Tweets of the Game: Grounding the Eagles Edition

by Adam Schultz on Sep 21, 2011 11:30 AM EDT in Tweets of the Game

Samuel J. Jackson himself gets the crowd started tonight. FalconsJHicks

Spoon is making his presence know early! Kinglouie9

Michael Turner is running like a magnificent gazelle tonight. TheFalcoholic

JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULIO! FalconsDCox

ROLL TIDE JasonKirkSBN

Did you ever Juli-know that you're my hero? TheFalcoholic

So how cool was that diver with the 83 jersey and Falcon helmet on while underwater? That was awesome. FalcoholicZippo

The Falcons' offensive line goes all gooey and Matt Ryan gets hit with a helmet. No call. Naturally. TheFalcoholic

How was that not a penalty... Went right for the helmet! hotbunsugafoot

Sean Weatherspoon is on Brent Celek like cheese on a burger. TheFalcoholic

All i gotta say is THANK YOU BEARS for beating us like that, youve sparked something else ConManJankins

Tony Gonzalez has moves on top of moves on top of moves in between a delicious bun of pass catching. TheFalcoholic

My favorite move in the whole NFL is Tony Gonzalez' stepback after a catch. Sneaky old man basketball player feet. JasonKirkSBN

The Falcons are going to Michael Turner the Eagles to death. TravisFain

Mike Vick wears Matt Ryan underwear. DrewWill

That was a hell of a catch. TheFalcoholic

And roddy has 1st offensive td!!! Let's keep doing it!! DREdwards25

Sorry guys, I was jockeying to go for 2 so #7 would never go up on the scoreboard. FakeMattRyan

Grimes left a bruise that looks like Jesus on #18. FalconsJHicks

Make like Huggy Bear and hold 'em here, Falcons. TheFalcoholic

Sure. Call the offside and ignore the blatant holding call right in front of you. Unreal. FalconsJAdams

We gotta get the ball back before half. FalconsNeedRing

Christ, there's a game on the field, announcers. TheFalcoholic

Boo yah. #rayedwards FalconsJHicks

Someone get that man some oxygen! FalconsJAdams

Unfreakingreal DirtyBird4Life

LET'S ALL TAKE OUR PANTS OFF JasonKirkSBN

HOLY CRAP RAY EDWARDS PICKING UP THE FUMBLE!!!! Jake_W

God bless America. JeannaThomas

If I were still writing game stories on the #NFL, I'd pencil that fumble and return as a game-changer. Jmike811

Best catch of Tony's career. FANTASTIC. DirtyBird4Life

Unbelievable balance, grace, and Hands! Tony Gonzalez folks. Tony Gonzalez. Jamthedirtybird

That is why Tony Gonzalez is the greatest TE of all time. FalconsJHicks

That was one of the best catches I've seen in a while. Incredible. FalcoholicZippo

The worst thing that could happen right now is the Falcons D letting Philly get points in these last 44 secs of the 1st half. FalcFans

@FalcFans WHY DID YOU SAY THAT?! TheFalcoholic

Michael Vick's habit of carrying the ball like a radioactive bag of crap rears its ugly head again. TheFalcoholic

Same ole Vick!! Don't know how to tuck that ball. DREdwards25

Broken condoms provide more protection than this line is right now. TheFalcoholic

When Matt Ryan feels he has to scramble on third and long, something is horribly, horribly wrong. TheFalcoholic

YES!!!!! INT!! Poppa_Falcon

Tony Gonzalez, I love you. I don't care what our parents think. TheFalcoholic

Both Hayden and Sanders have played their hearts out. DirtyBird4life

Falcons convert another Vick screwup into a touchdown. Make that 21-10, pending review (and kick) JeffSchultzAJC

GONZO is turning back the CLOCK!!!!! Poppa_Falcon

If Brian Van Gorder was a Civil War general, he would've had his guys sitting in lawn chairs after Fort Donelson. TheFalcoholic

