The Scale of Falconliness: Mike Kenn

by Jason Kirk on Jul 22, 2010 1:00 PM EDT in The Scale of Falconliness

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. The rule: minimum of three seasons with the Falcons for coaches, five seasons for players.

Mike Kenn, T (1978 - 1994)

Falconly

Unfalconly

Franchise record-holder for most starts and most games played. (Seventh on all-time NFL starts list.)
Five straight Pro Bowls (1980 - 1984).
Two-time All Pro -- more than a decade apart.
1990 NFL Man of the Year.
Second-longest tenured NFL Players Association president, 1989 - 1996.
#78 retired by Falcons. Ring of Honor member.
Three-time Hall of Fame nominee.
In college, went from walkon to two-time All-Big Ten.
Lives in Alpharetta.
Member of Polish-American Hall of Fame along with teammate Steve Bartkowski, making the Falcons' Ring of Honor perhaps the NFL's most West Slavic.
After retirement, did some political thing in Fulton County. Also ran an Atlanta restaurant for 12 years. Currently works for some Georgia transportation nonprofit. Creative Loafing calls him a lobbyist. Arthur Blank is all for lobbying, so we'll leave this whole bullet on this side.
Had the last laugh in dustup with Jim Mora.

Failed to get teammates William Andrews or Alfred Jenkins into the Polish-American Hall of Fame.

Current standings after the jump:

Poll

How Falconly is Mike Kenn?

1

8 votes

2

2 votes

3

0 votes

4

1 votes

5

1 votes

6

6 votes

7

5 votes

8

14 votes

9

33 votes

10

127 votes

197 votes | Poll has closed

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I tend to rate the offensive linemen really high…I suppose this is because stats are not really beneficial…When are we voting on Bob Whitfield!?

by Jman781 on Jul 22, 2010 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

Would have given him a 10 but 1 point deduction for being a lobbyist.

by JCush on Jul 22, 2010 2:11 PM EDT reply actions

10 10 10

Mike Kenn is a bleeping Falcons GOD!!! He did it all the right way. On and off the field.

Life is a garden. Dig it!

by Hardcore Falcon on Jul 22, 2010 2:30 PM EDT reply actions

10, yea, 10

Whomever voted Mike Kenn a 1 should at least TRY to pull their head out of…the clouds. There was one season when the Falcons were pretty bad, I don’t remember which one, that Kenn didn’t give up a sack.

He’s the very best O-tackle the Falcons have ever had, no question.

How many more days, Lord, must I walk through the wilderness?

by AnOldBird on Jul 22, 2010 5:37 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

10

Kenn was so good, he made R.C. Tillman look good playing next to him.

by BlackTalon on Jul 22, 2010 7:28 PM EDT reply actions

Wow, you ARE old.

Even before he was a hog, RC Thielman was the immovable mass. Who were the others on that line? Kenn, Theilman, Van Note, John Sculley, and one other guy…hmmm.

How many more days, Lord, must I walk through the wilderness?

by AnOldBird on Jul 22, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions