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By AU85

January 2, 2007 09:35 PM | Link to this

Read it here first. As long as Michael Vick is quarterback, the Falcons will fail.

Blank can grasp the concept of “sunk cost” and dump Vick, or he can continue to throw money at that lost cause.

As we all know, it is Blank’s to choose…

By LD

January 2, 2007 09:38 PM | Link to this

What if we offered Mike Vick to the Oakland Raiders for their 1st Rd pick. We could select CJ and let Schaub be the starting QB?? Maybe we could get another good RB to go with Norwood at the 10th spot.

By Coach Killer

January 2, 2007 09:51 PM | Link to this

The Dirty Birds should hire Urban Meyer—trade Vick to the Raydas for draft picks—-cut Keith Brooking—Sign Matt Schaub long term—buy a muzzle for D-Hall—get a bottle of stick’em for Alge Crumpler—send Roddy White to receivng school—find ways to get Jerious Norwood the ball at least 15 times a game—cattle prod Arthur Blank when he attempts to prowl the sidelines—fully understand the objective of the game is to score more points than your opponent.

By Falcon Hopeful

January 2, 2007 10:04 PM | Link to this

Isn’t it funny how everyone thinks the Raiders might actually want Mike Vick?

Hardly. Look at who they have a shot at … Brady Quinn.

Gee, so many of us agree MV7 is not the answer at QB, so why would we think someone is going to give up #1 on draft day to get him.

By DOM

January 2, 2007 10:04 PM | Link to this

RICH MCKAY IS A FAILURE IN ALL AREAS, HARTWELL IS A CON MAN, WEBSTER IS A TIMID DEACON, KERNEY IS AN OLD BUSTED POLITICIAN, RODDY AND JENKINS HAVE NO SPIRIT OR TALENT, IKE REESE SHOULD BE A SMILING INFOMERCIAL HOST, THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS THE TENACITY OF A YUGO, OUR BENCH PLAYERS SHOULD BE IN THE STANDS NEXT TO ME AS FANS. NEW STADIUM DEAL? FUUGETABOOUUT IT…. !!

By Mean D

January 2, 2007 10:05 PM | Link to this

Vick has herpes, dresses like a thug and stinks in public. He will NEVER win a championship!!!

By This gets old

January 2, 2007 10:06 PM | Link to this

Is there a collective loss of minds in Atlanta? Last season while the Falcons were starting 6-2 another team started 7-4.

This season we started 5-2, the other team started 8-4. The Falcons finished 8-8 and 7-9. The other team finished 9-7 both seasons. The other team..

THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

Michael Vick with his human faults has won two playoff games while the Cowboys haven’t won a playoff game in ten years, TEN YEARS.

This is the NFL today, good sometimes, suck sometimes. Stop all of the damned name calling and let’s try and look to the future. Whatever it is it won’t be perfect because the league is set up to run exactly as it is now.

Blank, Snyder and Jones cannot buy a championship. Nobody can, it’s not baseball. Enjoy it or stop watching it but when it comes to trashing everything about the team please shut the hell up!

By Mean D

January 2, 2007 10:07 PM | Link to this

Thank GOD you turds hired the absolutely USELESS Rich McKay!

By scribe

January 2, 2007 10:10 PM | Link to this

Until Mike puts down the pipe and learns how to play QB, the falcons have no choice. He can’t read “Curious George”, let alone an NFL defense

By Blank is a fool

January 2, 2007 10:12 PM | Link to this

If we had a top pick in the draft, the team should draft a stud defensive lineman. We need size on the line. There is no way the Falcons draft anpther wide out.

Hopefully Vick will break his leg again and we can move foward. The reason he is still here is to keep the black fans happy because Atlanta is a black city.

By dan

January 2, 2007 10:13 PM | Link to this

AMEN Dom

By Dave H.

January 2, 2007 10:14 PM | Link to this

We better get Chow before the Cardinals reunite him with Matt Leinart. Blank and McKay - chop, chop or Chow is history.

And his age means nothing. He’s still got many good years ahead, which just happen to coincide with the rest of Mike Vick’s career. In Blank terms, he’s our $130 million investment, so we must get the best asset manager we can find.

By STEALTHMAN

January 2, 2007 10:19 PM | Link to this

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Now will somebody please quit with the non-experienced coaches and get some “Real candidates!” Please do what it takes to get a seasoned coach who has been to the SUPERBOWL! Like John Gruden, or BILL PARCELLS.

By Its Obvious

January 2, 2007 10:20 PM | Link to this

It the only choice staring us in the face that makes SO MUCH SENSE

By BirdDawg

January 2, 2007 10:22 PM | Link to this

You guys who keep insisting that we trade Vick are complete and utter idiots.

Not because you want to trade a talent like that who is one good coach away from trading in on the promise of his first year as a starter.

It’s because of the salary cap stoopids!!!

I mean you dumb@$$ rednecks are the worst.

Vick isn’t going anywhere. You can wish it. You can plead for it. You can hold your Klan rallies in Forsythe Co. and hang Vick in effigy, and none of it will matter.

Because of the massive cap hit that this team would take, and they can’t take it because they’re not going to have enough room to trade Vick and sign another QB, even if it is your Great White Hype aKa The Next Doug Johnson aKa Matt Fraud.

Guys, he’s not going anywhere.

You people are straight-up retarded.

By WHAT LEADERS

January 2, 2007 10:26 PM | Link to this

WE HAVE NO SO CALLED “HIGH CHARACTER LEADERS” INCLUDING KERNY AND BROOKINGS. A REAL DEFENSIVE LEADER WOULD NOT HAVE LET HIS TEAM SLIDE IN THE SECOND HALF TWO YEARS IN A ROW. BY THE WAY THE RECIEVERS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT ARE STILL BUST ON OTHER TEAMS OR JUST SELLING CARS NOW. THE CURRENT LOT OF RECIEVERS COULD NOT BE TRADED FOR CONFEDERATE MONEY. SO IT AINT VICK.!

By Dennis

January 2, 2007 10:28 PM | Link to this

I usually don’t agree with Mark Bradley, and hadn’t thought of Norm Chow in the light Mark portrays him. If Jimmy Johnson doesn’t want it, Norm Chow’s a no-brainer as he’s a QB developer. Plus, he’s a minority candidate (which is second, because he’s qualified, minority or not)and that fits well with Atlanta’s history as a racially welcoming city. Pay him the dough to come, and hire away Mike Singletary as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. Now that’s a no-brainer. Our offense would be the baddest on the planet in no time, and our defense would the toughest, most focused and meanest bunch in the league.

Arthur, please make it happen!!

By Mothball

January 2, 2007 10:29 PM | Link to this

I can certainly admit that I have no clue who the front runners should be. I do believe the Falcon’s need a tough coach to reign in the whopping egos on the Falcon’s roster. The nuts have certainly been running the asylum. Obviously, they need someone who can work with Vick as well.

Given a slobber knocking defense and protection, Vick should be able to get it done. Hopefully, anyway.

So, who fits the criteria?

By Dennis

January 2, 2007 10:34 PM | Link to this

When Schaub’s in the game, the other guys are not waiting for him to make plays, because physically, that’s not his game. Instead of watching him like they do Mike, they do their thing. The whole team looks different when he’s in the game. Still, got to agree with BirdDog, due to salary cap, there’s no way we can trade Mike. Raiders would take him. The guy’s one of the top physical talents in the game, great arm, but guys depend on him too much.

By STEALTHMAN

January 2, 2007 10:35 PM | Link to this

HEY MEAN D at 10:05PM BLOG! and to all Fans with the tough personal talks about players and Coaches having Diseases and crap. I’m wondering how would you gays, or ….excuse me, Guys know this????? Are you a “Vick”tom or Doctor.???