I don't get what wasn't working about running on every play. JasonKirkSBN

This is amateur hour. TheFalcoholic

No blocking, happy feet...right when the Falcons need a good drive. What is up with this offense? TheFalcoholic

Biggest boos of the night reserved for Falcons punter. A whopping 18 yarder there for Bosher. JeffSchultzAJC

Vick needs to give us another turnover. That's the only shot we have. HalMoore

No Vick? No problem. Refs hand touchdown to Eagles. That was as sorry as it gets. FalcoholicZippo

Worst 'roughing the passer' call in NFL history. Poppa_Falcon

Smitty is coaching the refs HARD. FalconsDCox

The Eagles couldn't get a penalty called on them if they murdered Matt Ryan with an axe. TheFalcoholic

These refs are douchebags. Jeannathomas

Good. Jason Babin deserves the call. Trent Cole's been killing it legitimately, but Babin's been clutching all game long. TheFalcoholic

We just saw the Matt Ryan we need to see EVERY DRIVE!!!!!! HalMoore

Impressive 10-play, 80-yard drive engineered by Ryan. He needed that. Falcons down 31-28. This is Ryan's first career 4-TD game. JeffSchultzAJC

Trent Cole should go check on Michael Vick in the locker room for nine minutes. Kind of being a bad teammate. JasonKirkSBN

There's a signature Michael Turner run, right there. TheFalcoholic

I was about to make a joke on Turner's lack of speed. He just shut my mouth. FalcFans

Turner the Burner in for 6 points Steve_NDfan

What a great, great football game. SI_PeterKing

Matt ryan > mike mularkey as an offensive coordinator. Needs to do this full time. Gumby61184

Dunta Robinson takes a lot of crap, most of which isn't deserved. Tonight, though? Very much deserved. TheFalcoholic

Last year we got torched by 2nd string QB....this year 3rd string QB toasting us!! MagicFalcon

Don't ever say Chris Owens never did anything for you. FalconsJAdams

Drive home safely, Atlanta! FalconsDCox

You're welcome, America. JasonKirkSBN

wait... Cris Collinsworth.... did I... was that something NICE you said about Matt Ryan? What? YOU FINALLY GAVE HIM SOME CREDIT?! SareyH

Glad NBC has thoroughly jinxed Desean Jackson here. JasonKirkSBN

Falcons win! Falcons win! By the grace of an awkward and capricious god, the Falcons win! TheFalcoholic

WAY TO GO FALCONS!! It wasn't all pretty but it was a win. Skoob0211

This win could change the direction this season was on. Congrats boys...... DirtyBird4life

Great win and hopefully I don't have to hear another Vick reference. FakeMattRyan

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What is this Tweeter thing that you speak of?

by SmokeyBell on Sep 21, 2011 11:56 AM EDT reply actions

What is the purpose of this post?

This recurring feature is the intellectual equivalent of “Dancing With The Stars”, with its total and utter lack of meaningful content. It’s terribly disappointing to see The Falcoholic sink so low, given its fine history. Lowest common denominator & all that…

Mom used to tell me to keep my mouth shut if I didn’t have anything to say. Perhaps this lesson has been lost on Mr. Schultz.

by Sarah Palin on Sep 21, 2011 12:00 PM EDT reply actions

Says Sarah Palin...

Pfft

by FalconfanPhil on Sep 21, 2011 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe you haven't been around here that long, Mrs. Palin.

Maybe you have. But you should know this feature was started last year and has proven to be very popular with our readers. It is a snapshot of the reactions from the start of a game to the end of the game, culled from a large contingent of Falcons fans on Twitter. It’s a weekly feature during the season.

If you want to peruse articles written by me that actually had my words in them, feel free. There’s only 323 pages to peruse. With the Winter approaching your fine state, I’m sure you’ll have plenty of time to read all of that.

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by Adam Schultz on Sep 21, 2011 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Last weeks was the worst

Because you could see the early tweets and how confident we were, only knowing that we were going to get blown out:/ it was like watching a movie that you’ve already seen with a bad ending….you know it’s going to happen but there’s nothing you can do. But I lve this feature Palin!! Go kill a moose.

by dirtybirds233 on Sep 21, 2011 12:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I love Tweets of the Game...

But I can’t see Russia from my house, so what do I know, really? Nice work, Adam. I missed a lot being at the game with horrible reception on my phone, so it was really fun to read through these.

by Jeanna Thomas on Sep 21, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I know this is fake

Because Sarah Palin doesn’t know history!

by TheAreopagite on Sep 21, 2011 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions

And I'm quite certain

Her mother never told her not to speak if she had nothing to say. If she did, it fell on deaf ears.

by FalconfanPhil on Sep 21, 2011 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions

and a rabbit once said, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."

to a deer.

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by Caleb Rutherford on Sep 21, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions

You had me at...

Mike Vick wears Matt Ryan underwear. DrewWill

LMFAO!!

April 1974 - Tug McGraw, when asked if he preferred grass or AstroTurf: "I don't know. I never smoked AstroTurf."

by Blood_Talon on Sep 21, 2011 12:11 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Were about to start a fire folks

We get McClure and possibly Peters and/or Babs back for the bucs. If we win that game, we are 2-1 heading into Seattle and I know it’s the NFL so there are no gimmies, but the Hawks are arguably the worst team in the NFL. We will be 3-1 heading into the Packers game. After the pack game, things get quite easy (minus two saints games) so saying we win the games we are SUPPOSED to and saying at worst we get swept by the waits and lose to the Packers, were looking at 12-4 or 11-5 (we lose either the lions game or texans game). And I don’t think the Saints will sweep us either. So I stand by 12-4.

by dirtybirds233 on Sep 21, 2011 12:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Waits=saints

by dirtybirds233 on Sep 21, 2011 12:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

LOL. Thanks for this.

“The Eagles couldn’t get a penalty called on them if they murdered Matt Ryan with an axe.”

So very true.

by LuvGems on Sep 21, 2011 12:34 PM EDT reply actions

NFL pulling strings?

What’s the better story “Matt Ryan Defends the Dome” (which hasn’t been said at all) or “Mike Vick Conquers His Old Team” (which would’ve been everywhere). I didn’t see a single damn report about us winning that game, everything was about Vicks injury. Pathetic.

by dirtybirds233 on Sep 21, 2011 12:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Agreed!!

There was a reason the Commish and several NFL owners pushed Vick onto that Eggles team. I truly believed this happened although it is just a personal opinion…

April 1974 - Tug McGraw, when asked if he preferred grass or AstroTurf: "I don't know. I never smoked AstroTurf."

by Blood_Talon on Sep 21, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Was on the front page of ESPN.com for at least 12 hours.

“Make Way For The New Guy” or something like that, and Ashley Fox wrote a great article about Matt Ryan cementing his place as Atlanta’s QB for good.

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by Caleb Rutherford on Sep 21, 2011 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

You missed a good tweet from @Prof_DL

“Hey Vick, tell me how my ICE taste.” — signed, Matt Ryan

by atlien698 on Sep 21, 2011 12:59 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

You son of a &$^%

I didnt have a single tweet. I put gold comedy up there :-(. It was clean good comedy. Oh well. Im gonna tweet my ass off next game

by LORD91 on Sep 21, 2011 1:13 PM EDT reply actions

As usual, great selections and I LOVE this feature every week. Keep it up Schultzy, it helps foster the Falcs Family.

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by Heath13 on Sep 21, 2011 1:33 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Maybe I did it wrong...

I didn’t see any of my chirps in there…

by randomaxe on Sep 21, 2011 3:21 PM EDT reply actions

Adam hated me last year.

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by Caleb Rutherford on Sep 21, 2011 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions