Saturday News And Notes: Tackling The Philadelphia Eagles
by Dave Choate on Dec 5, 2009 8:00 AM EST
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Normally I'd have a preamble that was both enlightening and heartfelt, but frankly, I'm exhausted. Let's make with the links!
- As previously noted, DeSean Jackson is out for this Sunday's game. His absence is a blow to the Eagle passing game and a tremendous boon to us. However....
- ....We're hurting on offense. Matt Ryan is out, Michael Turner is likely out and both Michael Jenkins and Roddy White are banged up. White will gut it out and Jenkins probably will too, but we're in enough trouble against a fierce Eagles blitzing attack as it is. Let's hope the Eagles do something criminally insane to help us out, like have Michael Vick start at quarterback.
- Speaking of this Vick fellow...were you aware he once played for us? I'm sure that those folks in the national and local media will certainly not bring this up at any point, because it's of so little consequence and they're all so great at their jobs. Definitely.
- Fascinating article about Roddy White and his friends. It's a tough thing to have to leave behind people who were such a big part of your life, but this does illustrate how much of a competitor White really is. Nothing's bigger than winning for him. At least as a player, that's the most admirable trait out there.
- Matt Bryant is drawing the attention, but it's instructive to remember that the Falcons did ink a new long-snapper, as well. Here's a little more about Joe Zelenka.
- Despite our best wishes, the Eagles aren't likely to take it easy on us just because Chris Redman's in at quarterback. This guy certainly doesn't expect it, anyways.
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we’ve talked about vick too much as it is but I honestly forgot what it was like to watch vick as our QB , so I went back and watched some games I had and dang it, he was fun to watch play. I’ll be at the game this weekend and ever since I heard we had this game I’ve been planning on booing the guy but as it get closer and after watching those games I don’t think I will. A couple of beers might change that but sober gritzblitz doesn’t plan on it.
winable game
winnable game but the way weve been playing i dont expect it. turners out but snelling is more then capable and we have to establish a run. shouldt run norwwod thru the holes!have to get redman some time because the guy can pass. our defense is pitiful. hopefully they go back to the way they played in the early season. i dont think vick will be that big of a factor but they will use him out there. abes practiclly the only guy on our d that even played with him.
well ...
Babs played with him for two years (to Abe’s one).
Reporter: How will you address all of the dropped passes?
Mike Smith: I don’t think that we were as sharp as we have been catching the football. It’s something that is very fixable. It’s VERY fixable.
Good article on White. I don’t agree that the team can tell a player what friends to have, but post Vick, it is probably a good idea.
Zelanka is one funny guy. In the video interview on the Atlanta home site, reporters asked Z what it was like to get the call to report from the Falcons. Zelanka compared it to getting a call from Miss America to go out on a date.
Good for Roddy ...
I won’t lie though, it’s disappointing to hear that his “off the field life” was limiting his development during his first couple of years in the league. I’m sure that’s fairly commonplace, but it’s disappointing nonetheless.
Reporter: How will you address all of the dropped passes?
Mike Smith: I don’t think that we were as sharp as we have been catching the football. It’s something that is very fixable. It’s VERY fixable.
Sometimes those childhood friends are people you kept you off drugs or out of gangs or got you into football or saved your life. Who knows ?
I get that ...
But it doesn’t sound like the entire problem was him “taking care of them,” so to speak. It sounds like he was partying or something, and that is something you can avoid while still showing gratitude. He was a professional from day one, and he should of acted like it.
Nothing we can do about it now, and I’m certainly happy with his production, but I can’t help but wonder where he’d be at now (developmentally) if his head were fully in the game during those first couple of years.
Reporter: How will you address all of the dropped passes?
Mike Smith: I don’t think that we were as sharp as we have been catching the football. It’s something that is very fixable. It’s VERY fixable.
i agree
people with a bunch of free time and your money is a recipe for problems. sounds like his wife was already over it so, i’m sure he would have taken care of it eventually without the nudge from the team.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that. - Bill Shankly
by armchair quarterback on Dec 5, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
At least he seems to be getting his life in order, finally
Always wondered about his maturity, ever since his infamous MNF “Free Mike Vick” T-shirt display. Better late than never, I guess. BTW, at age 28 he’s already halfway toward the Falcons’ all-time receiving yardage record. He should be a lock if he stays productive.
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