Jun

25

Thomas Brown Interview

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June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Thomas Brown lost his rookie season to injury, but the Georgia product got to stay in state with the Falcons and looks to make the roster here in 2009. 
In his second year, he is looking to make the team and contribute at running back and special teams.  Brown used his injured time in 2008 to [...]

Jan

26

Full-House Backfield in Atlanta Going Into 2009

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January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Sifting through Atlanta Falcons message boards, you will still find crazy topics like this one - “Atlanta needs to draft a running back early in the 2009 draft.”  That’s ridiculous, here’s a bunch of reasons why drafting a running back is a total waste.
Yes, running backs get dinged up, so you can’t put all your [...]

Jan

5

Atlanta Falcons 2008 - Positional Grades - Special Teams

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January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Kickoffs/Punting - Michael Koenen has one of the strongest legs in the NFL.  We knew that seasons ago when he was being sent out for 55+ yard field goals semi-regularly.  Field goals aren’t his forte, punting and kicking off are his strength.  Kickoffs as a whole were above average.  Koenen did not get as many [...]

Oct

14

Better Luck This Time, Falcons

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October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This is what happened the last time we played on Monday Night Football.  We ran into the buzzsaw that was the Katrina-related mojo of the Saints last year. 
The Giants don’t have anything like that on their side tomorrow night, but they have won 3 games in a row.  And we’re, um, us.  We just hope [...]

Sep

30

Victory!

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September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

Atlanta 26 Houston 16
Harrington looked good.  The defense looked good.  Father Time, er, Morten Andersen kicked 4 field goals. 
It’s nice to remember what an NFL victory feels like.
More tomorrow.

Sep

17

Falcons Go Shopping

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September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Falcons have heeded my call (yeah, I’m sure they did it because of this blog) and hired a new kicker.  It’s one they’ve had before, the timeless Morten Andersen.  He is 47, or as ESPN put it, he was born in the Cretaceous Period (I think they actually said Crestacean, confusing the period with [...]

Sep

17

Jacksonville 13, Atlanta 7

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September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Falcons dropped their second of the season against the Jaguars.  A glance at the score might lead one to the conclusion that it was more of the same from Week 1. 
But that really wasn’t the case.  Harrington played much better.  At times, the offense looked beautiful.  We scored our first TD of the year.  [...]