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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.
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Unfalconly |
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- Seven years with the Falcons.
- Two-time Falcons Player of the Year award winner, 1984 and 1985. One of only two players to win the award in consecutive years, along with Grapplin' Bill Fralic.
- Three straight Pro Bowls, 1985 to 1987.
- Three of the seven best single-season rushing totals in Falcons history.
- Top ten in the league in rushing yards, attempts, and yards per game for four straight years.
- Tied with Michael Vick for most NFC Player of the Week awards as a Falcon (4).
- Franchise's career rushing yards, touchdowns, carries, and carries/receptions leader. Second in yards per game among all qualifiers.
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- Though he spent far more time with the Falcons, most people outside of Georgia would identify him as a Washington Redskin due to his two Super Bowl XXVI touchdowns. Good glory that's depressing.
- Only started 66 games in Atlanta.
- Some of you may be concerned to note his son, Gerald Riggs, Jr., ran for 100 yards as a Tennessee Volunteer in a 2004 win over UGA.
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Current standings after the jump:
Poll
How Falconly is Gerald Riggs?
1%
1 (3 votes)
0%
2 (1 vote)
1%
3 (3 votes)
1%
4 (3 votes)
2%
5 (4 votes)
5%
6 (10 votes)
20%
7 (36 votes)
22%
8 (38 votes)
29%
9 (50 votes)
13%
10 (24 votes)
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