Adam Jennings Released By Atlanta Falcons
You know how when you're little, Christmas morning seems to take forever to come? You used to lay awake and listen to the wind carry the snow outside your window and you just can't fall asleep. It's the anticipation that made it sweet. When it finally came, it was one of the greatest things you could possibly imagine. If only I could draw some real world parallel to that sensation....
Not sure where I was going with that, but hey, the Falcons released Adam Jennings! Never saw that one coming.
The team also picked up former Georgia linebacker/defensive end Brandon Miller--we have way too many linebackers on this roster--and signed receiver Chandler Williams to the practice squad. That's a wise move, given that Williams has shown the ability to do well in the return game. I also genuinely like his potential to contribute in the passing game, albeit only as a low end option.
I've been pretty cruel to Jennings here, but I do wish him well in his NFL career. I hope some team takes a shot on him. I'm just glad the coaching staff has finally mercy-killed a year and a half of some of the most atrocious punt returning I could possibly imagine. We're better off with Harry Douglas. We're better off with Jerious Norwood. Hell, we'd be better off with Mike Smith returning punts, and then he'd lose his top hat.
Still, I'll miss the laughter Jennings brought to our lives.
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Wow...
Just wow… Is it December 25th? Is it my birthday? Jeez. This…wow. This is decisive and shows just how quickly after a big flub (the Eagles punt return…remember how Smitty looked after it? Yeah, he had to put the top hat down he was so mad!) you can lose your job on this squad. The Falcons are making quick, decisive choices mid-season. That just tells us how wonderful our new leaders are.
"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."
by tlozwarlock on Nov 11, 2008 10:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
"That just tells us how wonderful our new leaders are."

Indeed. All hail the wisdom of the Great Leader! I imagine the locker rooms with these plastered on them floor-to-ceiling.
Seriously, though, I continue to be impressed with the new regime. No more Jennings… it feels good.
by Cerbera on Nov 12, 2008 12:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
It's graphics week around here
and THAT is freakin’ hilarious, great job! Let’s hope the message is mandated by law in a few months. Cheers!
"There's no such word as 'quit' in swamp buggy racing, Marigold"
by tom slick on Nov 12, 2008 1:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It looks like with Cerbera and I around, slick, it’ll be graphics year ;)
"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."
by tlozwarlock on Nov 12, 2008 10:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Uhh...
Im not getting this “Top Hat” Joke…
by Grayson on Nov 12, 2008 1:52 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Just some OT silliness
from this thread. Cheers!
"There's no such word as 'quit' in swamp buggy racing, Marigold"
by tom slick on Nov 12, 2008 2:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If the Falcons make the playoffs...
I think we should club together and buy Mike Smith a real top hat.
They are stupidly expensive though: http://www.thetophatshop.com/
by Ignoramus on Nov 13, 2008 6:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, we’re not the professionally paid athletes here. Let’s plant a bug in one of the player’s ear ;) I’ve got family in Senoia, where Brooking lives. Maybe I can get them to say something next time they see him lol.
"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."
by tlozwarlock on Nov 13, 2008 10:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just one of my random jokes
That resulted in what I thought were some pretty fantastic graphics. Stay tuned as I compare Ben Hartsock to a pineapple.
by Dave the Falconer on Nov 12, 2008 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Really shouldn't have done that Dave...
Here you go, Pineapple Hartsock.

"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."
by tlozwarlock on Nov 12, 2008 1:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
For this pic...
Congratulations sir, you just won the internet.
We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
by iRonin on Nov 13, 2008 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I knew that news would make the Falcoholic happy.
But seriously, I would have been a little more understanding of Jenning’s lack of punt return prowess, if he had shown anything else on the field. Did he ever catch a pass?
by widderslainte on Nov 12, 2008 8:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Maybe like one?
He was just a return specialist, and not a very good one. Any time you can jettison some dead weight, I think your team is better for it.
by Dave the Falconer on Nov 12, 2008 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The move that needed to be made
Too bad we didn’t make this move pre-Eagles game, we might be 7-2.
by BVaz on Nov 12, 2008 9:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I don't think..
….I have to reiterate my thoughts on Mr. Jennings. Hate to see anyone loose a job, but good lord was this WAY overdue.
In a way, each of us has an El Guapo to face.
by runningback on Nov 12, 2008 2:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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