By DHD

January 2, 2007 10:38 PM | Link to this

Where is “Forsythe Co?” There have been far more Black Panthers seen in Atlanta this year than Klan members in Forsyth County, so just shut up with your racist attacks.

I am from Forsyth County and voted for a black man for president and don’t give a rip about what color any of the players are. All I care about is the Red and Black winning football games.

By Dennis

January 2, 2007 10:41 PM | Link to this

Norm Chow as head coach, Singletary as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator. Chow coaches for 4-5 years and then Singletary takes over. Chow’s got a degree in Educational Psychology, so he not only will get the offense on track, he’s the right guy to keep the offense’s head on straight and receivers confident. Singletary’s the guy we need to bring toughness and discipline. Good cop, bad cop. I can’t imagine anyone not jumping at the chance to play for either of these guys. We need the fresh energy both would bring.

By alan

January 2, 2007 10:43 PM | Link to this

vick will never win championships? can’t you say that about the 23 other NFL quarterbacks? there are 28 NFL teams out there and only ONE will win the superbowl. the odds of someone saying “so and so will never win championships” and being right is riduculously high, why don’t you say something else more insightful MEAN D.

By Birdman

January 2, 2007 10:47 PM | Link to this

BirdDawg, I agree with you completely, but you are wasting your breath, man. These idiot rednecks don’t have the mental capacity to understand anything you typed, let alone understand the complexities of football and lunacy of trading a talent like Mike Vick. Please, leave them to their Klan rallies and sleeping with their sisters (or mothers) and don’t waste your time.

By kg

January 2, 2007 10:49 PM | Link to this

Thank you BirdDawg, I’ve tried to say the same thing many times, but these knuckleheads just don’t get it. Blank blew it by giving Vick the huge contract and taking away any flexibility with the cap. Rookie owner. Blank just hasn’t learned yet. He blew it with Price, gave Mora a contract extension, signed Vick to the huge contract. He needs to quit meddling and let the football people do their jobs. Be a real CEO, give direction, give goals, provide the parameters and then let the professionals do their job.

By E

January 2, 2007 10:50 PM | Link to this

Bradley catering to the silly masses. Why all the focus on Vick? He isn’t the problem. How about the little bitty running backs, no hand receivers, and weak pass blocking. Vick is the best thing to happen to Falcon Football and football in general in this city. The abberation that was 1998 notwithstanding. The man gives us a legitimate shot at the Superbowl every year. How about the overpriced outside/middle linebacker? The free agent bust middle linebacker. Will you all not be satisfied until we go back to the empty dome, local blackouts and not even being showed on the national highlight shows. You all are dreaming that you actually thought pro football even really existed in this town before Mike Vick. Yeah, there were flashes, but honestly give both sides and not just spin of the folks who hate to see a black QB have as much power as his white counterparts. Vick needs to improve but its not as bad as some of you make it. The man has given us more highlights in his 6 years than we had in the previous 30 plus. Vick is no different than Manning, Delhomme, Brees are Bulger. Good players just have to get the right coaching and surrounding cast. Get past the man looks already and recognize the positives. Why should this man support a guy who obviously told his father that he was a coach killer? You media types pounded Mora relentless and now you want to shift the blame to Vick. There is a small fraction of white men over 30 who can’t take a young black QB with power. That includes the former pocket QB’s who didn’t have the same talent set. It takes guts to be a pioneer which is what Vick and Arthur Blank are and they will be successful, just give them the same time you are giving those that look a little more like you.

By Alcoholic

January 2, 2007 11:22 PM | Link to this

please….let go of this black , white, power, control Sh%#. this isnt the 50’s, and 60’s anymore. Most people in this blog have said absolutely nothing about race….so let it go. your not a victim!!!

By blackfalcon

January 2, 2007 11:25 PM | Link to this

here we go with the racist sh*t again

By Ronald Honululu

January 2, 2007 11:28 PM | Link to this

Mean D sleeps in panties with his thumb in his mouth and a B*tt plug up his A$$

By Donnie

January 2, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this

a very profound message

By Straight$$$$Homie

January 2, 2007 11:36 PM | Link to this

You’re article is hilarious. You’ve peeked at responses to other AJC blogs and started typing, very inspiring. First off, the Raiders would love MV7. Secondly, he has the support of the owner and management, he doesn’t need ours. You fools don’t get it. No matter how much you HATE him, he’s not going anywhere. Even if he did, He’s got $130 million reasons to stay here and stick it in your faces. All of your rants on thug this and thug that, yet you call for a QB who’s only proven that he can’t control himself in public without assaulting someone. Mike proved himself under Reeves. His regression has been a result of coaching and lack of team effort. He put up career numbers and you’d add 6 more TD’s that were flat out dropped. If McKay is smart, I’d figure out a way to get trade Schaub and Shockley to position themselves to take JeMarcus Russell 6’6” 260 QB for the future or Chris Leak in the 2nd or 3rd round. Having these hometown boys on the squad jades your vision. I could name 31 QB’s annually who fail to win the Super Bowl. Most never get a sniff. Nobody’s trying to trade the Manning brothers, or Favre (who has sucked for 1/2 a decade). Teams win Super Bowls, not individuals. Figure it out. Like I said yesterday the TRADE MATT SCHAUB COUNTDOWN has begun, 116 days and counting. I can’t wait…..

By donnie

January 2, 2007 11:36 PM | Link to this

you don’t have to say it, the language is so blatantly obvious you redur necks hate MV7. You made cruel comments about him having herpes, looking like a thug, all code words you rednecks use to show your hatred.

By BIRDADDY

January 2, 2007 11:41 PM | Link to this

LET IT BE SAID THAT HIRING MORA WOULD’VE BEEN ONE OF THE STUPIDIST HIRINGS IN SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY BUT WITH THE BIRDS IT WAS ONLY MERELY AVERAGE. IT DOES HOWEVER MEAN THAT ANYONE INVOLVED IN HIS HIRING REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THIS NEXT ONE.DON’T GET IN A HURRY EVEN IF WE HAVE TO PICK BIRDDAWG AS INTERIM HEAD COACH.SLING ENOUGH GREEN TO BRING LOMBARDI BACK IF THAT’S WHAT IT TAKES.41 YEARS OF ZERO IS ENOUGH.CHANGE THE NAME OF THE TEAM TOO.FALCONS EQUATES WITH LOSERSVILLE.

By STEALTHMAN

January 2, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this

Well said “E” at 10:50PM Blog< I feel that great things are ahead for the Falcons if the right “Leader is in place. Please know fans that I am not saying Vick is the Best QB, but he does have the making of one. Payton Manning has winning seasons every year but can’t seem to win the Big Game in the playoffs. Yea I said it Mr. Mora “Sr.”, Playoffs?? are you kidding me?? Anyway, a coach is the leader, and by the way folks… Mr. Blank can walk the side lines any time he gets ready to. When you think about his investments, he is the Man with the Money baby. The Ultimate Trophy is named after a head coach who was a leader remember,.. Vince Lambardi, this is why it will take a coach like this to lead a team like the Falcons to the Big Game. This coach whom Mr. Blank will choose will be far from a Mora image I hope. He will have to be a Man that is serious about this game and know how to speak. And one that does not only have the Playoffs in Mind but the Super Bowl Baby!!”“ Even if it means getting rid of some players and other coaches like Knapp. No offense!! Let’s win them “All”.

