Superman ran into some kryptonite Saturday night. Atlanta Falcons' QB Michael Vick might have a world class arm and world class speed, but his body just might not be up to the rigors of the pounding an NFL running back takes. That wouldn't be so bad if he remembered he was a quarterback, but this kid likes to run entirely too much. I am terribly disappointed, ... But this is the ultimate team sport and we will have to keep playing. I have confidence that these guys and coaches can get it done.
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Falcons quarterback Michael Vick said he could play with exiled Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens -- but Owens would have to make some sacrifices. Vick did not sound like he would fully endorse the Falcons' pursuing Owens. I don't know. It would help but I feel like we've got all the right pieces here to be successful and to win football games, ... I don't know where this Terrell Owens talk is coming from but I'm focused on what we've got in place right now.
I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning was the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, a mere three years ago.
Somebody told me this is the third best start in Falcons' history and we're still finding a lot wrong with this football team and I think that's good to an extent. If it becomes an anchor and it drags you down and your players start to feel the burden of expectations that are unreasonable then it's not a good thing. I don't think we're at that point. I think we're at a good spot. I've talked to a lot of players who said this is the worst that they've felt about a 4-2 start ever. Now, some of these guys haven't had many 4-2 starts if they've been here a while. We just have to keep it in perspective.
Overall we're just not swinging the bat well. But you have to give a lot of credit to D.J. Duden for pitching a great game for the Falcons.
I'm a passionate guy. I'm passionate about winning, about my family, my friends, the Atlanta Falcons and about us being the best. Sometimes passion spills over into emotion, and it wasn't as big an incident as it has been portrayed to be. I have apologize
Oakland has been calling the Vikings since the last day of the season about obtaining Randy. I don't think either the Falcons or Ravens could have come up with what the Vikings needed to make the trade.
You can go 15 miles from here and see bald eagles along the Connecticut River. You can go outside this building and see peregrine falcons hunting in Bushnell Park. They nest on the Travelers Tower.
Tigers, hawks, falcons and eagles - the Lord could make them eat grass. And those animals which eat grass - He could make them eat meat. He could make them follow this way of life.
I can make the Falcons a better team, and I know that, because I know the things that really need to be done there.
The bottom line is this is not what we bought into when we came to Atlanta. If we would have known Peerless was going to play a blocking receiver role and not a vertical wide receiver, we wouldn't have gone in that direction. But it was a situation where the Falcons organization went through a changing of the guard, and Peerless got caught in that situation and it didn't coincide with his talent.
The only stat I care about right now is the win. I know the critics will be out in force, but we're 5-2. Here's what I know about Mike Vick. When he starts games, the Atlanta Falcons win two-thirds of them.
Any time we play the Saints, it means a lot, because there's a pretty good rivalry between the Saints and the Falcons, so it's always a great game.
I was always a big Falcons fan but my family situation, we didn't have the money to come to the games. The only game I came to was on Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers a 45-17 loss Sept. 27, 1993. The game was over by the second quarter, and we were in the nose-bleed section and we were the only ones there. We could pretty much do what we wanted to.
Besides Jacobs, the Falcons also feature senior tailback P.J. Pope, who has rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of the past two seasons. The quarterback is the triggerman, ... but he has to have a complement of players and skilled players in particular to