Falcons: Airport Workers Egg Taints Bus!

[hitwriter]

New Orleans Saints team charter reportedly egged in Atlanta
Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on November 28, 2012 at 7:48 PM, updated November 28, 2012 at 8:56 PM

If you're questioning the intensity of the rivalry between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints, check out this tweet from Saints backup quarterback Chase Daniel. It came just minutes after the team's charter flight touched down in Atlanta on Wednesday night.

@ChaseDaniel: Wow, as we're boarding buses on the Tarmac @ Atlanta airport, we start getting eggs thrown @ us by airport workers! Guess they do hate us!

Saints teammates Jermon Bushrod and Jimmy Graham re-tweeted Daniel's message, which was tweeted at 7:48 p.m. Wednesday.

Graham confirmed Daniel's tweet a few minutes later:

@JimmyGraham: Bus just got egged after landing in ATL by the ramp workers. Classy! "RISE Up" smh

Linebacker Will Herring also confirmed the incident:

@wherring54
First time my bus has been egged by opposing fans! Tomorrow should be fun!! #WhoDatNation

Not all of the Saints were put off by the incident. Wide receiver Joseph Morgan seemed to have fun with it:

@jmthegreat How do eggs make people mad? Cool and hilarious prank #childhood #memories

Nevertheless, Thursday night's Saints-Falcons game should be intense, considering the national stage, recent history of the NFC South rivals and stakes at hand. This incident should only stoke the competitive fires even more.

It adds another chapter to one of the NFL's budding rivalries.

After the Saints' 31-27 victory on Nov. 11, Saints linebacker Scott Shanle referred to the Falcons as "our little brothers" in an interview with Yahoo!Sports and called their pregame actions in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome that day "classless."

Leading up to the game, Falcons wide receiver Roddy White told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "I don't like nothing about the Saints. The colors. The city. Nothing. But they've got some good food, though. Other than the food, nothing."

[hitwriter]

Childish? Yes.... Funny as hell? Hell Yes!

[Xanthri]

Classless.....Like we really want to give the Saints extra motivation....I don't like any fans that do this kind of classless crap....

Just my opinion.......nothing more

[harveybirdman]

Love it. FUCK the Saints!

[Peyton]

(11-29-2012 02:02 AM)Xanthri Wrote:  Classless.....Like we really want to give the Saints extra motivation....I don't like any fans that do this kind of classless crap....

Just my opinion.......nothing more

We are in the minority, but I agree.

[ATLBound]

I wouldn't do it and it's certainly childish, but it's truly not that big of a deal. It's harmless.

As far ad "extra motivation', I think that's a load of crap imo. No offense, but I'm pretty sure it's already understood that they want to beat the crap out of the Falcons and vice versa. There is no extra motivation, the Saints players are already there.

[Templar]

I wouldn't care if they ran the bus off the fucking road. Fuck the aints.

[Aftermath]

(11-29-2012 02:02 AM)Xanthri Wrote:  Classless.....Like we really want to give the Saints extra motivation....I don't like any fans that do this kind of classless crap....

Just my opinion.......nothing more

agreed

[NZFalcon]

Give those guys front row seats on the opposition side and buckets of eggs

[evo]

kinda did it too early...
they should of done that after the game when we beat the shits out of them aints then egg them on their way out of the city!