By RaZoR

January 2, 2007 11:44 PM | Link to this

The Falcons will have a damn good coach before the next season starts..no doubt about that. Vick isn’t going anywhere. They already said he was the franchise on TV due to the fact that he’s got the fat contract. That’s why Schaub will never start in ATL. Schaub + 3rd or 4th round draft picks to the Raiders = Randy Moss or Raiders 1st round pick and select Calvin Johnson or a damn good Safety. Just sit back and let it happen. Something big is going to happen either way. It does no good arguing about it. Still have a long way until next season. Falcons in 2007

By blackfalcon

January 2, 2007 11:44 PM | Link to this

Can someone tell me who this Calvin kid is people are clamoring about drafting. my understanding is that he is a WR. you DO NOT draft WR’s in the first round, see falcons current bust receivers and last round draft pick Colston for New orleans. You can pick up receivers in the later rounds. we probably need to draft a lineman, either offensive or defensive. or a cornerback that can cover.

By YESSI JONES

January 2, 2007 11:44 PM | Link to this

I WILL REFRAIN FROM MAKING ANY COMMENTS THAT APPEAR BIASED OR UNFAIR. MANY OF THESE BLOGS HAVE RACIAL UNDERTONES WHICH IS MOST UNFORTUNATE. WE SHOULD BE JUDGING PLAYERS…AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL BY THEIR HEART AND NOT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

MICHAEL VICK HAS THE OPPORTUNITY IN HIS PROFESSION TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL RACES…SETTING AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY AND PURPOSE.

SEVERAL BLOGGERS HAVE SPENT MUCH OF THEIR TIME SPLITTING HAIRS OVER THE MERIT OF HIS STATS. LET’S EXAMINE IN A HEALTHY WAY ANOTHER MORE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE FALCONS QUARTERBACK.

MY PLAYING EXPERIENCE WAS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND WHILE MY STATS ARE A DISTANT MEMORY…THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM COACHES AND FELLOW PLAYERS ARE UTILIZED DAILY.

LISTED BELOW ARE SEVERAL INSTANCES INVOLVING MICHAEL VICK WHICH HAVE BROUGHT DIFFERENT DYNAMICS TO THE CONSTANT PRO-VICK/ANTI-VICK DEBATE. WITHOUT PASSING JUDGMENT…PLEASE EXAMINE THESE OBSERVATIONS AND THEN THOUGHTFULLY RENDER YOUR OPINION.

1) VICK WAS HESITANT TO RETURN FROM INJURY DURING REEVES LAST SEASON. HE SAID FEELING 100% WAS THE ONLY WAY HE WOULD PLAY. FAVRE AND MCNAIR LIMP TO THE FIELD ON A WEEKLY BASIS. IF VICK RETURNS…DOES HIS INFLUENCE GARNER ENOUGH WINS WHERE BLANK CAN’T FIRE REEVES?

2) VICK ADMITS TO EVERYONE THAT HE DIDN’T GIVE HIS BEST EFFORT VS CAROLINA IN WEEK 17 LAST SEASON. HOW MANY OF US WOULD KEEP OUR JOBS IF WE OPENLY ADMITTED THIS MISDEED?

3) BEFORE THE 2006 SEASON…VICK URGES FALCONS BRASS TO LET HIM “BE MICHAEL VICK” AND RUN THE BALL MORE LEAVING BEHIND THE POCKET-GEARED WEST COAST OFFENSE. AFTER A FEW EXCELLENT GAMES IN WHICH THE OFFENSE WAS CLICKING… HE COMPLAINS TO CRIS CARTER ON HBO THAT HE WANTS TO PASS MORE. HE HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS HIS OPINIONS BUT THROWING TEAMMATES AND COACHES UNDER THE BUS SURPRISED ME.

4) WHY WAS TERRY BRADSHAW SO APOLOGETIC ON FOX NFL SUNDAY..JUST 1 WEEK AFTER EXPRESSING HIS DISMAY OVER VICK’S PUBLIC REMARKS? ANYONE WHO’S EVER LACED UP THE CLEATS KNOWS THE TIME HONORED TRADITION OF KEEPING THINGS INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM. DID SOMEONE CALL FOX EXECUTIVES AND DEMAND AN ON-AIR APOLOGY?

5) VICK FLIPS OFF THE GEORGIA DOME FANS FOLLOWING A GAME. HE THEN ISSUES TWO LUKEWARM APOLOGIES AND DONATES TO CHARITY AT THE URGING OF BLANK. FUNNY HOW PEOPLE OVERLOOK ALL THE WONDERFUL DEEDS FROM WARRICK DUNN AND KEITH BROOKING…IT’S BECAUSE THEY GIVE FROM THEIR HEART AND NOT FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS PURPOSES.

6) JIM MORA SR MAKES HIS IMFAMOUS ON-AIR REMARK. WHETHER OR NOT ONE AGREES WITH THIS ASSESSMENT ISN’T IMPORTANT. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ARE BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WE ENJOY AS AMERICANS. WITH THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS AN OPINION COMES RESPONSIBILITY… BUT OUR DIVIDED COUNTRY HAS FAR MORE PRESSING ISSUES THAN IF MORA SR CROSSED THE LINE. SPORTS RADIO AND TELEVISON COMMENTATORS ARE PAID TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS AND DRAW BIG RATINGS. MANY STAR PLAYERS ACROSS THE NFL ARE BASHED WEEKLY…MANY TIMES UNFAIRLY BY THE MEDIA. WHY DOES THE ELDER MORA GET FIRED FOR DOING HIS JOB AT FOX RADIO? ANOTHER CALL SIMILAR TO THE ONE POSSIBLY SENT TO BRADSHAW’S BOSS?

SUMMARY…

WHY DOES MICHAEL VICK’S CHARACTER QUESTIONS RECEIVE A HALL PASS FROM THE MEDIA WHILE OTHER NFL PLAYERS ARE BEING HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD. THERE ARE MANY PLAYERS JUST AS GIFTED THAT DON’T GET THE SPECIAL TREATMENT HE GARNERS.

ONE LAST QUESTION TO CONSIDER… HOW WOULD VICK HANDLE PLAYING UNDER TOUGH-MINDED COACHES LIKE TONY DUNGY OR HERMAN EDWARDS? BOTH DEMAND SUCCESS ON FIELD AND ACTING LIKE A GENTLEMAN IN THE COMMUNITY…AND BY THE WAY THEY MEET IN AFC WILD CARD THIS WEEKEND.

By UnBiased

January 2, 2007 11:48 PM | Link to this

Why does all the blogs come back to Vick bashing? or whole team bashing? I would think this should be a “pro” FALCONS venue! Trading Vick would definitely be a mistake, even if the salary cap issues weren’t there. Isn’t he the same QB that quarterbacked the team to 5-2 this year and 6-2 last year? before their slide? Saying he can’t get it done is irresponsible. Any OC/hc who designs 25-30 percent of runs for the qb is clueless. Especially one with the arm strength of Vick. He has demonstrated time and again that with time in the pocket he will make the Def pay. Say what you will but as a 40yr falcon fan I would rather not go back to blackout Sundays. Just hire a “mature” coach who will play the best players at their position regardless of their personal relationship. If Vick can’t get it done then bench him, but until he gets blocking up front and plays designed to maximize his strengths(not running)…deep outs, crossing patterns, buttonhooks then we may never know the true measure of this particular QB.

