corps, AND especially McKay. He handpicked these more butter than popcorn handed girls who claim to be receivers in the draft. How can this be the same team that beat the WORLD CHAMPION Steelers and the Bengals? For once the defense played decent(hell, it WAS just the Browns), now the offense goes back in the crapper. It was just TWO weeks ago, TWO WEEKS, that it seemed we turned the corner on offense. Now look. And when you think about it, ALL THE ATLANTA FRANCHISES does this same @#$% every year. Here’s the formula: 1) When no one believes in you and nobody is taking you seriously, you win and play BIG. 2) then, when everyone is starting to notice (aka “jump on the bandwagon”)and the spotlight is on and it’s time to do what you so EASILY have done before- YOU CHOKE HORRIBLY!! I grew up and have lived here in the Atlanta area since the 70’s and this is what ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, what happens. Here, take a look and you’ll see EXACTLY why the fans here are so bad:

late 70’s- thankfully I was too young to remember, but from what I heard I didn’t miss a @#$% thang!

‘80 or’81- Up three scores in the 4th of a playoff game vs Dallas. Falcons make a star out of Dallas QB Danny White as they TOTALLY collapse and the Bartkowski led Falcons blow their chance at a shot at the Superbowl in a year people actually thought the team was good enough to get there.

‘86-‘87- After shocking everyone in the NBA world, including themselves, the Dominique led Atlanta Hawks, beat the highly exalted Larry Bird led Boston Celtics in Boston Garden to lead the series 3-2 with two to play, including the next one at home at the Omni for a shot at their 1st Eastern Conference apperance. The Hawks LOSE both games.

1991-2005 There is NOT enough space on the internet to break all the Braves chokeapoolozzas down to you, but I will give you the worst. Yeah after losing a couple of World Series, they did win it in ‘95, but guess what- nobody cared. Major League Baseball had just made the biggest goof of all sports time the year before by cancelling the WS in ‘94. If you remember, their attendance was at an all time low from dejected fans still upset about the owners/players squabble that led to the cancelld season. So when the Braves won it, no one watched and yeah THEY WOULD win it then. It got so bad that in the off-season MLB got so desperate to bring fans back, the now infamous “juiced ball”/steroid era began as they convinved America that “chicks dig the long ball…” The next year, up 2-0 with the 19 yr old rookie phenom Andruw Jones leading the way the Atlanta Braves score nearly 30 runs in their homer-filled runfest embarrassment 2 game fiesta at Yankee Stadium vs the Yankees. Up 2-0 with the next three games at HOME, the Braves with a chance to repeat and erase all bad memories of World Series lost, NEVER win another game that year as they choke and lose the World Series (now that everyone was watching again of course)AND get swept by them again in their next World Series in ‘99.

And now we have the Falcons. Running, when they should be throwing. Throwing, when they should be running. Dropping EASY passes, when they should be catching them. A QB who looks unstoppable one weekend and unspectacularly(is that a word?) bad the next. A defense thats injury riddled and is also in love with the zone because their personnel, that they chose mind you, can’t do otherwise. A team that is all and everything the word “inconsistent” could possibly be. Their picture should be next to the @#$% word in the dictionary. And as for Mora, I will always wonder what this team could have been like, wait before I say this. IF you have to fire THE only coach that has led this sorry @#$ franchise to their only NFC championship and subseqent SuperBowl apperance, why, why, why, replace him with an inexperienced head coach and employ a totally revamped offense, which btw is considered THE single most complicated one in the NFL, with everyone being young and new to it all, including a QB who has skills no one has ever seen at his position? Why, because of the new “coporate” ran sports world, where conventional football(or any other sport related for that matter) wisdom, is replace by Enron-like coporate minded know-it-all CEO dictators. I have been thankful for the things Blank has brought to this dismal franchise when he arrived, but if all he is going to do is bring this franchise “up” to the level of choking the other franchises here in Atlanta have done, I, unlike this @#$% team, have turned the corner. I refuse to torture myself for another 20 @#$%^&ing years waiting for JUST ONE of this teams to remove it’s head from you know where! If you are going to start all over, why not pick a more proven guy like Lovie Smith, a real football guy that played the game AND coached and earned his way up. Not some bratty acting, tempermental clone of his own father Jim Mora? You guys most have him on Rittalin now, because all he does he jot notes down on a piece of small paper with the rhythm of the Rain Man.

Okay, I’ve finally gotten tired of venting. I’m going to bed now. You better be glad the Saints lost, but still how can we have hope when don’t know if Jeckly or Hyde is going to show up next week? This sucks.

By Techie

November 12, 2006 08:31 PM | Link to this

Larry quit calling people stupid. You are apprently completely uneducated about football. Vick had a large say in this loss, but to blame it all on him? Vick was one of 53 players who came out today unprepared to play NFl caliber football. The line didn’t block, the receivers didn’t catch, the secondary didn’t cover, hell I haven’t seen it on this blog yet but the punter couldn’t even punt in the first half!!! Thanks to the special teams alone the avg. field position in the first half was 16 vs. 42 due to our shanks and our illegal blocks. I’ll give you that you saw to a large degree what you get with Vick today, and if you think about it, the last drives were a microcosm of all our issues this year. Defense gives up a big play in the passing game leading to points, then Vick makes a great deep throw to White (that was open in large part because Cleveland had to honor the scramble to get to the red zone. From that point we immediately get a negative play on the holding (neg. plays in the red zone- sound familiar?) then Vick drops the ball trying to do too much when he still had another down to play with (and frankly, a field goal still gives you a chance).

Bottom line, when the whole team gets ambushed 14-0 by an inferior but inspired team for the second straight week the blame must go to the coaches first for not doing their jobs and the players second for being less than pro. And BTW, why did we throw 41 times vs. the 25th rush D again? We are not, at the QB, WR, or OL positions, effective as a straight drop-back West Coast offense. I was hoping after the Cincy game we were going to see more of the vertical game. Why wasn’t the pass to White attempted five times today? And why challenge the no-safety call? Even if it was a safety you’re still down by 9 (two possessions) and they get to kick from the 20. Think the game changes late if we still have that time out? We’ll never know. In closing (and sorry for being so long) Vick certainly played poorly and made a major contribution to the loss. Should you continue to put the lion’s share of the blame on his shoulders, however, then you, sir, are the “stupid”. Now go to bed.

By dennis

November 12, 2006 08:35 PM | Link to this

To the Falcon equipment manager - how about welding a handle onto the football so Vick can hang onto it when he hits it with his knee.

By azbird

November 12, 2006 08:37 PM | Link to this

I agree fire all the coaches BLANK!!!

By Dano

November 12, 2006 08:40 PM | Link to this

Hey e.b.,

What are you smokin’??? Must be somthin’ powerful if you can’t see what happens during the game. Record it and watch it when tour head is clear. Yes, I praised Vick when he won those two games, and also cautioned that that was Vick the PASSER and wondered which Vick would show up at future games. Today he was a mix, but too much the THROWER…..ALL the teams are banged up….the TEAM adjusts to what is needed….the last two games were given away…that’s a FACT!!!!

Madden King,

I don’t want to trade Vick or turn him into a RB/Receiver…I want him to play up to his abilities. This game was awful…..Vick has no one to blame but himself…..I’ve replayed the game and watched some plays over and over….not a pretty sight…..stop with the Black comments….they have no place on a football TEAM…..

By Brandyman

November 12, 2006 08:42 PM | Link to this

I’ve had it. What a horrible display. I can’t see the Falcons winning another game. Put a fork in them, they are DONE!!! Vick is not now, or never will be the resemblence of a quartrback. The coaching staff is a joke. Get rid of the entire coaching staff. Give Shaub the reins at QB and put Vick in as a wideout………and PLEASE get rid of the zone pass coverage……..IT’S NOT WORKING.

By willysee in n.c.

November 12, 2006 08:42 PM | Link to this

gizmox blaming anything T.O.does on anybody but T.O. weakens your case.TERRIBLE ODOR has stunk up everywhere hes’ been.

By CRAIGO

November 12, 2006 08:44 PM | Link to this

KNAPP HAS GOTTA GO!!!!!PERIOD. EVERY TEAM KNOWS WHAT THE FCK HE WILL CALL ON 1ST DOWN.. WARRICK DUNN UP THE MIDDLE. 4TH AND 1 AND HE CALLS A PASS DOWN FIELD. HE DID THE SAME PLAY CALLING LAST YR. MORA, GET RID OF THE BUM. LET MUSCAVES CALL THE PLAYS.I AM A VICK FAN BUT IT IS EITHER TIME FOR HIM TO PLAY UP TO HIS 100 MILLION DOLLAR PAYROLL OR SIT HIS A* ON THE BENCH AND LET SCHAUB COME IN AND WIN SOME GAMES. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF WASTING MY MONEY AT THE DOME SO I AM SELLING MY FCKING TICKETS!!!!

By Here's the problem with the confused and

November 12, 2006 08:47 PM | Link to this

bewildered posters. You type volumes about “all our talent” and “what about Vick’s playoff record” and “what about this and that.” Boring crap, who reads these stupid posts? The problem is, THE MEDIA LIES TO YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIVES, AND YOU BELIEVE THE LIES.

Vick is stupid. The Foulcoons are a f-ed up franchise (still). Atlanta is a completely f-ed up city.

Now go out and enjoy your bullet-dodging urban fiesta!

By dennis

November 12, 2006 08:50 PM | Link to this

Remember the “good ol’ days” when everybody was ragging on Leeman Bennett, then later Dan Reeves became the whipping boy. Doesn’t matter who the coach is or what players they have, the Falcons always seem to be lousy except for a couple of good seasons mixed in. This year looks just like last year, except the Falcons started their collapse a week earlier this year! I don’t know why we continue to expect anything different from these perennial losers. Oh well, maybe next year. Yeah, right.

By Corliss

November 12, 2006 08:54 PM | Link to this

This was a team effort. Let the Vick enablers have their say. Let the idiots make this loss a race issue. The fact is:the Falcons are not ready for Super Bowl contention. Teams who are Super Bowl contenders do not make bad teams look good the way the Falcons do. Vick is culpable, too. Win OR lose, it all comes back to the QB(whether)the Vick enablers like it or not. I wonder who Vick is going to throw under the bus THIS time. Look in the mirror, Mike.

By L. Hull

November 12, 2006 08:55 PM | Link to this

I don’t know why I continue to try and post constructive criticism on this site and put myself in the compamy of these racist idiots. I, too, am going to bed.

By Bob from Acworth

November 12, 2006 08:56 PM | Link to this

Oh,well.Here we go again! It’s Deja’ Vu all over again! Michael Vick is not worth $1.30,much less 130 mil! Thanks for the fumble and two intercetpions,MV! The Brown’s owner should pay YOU the way you played today. What a DUMB A—! Sorry,Vick lovers! MICHAEL is NOT a professional Quarterback! The WHOLE TEAM IS A JOKE!Too many dropped passes by the receivers. STUPID mistakes! The coacing staff does NOT have a clue. And if Blank and Company do not make major moves at the end of the season,they will be just as bad as the Smith Family! How can you lose to the Lions and Browns? I go back to the “Old School” days. When George Halas,Don Shula and Vince Lombardi roamed the sidelines as coaches. To those who remember Lombardi. Do you think he would have let one of the owners of the Packers down on the sidelines with the team? Or Halas? Or George Allen?(Not the Senator,the coach!)Those coaches would have kicked their fannies back to the owners box where they belong! Mr. Blank. Do the team a favor. LET THE COACHES coach!If you call that coacing! Mr. Blank,you don’t know sh— from shinola when it comes to coaching. I don’t care if you DO have more money than GOD! STAY OFF THE FREAKIN’SIDELINES! This organization stinks from the top(Blank) on down! WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSERS!

By willysee in n.c.

November 12, 2006 08:58 PM | Link to this

It never fails a few hours after a game the anger little people take over these sites.I,m outa here!

By Boots

November 12, 2006 09:01 PM | Link to this

**Everybody ragged on Knapp because he was one dimensional. Vick goes on TV and talks about how the coaches need to turn him loose and give him more opportunities to throw the ball. Well, guys, now you see what they kept Vick on a short lease. He’s a “thrower” and not a “passer with finesse.” And, with no better judgement than MV7 has displayed over the past two weeks, no team will give him the freedom to audible at the line —- he can’t read defenses —- and if Crumpler is not open he starts to juke and jive carrying the ball like a loaf of white bread.

Being a Bird Fan is like having a bad case of “jock itch” that never goes away.**

By Mike

November 12, 2006 09:03 PM | Link to this

Roddy White will be one of the NFL’s top receivers, but it looks like it will be on a team with a quarterback who actually is a threat to complete downfield passes. It’s time to start cutting the receivers some slack and place the blame where it clearly belongs.

By mad dawg

November 12, 2006 09:03 PM | Link to this

oh yeah, idiots, san diego really won a whole lot of playoff games with brees, dwight, and tomlinson (don’t you dare ever call him LT - there is only one real LT). Oh, that’s right idiots - the chargers have never won a playoff game with brees, dwight, and tomlinson. In fact, the chargers never made the playoffs with brees, dwight, and tomlinson. BUT the dirty birds have been to the playoffs twice with MV7, have won two playoff games, and have been to the conference championship game, only one game away from the Super Bowl. If Reeves was still the coach, they would have already made the Super Bowl once, if not twice. Get a clue idiots before you start annointing the chargers as the winners in that trade.

AND please all of you fourteen year olds, stop the racist nonsense. Realize that people all over the country and the world can read your racist nonsense. It is a humiliating thing for your comments to in any way reflect the people of this city and is quite disheartening. BUT i do suspect that the majority of you have barely hit puberty, so i hope that most people understand that. I certainly hope that there are not any adults posting the racist crap, because only God can help you losers if you are over 18 years of age and still posting that kind of stuff for cheap thrills and laughs.

It is okay to criticize Vick but if you are going to do so just focus on his faults, weaknesses, and shortcomings. Although I love Vick, you have to be honest and admit that there are plenty things to be legitimately concerned about with his skills and performance without resorting to the childish racist garbage. It is okay to say Vick sucks so long as you back that up with legit reasons and rationale. I happen to be a person who is patient with Vick and is appreciative of his many accomplishments to this point in his career and still believe he can bring us to the super bowl someday (if mora and knapp are fired). BUT I can also understand the frustration, concerns, and doubt that others experience and express so long as they do so in a minimally intelligent and mature fashion.

i liken MV7 to another one of my faves: dale earnhardt, jr. Both of them are overhyped and overrated to a certain degree. Both have tremendous unrealized talent. But both continue to disappoint alot and make you doubt why you continue to love the two of them until you turn on the tube the next week and they make you believe again until 2 weeks later when you get mad at them again. Watching MV7 though in this Mora/Knapp regime to me is about as painful as watching Junior try to race around last year without his cousin Tony Eury, Jr. MV7 needs Reeves back because i personally think that Reeves is to MV7 what Eury, Jr. is to Earnhardt, Jr. But unfortunately football is a little different than NASCAR and people like Arthur Blank are not going to swallow their pride and admit they made a mistake and hire back Reeves.

as for the continued racist children who detract from a legitimate discussion about the pros and cons of vick: PLEASE GROW THE HELL UP ALREADY! the world is watching you and the rest of us. Remember this: someday there will probably be a vick documentary on ESPN classic 5, 10, 15, 25 years from now discussing the MV7 era in the ATL. That era may be good or bad and will be probably documented accordingly. You do not want that documentary however to feature many of the racist comments because that will just make the ATL look as ugly as we did 30 years ago when the Hammer was hunting down the Babe. I always wondered who the morons were that sent the Hammer all of that disgusting mail all of those years ago. BUT reading these disgusting racist blogs, I no longer wonder.

By scribe

November 12, 2006 09:03 PM | Link to this

this team is more interested in being thugs than playing football

no cajones

By Dano

November 12, 2006 09:03 PM | Link to this

For all of you that say “Don’t blame Vick for the loss, he can’t do it by humself, he needs help to win,” What would you be saying if the FALCONS won 31-21???? Something lioke: “Vick is the greatest, last week was a fluke, he can run and pass better than anybody.” Am I right??? Admit it!!! Unbelievable!!!! There are basically two types on this blog. One wants Vick to succeed because of who he is and what he represents. The other wants the FALCONS to win because they are rooting for their TEAM. That’s a FACT e.b.

By darrin

November 12, 2006 09:04 PM | Link to this

WHAT THE HELL A 110 MIL QB MY A* VICK ABSOLUTELY SUCKS HE IS A LAME A* FROM FLAG FOOT BALL YOUR ARE TAUGHT TO TUCK THE DAMN BALL WHERE DID AMERICA GET OFF THINKING THIS JACK A* WAS A DAMN QUARTER BACK HE IS AN ABSOPLUTE WASTE OF MONEY PUT MATT SCFHAUB IN THE GAME AND BENCH JACKASS VICK BETTER YET SEND HIM TO THE PRACTICE SQUAD

By Will Blog for Food

November 12, 2006 09:04 PM | Link to this

To put things in perspective: Do you really think Mora will be a head coach for another team (other than the Raiders)?

By Don KeBallz

November 12, 2006 09:04 PM | Link to this

The dirty birds were too busy worrying about what to wear at the BET awards to play football this afternoon, how pathetic!

By tmorse

November 12, 2006 09:04 PM | Link to this

Don’t blame Vick. He was just trying to make a play to bail out that fantastic O coordinator we have. There’s only one instance in the past 150-plus years that a team tried to throw a touchdown on 4th and 1, and that was today. Hey NFL, Knapp will throw the ball on 1st down, and run it on 2nd to set up a 3rd and about 8 (maybe 7) That’s not convertable but about 30 percent of the time for the best of teams. We also only go long on 3rd down, which of course, is a low percentage play. If you fail at going long on 1st or 2nd, you have an opportunity left on 3rd. Also in today’s game, Crennel got his defense into a frequent habit of blitzing on first down. Not once did Knapp try a screen on this play. Blank, Listen: Knapp makes no adjustments during the game, and Donatell just needs a talking to. Simply tell him to blitz when he has a secondary who needs help. Dropping back into coverage doesn’t help an ailing secondary. This is all elementary, and Dan Reeves knows this, yet he wasn’t good enough to work for this organization. Don’t worry about me though, as of today, I am no longer a Falcon fan (28 years of service. (I’ll be back whenever changes are made sir!) -TM

By scribe

November 12, 2006 09:09 PM | Link to this

This team has no heart

By dirtie birdie

November 12, 2006 09:11 PM | Link to this

can someone please explain to me why they care how much $$$ a QB makes? I have never understood why jealous fans criticize a player based upon how much money he makes. isn’t there enough to criticize related to poor skills and poor performance without commenting on money? When you start to talk about money, you come off sounding jealous about the money and not honest in your criticism of the player. AND i never understood why so-called fans never attack team owners for how much money they are making off a team and not putting it back into the team with the same vigor that they attack the underperforming overpaid player who although he is underperforming and overpaid, is usually giving his all unlike most of the cheapskate owners. AND how come no one ever criticizes coaches in that way either? How come no one ever says why as taxpayers are we paying CMR to have this mediocre season with the dawgs? Just a very strange method of attacking players by some fans.

By gizmox

November 12, 2006 09:16 PM | Link to this

Anybody want to talk about the 2007 draft. I am looking forward to starting over again. I have never seen so much talent being wasted week after week. Bring back Dan Henning to fix the offense and Jerry Glanville to run the defense. At least Elvis can get a free ticket.

By blq byrd

November 12, 2006 09:17 PM | Link to this

You guys notice that Jenkins and White absolutely refuse to make a move on the ball when it is not thrown directly into their hands even if they have a chance to possibly make the play? I also noticed that after the ball intended for them is intercepted that they stop playing all together.

For those of you using code words like COON and DUMB when referring to Vick when he has a bad game need to step into the 21st century and and except the fact that the sterotype about African Americans is just that… a stereotype. Blacks prove everyday that they are equally as intelligent as any other group of people, and in may cases… moreso. Who here dose’nt think that Mcnabb is not one of the top three Qb’s in the league? Two out of the last three games, Rex Grossman of the Chicago Bears has thrown ten (10) interceptions and committed a number of fumbles as well. Just last week Brady of the New England Patriots threw four (4) interceptions and they lost their second game in as many weeks today and I am sure that none of you would refer to either of those two as Coons and Dumb.

I also don’t think that Vicks preference for hip hop music has anything to do with his errors and poor play on the football field. Again, the only reason that anyone on a football blog brings up hip hop music is because it is the choice of many of the players, many of whom just happen to be black. And not all hip artist and their fans are thugs and hoodlums the same as I would say that not all rock and country music listners ar trailor living rednecks and hillbilly’s.

As I said earlier, I thought that Mike’s play was quite comical. His inconsistecy is really amazing, you just never know which Vick will show on any given Sunday.

Go Falcons!

By Fan

November 12, 2006 09:17 PM | Link to this

To tmorse, “don’t blame Vick”???, what the hell! He makes over $100 mil and should be the leader of this football team. He is expected to make plays…that is why he makes so much freakin money. He has maybe 2 or 3 good games each season…that is 2 or 3 out of 16 games each year and everyone including Vick thinks he is great. Yes, Knapp needs to go, the D sucks, and the receivers suck, but the Falcons had a chance to win and Vick lost it for them. He is to blame for this loss. He is no better than the sorry D, the sorry receivers, and the sorry coaching….only he makes a heck of alot more money for some reason. What a pathetic joke for a QB.

By dirtie birdie

November 12, 2006 09:20 PM | Link to this

did anyone else notice mora at one point during the game trying to pretend to be all excited about a penalty and start trying to pump his fists and look to his players to try to rally them and they all just kind of stared at mora and looked like HUH? that moment right there told me everything i needed to know about how much mora has lost this team. i do think this season is about to get real ugly real quick just like last year because mora has lost the team. i think by the end of the year we may see the kind of nonsense we are all seeing right now with coker and the canes because coker has lost that team.

