The Scale of Falconliness

The Scale of Falconliness: Jeff Van Note

By Jason Kirk Jun 14, 2010, 2:30pm EDT

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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.

Weatherman say today's a feels-like-100 day. Does anybody really have the energy to get in a hot-blooded brawl over Keith Brooking's Falconliness on a day like this?

Let's knock out a nice, easy one today and then get comatose by the pool for nine hours.

Jeff Van Note, Center (1969 - 1986)

Falconly

Unfalconly

Spent all 18 seasons as a Falcon -- the second-longest one-team tenure in NFL history.
Excelled at center despite being drafted as a 230-pound linebacker.
Five-time Pro Bowler, two-time All Pro.
Falcons Ring of Honor member; #57 retired by the team.
Sweet Moses, look at that beard.
In 1991, fans elected Van Note as their favorite Falcon ever.
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
Still active local community member.
Current Atlanta radio man, calling Georgia Tech games and running a weekly Falcons pregame show.
"He's finessed me. He out-quicked me. A guy as old as my mother, and he finessed me," says rookie Tony Casillas.

Uh...
Didn't snap the ball when Too Tall Jones was clearly offsides.
Um...
Was born in Jersey! Ew, Jersey!
Anybody got anything?

The Scale of Falconliness: Jeff Van Note

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Jeff Van Note, Center (1969 - 1986)

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