The Scale of Falconliness, Receiver Week: Alge Crumpler

by Jason Kirk on Jul 13, 2010 1:00 PM EDT in The Scale of Falconliness

Git Crump is not above dancing for votes.

Who's the ultimate Falcon? And who's the ultimate anti-Falcon? That's what we're going to find out with our summer project: the Scale of Falconliness. We'll rate former Falcons on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most Falconly.

Every year, one of the most popular days of Receiver Week is Tight End Tuesday.

The big question: was Crump really all that great, or was he just lucky to be a part of the universe's most tight end-friendly offense? The bigger question: what does that have to do with his Falconliness?

Alge Crumper, TE (2001 - 2007)

Falconly

Unfalconly

Four-time Pro Bowler, all as a Falcon.
Seven years in Atlanta.
Team's leading receiver (yardage) for three straight years -- no other Falcons tight end has done this more than once.
Fourth on franchise receptions list (until around 1:30 P.M., September 12 -- he's one catch ahead of Roddy). Fourth in receiving touchdowns.
Seventh among all Falcons in receiving yards, and second among all Falcons tight ends.
Blocked for three straight league-leading rushing attacks.
Prone to end zone and/or first down dancing; looks like Killer Mike.
ESPN the magazine once published an entire story, with a front cover blurb, about the width and football utility of the Crump Rump. That's how big his butt was/is.
I'd like to put the eye black incident on this side...

Two years with the Titans.
Currently on the Patriots roster.
Kind of dropsy, especially considering how open he always was due to the Vick-Dunn Show.
One national NFL show had a very brief running joke based around using his name in vain whenever somebody screwed up something really, really easy. (In context: last year, Michael Jenkins and Jason Elam both had a couple Alge Crumplers.)
...but I don't think you guys would agree.

Current standings after the jump:

Poll

How Falconly is Alge Crumpler?

1

4 votes

2

5 votes

3

3 votes

4

7 votes

5

15 votes

6

55 votes

7

73 votes

8

54 votes

9

24 votes

10

29 votes

269 votes | Poll has closed

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I really love that looking like Killer Mike

is in the plus column. Really.

by ArthurDank on Jul 13, 2010 1:25 PM EDT reply actions

Tight ends

Who’s first among Falcons’ tight ends in receiving yards? Junior Miller? (I was a member of his fan club when I was a kid.)

by Mad Molecule on Jul 13, 2010 1:49 PM EDT reply actions

No, for total Receiving Yards it’s Jim Mitchell (click on the Yds header). Junior Miller only played 56 games for the Falcons. Mitchell & Crump were each at 100+ games, so Miller’s way behind in total yards.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by orang3b on Jul 14, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions

I will always be a huge Crump fan...

I could only give him an 8 because he wasn’t in ATL for his whole career. I hated to see him go, but I understood the team choosing to go in another direction with several vets when Petrino left. There was a lot of bad blood about all that, and the usually calm, team player, Alge Crumpler, even began being a bit of a distraction in the locker room. Great football player – tough and reliable.

"It's called Thanksgiving for a reason. If I can give and people thank me for it, that's kind of the thing that makes me feel great inside." - Dunta

by TomQ on Jul 13, 2010 1:57 PM EDT reply actions

I'll give him a 7

He was iconic there for a short stretch and I still firmly believe he’s the best tight end to play football in Atlanta. He just wasn’t here long enough.

by Dave Choate on Jul 13, 2010 2:27 PM EDT reply actions

I'm Throwing...

An 8 at him. He was there when I started really paying attention to football and the Falcons. On top of that, he somehow managed to be one of my favorite players on the team. I hate that he wasn’t here longer, but things happen.

However, I’m kinda sad that the eye black incident is in the Falconly column honestly.

by XBEARDX on Jul 13, 2010 3:20 PM EDT reply actions

hmm, 6 for me.

We havent had a whole lot of good TE’s here, and Alge was one of the best we have had but at the same time he wasnt here long enough and didnt last long enough for me to give him above a 6. I can see maybe a seven, but anything above that just doesnt make since to me based on what he did while a Falcon. He shouldnt have attached himself to the whole Vick thing and he might have stayed longer, then again he didnt do anything once he left either so maybe he had an injury that never quite healed. Who knows.

Life is a garden. Dig it!

by Hardcore Falcon on Jul 13, 2010 3:50 PM EDT reply actions