By Will Blog for Food

November 12, 2006 09:21 PM | Link to this

Rex Grossman is white trash. Feel better? p.s. He looks like crap tonight.

By GTME87

November 12, 2006 09:22 PM | Link to this

Thought the D played pretty well with all the reserves (granted it was the Brown’s O). Our entire offense is just plan bad. To quote the late Coach Mckay - “We could not score against a strong wind”

By The only reason there are Vick supporters

November 12, 2006 09:28 PM | Link to this

here is because they desparately want a black QB to succeed. That’s it. Nothing more than that. They don’t care about anything else. Sorry Vick lovers, better luck on the next one. Meanwhile, Atlanta goes through another 10+ year losing cycle. Keep buying those tickets, Blank has a young family to raise!

By Techie

November 12, 2006 09:32 PM | Link to this

Folks I know this will sound homerish and Jimmy Mora is not in my good graces right now but I will agree that in this league you have to take a wait and see approach. This team could win out. No, seriously. They could also lose out. Check the scoreboards today: HOU over JAX, IND one point over BUF, PIT over NO, MIA over KC after beating the crap out of CHI, NYJ over NE. The bottom line is that in this league the talent differential between, say, the Colts and the Cards really isn’t much. It all comes down to inspiration first and execution second. This team has proven it can do it. Just quit turning the friggin ball over and dial up a pass rush and we’ll be fine. Hope Abe gets back soon as well…

By Excuses Excuses

November 12, 2006 09:32 PM | Link to this

If you want a good laugh, watch the Falcon press conferences. I didn’t hear “dog ate my homework” but did hear things like “Browns are an excellent football team”; “Other good teams lost today too”(funny how Mora normally claims he has no time to check on what other teams are doing); “Hard to come back from 14 point deficit in the NFL”(they should talk to San Diego who came back from 21 points to beat Bengals). Vick refused to blame his fumble for the loss but instead blamed Beverly for the holding penalty.

This team is poorly coached and poorly put together. These guys have zero chance of winning next week or making the playoffs. Blank better quit sniffing jockstraps soon or he will be the NFL’s laughing stock yet again.

By Techie

November 12, 2006 09:38 PM | Link to this

And to your point Excuses, I’ll bet the Cincy blogs are crucifying their D right now for blowing what should be an insurmountable lead. This team would not be the first Division Champ to play down to the level of its competition. Again, Indy now has one point wins AT HOME against Tennessee (who lost on a last second FG to Baltimore today) and BUF. We have the talent- if the coaches can’t circle the wagons and make the playoffs with this team changed need to be made. I’m already pretty well sold on canning both coordinators anyway.

By Techie

November 12, 2006 09:39 PM | Link to this

oops- changes, not changed

By Eagle

November 12, 2006 09:41 PM | Link to this

**1 qtr the birds came out flat, made some good returns which were negated by penalties, including a chop-block. Then came the defensive offsides on a Silent Count (must have been a ‘hard’ silent count). Then Brookings makes a great fumble recovery and spikes the ball for a 15 yd penalty. Smart! Falcons try to move and some rookie tries to paralize Vick with an elbow to the back of his neck, got penalized 15 yards, but I hope the NFL fines him substantially…could have killed him. Third Qtr, another block in the back. Later, a Beverly hold….all these penalties wiping out good gains. Penalties are a sign of Coaching weakness. I agree that Vick should slow his passing down to 90 mph, and even try some touch (like throwing over the guy that blocked his pass), but Falcon receivers are not catchers of the ball. COACHING IS POOR: THUS WE HAVE PENALTIES: THIS DEFLATES THE TEAM. WE SHOULD START WITH FUNDAMENTALS.

By cp

November 12, 2006 09:41 PM | Link to this

Just a horrible game. Vick had a terrible game but it was more than just him. If Lelie catches that pass they still win the game. I get so sick of people saying the wrs drop balls because the throws them so hard but damn half of the drops come from passes with touch that hit them in the hands. Does he have to catch the ball for them too? The penalties killed them today. That holding penalty in the red zone was the end of the Falcons today. It’s funny how half of these bloggers were no where to be found when Vick had some good games but as soon as he plays bad they arise from the dead. Im with some other bloggers I wish they would trade Vick to a team who would appreciate him so when he gets with a coaching staff who gets it and wrs who actually catch the ball and they win more games than the Falcons these sorry a* bandwagon fans can blame somebody else like the peanut vendor or something.

By Peter

November 12, 2006 09:43 PM | Link to this

Ha ha ha ….”dirty birdie”………the guy is suppose to be a leader, and lead us to the promised land……CEO’s who get paid the BIG bucks in business are suppose to lead their company to big profits!

Actually with all the dropped passes, we could have easily won this game………BUT with the game on the line a leader leads………and frankly he is not, and part of it is him, and part of it is the players we have, and the coaching staff…….

The coaches don’t seem to have the team ready, and Vick makes a ton of mistakes each game……YES great plays, but mistakes that have killed us at the end when we actually have chances to win……

I want my leader letting go of a penalized play then making something happen, not making a disasterious play, and crying about it after the game.

Each week I hear an announcer saying..

“watch the way Vick carries the ball, he doesn’t protect it like a running back……..teams around the league know this, and know he will turn it over”

Three weeks ago after two good performances he said “it would mean nothing if we didn’t win the Lions game”……so what does that mean today, after now losing to the Browns?

Have you seen his quaterback rating?

With all the cash he is making any thoughts on where he is ranked in the league?

Last week against the Lions we never scored in the second half I believe, and that is definitly NOT leadership.

We paid him a ton of money, and we are suppose to get a Tom Brady kind of guy who controls the game when it counts, and finds the way to WIN…..

Isn’t this all about WINNING ????

So I understand why someone would question Vick for all the money he gets.

As for myself I didn’t reup this year for my season tickets, and I am happy to have kept the cash, that I would have given to Vick!

Sorry these “dirty birds”, are going to be playing second fiddle to the Hawks and Thrashers soon in this town, and holy cow, who would have ever thought that would be the case…..

I watch each week wondering how we are going to screw this game up, and they have been showing me consistanly they will turn it over, or make a mistake (penalty) when it counts.

Last three years we came out of the gate like we wanted it, then it seems like at 5-2 we have decided we have the division won……

The Saints game was embarassing at best, Mora smiling and laughing on the side lines, allot of folks said it was an emotional game no one could have won……well the Saints are in first place, and even though they lost in a wild game today, they are the division leaders.

why???

Because they are better than we are, look at the points they are consistantly able to put up!……and now we have lost to the lowly Lions and Browns………HA HA HA….. the guys who didn’t purchase season tickets are smiling now!

By dirtie birdie

November 12, 2006 09:43 PM | Link to this

as for this idiot’s post: By The only reason there are Vick supporters November 12, 2006 09:28 PM | Link to this here is because they desparately want a black QB to succeed. That’s it. Nothing more than that. They don’t care about anything else. Sorry Vick lovers, better luck on the next one. Meanwhile, Atlanta goes through another 10+ year losing cycle. Keep buying those tickets, Blank has a young family to raise!

AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE ONLY REASON YOU DO NOT WANT HIM TO SUCCEED IS BECAUSE HE IS A BLACK QB

I personally could care less if vick succeeds as a black QB. I am as white as white gets. But I do care if he succeeds because he is the best player on my favorite team who has taken my favorite team to the playoffs in two years, has won two playoff games, has sold out stadiums, has brought my team to the conference championship, who played in the national championship game as a freshman in college, who was the #1 overall pick in the draft, who was so good he was actually traded for brees, tomlinson, and dwight, who my team paid millions of dollars for, who is selected for pro bowls by his peers, whose team has a great winning % when he plays and a bad record when he is injured, so yes i have alot of reasons other than race to root foor vick to succeed other than race. My favorite team and me as a fan have invested an awful lot in the guy, he has paid us back alot, but he still owes us alot more, so yes i am going to root like hell for him to reward the investment i have made in him as a fan.

but if you want to continue to act like the 12 year old and make lazy cheap racist comments, go right ahead.

By dirtie birdie

November 12, 2006 09:47 PM | Link to this

CP:

Check the UGA blawgs today. When the dawgs lose, the blawgs look like a suicide hotline, filled with hate and contempt for anything dawg related. When the dawgs win like yesterday however the haters do not even have the decency to drop by the blawg and say bravo or congrats. AND THAT IS WHY WE ALL CALL THEM THE LUNATIC FRINGE

By Techie

November 12, 2006 09:50 PM | Link to this

I’ll gladly come back next week for accountability for this. Here it is:

ATL 27, BAL 17.

Again playing to the level of the competition. Watch and see.

By Techie

November 12, 2006 09:53 PM | Link to this

And by the way for all those counting mark me down as a honky who recognizes Vick’s deficiencies and unique talents and who believes the good outweighs the bad when we focus on the right things offensively (not 41 passes)

By FF

November 12, 2006 09:56 PM | Link to this

I took my 8year old son to his first Falcon’s game today. His Pop Warner team finished 0-8. He recognized poor play calling on offense. My question is this. Is our offense that simple or is he a phenom?

By Well dirtie birdy

November 12, 2006 09:58 PM | Link to this

you’re just a dumb@ss. As I intimated, Vick fans aren’t all black. Keep cheering, though, dumb@ss.

By Tommy Maddox

November 12, 2006 10:04 PM | Link to this

Does Mr. Blank want a tax write-off or a winning team? Anyone want my season tickets?

There is NO excuse for this. I hope all of those well paid folks on the team enjoy their paychecks. They don’t deserve it.

“We Blow” is not an honorable mantle to wear.

By clott83

November 12, 2006 10:06 PM | Link to this

The falcons dont have any guts and Vick sucked it up AGAIN!! Yea, im blaming him. You think along the way someone woulda told him how to carry a damn football, well then again they probably did, but just like his passing game, he hasnt learned anything. We cant build an offense around one player only to have HIM go out and lose game after game, that we SHOULD win. Well, I take that back, if we had a decent quarterback we should win those games. I mean the defense is ok, but hell we were playin the browns. My thoughts at the beginning of the year were that Vick should have one more chance to have a good season. Unless a lot changes between now and week 16, we have got to look at another option. Pathetic performance! Way to get em ready Mora, really, good job. JEEZ

By Bear

November 12, 2006 10:12 PM | Link to this

Bird Babe,

You said it all.

By someone that calls himself "dirtie birdie" is white?

November 12, 2006 10:13 PM | Link to this

oh man, that is RICH! The word BUFFOON comes to mind. More likely, LIAR. Nice try moron.

By monty

November 12, 2006 10:16 PM | Link to this

We tried to establish the run and got stymied on every run play, except when Vick ran. Joe Montana or Payton Manning couldn’t play behind Atl’s line. Manning gets sacked every 2-3 games on avg. If they had been quarterbacking for Atl today they would have been sacked 5-7 times. It’s a shame we’ll never get to know just how great Vick could really be because he will never have a O-line that will protect him or receivers that know what to do with the ball when it hits them in the hands. The falcon receivers must be the slowest in the league or else they only run predictable routes because the defenders were in their hip pockets all day long. Our avg, run play to Dunn I bet only avraged 1.5 yards. Again the opposing D-line dominated our O-line/ Games are won or lost in the trenches. We just don’t have the horses to win with. Maybe next year!

By cat

November 12, 2006 10:19 PM | Link to this

I agree with you people. These falcons suck from the coaches on down. You people on this blog know what you are talking about. Do any of you ever visit the atlanta falcons website? It’s crazy == anytime you say something negative about the falcons, your opinions are ridiculed. The people on that site are either immature teenagers or morons. FIRE THE COACHES. FIRE THE WR. FIRE HARTWELL, FIRE THE OL

By Boots

November 12, 2006 10:19 PM | Link to this

* Eagle —- I’ve got to disagree with you. Penalties are not the coach’s fault. At this level, the players know how to play the game. What they can and cannot do. When stupid mistakes are made that draw penalty flags, it’s usually because of a lack of focus and concentration. The player doesn’t have his head in the game. He’s not thinking. He did something stupid.Now I simply do not believe that stupid on the field is the coach’s fault.*

By Time to go the hiphop PAR-TAA

November 12, 2006 10:21 PM | Link to this

I gots to pack my 9, get my smooth on. check you crackas lata….

(I think killa Ray Lewis be going to be there and sh|t) HOLLA

By Mike

November 12, 2006 10:22 PM | Link to this

I have thought we should trade Vick. I have also thought that Mora and Knapp need to go. Now I say send the whole bunch of losers to LA. Dun is the only one on the team that has any heart. Reeves is not the answer either. I have been a f’in Falcon fan for 26 years and every coach I can remember sucked. Every 2 to 3 years they get a new savior. They all get our hopes up, just to have them dashed. Can we actually get a legit contender in this town????????

By Ed

November 12, 2006 10:24 PM | Link to this

For this year:

Vick should be used like a starting pitcher and if he is playing well, he should be playing.

If the Falcs need to pass the ball (i.e., down 10 with 5 minutes to go, 2 minute drills, etc), Schaub should come in.

For next year:

Cut Vick’s a*. He is awful.

By dirtybirdpoop

November 12, 2006 10:30 PM | Link to this

Maybe Vick (130 million & why are we paying him that much again?????) should wear his infamous Ton Mexico jersey next time on the field .. that might distract the defense .. what a pathetic team .. The Falcons have lost all my support .. Go Ravens

By Rudy

November 12, 2006 10:44 PM | Link to this

These Atlanta Falcons suck. They play football like a bunch of ferry’s. On defense they don’t go after the QB, and they play soft zone coverages, on offense they don’t go after the ball and when it comes right to them don’t catch it, the o-line doesn’t block, Vick crumbles under pressue, and worst of all they don’t coach to win.

If the Falcons ever hope to win they need a new attitude. They need new coaches. They need to play mad and stay mad all season until they win the g******* Superbowl. They get a couple of wins off of mediocre teams and they act like they are entitled to something. These coaches are all a bunch of pansies. I could beat the hell out of every one of them. This is football dammit act like men and show some fight. Bunch of sissies out there!

By Jesse Benjamin

November 12, 2006 10:44 PM | Link to this

Vick, who has herpes, has an occasional good game, but he will never be consistent. He retains his starting job in the face of poor performances because he is black; the p.c. management/ownership recognizes that Vick sells a lot of tickets to black folks who would otherwise be drunk as hell on Thunderbird, high on crack or out stealing hubcaps at 1 p.m. on Autumn Sundays. Yes, this is a stereotype. But, stereotypes often exist for a reason: there is an element of truth in them. And the incontrovertible fact is that only one sun-natured QB has ever started on an NFL championship team. Now, how many of you genius Falc-ers know who this is?

By dirty til I die

November 12, 2006 10:49 PM | Link to this

I’m upset about this loss too, but da*# there is a lot of insanity coming from the fans tonight. Sober analysis of the game…First the good. There actually were a lot of good things to say about this game. Defense played well enough to win, Defensive line deserves a lot of credit for playing hard all game, special teams wasn’t bad except for when Rossum was obviously too tired to be back there returning punts late in game. Defensive backs were still a little shakey but they were right there on most plays. Rossum is too small for the job and Crocker can’t seem to give enough help to anyone over the top, but that can be worked out because DeAngelo can cover his side of the field. Donatell is the only coach that seems like he wants to keep his job.
Now the bad. Vick has to hold onto the ball. I love him (as a QB! you knuckle heads act like no other QB in the league has any deficiency) but his little hands are causing problems. IN his defense, that stupid play should never have ben called from that spot on the field. Neither interception was his fault, both of them were the result of defenders wanting the ball more than our receivers. the TV commentators even gave Charlie Frye the credit for a making a good pass behind a receiver because he could see where the defense backs were coming from. Nobody wants to give Vick that kind of credit. NOw for the worst. The receivers are ridicuous. They will not attack the ball, and the will not get in between the receivers and the ball. And they will not make the big catch. Lelie got pulled today after his drops. some other people must be made to feel that their jobs are on the line. If they just catch the ones that hit them in both hands, this is a completely different game. If they go hard at all the balls that come at them, maybe they stop the picks. The offensive coordinator must go now. This was an accountability moment and unfortunately he is in the most accountable position. The play calling was not just bad, it borders on criminally insane. Not just the mix of pass and run, but the formations, the personnel and the lack of leadership and motivation on offense. All of this is the responsibility of Knapp, and if it’s not all his fault, it is all his responsiblity. Someone has to go, and that someone is Greg Knapp. This team is still capabable of winning 5 of the next 7 games. 10 and 4 will get us to the playoffs. But something has got to change now or in the very near future or we may have to listen to Tito the nutcase pontificate for the rest of the season. That would b worse than going 7-9.

By Rudy

November 12, 2006 10:59 PM | Link to this

Dirty til I die,

You are an f’n idiot. These Falcons suck. They will be lucky to win 2 more games this season. They aren’t man enough to win tough football games…especially when they have to play in the cold weather of Baltimore, Washington DC and Philly. WHo are they going to beat?

Baltimore…hell no New Orleans…hell no Washington…only if they are lucky Tampa…maybe Dallas…hell no Carolina…hell no Philly…Hell no

I would love to kick the crap out of Jim Mora. Wipe that smirk off his face. Little prick, he is only coaching because of his dad. His dad was an a-hole too. Atlanta needs real coaches not little bed wetting ferry’s. Someone who will whip these pansies who call themselves football players into shape. Mora doesn’t have what it takes to get the best out of these players. Mora is a phony.

By DangerousDan

November 12, 2006 11:01 PM | Link to this

So how many drops by the receivers in the last 2 games? 16-17? How absurd. Many are in the numbers. Where did the run offense go? I know Forney is out, but why was he playing with a strap anyway? The fill-guards were doing fine. Now Forney is out for the year. Old news? Yes, but it needs to be said. This team seems lost. They were not ready to play today.

By Lifelong Atlantan

November 12, 2006 11:02 PM | Link to this

i am realy tiring of this. Atlanta should have been the team of the 80’s beind Steve Bartkowski, but that never materialized. We make it to one Superbowl, and that team came out as dead as this one did the last two weeks. New QB, new owner, same old story. I am tired of being called an unloyal fan. I will be a loyal fan when this team shows up to play EVERY minute of EVERY game. Those guys in the 80’s may have never made it to the big game, but they never quit.

By charles

November 12, 2006 11:03 PM | Link to this

Hey Falcon fans remember Vick is related to Aaron Brooks so dont’ be surprised about those bonehead plays. Schaub is a pro style QB and he’s going to be another Delhomme but for another team.

By Titothebear

November 12, 2006 11:05 PM | Link to this

Well, looks like the City too busy to hate has found the time to do so. If you hated this week’s game, just wait until Baltimore thrashes those nasty, chop-blocking thugs!

By TTCO

November 12, 2006 11:07 PM | Link to this

Everyone can say what they want but a lot of people on this blog do have the intellect to realize that no matter how bad you guys want him to succeed due to the fact that he is black it is not going to happen! We are Falcons fans first and fans of individual players second. We want this team to win and even though I have pulled for Michael Vick from the time he was drafted I have seen enough. The man is not NFL quarterback material. Sure there are other componenets of the team that need work but Vick is the main problem. He dosent see the field well, he dosent have the touch on passes that require it, he cant read defensive alignments, his passes are more often than not off target, his decisions are horribly bad most of the time, He fumbles way too much. Some of you say he dont get the ok from the coaches to audible but they have let him audible in the past and his audibles usually resulted in negative yardage due to his inability to read defenses. The coaches have lost faith in his ability to audible because he sucks at it. I will freely admit he has a rocket launcher for an arm and he is the fastest man to ever play the position but the position requires more than that. A rocket launcher is not needed but about 25% of the pass plays in an average NFL game. Yes some passes are dropped but its not the recievers fault if you are 10 to 15 yard from the QB and he tries to knock you down with the pass. The best quarterback I ever saw play in the NFL probably couldnt throw a football 60 yards but he had the touch and accuracy to put the ball on the reciever in stride 95% of the time and it won him several division and league championships as well as several super bowls his name? JOE MONTANA proof positive that a good head for the game and an accurate arm with good touch is what is required to be the best NFL quarterback. The aforementioned intangibles are things that Vick just does not have. We need those things to be a winning team and we have two players that ride the pines who I think have them. I think if given the shot DJ Shockley would prove who the best QB on this team is as he proved after a long wait in college that he has those intangibles. It is Unfortunate but Vick dosent posses them. He is just helter skelter, just a playground ball player not a professor of the game type pro. Yes I am A PROUD WHITE MAN but that has nothing to do with my dislike of Vick. It is his inconsistent stupid play. In case you didnt notice I would rather see Shockley play than Schaub and the last time I checked Shockley was black and Schaub was white. I will admit though that I like DJ better because I am a huge BULLDAWG fan! Though I honestly belive he is better than Schaub. Anyway guys dont hate me because I speak the truth and if you will be truly honest with yourself you will see that!

By Dawg Man

November 12, 2006 11:09 PM | Link to this

The falcons need to trade Vick for a real NFL QB, like Rivers or Brees. Vick’s a runner, not a QB, and will never win big games.

By dirty til I die

November 12, 2006 11:44 PM | Link to this

TTCO

Joe Montana did throw the hell out of a slant pattern. Ask yourself why an offesive coordinator from the same system that Montana played in NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER calls a slant pattern for the Falcons? And don’t even think Vick can’t throw that pass. He hit Finneran with it all the time. Montana wasn’t the tallest QB in the world.