By D woman

January 2, 2007 11:52 PM | Link to this

E you realy summed it up! There are a lot of ignorant racist football fans, Sports Writers, and Commentators. They never give the black QB the same chances they give white QB’s. These same people are always talking about stats, but don’t know the stats. I have been following Falcon Football for a long time and football in general. Let’s take a look at the previous Falcon QB’s and their performance. When white OB’s make a mistake it’s always the offensive line’s fault, the receiver’s fault, or the coaches. Black QB’s it’s their fault that the receiver’s are not catching the ball. Seems mighty strange to me that this same QB(Vick) can win games at he beginning of the season but not at he end? May be if he was Chris Chandler they would like him better. People let’s stop the ignorance and the hatred. By the way just because you can run doesn’t make you any less of a QB. It’s sad that some of you call yourselves student’s of the game. And most of you are men. Does Vick need to improve? Sure he has things he can improve on. But what QB doesn’t. A team needs all elements. A good coaching staff, a good QB, good running backs, receivers that can catch, an offensive line that can block, defensive backs that can cover, linebackers & safety’s that can hit. There are a lot of other high price men on this team that are not doing a good job. The QB and running back have set records and you people will not give them their due. I guess we will never stop the hatred.

By fal"coon"fan is really gay & so is "Queen D(!ck)"

January 2, 2007 11:55 PM | Link to this

1st, BirdDawg, Dennis, E, Dom, & WHAT LEADERS you made some good points. 2nd, Coach Killer, you have to realize that while publicaly Mora was giving Vick praise, privately he was also “throwing Vick under the bus” as you call it. Think about it, his dad Mora Sr. only spoke what little Jimmy was thinking. Plus, If I was Vick, I wouldn’t have tried to give him a vote of confidence either. Remember, Vick wasn’t the one who gave the Seattle radio interview saying that his “dream job” was UW and “he would leave for that job in a minute, even if they were in the middle of a playoff run” (which technically they were at the time.) To use your term, Mora threw the whole Falcons organization “under the bus.” Must anybody forget, only Blank wanted Mora, McKay wanted Lovie Smith or at least a coach with a “proven record of success” (Lovie did come from the Patriots you know). Only Blank canceled coach interviews after only two coaches. Only Blank was impressed by Mora’s charts, graphs, and other “smoke and mirrors.” There was a reason why Knapp and Mora where about to be fired from San Fran and Donatell was already fired. 3rd, My choice for head coach would be Jimmy Johnson. Does anybody remember over the last few weeks on the Fox show when JJ was asked would he come out of retirement to coach the Falcons, he has never said “no.” If anything, he has been extremely coy and calculated in his responses. Now a month or more ago, he used to say that he is enjoying his retirement. You heard it hear 1st folks, Jimmy Johnson will be the new coach. Remember, Blank for Jimmy “Comb-Over” Johnson like Jerry Jones for Bill “Big Tuna” Parcells isn’t afraid to pay what it takes to put a winning product on the field. Now for OC I wouldn’t mind seeing Mike Martz or Norm Chow. And for DC Mike Singletary could bring some of that “Monster’s of the Midway” nastiness to these pansies on defense especially the secondary that acts like it wants to play flag football. 4th, I have been a strong Vick supporter. I say let’s give him one more shot with a coach who will actually play to his strengths. Remember Bill Walsh even said that the whole reason he developed “The West Coast Offense” was to help hide the fact that his quarterback Joe Montana just didn’t have that strong an arm. (Check the NFL Films archives if you need proof.) He thought up the offensive scheme to play to his quaterbacks strengths of having “quick feet and a quick release.” That is the type of head coach we need. We need a coach who is not trying to force his offensive schemes on a qb that isn’t suited for it. He needs to develop a scheme that gives flexibility to his qb. No matter how against people are against Vick, you have to remember, he is at his best when he is allowed to improvise. (Not to mention a HUGE salary cap hit.) Besides, we need a coach(es) who isn’t (aren’t) afraid to change his (their) play calls when the game dictates their original schemes aren’t working. Remember, Vick wasn’t even on the field last week when Carolina only threw like 5-6 passes all game. Our DC still decided to stay with that lame a** zone scheme instead of stacking 8-9 men in the box. Fox played to Weinke strengths, which basically was he was good at handing off the ball and not trying to force plays. Plus it gets real frustrating how EXTREMELY PREDICTABLE our offense and defenses were. Look at the play calling all YEAR. It was 1st down…. run. 2nd down… run. 3rd down…. pass. 4th down… punt. How many times over Mora’s three years did we open up the game with a deep pass…. 3 times. He was so focused on establishing the run, that he would never alternate his game plan to keep other teams guessing. I’m sorry, injuries, ineffective play by W.R.’s and D.B.’s all go back to coaching. As for motivation in games, that still boils down to coaching. We need somebody that is not a “Player’s Coach” but almost (i did say almost) a “Player’s Enemy.” And we need somebody who is definitely “Old School.”

Finally, I just couldn’t let it go without a response. Queen D(!ck), Max, Fal”coon”fan, Vick Has Herpes and Jimbo Junyer (all from previous blogs), you guys are the exact kind of “fans” this team, this city, hell this earth needs. It is one thing to state an intelligent opinion like others who don’t like Vick have stated in a constructive way. But yall cross the line with all this race baiting. I’m sorry that your “inadequatcies and shortcomings” are played out by the “Black Legend” of size matters. What makes me feel so sorry for you guys is I’m white and I’m sick of your talk. Yall are all so brave talking in cyberspace behind the anonymity of your computers, “Keyboard Cowboys.” I am sorry you “Brokeback Mountain Cast Rejects” are so envious (Pnis Envy that is) of the “hoodlums and thugs” as you call them. Yall are probably sitting in your mothers’ basements typing on your ‘puters in the dark while playing with yourselves staring at Mike Vick posters on the wall wishing he was “that guy” that you met in the shower at the YMCA in Midtown off 14th St. who said “you sure had a pretty mouth.” You know the same guy that had you over his house for ice lattes, naked jello “Twister”, and listening to Cher’s greatest hits. The same guy that dumped you because you cheated on him and he said you felt like he could fit a “Mack Truck” AND a trailer “in there.” You just weren’t as “tight” as you used to be. I’m done with these fools, somebody else take a turn. Oops my bad, the whole “C-Block” did last night at Atl city jail when yall “faked” getting drunk to start a fight at “Bulldogs” and barhopping to the “Backdoor” so you could get locked up. Only F!GS are happy to go to jail like yall.

Everybody else, I am sorry for the extra long vent, but we need to keep fools like these idiots off the blogs. From now on, if they start, we need to call them out. I now return you back to your regularly scheduled program.

By RaZoR

January 2, 2007 11:55 PM | Link to this

Calvin Johnson is not just any wide receiver, Blackfalcon. He is more than worthy of being taken in the first round. He makes Roddy White, Michael Jenkins, and Ashley Lelie COMBINED look like sht. And for the record…Jim Mora, Greg Knapp, and Ed Dontrelle sucked anyways. Not to take any of the blame off Vick, but shtty a* play calling doesn’t help the cause and doesn’t win football games, as you’ve seen the last two seasons now.

By Mr. C

January 2, 2007 11:57 PM | Link to this

I wish we could talk football and keep the racism out of the blogs. Got to agree with BirdDawg, there is no way Atlanta can trade Vick. Huge salary cap implications. The choice for the next coach should be one that can develop Vick.

I hope someone will usurp the draft making decisions from McKay. He loves everything small - linebackers, OL,DL, runnung backs, private parts. The falcons need to go big in the draft. We have to draft a stout big defensive lineman. Trade Schaub for a 1st round pick. Draft an offensive lineman. No more wide receviers unless Calvin Johnson falls to #10. The team also needs to decide if Jimmy Williams can play corner back. He seems to be too slow and might be a draft buster at the corner position. The team also needs to draft a safety.

Our weakest link this year was our secondary and the safety position. They can hit but can’t cover my grand mum. Milloy did not have an INT the whole year. Cleveland traded Crocker for a reason. He’s too slow. Atlanta gave up the longest plays of 40 yds or more in the league and most of them were against big mouth Hall and Crocker Snail.

Need to sign Kerney before he hits the free agency. With the young linebackers that we have, Harwell or Brooking will probably be cut.

By cmorrisdee

January 2, 2007 11:57 PM | Link to this

Hey E, you nailed it man. Those yahoos felt the same way about Lovie Smith. A quote from the firedanreeves web site: “The only reason we need another black on the sidelines is to clean up after football games”.

By fal"coon"fan is really gay & so is "Queen D(!ck)"

January 2, 2007 11:59 PM | Link to this

1st, BirdDawg, Dennis, E, Dom, & WHAT LEADERS you made some good points. 2nd, Coach Killer, you have to realize that while publicaly Mora was giving Vick praise, privately he was also “throwing Vick under the bus” as you call it. Think about it, his dad Mora Sr. only spoke what little Jimmy was thinking. Plus, If I was Vick, I wouldn’t have tried to give him a vote of confidence either. Remember, Vick wasn’t the one who gave the Seattle radio interview saying that his “dream job” was UW and “he would leave for that job in a minute, even if they were in the middle of a playoff run” (which technically they were at the time.) To use your term, Mora threw the whole Falcons organization “under the bus.” Must anybody forget, only Blank wanted Mora, McKay wanted Lovie Smith or at least a coach with a “proven record of success” (Lovie did come from the Patriots you know). Only Blank canceled coach interviews after only two coaches. Only Blank was impressed by Mora’s charts, graphs, and other “smoke and mirrors.” There was a reason why Knapp and Mora where about to be fired from San Fran and Donatell was already fired. 3rd, My choice for head coach would be Jimmy Johnson. Does anybody remember over the last few weeks on the Fox show when JJ was asked would he come out of retirement to coach the Falcons, he has never said “no.” If anything, he has been extremely coy and calculated in his responses. Now a month or more ago, he used to say that he is enjoying his retirement. You heard it hear 1st folks, Jimmy Johnson will be the new coach. Remember, Blank for Jimmy “Comb-Over” Johnson like Jerry Jones for Bill “Big Tuna” Parcells isn’t afraid to pay what it takes to put a winning product on the field. Now for OC I wouldn’t mind seeing Mike Martz or Norm Chow. And for DC Mike Singletary could bring some of that “Monster’s of the Midway” nastiness to these pansies on defense especially the secondary that acts like it wants to play flag football. 4th, I have been a strong Vick supporter. I say let’s give him one more shot with a coach who will actually play to his strengths. Remember Bill Walsh even said that the whole reason he developed “The West Coast Offense” was to help hide the fact that his quarterback Joe Montana just didn’t have that strong an arm. (Check the NFL Films archives if you need proof.) He thought up the offensive scheme to play to his quaterbacks strengths of having “quick feet and a quick release.” That is the type of head coach we need. We need a coach who is not trying to force his offensive schemes on a qb that isn’t suited for it. He needs to develop a scheme that gives flexibility to his qb. No matter how against people are against Vick, you have to remember, he is at his best when he is allowed to improvise. (Not to mention a HUGE salary cap hit.) Besides, we need a coach(es) who isn’t (aren’t) afraid to change his (their) play calls when the game dictates their original schemes aren’t working. Remember, Vick wasn’t even on the field last week when Carolina only threw like 5-6 passes all game. Our DC still decided to stay with that lame a** zone scheme instead of stacking 8-9 men in the box. Fox played to Weinke strengths, which basically was he was good at handing off the ball and not trying to force plays. Plus it gets real frustrating how EXTREMELY PREDICTABLE our offense and defenses were. Look at the play calling all YEAR. It was 1st down…. run. 2nd down… run. 3rd down…. pass. 4th down… punt. How many times over Mora’s three years did we open up the game with a deep pass…. 3 times. He was so focused on establishing the run, that he would never alternate his game plan to keep other teams guessing. I’m sorry, injuries, ineffective play by W.R.’s and D.B.’s all go back to coaching. As for motivation in games, that still boils down to coaching. We need somebody that is not a “Player’s Coach” but almost (i did say almost) a “Player’s Enemy.” And we need somebody who is definitely “Old School.”

Finally, I just couldn’t let it go without a response. Queen D(!ck), Max, Fal”coon”fan, Vick Has Herpes and Jimbo Junyer (all from previous blogs), you guys are the exact kind of “fans” this team, this city, hell this earth needs. It is one thing to state an intelligent opinion like others who don’t like Vick have stated in a constructive way. But yall cross the line with all this race baiting. I’m sorry that your “inadequatcies and shortcomings” are played out by the “Black Legend” of size matters. What makes me feel so sorry for you guys is I’m white and I’m sick of your talk. Yall are all so brave talking in cyberspace behind the anonymity of your computers, “Keyboard Cowboys.” I am sorry you “Brokeback Mountain Cast Rejects” are so envious (Pnis Envy that is) of the “hoodlums and thugs” as you call them. Yall are probably sitting in your mothers’ basements typing on your ‘puters in the dark while playing with yourselves staring at Mike Vick posters on the wall wishing he was “that guy” that you met in the shower at the YMCA in Midtown off 14th St. who said “you sure had a pretty mouth.” You know the same guy that had you over his house for ice lattes, naked jello “Twister”, and listening to Cher’s greatest hits. The same guy that dumped you because you cheated on him and he said you felt like he could fit a “Mack Truck” AND a trailer “in there.” You just weren’t as “tight” as you used to be. I’m done with these fools, somebody else take a turn. Oops my bad, the whole “C-Block” did last night at Atl city jail when yall “faked” getting drunk to start a fight at “Bulldogs” and barhopping to the “Backdoor” so you could get locked up. Only F!GS are happy to go to jail like yall.

Everybody else, I am sorry for the extra long vent, but we need to keep fools like these idiots off the blogs. From now on, if they start, we need to call them out. I now return you back to your regularly scheduled program.

By tnbird

January 2, 2007 11:59 PM | Link to this

E, I think that you may be the smartest blogger on this website. But thats not saying a lot after readind most of this garbage. I’m surprised that some of them can even find this website.

By Bernie Marcus

January 3, 2007 12:02 AM | Link to this

This is going to be a failure for Blank because he doesn’t have Bernie around telling him the “right” moves and decisions.

As for Vick going to the Raiders..I would love it but they have a similar one already…brooks who was a failure. BUT you never know with the Raiders and if we could get 2 first round picks (I know I am greedy..like Blank’s culture) we take Quinn and let him sit on the bench for a year and see what happens.

For head coach I would go with Chow. He has more experience than Wisenhunt.

Here is what I am most worried about is the Blank will raise ticket prices YET again for a sorry product…IF so I am heading to LOWES!!

By Bring Reeves Back!

January 3, 2007 12:11 AM | Link to this

I think vick will lead us to enough wins to make the playoffs next year. But beating the best of the best teams in the league is a different story! At some point we will be loosing a game in the 4th quarter, can vick lead us back to win is the question. 0-17 is his mark trailing in the 4th quarter the past 2 years, what do you think???? If we have to keep vick i say keep schuab as a backup and play schuab in any game were loosing in the second half of the game. (i hope the next coach has the balls to bench vick at times!) If i was GM id trade vick to the raiders for the top pick and maybe move down a couple of pics to grab Calvin Johnson. You pple keep saying first round recievers are a bust but CJ is bad!! You really cant even begin to compare the best reciever coming out of college in years to roddy or jenkins! Keep abraham, coleman, kerney, gandy, norwood,finneran and crumpler! I love ya Dunn but u might be a cap casulty, besides we need a big back for goalline situations.

By RaZoR

January 3, 2007 12:13 AM | Link to this

Brady Quinn in the first round probably wouldn’t be a bad choice at this point, Bernie. I have to agree with you on that. I still think that Vick should be given another season under the new head coach to show what he really can do. I think he’s been holding back a bit. Give him a new set of WRs, a tough offensive line, and an offensive coordinator worth-a-s** that can make good decisions in the play calling department..and then Atlanta would definitely have a legitimate Super Bowl contender.

By Great Falconi

January 3, 2007 12:13 AM | Link to this

Vick is the best thing to happen to Falcon football because he flipped the fans off, has his owner wrapped around his finger and is vastly overpaid for his performance as a quarterback. He provides little to no leadership in the locker room and has shown a willingness to criticize those who dare question him.

Actually, Vick is a typical thing to happen to Falcon football. The question is whether you can get a coach who can get the rest of the team turned around, determined and fighting hard and then hope, by osmosis, that Vick will fight as hard and become as determined as he needs to be in order to be a good passing quarterback.

I vote for Mike Singletary. I think he could get the team and Vick turned around. Everyone would respect the guy and, to some extent, fear him. He’s a Hall of Famer who knows how to prepare. Lack of preparation killed this team the last two years. Mike Singletary is my choice. He ain’t Mora. He has credentials and respect as a man and as a player.

By Mothball

January 3, 2007 12:19 AM | Link to this

This entire racially motivated diatribe is simple disheartening, but feeding it on both ends of the spectrum perpetuates it.

Any Falcons fan that actually cares about the flavor of any player is simply not a fan. Logical arguments can be made regarding Michael Vick from both a positive and negative standpoint. However, I believe and hope that “E” is correct. However, he is also pointing out how many other aspects of the team require focus. Add the D to the list.

So, once again, who is the coach that will bring it all together?

By Jonny

January 3, 2007 12:25 AM | Link to this

Funny how the African Americans on this board go to the race card when defending Michael Vick. It’s as if they have no other defense for him.

Race baiting, black or white, is the last resort of scoundrels.

By Manweez

January 3, 2007 12:34 AM | Link to this

A man throws for 20 touchdowns and 13 interceptions while getting sacked 45 times in a system that many agree works against his natural abilities.How could you ever win with someone like that?

By Drexel Gal

January 3, 2007 12:40 AM | Link to this

If Chow is so good with quarterbacks, hire him as a quarterbacks coach. Today’s head coaches in the NFL have to be delegators ad PR specialists … sort of Pepper Rodgers with brains.

By NOT A FALCONS FAN

January 3, 2007 12:40 AM | Link to this

I’ll go ahead and say this, first thing: I am NOT a Falcons fan.

With that being said, I will also say: Mike Vick is NOT good enough to be a quarterback in the NFL.

Arthur Blank isn’t interested in winning a Super Bowl, he’s interested in selling merchandise.

As long as seats and #7 jerseys continue to sell, the Falcons product will continue to LOSE.

Note: there are enough Negroes in metro Atlanta to ensure enough seats and #7 jerseys are sold, despite Mike Vick’s continual poor play.

If you don’t bow down at the cult of the “Black quarterback”, then I suggest you give up on Atlanta Falcon’s football, and let those that do take your place in the Dome on Sundays.

By Manweez

January 3, 2007 12:54 AM | Link to this

Once again, a man throws for 20 TD’s and 13 pics while getting sacked 45 times and chipping in a thousand yards rushing in a system commonly agreed as not to suit his natural abilities.Please have SOME facts with your opinions

By Manweez

January 3, 2007 01:07 AM | Link to this

In addition, “Not a Falcons Fan”(I guess this is supposed to mean your opinion is more objective), Arthur Blank can’t sell merchandise from a losing franchise. Your views on business and race are suspect. I’ll have to presume your views on football are as well

By Titothebear

January 3, 2007 01:14 AM | Link to this

Vick had three games this season in which his passing was outstanding. Against the Bengals he threw three touchdown passes. Against the Cowboys and the Steelers he tossed four. That’s eleven touchdown passes in three games. He threw for nine touchdowns in the remaining thirteen games. Therein lies the conundrum that is Vick. Why can he sometimes rise to lofty heights and why, sometimes is he so awful? The Foulcons would be better served with a quarterback of a less mercurial nature. The Foulcons need a dependable quarterback who will give it everything he has everytime he steps onto the field. Mike Vick does not do that. He’s admitted as much and it’s time to change starters at the QB position. The Foulcons, more than likely, will lose Schaub unless they take action now. He’s plenty talented and he’s a hard worker. Time for a new beginning. Vick has quarterbacked seventeen losses over the past two years. He’s had his chance and he’s failed! To continue to do the same things the same way and expect a different outcome is the essence of insanity. End the insanity now. Dump Vick!

By NOT A FALCONS FAN

January 3, 2007 01:16 AM | Link to this

Arthur Blank can’t sell merchandise from a losing franchise.

Sure he can.

There’s no law forbidding him from selling merchandise, despite continual losing seasons. With enough marketing, he could sell ice to Eskimos. With enough marketing, he will continue to sell #7 merchandise.

By Straight$$$$Homie

January 3, 2007 01:17 AM | Link to this

Jonny, What planet do you live on? Manweez is right on pt. Add in the dropped TD’s and that raises his total to 26 / 13. Now back to Jonny, and anyone else who cares to differ. I simply ask, what should I call it. Under whatever disguise, it’s still racism. Okay, let’s eliminate that WORD. You just don’t like guys wearing braids steering your ship, just placing coal in the furnace. MV7, in my opinion, has shown the utmost restraint in NOT calling out the slackers he’s been saddled with. Everytime Allen Rossum was put in on defense, as a leader he should’ve walked up to Donatel and slapped the headset of his head. Everytime Hartwell got run over and Brooking made a tackle 8 yds downfield, he should’ve kicked Donatel in the balls. Everytime we lined up in that ridicules cover 2, he should’ve broken his legs. The coaching staff review the game film and failed to adjust, always. I would’ve went Ross Perot and held press conferences with film footage, charts and everything. Everytime we signed a midget lineman, I’d go T.O. on Knapp. Did anyone notice that Vick had his too best games with the two massive undrafted lineman starting? Every successful QB has receivers who go get the ball like it was Jenna Jameson calling out to him. We don’t have that. Try running for your life and being spot on 100% of the time. Doesn’t happen!!! How does a QB who runs a sub 4.4 40yd dash with lightening quick feet, get sacked 45 times. I love Peyton, but he hasn’t won anything. No QB will, they need help. I’ll put it to you this way and you can call it what you want. Wanting Schaub over Vick based on what we know about both, athletically and personally is either outright stupidity or dumb. I’ll call it racism. I’ll let you choose what category you place yourself in. By the way did I tell you that we’re only 115 days or less away from MATT SCHAUB trade day :)

By Manweez

January 3, 2007 01:19 AM | Link to this

I’m black and a fan of MV but as much so Peyton Manning and Carlson Palmer. Your blog,”Not a Falcons Fan”, didn’t really seem to be about about MV or the Falcons organization but black fans in metro Atlanta. I don’t know whether or not you’re racist but you sure seem mad at us

By Michael

January 3, 2007 01:23 AM | Link to this

You people are insane. Michael Vick is a unique talent the likes of which the league will NEVER see again. You people are so fickle, the wind blows and you change your opinion of people. Fans like you, not Michael Vick, Arthur Blank, or Rich Mckay, are the reason Atlanta will never be a REAL NFL City. Three years ago when Vick was hurt you were on hands and knees praying for his return. Now you want to replace him with a QB that couldn’t beat Philly’s Backups. Matt Schaub is winless as a starter. Yes, Schaub is a good QB. But he is not better than Vick. Oh yeah, and for all you racist commentators, I hear we just might be getting a minority head coach. Can you handle that or will your bigot heads explode? APPRECIATE THE TALENT WE HAVE!! THE FALCONS HAVE NEVER HAD A STAR LIKE VICK, AND HE HAS PUT THIS TEAM ON THE NFL MAP. SHOW SOME RESPECT!

