Know Thy Enemy: Atlanta Falcons
Dave from The Falcoholic stopped by and answered five of our questions. Many thanks to Dave for taking time to do this. Make sure you read up on the game this weekend at The Falcoholic.
KC FAN IN CA: Obviously you do not miss D hall but who has replaced him?
Dave: Hall has been replaced by undrafted free agent Brent Grimes, who went from roster afterthought to our best corner. Grimey is freakishly athletic and has shown surprisingly good instincts for a guy who was thrust into the starting lineup with little warning, but he's still prone to mental mistakes. He will definitely be matching up with Dwayne Bowe, who I understand is kind of good or something. That matchup scares me a little, but Grimes is getting better every game.
Hall was just too full of himself and too sure of his own talent. He's being treated like an elite cornerback, but he's at best a #1 corner on a bad team. Thought you guys probably know that by now.
primetime 07: How is Sam Baker looking? Does he figure to progress into a player the Falcons will keep around for the next decade?
Dave: Baker actually looks like a potential anchor on the critical left side of the line, but he got his bell rung last week and he's iffy for this week. It's really too early to say whether he'll last the decade, but the knocks on him about his lack of aggression and short arms haven't stopped him from being very effective. When he was knocked out of the game against the Bucs, there was a noticeable drop in the quality of protection. That's probably a pretty glowing endorsement.
Seth_C :As for a question for the Falcons, is there any whisper around there of what, if anything, will happen to Lawyer Milloy after his DUI?
Dave: There were many whispers about the team suspending him for a game or two to teach him a lesson, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Milloy was on the practice field mid-week and will probably just be on a short leash for the rest of the year. He's being counted on to provide veteran leadership (and the team cut my favorite sleeper, Daren Stone, and continued to let him start) so I was incredibly disappointed to see him showing up in the papers with a DUI. This is probably his last season as a Falcon.
IISaiNtII: Has the team and fanbase moved on from Michael Vick? Are they warming up to Ryan yet, or is it too early to tell?
Dave: There's a percentage of fans out there--and how big they are, I don't know--that are more attached to Michael Vick than the Falcons. They're still rooting against the team because they're not willing to take Vick back, which makes sense to pretty much every rational human being in the entire world. He did completely screw the franchise, which is kind of a no-no where I come from.
As for Ryan, I think the fanbase is really warming up to him. I've already had people defend him when I called him out for terrible throws last week, which at least tells you they're giving him a chance. We've got big expectations for Ryan, but he's handling himself well so far and he's converting people who swore he'd never amount to a damn thing. Even though it's too early to tell if he will.
TheQ: Can we beat you guys...please?
Dave: I gotta say that I don't think it's particularly likely. The Falcons should get close to 100 yards out of Turner and hit Thigpen often, so it's not going to be easy for you guys. I'm going to predict something along the lines of a 28-17 win, just to be generous. Good luck out there!
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Falchoholic
Best name ever, after Arrowheadpride of course.
Blame my wife!
by sir eccles on Sep 19, 2008 10:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Arrowhead Pride
Sounds like a Gay Pride PARADE
by Joel Thorman on Sep 19, 2008 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm...
Interesting how you capitalized PARADE……..
by Vince D on Sep 19, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A reference
To the commenter Official Arrowhead Pride PARADE…better known simply as the PARADE.
by Joel Thorman on Sep 19, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, that’s what I assumed. I’m sharper than people give me credit for!
by Vince D on Sep 19, 2008 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is “Arrowhead” some sort of euphemism then?
Blame my wife!
by sir eccles on Sep 19, 2008 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In chinese it means giving.
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by JasonM on Sep 19, 2008 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
arrow=giving in chinese.
damnit I can’t get anything right today.
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by JasonM on Sep 19, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vick Fans
The phenomena’s not restricted to Brett Favre’s lunatic fringe.
Of course, the best defense against that “celebrity is bigger than the team” mentality is for the replacement to play well, like Aaron Rodgers has been doing in Green Bay. That may be too much to expect out of Matt Ryan (or almost any rookie QB) this year, but if he shows improvement I suspect that the Vick fanboys will fade into the background eventually, like they do with every other player’s devotees. Especially since Vick isn’t doing anything football related right now to stir up fond memories.
Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.
by UCrawford on Sep 19, 2008 10:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope the day he gets out of prison
a dog bites his left hand off. I can’t stand him.
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by JasonM on Sep 19, 2008 11:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder
if he’s still mowing yards out here at Ft. Leavenworth?
I figure as long as he’s learned his lesson, he’s paid his debt to society. I don’t see why he shouldn’t be able to go on with his life. Murders and pedofiles are released from prison all the time, and while I don’t agree with what Vick did, he is serving his time for it.
have you seen my baseball?
by IISaiNtII on Sep 19, 2008 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Completely agree
That’s how the system works.
by Chris Thorman on Sep 19, 2008 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they can forgive
more heinous crimes, why not be able to give him a chance to reform? People just seemed to overreact to the dog killings, which isn’t why he’s in federal penitentiary now. It’s because of financing an illegal betting business, lol.
have you seen my baseball?
by IISaiNtII on Sep 19, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the lesson saint
I was trying to be funny about the dog thing, but please keep telling me about why he was in jail.
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by JasonM on Sep 19, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you like junkmail?
I hope so.
have you seen my baseball?
by IISaiNtII on Sep 19, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do.
It goes to my spam box, which I never look at. Nice try though.
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by JasonM on Sep 19, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vick would make a good SLASH player.
:D
Wouldn’t want him as a QB, but if you could line him up at WR and have some trick plays in the book with him, he would be a good player for that.
by ChiefDJ on Sep 19, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear ya
But the media circus wouldn’t be worth what he could bring to the field.
by Joel Thorman on Sep 20, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Thank You DAVE
for answering our questions.
have you seen my baseball?
by IISaiNtII on Sep 19, 2008 12:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My pleasure
It was either that or work on my shrine to Michael Turner.
by Dave the Falconer on Sep 19, 2008 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+2 Thanks Dave
We will see how well Bowe can do against Grimes… (will it really matter if Pigpen is rolling in dust) it is going to be a long season
by KC FAN IN CA on Sep 19, 2008 1:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
if we score 17 points
I’ll be ecstatic. Regardless of what we hold the Falcons to.
I figure we’re gonna score about 9
week 1 – 7
week 2 – 8
week 3 – you get it?
By week 17 we should be on target for 23! Sweet!
by Ochophosphate on Sep 19, 2008 4:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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