And please stop believing that any Black person wants Vick to succeed just because he is black. We alreacdy know that we are much better in any sporting endeavor than any of you other people. We don’t give a flying fudge about the color of his skin. If he’s on our fantasy team we need him to perform for us. Otherwise anything he does is on him. He doesn;t have to represent us all in sports. We OWN the field in sports (got no pull in the owner’s boxes though) We are more likely to pull for a Black coach just because he is Black. We still aren’t getting enough opportunity in that club yet. We are more likely to call out a bad Black athlete for bad performance than you other people, because we know several people in our neighborhoods who run a 4.4 and have cannon arms. There is no reverse race card, so stop pulling it out of your butt.

By JockEwing

November 12, 2006 11:47 PM | Link to this

Where the hell is Dan Reeves? Total lack of discipline and focus on the part of offense today.

Mora is just another cheerleader that doesnt have the guts to tell people what they need to hear. Yes, this includes Arthur!!

Wake up people, Arthur may own the team, but we pay the GD salaries with our season tickets that see increases in pricing every year of at least 20% for this p** poor perforance.

Mora and Co have no business coaching this team.

By Steeler Nation in the South

November 12, 2006 11:49 PM | Link to this

Okay “falcons” fans. Since I do not have hours to waste reading most of the above comments. Here are my thoughts. Either you are a fan of the Falcons/Mike Vick or you are not. Real fans do not jump on and jump of the band wagon on a weekly basis. Most of these people telling Blank to trade Vick, will be here next week bragging how great the Falcons/Vick is if they win next week. Hopefully the falcons can beat the ravens next week. We need your help. Go Steelers

By Cap

November 12, 2006 11:51 PM | Link to this

Every week I guess I have to step in and defend Vick. I don’t live in Atlanta anymore but I do watch all of the games on directTV and not just read the statlines on the post game shows. Vick threw two costly interceptions and had the killer fumble at the end of the game. Does anyone remember why Vick fumbled the ball? Sheer exhaustion. He had just run for a first down and put the Falcons in a position to win but the back up TE (why is Blakely in the game with less than 1 minute left?) made a critical holding penalty. That is how games are lost. Vick is going to fumble and throw interceptions just like he is going to throw for first downs and touchdowns. That is what quarterbacks do. As an added bonus he can actually run for first downs and touchdowns on a regular basis which no quarterback can do as effectively as Vick. Contrary to popular belief he is not Superman and he cannot be expected to overcome every dropped pass and drive killing mistake his teammates make. He touches the ball on every play. He will make four mistakes a game, less on a good day more on a bad day. That is the nature of the beast. But for you fairweather Falcon fans calling for change just remember the only three good seasons (80, 91, and 98) Atlanta had prior to Vick’s arrival. Now being good every other year is about as good as this team can be, especially when your receivers are second in the league in drops.

By Just reading

November 12, 2006 11:54 PM | Link to this

The race thing is so silly. You either perform on the field or you don’t. What is truly amazing about Vick is that he either wins on loses the game and you can almost always tell when is focus is off. He was quoted as saying “we were suppossed to win this game”. Maybe in college you can just win games on sheer presence, but not in the NFL. These are the best of the best and you have to show up every week.

The reason I say the race thing is silly is that if you ask 100 black people and 100 white people about Vick you will get the same percentage that either love or hate him.

Dirty til you die had it right. There is no reverse race card. You are either hatin or you aren’t. And if you ever had the a real conversation with a black person you would know that they are the hardest critics when it comes to sports and their own race.

Let it the race crap go and just watch the damn dirty birds. Might even get a chance to see them implode again.

By brenda koller

November 12, 2006 11:54 PM | Link to this

JIM MORA AND HIS FLUNKIES WANT BE COACHES SHOULD BE FIRED! DO U HEAR US MR.BLANK?? I BET THERE’S ANOTHER TICKET PRICE INCREASE IN OUR SEASON TICKETS FOR 2007! HOW ABOUT A REFUND FOR ALL THE PROMISES FROM THE ATLANTA FALCONS AND COMPANY!

By dirty til I die

November 12, 2006 11:56 PM | Link to this

RUDY!!! I am first and foremost a FAN, unlike some of you on here who live to hate the Falcons. Feel free to move back to wherever you came from and cheer for your sorry home team whoever that may be.

I may be an f-ing idiot, but I happen to agree with you on Mora, so maybe you’re an f-ing idiot too…?

And it seems like the only games the Falcons can win are the ones that are supposed to be tough. They have played down to some bad teams, and up to some that were supposed to be good. We have the talent to beat everyone on our schedule, the question is will the coaches put them in a position to use that talent, and will the players do what we know they are capable of doing if they get the chance? Every team in the NFL has that same dilemma every week, so I don’t quit on my squad. So at least call me an f-ing idiot fan.

By dirtie birdie

November 12, 2006 11:58 PM | Link to this

DAWG MAN

NAME THE PLAYOFF GAME BREES OR RIVERS HAVE WON: NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH EVEN WITH TOMLINSON AND GATES. SORRY, I’LL KEEP MV7 OVER THOSE TWO

By blq byrd

November 13, 2006 12:02 AM | Link to this

AJC… I am appalled at the number of race based post you are allowing to be posted here on this blog. I know that we are in the South so I guess that this should be expected but you don’t have to give these racist a forum to spit their poison. This site is visited by people from all over the world and believe me when I say that many people form their opinions (right or wrong) by what they read on your site because they have no other way of finding out what they want to know about a place of interest.

I was under the impression that you had someone there to monitor these posts and that you would not allow some of the garbage that has gotten thru to do so.

Take Jesse Benjamin on 12Nov06 @ 10:44pm, this guy is clearly someone sitting in his parents basement with the lights off typing his nonesense feeling that the world is taking advantage of him and feeling like the pee on that he is venting on the Internet to make himself feel better about being a failure in his own life.

I bet anything that he would not even think those thoughts in the presence of a black man because if he did he would find himself waking up in the hospital if he ever woke up at all.

AJC… you neede to do a better job of monitoring the content of the posters on your blogs because if you don’t you may find that someday, no one except the silly racist will even bother to log on to your site; and I can’t help but feel that maybe you share in the opinions of some of these fools.

People need to remember that at the end of the day that it was (is) only a game and that us fans (though we are dissappointed with the outcome of the game) only come here to vent our frustrations and not be bated into some race baiting.

GO Falcons!

By Cap

November 13, 2006 12:05 AM | Link to this

For those idiots that even bothered to step in and compare Brooks/Delhomme to Vick/Schaub have just demonstrated that you do not watch football. Delhomme was Brooks back up for a reason. With Brooks at QB, the Saints went two wins/three losses with the Panthers with Delhomme at QB. I think it is safe to say that the Panthers had by far superior talent . Brooks even beat the Panthers in the first meeting last year (after having beaten the Panthers in the final meeting the year before). Brooks didn’t play in the second game last year because he was benched because, you know, the Saints were MUCH better without him.

By Cap

November 13, 2006 12:11 AM | Link to this

Brooks actually owned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a starter for the Saints and we know what the Bucs did to Atlanta during that stretch.

By GeorgiaYankeesFan

November 13, 2006 12:12 AM | Link to this

A few comments: 1. The time has come to stop coddling Michael Vick. His number 1 priority should be to hold onto the football. He CANNOT fumble without any contact, that is ridiculous. A coach needs to be in his face after his next ridiculous fumble to let him know that he needs to keep a hand on the ball. Enough is enough. 2. Vick needs to stop trying for the home run spectacular play on every snap. He’s gotta learn to throw the ball away, he can’t take a ridiculous hit every single play or else he is going to get knocked out. Mike - you want to run an offense like Peyton Manning, start making some smart decisions and throw the ball away so you can live to run another play. 3. Worst receiving corps in the NFL. Without a doubt, Vick’s receiver’s don’t help him out. Part of this is Vick’s fault as he relies on Crumpler too much and thus the other receivers can’t get in the game. We somehow ended up with receivers who are all thumbs. It is ridiculous. With all of the great talent in the league now, somehow Atlanta ended up with the worst. How is that possible? 4. Lousy special teams play/coaching - no one has really stood out on special teams this year. Another punt block/deflection. Rossum not even coming close to breaking off a huge return. A really dumb onside/squib kick that gave the Browns an opportunity to make a huge play at the end of the 1st half. Would someone please make a big play. 5. The most horrifying thing I saw during the game today was towards the end of the 4th Quarter. The game is in doubt. The Fox cameras turn to the sidelines and Coach Mora is talking to Arthur Blank - WHAT!!!! I have no idea what the 2 of them were talking about, or why Arthur was near the coach but the game is in the balance and the coach is busy explaining something to the owner. Were they making arrangements for the Falcons holiday party? This is nuts. You cannot have a coach’s focus taking away from the game. Arthur Blank, let Mora coach the team. If you have something to ask him let it wait until after the game.

By kent

November 13, 2006 12:13 AM | Link to this

i have followed this blog for quite some time and did joint in on some occations, that’s said, i have beginning to realize that there are only two types of bloggers. one is falcons’fan and other is vick’s fan. please, people, get your priority straight. are you for the falcons or are you for vick??? vick is a great athely maybe THE GREATEST but he is not a nfl caliber quarterback. no six years veterant qb can look so confusing against teams like the lion and the brown. he was like deer in the head light on several occations. i cannot speak for vick level of intelligence since i am not vick, but i do know that he is not a fundemental sound quarterback. or a footbal player for that matter. no fundementally sound football player would hold the ball like a loaf of bread in traffic like vick does…and this was not even the first time it happened. i am tire of the same answer” we’ll get it corrected.” this anserw is now pass getting old. how about correcting the loaf of bread thinggy , mr vick?people said you threw the ball too hard at times and that make it hard for receivers to catch…how about being a leader and have throwing session of about a hour a day with your receivers??? just stand there and wing the ball to them so they can get use to catching it? i always tell my two little girls that there is no excuse for bad grade, should i tell you the same thing???

By Cap

November 13, 2006 12:14 AM | Link to this

For those of you bringing up former Virginia Cavalier Aaron Brooks in some roundabout rationale for bringing in Schaub, I will repost the message I replied to TJ last week. ENJOY!! —TJ, I am glad to see you do your homework. But once again there is a problem with just looking at the statline and the bio. Go to the same place where you got Schaub’s bio and look at the bios for Bryson Spinner and Marques Hagans. Compare them critically and see if it jogs your memory about Schaub. He got beaten out by both of them for the starting job (Spinner beat out Ellis first when Schaub was third string and led UVa to the bowl game victory). Both times Schaub got beaten out the very mobile Spinner and Hagans were ineffectual in games against Maryland and Florida State respectively and Schaub came in to relieve and put up effciency numbers far better than the mobile quarterbacks. And do you know what? UVa got positively blasted by 20 points in both of Schaub’s coming out parties. So even though the entire Cavalier team stunk against superior opponents Schaub was inexplicably allowed to keep the starting job and put up hall of fame numbers against ACC bottom feeders and scheduled patsies. Schaub NEVER had a quality win his entire college career. No exaggeration. He was just remembered for the last thing he did which was three consecutive victories against a reeling Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and Pitt (in the Continental Tire Bowl – THE Freakin CONTINENTAL TIRE BOWL?!?). So despite Schaub’s great success and Heisman Trophy candicacy UVa has yet to recover from the Groh system of perpetual mediocrity. Does any of this sound familiar? Schaub coming in for Vick putting up great numbers (298 yards passing) and the Falcons blowing it at the end because the quarterback is not a playmaker. If you had read any of my earlier posts I term this the Billy Volek or St. Louis Ram QB syndrome - always a great passer rating, however no correlation whatsoever to the on-field success of the team. Sorry these posts are so long but people tend to look at statlines and believe somehow Schaub or someother dropback passer would lead to success but I’ve got an adulthood of non-mobile state of Virginia QB agony to inform how quickly a team can plunge into perpetual underachievement. I know there is no comparable template in the NFL but that is because despite 5 of the 8 2006 BCS bowl team QBs being mobile and the only loser among them being D.J. Shockley (who of course the Falcons drafted), somehow NFL teams think that dropback passers such as Brady Quinn (who got positively outplayed by Ohio State’s Troy Smith), Drew Weatherford (who as all but lost his job to the mobile Xavier Lee but is destined at some point to make a Schaubian comeback for FSU), and Matt Leinart (who of course got outplayed and outdrafted by Vince Young) are going to lead their teams to the promise land when in fact the best dropback passers outside of the Mannings are increasingly scrapheap ne’er do wells in college such as Brady, Delhomme, Bulger, Romo?, Grossman, and the most decorated dropback passer of our generation, ladies and gentleman mr. KURT WARNER!!!!

By Cap

November 13, 2006 12:29 AM | Link to this

Once again, sorry for the long posts but it is very frustrating to hear criticism about Vick from people who would criticize Seneca Wallace in the same way but worse. No one would argue that Seneca Wallace is remotely close to Vick on a talent level (He’s even shorter, smaller, has less powerful of an arm, and even has a higher average yardage per rush than Vick). Not only that, he is fumble prone and Jerramy Stevens is his secondary target. Yet, it is interesting how Mike Holmgren can put together a successful game plan for his backup over the span of a few weeks where as Mora and company can’t do the same for Vick over the span of a few years. But you know, Schaub will step in and save us.

By Tommy

November 13, 2006 12:34 AM | Link to this

If the recievers catch the balls we all will be singing Vicks praises again, but the bottom line is the play calling stinks when things are not going well. Forth and one and you throw a bomb the %’s are to low for that if you hit it your a hero but, it ti big of a risk. You have the best runner in the leauge in MVick so take your chances there. Dumb call!! You always play they smart calls and it will work out in the end. MV will never be a big time winner he is to careless with the ball, watch the great ones from the past they protected the ball played smart all the time … players like Akieman, Young and those guys. Very few turn overs Vick is careless, he is exciting to watch and a great player, but will let you down in the end. He needs a coach to refine his skills someone to mold him and Mora isn’t the guy. I don’t believe they are on the same page. Mora needs to go so and get an older Coach for Vick. Someome like Young had someone that can teach him to lead. Mora is still learning himself.

By Madden King

November 13, 2006 12:42 AM | Link to this

You are right on point Black Byrd these white people on this blog use code words like THUG, STUPID, DUMB, to relate to Vick and they are quick to say that this isn’t a race issue it is about performance. Well it is about race, in the state of Georgia their has been 2 starting black QB’s at Tech, 2 at UGA, and 1 for the Falcons that is the infamous Mike Vick. Even after the Civic Rights movement over thirty years ago the South aint changed it remains the same. These white people in the state rather lose with a white QB who is 0-2 lifetime and justify why he is 0-2 than stand by a black QB who has won and taken them to the NFC championship game 2 years ago. I remember when Qunicy Carter was the QB for UGA, those white people wanted Carter benched for no reason, us black people in the state had to stand by him or Jim Donnan probably would have replace him. Lets face it states like Georgia, Alabama South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and North Carolina will never change as long as you have a race of people out there with their confederate flags hating us cause of the color of our skin having a black QB be the face of the state in Professinal Football, it’s a disgrace to them but to us black people and other minorities it is a sign of the changes that is finally coming in this country especially down south. I commend Arthur Blank for paying Vick that money, the state especially the city of Atlanta is becoming more diverse with the Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians moving in to the city at a rapid rate, so with all the minorities moving here we have a QB to relate to. I am from College Park and I know one thing, Everybody on my side of town whether it is Blacks, Hispanics, or Asians got Mike Vicks back because he is on this side of town all the time giving to the poor, giving homeless people on the street money, buy them name brand clothes, I seen this first hand. He love his people and we love him back. I’ve heard too many white people on the side lines of a high school football game here in Georgia say that the starting black QB on my team was too stupid to play in college and that QB was D.J. Shockley, yes he was my teammate from 1997-2001 at North Clayton High, I was the starting middle linebacker from 1998-2001, so if you look that up you will know my real name. I tell Vick what you white people be saying about him on these blogs about his play, how he sucks, oh and his cornrows, his hip hop style, and the rap music he listens to like that has any thing to do with football, and all Vick says is that he is going to win the Super Bowl for his teammates, himself, and for the black people in this state because he knows that all these white people in this state don’t want him here. So Black people if you are reading this Vick is going to do it for OUR race and for DOUG WILLIAMS. For those who like to know, I know Vick through my former teammate and good friend D.J. Shockley, WE SHALL OVERCOME WITH VICK BY OUR SIDE. HOLLA! GO FALCONS! GOD IS BY YOUR SIDE DAWG.

By Larry

November 13, 2006 12:48 AM | Link to this

Hey, all you stupid people!

I am the King!

What’s that? Oh, okay, I have to go know, because Matt Schaub just called.

Because I’m Larry, and I think all black people are dumb, I love white quarterbacks who have never won a game in the NFL.

By Brownthrasher

November 13, 2006 12:52 AM | Link to this

What’s wrong with the Falcons? Can you say COACHES???? I just saw Mora on Falcons Extra and when asked about today’s loss he said that he was “Happy with where the team is now.” He was actually SMILING. We need Daddy Mora here because he would be going off. Let’s not mention calling a long passing play on a 4th and 1. We have a quarterback who is one of the fastest among QBs and we go for a pass. We have ABANDONED our run game, and when we run we run the same stupid play that every team in the NFL has our number on. And let’s talk about Allen Rossum’s mix match. Yes, our Defense is hurting. But it was not the Defense’s fault because they gave up about 7 yards the second half. They held the Browns in the second half and it’s the same old song —- DROPPED BALLS. NO OFFENSIVE LINE. And of course all the Vick naysayers will blame it on the QB but when you are running for your life all the time, you will make mistakes. The last play was STUPID. Vick threw the 51 yard pass and then had his run to the 6 yard line negated by a dumb penalty. 2-10 and we call a dumb play to which the Browns covered and Vick tried to make something happen as he always does. Only this time it didn’t happen.

I still can not get over More saying, “I’m happy where we are.” 4-5 and he’s happy. Go figure.

By mike

November 13, 2006 01:09 AM | Link to this

I am an American Indian living in L.A. Never even been to the south and I can tell you as plain as day, “Mike Vick SUCKS for a 6-year QB”! No race about it; HE SUCKS! Peace Out -

By Cap

November 13, 2006 01:12 AM | Link to this

For those of you who ask if we are for Vick or for the Falcons, ask yourself “What are my motivations for wanting Vick benched or gone?” Holmgren and the Seahawks have a two-game lead on their division without arguably the best running back in the league in the lineup and doing it with a low-rent Michael Vick at quarterback (Seneca Wallace fumbled three times today and lost two). So you tell me, how would the Seahawks be doing if Vick was traded to be their quarterback? Pretty good I would think. How would the Falcons be doing even if we had the great Tom Brady at QB. Funny how Brady ain’t lookin’ so great without excellent receivers. Say what you want about Deion Branch but he’s looking fine with Seneca Wallace instead of Tom Brady. Brady, not so much. So do you think Brady would be better for the Falcons than Vick? No? Well then Matt Schaub would be really great now wouldn’t he?

By Cap

November 13, 2006 01:14 AM | Link to this

Yeah Mike, Native Americans in L.A. really know their football. Does L.A. have a pro football team? No, because football fans in L.A. SUCK!!!!

By Brownthrasher

November 13, 2006 01:20 AM | Link to this

Coach Mora on if the loss is disappointing: “I don’t know if disappointing is the word. That’s a good defensive football team. They had only given up, I think nine touchdowns this year. They were ranked pretty high. We knew it was going to be some tough sledding against them. They played well and they made the plays when they had to. We had some opportunities. Like I said, this football team, I have all the confidence in the world that we’ll continue to fight. We’ll overcome adversity. Life is no fun, unless you have a little adversity. I mean what the heck, who wants it easy all the time? You know some people do, but I don’t. So, it ain’t easy right now.”

It’s no wonder our team plays the way it does. We have a kid running the team. Mora needs to GROW UP. We should have kept Dan Reeves. This MORon is dreaming if he thinks losing to the Browns and the Lions is adversity.

By Cap

November 13, 2006 01:24 AM | Link to this

Those of you down on Vick clamoring for him to be replaced by a “classic dropback passer” let’s review the Sunday your boyfriend’s had. You know, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. When the Falcons don’t do well, it’s all Vick’s fault. When the Colts and the Patriots don’t do well, it’s their defense’s fault. Hmmm, neither defense for the Colts or the Patriots even allowed 20 points on Sunday. Yet the Colts beat the Bills at home by one and the Pats lost at home to the Jets. Oh please, send us Manning or Brady because they would work wonders for the Falcons as opposed to Vick! For all of you part time Falcons fans I’d love to see your faces when you would see Peyton’s reaction the first time one of his passes bounced off of the hands of a Falcons receiver..then the second time…then the third time…then the fourth time…

By feedie

November 13, 2006 01:26 AM | Link to this

Micheal Vick, you need to HOLD THE BALL WITH TWO HAND AND STOP THROWING INTO COVERAGE, YOU AND ONLY YOU HAVE LOST TWO GAME IN A ROW BECAUSE OF YOUR FUMBLES AND INTERCEPTIONS. YOU NEED TO BE BENCH FOR A GAME, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT UP. YOU HAVE MAYBE BLOWN THIS SEASON, JUST LIKE YOU,YOU,YOU DID LAST YEAR. VICK GET YOU BLEAK TOGETHER OR MORA GET SOME BALLS AND PLAY MATT BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GETTING IT DONE, BUDDY.

By Cap

November 13, 2006 01:28 AM | Link to this

Maybe Holmgren will get tired of riding his bike in the rain and want to coach in Atlanta.

By Mahtin Loofer

November 13, 2006 01:32 AM | Link to this

Vick is a disgrace to his peeps, but he do sell tix to them, so no matter how great his suckitude, he gonna stay at koter-bak. An’ Falk-cun fanz be so sorry that they sell they tickits to fans of th’ uther side. Oct. 22, place was bustin’ wif blak & gol. (And I doan mean teef.)

By Titothebear

November 13, 2006 01:35 AM | Link to this

There’s a lot of Cap Crap on this board. Let’s get it cleaned up by morning. All that space and nothing said!

By Cap

November 13, 2006 01:38 AM | Link to this

Hmmm. Seneca Wallace only threw 23 passes today. He fumbled the ball after his line couldn’t protect him and that fumble got returned for a touchdown. He threw a touchdown pass to Jerramy Stevens who has the worst hands of any starting TE in the league. Seahawks won and are two up in their division and are currently in the driver’s seat for a first round bye in the playoffs. What’s Atlanta’s excuse? Oh yeah, Vick is horrible, Schaub will lead us to the promise land!

By dirtie birdie

November 13, 2006 01:38 AM | Link to this

hey cap,

how would the wooden statute peyton feel when his offensive lineman repeatedly acted like they are the fulton county sheriff’s department trying to protect the courthouse from the likes of Brian Nichols? can you say jailbreak? remember the one time last year against the steelers when peyton had to deal with his o-line allowing the steelers to tee off on peyton? peyton did not do that well that day, did he? and what did peyton do after the game: he made that infamous “i’m trying to be a good teammate here”, clearly selling out his o-line, something that you have never seen mike vick do although he would have been plenty justified in doing so for years now

By Brownthrasher

November 13, 2006 01:40 AM | Link to this

I remember when Tiki Barber fumbled all the time. He LEARNED how to HOLD the ball. If Vick is going to carry the ball (and he has to with this Offensive Line), he needs to learn how to HOLD it and cradle it so defenders can’t knock it out and he doesn’t drop it.

Vick wants to WIN. He sees his passes DROPPED, his runs negated by PENALTIES, and his offensive line not holding even their breaths. So he tries for the sake of the team to make something happen.

Blame Vick if you must, BUT he is NOT Calling the plays. He does not put the personnel in (like starting Allen Rossum at Corner); and he is not the COACH of this team.

I love MV7 but I think he has let his critics get inside his head. So what if you are not a great passer. Use what the good Lord gave you that makes you so electrifying. There were several times today that the OLD VICK would have taken off and ran up field. But you’ve let the critics inside your head and you think you HAVE TO PASS. With receivers as the Falcons have, I would think run first, pass later. Besides when you do put the ball in play, it ends up going through their hands like sand.

The Falcons need to take this DRAFT and draft some Big MEAN OFFENSIVE Linemen. Until we do, Vick will always be making plays on the run - whether he’s running a designed play or running for his life because the Line broke down.

4th and 1 and we THROW the ball.

By Brownthrasher

November 13, 2006 01:53 AM | Link to this

Javon Walker. Deion Branch. Donte’ Stallworth.

PEERLESS overPRICEd! Ashley Leli …

We will always be second best when we continue to focus on 2nd best receivers.

By Cap

November 13, 2006 01:58 AM | Link to this

Hey dirtie birdie, I think we share the same viewpoint. I am being sarcastic to demostrate how bad of an idea it would be to have anybody but Michael Vick at quarterback. We need to remember where the Falcons were just prior to Vick. Talk about development of the 6th year QB. The second QB in that draft was Drew Brees and that is because San Diego traded down and took LaDainian Tomlinson. With Tomlinson and Brees the Chargers still have yet to match the team success of the Falcons and now Brees is gone. But they continued to stink and drafted Phillip Rivers. Unfortunately, Vick is too good for the Falcons to go into the tank to draft a top flight offensive threat (or lineman) to complement Vick. And I don’t advise drafting linemen high after looking at Robert Gallery in Oakland. the only reason we were able to get D-Hall is because the Falcons stunk after Vick got hurt. So it is up to the coaches to mold the talent the Falcons have because as long as Vick is healthy Atlanta will never have another high first round draft pick.

By dan

November 13, 2006 02:03 AM | Link to this

Calm down people. Let’s forget about this debacle and move forward. All we need is a convincing win against Baltimore on the road and we’re back in business. This league is all about momentum. If we string some wins here and at the end of the season, we’ll be looking good come playoff time. Cheer up. We just have to weather this storm.

By dirtie birdie

November 13, 2006 02:23 AM | Link to this

yeah, i fully agree with you cap. i just wrote my little post horribly and meant to tell you that i was getting what you were saying and was just making an extra point to prove what your point was.

By Brownthrasher

November 13, 2006 02:34 AM | Link to this

Nov 19 @ Baltimore 7-2 Nov 26 New Orleans 6-3 Dec 3 @ Washington 3-6 Dec 10 @ Tampa Bay 2-6 Dec 16 Dallas 5-4 Dec 24 Carolina 4-4 Dec 31 @ Philadelphia 5-4

The NFC is wide open. Keep HOPE alive!!!

By headset man

November 13, 2006 04:08 AM | Link to this

I seen Vick at the grocery,he dropped a loaf of bread three times before he got in his car.

By Wedgie Evans

November 13, 2006 04:39 AM | Link to this

You really gotta look hard at firing the coaching staff after these two losses.

As of right now, the Hawks are the best-coached Atlanta pro sports team. Who would have thought?

By Big D

November 13, 2006 05:17 AM | Link to this

I friend call me before the game and said he saw Vick and alot of the Falcons in Majic City and Club 731 (spring st) Saturday night drinking and smoking blunts with Jay-Z. My friend left the club after 4 and they (falcons) were still there. (on the night before a freaking game) This is why they came out so flat in the 1st half…most of the team had hang-overs. We have a definite leadership problem and it starts with Vick. I can not wait until Shockley matures, so he can take over. I am a huge Vick fan I have watched his career since his 1st game at Virginia Tech, so it pains me to say this, he is not a leader, nor do I think he has the capacity to develop into one. On the other side, our coaching staff is terrible, mis-management of time outs, bad offensive play calling (the 4 & 1 bomb case in point), and lack of preparation. Finally, after the game Mora comes out and blames the players, shifting the blame from himself. Again, NO LEADERSHIP!!!

By Umberto

November 13, 2006 06:16 AM | Link to this

OK, so Mike Vick is a great QB. But maybe it’s time to shake things up a little bit. Matt Schaub is a very capable QB with a little nicer touch on the ball. Vick tends to throw it too hard for the receivers to catch it. Here’s the fun part….. Let’s put Mike Vick and all his talent to work as a wide receiver / tight end AND a cornerback (ala Deion Sanders). Make some catches, make some runs and score some TDs and pick off a few more and bring em back for some TDs.

By Boots

November 13, 2006 06:18 AM | Link to this

* MADDENKING —- your statements are rediculous! Michael Vick has been given every opportunity to be anointed King of Atlanta, but cannot get it done. And, it’s not because he’s “black”, it’s because he’s not an NFL caliber quarterback. You’re pulling on a duck’s neck trying to make a swan —- Vick is not a quarterback and never will be an NFL quarterback!!*

By e.b.

November 13, 2006 06:27 AM | Link to this

Hey e.b.

In one of your posts here you said, “let’s be honest”. What a freaking joke. You have never been honest about Vicl. Even now you continue to defend him. His receivers did drop hard balls yesterday but the last fumble had nothing to do with his receivers, neither did the first interception that he threw that let to 7 pts. hmmm 17-7 = 10 = an Atl win possibly.

e.b. step up and be a man and stop the pounding you take here.

By Lee

November 13, 2006 06:58 AM | Link to this

First thing the Falcons need to do is teach Vick some fundamentals. In particular, how to carry a football. He will never be consistent until he stops putting the ball on the ground. Couple that with his inconsistency with regard to passing, and you’ve got a failed offense right there. Beyond that, an ineffective O line and an extremely vulnerable pass defense spell disaster for this season. I quit.

By Big A

November 13, 2006 07:01 AM | Link to this

Well where are all the people now hollering see ya in Miami?? Face it Vick probably would have done better in the BET Hip-Hop awards last night! Since he fits the criteria! THUG!! Same ol Falcons! I think you better watch out for #52 Sunday. He smells blood!

By HA

November 13, 2006 07:18 AM | Link to this

Vick is Back!

Vicks best 2 games of the season followed by his worst 2. 96, 142, 52. 43.

By bob

November 13, 2006 07:20 AM | Link to this

The Falcons need a virile coach; someone who might actually raise his voice and yell, call them to task. Mora’s soft approach is more appropriate for 5-7 year old league. Mora gives every loss a reasonable explanation; not the right one which is the Falcons—defense and offense— don’t play up to quality professional standards. But hey maybe they are playing to the standards established by Mora —it’s ok to lose.

By lowcountryk

November 13, 2006 07:22 AM | Link to this

when do most running backs learn to stow and protect the ball? high school? pee wees? If Arthur Blank is going to be on the sideline (which he shouldn’t)maybe he should teach his multi-million dollar man!

By zerevan

November 13, 2006 07:24 AM | Link to this

Fire Moron Mora his stupid crew…NOW…!

By dan

November 13, 2006 07:29 AM | Link to this

By Madden King

November 13, 2006 12:42 AM | Link to this

You are right on point Black Byrd these white people on this blog use code words like THUG, STUPID, DUMB, to relate to Vick and they are quick to say that this isn’t a race issue it is about performance. Well it is about race, in the state of Georgia their has been 2 starting black QB’s at Tech, 2 at UGA, and 1 for the Falcons that is the infamous Mike Vick. Even after the Civic Rights movement over thirty years ago the South aint changed it remains the same. These white people in the state rather lose with a white QB who is 0-2 lifetime and justify why he is 0-2 than stand by a black QB who has won and taken them to the NFC championship game 2 years ago. I remember when Qunicy Carter was the QB for UGA, those white people wanted Carter benched for no reason, us black people in the state had to stand by him or Jim Donnan probably would have replace him. Lets face it states like Georgia, Alabama South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and North Carolina will never change as long as you have a race of people out there with their confederate flags hating us cause of the color of our skin having a black QB be the face of the state in Professinal Football, it’s a disgrace to them but to us black people and other minorities it is a sign of the changes that is finally coming in this country especially down south. I commend Arthur Blank for paying Vick that money, the state especially the city of Atlanta is becoming more diverse with the Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians moving in to the city at a rapid rate, so with all the minorities moving here we have a QB to relate to. I am from College Park and I know one thing, Everybody on my side of town whether it is Blacks, Hispanics, or Asians got Mike Vicks back because he is on this side of town all the time giving to the poor, giving homeless people on the street money, buy them name brand clothes, I seen this first hand. He love his people and we love him back. I’ve heard too many white people on the side lines of a high school football game here in Georgia say that the starting black QB on my team was too stupid to play in college and that QB was D.J. Shockley, yes he was my teammate from 1997-2001 at North Clayton High, I was the starting middle linebacker from 1998-2001, so if you look that up you will know my real name. I tell Vick what you white people be saying about him on these blogs about his play, how he sucks, oh and his cornrows, his hip hop style, and the rap music he listens to like that has any thing to do with football, and all Vick says is that he is going to win the Super Bowl for his teammates, himself, and for the black people in this state because he knows that all these white people in this state don’t want him here. So Black people if you are reading this Vick is going to do it for OUR race and for DOUG WILLIAMS. For those who like to know, I know Vick through my former teammate and good friend D.J. Shockley, WE SHALL OVERCOME WITH VICK BY OUR SIDE. HOLLA! GO FALCONS! GOD IS BY YOUR SIDE DAWG

God help our Country if all blacks think like you.

By Keep_it_Real

November 13, 2006 07:41 AM | Link to this

Micheal Vick thinks he is Peyton Manning which he is not. He is going thru an identity crisis. Now he is not only hurting his game, but the entire team. Our coordinators doesn’t help matters either, on both side of the ball.

By woody

November 13, 2006 07:53 AM | Link to this

Watch as the Falcons FANS jump off the wagon…..

You will never understand the True meaning of the word “FAN”

Jokers…..

By TTCO

November 13, 2006 07:54 AM | Link to this

Dirty til I die, The race card was pulled by you and your people! I was just trying to put it back in the deck. Oh and unrelated to your color your comments to me made you sound like a racist dumb @$$! The starting quarterback for the Falcons sucks be real with yourself open your eyes watch him screw up over and over and accept it!

By Rich

November 13, 2006 07:55 AM | Link to this

Break out the cranberry sauce this turkey’s done. Is micheal vick on drugs? first he lines up behind the guard position then runs 3 steps and drops the ball, then he says, “i gues i could have done more. if mora had any guts he’d sit him down and play a real QB.

By poo

November 13, 2006 08:00 AM | Link to this

Maddenking said….So Black people if you are reading this Vick is going to do it for OUR race and for DOUG WILLIAMS

Does Vick and DJ subscribe to your opinions? MV is going to do it for Doug Williams? lol. You really need to get over this racist attitude you have. It’s 6 years in the the 21st century.

By mike

November 13, 2006 08:02 AM | Link to this

Trade Vick for Favre. One year with him may be worth the remainder of Vick’s contract. The Falcons have the consistency of jello and the intensity of zzzzzzz. If it weren’t for the tailgate parties, would anyone go to the games?

By Brian

November 13, 2006 08:11 AM | Link to this

Mora can’t coach.

By robert

November 13, 2006 08:12 AM | Link to this

Someone on this coaching staff needs to be held accountable for the dismall play of our recievers as well as our play calling and special teams. I personally think Blanke is making Mora act more like a buiseness man than a coach. The man shows no emotion in press conferences since his outburst last year. (which at least was real). Players thrive on the emotion of there leaders, this is football damn it. Not home depot. What we are seeing is not acceptable. If no changes are made I propose we all put our tickets up on ebay or stub hub, for the new orleans game and let Blanke Know how we feel. Lets put mora and the gang in the dome and make them feel like they are in New Orleans. Maybe then they will get the message.

By dirtie birdie

November 13, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this

i’m done with the ajc. all of this racist crap has finally worn me down. i am retiring.

you have white idiots who are blatant racists who will say anything for the shock value and a cheap thrill and cheap laugh. these people are obviously still teenagers.

and then you have the white guys who pretend to have legit criticism of vick but then criticize vick by using code words that fit in with the historical stereotypical opinion of a black man. unfortunately, these are usually the white male adults

and then you have the black guys like madden king who just say absolutely foolish stuff which comes off as just as racist, or even more so, than the racist white fools.

and then you have people like me who i believe are the majority: people who respect MV7 for all his skills, talents, and accomplishments but who are also very frustrated with all of hsi unrealized talent and inconsistency. SOme of these people want him bench or traded because they are emotionally impulsive after witnessing a bad game. I however remember what he has done and am willing to be patient with him. The good with MV7 during his tenure with the falcons has actually far outweighed the bad, folks.

There is a legitimate discussion to be had about the pros and cons of MV7. Unfortunately, the racist children, both black and white, on this site just seem absolutely hellbent on preventing that honest discussion from occurring. So, I quit. The lunatic fringe has finally gotten to me

I will still watch every sunday though because that is what fans do. Go Falcons!

By ba

November 13, 2006 08:17 AM | Link to this

Vick is a joke. How many superbowls have been won by a non pocket passing QB. Get rid of Vick while you can…it’s a joke that he’s on of the highest paid QB in the NFL!

By TC

November 13, 2006 08:19 AM | Link to this

Mora better not get a “pass” on this game. The injuries are mainly on the defense and the defense played ok. Mora is the worst game coach in the NFL. He is a decent motivator but he and his staff make NO adjustments to win games at the half. I love how Knapp continues to run Dunn between the tackles when he was averaging 2 yards per carry and your down the whole half. Bring back June Jones at least he could coach up our receivers and maybe teach them how to catch the ball and run routes.

By Barry

November 13, 2006 08:21 AM | Link to this

Hey Y’all:

Coaches, Coaches!! What the hell is going on? You had our Falcons sleep walking in the first half and let them get behind. On the offensive side of the ball, it appeared the players were moving in slow motion, with no enthusiasm. The weren’t running to and from the huddle, etc. It looked like they were going through the motions. I always hear you harping you want them playing fast. Well if that was fast then we have a real serious perception problem. My fast means moving quick, and real fast. Help me out with your definition. Cleveland jumped all over our team slow motion, unthusiatic attitude. And we were the HOME TEAM. You let a VISITING team gain some heart and momentunm with your unenthusiastic play at HOME in the first half. Coaches you should have told the team to SPEED it up and get into it. If me as a fan can see it, why can’t you? They did pick it up in the second half only after they got into a fight with the Browns before halftime. Is that what it takes to light a fire under their butt? Then we got a problem. If the players are out partying 2 and 3 days before games then they need to cut it out and get focus on the game ahead, their season, and their jobs. They should be working out and sTudying plays. Increasing their intensity and focus for the upcoming game. If not they will be in another NFL meaning they won’t be here”NOT FOR LONG(NFL).” If I have to tell them this a s a fan then coaches we really have a problem. You and your players are getting paid more money than me. And I am seeing things on the field that is starting to look very unprofessional. I love you guys, but damn it is starting to get real hard to LOVE what I see. As fans all we ask if that you guys show up and coach and play hard from the 1st quarter to the 4th quarter. Play fast like you preach during training camp!!!!!

Hey, SSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! This is a SECRET between us Falcon fans. Keep it a SECRET. PLAY FAST!!!

Ringold

By Boots

November 13, 2006 08:25 AM | Link to this

* Six years is enough! If MV7 can’t get it together over the remainder of the season, other arrangements need to be made both with coaches and with Vick. But I’ve watched enough football to know that Vick is not demonstrating the key qualities of a winning QB and that begins by being a Field General. We’re pulling on a duck’s neck, trying to make a swan!*

By Josh

November 13, 2006 08:32 AM | Link to this

www.firejimmora.com

By San

November 13, 2006 08:33 AM | Link to this

Falcon fans are p** at the team. Vick, you have been a QB for 6 years and still have not learned to tuck it in when you run or find the open Crumpler oooops man. I think the Falcon receivers need stick-um. Maybe they will hold on to the ball. Another wasted season sitting at home watching other teams. The Atlanta Fowls Can’t

By ED FROM ELLIJAY

November 13, 2006 08:34 AM | Link to this

MIKE VICK IS THE WORST QB IN THE NFL. WHY CAN’T MORA SEE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SEES, THAT HE HAS TWO MUCH BETTER QB’S SITTING ON THE BENCH. VICK IS A LOSER. IF WE WANT TO WIN WE MUST TRADE HIM AND LET SCHAB OR SHOCKLEY RUN THE TEAM. THEY ARE WINNERS UNLIKE VICK.

By Titothebear

November 13, 2006 08:35 AM | Link to this

Who could be more racist than Maddening King? Vick can’t play! He’s a loser and he’s proving it. You are the worst racist on this blog Maddening. Your bleatings about the racism that is causing Vick to play horribly is so disingenuous. We all know it and we know you will continue to blame white people for the failings of the black quarterback. That’s fine! He’ll be gone from here soon. Count on that! He’s playing himself out of the league. I don’t know whether he’s intellectually astute or lacking in intelligence and I don’t care. I do know he’s a sorry quarterback and you’re a sorry human.

By CAQ

November 13, 2006 08:35 AM | Link to this

Maybe Vick was thinking about going to the Hip Hop awards that was going on last night in the ATL. He played awefull, but the play calling was the worst I have seen in years.

What ever happen to Vick rolling out of the pocket and him having to option to run or pass. That worked against the Bengles and the Steelers but i guess the coaching staff forgot about using those plays.

By TTCO

November 13, 2006 08:39 AM | Link to this

Read the comment by Big D at 5:17 am. There is Vicks problem he is a gangsta rappa wanna be in a football uniform. And people wonder why some folks call him a thug? He needs to make his ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS in hip hop where being a thug is looked upon as being a hero! How can you stay out at a strip joint drinking and doing dope until after 4 am and expect to have a clear mind at 1 pm. Maybe I was wrong about his mental capacity maybe its just the dope and booze that make him look so stupid on the field. However if he would stay out partying that late the night before a game I still have to question his mental capacity.

By Falcon's Fan

November 13, 2006 08:41 AM | Link to this

Okay, this season is a wash…. Micheal Vick will never lead our team to the play-off or superbowl. Vick had a chance to show off his talents and failed; put Matt in for the rest of the season and lets get a good evaluation of his talents. Bench Micheal Vick NOW… Play the back-ups, and lets think about next year. this year is over and Vick was aweful and inconsistent. We are the joke of the NFL………..

By ED FROM ELLIJAY

November 13, 2006 08:42 AM | Link to this

IF MIKE VICK WAS WHITE , I WOULD STILL SAY HE SUCKS!!!! TRADE HIM. HE IS HORRIBLE. I DO NOT CARE IF IT IS SCHAUB(WHITE) OR SHOCKLEY(BLACK), JUST TRY ONE OF THEM!!!!! VICK MUST GO!!!!!!!!TO WIN.

By Hotrod

November 13, 2006 08:46 AM | Link to this

C’mon Falcons, you now have to rise above yourselves,( especially the guys stepping in the the injured ) for the rest of the season.You are ALL at this level of football for a reason. You are the best of the best. The rest of the season is a superbowl every single Sunday.

The team is an underdog the rest of the year. Now write the rest of the story with a great ending and lets execute!

By Mac

November 13, 2006 08:54 AM | Link to this

**When will Mora hold Michael Vick accountable? If anyone out there can tell me an occasion where Mora actually got in the face of Vick after one of “Several” mistakes (i.e. fumble, interception)……….please let me know. Vick continues to carry the ball in his hand as if he is palming it like a basketball. I am willing to say what others in the Atlanta market are afraid to say……..Michael Vick sits and Matt Schaub plays. Vick is an outstanding athlete………but his miscues and mistakes are now overshadowing his talent. Yes the number 7 sells jersey’s like crazy………but they will soon be half price if Vick continues to play as he has the last 2 weeks.

Vick can not be held accountable for everything, because the reality is…………Mora is suffering the consequences of the “Monster” he has created. The monster being the “home boy attitude” he has with Vick, Hall, and others. Mora has tried to become more of a players coach, rather than the Falcons coach. Frankly, he has crossed the line of no return and the situation can not be reversed, until he makes some “unpopular moves”, beginning with HOLDING VICK ACCOUNTABLE.

Get in Vick’s face Mora…………….when he F’s up!! That’s the only answer. Stop believing that Vick can not do wrong……..**

By CAQ

November 13, 2006 08:55 AM | Link to this

Falcons fans keep wanting to change their QB evertime their team has a loss. The truth of the matter is that Vick is still one of the best QB’s in the game today. In order to make him successful the receivers have to do their jobs and catch the ball. They all make a million dollars a year, they have to catch the ball if it hits thier hands. their we touchdowns nad dropped 1st down conversion all over the field yesterday.

I was never a person to point my finger at Knapp but after yesterday I am on the fire Knapp band wagon. The play calling was aweful. That 3rd and 1 play made me sick. Of Vick is throwing 40+ times a game then the play calling is not good. He is not Manning. We have to have a good balance and run 30 and pass 30 times a game.

Why is the defense not being aggressive in the first half? When they blits the team is much improved.

I think Blank is going to let some heads roll if the Falcons do not make the playoffs.

By Rod

November 13, 2006 09:04 AM | Link to this

When will Vick care enough about the team to actually try and hold onto the ball?!?!

Hey Mike, it doesn’t matter how fast you can run if you don’t take the ball with you!!!

By Mac

November 13, 2006 09:06 AM | Link to this

KNAPP missing from sidelines:

Have you heard the latest!! Greg Knapp is missing! So for the last 2 games the Falcons have been using a tape recorder to call the plays: 1st down - Dunn off tackle (result 2 yards); 2nd down - Vick drop back to pass (result - incompletion); 3rd down and LONG (Vick pass - incompletion; 3 and out…….

WOW! Knapp is making the easiest money in the NFL……If he doesn’t come back……..HELL! we don’t need him….because everyone knows he offensive strategy…

By William

November 13, 2006 09:07 AM | Link to this

Fire Knapp, Mora, and Donatell!!! And most importantly - Trade Michael Vick! He’s never going to be the savior of our franchise and we might as well get something good out of him while some franchises (i.e the Raiders) are still in Awe of his flash. The Falcons need to concentrate on getting a smart quarterback, getting big, fast, and strong on the offensive and defensive lines, getting receivers who can catch, getting players in our secondary who compliment D. Hall, and most importantly getting a coach who knows how to use that talent and isn’t afraid to tell the players that loses to Cleveland and Detroit was really from a lack of heart than getting beat.

By Barnes

November 13, 2006 09:09 AM | Link to this

TRADE MIKE VICK FOR DAMON HUARD

By gerald44e

November 13, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this

Does anyone really care what happens in Atlanta? The entire town is an embarrassment. Have vick marry the mayor.

By Craig

November 13, 2006 09:12 AM | Link to this

Vick is one of the best QB’s in the game? Are you on crack? He is as inconsistent as they come and his accuracy is pathetic. Amazingly, when his off the mark passes are missed or bounce off of the turf it is the fault of the receivers. He is no QB and certainly not one that will win a championship.

By VICKHATER

November 13, 2006 09:15 AM | Link to this

The sorrya$$ed quarterback said himself that he has small hands and this makes it tough for him to be a pocket passer. The idiot is not smart enough to watch himself carry the ball in one hand the way he does. So either he is lying about his hand size being a problem or he is too dumb to take care of the ball. Either way Vick will never be an elite quarterback. Looks like he is not smart enough to figure out what he is doing. We need a head coach like “The Tuna” to come here and light some fire on the rest of the players and have the gonads to stand up to our pitiful excuse of a “superstar” ha.ha.ha.ha. quarterback and run things the way they should be run.

By Mac

November 13, 2006 09:18 AM | Link to this

Did anyone notice Vick grabbing at his “hair net” (after his helmet came off) rather than the ball when he fumbled in the 4th quarter?

By msteven

November 13, 2006 09:23 AM | Link to this

Poor Michael Vick. Yall guys are soooooooooooo Fair Weather, oh my gosh.LOL, two weeks ago yall were praising him, giving him an award, he was this and that. Now yall trashing him and want him traded. Mike himself said when he accepted the award that he was neutral in the praise because one week they praising him the next week they killing him. lol. new name. the FFF. Fairweather Falcon Fans..LOL LOL..yall is a trip. I am still a fan(as I am Now a resident of Atlanta since 98 moved from NYC and NC. wasent a fan of neither the giants or panthers, became a falcon fan in 98 the year i moved here. a fan when they or loosing as well as when they are winning.). I was disappointed but not tore up. its only a game. But truth be told if they lose two more games in a row, that would make it 5-7 making it only strait wins for the remainder of the game, cant afford no more losts. ok Falcons you Have to Win the next 4games strait. Somehow I dont see that. But its cool I will watch my black birds until the end and hope for a better season next year. Falcons hang in there! Keep your Beaks up!

By TTCO

November 13, 2006 09:31 AM | Link to this

CAQ, It is this easy go to NFL.com and look in the stats section and check out quarterback ratings VICK IS 27TH before yesterday which will in all likelyhood drop him even further down. 27TH IS A LONG DAMN WAY FROM BEING ONE OF THE BEST QUARTERBACKS IN THE NFL!

By Big Sioux

November 13, 2006 09:31 AM | Link to this

I am a Falcon fan who lives far enough away from Atlanta that I can only see the games on NFL Ticket. I told my wife not to renew our subscription this year or any year until Mike Vick is no longer the QB and they put a leader in that position. Glad to see I’m not missing anything.

By Jeff

November 13, 2006 09:33 AM | Link to this

The receivers can’t catch and the DB’s get burnt. Somebody in the receiving group needs to step up and be a leader and make big plays. All three of them walk around the field with their head drooping. We need some intensity out there!

By Robert

November 13, 2006 09:41 AM | Link to this

So how long did Vick party with the BET crowd Saturday night? His performance showed it on Sunday. Even my 8 year old QB knows to line up behind the center. Also, maybe his helmet wouldn’t come off if he buckled all 4 of his chin strap - but that wouldn’t look cool - would it?

By TTCO

November 13, 2006 09:44 AM | Link to this

I stand corrected our wonderful quarterback has now fallen from 27TH to 34TH yet we should not criticize him because he is one of the best right? Best at what hanging wid his homies at da club til fo in da monin? LOL LOL LOL!

By Ohno

November 13, 2006 09:45 AM | Link to this

Leadership? You mean it’s not leadership when our QB—winning or losing—sits on the bench with that hangdog expression, never bothering to figure out what’s wrong?

By Randy Duncan

November 13, 2006 09:48 AM | Link to this

History lesson the falcons just make bad moves,Peerless Price,Joh “i played a game” Abraham,Ed Hartwell,Lawyer Milloy,Gravy Jackson,these are players that other organizations were done with .Lawyer Milloy was frome a great organization.The Jets knew that Abraham was done Just like Green bay knew Farve was going to be a Star ,It never changes the falcons just make bad moves.Other Than Warrick Dunn they haven’t made a good move yet,Remember Ladamian Tomilson.

By TTCO

November 13, 2006 09:51 AM | Link to this

Ohno, That is a natural look when your mind is fogged with booze, drugs and women.

By DEwaine

November 13, 2006 09:52 AM | Link to this

Falcons would have won the game if it weren’t for the d**n refs. Vick had run the ball to the four but a yellow flag negated the run. I was listening to Falcons radio on the road home and Van Note & Co did not see any holding on that play. The refs also blew the safety call. I do not mind losing but I hate to lose because of refs. Falcons management should make sure that crew is fired. As far as the play-calling is concerned, I think the loud booing the Falcons heard would explain every fans displeasure. I could call better plays myself. Whatever happened to pump-faking? This April, the Falcons better draft some corners and receivers who can catch the ball.

By HUCK FROM MARIETTA

November 13, 2006 09:53 AM | Link to this

What if the Atlanta Falcons didn’t trade up to get Vick and actually draft the running back from Texas Christian (LT)??? Just wondering, but I think I’d rather have LT than Vick… Who else would have the same as me? I think LT is the most complete football player in the NFL, which I can’t argue the same with Vick, who still doesn’t know how to operate the west coast offense, which is pretty much like fitting a round peg into the square hole. Anyone else with me? I’d doubt that SD would make the trade now… Anyways, back to work…

By Dr. Kervorkian

November 13, 2006 09:57 AM | Link to this

A closely guarded medical secret is that Vick’s brain is being destroyed. In just a few years, he will be reduced to a drooling cretin, being fed baby food by his mammy ho while he poops in his diapers.

By jean

November 13, 2006 10:00 AM | Link to this

I am beyond upset, I’m so peeved, I can barely get the words out! Are you happy with the product you’ve paid for Mr. Blank??? The entire coaching staff minus Joe D. & maybe Musgrave is a joke. Everyone has injuries this time of year & they persevere, our patchwork defense played well enough to win but the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde showed up as Mr. Hyde today…Greg Knapp is out of his tiny mind, I don’t care if the run game wasn’t working, you keep at it (see the Bears last night you idiot!!), who throws on 4th & 1, yeah, that’s high percentage & our passing game is so evolved, right?? And running a flea flicker on like your 2 yard line, that’s genius! Why wasn’t the bruiser back Jackson used at all?? Are you afraid of hurting Warrick’s feelings, believe me, he’d rather win! Yes, the receivers were awful, Agle included & it’s the bizzaro world when Roddy White is your best bet that day. But too many stupid stupid penalties, yes, that’s means you Keith Brooking & Eric Beverly! And I have been an ardent Vick supporter, but I’ve had it, I really have. There is no consistency or leadership whatsoever coming from him. I think that Green Bay game was his pinnacle. He has not progressed one iota, I don’t care what the knothead Knapp says. Rich Gannon was dead on the money with his analysis of Vick & he knows having played the position at the highest level. I doubt we could get anything for Vick now anyway, who’d want him? Not to play quarterback, that’s for sure. But we’re stuck with him for better or worse so let’s maximize his strengths, something that is NOT happening with this pathetic coaching staff. What a waste of a season, I’m disgusted. And poor Warrick aint’ getting any younger!!

By frustrated

November 13, 2006 10:01 AM | Link to this

This year is shaping up to be a repeat of last year, 8 wins at best but more than likely 7 and 9. How can the Falcons be on top of their game against Carolina, Pittsburg and Cincy but look like a college 1-AA team against New Orleans, Detroit and Cleveland? 5 of their last 7 games are against playoff calibur teams and we can’t even beat a one or two win team? Forget blaming Vick or the coaches, the whole team in all phases simply stinks. Just play out the string and give all the fans what we have been wanting (besides a home game playoff), wholesale changes (including the “Franchise” player.

By Kevin

November 13, 2006 10:04 AM | Link to this

Lets see lose to detroit 49ers beats them yesterday lose to Browns last in defense in league…Now its hammer time for Vick his grade is F….Also Mora look mad see owner there bet blank said where the leader.If u want a win maybe time Put shockey in Game are for Win…Other wise Vicky be see ground n hospital after next week@

By phoennix10

November 13, 2006 10:05 AM | Link to this

There has been a lot of comments of Mike Martz coming here to coach and I believe Martz is an offensive genius and his system is incredible. Look at what he’s doing for Kitna in Detroit; they have been showing glimmers of hope and they will have a better 2nd half offensively. The rest of the team is still terrible, though we did lose to them.

However, Martz system is predicated upon and HIGHLY dependant upon a GOOD QB who can make QUICK reads, timing and must be ACCURATE throwing to spots. The QB does not need top posess a rocket of an arm (e.g. Favre) but he does need good arm strength and a quick release after he makes his reads.

Kitna’s completion % last two years in which he started at Cinci and this year with Detroit:

2002 Cinci: 62.3 2003 Cinci: 62.3 2006 Det: 63.2 (first year under Martz) Career: 59.2

for Comparison, Kurt Warner completion % when he was leading the “Greatest Show on Turf”:

1999 Rams: 65.1% (out of the gate replacing an injured Trent Green) 2000 Rams: 67.7% 2001 Rams: 68.7%

Remember, the main reason why Warner was so succesful in St. Louis was that he played Arena league football. He was required to make quick reads and be very accurate with his throws, thus, he fit Martz’s system so well.

Now, given all this; Vick’s career completion % is 53.8. Right now, in 2006, Vick is 52.4%. In 2002, when he threw for 2,900 yards, he was still only a 54.9%.

IMHO: I do not think Vick would fit into Martz system

You don’t have to be the $130 million dollar man to fit into Martz system. You just have make good decisions, be quick and ACCURATE.

By Elijah

November 13, 2006 10:07 AM | Link to this

Scott Case, why don’t you line up behind center and see what your fat a* can do!

By Smitty

November 13, 2006 10:09 AM | Link to this

At this point in time ALL THE BLAME has to fall on the owner Arthur Blank..it’s time for him to pull the trigger and get rid of this horrible excuse for a coaching staff and realize that MV7 will never be a NFL QB until he does.I think the reason he does’nt fire Mora and staff is because Vick would have to start over AGAIN and learn a new playbook.

By Keep it real

November 13, 2006 10:13 AM | Link to this

Vick is not the problem. we have a flawed coaching staff. 4 and 1 told the hold story .Have we run new plays no.Blank pays good money for the game plans we get every week. It this is a pro game plan we are in trouble. If they did just two thing stop Vick from running the ball with one hand and the receivers from dropping so many ball. This has gone on to long. The team has come out flat two week in a row.I have been at every hopme game the last two year and we have the same problem. Yes we can blame Vick and he played poor yesterday but Greg Knapp and Mora keep doing the same every week.If I was the owner and I am not but a few things I would want to know is what new plays are we running next week. are we working on the receiver catching the ball and deep pass coverage what are we doing to fix deep pass plays. and is Vick being told don’t run the ball holding it like he does. Small thing would make a big different in a game. Mora is a pure smoke blower with no answers . this team up and down.Blank do the best thing for the team and mora is not it nor Knapp same as last year. At this rate no season ticket for me at 1600 dollars a year for this. I could stay home and watch UGA and get the same for free!

By Vick is a Quitter

November 13, 2006 10:13 AM | Link to this

The game was over as soon as Cleveland went up 14 - 0. Vick quit, plain and simple. The defense gave up 17 points, no big deal except that MV7 as you guys call him quit. If everything is not going his way he quits. No other player or team quits the way he does.

By Vick is a Quitter

November 13, 2006 10:13 AM | Link to this

The game was over as soon as Cleveland went up 14 - 0. Vick quit, plain and simple. The defense gave up 17 points, no big deal except that MV7 as you guys call him quit. If everything is not going his way he quits. No other player or team quits the way he does.

By die hard falcons fan

November 13, 2006 10:13 AM | Link to this

We could have gotten Louvie Smith? the Coach of the BAD AZZ BEARS???

First of all WR sucks… i swear if I was the owner of the Falcons. I would sign Charile Rogers and waive Jenkins/White. Peerless Price could catch the damn ball!

If we gonna get the nbr one pick to get the badddest WR in the league then keep losing…

but to start the season red hot is one thing but to lose 2 straights game to two suckers team is totally horse manure!

I couldnt believe the Falcons were playing yesterday.. mud duckers were playing with no heart no passion.

In the all the years I have been a fan since prime time was on the team I was p** and seriously was thinking about becoming a saints fan because they got a REAL OC/COACH/OWNERS ..

And how the hell we did not get Colston???

BOOOOOO!!!!

DANG SHAME!

By oldschoolfootball

November 13, 2006 10:14 AM | Link to this

Same old! Same old! We love ya’ when you win, want to fire ya’ when you lose!

By TTCO

November 13, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this

I bet Scott Case would at least line up behind the center and not the tackle like our best quarterback in the NFL did yesterday! LOL

By Mike

November 13, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this

The question I have is what has happened to our run blocking. Dunn can’t get a hole to run through. The passs protection is better, but if we can’t run, they defense will just start pass defending. Dunn usually gets aseveral 10 to 30 yard gains that keeps the defense honest. Its all gone the last 4 or 5 games. Cleveland clogged ups the intermediate passing lanes and were able to contain Dunn with the front line. Thats the problem the last two games more than Vicks inefficiency.

By Mike

November 13, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this

The question I have is what has happened to our run blocking. Dunn can’t get a hole to run through. The passs protection is better, but if we can’t run, they defense will just start pass defending. Dunn usually gets aseveral 10 to 30 yard gains that keeps the defense honest. Its all gone the last 4 or 5 games. Cleveland clogged ups the intermediate passing lanes and were able to contain Dunn with the front line. Thats the problem the last two games more than Vicks inefficiency.

By Nick

November 13, 2006 10:24 AM | Link to this

Blank is a very smart man why he can’t see what is going on with this team is beyond me? Vick thinks he is still playing college ball, 200-300 pound defensive players will continue to eat him alive until he is forced to hold the ball with both hands and use his receivers and other players even if his receivers are some of the poorest in the league. Arthur, please get a coaching staff who are aggressive and sit Vick down and read him the riot act. This is the same old second rate team that looks more and more like the practice squad for the top teams in the NFL.

By playa ren

November 13, 2006 10:29 AM | Link to this

we will never get it done with VICK!! he is no NFL quarterback.

Yes the recievers drop passes, yes the play calling is predictable and crappy, but the team and all playoff hopes mean nothing with Vick around.

The only time he looks good is when his recievers bail him out and catch one of his fluffy passes. He is not an accurate passer and makes it difficult for his recievers.

VICK U MUST GO…..and take knapp and mora with you!!!

By poo

November 13, 2006 10:29 AM | Link to this

Here’s the pattern. He’s under the gun for a couple of bad games. He’ll play lights out the next few games. Everyone will tell him how great he is. Head swells. Repeat pattern. Equals 7-9, 8-8, or 9-6 season every year.

By professor

November 13, 2006 10:32 AM | Link to this

What’s wrong with UAB?

By Wayne

November 13, 2006 10:42 AM | Link to this

Based on these two loses, this team will likely end up 5-11. Check out the body language of the players and coaches. Why would anyone believe this team and this coaching staff can conjure up another win after the past two weeks and their remaining schedule. WEAK, PATHETIC, INCOMPETENT… there really are no words and no excuses that are acceptable.

By CAQ

November 13, 2006 10:47 AM | Link to this

You can’t look at states to determine who is a good QB and whos not. Football is about wins and losses and not about having a QB rating of 100. Thats rating has not gotten Manning, MacNabb, Palmer a superbowl win yet.

Look at Vicks win percentage not the QB rating.

By the way I never seen the so called traditional QB’s average 8 yards per carry either.

Im not defending Vick because he has played poorly in the last 2 games.

By Falconator

November 13, 2006 10:50 AM | Link to this

This game and the Detroit game were lost because the Falcons just felt that those teams were destined to win, just like in New Orleans that night.Remember when Mora said something to the effect that some part of him was pleased that New Orleans could get that win since they had been thru so much? Well, Detroit and Cleveland have been thru a lot, too, with their 2-6 records coming in, so we did them a favor and helped those cities out. I personally am glad we could oblige. Arthur came down on the field to congratulate Mora for his humanitarian gesture to our country.

By David

November 13, 2006 11:09 AM | Link to this

I try to stay away from Falcon blogs, but this time I can’t help myself. What have Micael Vick and Reggie Ball have in common (no it’s not race, redneck). They’re both too short to see the open pattern, they can both run very well, and neither have sufficient touch to make short passes easy for the receivers to catch. Both are playing a level higher than there talents afford.

By Just Poorly Coached

November 13, 2006 11:13 AM | Link to this

Vicks a good QB, the Falcons have a lot of talent. Vick, nor the team is receiving good coaching. Trust me, a real coach would use a weapon like that to their advantage. You guys are fnny with this Matt Schaub crap, but everyone loves the backup just the nature of the game.

But the real matter is coaching. Poor schemes, lack of creativity, adjustments are slow to come if they ever do. Players are not held accountable which leads to mistakes repeating themselves. Come on, putting Beverly on the field instead of a fullback just adds to the woes.Just what in the world are they doing? Mora has gotten his shot, the experiment failed. The coach and his coordinators were proven losers when they got here. Wow, these guys have made Dan Reeves regime seem Golden. Vick wins twice as much as he loses and Atlanta has never ever had the National attention that it garners now. But Mora is making that slip away fast. A bad hire, that has run its course. Blank has spent a lot of money to upgrade, but hired a third tier coach and staff to handle top notch talent thus putting us somewhere in the middle. Thus, 8-8 maybe a big maybe 9-7 and with as shoddy as the NFC seems to be panning out, could bye a playoff birth with a quick wildcard round exit. The Falcons need a big shakeup but this regime top to bottom likes to stay the course, even when on a collision course with failure!

By The truthteller

November 13, 2006 11:16 AM | Link to this

Lets play numbers and money, MV7 sells jerseys and shoes and puts butts on the seats, Mr Blank being the astute businessman he is, is satisfied with that, so there will be no change. Jim Mora is a horrible coach, way over his head with his fist pumping and his everything is alright persona.. well its not jim.. you got the highest paid quarterback in the NFL yet he is the 34th ranked quarteback.. humm something is wrong with that equation.. would you pay for a lexus and be happy with a geo? Atlanta Homers always blame it on the O line and the receivers..lol.. humm, all these receivers come to Atlanta and forget how to catch? amazing, maybe the weather….it all goes back to the most exciting runner i ever saw in college MV7, he completed 140 passes in college and we expect him to come to the pros and be a franchise quarteback…that was a joke,, it failed.. so whatis next, as long as fans will buy tickets, jerseys it will all be the same for the next 5 years. If the falcons get Calvin Johnson and he stops catching too, will it be his fault too??.lol.. lets face the facts, you need timing, and accuracy for the west coast offense, 2 thing the greates runner i ever saw in college has never had. Time to cut our loses and go in a new direction. Just the truth

By Mike Sucks

November 13, 2006 11:20 AM | Link to this

Let me repeat myself what I’ve been saying for over two years, fire McKay, Mora and his staff, scouts and strength coach! Trade Vick now! Perfect target, Oakland Raiders, known for making dumb moves. If they dont trade Vick, then Atl will be stuck with him! 16-40! VICK SUCKS!

By Corey

November 13, 2006 11:22 AM | Link to this

Has anyone noticed the more hip hop MV becomes the worse he plays. MV enough with the braids already! I know many recent African emigrants and none sport braids. This defense of braid sporting as a heritage thing is way overblown. I challenge all braid heads to name at least five West African tribes. Well come on, I thought so. No, I’m not white, and I’m not a conservative Republican. I’m a common sense over fifty individual who risked life and limb to make things better for our community.

By CP

November 13, 2006 11:32 AM | Link to this

Have you ever noticed how Vick can’t even hold on to the ball when he runs out of bounds ? Pathetic !

By rod

November 13, 2006 11:32 AM | Link to this

This all mike vick fault no one else. Get rid of him now please

By die hard falcons fan

November 13, 2006 11:32 AM | Link to this

yo nick and all the others cats that are on mr. blank’s jockstrap.

Let get one thing clear, having a gangload of money DOES NOT make you smart!

Mr. Blank is worse than the old owners. He doesn’t understands the X and O and his lame appearance on the sideline is just frigging lame. Why the heck he on the sideline? Morale support? Shoot put on an uniforum and play man! But if we aint winning sit your behind down in the owner’s suite.

Heck u dont even see Jerry Jones on the sidelines all the time.

The Falcons is Mr. Blank’s hobby and tax write off. Home Depot isnt Football dawg!

U gotta stop acting like these players are your best friend.

Vick hoodwinked u ~ u aware a big contract before he even show what he is really capable of.

Blank needs to sell the team to a real owner that has a passion for the sport.

Shoot last I check Mr. Mark Cuban would come in here in clean house and get real hongry players that wanna get a ring and win.

Let start with the biggest problem - WR’s and TE’s that cant catch a cold even if it was the bird flu!

Bad draft picks in the first round ~ we could have gotten coltson or trade up.

Taking a gamble on #55

Not beefing up our secondary that get burns all the time.

D-Hall can go with his showboating behind - heck Prime Time didnt talk the talk .. he walk the talk.

Ok are they seriously running ANY offensive blocking drills at Flowery Branch?!?!? I mean yall cant even hold a mud ducker for 4 seconds.. Vick need at least 5½ seconds to pass a good pass to an open man.

If you gonna lose a home game, you better be p** the hell off and kick something on the way out of the dome. I mean. It bad enough to lose but to be passive about it - shoot I would hold yall checks until yall start winning and playing with passion.

Vick got potential BUT he gotta step it up and stop acting so passive.

Go back to the running game - cuz mofo WRs canNot catch a cold. I would have trade them when I have the chance for some WR that are tired of riding behind a star WR ie Harrison or TO.

Youu would think Hoover Bucks from Brighiam AL would play a better game!

We prolly would get our butts whupped like denzel got his whupped in the movie Glory by Georgia Tech football team!

LAST HOW COME NO TEAM ISNT Trying to get WR Charile Rogers off the Waiver Wire?

By Had E. 'Nuff

November 13, 2006 11:35 AM | Link to this

fALCONS fALCONS FALCONS WHERE DO I START. 1) face the music Detroit and Cleveland were a collective 3 and 12 until Atlanta showed up or better failed to show up. now they have nearly doubled their win total to 5-12 thank you Atl.

2) MORA HAS GOT TO GO. NFL coaches need to be smart and tough. Mora appears to be neither. You don’t need a coach who tries to be every body’s best budy. Note the great coaches Parcells, Belichik Cowher are only interested in being your buddy after you win the superbowl. (Who is the genius who constantly decides to throw it 30 yards down field or 3rd and even 4th and one?)

3) Hip Hop Ball has got to go. It only works when the team is got the groove. Well this groove is more like a rut. Note NBA all star can’t beat teams like Greece or spain. Why there is no Team in Hip Hop land. The Falcons are quickly becoming the NBA a zation of the NFL.

4) Mick Vic terrific athlete terrible NFL QB. Find another way to use him and make Schab your QB. Note may be impossible because of point #2 (Mora not smart enough to figure it out)

5) come up with something other that 1st down Warrick Dunn off tackle 2nd down Mike Vic to Algae Crumpler. 3rd Down Mike Vic around the left end. And that’s a good series Again this may be impossible because of point #2

6) atl traded for peerless price he couldn’t catch. Two first rounder white & Jenkins they can’t catch. trade for LeLie he can’t catch. Could the problem be the thrower not catcher

7)Atl fans get use to it. Even though Mike Vic is not fundamentally sound. Benching him would be paramount to racism for some.

Best advice. if you are a “can’t help it” Falcon fan Just Drink the Cool Aid and get it over with

Finally Change the name of the Falcons to the Atlanta BLANKS

By The Great One

November 13, 2006 11:35 AM | Link to this

I have a question for the pathetic who worship at Vick’s throne:

What is your savior’s record in his last 12 games?

Answer: 5-7.

So, please, let’s stop with all of the talk about Vick’s “winning” percentage.

The NFL is a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately business, and, other than cough up the ball with alarming frequency, Vick ain’t done jack-spit the last two weeks!

By nb

November 13, 2006 11:43 AM | Link to this

This is the worst football team ever in the history of the game…..they should cut off one of Vick’s fingers everytime he fumbles when not properly tucking the football. Jeez, just abolish the whole team and move it to Las Vegas or something after losses like the last two…

By die hard falcons fan

November 13, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

TOP TEN REASON WHY WE LOST YESTERDAY TO THEM OTHER DAWGS… 10) We thought we was an old GA TECH’s Team playing against the Dawgs

9) CAR 55 were are you!??!!?

8) Somebody put vaseline on the WR’s hands

7) Knapp brought the 49ers playbook to the game

6) Mora Jr have one too many at Magic City hanging with Lil Jon and Travis Barker.

5) Norwood was at home

4) Hartwell still MIA? Last seen on the side of a Mayfield milk carton!

3) They gave their heart, mind, and courage to the great Wizard of Oz.

2) Let see Vick have more chances to save the day but he isnt Superman but he is like one of them rejected American Idol losers. A BAD DAY……

and the number 1 REASON for our lost to the browns? two words….

WE SUCK!

ORDERING MY BROWN PAPERS BAG FROM THE DAWGS POUND

BLANK PLEASE PLEASE FIRE KNAPP !!!

By DEADBIRD

November 13, 2006 11:46 AM | Link to this

MaddenKing, get your facts straight. Only 2 black QB’s have started for Georgia? You talking about Q. Carter and Shockley? The last time I checked, James Jackson and Wayne Johnson who played for Georgia in the late 80’s were black as well, and each started at some point in their career, with Johnson getting a little time in the NFL as a backup before hanging it up. I believe good QB’s can be good athletes, but not all good athletes can be good QB’s. That is the Falcons problem and it doesn’t have anything to do with race.

By dean

November 13, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this

I think that if vick does not improve with the rest of this year, changes will occur. I think the game against baltimore will tell a lot. Also regardless of who coaches next year upgrades are needed. Dunn needs to go from being the featured back to the third down back. he is getting tired looking. falcons also need upgrades at the safety position, linebacker and corner. Its hard to tell with the offensive line, because of vick and zone blocking. I think you are looking at 3 years to remake the team. However that probably will not happen given the mgt in place.

By Tomas

November 13, 2006 11:59 AM | Link to this

I wish we cut that sorry a* John Abraham and get his money back. He is horrible and a sissy. Oww, my groin, get over it you sorry punk. NOTE TO JOHN ABRAHAM: ATLANTA DOESN’T WANT YOUR SORRY BEHIND. GO WASTE AWAY SOMEWHERE ELSE.

By jean

November 13, 2006 12:07 PM | Link to this

Just a couple of more comments, I can’t help myself!

Falcons, you need to listen to “Eye of the Tiger”: listen, feel it, DO IT!

2nd, let’s wear the Black on Black uniforms, I hate those wussy white pants, yech.

If you don’t shape up & fast, you will lost every single fan you have, rightfully so. You are better than this, so man up & act like it!

By chuck

November 13, 2006 12:14 PM | Link to this

I think all of ATL expected more of the Falcons this year. Needless to say, we all are dissapointed so far. But there are still games to be played. So don’t quit until the final whistle blows. Please Vick, stop doing drugs and smoking blunts or cigars or whatever you are doing. It is leaving winded and making you look less than average at times. Maybe Schaub should start and finish the rest of the year if Vick can’t take better care of himself and the football.

By bob rutledge

November 13, 2006 12:27 PM | Link to this

TO CAP BEFORE MAKING A STATEMENT AS YOU DID YOU SHOULSD VERIFY IT, Y6OU AINTR EVEN CLOSE SCHAUB BROKE ALL RECORDS WHILE AT UVA. EITHER YOU WERE OUT LATE THAT NITE OR TAKING SOME KIND OF MEDICATION . HOPE YOU ARE FEELING BETRTWERE I AM A VICK FAN BUT WHY SHOULDNT HE BE CRITICISED FOR A LOUSYU PERFORMANCE FOR 13 MIL A YEAR Y7OU GET A LITTLE TIRED OF HEARING VIC SAY I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBNILITY FOR THE LOSS, THAT DONT WIN BALL GAMES.

By Tina

November 13, 2006 12:33 PM | Link to this

Not that I’m the biggest Vick fan, but yesterday was not all his fault. Vick lost that ball scrambling, it hit his knee. He was tired. He wouldn’t have to scramble as much, if he had a line that could protect for 4 seconds. Peyton and Tom Brady have Off.Lines. But until Peyton wins a superbowl, he’s just ordinary. When he’s pressured, he can’t come through either. The Steelers and the Patriots have shown us that. If he could, Colts would have won a superbowl by now. Nine-0 doesn’t mean S..T, if you don’t bring home the brass. Any quarterback will look bad, if he doesn’t have the supporting cast. So bring Matt Schaub into the game, without a good offensive line or his recievers willing to “go and get” the ball, and let’s see just how successful he is.

By RK

November 13, 2006 12:39 PM | Link to this

I believe it is time we stop thinking Vick and Mora are going to get it done. Falcons offense are bunch of high paid cry babies who are not interested in playing hard (see today’s AJC column). The coaching staff is a humilation and should be fired including Mora. He has lost his magic and the team needs a new direction. Mora cannot standup and say that “Vick did not get it done!”. He is scread to critic Vick. Deja Vu from last year! Buckle up for steep descent!

By dean

November 13, 2006 12:45 PM | Link to this

sorry, but blaming the offensive line is not the answer. vick was able to throw the ball 40 times. I only remember one sack. The problem was what rich gannon said. vick’s progressions are alge crumpler, dunn and then run. that the receivers are not involved in the offense. If no one is open you throw to the check down person in the flat. get something instead of nothing. how many times did vick throw an incomplete pass on first down and be 2nd and long.

By BOB

November 13, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this

fellows lower your criticism of vick, coaches and others this is football of all those involved vick is probably frustrated more than anyone else it is a team support and us bashing everybody isnot going to make it any better so hope players get better quickly or wipe this year out get behind the falcons boos dont help anybody, for ghods sake quit comparing QBS we are all differenty in our abilities.

By dean

November 13, 2006 12:55 PM | Link to this

bob, why don’t we all hold hands and chant good thoughts together as well. Get real. sometimes the only way to get your point across is to be vocal. Changes will not come until people in enough numbers vent their anger, stop showing up at games, and buying merchandise.

By falconut

November 13, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this

The Falcons laid an egg for the 2nd week in a row. They have been horrible. Vick didn’t look very good in either of these games, but I don’t think he’s been the major problem.

Greg Knapp This is the guy I’ve been wanting fired since the Giants game. He is a terrible play caller. If I can figure out what plays they are going to run - don’t you think a defensive coordinator can. Please let him go! We can’t win with his sorry excuse for a west coast play call!

Ed Donatell should go on the hot seat if the defense keeps playing as it has of late. He gets a little leway, since he’s lost alot of players. But, how come it always seams that our receivers are blanketed and the other teams receeivers are wide open. Allen Rossum isn’t a CB, what did we draft Jimmy for?

Jim Mora Jr. I wouldn’t consider getting rid of him. He’s still a very good coach. He just needs to either call the offensive plays himself or get somebody that can.

Unfortunitly, it doesn’t get any easier. We’re still in the play-off mix and only 1 game out the division. I don’t believe the Saints are that good, so it should be ours for the taking. But do the Falcons really want it, that’s the question. So far I haven’t seen it.

By Mike

November 13, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this

Maybe Ray Lewis can put Vick on IR for the rest of the year….After that he should take a shot at Knapp too!!!!!!!

By INeedANewTeam

November 13, 2006 01:03 PM | Link to this

I swear, the maturity level on this blogs gets lower week after week. Can we please stick to the topic at hand and quit pulling the race card, or the usual tactic of blaming Vick’s problems on his “hip hop mentality”? That ish is getting real old.

Now, for all those people who say that Vick isn’t smart enough to read the defenses, let me say this: it’s hard to adjust to the defensive schemes when the damn OC won’t let the QB audible at the line of scrimmmage. Mora and company seem to think that Vick’s athletic ability will allow him to get out of any bad situation when the play falls apart. Well, other teams have caught onto that. They know what Vick can do, so they’ve designed ways to stop him. Unfortunately, the geniuses on our staff haven’t made the proper adjustments.

Also, to those who say that Vick throws the ball too hard, I have two words for you: Brett Favre. Good ol’ #4 has been known to break receivers fingers with the juice that he puts on his passes, yet the receivers have managed to figure out how to catch the balls. Too bad ours can’t do the same.

By dean

November 13, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this

please tell me what world you are living in that you think a team that lost to the lions and cleveland can win more than 2 of the remaining games they have. I just do not see it.

By Brownthrasher

November 13, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this

Coach Mora on if the loss is disappointing: “I don’t know if disappointing is the word. That’s a good defensive football team. They had only given up, I think nine touchdowns this year. They were ranked pretty high. We knew it was going to be some tough sledding against them. They played well and they made the plays when they had to. We had some opportunities. Like I said, this football team, I have all the confidence in the world that we’ll continue to fight. We’ll overcome adversity. Life is no fun, unless you have a little adversity. I mean what the heck, who wants it easy all the time? You know some people do, but I don’t. So, it ain’t easy right now.”

It’s no wonder our team plays the way it does. We have a kid running the team. Mora needs to GROW UP. We should have kept Dan Reeves. This MORon is dreaming if he thinks losing to the Browns and the Lions is adversity.

By Brownthrasher

November 13, 2006 01:09 PM | Link to this

I remember when Tiki Barber fumbled all the time. He LEARNED how to HOLD the ball. If Vick is going to carry the ball (and he has to with this Offensive Line), he needs to learn how to HOLD it and cradle it so defenders can’t knock it out and he doesn’t drop it. Where is the COACH!!!

Vick wants to WIN. He sees his passes DROPPED, his runs negated by PENALTIES, and his offensive line not holding even their breaths. So he tries for the sake of the team to make something happen.

Blame Vick if you must, BUT he is NOT Calling the plays. He does not put the personnel in (like starting Allen Rossum at Corner); and he is not the COACH of this team.

I love MV7 but I think he has let his critics get inside his head. So what if you are not a great passer. Use what the good Lord gave you that makes you so electrifying. There were several times today that the OLD VICK would have taken off and ran up field. But you’ve let the critics inside your head and you think you HAVE TO PASS. With receivers as the Falcons have, I would think run first, pass later. Besides when you do put the ball in play, it ends up going through their hands like sand.

The Falcons need to take this DRAFT and draft some Big MEAN OFFENSIVE Linemen. Until we do, Vick will always be making plays on the run - whether he’s running a designed play or running for his life because the Line broke down.

4th and 1 and we THROW the ball!!!! And WHY DO WE KEEP RUNNING DUNN UP THE MIDDLE??????

By Brownthrasher

November 13, 2006 01:21 PM | Link to this

**They’re not a particularly well-coached bunch, particularly on the offensive side of the ball. The Falcons had far more passing plays (41) than rushing plays (29) against a Cleveland defense that ranked 29th against the run.

In the third quarter, they had a fourth-and-1 on the Browns’ 31. But rather than call for a run by Michael Vick or Dunn, offensive coordinator Greg Knapp had Vick step back and throw into the end zone for Alge Crumpler. The pass was intercepted. - Jeff Shultz, AJC **

The FANS see it! The Writers see it! Hell Stevie Wonder can see it… The problem with the Falcons is the COACHES!!!!!

By Chris

November 13, 2006 01:23 PM | Link to this

I saw an interview Fred K gave Mora last night on the local news and Mora’s body language was screaming that he was over it. I’ve said it over and over again I think the guy was not the right hire b/c he is best served as a D-Coordinator. But I do feel for the guy. What other coach in the league has to deal with some of the issues he deals with? He’s got an owner in his ear on the sideline while the game is still very much undecided?? That is incredible to me. But I think this is why Blank hired him…because he could never get away with that with an experienced head coach.

The shame of it is, the Falcons don’t need to be blown up. They just need to make a couple changes in personnel and philosophy and they would be a top team. I do believe the Vick experiment should come to an end though. After six years, either the guy is going to get it or he’s not. They’ve built an offense around the guy to help him succeed and he still makes poor decisions and plays recklessly. Plus he’s not that field general you need at QB. He’s a 6 year pro. Some of these “fundamentals” shouldn’t have to be taught at this point. Its one thing if we were talking about a 3rd round draft pick. But we’re talking about the top pick when he was drafted.

Maybe in the off-season they could create some kind of role for him like the Steelers did with Slash and Randle-El. Granted he makes a ton of money for that type of role, but the guy is not really tradeable b/c of the contract and all the guaranteed money in it.

But I think for Mora to survive and the team to win the next few years, something has to be done.

By Peter

November 13, 2006 01:31 PM | Link to this

HA HA HA to all those that call out those that “quote un quote Haters of Vick and the Falcons……”

This is a forum, a place to praise and complain.

Mike Vick had a passer rating of 43.something Sunday..that flat out SUCKS…….SUCKS, Sucks…..

Did any quarterback in the league have a worse rating then Vick Sunday?

Three years in a row ticket prices have been jacked up, and there is some positive to show during that time frame, BUT is seems these guys sometimes show up, and sometimes go through the motions.

I am intriegied with the guy who’s buddy saw the Falcon’s and Vick out partying Sadurday night………is this actually true?

I met a guy who says he gets his smoke (420) from the same chick that supplies Mike Vick, could this be true?

Could be, he can’t make a quick decision on the field………short term memory shot for a reason!

By WoodstockGT

November 13, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this

Mike Vick sucks. Has the guy ever had a 300 yd passing game? I really don’t think he has. Look at all the QBs in the league yesterday that passed for 300 + yds. Brett Favore is like 80 yrs old and did it. This offense is so inconsistant and even good plays look manufactured on the fly. There is no consistent strenght to this team offensively. That has to fall on the QB. He can’t hit the broad side of a barn. He riffles every throw- no touch. I would rather him run every play and give up trying to fake it as a QB!

By Mike

November 13, 2006 01:50 PM | Link to this

The problem with the whole “look at Vick’s win percentage” agrgument is that that percentage keeps sinking, even as we add valuable players to our roster. He used to use his physical skills to win big games, even when he played badly. Now that everyone has figured him out, we don’t win those games anymore. What’s his win percentage the last two seasons? Not so good.

By Mike

November 13, 2006 01:50 PM | Link to this

The problem with the whole “look at Vick’s win percentage” agrgument is that that percentage keeps sinking, even as we add valuable players to our roster. He used to use his physical skills to win big games, even when he played badly. Now that everyone has figured him out, we don’t win those games anymore. What’s his win percentage the last two seasons? Not so good.

By crs

November 13, 2006 01:55 PM | Link to this

Where’s d-man? What are the excuses for Vick’s latest performance? Three more turnovers. At the end of the year, it is time to deal Vick! He is not a leader, he will always turn the ball over too much, and it is just a matter of time before he blows out a knee. Deal him now while we can get something. At this point he is a veteran and I see little if any improvement over the early days.

By Richard T Hill Jr

November 13, 2006 02:03 PM | Link to this

Too much party party party and not near enough basic work ethic. If the BET Awards were not here maby the birds would have gotten some sleep and stayed focused.

By crs

November 13, 2006 02:25 PM | Link to this

Come on now, you honestly think a coach has not told Vick how to carry the gd ball? Come on. I think Vick is a lone ranger just like Steamin Willie Beamin was in any given sunday. Unless Vick has a moment like Beamin in the movie does at the end Vick will always be the guy with all the talent who never won the big one. Vick will be in the league as long as he wants because someone will always think they can change him, good luck.

By Y do your support change every week?

November 13, 2006 02:25 PM | Link to this

man, am I late or what. well, upon further review. Looks like we suck again. Although we are not out of it by any means I’m sure we’ll find a way to blow our shot at the playoffs or dare I say division title. It will all tell tale sunday against the ravens. If we can somehow find that magic we had against pitt and cincy we’ll be able to do some damage but one things for certain we gotta get some consistancy going. anyway, looking forward to next week. Until then falconfans.

By GaBrownzFan

November 13, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this

this text will be bolded Hi Falcone Fans Just wanted to put my 2 cents in here. After reading about how bad the browns are supposed to be, well, they are a bit of a disappoint to all us browns fans.but we did get rid of our crappy OC. SInce then we are averaging more points per game and playing much better. Don’t you idiots realize in the NFL you can throw away the records? Speaking of records, every team that beat us is keading or in second place in their division. So, maybe we’re not as bad as everyone thinks. Remember in 02 when you came to cleveland? Didn’t come away with a win then either, did ya? Cleveland all time 10-2 against Atlanta. what does that say? Hey, we’ve got plenty of injuries, some say we’re cursed there so don;t go whining about inhuries! Vick is your biggest problem, not accurate, can run the ball, but needs to learn how to tuck the ball away too! I love it! You people whining about not making the playoffs, you’ll be lucky to be 500 at the end of the year! Good luck against baltimore, their defense will shut you guys down and you’ll all be on here whining next week too.

GO BROWNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Darkside

November 13, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this

It’s not the coaches … Its your QB… Give the back ups a chance!! Vick has had his chances… How many times must I say it. Vick is playing like his cousin Aaron Brooks.. I see it, the aliens see it, the three stooges see, and even Michael Jackson sees it!! The Falcons are DOO - DOO on a stick!! The Balance of power is changing in the NFC South Division..

The Verdict is out!! The Atlanta Slogan!!! There’s always an easy victory when you play the Falcons in Hotlanta…

By Laser

November 13, 2006 02:37 PM | Link to this

How can you expect MV7 to read defences ? if he dont even know where to line up in his shotgun offence. Embarrasing /Bench Vick

By mellot

November 13, 2006 02:38 PM | Link to this

Did anyone notice that Vick dropped the ball because he tripped over his own feet and was trying to balance himself when the ball hit his leg? If you did notice that, tell me how can you correct that? Why was he running in the first place? Oh, I remember, as soon as he got the snap, he had 2 defenders breathing down his neck. But he still should have held on to the ball. Did anyone notice that the one pass Matt Shaub threw was thrown wildly out of bounds. I was hoping that Vick did not come back into the game so Shaub could show us what he had. Which I think is nothing. No QB in the league could run for his life all day, run for 74 yards, and have the energy to keep it up in the 4th quarter running a 2 min. drill. Vick has to throw the ball 125 mph to even have a chance at completing a pass because he receivers get no separation. People who look at game film understand that it takes more than the QB to make a pass play work. The people who watch game film realize how good Vick really is. You can call me stupid, but you would also have to call every coach and player in the NFL stupid because they vote for him to make the probowl every year. This team will beat the Ravens and the other good teams on the schedule, just like the Bulldogs lost to Vandy and Kentucky and beat Auburn. They will still make the playoffs because the will win their division. They are only 1 game behind the Saints.

By ghost rider

November 13, 2006 02:49 PM | Link to this

Fran Tarkington upon viewing Vick at his first training camp was reported as saying ….The guy has no touch on his passes, and that’s one thing you can’t coach! Vick’s, Nolan Ryan like passes, no matter how competent the receiver are not going to be caught! In my humble opinion Vick is the most over-hyped, over-paid quarterback in the league today…6 years and what do the Falcons have to show for his poor decisions, his fastball passes, his fumbles, and complete incompetence?

By Tommy Maddox

November 13, 2006 02:50 PM | Link to this

We’re doomed.

By dean

November 13, 2006 02:51 PM | Link to this

vick ran for 74 yards on 7 plays. he had been in for all of 3 plays before he fumbled. he was only sacked once. he runs because that is what he does. the line did not play that bad as he was able to throw 41 times. do not shift the blame.

By Joe Mengeluh

November 13, 2006 02:57 PM | Link to this

Ron Mexico, he be smokin’ dem blunts & hangin’ wid homies til fo in da moanin’ De hurpy spyrochite done infested hiz brane.

By STEALTH MAN

November 13, 2006 02:58 PM | Link to this

This morning I heard Jim Mora speak on the Chris Dimino show on 790am the Zone. What I heard in his voice is really sad for an NFL coach. I heard more of a passive, weak taliking coach saying that (“we are gonna be O.K., and that there in a good fight”).My question to all fans is what does it take to be a leader? My advice to Mr. Blank is to be sure that your coaches have played the Game, and have full knowledge of what it takes to be a “real man” and a good leader. I saw bad play calling in the red zone. And the officials don’t know a “safety” when it was “soooo” clear that it was one. What I’m getting at is that if Mora,Napp,and crew have played this Game, it would be in their nature to make better calls. Now I miss Coach Reeves, He played the game and is a proven leader. He took us to the top. (If it ain’t broke don’t fix it) Mr. Blank please get rid of the San Fransico crew. And replace Dunn with some bigger meaner guys. Get well Norwood, and put Freddie Mac in, he’s not hurt too is he? Let’s be “Men”, and play and Coach like them too.

By Kudzu

November 13, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this

No doubt, Vick does not prepare himself to play. He’s too busy being the crowned prince of Atlanta.

He’s a crack-head and you can tell by the way he plays, he plays tired, confused, and without a lot of football common sense.

I feel sorry for Mora. Like Chris said above, he’s over it. Blank, for all the good you’ve done for football in Atlanta, stayed the hell off the field!

Bottom line: Vick would rather party than perform; half the team seems to be injured, or so they say; and the playing calling is suspect at times.

Lord God, will we ever get through this, there must me more to life than this…

By Mike Sucks

November 13, 2006 03:01 PM | Link to this

LT FOR MVP, WHILE MV FOR O.U.T.

By mellot

November 13, 2006 03:09 PM | Link to this

“Let’s go back to the days when all the QB’s, Head coaches and cooridnators where white. Because we all know a black man is not as smart as a white man.” That is what some of you really want to say when you talk about Vicks intelligence, his music preference, his lack of leadership skills, and his hair style. No one on this blog know that man personally, nor do you know what goes on behind the scenes. This game was a bad game for Vick, but last week he threw the ball perfectly, he only had 6 balls out of 32 that were not catchable. All this talk about inaccuracy just shows that people only see what they want to see. Again you can call me stupid, but I say the same about most of you. Coaches don’t lose sleep game planning for Eli Manning,Tony Romo, Joey Harrington, David Carr, Jake Plummer, Jake Delhomme, Phillip Rivers, Brad Johnson, Rex Grossman, or even Steve Mcnair, Seneca Wallace, David Gerrard or Byron Leftwitch. But they do over Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Donovan McNabb, and Mike Vick. That’s because you gameplan to stop the person who can hurt your team the most.

By dean

November 13, 2006 03:14 PM | Link to this

we are gona fight. if he said it once he said it 20 times. what an idiot mora is.

By Phil

November 13, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this

Vick is not the problem for all you clown who don’t know a thing about football, Mora like father is a loser his father could not win with Peyton Manning if I can recall now his son is wasteing Vick talents with his buddy buddy staff of pee wee league coaching staff.This s** isn’t about black or white clown or should I say morons it’s about LLLLLLLLLLLL&&&&&&&&&WWWWWWWWWWWWW with VICK WE WIN 8 GAMES A SEASON WHY CAN’T THE COACHING STAFF WIN 4 GAMES FOR US PUT PLAYER IN THE GAME THAT CAN PLAY, PLAY CALLING, CLOCK MANAGEMENT, CALL CHALLENGE, LAST WEEK HE CHALLENGE A CALL BY WHITE WHO CAN’T CATCH A COLD IN THE NORTH POLE NAKED. MORA WAS A TERRIBLE CHOICE FOR THIS TEAM AND THE LEAGUE NEW IT. LIKE FATHER LIKE SON

By Ramfan

November 13, 2006 04:00 PM | Link to this

Mellot,

Your the racist! Why even go there with that talk? Whether Mike Vick is Black, White, Blue or Green has nothing to do with his play on the field. And this was not one bad game? Over the course of his career you could count on your hands the number of good games he’s had and need a 50 page notebook to list all the bad or mediocre games he’s had.

People are upset b/c he’s not lived up to the hype. Yesterday was not some freak occurance where he didn’t play well and people are jumping all over him. This has been a consistent theme throughout his entire pro career. The guy has talent. Just not at the QB position.

And I love how you say coaches don’t lose sleep game planning QB’s like Phillip Rivers? You must never watch pro football. Have you seen (at all) Rivers develop this year? His first year of playing. Have you not been watching Romo get better every week at running the Dallas offense? Have you not noticed that Brad Johnson and Jake Delhomme have led their teams to the Super Bowl? These guys may not be as naturally gifted as Vick, but they do a better job of running an offense making key throws than Vick.

Its his 6th year in the league and he is not in the TOP TWENTY in passing. He plays on a team with talent. That should say a lot.

By Falcon Follower

November 13, 2006 04:27 PM | Link to this

I’m writing to rid the anxiety of this rock n roll season. The good news is the Saints loss yesterday, and if Tampa wins tonight the NFC South remains as it did last week with the exception of Tampa’s win. Vick has a high win percentage on the field period. You must stick with your franchise player through your ups and downs. We are just missing someone with hands that’s the overall story on offense and some practical play calling 4-1 come on you pass, pick up the first then play for the TD. Brain Finn is out (HANDS). Look at the games when they caught the ball it outweighted the drops. Did you’ll know that was the first AFC team we lost to at home with Vick starting. You can’t give up on this season. The Bears lost to Miami. So, it’s not the worst thing. Atl will win out.

By Madden King

November 13, 2006 04:46 PM | Link to this

Let me get this straight, when the season started you had Mike Vick, Donavon McNabb, Daunte Cullpepper, Aaron Brooks, Vince Young, Steve McNair, and Bryon Leftwich starting at QB who were black, that’s 7 in all out of 32 teams in 2006 IN THE 21st CENTURY AS THE WHITE PEOPLE LOVE TO SAY. 10 weeks in Brooks got benched, Cullpepper got benched, a few weeks ago in Baltimore they were calling for sorry a$$ Kyle Boller after McNair had 2 subpar games and Seneca Wallace is starting by default, so as of right now the NFL which is 65% black has 5 legitimate starting QB’s, Mike Vick, Donavon McNabb, Vince Young, Steve McNair, and David Gerrard out of 32 teams. The reason I bring that up because if the White Falcon Fans had their way Vick would be benched leaving only 4 starting black QB’s in the league out of 32 teams in 2006. White people are so quick to say that it is the 21st century like racism has disapeared but if those white people ask any black person or any minority for that matter if racism still exists every one of them will say F##K YEAH WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, so white people of this blog don’t tell me sh!t when i’m black and i’m living through this racism everyday. I see how white people look at me when I am in Buckhead when I am going to my business because of the way I dress the cornrows in my head, the same way you people look at Vick, you look at Vick in disgust. It’s sad that you white people think this way and you expect the black race not to believe that race is going on. All these white people say on this blog that an athletic quaterback can’t win in this league, thats a code way of saying that black quarterbacks can’t win in this league and they need to be moved to another position. They will quickly bring up Doug Williams wasn’t mobile and he won a Super Bowl, yeah he did back in 88, when they were still moving black mobile QB’s to other positions. Back then you had to be imobile to play QB. They will bring up Leftwich, but he got benched for a more mobile Gerrard, that move wouldn’t have happened in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, or even the 90’s. As of right now you have 4 black head coaches and 4 black starting QB’s in this league out of 32 teams, the league wants to improve in that area and Roger Goodell is not going to have promising black QB’s to get benched and start a racial uproar which can get real ugly especially in Atlanta if Vick gets benched. THE NFL KNOWS THAT IF VICK GETS BENCHED THERE WILL BE ANOTHER RODNEY KING LIKE RIOT IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA AND THEY DON’T WANT THAT IN A PRODOMINANTLY BLACK CITY. So white people get use to it Vick is not getting traded, he is not getting benched, the same goes for Mcnabb, Young and McNair, they are going NO WHERE. THE TRUTH HURTS DOESN’T! HOLLA! GO FALCONS! GO VICK!

By dirtie birdie

November 13, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this

how come when they are computing the so-called passer efficiency rating, they never include the fact that certain QBs like MV7 can run? if you think about all of these so-called accurate QBs in the nfl, they really are not all that great or accurate? for example, is drew brees really all that accurate or has he merely made a living off of dumping little screen passes to bush, deuce, and tomlinson (don’t you ever dare to call him LT, there was only one LT - the greatest LB of all time).

If you think about vick’s scrambles, they are nothing more than screen passes he is throwing to himself. if you add up his passing attempts and his rushing attempts and then take his passing yards and add that to his rushing yards, you will realize that vick is about as effective as most QBs in the NFL.

if you count his rush attempts as screen pass completions during the course of his career and add that to his pass completions, you will see that MV7 essentially completes 65% of his passes. if you add the rushing attempts to the passing attempts of other nfl qbs during the course of their career, you will see this: culpepper = 69%; big ben=68%; pennington, kurt warner = 67%; carson, peyton, bulger=66%; mcnair, brees, mv7=65%; brunell, brady, hasselback, favre, brad johnson=64%; mcnabb=63%; leftwich=62%; delhomme=61%; bledose=59%; eli=56%. those number speak alot.

if you add their combined rushing yards to their passing yards, you see that MV7 averages 234 yards per game during his career. if you do the same for all of the other QBs during the course of their career, you get this average yardage per game: culpepper (281); warner (279); bulger (277); peyton (266); mcnabb (255); brett (250); hasselback (242); carson (236); bledsoe, brady (235); MV7 (234); pennington (233); delhomme, mcnair (230); brunell (229); brees (226); big ben, eli (219); leftwich (214). again those stats tell you alot.

take every nfl qb during the course of their entire career, add their pass attempts to their rush attempts and then take the total turnovers committed by adding fumbles lost to ints and you will find the following: every time they touch the ball, the following players commit turnovers at the following rates: mcnabb = 2.8% of the time; brunell = 2.6% of the time; hasselback - 2.9% of the time; peyton - 3%; mcnair, pennington, leftwich, brad johnson = 3.1 %; brady, brees = 3.2%; MV7, carson palmer = 3.6%; bulger, eli, bledsoe = 3.7%; harrington, favre, culpepper = 3.8%; delhomme, big ben, kurt warner = 4.2%

take what you want from those stats. a few of you are too simple minded and too filled with hate to let these types of stats sink in for you at all

By cali

November 13, 2006 05:09 PM | Link to this

VICK CAN’T DO IT ALL KNAPP SUCKS! VICK HAS NEVER BEEN THE PROBLEM IT’S THE COACHING STAFF, KNAPP HAS NO CONFIDENCE HE’S HOPING VICK CAN WIN THE GAME WITH HIS ABILITY HE HAS NO PURPOSE ON OFFENSE, VICK CANT THROW THE BALL TO HIMSELF THR RECEVIERS ARE O.K THEY NEED TO BE MADE A BIGGER PART OF THE OFFENSE SO THEY CAN DEVELOP A CONFIDENCE AND REPORE WITH VICK WHEN VICK SCRAMBLES THE RECEVIERS DON’T WORK TO GET OPEN THERE SCARED OF DROPPING THE BALL FIRE KNAPPP PLENTY OF COACHES WOULD LOVE TO COACH VICK

By kerry

November 13, 2006 05:10 PM | Link to this

I had to stop reading this blog because you people are morons. Serously. Moronic. Anyone with a BRAIN watching this game unfold knows that besides the incredibly poor play calling, the big problem here is the offensive line! Sorry. To me, it’s as plain as the nose on anyone’s face. Vick is scrambling constantly. Can’t set his feet. Why? Because he’s running for his life after every snap. That’s crap, people. I watched the Steelers and saints last night and watched the difference between their o line and ours. Their QB’s had loads of time to stop, look, survey the field, throw. Of course they scrambled some, but not on every play!!! Sorry, this is not all on Vick. The critisism of him is extreme! Yeah, I was sick to my stomach after the loss, and yeah, the dude fumbled, but gee! You’d think he stole your first born. What lousy fans in this city. I wouldn’t play here for love or money.

By Mark

November 13, 2006 05:10 PM | Link to this

Leadership, Leadership, Leadership. We have no Offensive Leader on the field. Vick is not a leader and never will be. Trade him for whatever you can get and move on!!!

By die hard falcons fan

November 13, 2006 05:15 PM | Link to this

man kill that noise about a riot in the atl.. this isnt the west coast..

second it isnt an issue about color..

the issue is about win and lack of control…

racist blogs are a joke so do yourself a favor and ignore the racist blogs.

now if ya a hater.. keep on haters.. matter of fact i need 20 more haters.

As far as Vick ~ he knows dang well he cant win the football game BY himself.

Everytime we loose a game - yall gonna go after Vick with pitchforks and flaming torches. But if the team win the game yall gonna talk like he belongs in the hall of fame.

There isnt no I in team.

Ask Michael Jordan how he got 6 rings.. heck ask Terry Bradshaw …Joe Montanta and even big ben how they got their super bowl rings.

To win a game takes a team that is hungry for a win and is treating each game as the super bowl.

only reason colts are undefeated is because one they got a major chip on their shoulder for losing that game to the steelers and second the edge was holding them back.. now it peyton to harrison all day long and that team is playing like a team.

There aint no I in teams period.

Even TO knows that now - and when TO scores TD everybody is happy but when TO acts up everybody want to

Back to the ATL Falcons.. the reason we won those 5 games is bec we play like a team. The reason we lost the last 2 games is we didnt play like a team.

So if I was captian dhall or captian vick.. i would call for a team only meeting and cuss them mud duckers out and said if we dont start playing like we care we might as well donate our check to deafpoppa2001@aol.com and shoot i will put yall big checks to good use.

So remember the golden rule if u cant say nothing that make any sense then shut the hell up!

mv7 could be white and he will still be getting blame.

but the color of your skin does not make you a winner - it is how you play make you a winner.

Vick takes some blame but why? he isnt a WR? The WR need to say we got problems and we cant catch so coach u better bench us and get charlie rogers or a free agent that is hungry for a paycheck.

see if i was the owner i wouldnt give out a guarantee contract cuz ya mud duckers get lazy after getting your bonus and stuff. and lose focus.

get the big money after u bring home the vince lombari trophy and then and then u say SHOW ME THE MONEEEEEEEEEY Cuz i got the ring now!!

By Mark

November 13, 2006 05:21 PM | Link to this

Madden King

Why do you see a need to even bring race into this discussion? The fact that Vick is not a great leader / QB has nothing to do with race.

I for one just want to see the Falcons play a good ball game and that is not posible when Vick is forcing play after play. If you were at the game yesterday you would have seen that there were many instances of VICK forcing a pass on third down and was more concerned with long yardage instead of making a first down.

If can’t convert of third down then you are not going to win many ball games.

By cece clay

November 13, 2006 06:13 PM | Link to this

ya’all need to really get off of Michael Vick. unless you really understand the game, you would know it is not Michael Vick!!! he cannot carry the whole team. Terrible offensive coordinator increases the problem. If you do not make the right calls or allow your qb to check off, you will continue to have problems. It starts with the coaching dumb asses.

By 40 years and counting

November 13, 2006 06:21 PM | Link to this

i WILL BE OFFICIALLY CHANGING MY NAME TO 41 YEARS AND COUNTING AFTER THIS POST.I MIGHT AS WELL CHANGE IT TO 100 YEARS AND COUNTING RIGHT NOW AND SAVE ME THE HEARTACHE.WHAT AN EMBARRESMENT,I CANT BELIEVE I ROOT FOR THESE LOSERS OR ANY OTHER THUG ATL TEAM FOR THAT MATTER.IM CLEANSING MYSELF OF THIS PIECE OF CRAP FRANCHISE THAT I HAVE STOOD BY FOR 40 YEARS.ATLANTA IS THE WORST SPORTS TOWN IN AMERICA SO THAT MAKES ME PART OF THE LOSER FANS IN THIS TOWN TOO.

By whiteboy

November 13, 2006 06:29 PM | Link to this

white qbs always lead the way.Brady,big ben,montana,elway,warner,dilfer and so on and so on.

By Robert

November 13, 2006 06:57 PM | Link to this

The Falcons have too many problems to address this season. 1. Knapp calls the same plays over and over every week 2. Mike Vick is either not studying film enough to see what defenses are going to do or he isn’t being coached to read these defenses ( I think it is a combination of both) 3. Someone please teach Mike Vick how to run once he gets into traffic (just SLOW down and put two hands on the ball,very simple) 4. Wide receivers/Tight ends have to be CONSISTENT. If a quarterback starts getting in a rhythm, you can’t end it by dropping easy passes(Roddy White- play like you did Sunday and you will have a long career in the NFL) 5. Donatell doesn’t know when to call certain defensive plays (there is NO need to call a zone defense when the team is the red zone. Go man to man and if someone misses there assignment you know whose is to blame.) 6. DeAngelo Hall stop talking trash to other teams when YOU miss your own assignments 7. Play Jimmy Williams at corner please, he is good enough to be a starter on this team even as a rookie 8. GET HEALTHY

By Robert

November 13, 2006 06:58 PM | Link to this

The Falcons have too many problems to address this season. 1. Knapp calls the same plays over and over every week 2. Mike Vick is either not studying film enough to see what defenses are going to do or he isn’t being coached to read these defenses ( I think it is a combination of both) 3. Someone please teach Mike Vick how to run once he gets into traffic (just SLOW down and put two hands on the ball,very simple) 4. Wide receivers/Tight ends have to be CONSISTENT. If a quarterback starts getting in a rhythm, you can’t end it by dropping easy passes(Roddy White- play like you did Sunday and you will have a long career in the NFL) 5. Donatell doesn’t know when to call certain defensive plays (there is NO need to call a zone defense when the team is the red zone. Go man to man and if someone misses there assignment you know who is to blame.) 6. DeAngelo Hall stop talking trash to other teams when YOU miss your own assignments 7. Play Jimmy Williams at corner please, he is good enough to be a starter on this team even as a rookie 8. GET HEALTHY

By m92238

November 13, 2006 07:09 PM | Link to this

I have read the whole blog and did see anyone post some key points to the Falcons game yesterday. 1. Allen Rossum is 5’7”(despite what is in papers) and Kellen Winslow is 6’4”. Why is Rossum, one of the smallest players on our team, covering Winslow? Even after Winslow had that big catch, the coaches continue to lineup Rossum on Winslow. How about a safety or one of our fast LBs. 2. The Falcons had another blocked punt. How many other teams in the NFL have at least 2 FGs blocked and 2 punts blocked this year? 3. The defensive backs for the Browns were all over the receivers today; no separation. Why can’t we run the same D instead of our pillowtop soft zone? 4. Why is Mora concerned with the scores of the other games? I got an idea, worry about your team.

By cashmoney

November 13, 2006 07:15 PM | Link to this

Listen! I believe Michael Vick is on of the greatest Athletes in the game. However Atlanta has to hold him more responsible than just great runs that excite us. I understand we are not used to winning but the way you win is holding coaches and star players especially the quarterback accountable! Why is it that Michael can’t be benched! Has he won championships like Jordan or Magic and then we can scream bloody Mary if he was benched? No! I believe the worst thing to do is allow him to feel that he can’t be touched! What does the stats say 6 turnovers in what two or three games! Look the defense held up their end of the bargain and while we have some dropped passes the buck stops with the Coach who is by the way to young and inexperienced to deal with this kind of adversity! Please someone in this city challenge Michael to do more than run the ball and lead this team to the champiopship he said he believed we could obtain. Ps. Michael I know you made a nice run that was negated by a penalty but let’s remember why you needed that nice run. You and your offense could not stop turning the ball over and score. Please brother I love you and wish the best for you but the truth is in your own way you let us know that you may accept the responsibility but it’s not all your fault. I’m sorry it may not be but that’s why you are the star! Arthur I know you went for a youth movement but who do you turn to for th experience? Rich Mckay? hardly see him!

By Dano

November 13, 2006 07:24 PM | Link to this

Madden King,

You are a sick person. Go pick up Mora and make visite to Dr. Phil and Oprah between the two of them, MAYBE they can help the both of you.

Mellot,

OK, I’m calling you stupid, because you are so blinded by loyalty ti Vick you can’t see the truth. I’ve recorded the Falcon games and watched plays over and over……there are two Mike Vicks, Mike the Passer and Mike the Thrower……when he passes, no one does it better…..when he throws, he is right down at the bottom of the pack. Did you see what Jenkins had to go through to catch that TD pass???? Did you see the bullets that bouced off the hands of the receivers???? If not, you are more than STUPID. You are like a loyal parent. No matter what your child does, you defend him (Vick) in every instance. If the one blogger was right, Vick and friends had fun until the wee hours Saturday. Maybe that is why he “ran out of gas.” Booze will get you like that….so will a lack of sleep…..Do you seriously think Mike will go to the PRO Bowl this year???? If you do, based on his performance so far, you are REALLY STUPID.

By maddoxh

November 13, 2006 07:38 PM | Link to this

I hate to say it but, maybe its time for the old switch-a-Roo. Alternating Vick and Schwab on some of the downs. Is Jim Mora coming down with the Bobby Cox syndrome.

By Phil

November 13, 2006 07:39 PM | Link to this

Again Football Knowledge is what counts D coach and O coach how many time do you play Allan Rossum last year will covering branch 3 &30 brady completes a pass for the first down we lose game Rossum is a kick returner only in this league not a Defensive back Coach Mora or Moron. why let mt toodler cover winslow is 4lbs 5 ounces. None of our player will develope under this Mora guy. Thanks God for Vick at least with him we will finish 500

By kenny d

November 13, 2006 07:41 PM | Link to this

michael jordan never won a championship until his seventh year in the league and for the first six years Jordan actually went through alot of the same criticism vick now goes through: overhyped, one man show, ball hog, one trick pony, can’t win the big one, not enough of a team player, can’t shoot the jump shot, just a freakish athlete, just a dunker, and so on and so forth. sounds the same as overhyped, overrated, one man show, one trick pony, can’t pass accurately, can’t win the big one, not enough of a team player, just a freakish athlete, just a runner, and so on and so forth.

Patience is a virtue my friends, overemotional impulsivity is not

By kenny d

November 13, 2006 07:45 PM | Link to this

maddoxh,

actually, it seems like you are the one who is coming down with bobby coxitis: wanting to implement a platoon which will only prove detrimental to the team.

By blue

November 13, 2006 07:48 PM | Link to this

THERE IS NO WAY IN THE WORLD JIM MORALE JR SHOULD HAVE GOT THIS JOB. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LOBIE SMITH, MARVIN LEWIS, NICK SABAN AND JIMMIY JONHNSON BUT NO WE WANT CHOSE THE WORST ONE OUT THE BUNCH. A COACH THAT HAD NO BUSINESS GETTING THIS JOB I WOULD HAVE RATHER SEEN HIS DAD,THAN THIS BOMB. THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE FIRE DAN REEVES FOR THIS DURING A SEASON THAT WAS NOT I MEAN NOT HIS FAULT. NOW IT IS TIME FOR US TO FIX THESE PROBLEM AND FIRE JIM MORALE JR AND HIS STAFF. lETS START THE WEB SITE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FIRE JIM MORALE JR AND BRING IN JIMMY JOHNSON PLEASE ARTHUR LISTEN TO THE FANS AND FIRE JIM MORALE JR.

By Boots

November 13, 2006 08:00 PM | Link to this

MaddenKing: Do you have any idea how tiresome and boring it is to have you go on and on about this race issue —- day in and day out?

For God’s sake man, let it go!

According to your own figures, the NFL is 65% black, the NBA is probably 90% black and MLB is 60-70% black/hispanic!

For God’s sake, what do you want? A totally black league? Can’t you just acknowledge the advances of blacks and their successes without oconstantly throwing this crap against the wall of this board!

I for one, am sick to death of hearing you b*** and moan about this subject and wish you’d just stick to being an apologist for MV7.

I’m sure you’re a very successful young man. Can’t we just leave it at that? If you want to wear cornrows and gold teeth and do-rags and tee shirts that look like dresses —- that’s fine with me. Just enjoy your success and take a chill-pill on this racism crap! —- Adios

By slawdog

November 13, 2006 08:07 PM | Link to this

Same old unprepaired,unmotivated flat football team. Coaches are not getting thru to the players. Not being able to check off at the line of scrimmage is less than high school level. Someone has to take charge (Mora) otherwise someone else will have your job. If a player is having a bad day, why not get their attention by sitting them down? Are you afraid of making someone mad? You are making alot of people mad by making no moves at all. Get real, play the best players regardless of who’s feelings you might hurt, be a man.

By Michael

November 13, 2006 08:13 PM | Link to this

You know it is our fault..Everybody thought Vick, who is a great athlete and going to be a good QB and could compete every Sun, you know like Warrick Dunn. He can not do it because he needs more time to develop his skills. However, we were to quick to praise fleeting performances and Vick got the idea he was good..Now what do we do? Vick has got to get serious about his learning his job or we need to change..If Vick is not going to Improve then maybe QB playing time would be better spent on the other QB’s we have..Cause this ain’t working folks..

By Vick Sucks

November 13, 2006 08:39 PM | Link to this

Bottomline is Vick is not a winner. For you clowns that keep talking about how it’s a team sport and have all the tear jerking catch phrase I have one for you. Your team is only as good as it’s weakest link. The weakest link is Vick i just got rid of all my tickets for the rest of the year i gave them away.. Next year I will not renew as long as Vick is our QB of choice..

By dan

November 13, 2006 08:45 PM | Link to this

switching qb’s now would do more harm than good at this stage of the season. We need to stick by mike vick because this kid can play. We just let bad defense and bad coaching persuade us otherwise. Every team is going to encounter tough stretches—and just like many other teams have done in the past (for example, the giants at the begining of the season, the cowboys…)we will get over this hump. This whining is starting to tick me off.

By dan your an idiot

November 13, 2006 09:14 PM | Link to this

Dan what does it matter. With Vick in the lineup our season is over. Atleast we get to showcase schwab a bit even if it means we trade him.

By FalconMan

November 13, 2006 09:32 PM | Link to this

Falcon Fans,

Do NOT give up. For God’s Sake we need your support more than ever now. Remember, we are only one game behind NO. They are coming to our home pretty soon, and we can still take care of them.

If there is one thing the Falcons have proven is that they are an unpredictable bunch. They can still win.

We read too much of the headlines and forget the truth. The truth of an 8-8 season last year. Yes we have improved the run defense. But the rush that was a one man rush last year, was not improved by adding John Abraham. Coleman is still good but injured.

In hindsight, giving up Duckett has hurt the running game. We have lost our change of pace so to speak. Other than Vick we have no hope. Why do you think he feels like he has to do things himself?

I think the receivers are doing ok. All over NFL receivers miss catching passes. Yes Ashley dropped a sure touchdown, but that has been one of few things he has done wrong since coming here. Pass protection is ok. We have to keep the faith. Vick is still great.

For God’s sake look at Chicago and their defense. Does anyone think Grossman is a better QB than Vick? You have to be kidding.

Where we lack, is in coaching department. Here is Mora. A defensive coach and where has anyone seen improvements on defense. We have better players, not better defense.

When there was safety call in the game yesterday, the crowd forced him to throw the flag. I am sorry, the kid is over his head.

As for Knapp, here we are supposedly the best running team in the league, and we throw on 4th and one. If Mora is kept this year, which I don’t understand why, we have to kill Knapp. I mean get rid of him.

Falcon fans, keep the faith. I know we are all down, and it is so disappointing to lose to Lions and Cleveland back to back, but remember this is a team that has spent a lot of money on first line players, and has not done a good job finding backups. In NFL, teams with good backups win. That is why New England keeps doing good, because they are deep. So are the Steelers.

Our first line players are tops. But our second line players, are journeymen at best.

Ah well. Keep the faith. Don’t give up on the Falcons. This is still a team that half the NFL cities would sell their soul to have.

As for coaching, Mr Blank, Lovie Smith is available.

Go Falcons, the GREATEST team in the WORLD. Keep the faith Falcon fans.

By A True Falcon Fan A.K.A Statman

November 13, 2006 10:11 PM | Link to this

To anyone who will come to know me: First and foremost anyone who wants to talk true football not ignorance about mike vick and the falcons feel free to read my post, but to the idiots, haters, and flip-flopers, please keep your ignorant (spark of the moment) posts to yourself. Thanks.

1. I have read many posts on this blog about the falcons needing to diversify 1st and 2nd down play calls. OK, any idiot could figure this out with the falcons being close to last in the league in 3rd down conversion rate due to obvious calls on 1st & 2nd down resulting in harder long 3rd downs. No one is giving any true answers on how to exactly diversify the 1st and 2nd down play-calling. If everyone here is so efficent in calling plays you all should go pro (and for the pros who played football, go be a coach) and see how well you do.

2. I have never seen so much hate on a team with clear flaws yet over .500. Yes the falcons, are close at .555 (and many believe that they will fall this weekend against the ravens) but simply due to the “great depression” of last year, so many fans are worried. Don’t feed me that easy schedule crap either because the falcons obviously have a medium-difficult schedule due to them being in one of the toughest divisions in football-The NFC South.

3. 2 words-Mike Vick. This will be my last section but i will be back next week. Numbers first-1,156 and 2,772 LOL, as of now these are Mike Vick’s projected rushing and passing totals for a full 16 weeks of play. (for any confusion due to ignorance, which there happens to be a lot of on this blog, Yes there are 17 weeks in every NFL season but, each team has a bye week giving them 16 playable weeks before the playoffs.)(Don’t be upset I teach the ignorant, and scold the stupid) Back to business, everyone wants Mike Vick to “live up to his potential” when the man will almost account for nearly 4,000 total yards this season. By no means do I think that Mike Vick is better than Tom Brady (3 rings) but just look at the numbers. Tom Brady’s 16-game Projected Total Yardage is 3,652 yards gained. (for the ones who are not all that good at math, that is less than Vick is projected to have.) Not only him, 25 of the league’s 32 starting QB’s will not at this rate, register 3800 yards this season. Wow, that’s amazing. (I know, I am the Stat Guy) The bottom line is…Atlanta stop criticizing your QB!!! I have much more to say, but i will conclude on that note. Till next time. (The Stat Guy) P.S. I forgot to bring up the recievers that can’t catch a cold. Oh, well

By NO SWEAT

November 13, 2006 10:57 PM | Link to this

Hey Fans, DO NOT PANIC, NEW ORLEANS LOST, TAMPA WAS LEADING CAROLINA ITS A 3 POINT GAME IF THEY PULL IT OUT WILL WELL BE FINE. STILL IN 2ND PLACE IN THE DIVISION. KINDA SUCKS THAT WE GOT TO DEPEND ON OTHER TEAMS TO LOSE!

GO FALCONS.

By Titothebear

November 13, 2006 11:35 PM | Link to this

Madeline King,

Who are you to threaten riots if Vick is benched? Football is a game and players win and lose jobs all the time. You don’t coach, or own, the Falcons and you don’t make any decisions about who plays what position and who starts and who sits. Save that riot stuff for someone who can use it. Sucker, Vick is a terrible quarterback! All your bluster and bombast can’t change that. The guy is the most overhyped player in the history of the NFL. As for Atlanta being a majority black town, it is. However, Atlanta would be just another over-sized cowtown without the businesses that make the engines roll and most of those have substantial white investorship. So, shove that tough talk where it’s always shady and give us a break. You are nothing more than a cowardly, infantile failure who aspires to bullydom. Get lost!

By William

November 13, 2006 11:54 PM | Link to this

Right now, if the Falcons were getting paid based on their performance, they wouldn’t have enough for an egg mcmuffin. Their playing pop warner football in a league of professionals. We’ve had two easy games that we let slip away, and our schedule isn’t getting any easier. I hope the Falcons make the playoffs, but right now if they continue this aweful football they’re playing; they may want to go ahead and start preparing their war room for the draft. The Falcons organization needs to start holding people accountable. Mora, Knapp, Donatell, and the entire staff need to be held accountable for this team’s performance. Michael Vick needs to stop being put on a different level than his team mates. He’s the quarterback the leader. He needs to be held to a higher standard because he is the quote n quote leader of the team. Maybe benching him once in a while and making him hold a clipboard will help him refocus on the fundamentals of the position. Ultimately, the Falcons have a ton of problems to deal with, so maybe it’s time to bring a task master in. An old fashioned hard noised football coach. Someone like a Parcells, a bellicheck, Dungy, or Cower who will hold his team accountable and not be afraid to tell it like it is. Someone who believes in a Championship Defense, will hire the right staff to maximize the teams potential, who has an eye for talent and can see through the hype of college and free agent players, and most importantly; someone who’ll instill a sense of pride in his players and give them the mentality that every game is important. The falcon fan deserves no less.

By Sir Purr

November 14, 2006 12:15 AM | Link to this

Falkin fanz are easily the league’s most pathetic: they scalp their seats to opposing fans. Look at the biggest crowd in their home history: Oct. 22 v. Pittsburgh. Dome was thick with Steeler supporters. Look for the similar v. Dallas.

By Dano

November 14, 2006 05:07 AM | Link to this

Yo’ A True Falcon Fan A.K.A Statman,

You are like many corporate “statmen.” You take numbers and twist them to your own agenda AKA Enron. You are proud of Vick’s projected numbers???? The 2,772 passing yardage??? Four QBs already have over 2,500 with 7 more games to go…..The 1,156 yards rushing would be a record for a QB in a 16 game schedule, but at what price???? Vick is currently 14 in rushing yardage in the NFL, 14 out of 32 TEAMS!!!! Do you know the pounding he is taking???? Also, he is in on EVERY offensive play!!!! Did you notice he has changed his style of running??? He no longer is the full steam ahead runner. He heads for the sidelines, and rightly so. He can’t take the pounding a running back like Dunn can…..He is not supposed to!!!! Did you see his head hit that floor at the dome on Sunday???? Your total yards for Vick for the season and comparing it to other QBs is just crap…..As a TEAM, the Falcons have 3,211 total yards right now…..The Saints have 3,409 and the Colts have 3,413…SO WHAT!!!! Look at the records…5-4, 6-3, 9-0…..what you do with those yards and how you score, that is what is iportant. “Statman” look at the TOTAL PICTURE…..then you will go from statman to analyst!!!!

Hopefully the Falcons have analysts working on figuring out their problems and not “statmen.”

GO FALCONS!!!!!

By baby girl

November 14, 2006 11:57 AM | Link to this

This may be bad…but I hope they lose the rest of them….maybe BLANK will get us a coaching staff. Once again send all three of them back to the West Coast.

By Foose

November 14, 2006 04:34 PM | Link to this

To all those who are talking about the WORST OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR EVER - you misspelled his name. The proper spelling is M-A-U-R-I-C-E C-A-R-T-H-O-N. The fact that we are 2-1 since he, um, “resigned”, with both wins against teams with winning records (Falcons and Jets), should tell you a LOT about why we were 1-5 when he was mismanaging the offense. If not, just think “fullback sweep on third and long”, with the starting FB leading for the BACKUP FB. Or think “no Kellen Winslow on the field on third downs”. For all of Knapps’ flaws, taking Crumpler off the field when you need him most is NOT one of them.

BTW, it’s not just Vick OR your recievers, it’s both. Unless you think being blanketed by two guys that weren’t even on our roster in late August is okay (you think YOU’RE banged up? We’re starting our fifth and sixth DBs, and don’t even START on the center positon). We’ve had the same problem so far this year - 4 INTs are the direct fault of recievers brick handing the ball.

But I’m just glad it’s the OTHER team yelling like this for once. Oh, and thanks for beating the Bengals and Steelers - now go make yourselves (and us) feel a lot better and take it ALL out on the Ravens. Because they DESERVE it.

GO BROWNS!!!

By Panther Fan

November 14, 2006 07:39 PM | Link to this

The good thing about being a Panther fan is you always know the Falcons are going to collapse!

By dirty byrd

November 14, 2006 10:01 PM | Link to this

any one who read browns player comments after game they said we are easy to figure out we have same tendencys do same 8 plays with same players in motion and we saw them know what we were gonna do even vick said they knew our plays just like last yr once you run same plays 3 games there done ,gotta have new plays every game has any one on this blog seen any new plays in last couple games ? please list and mail to falcons headquarters attention greg knapp/jim mora. this whole attitude from blank /mora is not football not sure what it is i do know its ugly to watch

By Statman Speaks

November 14, 2006 10:43 PM | Link to this

Hey Dano,

1. First and foremost you make a decent argument, but for the most part you are very misleading! You claim that 4 QB’s already have over 2,500 yards with 7 games to go. This is true and I do not disagree, but my argument WAS that 25 out of 32 QB’s would not finish at or above Vick’s yardage totals. (32-25=7 that would finish with or above his totals). I DO agree that at least 4 will surpass Vick’s numbers. I gave you 7, but you took 4. Oh, well better for Vick.

2. You say that Mike Vick is 14th in the NFL in rushing. I also didn’t say that Mike would run for 1200+ yards on the ground, like the 13 HB’s(halfbacks) in front of him. So what are you talking about, we have a HB, Warrick Dunn #28, and contradicting popular belief, we have a pretty good scrambling QB, Mike Vick(he’s #7 by the way). I don’t compare Mike Vick to HB’s because he is a QB on the depth chart.(Clear indicator). Rushing yards are not only for RB’s, Receiving yards are not only for WR’s & TE’s, Passing yards are not only for QB’s. Does it really matter how you pick up the yardage, when Mike Vick is averaging 8.44 yards/rush and 87.5% of QB’s in the league are averaging 7.9 yards/pass or less? (An Amazing Stat!)

3. No, I don’t expect Mike Vick to take the punishment that Warrick Dunn does? (That would be ignorant.) If he rolls to the sideline now, and Dunn still hits holes up the middle; WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? (You won the argument for me. Thanks.)

4. I don’t ever remember comparing the Falcons to the Saints or the Colts. The truth is that players get measured and paid based on yardage and stats, teams are measured through wins and losses. Whether the Falcons are better than either of these teams is a completely different conversation. If you would like to have a disccusion on that subject you need to address that seperately as a main point, not at the end of your now-exposed post. Give it up, you can’t touch me.

P.S- I think it’s pretty “important” that you spell “important” correctly. It might further mislead your readers if you don’t. Important is spelled “important” not “iportant”. How about you go and “analyze” a dictionary. LOL, you have to come at me better.

By fire mora

November 14, 2006 11:26 PM | Link to this

fire me please rich man

By gary is a fool

November 14, 2006 11:50 PM | Link to this

to gary (the one who writes DJ will outVick Mr. Vick),

You are a fool.

By jonny

November 17, 2006 05:12 PM | Link to this

By Phil

November 26, 2006 04:41 PM | Link to this

Today was a fine example of poor coaching, Just pass the ball on the one yard line three times abandon the run at all cost Knapp job well done stick a fork in us we are well done now the rest of the league should have some good eating the rest of the season. punk WHITE i knew you could not catch after last season but the falcons insist on playing you and Mike continued to throw you the ball for what ever reason You are the WORST THE VERY WORST RECEIVER I HAVE EVER SEEN JENKIN YOU ARE THE WORST THE VERY WORST RECEIVER I HAVE EVER SEEN PLAYS LEELIE STAY ON YOUR FEET ONE TIME PLEASE YOU ARE A JOKE ALSO. BUT OUR COACHES ARE A BIGGER JOKE FOR PLAYING YOU GUYS. Thank God because you guy are really blessed playing in the NFL WITH NO TALENT MAKING MILLIONS I’M NOT MAD AT YOU BUT YOU THREE ARE THE WORST.