By lawrence

January 3, 2007 01:26 AM | Link to this

Newsflash from Ms.Cleo Psychic!!!!It’s now 1 Jan 2008 LOSER FALCONS lose another 8 games and Vick laughs all the way to the bank with another 12 million dollars. Mike Vick says he learned the new offense and it’s not his fault but the officials and the NFL is against him running the ball all the time.. Same story just different day, and coach and Vick is still getting paid to lose. Don’t blame the coach blame the QB who sucks and has had 6 years to prove he can win in the NFL and seems to win 7 games. It’s not his O-line they are better than the 41million under the cap Titans and Vince Young wins. It’s the coach killcr Mike Vick. You must be as dumb as you sound. Football is a team sport and it involves a 52 man roster but it’s also about chemistry and leadership. Michael Vick can run there is no doubt when his feet hit the ground watch out. But a QB is he central figure on a team the leader kind of like the motor in a car. If the QB isn’t up to the job or unable to handle it the car won’t work either will the team. So he has been the most successful QB in Falcons history but is 7 games a season satisfaction? Playoffs, Superbowl championships that is why the game is played. One man can change a team look at Drew Brees, the saints were the bottom of the NFL for years. It’s the same team as last year minus Vick’s cousin A. Brooks. Drew Brees came in to NO and had already won in SD and was a QB who understands an NFL offense and defense. This year they are winning and swept the Falcon’s. Tom Brady took over for Drew Bledsoe they win, Vince Young takes a college team no one respect the Texas Longhorns and showe the universe it is sometimes a one man team. He had been doing his running and passing for three years at Texas and beat USC with his legs and arm. Michael Vick doesn’t have that fire in him anymore and it shows in his productions. Vince Young has a team that is 41 million under the cap with no talent and only won three games the year before and traded their franchise QB. Now the QB of the future has arrived he knows when to run and to pass and he has always played in a shotgun offense. No talent on his team and the Falcons are loaded with it. Maybe it is Vick he wants to be Mr. everything and not be a member with more than one star. Where is T.J. Duckett, Peerless Price? He isn’t the leader you need for this franchise and he needs to go unless 7 wins is what you want every year. Those are the facts and everything else you say doesn’t make sense you are defending Vick. 19 TD’s how many INT’s has he thrown for the year? Compare him to Vince Young, Drew Brees or anyone who has been in the NFL the same amount of time and Vick is behind the power curve.

Other teams have realized it’s time to start fresh, Steelers, Cowboys, Titans to name a few you the Falcons can’t let go of Vick and his I love you finger.

I enjoy seeing the Falcons sucks and know that Vick is the reason.

Why do you think that numbers are what makes you winners? If that was the case than Dan Marino would own more Lombardi Trophies than anyone. It’s not about numbers it about leading and making your team want to win and play. Look at the Saints last year the traveling team of the NFL. No one has wanted to play for the Aints since they were the doormats of the NFC. Drew Brees has inspired his team mates to win and to not worry about numbers but about performance on the field. They are 10-5 and swept the Falcons beating them on MNF too. A QB is the leader of a team and like an NCO in the military must provide leadership and the ability to motivate them to accomplish the mission which is winning games. No one is going to win every game but when they are inspired to win when the offense is pathetic like the TItans against Jacksonville that is leadership. Every organization will replace their leadership if they can’t do the job in the Army, or at a fortune 500 club. If a person is performing substandard and the mission is to win and they don’t than they need to be replaced. Michael Vick isn’t winning games and he won’t take reponsibility for his miscues or actions and lack of productivity and he disrespects the Falcon fans. Those who are loyal to him he gives you the “bird” the finger of appreciation and love. He makes money that he doesn’t deserve since he is played to win games lots of them not half or a few but to win championships and the Superbowl not Jersey’s or Madden games. His job is to win he isn’t doing that 500% isn’t winning it’s below average and that is a bust in the real world. The coach is too blame also for not benching him and trying other options Bill Parcells, Dennis Green, Mike Shanahan benched their starters to win. Some were successful and some weren’t the rookie QB’s haven’t been in the NFL 6 years. These are QB’s out of college and so they can’t win them all but when they win as many or more than a veteran QB who is suppose to be Superman the human highlight reel than we have a problem. Face it Michael Vick is a cancer and a problem that needs to go away. He shows his love for the fans with a F%@# you gesture and doesn’t win more than 7 games a season. 6 years and 47 wins and 52 losses I know one win away or loss from an NFC championship. He doesn’t produce the numbers he agreed or promised when he signed his FAT contract. SO don’t defend him show him the door and say Aloha.

These are the facts as of 25 Dec 2006.

The formula works if the Falcons take an early lead, but the team is 0-15 under Mora when Atlanta trails entering the fourth quarter.

Vick, meanwhile, has lost the edge he had from 2002-04, when he seemed capable of nearly taking over games at will. He finished 9-for-20 against Carolina for 109 yards, two interceptions and a 22.7 passer rating that’s the third worst of his career.

Entering Week 16, Vick had a fourth-quarter rating (59.4 percent) that ranked 34th in a 32-team league. His receivers were 31st in yards after the catch and 13th in drops.

Michael Vick the 60 million dollar bust and coach killer who can’t understand an NFL West Coast Offense or read an NFL defense.

When the rest of Atlanta Losers I mean Falcons. These are the facts face it. Get over it and get a new QB 6 years 60 million dollars later and no more than 8 wins. I know you are loyal to Vick but reality sucks and so does staying home another year. On his first carry, Vick rushed for 17 yards to become the first NFL quarterback to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Andersen gave the Falcons a 3-0 lead with a 40-yard field goal in the first quarter that moved him past Gary Anderson for the all-time lead. Andersen now has 539 career field goals.

Vick had four carries for 32 yards and completed 9 of 20 passes for 109 yards with two interceptions.

That makes any team a winner two INT’s and 9 of 20. A great NFL QB the Falcons should win it all every year.

Brees, who came into the day with more than 4,000 yards passing and 25 TDs, finished 13-of-32 for 132 yards on a day his receivers dropped at least eight passes.

— If Vince Young keeps this up, the Tennessee Titans just might do the unthinkable and make the playoffs.

The rookie first-round draft pick has the Tennessee Titans (8-7), who started the season with five straight losses, alive in the AFC playoff race entering the final weekend after rallying them to a 30-29 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

The doubters have motivated Young all season long.

Young threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another to engineer his fourth comeback in the fourth quarter or overtime. This time, he helped Tennessee overcome a 29-20 deficit in the final 12 minutes. After hitting Brandon Jones for a 29-yard touchdown pass, Young engineered a 14-play, 75-yard drive, which Rob Bironas capped with a 30-yard field goal with 2:10 left.

Young’s most electrifying play came at the end of the first half, when he scored on a 36-yard keeper on a fourth-and-2.

Tennessee Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT Young 13/20 183 2 0

Tom Brady directed three long touchdown drives, capped one of them with a perfect touch pass to David Thomas, and helped the Patriots clinch their fourth consecutive AFC East crown with a 24-21 victory against the Jaguars on a rainy Sunday. Brady was brilliant in both games at Alltel Stadium.

He was 23-of-33 for 236 yards and two touchdowns in the Super Bowl victory against Philadelphia. He was even better against the Jaguars (8-7).

He finished 28-of-39 for 249 yards and a touchdown, completing passes to 10 receivers and picking apart the NFL’s second-ranked defense mostly with short and quick throws. He also ran 10 times for 31 yards, getting several first downs on sneaks and scrambling for yards to avoid sacks.

“He’s a great leader,” offensive tackle Matt Light said. “He went out there and did what he always does. Whenever we needed a big play he’s always out there making them.”

Atlanta Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT Vick 9/20 109 0 2 Vick had four carries for 32 yards and completed 9 of 20 passes for 109 yards with two interceptions.

Look at Vick’s numbers against other QB’s who win.

Vick Coach Killer and 60 million dollar bust.

The Falcons (7-8) suffered their fourth-straight home loss.

Vick doesn’t inspire his team to win when he blames them and doesn’t look at himself. Look at Arizona, Leinart he wins and he is a rookie, Tony Romo wins, Drew Brees inspired a city and he swept the Falcons. . It’s about dollars and earing what you are paid. Simple economics. How many people would live in a 60 million dollar house and the roof leaks 50% of the time, or drive a car that works 4 days out of the week. You wouldn’t keep an employee who worked or produced 50% of the time so why allow Vick. Leader he doesn’t inspire the Falcons to win Drew Brees does, Tom Brady, Tony Romo among others. Vick needs to realize he isn’t going to make it as an NFL Elite QB. Admit to himself that he needs to work harder and learn. IF Vick was so gifted why did Dan Reeves bring Steve Young to help him out after his first season? Watch game films, study and learn the playbook, don’t make excuses just do your job and be a leader not a bust.

When the city and Atlanta Falcons fans realize this only will they start to win.

A franchise player wins not just collects a pay check. The NFL is about Superbowls not 7 wins a year. The Falcon organization was stupid to make Vick the franchise player or should I say bust in the NFL. Brees, Brady, Manning those are marque franchise players who win more than 7 games a year. He doesn’t have it and he never will so don’t make excuses for him he is laughing all the way to the bank with Falcon fans money.

Vick coach killer

Mike Vick the David Carr of the NFC.

and the rest of the LOSER Falcon fans. Why do you insist on keeping Vick as QB? He isn’t winning for the money he is making and Vince Young is better than Vick. Vince Young no team 41 million under the cap no talent and inspires his team to win Vick blames his team. Michael Vick wants to always run this is the NFL not CFL or Europe NFL he is a QB a passing QB. Vince Young with Norm Chow has learn how to pass and when to run and now Vick is being compared to Vince Young. Remember Vick has had 5 years of experience on Vince Young but it doesn’t show in his leadership blames everyone for bad games. And his I love the fans with the finger so he must go. His numbers suck and he won’t win under a new system no one ever has. He didn’t win with Mora’s WEST COAST OFFENSE and it had to be simplified for him imagine brining in someone who’s playbook is complicated. Vick would be reading NFL Offense for dummies. AS for Drew Brees they didn’t want him in SD and he wasn’t a first round pick but now he schooled ATL this year on winning and looks worth every penny. Vick well he is laughing all the way to the bank and he doesn’t have the expectations of VY, Drew Brees or a winning QB to win game in order to get paid.

Vick didn’t do anything in college ball but left early and was hailed the new QB. They were wrong and Vince Young has proven them Vick doesn’t have the understanding of an NFL QB. Remember VY won 8 games and Michael Vick hasn’t won more than 7 games a year so don’t talk about that one just the facts. Vick sucks as a QB and now he is paid so much BIG MISTAKE no one will take him. Not even the Houston Texans so he is a liability and gets a new coach same results next year and I will be the first to tell everyone in GA.

Vick Coach Killer

By lawrence

January 3, 2007 01:28 AM | Link to this

the new coach must be someone who can conjure a way to harness the confounding genius of quarterback Michael Vick, a great athlete and an even greater enigma.

Vick may not be a coach killer, but it is notable that when he reports for his seventh NFL training camp in July, he’ll be working with a third different permanent head coach. It’s four coaches if you count the interim tenure of Wade Phillips in 2003. Such a turnover rate — alarming even in a league where owners change coaches the way they change underwear — isn’t solely Vick’s fault. But for a guy who has the ear of ownership and whom Blank has treated at times like a surrogate son, Vick hasn’t done a lot to help create the kind of long-term stability the Atlanta owner covets.

It will be interesting, given the tepid support Vick offered for Mora in the waning days of the coach’s stint here, to see how the coaching candidates the Falcons interview address that matter. So while candidates will line up for the opportunity to coach the Falcons, the number might be reduced by a few sage wannabes who will think twice about the potential for being the team’s next Vick-tim. No player is bigger than the team. But we can’t remember Blank’s pushing any other player around in a wheelchair the way he did the injured Vick before the 2003 opener at Texas Stadium.

To this point, Blank has been an enabler of sorts for Vick. It seems the best thing he can do now for his quarterback and franchise is identify a coach who can help Vick reach his potential. That’s not a small chore.

Vick is a guy whose unique talents force you to think outside the box. McKay on Monday termed him “a great player.” That’s a bit of hyperbole there because he is a great athlete who has yet to become a great player. He’s a player who might require adjustments in a lot of areas to justify the investment Blank has made in him.

Arguably the more critical of those adjustments might be with Vick’s psyche. Vick’s athletic arrogance of which Mora once spoke so glowingly has become as much a negative as an asset. In Vick’s mind, he has rarely lost a game. The scheme wasn’t right, someone dropped a pass (actually, that’s often the case) or something other than his own talents failed him.

Funny, but when Vick’s statistics were relatively pedestrian, his apologists trumpeted his win-loss record. Now that he’s just 15-16 as a starter the past two seasons, both of which ended with the Falcons’ missing the playoffs, Vick and his defenders have taken to stressing his statistics. Their favorites: Vick threw a career-high 20 touchdown passes in 2006 and became the first quarterback in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.

Want to examine those numbers closer? In his six NFL seasons, Vick has been healthy in four. In those four years, 47 quarterbacks threw 20 or more touchdown passes. It has become the equivalent of hitting 30 home runs, a much discussed but overblown stat. As for the 1,000 rushing yards, well, what did they net the Falcons, who aren’t in the playoffs? In the seven games this season in which Vick led Atlanta in rushing, the Falcons were 0-7.

Obviously, there must be a different way to get the most from the league’s most-hyped athlete. And it appears it will take a different kind of coach to do it.

Blank has demonstrated that he will spend whatever it takes to make his team competitive. The Falcons had the highest payroll in the NFL this season and second highest in league history. The team has had a top-five payroll in four of Blank’s five seasons of stewardship. As one of the NFL’s most conspicuous owners, Blank has demonstrated largess and patience. The former might not be wearing thin because Blank still has deep coffers, but the latter might be.

As a sportsman, Blank covets a Vince Lombardi Trophy, like all his NFL brethren. As a businessman, what he wants most is a new stadium, one with hundreds of luxury suites, guaranteed revenues and big profit margins. To win the hearts of the public in Atlanta and perhaps to secure funds for a new facility, the Falcons must be an annual playoff contender.

And the way to do that is to find a head coach who can handle the quarterback.

By lawrence

January 3, 2007 01:29 AM | Link to this